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            THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JANUARY 2000
                               
   Employment rose in January, and the unemployment rate was essentially
unchanged at 4.0 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment increased by
387,000.  There were sharp increases in construction and in other weather-
sensitive industries, due, at least in part, to unseasonably mild weather
during the survey reference period.  Average hourly earnings rose by 6 cents
in January and by 3.5 percent over the year.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

   The number of unemployed persons was unchanged in January at 5.7 million,
and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 4.0 percent.  The jobless
rate has been below 4.2 percent since October.

   Unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (3.3 percent),
adult women (3.7 percent), teenagers (12.6 percent), whites (3.4 percent),
blacks (8.2 percent), and Hispanics (5.6 percent)--showed little or no change
over the month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

   The number of persons in the civilian labor force grew by 925,000 to 140.9
million in January, after adjustment for the effect of revisions to
population controls.  Total employment rose by roughly the same amount to
135.2 million.  (See table A; also see the note on page 5.)  The labor force
participation rate increased 0.4 percentage point to 67.5 percent--a record              
high.  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of the population age
16 and older with jobs--rose from 64.4 percent in December to 64.8 percent in
January, also a record.  (See table A-1.)

   About 7.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one job
in January.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.7 percent of the total
employed, compared with 6.0 percent in January 1999.  (See table A-10.)

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   |       Beginning in January 2000, household data reflect    |
   |  revised population controls.  Additional information on   |
   |  the revisions appears on page 5.  Also, this release      |
   |  introduces a monthly seasonally adjusted series on persons|
   |  not in the labor force who currently want a job, which    |
   |  appears in table A-1.  Not seasonally adjusted series for |
   |  persons not in the labor force continue to appear in table|
   |  A-10.                                                     |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
____________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Dec.-
      Category        |      1999       |      1999       |  2000  | Jan.
                      |_________________|_________________|________|change1/
                      |   III  |   IV   |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|________
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |_____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 139,394| 139,880| 139,834| 140,108| 140,910|     925
   Employment.........| 133,526| 134,153| 134,098| 134,420| 135,221|     918
   Unemployment.......|   5,868|   5,727|   5,736|   5,688|   5,689|       7
Not in labor force....|  68,650|  68,780|  68,832|  68,724|  67,872|    -758
                      |________|________|________|________|________|________
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |_____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.2|     4.1|     4.1|     4.1|     4.0|    -0.1
  Adult men...........|     3.5|     3.4|     3.3|     3.3|     3.3|      .0
  Adult women.........|     3.8|     3.6|     3.6|     3.6|     3.7|      .1
  Teenagers...........|    13.8|    13.8|    14.0|    13.8|    12.6|    -1.2
  White...............|     3.7|     3.5|     3.5|     3.5|     3.4|     -.1
  Black...............|     8.2|     8.1|     8.0|     7.9|     8.2|      .3
  Hispanic origin.....|     6.4|     6.1|     6.1|     5.9|     5.6|     -.3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|________
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |_____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 128,936|p129,609| 129,589|p129,905|p130,292|    p387
  Goods-producing 2/..|  25,194| p25,243|  25,257| p25,275| p25,406|    p131
    Construction......|   6,270|  p6,358|   6,369|  p6,391|  p6,507|    p116
    Manufacturing.....|  18,398| p18,357|  18,361| p18,355| p18,368|     p13
  Service-producing 2/| 103,743|p104,365| 104,332|p104,630|p104,886|    p256
    Retail trade......|  22,884| p22,925|  22,902| p22,981| p23,024|     p43
    Services..........|  39,172| p39,549|  39,554| p39,659| p39,811|    p152
    Government........|  20,194| p20,276|  20,269| p20,321| p20,356|     p35
                      |________|________|________|________|________|________
                      |                  Hours of work 3/
                      |_____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|   p34.5|    34.5|   p34.5|   p34.6|    p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.8|   p41.7|    41.7|   p41.6|   p41.7|     p.1
    Overtime..........|     4.7|    p4.7|     4.6|    p4.7|    p4.6|    p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|________
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 3/
                      |_____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   148.3|  p149.1|   149.2|  p149.3|  p150.2|    p0.9
                      |________|________|________|________|________|________
                      |                      Earnings 3/
                      |_____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
   total private......|  $13.31| p$13.41|  $13.40| p$13.44| p$13.50|  p$0.06
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  458.64| p462.65|  462.30| p463.68| p467.10|   p3.42
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|________
    1/  Changes for household data levels reflect an adjustment to remove
the effect of revisions to population controls.  See the note on page 5.
    2/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    3/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p=preliminary.

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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

   The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force in
January totaled 1.2 million (not seasonally adjusted).  These people wanted
and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior
12 months.  They are not counted as unemployed because they had not searched
for employment in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of discouraged
workers was 234,000 in January, down from 339,000 a year earlier.  These
people, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for
work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them.
(See table A-10.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 387,000 in January to 130.3
million, seasonally adjusted.  In January, large job gains in construction
and services were accompanied by a small increase in manufacturing employment.
(See table B-1.)

   In the goods-producing sector, construction employment rose by 116,000
in January, after seasonal adjustment.  This increase reflects, in part,
unseasonably mild weather across the country during the survey reference
period.  The gains within construction were widespread, but the largest were
in those industries most influenced by the weather--heavy construction and
the concrete, masonry, and roofing trades.

   Manufacturing added 13,000 jobs in January, following 2 months with almost
no change. Factory employment had been on a clear downward trend from the
spring of 1998 through mid-1999, but job losses moderated during the second
half of 1999.  In January, the largest employment increases within manu-
facturing occurred in electrical equipment and in motor vehicles (8,000 each).
Several construction-related manufacturing industries, such as plywood,
concrete, and fabricated structural metals, also had employment increases.
Partially offsetting the job gains were continued declines in industrial
machinery, aircraft, textiles, and apparel.

   Within the mining industry, employment in oil and gas extraction continued
its recent slow improvement.  Oil and gas extraction has added 9,000 jobs
since August; it had lost 68,000 jobs from March 1998 to June 1999.

  In the service-producing sector, employment in the services industry
grew by 152,000 in January, above the average monthly gain for 1999
(121,000).  In January, business services added 63,000 jobs.  Within
business services, computer and data processing services employment
increased by 22,000, following 4 consecutive months of below-average gains.
Agricultural services, including landscaping, posted a large job gain,
perhaps reflecting the relatively mild weather during the survey reference
period.  Following a decline in December, employment in amusement and
recreation services grew by 29,000.  Health services and social services both
experienced above-average gains in January, adding 23,000 and 21,000 jobs,
respectively.  Employment in hotels declined sharply over the month.

   Retail trade added 43,000 jobs in January.  Job gains occurred in
miscellaneous retail establishments (20,000), apparel and accessory stores
(16,000), and automotive dealers and service stations (13,000), but there
was a sizable employment decline in department stores (-33,000). Employment
in wholesale trade rose by 19,000 over the month.

                                  - 4 -

   Transportation and public utilities added 16,000 jobs in January, mainly
in transportation.  Job growth was above average in air transportation and in
local and interurban transit.

   The federal government added 20,000 jobs over the month; temporary
workers hired for the decennial census accounted for 11,000 jobs.

   Employment in finance, insurance, and real estate declined in January.
Among the component industries, only securities brokerages and real estate
added jobs over the month.  Within finance, the largest decline was in
mortgage brokerages (-7,000), where 23,000 jobs have been lost since May.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour in January to 34.6 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek also was up by 0.1 hour to 41.7 hours.
Manufacturing overtime edged down 0.1 hour to 4.6 hours.  (See table B-2.)

   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.6 percent to 150.2
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index was up by
0.5 percent to 106.2.  (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 6 cents in January to $13.50, seasonally
adjusted.  Following gains of 13 cents in each of the first 2 quarters of
1999, average hourly earnings growth was 11 cents in the third quarter, and
9 cents in the fourth quarter (as revised).  Over the month, average weekly
earnings rose by 0.7 percent to $467.10, seasonally adjusted.  Over the year,
both average hourly earnings and average weekly earnings rose by 3.5 percent.
(See table B-3.)

                  __________________________
                               
   The Employment Situation for February 2000 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, March 3, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).

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        Revisions to Population Estimates for the Household Survey
                                     
   Effective with the release of data for January 2000, revised population
controls, primarily reflecting updated information on immigration, have
been introduced into the household survey.  The revised controls resulted
in a decrease in the estimated size of the civilian noninstitutional
population 16 years of age and over.

   Official population and labor force estimates for December 1999 and
earlier months will not be revised.  To assess the impact of the revised
population controls on trend growth, however, December estimates for
selected data series were recalculated using the new controls, and the
differences from estimates based on the old controls are shown below.  The
population revisions decreased the estimated size of the civilian labor force
by 123,000 and of employment by 117,000; the revisions had a negligible impact
on unemployment rates and other percentage estimates.  An article describing
the population revisions and their effect on national labor force estimates
will appear in the February 2000 issue of Employment and Earnings.                               

Effect of the revised population controls on December 1999 estimates, by sex,
race, and Hispanic origin, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Category       | Total |  Men | Women| White| Black| Hispanic
                            |       |      |      |      |      |  origin
----------------------------|-------|------|------|------|------|---------
Civilian noninstitutional   |       |      |      |      |      |
 population................ | -217  | -84  | -134 | -116 |  -39 |   -26
   Civilian labor force.....| -123  | -53  |  -71 |  -63 |  -21 |   -15
     Employed...............| -117  | -50  |  -67 |  -59 |  -20 |   -13
     Unemployed.......  ....|   -6  |  -3  |   -3 |   -3 |   -1 |    -2
      Unemployment rate.....|   .0  |  .0  |   .0 |   .0 |   .0 |    .0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  NOTE:  Detail for men and women may not sum to totals because of
rounding.  Detail for the race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum
to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and
Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.

                                  - 5 -

Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the Bureau of the Census  for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 1999,
the sample included about 390,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

                                  - 6 -
 
 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in   "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $16.00 per issue or
$40.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-606-5886; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.   Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       1999    1999    2000    1999   1999    1999    1999    1999    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 206,719 208,832 208,782 206,719 208,265 208,483 208,666 208,832 208,782
    Civilian labor force............................ 137,943 139,941 139,621 139,232 139,475 139,697 139,834 140,108 140,910
          Participation rate........................    66.7    67.0    66.9    67.4    67.0    67.0    67.0    67.1    67.5
      Employed...................................... 131,339 134,696 133,357 133,225 133,650 133,940 134,098 134,420 135,221
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.5    64.5    63.9    64.4    64.2    64.2    64.3    64.4    64.8
        Agriculture.................................   2,911   2,979   2,959   3,297   3,179   3,238   3,310   3,279   3,371
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 128,428 131,717 130,398 129,928 130,471 130,702 130,788 131,141 131,850
      Unemployed....................................   6,604   5,245   6,264   6,007   5,825   5,757   5,736   5,688   5,689
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.8     3.7     4.5     4.3     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.0
    Not in labor force..............................  68,776  68,891  69,161  67,487  68,790  68,786  68,832  68,724  67,872
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,800   4,045   4,354   4,693   4,352   4,331   4,429   4,467   4,252
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,198 100,264 100,266  99,198  99,976 100,088 100,179 100,264 100,266
    Civilian labor force............................  73,636  74,631  74,414  74,506  74,643  74,680  74,728  74,930  75,304
          Participation rate........................    74.2    74.4    74.2    75.1    74.7    74.6    74.6    74.7    75.1
      Employed......................................  69,992  71,699  70,981  71,368  71,630  71,623  71,732  71,927  72,358
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.6    71.5    70.8    71.9    71.6    71.6    71.6    71.7    72.2
      Unemployed....................................   3,644   2,932   3,433   3,138   3,013   3,057   2,996   3,003   2,946
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.9     3.9     4.6     4.2     4.0     4.1     4.0     4.0     3.9
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  91,124  92,052  92,057  91,124  91,793  91,896  91,986  92,052  92,057
    Civilian labor force............................  69,687  70,460  70,394  70,202  70,328  70,339  70,388  70,529  70,917
          Participation rate........................    76.5    76.5    76.5    77.0    76.6    76.5    76.5    76.6    77.0
      Employed......................................  66,780  68,125  67,607  67,771  67,943  67,898  68,037  68,197  68,585
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.3    74.0    73.4    74.4    74.0    73.9    74.0    74.1    74.5
        Agriculture.................................   2,060   2,047   2,054   2,304   2,189   2,206   2,262   2,227   2,303
        Nonagricultural industries..................  64,720  66,077  65,553  65,467  65,754  65,692  65,775  65,970  66,282
      Unemployed....................................   2,908   2,335   2,787   2,431   2,385   2,441   2,351   2,332   2,332
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     3.3     4.0     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.3     3.3     3.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,521 108,569 108,516 107,521 108,289 108,395 108,487 108,569 108,516
    Civilian labor force............................  64,307  65,309  65,208  64,726  64,832  65,017  65,106  65,178  65,606
          Participation rate........................    59.8    60.2    60.1    60.2    59.9    60.0    60.0    60.0    60.5
      Employed......................................  61,347  62,997  62,376  61,857  62,020  62,317  62,366  62,493  62,863
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.1    58.0    57.5    57.5    57.3    57.5    57.5    57.6    57.9
      Unemployed....................................   2,960   2,313   2,832   2,869   2,812   2,700   2,740   2,685   2,743
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.6     3.5     4.3     4.4     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,686 100,666 100,579  99,686 100,385 100,458 100,573 100,666 100,579
    Civilian labor force............................  60,547  61,426  61,455  60,691  60,860  60,955  61,052  61,154  61,576
          Participation rate........................    60.7    61.0    61.1    60.9    60.6    60.7    60.7    60.7    61.2
      Employed......................................  58,100  59,491  59,030  58,373  58,630  58,800  58,838  58,958  59,280
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.3    59.1    58.7    58.6    58.4    58.5    58.5    58.6    58.9
        Agriculture.................................     729     740     752     802     778     800     768     791     826
        Nonagricultural industries..................  57,370  58,751  58,278  57,571  57,852  58,000  58,070  58,167  58,454
      Unemployed....................................   2,447   1,935   2,425   2,318   2,230   2,155   2,214   2,196   2,297
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.0     3.1     3.9     3.8     3.7     3.5     3.6     3.6     3.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,909  16,114  16,147  15,909  16,086  16,129  16,107  16,114  16,147
    Civilian labor force............................   7,709   8,056   7,772   8,339   8,287   8,403   8,394   8,425   8,416
          Participation rate........................    48.5    50.0    48.1    52.4    51.5    52.1    52.1    52.3    52.1
      Employed......................................   6,460   7,081   6,720   7,081   7,077   7,242   7,223   7,265   7,356
          Employment-population ratio...............    40.6    43.9    41.6    44.5    44.0    44.9    44.8    45.1    45.6
        Agriculture.................................     122     193     153     191     212     232     280     261     242
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,338   6,888   6,566   6,890   6,865   7,010   6,943   7,004   7,114
      Unemployed....................................   1,249     975   1,052   1,258   1,210   1,161   1,171   1,160   1,060
          Unemployment rate.........................    16.2    12.1    13.5    15.1    14.6    13.8    14.0    13.8    12.6

    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 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.   Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       1999    1999    2000    1999   1999    1999    1999    1999    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 172,394 173,821 173,812 172,394 173,432 173,585 173,709 173,821 173,812
    Civilian labor force............................ 115,425 116,896 116,756 116,356 116,495 116,654 116,703 117,008 117,716
        Participation rate..........................    67.0    67.3    67.2    67.5    67.2    67.2    67.2    67.3    67.7
      Employed...................................... 110,414 113,116 112,160 111,978 112,303 112,548 112,611 112,951 113,704
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.0    65.1    64.5    65.0    64.8    64.8    64.8    65.0    65.4
      Unemployed....................................   5,011   3,781   4,596   4,378   4,192   4,106   4,092   4,057   4,011
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.3     3.2     3.9     3.8     3.6     3.5     3.5     3.5     3.4
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  59,306  59,843  59,795  59,651  59,841  59,777  59,761  59,889  60,179
        Participation rate..........................    76.9    76.9    76.8    77.4    77.1    77.0    76.9    77.0    77.3
      Employed......................................  57,051  58,140  57,726  57,811  58,102  58,043  58,067  58,221  58,487
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.0    74.7    74.2    75.0    74.9    74.7    74.7    74.8    75.2
      Unemployed....................................   2,254   1,703   2,069   1,840   1,739   1,734   1,694   1,668   1,693
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.8     2.8     3.5     3.1     2.9     2.9     2.8     2.8     2.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,594  50,277  50,327  49,683  49,593  49,733  49,814  50,011  50,404
        Participation rate..........................    60.0    60.4    60.4    60.1    59.7    59.8    59.9    60.1    60.5
      Employed......................................  47,773  48,930  48,613  48,037  48,010  48,203  48,273  48,486  48,857
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.8    58.8    58.4    58.1    57.8    58.0    58.0    58.2    58.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,821   1,347   1,714   1,646   1,583   1,530   1,541   1,525   1,547
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.7     2.7     3.4     3.3     3.2     3.1     3.1     3.0     3.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,526   6,776   6,634   7,022   7,061   7,144   7,128   7,108   7,132
        Participation rate..........................    51.7    53.2    52.1    55.6    55.4    56.1    56.0    55.8    56.0
      Employed......................................   5,590   6,046   5,820   6,130   6,191   6,302   6,271   6,244   6,360
        Employment-population ratio.................    44.3    47.5    45.7    48.6    48.6    49.5    49.2    49.0    50.0
      Unemployed....................................     935     730     814     892     870     842     857     864     772
        Unemployment rate...........................    14.3    10.8    12.3    12.7    12.3    11.8    12.0    12.2    10.8
          Men.......................................    16.2    12.8    14.7    13.8    12.7    11.9    12.8    13.3    12.4
          Women.....................................    12.4     8.6     9.7    11.5    11.9    11.7    11.2    10.9     9.1
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,665  25,051  25,047  24,665  24,946  24,985  25,019  25,051  25,047
    Civilian labor force............................  16,101  16,488  16,392  16,337  16,474  16,489  16,508  16,513  16,622
        Participation rate..........................    65.3    65.8    65.4    66.2    66.0    66.0    66.0    65.9    66.4
      Employed......................................  14,835  15,302  15,033  15,056  15,114  15,124  15,187  15,204  15,254
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.1    61.1    60.0    61.0    60.6    60.5    60.7    60.7    60.9
      Unemployed....................................   1,267   1,186   1,359   1,281   1,360   1,365   1,321   1,309   1,368
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.9     7.2     8.3     7.8     8.3     8.3     8.0     7.9     8.2
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,098   7,257   7,285   7,208   7,205   7,281   7,277   7,273   7,386
        Participation rate..........................    72.1    72.4    72.7    73.3    72.3    72.9    72.8    72.6    73.7
      Employed......................................   6,619   6,758   6,688   6,769   6,696   6,717   6,767   6,766   6,839
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.3    67.5    66.7    68.8    67.2    67.3    67.7    67.5    68.2
      Unemployed....................................     479     499     597     439     509     564     510     507     547
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.8     6.9     8.2     6.1     7.1     7.7     7.0     7.0     7.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,087   8,293   8,286   8,110   8,316   8,252   8,305   8,260   8,315
        Participation rate..........................    65.4    66.1    66.0    65.6    66.5    65.9    66.3    65.8    66.3
      Employed......................................   7,556   7,807   7,707   7,563   7,759   7,745   7,757   7,706   7,715
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.2    62.2    61.4    61.2    62.1    61.9    61.9    61.4    61.5
      Unemployed....................................     530     486     578     547     557     507     548     554     600
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.6     5.9     7.0     6.7     6.7     6.1     6.6     6.7     7.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     917     938     822   1,019     953     956     926     980     921
        Participation rate..........................    37.1    37.8    33.2    41.3    38.4    38.5    37.3    39.5    37.2
      Employed......................................     660     737     638     724     659     662     663     732     701
        Employment-population ratio.................    26.7    29.7    25.7    29.3    26.5    26.7    26.7    29.5    28.3
      Unemployed....................................     257     201     184     295     294     294     263     248     220
        Unemployment rate...........................    28.1    21.4    22.4    28.9    30.8    30.8    28.4    25.3    23.9
          Men.......................................    35.6    25.2    25.5    33.3    30.3    35.3    31.0    27.5    24.0
          Women.....................................    20.6    17.6    19.3    24.5    31.4    26.1    25.9    23.0    23.8
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  21,296  22,008  22,047  21,296  21,820  21,881  21,947  22,008  22,047
    Civilian labor force............................  14,358  14,965  15,142  14,448  14,766  14,809  14,887  14,984  15,251
        Participation rate..........................    67.4    68.0    68.7    67.8    67.7    67.7    67.8    68.1    69.2
      Employed......................................  13,293  14,112  14,208  13,473  13,795  13,879  13,979  14,095  14,395
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.4    64.1    64.4    63.3    63.2    63.4    63.7    64.0    65.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,065     853     934     975     971     930     908     889     856
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.4     5.7     6.2     6.7     6.6     6.3     6.1     5.9     5.6

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January
  2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                               Jan.     Dec.     Jan.     Jan.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.  
                                               1999     1999     2000     1999     1999     1999     1999     1999     2000  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   28,901   28,144   27,995   28,901   28,583   28,246   28,228   28,144   27,995
    Civilian labor force....................   12,463   11,963   12,013   12,339   12,151   12,201   12,132   11,956   11,895
        Percent of population...............     43.1     42.5     42.9     42.7     42.5     43.2     43.0     42.5     42.5
      Employed..............................   11,391   11,236   11,061   11,447   11,327   11,401   11,347   11,243   11,106
        Employment-population ratio.........     39.4     39.9     39.5     39.6     39.6     40.4     40.2     39.9     39.7
      Unemployed............................    1,073      727      951      892      824      800      785      713      789
        Unemployment rate...................      8.6      6.1      7.9      7.2      6.8      6.6      6.5      6.0      6.6
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,477   57,590   57,768   57,477   57,518   57,275   57,789   57,590   57,768
    Civilian labor force....................   37,472   37,534   37,676   37,441   37,188   37,080   37,671   37,362   37,617
        Percent of population...............     65.2     65.2     65.2     65.1     64.7     64.7     65.2     64.9     65.1
      Employed..............................   35,928   36,248   36,160   36,112   35,879   35,874   36,445   36,071   36,305
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.5     62.9     62.6     62.8     62.4     62.6     63.1     62.6     62.8
      Unemployed............................    1,545    1,286    1,516    1,329    1,309    1,206    1,226    1,291    1,311
        Unemployment rate...................      4.1      3.4      4.0      3.5      3.5      3.3      3.3      3.5      3.5
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,154   44,069   43,689   43,154   42,955   43,787   44,070   44,069   43,689
    Civilian labor force....................   31,990   32,544   32,106   32,273   32,140   32,203   32,312   32,404   32,397
        Percent of population...............     74.1     73.8     73.5     74.8     74.8     73.5     73.3     73.5     74.2
      Employed..............................   30,966   31,788   31,185   31,347   31,269   31,330   31,444   31,586   31,564
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.8     72.1     71.4     72.6     72.8     71.6     71.3     71.7     72.2
      Unemployed............................    1,023      756      921      926      871      873      868      818      833
        Unemployment rate...................      3.2      2.3      2.9      2.9      2.7      2.7      2.7      2.5      2.6
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,516   44,821   45,058   43,516   45,081   44,986   44,365   44,821   45,058
    Civilian labor force....................   34,914   35,852   36,087   35,023   35,722   35,721   35,264   35,824   36,205
        Percent of population...............     80.2     80.0     80.1     80.5     79.2     79.4     79.5     79.9     80.4
      Employed..............................   34,257   35,287   35,398   34,389   35,112   35,106   34,655   35,186   35,540
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.7     78.7     78.6     79.0     77.9     78.0     78.1     78.5     78.9
      Unemployed............................      657      565      689      634      610      615      609      638      665
        Unemployment rate...................      1.9      1.6      1.9      1.8      1.7      1.7      1.7      1.8      1.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       1999    1999    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 131,339 134,696 133,357 133,225 133,650 133,940 134,098 134,420 135,221
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,107  43,531  43,644  43,440  43,367  43,206  43,273  43,283  43,951
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,416  34,221  34,064  33,526  33,275  33,521  33,635  33,762  34,166
    Women who maintain families.....................   7,947   8,302   8,211   8,089   8,312   8,398   8,526   8,375   8,362
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  39,754  41,038  40,780  39,893  40,784  40,718  40,363  40,800  40,924
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,419  39,560  39,257  38,762  38,634  39,023  39,283  39,311  39,614
    Service occupations.............................  17,690  17,582  17,829  18,029  17,876  17,694  17,633  17,706  18,155
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,471  14,988  14,435  14,663  14,659  14,836  14,903  14,940  14,610
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,109  18,546  18,057  18,444  18,227  18,340  18,476  18,299  18,385
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   2,895   2,981   2,999   3,440   3,365   3,365   3,407   3,367   3,574
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,703   1,822   1,755   1,962   1,930   1,936   2,049   2,018   2,024
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,181   1,127   1,172   1,324   1,198   1,267   1,216   1,211   1,320
      Unpaid family workers.........................      27      31      32      31      40      42      41      36      38
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 119,627 123,053 121,652 120,777 121,583 121,654 121,965 122,426 122,823
        Government..................................  19,121  19,169  19,317  18,829  19,080  18,817  18,902  18,959  19,013
        Private industries.......................... 100,505 103,885 102,335 101,948 102,503 102,837 103,063 103,467 103,810
          Private households........................     850     972     905     895   1,035     939     944     948     952
          Other industries..........................  99,655 102,912 101,430 101,053 101,468 101,898 102,119 102,519 102,858
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,680   8,566   8,643   8,840   8,791   8,833   8,686   8,662   8,802
      Unpaid family workers.........................     121      97     102     110     100     101     108      98      92
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,815   3,332   3,535   3,489   3,283   3,179   3,274   3,320   3,219
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,428   2,017   2,250   2,051   1,922   1,928   1,930   1,951   1,893
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,056     974     953   1,122   1,073     993   1,032   1,025   1,012
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,836  19,662  19,153  18,589  18,801  18,799  18,651  18,618  18,889
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,645   3,129   3,355   3,341   3,112   2,983   3,105   3,157   3,066
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,305   1,891   2,140   1,948   1,806   1,807   1,815   1,843   1,801
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,040     964     935   1,099   1,063     964   1,013   1,018     986
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,352  19,143  18,677  18,033  18,273  18,249  18,083  18,061  18,347

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       1999    1999    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   6,007   5,688   5,689    4.3     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.0 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,431   2,332   2,332    3.5     3.4     3.5     3.3     3.3     3.3 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,318   2,196   2,297    3.8     3.7     3.5     3.6     3.6     3.7 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,258   1,160   1,060   15.1    14.6    13.8    14.0    13.8    12.6 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,008     969     891    2.3     2.2     2.2     2.1     2.2     2.0 
     Married women, spouse present..................     974     872     925    2.8     2.6     2.5     2.5     2.5     2.6 
     Women who maintain families....................     542     556     554    6.3     6.4     6.0     6.0     6.2     6.2 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,718   4,540   4,554    4.1     4.0     4.0     3.9     3.9     3.9 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,266   1,175   1,112    5.2     5.0     4.7     4.9     4.9     4.6 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     754     719     767    1.9     1.8     1.8     1.8     1.7     1.8 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,505   1,464   1,382    3.7     3.5     3.5     3.6     3.6     3.4 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     552     624     565    3.6     3.9     4.0     3.7     4.0     3.7 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,173   1,198   1,198    6.0     6.4     6.3     6.2     6.1     6.1 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     277     208     178    7.5     5.3     5.8     6.7     5.8     4.7 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,603   4,478   4,575    4.3     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.2 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,300   1,274   1,162    4.6     4.8     4.5     4.2     4.4     4.1 
         Mining.....................................      37      22      14    6.3     6.7     5.0     4.6     4.1     2.6 
         Construction...............................     530     526     494    7.3     6.9     6.7     5.7     6.6     6.4 
         Manufacturing..............................     733     726     654    3.5     3.9     3.7     3.7     3.6     3.2 
           Durable goods............................     422     449     344    3.3     4.0     3.5     3.7     3.6     2.8 
           Nondurable goods.........................     311     277     311    3.9     3.9     4.0     3.7     3.5     3.9 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,303   3,204   3,413    4.2     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.0     4.3 
         Transportation and public utilities........     202     234     284    2.6     2.8     3.1     3.3     3.0     3.7 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,451   1,438   1,427    5.3     5.2     4.9     5.3     5.2     5.1 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     199     173     201    2.4     2.3     2.3     2.3     2.1     2.5 
         Services...................................   1,451   1,359   1,501    4.2     4.1     4.0     3.9     3.8     4.2 
     Government workers.............................     427     414     402    2.2     2.0     2.1     2.0     2.1     2.1 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     197     155     106    9.1     5.7     7.7     8.3     7.1     5.0 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       1999    1999    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,930   2,348   2,985   2,397   2,582   2,545   2,601   2,620   2,447
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,133   1,615   1,865   2,012   1,805   1,811   1,760   1,694   1,754
   15 weeks and over................................   1,541   1,281   1,414   1,491   1,412   1,434   1,401   1,388   1,372
      15 to 26 weeks................................     775     621     656     776     708     719     725     693     667
      27 weeks and over.............................     766     661     758     715     704     715     676     695     705
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.9    13.0    12.5    13.5    13.0    13.2    13.0    12.8    13.2
   Median duration, in weeks........................     6.5     5.8     5.4     6.8     5.9     6.3     6.2     5.9     5.7
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    44.4    44.8    47.7    40.6    44.5    44.0    45.1    45.9    43.9
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    32.3    30.8    29.8    34.1    31.1    31.3    30.5    29.7    31.5
     15 weeks and over..............................    23.3    24.4    22.6    25.3    24.3    24.8    24.3    24.3    24.6
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    11.7    11.8    10.5    13.2    12.2    12.4    12.6    12.2    12.0
       27 weeks and over............................    11.6    12.6    12.1    12.1    12.1    12.3    11.7    12.2    12.7

     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       1999    1999    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,394   2,451   3,102   2,708   2,573   2,518   2,493   2,401   2,477
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,364     859   1,165     863     869     802     851     795     739
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   2,030   1,592   1,937   1,845   1,704   1,716   1,642   1,606   1,739
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,376   1,073   1,226   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     655     519     711   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     721     718     765     729     758     778     821     825     776
  Reentrants........................................   2,027   1,745   2,062   2,009   1,967   1,958   1,935   2,036   2,043
  New entrants......................................     462     330     336     519     504     511     485     453     393
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    51.4    46.7    49.5    45.4    44.3    43.7    43.5    42.0    43.5
     On temporary layoff............................    20.7    16.4    18.6    14.5    15.0    13.9    14.8    13.9    13.0
     Not on temporary layoff........................    30.7    30.4    30.9    30.9    29.4    29.8    28.6    28.1    30.6
   Job leavers......................................    10.9    13.7    12.2    12.2    13.1    13.5    14.3    14.4    13.6
   Reentrants.......................................    30.7    33.3    32.9    33.7    33.9    34.0    33.7    35.6    35.9
   New entrants.....................................     7.0     6.3     5.4     8.7     8.7     8.9     8.5     7.9     6.9
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.5     1.8     2.2     1.9     1.8     1.8     1.8     1.7     1.8
   Job leavers......................................      .5      .5      .5      .5      .5      .6      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.2     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.5     1.4
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .2      .2      .4      .4      .4      .3      .3      .3

    1 Not available.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 Jan.   Dec.   Jan.   Jan.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan. 
                                                                 1999   1999   2000   1999   1999   1999   1999   1999   2000 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.1     .9    1.0    1.1    1.0    1.0    1.0    1.0    1.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.5    1.8    2.2    1.9    1.8    1.8    1.8    1.7    1.8
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.8    3.7    4.5    4.3    4.2    4.1    4.1    4.1    4.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    5.0    3.9    4.6   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.7    4.5    5.3   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    8.5    6.9    7.8   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       1999    1999    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   6,007   5,688   5,689    4.3     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.0 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,239   2,209   2,119   10.1    10.0    10.0    10.0     9.8     9.3 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,258   1,160   1,060   15.1    14.6    13.8    14.0    13.8    12.6 
        16 to 17 years..............................     599     553     465   17.9    16.1    15.9    16.5    16.5    14.0 
        18 to 19 years..............................     643     612     577   12.9    13.8    12.4    12.3    12.1    11.4 
      20 to 24 years................................     981   1,049   1,059    7.1     7.2     7.7     7.7     7.4     7.4 
    25 years and over...............................   3,767   3,479   3,578    3.2     3.1     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.0 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,278   2,987   3,089    3.3     3.2     3.1     3.1     3.0     3.1 
      55 years and over.............................     503     477     494    2.9     2.6     2.7     2.6     2.7     2.8 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,138   3,003   2,946    4.2     4.0     4.1     4.0     4.0     3.9 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,232   1,252   1,150   10.7     9.9    10.4    10.2    10.6     9.7 
        16 to 19 years..............................     707     671     613   16.4    14.6    14.2    14.9    15.2    14.0 
          16 to 17 years............................     339     311     246   19.3    16.6    15.5    16.9    17.7    14.3 
          18 to 19 years............................     365     356     364   14.3    13.2    13.2    13.6    13.5    13.7 
        20 to 24 years..............................     525     581     537    7.3     7.2     8.2     7.5     7.8     7.2 
      25 years and over.............................   1,910   1,757   1,800    3.0     3.0     2.9     2.8     2.8     2.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,644   1,493   1,552    3.1     3.0     3.0     2.9     2.8     2.9 
        55 years and over...........................     271     246     248    2.8     2.9     2.8     2.6     2.5     2.5 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,869   2,685   2,743    4.4     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.2 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,007     957     969    9.5    10.0     9.6     9.8     8.9     8.9 
        16 to 19 years..............................     551     489     447   13.7    14.7    13.4    13.0    12.2    11.1 
          16 to 17 years............................     260     242     219   16.3    15.6    16.3    16.1    15.1    13.7 
          18 to 19 years............................     278     256     213   11.5    14.5    11.4    10.8    10.5     8.9 
        20 to 24 years..............................     456     468     522    7.0     7.2     7.2     7.9     7.0     7.6 
      25 years and over.............................   1,857   1,722   1,778    3.4     3.2     3.1     3.1     3.2     3.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,634   1,494   1,537    3.5     3.4     3.2     3.3     3.2     3.3 
        55 years and over...........................     232     231     245    3.0     2.1     2.5     2.6     2.9     3.1 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Jan.      Jan.      Jan.      Jan.      Jan.      Jan.  
                                                                        1999      2000      1999      2000      1999      2000  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   68,776    69,161    25,562    25,852    43,214    43,308 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,800     4,354     1,910     1,832     2,890     2,522 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,358     1,197       635       597       723       600 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      339       234       206       148       133        86 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................    1,019       963       428       449       590       514 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,897     7,637     4,143     4,076     3,754     3,560 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      6.0       5.7       5.9       5.7       6.1       5.7 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,342     4,278     2,518     2,465     1,824     1,813 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,597     1,639       496       571     1,101     1,068 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      326       245       186       165       140        80 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,614     1,446       928       858       686       589 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Jan.    Nov.   Dec.    Jan.     Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.   Dec.    Jan. 
                                           1999    1999   1999p   2000p    1999    1999    1999    1999   1999p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 125,291 130,627 130,729 128,136 127,378 129,048 129,332 129,589 129,905 130,292
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 105,379 109,918 110,052 107,863 107,386 108,830 109,095 109,320 109,584 109,936
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  24,714  25,423  25,190  24,808  25,315  25,186  25,198  25,257  25,275  25,406
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     547     531     530     521     560     527     528     527     529     531
    Metal mining........................    49.4    48.5    48.3    48.1      50      48      48      49      48      49
    Coal mining.........................    88.7    82.3    82.5    80.6      89      83      82      82      82      81
    Oil and gas extraction..............   309.3   290.2   293.1   292.9     312     287     289     288     291     294
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   100.0   109.8   105.7    99.2     109     109     109     108     108     107
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   5,695   6,489   6,290   6,021   6,170   6,293   6,314   6,369   6,391   6,507
    General building contractors........ 1,348.8 1,464.8 1,443.8 1,407.6   1,410   1,440   1,445   1,450   1,454   1,471
    Heavy construction, except building.   728.2   900.3   832.6   759.5     871     857     861     870     879     899
    Special trade contractors........... 3,617.6 4,124.1 4,013.2 3,854.1   3,889   3,996   4,008   4,049   4,058   4,137
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,472  18,403  18,370  18,266  18,585  18,366  18,356  18,361  18,355  18,368
      Production workers................  12,679  12,653  12,625  12,540  12,773  12,617  12,608  12,613  12,608  12,628
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  10,998  10,976  10,974  10,926  11,050  10,959  10,952  10,954  10,954  10,964
      Production workers................   7,505   7,507   7,507   7,468   7,548   7,496   7,489   7,487   7,482   7,503
    Lumber and wood products............   812.0   832.1   828.2   820.9     826     827     829     829     829     830
    Furniture and fixtures..............   534.2   544.7   544.9   543.2     534     544     546     544     543     542
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   547.9   574.8   567.1   555.1     569     569     568     571     573     574
    Primary metal industries............   696.0   688.2   689.2   686.6     696     685     685     686     686     685
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   223.7   222.0   222.2   221.9   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,494.1 1,492.8 1,495.1 1,490.3   1,495   1,486   1,487   1,489   1,490   1,489
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,147.2 2,114.2 2,117.4 2,115.0   2,148   2,117   2,116   2,118   2,117   2,114
      Computer and office equipment.....   361.9   358.1   357.5   354.8     362     358     358     358     359     356
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,661.3 1,665.5 1,670.8 1,668.7   1,663   1,662   1,665   1,661   1,663   1,671
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   635.8   641.6   645.5   645.7     637     640     643     643     645     646
    Transportation equipment............ 1,877.5 1,839.2 1,841.3 1,832.3   1,884   1,848   1,838   1,834   1,831   1,837
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   992.1 1,005.3 1,009.8 1,004.4     996   1,006   1,001   1,000   1,001   1,009
      Aircraft and parts................   516.8   469.4   466.4   462.2     517     476     471     467     464     461
    Instruments and related products....   848.7   831.8   831.5   829.1     849     833     830     833     832     831
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   379.2   392.9   388.1   385.1     386     388     388     389     390     391
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,474   7,427   7,396   7,340   7,535   7,407   7,404   7,407   7,401   7,404
      Production workers................   5,174   5,146   5,118   5,072   5,225   5,121   5,119   5,126   5,126   5,125
    Food and kindred products........... 1,665.0 1,694.2 1,676.8 1,655.0   1,699   1,679   1,680   1,686   1,689   1,693
    Tobacco products....................    42.7    40.9    41.9    41.4      40      38      38      39      38      39
    Textile mill products...............   577.3   553.8   551.0   545.4     579     553     551     553     551     548
    Apparel and other textile products..   709.6   665.4   656.2   647.9     718     669     666     663     659     656
    Paper and allied products...........   662.4   655.3   655.0   653.1     664     657     655     655     655     655
    Printing and publishing............. 1,557.9 1,554.2 1,556.6 1,545.5   1,561   1,552   1,552   1,549   1,548   1,548
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,035.2 1,032.0 1,031.1 1,029.2   1,041   1,033   1,033   1,033   1,030   1,034
    Petroleum and coal products.........   134.1   137.0   133.5   131.9     139     137     136     136     135     137
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,012.8 1,021.8 1,023.0 1,019.9   1,016   1,017   1,021   1,022   1,025   1,023
    Leather and leather products........    76.9    72.2    71.2    70.4      78      72      72      71      71      71
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 100,577 105,204 105,539 103,328 102,063 103,862 104,134 104,332 104,630 104,886
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,646   6,908   6,948   6,839   6,708   6,831   6,841   6,862   6,896   6,912
    Transportation......................   4,306   4,521   4,562   4,453   4,356   4,455   4,458   4,474   4,506   4,519
      Railroad transportation...........   230.7   226.5   226.3   224.6     233     227     227     226     227     228
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   483.2   503.0   502.6   498.9     474     486     486     487     486     491
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,746.5 1,851.4 1,843.6 1,807.0   1,786   1,825   1,828   1,839   1,846   1,850
      Water transportation..............   173.3   178.4   176.3   170.9     182     182     182     180     182     179
      Transportation by air............. 1,198.9 1,276.8 1,327.7 1,269.0   1,204   1,250   1,251   1,257   1,278   1,287
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.7    12.9    13.1    13.2      14      13      13      13      13      13
      Transportation services...........   459.8   472.2   472.6   468.9     463     472     471     472     474     471
    Communications and public utilities.   2,340   2,387   2,386   2,386   2,352   2,376   2,383   2,388   2,390   2,393
      Communications.................... 1,494.6 1,547.3 1,547.7 1,550.8   1,502   1,533   1,541   1,546   1,550   1,553
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   845.2   839.9   838.7   835.3     850     843     842     842     840     840
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,868   7,084   7,080   7,046   6,924   7,041   7,064   7,070   7,086   7,105
    Durable goods.......................   4,065   4,193   4,200   4,185   4,088   4,172   4,188   4,194   4,203   4,209
    Nondurable goods....................   2,803   2,891   2,880   2,861   2,836   2,869   2,876   2,876   2,883   2,896
  Retail trade..........................  22,155  23,258  23,629  22,632  22,556  22,862  22,891  22,902  22,981  23,024
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies.........................   918.4   995.1   989.7   959.3     972     992   1,001   1,004   1,005   1,010
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,782.8 2,970.2 3,097.8 2,788.7   2,773   2,762   2,756   2,753   2,795   2,778
      Department stores................. 2,475.3 2,647.9 2,756.3 2,472.2   2,470   2,460   2,455   2,450   2,481   2,448
    Food stores......................... 3,465.3 3,514.2 3,545.3 3,465.7   3,481   3,478   3,481   3,480   3,483   3,482
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,346.7 2,421.1 2,418.7 2,410.6   2,377   2,415   2,420   2,424   2,431   2,444
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,054.5 1,095.6 1,093.4 1,093.0   1,061   1,091   1,092   1,096   1,097   1,100
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,156.0 1,251.5 1,304.9 1,212.9   1,152   1,189   1,200   1,198   1,187   1,203
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,063.8 1,118.5 1,146.3 1,113.4   1,055   1,097   1,099   1,095   1,101   1,104
    Eating and drinking places.......... 7,506.8 7,868.8 7,917.8 7,656.7   7,843   7,932   7,925   7,943   7,982   7,986
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,915.6 3,118.7 3,208.6 3,024.4   2,903   2,997   3,009   3,005   2,997   3,017
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,514   7,652   7,667   7,616   7,570   7,653   7,668   7,675   7,687   7,678
    Finance.............................   3,669   3,715   3,727   3,707   3,675   3,715   3,719   3,723   3,728   3,719
      Depository institutions........... 2,047.6 2,038.2 2,041.9 2,036.2   2,049   2,047   2,047   2,044   2,040   2,039
        Commercial banks................ 1,468.4 1,456.8 1,460.2 1,455.1   1,469   1,466   1,464   1,460   1,459   1,457
        Savings institutions............   257.4   252.5   252.0   249.6     258     255     254     254     252     250
      Nondepository institutions........   704.2   708.3   711.3   701.6     705     713     711     711     714     705
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   359.9   355.3   355.0   347.8     362     361     358     357     358     351
      Security and commodity brokers....   660.5   697.3   701.8   702.6     663     686     691     697     703     705
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   256.4   271.5   271.8   266.8     258     269     270     271     271     270
    Insurance...........................   2,378   2,411   2,418   2,401   2,383   2,410   2,414   2,411   2,416   2,404
      Insurance carriers................ 1,623.9 1,636.8 1,640.0 1,628.1   1,627   1,637   1,641   1,636   1,639   1,630
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   754.1   774.4   778.4   773.2     756     773     773     775     777     774
    Real estate.........................   1,467   1,526   1,522   1,508   1,512   1,528   1,535   1,541   1,543   1,555
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  37,482  39,593  39,538  38,922  38,313  39,257  39,433  39,554  39,659  39,811
    Agricultural services...............   633.7   774.6   718.5   665.2     747     763     766     774     766     787
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,679.7 1,742.0 1,730.4 1,693.8   1,785   1,811   1,806   1,812   1,809   1,794
    Personal services................... 1,250.0 1,184.4 1,201.2 1,278.3   1,205   1,210   1,210   1,214   1,224   1,234
    Business services................... 8,642.5 9,471.5 9,467.5 9,220.6   8,869   9,204   9,303   9,336   9,390   9,453
      Services to buildings.............   956.7 1,004.6   997.9   989.8     971   1,000   1,003   1,003     999   1,003
      Personnel supply services......... 3,117.4 3,616.1 3,610.7 3,371.8   3,308   3,440   3,490   3,501   3,518   3,528
        Help supply services............ 2,755.7 3,205.2 3,196.9 2,980.4   2,933   3,032   3,099   3,097   3,111   3,121
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,709.3 1,831.2 1,839.9 1,857.1   1,708   1,814   1,823   1,829   1,838   1,860
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,155.2 1,194.9 1,193.5 1,184.3   1,168   1,190   1,196   1,197   1,196   1,198
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   387.4   401.1   402.9   398.7     392     398     400     400     405     404
    Motion pictures.....................   570.1   606.4   614.6   605.6     573     608     612     613     609     614
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,417.5 1,567.6 1,560.7 1,495.7   1,653   1,713   1,730   1,734   1,722   1,751
    Health services..................... 9,876.4 10037.9 10053.1 10029.8   9,905   9,999  10,009  10,026  10,039  10,062
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,836.5 1,885.3 1,889.6 1,888.1   1,840   1,876   1,880   1,885   1,886   1,892
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,751.0 1,759.4 1,761.3 1,755.8   1,756   1,756   1,756   1,756   1,759   1,762
      Hospitals......................... 3,945.6 3,981.0 3,985.3 3,985.9   3,954   3,977   3,978   3,978   3,984   3,993
      Home health care services.........   640.3   662.6   663.6   652.9     645     657     658     658     661     660
    Legal services......................   983.7 1,011.3 1,013.7 1,010.6     989   1,007   1,009   1,012   1,015   1,018
    Educational services................ 2,167.9 2,484.4 2,427.0 2,234.2   2,218   2,289   2,288   2,298   2,304   2,287
    Social services..................... 2,701.8 2,849.0 2,857.9 2,847.9   2,721   2,803   2,817   2,840   2,851   2,872
      Child day care services...........   627.8   659.5   658.6   659.1     621     631     634     646     649     656
      Residential care..................   760.2   794.9   800.0   797.0     765     788     792     796     802     803
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................    86.0    93.3    93.2    87.0      94      94      95      96      95      95
    Membership organizations............ 2,347.0 2,395.1 2,404.4 2,379.7   2,385   2,408   2,409   2,411   2,418   2,418
    Engineering and management services. 3,291.0 3,483.9 3,503.0 3,493.8   3,316   3,464   3,487   3,496   3,520   3,526
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   915.5   958.1   959.6   960.2     926     948     954     959     965     973
      Management and public relations... 1,089.1 1,196.7 1,212.3 1,203.3   1,103   1,180   1,193   1,196   1,218   1,221
    Services, nec.......................    54.7    58.1    58.5    59.1   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  19,912  20,709  20,677  20,273  19,992  20,218  20,237  20,269  20,321  20,356
    Federal.............................   2,677   2,642   2,675   2,641   2,702   2,654   2,643   2,648   2,643   2,663
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,802.1 1,766.3 1,760.7 1,767.4   1,822   1,785   1,780   1,780   1,778   1,787
    State...............................   4,580   4,865   4,819   4,651   4,644   4,717   4,722   4,729   4,735   4,735
      Education......................... 1,880.2 2,125.2 2,083.7 1,917.6   1,920   1,965   1,960   1,967   1,974   1,976
      Other State government............ 2,699.6 2,739.4 2,735.7 2,733.0   2,724   2,752   2,762   2,762   2,761   2,759
    Local...............................  12,655  13,202  13,183  12,981  12,646  12,847  12,872  12,892  12,943  12,958
      Education......................... 7,307.4 7,697.4 7,690.3 7,517.3   7,165   7,295   7,305   7,318   7,353   7,358
      Other local government............ 5,347.8 5,504.2 5,492.5 5,463.2   5,481   5,552   5,567   5,574   5,590   5,600

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Jan.    Nov.   Dec.    Jan.     Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.   Dec.    Jan. 
                                           1999    1999   1999p   2000p    1999    1999    1999    1999   1999p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.0    34.5    34.6    34.3    34.6    34.4    34.5    34.5    34.5    34.6 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.5    41.5    41.5    40.8    41.1    41.1    41.1    41.3    40.9    41.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   42.3    44.7    44.4    44.4    42.9    44.3    44.1    44.2    44.2    45.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   37.9    39.5    38.7    38.3    39.5    39.1    39.1    40.0    38.9    39.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.3    42.2    42.5    41.6    41.6    41.8    41.8    41.7    41.6    41.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.3     4.9     5.1     4.5     4.5     4.7     4.7     4.6     4.7     4.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   41.9    42.7    43.1    42.2    42.2    42.4    42.3    42.2    42.0    42.2 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     5.0     5.3     4.6     4.6     4.9     4.8     4.7     4.8     4.7 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.7    41.4    41.3    40.7    41.7    41.1    41.1    41.1    40.9    41.1 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   40.1    40.4    41.3    40.1    40.4    40.4    40.2    39.9    40.2    40.2 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   42.5    44.1    43.2    42.3    43.8    43.6    43.4    43.9    43.2    43.5 
    Primary metal industries............   43.8    44.7    45.3    44.5    43.7    44.4    44.3    44.3    44.4    44.4 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.0    45.3    46.0    45.0    43.8    45.0    45.0    45.3    45.5    44.8 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.8    42.7    43.2    42.2    42.1    42.3    42.1    42.1    41.9    42.2 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.2    42.5    43.2    42.4    42.1    42.4    42.4    42.2    42.2    42.4 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.0    42.1    42.3    41.3    41.2    41.6    41.6    41.4    41.1    41.1 
    Transportation equipment............   43.3    44.1    44.9    44.0    43.5    44.0    43.9    43.5    43.3    44.0 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   44.0    45.2    46.3    45.2    44.3    45.2    45.3    44.7    44.5    45.4 
    Instruments and related products....   41.2    41.9    42.5    41.6    41.2    41.6    41.5    41.5    41.6    41.4 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.0    40.2    40.4    39.0    39.6    40.0    39.8    39.6    39.9    39.3 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.6    41.4    41.6    40.7    40.8    40.9    41.0    41.0    40.9    40.9 
      Overtime hours....................    4.2     4.7     4.8     4.2     4.4     4.4     4.5     4.4     4.6     4.4 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   41.5    42.5    42.4    41.3    41.8    41.7    42.0    41.9    41.6    41.6 
    Tobacco products....................   37.3    43.2    44.2    39.0    38.1    40.2    41.0    42.8    43.5    40.3 
    Textile mill products...............   40.7    41.6    41.8    40.9    40.8    40.8    41.3    41.2    41.2    40.9 
    Apparel and other textile products..   36.7    37.6    38.0    37.2    37.0    37.5    37.5    37.3    37.4    37.6 
    Paper and allied products...........   43.5    43.9    44.2    43.3    43.5    43.5    43.5    43.5    43.2    43.2 
    Printing and publishing.............   37.7    38.8    39.0    37.9    38.2    38.3    38.4    38.3    38.3    38.3 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.8    43.4    43.8    42.8    42.9    43.2    43.1    43.1    43.1    42.9 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.9    43.0    43.3    42.4    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.3    41.9    42.3    41.6    41.4    41.7    41.5    41.5    41.3    41.9 
    Leather and leather products........   36.7    38.0    37.8    37.4    37.3    37.2    37.5    37.6    37.2    38.0 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.4    32.7    32.9    32.7    32.9    32.8    32.8    32.8    32.9    32.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.7    38.3    38.3    38.4    39.3    38.6    38.5    38.2    38.4    38.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.0    38.4    38.5    38.5    38.4    38.5    38.6    38.4    38.5    38.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.1    28.7    29.3    28.3    29.0    28.8    28.9    28.9    29.1    29.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.0    36.0    36.2    37.0    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.3    32.7    32.6    32.7    32.7    32.6    32.7    32.8    32.7    32.7 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            Jan.      Nov.     Dec.      Jan.       Jan.      Nov.     Dec.      Jan.  
                                            1999      1999     1999p     2000p      1999      1999     1999p     2000p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.11    $13.43    $13.46    $13.59    $445.74   $463.34   $465.72   $466.14 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.04     13.40     13.44     13.50     451.18    462.30    463.68    467.10 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   14.46     15.03     15.09     15.03     585.63    623.75    626.24    613.22 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.23     16.95     17.15     17.26     728.83    757.67    761.46    766.34 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   16.74     17.37     17.42     17.36     634.45    686.12    674.15    664.89 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   13.66     14.08     14.20     14.17     564.16    594.18    603.50    589.47 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.11     14.58     14.73     14.67     591.21    622.57    634.86    619.07 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.28     11.59     11.64     11.71     459.10    479.83    480.73    476.60 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.10     11.35     11.47     11.38     445.11    458.54    473.71    456.34 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.66     14.07     14.00     14.02     580.55    620.49    604.80    593.05 
    Primary metal industries............   15.39     16.14     16.19     16.15     674.08    721.46    733.41    718.68 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   18.41     19.18     19.17     19.26     810.04    868.85    881.82    866.70 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.29     13.57     13.68     13.64     555.52    579.44    590.98    575.61 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   14.69     15.21     15.36     15.33     619.92    646.43    663.55    649.99 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.26     13.59     13.69     13.66     543.66    572.14    579.09    564.16 
    Transportation equipment............   17.47     18.46     18.78     18.56     756.45    814.09    843.22    816.64 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   17.65     18.87     19.29     18.99     776.60    852.92    893.13    858.35 
    Instruments and related products....   13.91     14.34     14.39     14.37     573.09    600.85    611.58    597.79 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.16     11.43     11.57     11.51     435.24    459.49    467.43    448.89 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   12.99     13.33     13.41     13.39     527.39    551.86    557.86    544.97 
    Food and kindred products...........   11.94     12.20     12.30     12.22     495.51    518.50    521.52    504.69 
    Tobacco products....................   17.14     17.96     17.96     17.66     639.32    775.87    793.83    688.74 
    Textile mill products...............   10.63     10.80     10.83     10.83     432.64    449.28    452.69    442.95 
    Apparel and other textile products..    8.68      8.98      9.02      9.01     318.56    337.65    342.76    335.17 
    Paper and allied products...........   15.73     16.12     16.17     16.14     684.26    707.67    714.71    698.86 
    Printing and publishing.............   13.66     14.01     14.12     14.14     514.98    543.59    550.68    535.91 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.24     17.75     17.81     17.79     737.87    770.35    780.08    761.41 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.22     21.83     21.85     21.65     931.56    938.69    946.11    917.96 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.19     12.41     12.52     12.57     503.45    519.98    529.60    522.91 
    Leather and leather products........    9.64      9.84      9.90      9.92     353.79    373.92    374.22    371.01 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   12.68     12.92     12.96     13.14     410.83    422.48    426.38    429.68 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   15.57     15.87     15.93     15.92     602.56    607.82    610.12    611.33 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.42     14.82     14.90     15.02     547.96    569.09    573.65    578.27 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.00      9.21      9.26      9.34     252.90    264.33    271.32    264.32 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.48     14.73     14.75     14.99     521.28    530.28    533.95    554.63 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.30     13.60     13.68     13.82     429.59    444.72    445.97    451.91 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                    Jan.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     change  
            Industry                1999     1999     1999     1999     1999p    2000p    from:   
                                                                                        Dec. 1999-
                                                                                        Jan. 2000 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.04   $13.35   $13.39   $13.40   $13.44   $13.50      0.4   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.83     7.86     7.87     7.87     7.87     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    14.53    14.93    14.97    14.99    15.03    15.09       .4   
    Mining......................    17.07    17.09    17.09    16.93    17.03    17.03       .0   
    Construction................    16.80    17.21    17.27    17.31    17.42    17.46       .2   
    Manufacturing...............    13.64    14.04    14.07    14.06    14.08    14.13       .4   
      Excluding overtime4.......    12.93    13.29    13.33    13.32    13.35    13.39       .3   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    12.56    12.85    12.89    12.90    12.95    13.00       .4   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    15.49    15.76    15.76    15.81    15.93    15.84      -.6   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.36    14.74    14.80    14.81    14.87    14.95       .5   
    Retail trade................     8.93     9.15     9.18     9.20     9.27     9.27       .0   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.46    14.70    14.72    14.73    14.75    14.90      1.0   
    Services....................    13.17    13.49    13.55    13.55    13.59    13.65       .4   

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
deflate this series.
  3 Change was .0 percent from November 1999 to December 1999, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
    N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Jan.   Nov.    Dec.     Jan.    Jan.   Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.     Jan.  
                                          1999   1999    1999p    2000p   1999   1999    1999    1999    1999p    2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  141.3  149.9   150.6    146.0   146.8  148.2   148.8   149.2   149.3    150.2 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  110.0  117.2   115.8    111.4   115.2  114.6   114.7   115.5   114.5    116.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   49.7   51.7    50.9     49.7    51.8   50.3    50.6    50.4    50.8     51.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  148.5  181.3   170.4    159.3   171.9  172.4   173.2   179.0   174.4    181.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  105.7  107.6   108.2    105.1   107.1  106.4   106.2   106.0   105.7    106.2 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  109.6  111.7   112.9    109.9   111.0  110.9   110.5   110.2   109.8    110.6 
    Lumber and wood products............  143.0  149.4   148.1    144.4   149.5  147.1   147.6   147.6   146.8    148.2 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  134.5  138.0   141.1    136.3   135.3  137.5   137.4   136.1   136.5    136.5 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  109.2  119.7   115.4    110.0   117.8  117.0   116.2   118.1   116.5    118.1 
    Primary metal industries............   90.4   91.1    92.5     90.3    89.9   90.2    89.8    90.0    90.4     89.9 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   68.3   70.3    71.2     69.3    68.0   69.9    69.9    69.9    70.2     69.2 
    Fabricated metal products...........  116.8  119.0   120.7    117.6   117.7  117.2   116.8   116.9   116.5    117.4 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  105.7  104.3   106.4    104.8   105.4  104.2   104.1   103.7   103.7    104.5 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  105.4  107.9   109.0    105.9   105.9  106.7   106.7   105.8   104.9    105.3 
    Transportation equipment............  123.8  124.9   127.4    123.8   125.1  125.4   124.2   122.7   122.0    124.6 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  158.7  168.1   172.8    167.4   161.0  168.0   167.3   165.0   164.3    169.6 
    Instruments and related products....   75.0   75.6    76.4     74.8    75.0   75.1    75.1    75.1    74.7     74.5 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   96.1  102.9   102.2     97.5    99.5  101.3   100.8   100.3   101.4    100.2 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................  100.3  101.9   101.8     98.6   101.8  100.2   100.4   100.4   100.1    100.2 
    Food and kindred products...........  115.7  121.3   119.4    114.4   119.3  117.7   118.7   119.0   118.4    118.6 
    Tobacco products....................   61.9   63.1    66.3     57.4    58.5   53.7    54.8    57.3    58.2     53.9 
    Textile mill products...............   82.6   80.9    80.9     78.2    83.1   79.5    80.0    80.1    79.8     78.5 
    Apparel and other textile products..   61.1   58.4    58.2     56.3    62.3   58.6    58.1    57.7    57.5     57.8 
    Paper and allied products...........  106.8  106.4   107.3    104.9   107.1  105.6   105.2   105.4   104.9    104.9 
    Printing and publishing.............  121.4  124.2   124.9    120.3   123.4  122.1   122.6   122.0   121.7    121.7 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  101.8  104.0   105.1    102.7   102.4  102.7   102.8   103.2   103.2    103.4 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   73.3   73.4    69.9     65.4    76.2   73.9    73.2    72.4    72.3     68.5 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  146.8  151.2   153.0    150.1   147.8  149.2   149.2   149.4   149.7    151.6 
    Leather and leather products........   32.0   31.2    30.2     29.5    32.7   30.9    30.5    30.0    29.7     30.4 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  155.4  164.6   166.3    161.5   161.0  163.3   164.1   164.4   165.0    165.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  130.9  134.1   135.3    132.7   134.1  133.5   133.3   132.7   133.6    135.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  128.1  133.6   133.8    132.8   130.6  133.1   133.8   133.2   133.9    134.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  134.1  144.8   150.3    138.5   141.3  142.6   143.1   143.3   144.7    144.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  137.0  138.7   139.9    141.5   139.1  140.2   140.5   139.7   140.7    141.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  191.3  204.3   203.8    200.9   198.3  202.3   204.0   205.0   204.8    205.4 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   49.6    64.9    59.4    55.1    61.9    60.8    57.0    62.5    57.3    63.5    59.7    61.2 
     1997..............   56.2    61.0    61.9    62.8    58.8    56.3    60.7    61.0    59.4    65.4    63.6    62.1 
     1998..............   63.8    57.9    58.8    60.5    55.9    57.9    58.0    55.8    54.6    52.9    59.1    58.6 
     1999..............   54.4    58.3    52.1    58.8    51.5    57.0    57.6    50.0    55.1    57.2    57.9   p56.6 
     2000..............  p57.0                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   62.6    62.5    63.3    63.1    63.1    64.3    64.3    62.2    64.6    64.2    66.2    63.2 
     1997..............   63.8    63.6    67.7    67.3    62.6    61.7    61.4    66.2    67.3    69.9    70.8    71.2 
     1998..............   66.7    66.2    64.5    63.9    61.4    58.7    60.0    58.4    57.6    57.6    59.0    60.4 
     1999..............   60.7    55.9    59.6    54.6    56.3    56.2    56.2    59.0    57.4    59.6   p60.1   p60.3 
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   62.6    65.2    64.5    65.2    64.7    64.6    67.0    65.4    65.9    66.7    66.9    66.7 
     1997..............   67.4    68.3    65.6    67.0    65.6    64.9    66.3    68.4    69.7    71.3    71.3    71.9 
     1998..............   70.6    66.9    65.9    62.4    62.6    61.1    58.0    59.8    60.0    60.8    60.8    58.0 
     1999..............   61.1    58.8    57.3    59.0    55.2    57.4    56.9    61.5   p61.4   p58.4                 
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    68.7    66.9 
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    69.7    69.8    71.3 
     1998..............   70.4    68.3    67.1    64.0    62.1    61.7    61.8    63.8    59.8    59.0    59.3    58.6 
     1999..............   60.1    57.3    57.0    57.6    58.7   p58.7   p58.7                                         
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   42.4    55.4    46.8    41.0    55.8    51.4    47.1    56.5    48.9    55.0    50.7    54.0 
     1997..............   50.0    52.9    53.6    56.1    52.2    53.2    51.1    55.4    53.6    62.2    61.2    55.4 
     1998..............   58.6    51.8    50.4    50.4    40.6    46.8    40.3    45.3    42.1    36.3    39.9    45.0 
     1999..............   40.3    42.4    39.6    44.6    36.3    45.3    57.2    38.5    42.8    48.9    50.7   p48.2 
     2000..............  p52.2                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   46.8    46.0    43.5    46.0    48.2    51.1    51.8    49.6    53.2    52.5    55.0    50.7 
     1997..............   51.8    51.4    57.6    56.8    54.3    51.8    53.6    55.4    59.7    68.3    65.8    64.4 
     1998..............   59.4    57.9    51.8    44.2    41.7    34.9    37.4    37.1    38.1    34.2    35.6    35.3 
     1999..............   37.4    31.7    37.1    30.2    33.8    43.9    43.2    44.6    38.5    46.4   p49.3   p50.4 
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   41.4    46.0    45.7    47.1    46.0    48.6    52.9    50.4    51.8    51.4    52.5    51.8 
     1997..............   54.7    54.0    51.4    54.3    52.5    52.2    55.4    61.2    61.5    64.7    66.2    65.1 
     1998..............   59.7    49.3    48.2    36.7    36.7    36.7    28.4    31.3    33.5    35.3    32.7    28.1 
     1999..............   33.1    29.1    28.1    36.0    30.9    34.5    36.3    44.6   p45.3   p40.6                 
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.3    50.7 
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.5    55.4    57.2 
     1998..............   54.0    49.3    46.0    40.6    35.6    33.8    30.9    32.0    26.6    26.6    25.5    26.3 
     1999..............   32.7    25.9    28.4    29.5    29.9   p30.6   p34.5                                         
     2000..............                                                                                                

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.