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                     THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  AUGUST 2005

   Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 169,000 in August, and the unemploy-
ment rate was little changed at 4.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Employment rose over the month
in several industries, including construction, health care, and accommodations 
and food services.  Manufacturing employment edged down in August.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate were
little changed in August.  The unemployment rate, at 4.9 percent, has trended
down by half a percentage point since February.  The number of unemployed
persons, 7.4 million, was down from 8.0 million in February.
   
   In August, the unemployment rates for most major worker groups--adult men
(4.3 percent), teenagers (16.5 percent), whites (4.2 percent), blacks (9.6
percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (5.8 percent)--showed little or no change.
The jobless rate for adult women fell to 4.4 percent over the month.  The
unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted.  (See
tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   
   Since February, the number of persons unemployed due to job loss has de-
clined by 490,000, to 3.5 million in August.  The decline in this group has
accounted for most of the decrease in total unemployment over the period.
(See table A-8.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment continued to trend up in August.  The employment-popula-
tion ratio was 62.9 percent; since February, the employment-population ratio
has risen by 0.6 percentage point.  The labor force participation rate, at
66.2 percent in August, has increased by 0.4 percentage point since early
this year.  (See table A-1.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                         |_________________|__________________________| July-
        Category         |      2005       |           2005           | Aug.
                         |_________________|__________________________|change
                         |   I    |   II   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  |
 ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 148,089| 149,003| 149,123| 149,573| 149,841|    268
  Employment.............| 140,296| 141,404| 141,638| 142,076| 142,449|    373
  Unemployment...........|   7,794|   7,599|   7,486|   7,497|   7,391|   -106
Not in labor force.......|  76,949|  76,671|  76,787|  76,580|  76,581|      1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     5.3|     5.1|     5.0|     5.0|     4.9|   -0.1
  Adult men..............|     4.7|     4.4|     4.3|     4.3|     4.3|     .0
  Adult women............|     4.6|     4.6|     4.6|     4.7|     4.4|    -.3
  Teenagers..............|    16.9|    17.4|    16.4|    16.1|    16.5|     .4
  White..................|     4.5|     4.4|     4.3|     4.3|     4.2|    -.1
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|    10.6|    10.3|    10.3|     9.5|     9.6|     .1
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     6.1|     6.1|     5.8|     5.5|     5.8|     .3
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 132,814| 133,429| 133,588|p133,830|p133,999|   p169
  Goods-producing(1).....|  22,054|  22,134|  22,134| p22,136| p22,149|    p13
    Construction.........|   7,127|   7,217|   7,230|  p7,237|  p7,262|    p25
    Manufacturing........|  14,314|  14,292|  14,276| p14,270| p14,256|   p-14
  Service-providing(1)...| 110,759| 111,295| 111,454|p111,694|p111,850|   p156
    Retail trade(2)......|  15,112|  15,180|  15,197| p15,255| p15,267|    p12
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  16,755|  16,867|  16,906| p16,948| p16,977|    p29
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  17,191|  17,289|  17,336| p17,364| p17,407|    p43
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,641|  12,741|  12,765| p12,802| p12,836|    p34
    Government...........|  21,725|  21,753|  21,760| p21,802| p21,817|    p15
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.7|    33.7|    33.7|   p33.7|   p33.7|   p0.0
  Manufacturing..........|    40.6|    40.4|    40.4|   p40.5|   p40.5|    p.0
    Overtime.............|     4.5|     4.4|     4.4|    p4.5|    p4.5|    p.0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|   101.7|   102.4|   102.5|  p102.8|  p102.9|   p0.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $15.92|  $16.03|  $16.07| p$16.14| p$16.16| p$0.02
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  536.51|  540.86|  541.56| p543.92| p544.59|  p0.67
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______

   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
   3  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

   
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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In August, 1.6 million persons were marginally attached to the labor
force, about the same as a year earlier.  These individuals wanted and were
available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months.
They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they did not actively
search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  There were 384,000 dis-
couraged workers in August, down from 534,000 a year earlier.  Discouraged  
workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for
work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them.  The
other 1.2 million persons marginally attached to the labor force had not
searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsi-
bilities.  (See table A-13.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm employment rose by 169,000 in August to 134.0 million,
seasonally adjusted.  This followed a gain of 242,000 in July (as revised).
In August, there were notable employment gains in construction, health care,
and accommodations and food services.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Within the goods-producing sector, construction employment rose by 25,000
in August, largely among specialty trade contractors.  August's increase in
construction employment was about in line with the industry's average monthly
gain since March 2003.  The industry has added 604,000 jobs over that period.
   
   Manufacturing employment edged down in August, and has declined by
110,000 over the year.  Motor vehicles and parts manufacturers shed 8,000
jobs in August; since May, employment has declined by 37,000.  This industry
has accounted for nearly half of all jobs lost in manufacturing over the year.
In August, the long-term employment declines continued in textile mills and
apparel.  These industries have lost 46,000 jobs over the year.  Mining
employment continued to trend upward over the month; since its most recent
low in April 2003, the industry has added 67,000 jobs.  Support activities
for oil and gas operations have accounted for much of the increase.
   
   In the service-providing sector, employment in health care increased by
26,000 in August.  Ambulatory health care services (which includes doctors'
offices and outpatient clinics) and hospitals added 16,000 and 10,000 jobs,
respectively.  Food services employment continued to grow; this industry
added 18,000 jobs in August and 280,000 over the year.  Employment in ac-
commodations edged up over the month.
   
   Employment in financial activities continued to trend up in August
(15,000), reflecting small gains in many component industries.  Professional
and business services employment also continued to trend upward in August
(29,000).  This industry has added 507,000 jobs over the year.  Temporary
help services employment was about unchanged in August.  Job growth in this
industry has slowed since last fall.
   
   Retail trade employment was little changed in August, following a large
gain of 58,000 in July.  Over the year, the industry has added 224,000 jobs.
Wholesale trade employment continued its upward trend in August; this indus-
try has added 150,000 jobs since its most recent trough in August 2003.

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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.7 hours in August, seasonally adjusted.
The manufacturing workweek remained at 40.5 hours, and manufacturing overtime
held at 4.5 hours.  (See table B-2.)

   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 percent in August to
102.9 (2002=100).  The manufacturing index was down by 0.1 percent over
the month to 93.5.  (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 2 cents in August to $16.16, seasonally adjusted.
Average weekly earnings increased by 0.1 percent over the month to $544.59.
Over the year, both average hourly and weekly earnings grew by 2.7 percent.
(See table B-3.)

                         ______________________________
   
   
   The Employment Situation for September 2005 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, October 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
   
   
   
   
   
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Explanatory Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the 12th,
which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
   Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
   
   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro-
fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
   The civilian labor force  is the sum of employed and  unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the  labor
force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent
of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
                                  
                                  - 6 -
 
   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  Among these are:
 
   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.
The establishment survey does not.
 
   --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
   --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in-
dividuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes
in unemployment.
 
   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern
each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases
in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For
example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May,
making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen
or declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted
to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made
correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
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   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the en-
tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,
that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand-
ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
430,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 8 -
 
   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure
to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for
all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to
provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents,
and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
 
   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
   
   Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.5 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
   More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
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Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
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  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 223,677 226,153 226,421 223,677 225,441 225,670 225,911 226,153 226,421
    Civilian labor force............................ 148,166 151,122 150,469 147,676 148,762 149,122 149,123 149,573 149,841
          Participation rate........................    66.2    66.8    66.5    66.0    66.0    66.1    66.0    66.1    66.2
      Employed...................................... 140,226 143,283 143,142 139,658 141,099 141,475 141,638 142,076 142,449
          Employment-population ratio...............    62.7    63.4    63.2    62.4    62.6    62.7    62.7    62.8    62.9
      Unemployed....................................   7,940   7,839   7,327   8,018   7,663   7,647   7,486   7,497   7,391
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.4     5.2     4.9     5.4     5.2     5.1     5.0     5.0     4.9
    Not in labor force..............................  75,511  75,031  75,952  76,001  76,679  76,547  76,787  76,580  76,581
      Persons who currently want a job..............   5,145   5,081   5,017   4,908   5,134   4,728   5,240   5,015   4,823
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,881 109,190 109,332 107,881 108,812 108,934 109,062 109,190 109,332
    Civilian labor force............................  79,832  81,413  81,079  79,253  79,839  80,048  80,063  80,199  80,409
          Participation rate........................    74.0    74.6    74.2    73.5    73.4    73.5    73.4    73.4    73.5
      Employed......................................  75,707  77,541  77,386  74,824  75,735  75,985  76,092  76,272  76,449
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.2    71.0    70.8    69.4    69.6    69.8    69.8    69.9    69.9
      Unemployed....................................   4,125   3,871   3,694   4,429   4,104   4,062   3,971   3,927   3,960
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.2     4.8     4.6     5.6     5.1     5.1     5.0     4.9     4.9
    Not in labor force..............................  28,048  27,778  28,252  28,628  28,973  28,886  28,998  28,991  28,923
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,642 100,874 101,004  99,642 100,520 100,634 100,754 100,874 101,004
    Civilian labor force............................  75,798  77,024  77,119  75,615  76,173  76,439  76,462  76,624  76,831
          Participation rate........................    76.1    76.4    76.4    75.9    75.8    76.0    75.9    76.0    76.1
      Employed......................................  72,328  73,951  74,061  71,847  72,817  73,100  73,174  73,363  73,527
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.6    73.3    73.3    72.1    72.4    72.6    72.6    72.7    72.8
      Unemployed....................................   3,470   3,073   3,058   3,768   3,356   3,339   3,288   3,261   3,304
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.6     4.0     4.0     5.0     4.4     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.3
    Not in labor force..............................  23,844  23,849  23,885  24,026  24,347  24,195  24,292  24,250  24,173
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 115,796 116,963 117,089 115,796 116,629 116,736 116,849 116,963 117,089
    Civilian labor force............................  68,333  69,709  69,390  68,423  68,923  69,075  69,060  69,374  69,431
          Participation rate........................    59.0    59.6    59.3    59.1    59.1    59.2    59.1    59.3    59.3
      Employed......................................  64,519  65,742  65,756  64,834  65,364  65,490  65,545  65,804  66,000
          Employment-population ratio...............    55.7    56.2    56.2    56.0    56.0    56.1    56.1    56.3    56.4
      Unemployed....................................   3,815   3,967   3,634   3,589   3,558   3,585   3,515   3,570   3,431
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.6     5.7     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.1     5.1     4.9
    Not in labor force..............................  47,463  47,254  47,700  47,373  47,706  47,661  47,789  47,589  47,658
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,801 108,880 108,996 107,801 108,573 108,672 108,776 108,880 108,996
    Civilian labor force............................  64,535  65,411  65,384  64,909  65,420  65,479  65,470  65,768  65,761
          Participation rate........................    59.9    60.1    60.0    60.2    60.3    60.3    60.2    60.4    60.3
      Employed......................................  61,277  62,072  62,306  61,877  62,384  62,464  62,451  62,690  62,867
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.8    57.0    57.2    57.4    57.5    57.5    57.4    57.6    57.7
      Unemployed....................................   3,259   3,339   3,078   3,032   3,036   3,015   3,019   3,078   2,894
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     5.1     4.7     4.7     4.6     4.6     4.6     4.7     4.4
    Not in labor force..............................  43,266  43,470  43,612  42,892  43,153  43,192  43,306  43,113  43,235
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  16,234  16,399  16,421  16,234  16,347  16,364  16,381  16,399  16,421
    Civilian labor force............................   7,832   8,686   7,966   7,152   7,168   7,204   7,192   7,182   7,249
          Participation rate........................    48.2    53.0    48.5    44.1    43.9    44.0    43.9    43.8    44.1
      Employed......................................   6,621   7,260   6,775   5,934   5,897   5,911   6,013   6,024   6,055
          Employment-population ratio...............    40.8    44.3    41.3    36.6    36.1    36.1    36.7    36.7    36.9
      Unemployed....................................   1,211   1,427   1,191   1,217   1,271   1,293   1,178   1,158   1,193
          Unemployment rate.........................    15.5    16.4    15.0    17.0    17.7    17.9    16.4    16.1    16.5
    Not in labor force..............................   8,402   7,712   8,455   9,082   9,179   9,160   9,190   9,217   9,172

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                               
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 182,846 184,490 184,669 182,846 184,015 184,167 184,328 184,490 184,669
    Civilian labor force............................ 121,666 123,490 123,166 121,278 121,961 122,177 121,985 122,383 122,668
        Participation rate..........................    66.5    66.9    66.7    66.3    66.3    66.3    66.2    66.3    66.4
      Employed...................................... 116,007 118,069 118,021 115,526 116,574 116,791 116,778 117,149 117,471
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.4    64.0    63.9    63.2    63.4    63.4    63.4    63.5    63.6
      Unemployed....................................   5,659   5,421   5,144   5,752   5,387   5,386   5,206   5,234   5,197
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.7     4.4     4.2     4.7     4.4     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.2
    Not in labor force..............................  61,179  61,000  61,503  61,568  62,054  61,989  62,343  62,107  62,001
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  63,295  63,991  64,133  63,115  63,562  63,747  63,691  63,700  63,894
        Participation rate..........................    76.5    76.6    76.6    76.3    76.3    76.4    76.3    76.2    76.4
      Employed......................................  60,796  61,803  61,946  60,368  61,162  61,336  61,371  61,353  61,510
        Employment-population ratio.................    73.5    73.9    74.0    73.0    73.4    73.5    73.5    73.4    73.5
      Unemployed....................................   2,499   2,188   2,187   2,747   2,399   2,410   2,320   2,346   2,384
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.9     3.4     3.4     4.4     3.8     3.8     3.6     3.7     3.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  51,866  52,352  52,408  52,214  52,463  52,455  52,325  52,757  52,762
        Participation rate..........................    59.3    59.3    59.4    59.7    59.6    59.6    59.4    59.8    59.8
      Employed......................................  49,586  50,075  50,263  50,126  50,386  50,399  50,284  50,674  50,781
        Employment-population ratio.................    56.7    56.8    56.9    57.3    57.2    57.2    57.0    57.4    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   2,280   2,277   2,145   2,088   2,077   2,056   2,041   2,083   1,981
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.4     4.3     4.1     4.0     4.0     3.9     3.9     3.9     3.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,505   7,147   6,624   5,949   5,936   5,976   5,968   5,926   6,012
        Participation rate..........................    51.6    56.3    52.2    47.2    46.9    47.2    47.1    46.7    47.3
      Employed......................................   5,626   6,191   5,812   5,032   5,026   5,056   5,123   5,121   5,181
        Employment-population ratio.................    44.6    48.8    45.8    39.9    39.7    39.9    40.4    40.4    40.8
      Unemployed....................................     880     956     812     917     910     920     845     805     832
        Unemployment rate...........................    13.5    13.4    12.3    15.4    15.3    15.4    14.2    13.6    13.8
                                                                                                                            
              BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                     
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  26,120  26,526  26,572  26,120  26,413  26,450  26,488  26,526  26,572
    Civilian labor force............................  16,789  17,441  17,252  16,721  16,940  17,050  17,147  17,190  17,154
        Participation rate..........................    64.3    65.8    64.9    64.0    64.1    64.5    64.7    64.8    64.6
      Employed......................................  15,023  15,655  15,573  14,972  15,184  15,329  15,378  15,561  15,499
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.5    59.0    58.6    57.3    57.5    58.0    58.1    58.7    58.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,766   1,786   1,679   1,749   1,756   1,721   1,769   1,628   1,655
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.5    10.2     9.7    10.5    10.4    10.1    10.3     9.5     9.6
    Not in labor force..............................   9,331   9,085   9,319   9,399   9,473   9,400   9,341   9,336   9,417
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,422   7,801   7,761   7,439   7,555   7,615   7,706   7,765   7,739
        Participation rate..........................    70.8    73.2    72.6    70.9    71.2    71.6    72.4    72.8    72.4
      Employed......................................   6,685   7,156   7,129   6,665   6,849   6,914   6,963   7,116   7,077
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.8    67.1    66.7    63.6    64.5    65.0    65.4    66.7    66.2
      Unemployed....................................     737     646     631     774     706     700     743     650     662
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.9     8.3     8.1    10.4     9.3     9.2     9.6     8.4     8.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,492   8,606   8,614   8,483   8,552   8,589   8,626   8,609   8,604
        Participation rate..........................    64.3    64.3    64.3    64.2    64.1    64.3    64.5    64.3    64.2
      Employed......................................   7,721   7,842   7,885   7,743   7,798   7,871   7,863   7,900   7,902
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.5    58.6    58.8    58.6    58.5    59.0    58.8    59.0    59.0
      Unemployed....................................     771     764     729     740     754     718     762     709     702
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.1     8.9     8.5     8.7     8.8     8.4     8.8     8.2     8.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     875   1,034     878     799     833     846     815     816     810
        Participation rate..........................    36.0    41.7    35.3    32.9    33.8    34.3    32.9    32.9    32.6
      Employed......................................     617     657     559     564     537     543     551     545     521
        Employment-population ratio.................    25.4    26.5    22.5    23.2    21.8    22.0    22.3    22.0    20.9
      Unemployed....................................     258     376     319     235     296     303     264     270     290
        Unemployment rate...........................    29.5    36.4    36.3    29.4    35.5    35.8    32.4    33.1    35.8
                                                                                                                            
                        ASIAN                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,598   9,812   9,900   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,245   6,583   6,538   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    65.1    67.1    66.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,018   6,244   6,300   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.7    63.6    63.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     226     340     238   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.6     5.2     3.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,353   3,229   3,362   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for
  all races.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
 





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  28,243  29,168  29,264  28,243  28,902  28,989  29,079  29,168  29,264
    Civilian labor force............................  19,500  19,921  19,986  19,463  19,665  19,761  19,777  19,794  19,914
        Participation rate..........................    69.0    68.3    68.3    68.9    68.0    68.2    68.0    67.9    68.0
      Employed......................................  18,185  18,816  18,840  18,128  18,413  18,578  18,623  18,698  18,761
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.4    64.5    64.4    64.2    63.7    64.1    64.0    64.1    64.1
      Unemployed....................................   1,314   1,105   1,146   1,335   1,252   1,183   1,154   1,096   1,153
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.7     5.5     5.7     6.9     6.4     6.0     5.8     5.5     5.8
    Not in labor force..............................   8,743   9,247   9,278   8,780   9,237   9,228   9,302   9,374   9,350
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  11,107  11,385  11,463   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    84.5    83.7    84.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................  10,501  10,975  10,991   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    79.9    80.7    80.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     605     410     472   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.5     3.6     4.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,343   7,381   7,378   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    58.9    57.3    57.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,834   6,871   6,900   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    54.8    53.4    53.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     509     510     478   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.9     6.9     6.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,050   1,155   1,146   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    40.1    42.9    42.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     850     970     949   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    32.5    36.0    35.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     200     185     197   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    19.1    16.0    17.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2005, data
  reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
  


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  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                Aug.     July     Aug.     Aug.     Apr.     May      June     July     Aug.  
                                                2004     2005     2005     2004     2005     2005     2005     2005     2005  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   12,483   12,861   12,818   12,554   12,474   12,798   12,903   13,156   12,883
      Participation rate....................     45.4     46.4     45.9     45.6     44.6     45.3     45.6     47.5     46.1
    Employed................................   11,552   11,948   11,921   11,531   11,429   11,802   12,006   12,154   11,903
      Employment-population ratio...........     42.0     43.1     42.7     41.9     40.8     41.8     42.5     43.8     42.6
    Unemployed..............................      931      913      897    1,023    1,045      996      898    1,002      980
      Unemployment rate.....................      7.5      7.1      7.0      8.2      8.4      7.8      7.0      7.6      7.6
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   37,987   37,502   38,084   38,002   38,265   38,233   38,080   37,959   38,104
      Participation rate....................     63.2     62.9     63.4     63.2     63.0     63.2     63.2     63.6     63.4
    Employed................................   36,184   35,708   36,379   36,129   36,586   36,514   36,307   36,120   36,327
      Employment-population ratio...........     60.2     59.8     60.5     60.1     60.3     60.4     60.2     60.5     60.5
    Unemployed..............................    1,803    1,794    1,705    1,873    1,679    1,719    1,773    1,839    1,777
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.7      4.8      4.5      4.9      4.4      4.5      4.7      4.8      4.7
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   34,547   35,328   35,136   34,499   34,860   34,699   34,635   34,851   35,008
      Participation rate....................     72.2     72.1     72.3     72.1     73.2     73.1     72.3     71.2     72.0
    Employed................................   33,141   33,957   33,896   33,096   33,489   33,351   33,283   33,547   33,754
      Employment-population ratio...........     69.2     69.3     69.7     69.1     70.3     70.3     69.5     68.5     69.4
    Unemployed..............................    1,406    1,372    1,240    1,404    1,371    1,348    1,351    1,304    1,254
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.1      3.9      3.5      4.1      3.9      3.9      3.9      3.7      3.6
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   39,903   40,994   41,099   40,219   40,788   40,913   40,945   41,297   41,431
      Participation rate....................     77.2     77.2     77.5     77.8     77.7     77.4     77.5     77.8     78.1
    Employed................................   38,689   39,921   40,132   39,152   39,784   39,916   40,007   40,309   40,579
      Employment-population ratio...........     74.8     75.2     75.6     75.7     75.8     75.5     75.7     75.9     76.5
    Unemployed..............................    1,214    1,073      966    1,068    1,004      997      938      987      852
      Unemployment rate.....................      3.0      2.6      2.4      2.7      2.5      2.4      2.3      2.4      2.1

    1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
    2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




   
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                   
                  Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                              2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,561   2,560   2,386   2,305   2,252   2,220   2,336   2,334   2,178
    Wage and salary workers................   1,462   1,447   1,388   1,265   1,207   1,229   1,312   1,311   1,216
    Self-employed workers..................   1,056   1,053     967   1,014   1,023     959   1,004     987     926
    Unpaid family workers..................      42      61      31   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 137,665 140,723 140,756 137,321 138,869 139,294 139,237 139,668 140,345
    Wage and salary workers................ 127,731 130,949 131,246 127,628 128,834 129,494 129,707 130,056 131,021
      Government...........................  19,638  19,893  19,996  20,117  20,429  20,779  20,464  20,492  20,469
      Private industries................... 108,093 111,056 111,250 107,508 108,353 108,697 109,203 109,651 110,605
        Private households.................     864     911     950   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 107,229 110,145 110,300 106,686 107,534 107,908 108,399 108,834 109,705
    Self-employed workers..................   9,836   9,664   9,400   9,630   9,895   9,768   9,465   9,514   9,269
    Unpaid family workers..................      98     111     110   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,395   4,578   4,402   4,509   4,293   4,361   4,465   4,427   4,493
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,636   2,716   2,608   2,816   2,613   2,741   2,668   2,723   2,768
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,316   1,534   1,355   1,403   1,363   1,346   1,420   1,368   1,426
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  17,451  17,563  17,471  19,657  19,584  19,435  19,021  19,528  19,516
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,256   4,539   4,332   4,408   4,186   4,280   4,386   4,369   4,457
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,523   2,690   2,567   2,722   2,540   2,705   2,616   2,673   2,747
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,308   1,526   1,344   1,388   1,351   1,331   1,416   1,369   1,420
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  17,079  17,170  17,114  19,204  19,226  19,160  18,633  19,084  19,141

    1 Data not available.
    2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week
  for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons
  who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
  illness, and bad weather.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because
  of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.




   
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 140,226 143,283 143,142 139,658 141,099 141,475 141,638 142,076 142,449
    16 to 19 years..................................   6,621   7,260   6,775   5,934   5,897   5,911   6,013   6,024   6,055
      16 to 17 years................................   2,421   2,828   2,622   2,121   2,235   2,249   2,296   2,241   2,292
      18 to 19 years................................   4,200   4,432   4,153   3,875   3,654   3,662   3,712   3,769   3,789
    20 years and over............................... 133,604 136,023 136,367 133,724 135,201 135,564 135,625 136,052 136,394
      20 to 24 years................................  14,039  14,489  14,039  13,777  13,653  13,725  13,829  13,904  13,775
      25 years and over............................. 119,566 121,534 122,328 119,994 121,503 121,757 121,772 122,120 122,682
        25 to 54 years..............................  97,400  98,261  98,805  97,610  98,246  98,455  98,274  98,530  98,958
          25 to 34 years............................  30,455  30,637  30,692  30,496  30,519  30,660  30,482  30,606  30,709
          35 to 44 years............................  34,452  34,555  34,618  34,547  34,588  34,600  34,629  34,707  34,701
          45 to 54 years............................  32,494  33,069  33,495  32,568  33,139  33,195  33,163  33,217  33,548
        55 years and over...........................  22,165  23,273  23,523  22,384  23,257  23,302  23,498  23,590  23,725
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  75,707  77,541  77,386  74,824  75,735  75,985  76,092  76,272  76,449
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,380   3,590   3,325   2,977   2,918   2,885   2,919   2,910   2,923
      16 to 17 years................................   1,181   1,320   1,247   1,018   1,123   1,068   1,066   1,014   1,064
      18 to 19 years................................   2,199   2,270   2,077   2,016   1,794   1,813   1,851   1,895   1,882
    20 years and over...............................  72,328  73,951  74,061  71,847  72,817  73,100  73,174  73,363  73,527
      20 to 24 years................................   7,472   7,803   7,483   7,284   7,161   7,273   7,367   7,414   7,303
      25 years and over.............................  64,856  66,149  66,578  64,591  65,602  65,731  65,807  65,920  66,282
        25 to 54 years..............................  52,835  53,498  53,823  52,564  53,104  53,161  53,124  53,198  53,530
          25 to 34 years............................  17,057  17,143  17,266  16,946  16,887  16,972  16,921  16,988  17,119
          35 to 44 years............................  18,726  18,896  18,858  18,641  18,765  18,759  18,803  18,825  18,784
          45 to 54 years............................  17,052  17,459  17,699  16,977  17,451  17,431  17,400  17,385  17,627
        55 years and over...........................  12,021  12,651  12,755  12,026  12,498  12,569  12,682  12,722  12,753
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  64,519  65,742  65,756  64,834  65,364  65,490  65,545  65,804  66,000
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,242   3,670   3,450   2,957   2,980   3,026   3,095   3,114   3,133
      16 to 17 years................................   1,241   1,508   1,375   1,103   1,112   1,181   1,230   1,227   1,227
      18 to 19 years................................   2,001   2,162   2,075   1,859   1,860   1,849   1,860   1,873   1,908
    20 years and over...............................  61,277  62,072  62,306  61,877  62,384  62,464  62,451  62,690  62,867
      20 to 24 years................................   6,567   6,687   6,556   6,493   6,491   6,452   6,461   6,491   6,472
      25 years and over.............................  54,709  55,385  55,750  55,404  55,901  56,026  55,966  56,200  56,400
        25 to 54 years..............................  44,565  44,763  44,983  45,046  45,142  45,293  45,150  45,333  45,428
          25 to 34 years............................  13,398  13,495  13,427  13,550  13,632  13,688  13,561  13,618  13,591
          35 to 44 years............................  15,726  15,659  15,761  15,906  15,822  15,841  15,826  15,882  15,917
          45 to 54 years............................  15,442  15,610  15,795  15,591  15,688  15,764  15,763  15,832  15,920
        55 years and over...........................  10,144  10,622  10,768  10,358  10,759  10,733  10,816  10,867  10,972
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  45,206  45,506  45,823  45,099  45,482  45,725  45,357  45,486  45,700
  Married women, spouse present.....................  33,933  34,232  34,428  34,494  34,539  34,747  34,622  34,965  34,997
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,718   8,646   8,766   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 116,656 119,409 119,615 114,775 116,524 116,846 117,200 117,332 117,637
  Part-time workers (3).............................  23,570  23,874  23,527  25,047  24,553  24,662  24,464  24,749  24,873

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the
  independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.




   
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates (1)            
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,018   7,497   7,391    5.4     5.2     5.1     5.0     5.0     4.9 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,217   1,158   1,193   17.0    17.7    17.9    16.4    16.1    16.5 
      16 to 17 years................................     555     515     523   20.7    19.9    20.0    18.3    18.7    18.6 
      18 to 19 years................................     677     634     676   14.9    16.9    16.3    15.2    14.4    15.1 
    20 years and over...............................   6,801   6,339   6,198    4.8     4.5     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.3 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,369   1,253   1,347    9.0     8.9     8.8     8.8     8.3     8.9 
      25 years and over.............................   5,427   5,108   4,872    4.3     4.0     4.0     3.9     4.0     3.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   4,545   4,282   4,077    4.4     4.1     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.0 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,732   1,671   1,605    5.4     5.3     5.1     5.2     5.2     5.0 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,585   1,357   1,345    4.4     3.9     3.9     3.8     3.8     3.7 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,228   1,255   1,128    3.6     3.2     3.5     3.4     3.6     3.3 
        55 years and over...........................     856     843     788    3.7     3.5     3.2     3.1     3.5     3.2 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   4,429   3,927   3,960    5.6     5.1     5.1     5.0     4.9     4.9 
    16 to 19 years..................................     660     666     656   18.1    20.4    20.0    19.0    18.6    18.3 
      16 to 17 years................................     285     306     293   21.9    22.2    22.5    21.7    23.2    21.6 
      18 to 19 years................................     387     348     369   16.1    19.9    18.4    17.5    15.5    16.4 
    20 years and over...............................   3,768   3,261   3,304    5.0     4.4     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.3 
      20 to 24 years................................     810     708     821   10.0     9.5     9.2     9.3     8.7    10.1 
      25 years and over.............................   2,953   2,568   2,502    4.4     3.8     3.8     3.7     3.7     3.6 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,458   2,148   2,094    4.5     3.9     4.0     3.9     3.9     3.8 
          25 to 34 years............................     938     820     793    5.2     5.0     4.9     4.6     4.6     4.4 
          35 to 44 years............................     840     656     705    4.3     3.6     3.8     3.6     3.4     3.6 
          45 to 54 years............................     680     671     596    3.8     3.0     3.4     3.4     3.7     3.3 
        55 years and over...........................     495     420     408    4.0     3.5     3.0     3.1     3.2     3.1 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,589   3,570   3,431    5.2     5.2     5.2     5.1     5.1     4.9 
    16 to 19 years..................................     557     492     538   15.9    14.9    15.8    13.8    13.6    14.6 
      16 to 17 years................................     270     209     230   19.7    17.5    17.7    15.1    14.5    15.8 
      18 to 19 years................................     290     286     307   13.5    13.9    14.2    12.8    13.2    13.9 
    20 years and over...............................   3,032   3,078   2,894    4.7     4.6     4.6     4.6     4.7     4.4 
      20 to 24 years................................     559     545     526    7.9     8.2     8.4     8.1     7.7     7.5 
      25 years and over.............................   2,473   2,540   2,370    4.3     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.3     4.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,087   2,134   1,983    4.4     4.4     4.3     4.4     4.5     4.2 
          25 to 34 years............................     794     850     812    5.5     5.5     5.4     5.9     5.9     5.6 
          35 to 44 years............................     745     700     640    4.5     4.3     4.0     4.1     4.2     3.9 
          45 to 54 years............................     549     584     531    3.4     3.4     3.6     3.4     3.6     3.2 
        55 years and over (2).......................     411     458     422    3.9     3.2     3.2     3.3     4.1     3.8 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,423   1,220   1,348    3.1     2.7     2.7     2.6     2.6     2.9 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,235   1,233   1,157    3.5     3.3     3.1     3.3     3.4     3.2 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     792     831     678    8.3     7.7     7.9     8.2     8.8     7.2 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   6,639   6,064   6,038    5.5     5.1     5.0     4.9     4.9     4.9 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,377   1,442   1,348    5.2     5.3     5.6     5.4     5.5     5.1 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Not seasonally adjusted.
    3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or
  are on layoff from full-time jobs.
    4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week)
  or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
    NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of
  the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                        Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                        2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,809   3,618   3,297   3,978   3,675   3,646   3,680   3,633   3,490
    On temporary layoff.............................     914   1,046     813     971     838     864     975     959     880
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   2,895   2,573   2,484   3,007   2,837   2,782   2,705   2,674   2,610
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,009   1,884   1,711   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     886     688     773   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     972     843     911     885     897     942     844     826     839
  Reentrants........................................   2,395   2,494   2,441   2,440   2,356   2,353   2,219   2,394   2,451
  New entrants......................................     764     883     678     699     747     728     661     628     632
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    48.0    46.2    45.0    49.7    47.9    47.5    49.7    48.6    47.1
     On temporary layoff............................    11.5    13.3    11.1    12.1    10.9    11.3    13.2    12.8    11.9
     Not on temporary layoff........................    36.5    32.8    33.9    37.6    37.0    36.3    36.5    35.7    35.2
   Job leavers......................................    12.2    10.8    12.4    11.1    11.7    12.3    11.4    11.0    11.3
   Reentrants.......................................    30.2    31.8    33.3    30.5    30.7    30.7    30.0    32.0    33.1
   New entrants.....................................     9.6    11.3     9.3     8.7     9.7     9.5     8.9     8.4     8.5
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.6     2.4     2.2     2.7     2.5     2.4     2.5     2.4     2.3
   Job leavers......................................      .7      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.6     1.7     1.6     1.7     1.6     1.6     1.5     1.6     1.6
   New entrants.....................................      .5      .6      .5      .5      .5      .5      .4      .4      .4

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                        Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                        2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,571   2,809   2,460   2,605   2,666   2,699   2,666   2,571   2,542
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,694   2,716   2,420   2,521   2,268   2,262   2,342   2,430   2,272
  15 weeks and over.................................   2,675   2,314   2,448   2,924   2,698   2,667   2,350   2,437   2,686
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,032     955   1,033   1,243   1,083   1,133   1,041   1,047   1,243
     27 weeks and over..............................   1,643   1,359   1,415   1,681   1,615   1,534   1,310   1,389   1,444
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    18.7    16.5    18.4    19.2    19.6    18.8    17.1    17.6    18.9
  Median duration, in weeks.........................     9.2     8.0     9.2     9.5     8.9     9.1     9.1     9.0     9.4
                                                                                                                            
                 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...............................    32.4    35.8    33.6    32.4    34.9    35.4    36.2    34.6    33.9
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    33.9    34.6    33.0    31.3    29.7    29.7    31.8    32.7    30.3
    15 weeks and over...............................    33.7    29.5    33.4    36.3    35.4    35.0    31.9    32.8    35.8
      15 to 26 weeks................................    13.0    12.2    14.1    15.4    14.2    14.9    14.1    14.1    16.6
      27 weeks and over.............................    20.7    17.3    19.3    20.9    21.2    20.1    17.8    18.7    19.2

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




   
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                      Unemployment    
                                                                           Employed              Unemployed              rates        
                                                                                                                                     
                             Occupation                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                        Aug.       Aug.        Aug.       Aug.       Aug.       Aug.   
                                                                        2004       2005        2004       2005       2004       2005   
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   140,226    143,142      7,940      7,327        5.4        4.9 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    47,856     49,031      1,405      1,232        2.9        2.5 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    20,420     20,637        478        440        2.3        2.1 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    27,436     28,395        927        792        3.3        2.7 
  Service occupations..............................................    23,212     24,112      1,660      1,502        6.7        5.9 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    35,939     36,084      1,874      1,806        5.0        4.8 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    16,114     16,315        894        873        5.3        5.1 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,826     19,769        980        933        4.7        4.5 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    15,178     16,033        906        883        5.6        5.2 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................     1,172      1,130         88         85        7.0        7.0 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     8,986      9,517        600        588        6.3        5.8 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     5,020      5,385        219        210        4.2        3.7 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    18,041     17,881      1,312      1,180        6.8        6.2 
    Production occupations.........................................     9,580      9,121        675        654        6.6        6.7 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,461      8,761        637        525        7.0        5.7 

    1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed
  total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                    Number of                                                       
                                                                    unemployed                             Unemployment             
                                                                     persons                                  rates                 
                       Industry                                   (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                              Aug.                Aug.                Aug.                Aug.       
                                                              2004                2005                2004                2005       
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         7,940               7,327                 5.4                 4.9      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         6,074               5,636                 5.3                 4.8      
    Mining..........................................            10                  12                 1.9                 2.0      
    Construction....................................           563                 561                 6.0                 5.7      
    Manufacturing...................................           840                 767                 4.9                 4.7      
      Durable goods.................................           541                 458                 5.0                 4.5      
      Nondurable goods..............................           300                 309                 4.8                 4.9      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,079               1,130                 5.1                 5.3      
    Transportation and utilities....................           236                 187                 4.4                 3.3      
    Information.....................................           191                 156                 5.7                 4.6      
    Financial activities............................           312                 300                 3.4                 3.2      
    Professional and business services..............           845                 728                 6.7                 5.7      
    Education and health services...................           647                 644                 3.7                 3.5      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................         1,010                 844                 8.4                 6.8      
    Other services..................................           341                 306                 5.6                 4.8      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................           103                 100                 7.0                 7.1      
  Government workers................................           676                 664                 3.3                 3.2      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           324                 249                 2.9                 2.3      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


 

  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                               Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                      
                            Measure                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                                 2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
     the civilian labor force.................................    1.8     1.5     1.6     2.0     1.8     1.8     1.6     1.6     1.8 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
     a percent of the civilian labor force....................    2.6     2.4     2.2     2.7     2.5     2.4     2.5     2.4     2.3 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
     force (official unemployment rate).......................    5.4     5.2     4.9     5.4     5.2     5.1     5.0     5.0     4.9 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
     of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.....    5.7     5.5     5.1     5.8     5.4     5.4     5.3     5.3     5.2 
                                                                                                                                      
  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..................................................    6.4     6.1     5.9     6.4     6.1     6.0     6.0     6.0     5.9 
                                                                                                                                      
  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.........................................    9.3     9.1     8.8     9.5     9.0     8.9     9.0     8.9     8.9 

    NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want
  and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
  attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
  reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further
  information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
  Review.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




 
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.  
                                                                        2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   75,511    75,952    28,048    28,252    47,463    47,700 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    5,145     5,017     2,168     1,927     2,977     3,090 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,587     1,583       823       710       763       873 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      534       384       313       218       222       167 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................    1,052     1,198       511       492       542       706 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    7,368     7,223     3,889     3,824     3,479     3,399 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.3       5.0       5.1       4.9       5.4       5.2 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,875     3,850     2,260     2,202     1,615     1,648 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,580     1,572       546       577     1,034       996 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      289       274       198       166        91       107 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,594     1,500       870       867       724       633 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibili-
  ties, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not
  determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




      
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Aug.     June    July     Aug.      Aug.     Apr.     May      June    July     Aug.     from:
                                   2004     2005    2005p    2005p     2004     2005     2005     2005    2005p    2005p  July 2005-
                                                                                                                          Aug. 2005p

          Total nonfarm......... 131,416  134,718  133,579  133,702  131,750  133,287  133,413  133,588  133,830  133,999      169

        Total private........... 110,965  113,015  112,946  113,071  110,105  111,542  111,659  111,828  112,028  112,182      154

    Goods-producing.............  22,353   22,492   22,489   22,558   21,946   22,130   22,138   22,134   22,136   22,149       13

Natural resources and mining....     608      639      641      645      595      623      624      628      629      631        2
   Logging......................    70.7     65.3     67.2     67.8     67.5     65.2     64.9     64.8     65.2     64.9      -.3
 Mining.........................   537.4    573.3    573.3    576.9    527.8    558.0    559.5    563.1    563.7    566.2      2.5
  Oil and gas extraction........   125.1    127.4    128.2    129.3    123.8    124.3    125.2    125.4    126.5    127.4       .9
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   215.3    226.9    226.2    226.4    209.1    218.5    219.4    221.2    220.1    219.8      -.3
   Coal mining..................    74.1     78.0     78.8     78.1     73.1     76.9     76.6     77.2     77.7     77.1      -.6
  Support activities for mining.   197.0    219.0    218.9    221.2    194.9    215.2    214.9    216.5    217.1    219.0      1.9

Construction....................   7,296    7,482    7,545    7,575    6,985    7,207    7,213    7,230    7,237    7,262       25
  Construction of buildings..... 1,686.4  1,733.0  1,744.3  1,748.1  1,636.3  1,693.4  1,693.9  1,696.2  1,699.4  1,703.3      3.9
   Residential building.........   928.2    968.0    974.3    972.1    900.7    938.4    941.7    943.8    946.4    948.8      2.4
   Nonresidential building......   758.2    765.0    770.0    776.0    735.6    755.0    752.2    752.4    753.0    754.5      1.5
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   970.9  1,000.7  1,007.3  1,014.6    901.1    926.6    925.8    937.4    940.5    943.1      2.6
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,638.3  4,747.9  4,793.1  4,812.0  4,447.6  4,586.5  4,593.7  4,596.4  4,597.3  4,615.6     18.3
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,203.4  2,261.6  2,282.9  2,288.0  2,115.4  2,171.0  2,190.5  2,192.7  2,189.0  2,194.2      5.2
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,434.9  2,486.2  2,510.3  2,523.9  2,332.2  2,415.5  2,403.2  2,403.7  2,408.3  2,421.4     13.1

Manufacturing...................  14,449   14,371   14,303   14,338   14,366   14,300   14,301   14,276   14,270   14,256      -14
   Production workers...........  10,198   10,154   10,086   10,127   10,131   10,086   10,092   10,080   10,073   10,057      -16

 Durable goods..................   8,993    9,008    8,936    8,963    8,965    8,954    8,961    8,947    8,939    8,935       -4
   Production workers...........   6,198    6,246    6,173    6,210    6,180    6,188    6,198    6,197    6,190    6,189       -1

  Wood products.................   560.0    559.8    555.5    557.5    551.7    551.8    548.4    550.7    548.7    549.0       .3
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   518.4    513.2    510.2    508.8    507.6    504.7    501.6    501.3    498.9    497.9     -1.0
  Primary metals................   467.6    466.9    461.3    465.1    467.4    466.0    466.2    465.3    464.6    464.8       .2
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,509.0  1,529.2  1,522.0  1,526.7  1,506.8  1,517.5  1,520.7  1,521.0  1,522.9  1,523.4       .5
  Machinery..................... 1,147.8  1,162.5  1,160.7  1,157.2  1,151.5  1,153.7  1,156.2  1,156.2  1,160.5  1,159.8      -.7
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,336.9  1,338.5  1,341.2  1,340.4  1,334.0  1,329.0  1,329.5  1,333.4  1,335.1  1,337.0      1.9
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   212.4    215.9    215.7    215.3    212.4    212.5    213.3    214.8    214.5    215.1       .6
   Communications equipment.....   152.4    155.1    155.2    154.6    151.6    153.9    154.2    154.3    154.3    153.9      -.4
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   458.6    450.1    450.0    450.5    457.4    446.7    446.5    447.3    448.0    449.1      1.1
   Electronic instruments.......   435.2    439.5    442.6    443.5    434.2    437.5    437.2    439.2    440.8    442.2      1.4
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   447.8    441.3    440.4    438.2    447.7    442.8    443.6    440.1    439.7    438.6     -1.1
  Transportation equipment(1)... 1,773.8  1,775.9  1,726.6  1,749.2  1,769.5  1,775.7  1,779.5  1,764.3  1,750.5  1,747.6     -2.9
   Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,115.3  1,090.4  1,039.3  1,060.7  1,112.5  1,096.6  1,097.2  1,079.6  1,068.1  1,060.4     -7.7
  Furniture and related products   576.2    563.1    559.8    563.8    573.3    562.8    561.8    561.0    560.8    561.5       .7
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   655.6    657.8    658.4    656.0    655.2    650.3    653.0    653.7    657.0    655.6     -1.4

 Nondurable goods...............   5,456    5,363    5,367    5,375    5,401    5,346    5,340    5,329    5,331    5,321      -10
   Production workers...........   4,000    3,908    3,913    3,917    3,951    3,898    3,894    3,883    3,883    3,868      -15

  Food manufacturing............ 1,532.0  1,489.5  1,511.6  1,520.4  1,497.0  1,489.6  1,490.7  1,488.4  1,489.8  1,487.0     -2.8
  Beverages and tobacco products   199.1    193.7    195.5    194.7    193.4    191.1    191.3    190.4    190.4    189.6      -.8
  Textile mills.................   238.6    226.4    222.0    220.8    238.1    225.5    225.1    223.9    222.3    220.1     -2.2
  Textile product mills.........   178.3    180.0    179.2    177.3    177.6    177.7    178.4    176.9    177.4    176.8      -.6
  Apparel.......................   284.2    262.2    255.5    256.9    282.6    262.2    259.2    257.0    258.1    255.0     -3.1
  Leather and allied products...    42.5     43.0     42.9     43.7     42.5     42.8     42.8     42.8     43.6     43.6       .0
  Paper and paper products......   502.5    498.5    497.4    498.4    500.6    499.3    498.3    496.4    496.4    496.1      -.3
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   666.5    659.9    656.8    654.1    663.9    658.7    656.5    655.6    653.3    651.9     -1.4
  Petroleum and coal products...   115.9    119.3    119.8    120.1    113.2    116.4    117.1    116.9    116.9    117.1       .2
  Chemicals.....................   887.7    883.8    884.1    882.9    885.8    878.4    877.8    878.4    879.4    880.1       .7
  Plastics and rubber products..   808.7    806.9    802.4    805.2    806.6    804.3    803.0    802.3    803.5    803.2      -.3

    Service-providing........... 109,063  112,226  111,090  111,144  109,804  111,157  111,275  111,454  111,694  111,850      156

     Private service-providing..  88,612   90,523   90,457   90,513   88,159   89,412   89,521   89,694   89,892   90,033      141

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,512   25,928   25,906   25,925   25,537   25,797   25,842   25,854   25,927   25,946       19

 Wholesale trade................ 5,685.0  5,761.8  5,761.1  5,760.6  5,662.9  5,707.7  5,719.0  5,722.3  5,730.5  5,738.3      7.8
  Durable goods................. 2,969.0  3,002.8  3,005.7  3,007.7  2,957.8  2,976.8  2,983.0  2,986.1  2,990.0  2,995.3      5.3
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,013.8  2,032.9  2,027.1  2,025.0  2,004.0  2,012.6  2,014.0  2,013.7  2,014.7  2,015.4       .7
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   702.2    726.1    728.3    727.9    701.1    718.3    722.0    722.5    725.8    727.6      1.8

 Retail trade...................15,018.6 15,201.9 15,230.5 15,250.6 15,043.3 15,157.5 15,185.8 15,197.1 15,255.1 15,266.9     11.8
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,914.4  1,933.1  1,942.4  1,941.9  1,899.8  1,914.2  1,917.3  1,916.4  1,925.0  1,926.9      1.9
   Automobile dealers........... 1,257.0  1,257.2  1,263.1  1,261.0  1,251.2  1,252.2  1,254.7  1,252.6  1,257.3  1,255.7     -1.6
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   557.7    561.4    561.6    567.0    561.6    565.5    569.1    566.1    569.1    570.6      1.5
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   500.8    517.5    516.4    518.5    512.0    518.4    521.9    524.5    527.2    528.3      1.1
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,245.8  1,328.7  1,318.3  1,296.3  1,228.1  1,264.5  1,267.6  1,272.8  1,280.5  1,278.8     -1.7
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,833.5  2,861.0  2,858.3  2,849.6  2,826.2  2,834.9  2,838.5  2,840.2  2,842.9  2,841.1     -1.8
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   939.3    959.8    955.2    957.5    941.0    955.0    958.0    956.7    956.6    959.5      2.9
  Gasoline stations.............   887.8    881.1    890.0    892.5    876.5    875.0    876.6    874.0    879.1    879.9       .8
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,380.7  1,392.0  1,423.9  1,439.8  1,374.4  1,387.0  1,394.5  1,406.1  1,426.9  1,429.2      2.3
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   627.3    620.2    620.9    620.9    639.0    638.0    637.2    636.3    635.7    633.4     -2.3
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,795.9  2,812.6  2,817.3  2,823.3  2,842.5  2,864.7  2,866.0  2,861.6  2,871.0  2,871.6       .6
   Department stores............ 1,575.7  1,587.3  1,594.0  1,600.8  1,611.4  1,625.3  1,629.5  1,628.7  1,638.5  1,637.2     -1.3
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   920.4    929.6    920.1    930.3    918.9    921.6    921.1    924.0    921.9    926.9      5.0
  Nonstore retailers............   415.0    404.9    406.1    413.0    423.3    418.7    418.0    418.4    419.2    420.7      1.5

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,234.9  4,385.3  4,335.1  4,334.1  4,260.4  4,355.8  4,361.4  4,359.9  4,366.1  4,364.8     -1.3
  Air transportation............   518.2    510.2    509.0    508.8    515.0    508.8    508.1    507.8    506.3    505.2     -1.1
  Rail transportation...........   225.0    224.6    224.9    223.4    224.6    223.7    224.3    223.9    223.8    223.1      -.7
  Water transportation..........    59.6     64.9     65.0     66.0     56.7     61.3     61.5     62.2     62.2     62.8       .6
  Truck transportation.......... 1,379.1  1,415.2  1,410.9  1,417.4  1,352.5  1,389.8  1,392.9  1,396.3  1,394.9  1,393.4     -1.5
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   322.2    378.6    331.8    322.7    386.2    393.3    389.8    381.9    390.7    388.4     -2.3
  Pipeline transportation.......    39.2     39.4     39.4     39.9     38.9     39.5     39.3     39.3     39.2     39.6       .4
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    35.4     35.1     39.0     37.4     27.7     27.2     28.3     28.4     28.6     28.5      -.1
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   542.7    556.0    557.1    557.0    536.9    554.2    557.2    554.5    554.8    552.9     -1.9
  Couriers and messengers.......   558.1    582.1    579.5    579.9    562.6    581.8    582.4    582.3    582.9    586.0      3.1
  Warehousing and storage.......   555.4    579.2    578.5    581.6    559.3    576.2    577.6    583.3    582.7    584.9      2.2

 Utilities......................   573.3    579.1    579.6    579.3    570.1    575.6    575.4    575.1    575.1    576.3      1.2

Information.....................   3,146    3,164    3,166    3,163    3,135    3,152    3,146    3,146    3,145    3,148        3
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   911.2    910.8    912.2    910.3    909.3    905.7    905.7    907.0    909.6    908.1     -1.5
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   395.6    402.8    406.1    408.4    389.3    399.3    394.2    393.1    392.3    398.1      5.8
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   327.5    331.3    333.8    331.4    327.8    330.7    330.8    331.6    333.3    332.0     -1.3
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    32.0     36.1     35.4     35.7     31.7     35.3     35.2     35.6     35.0     35.5       .5
  Telecommunications............ 1,040.1  1,038.8  1,036.4  1,034.0  1,037.1  1,037.3  1,036.2  1,034.8  1,033.2  1,031.4     -1.8
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   387.2    393.3    391.2    392.3    387.6    393.9    393.5    393.4    391.0    392.8      1.8
  Other information services....    52.3     51.1     51.2     50.8     51.7     50.1     50.2     50.6     50.9     50.4      -.5

Financial activities............   8,118    8,281    8,301    8,304    8,058    8,182    8,189    8,208    8,227    8,242       15
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,990.0  6,095.1  6,100.1  6,103.4  5,970.2  6,048.0  6,052.9  6,062.5  6,071.9  6,082.6     10.7
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    21.7     20.4     20.5     20.8     21.6     20.3     20.4     20.4     20.4     20.6       .2
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,846.4  2,933.3  2,937.7  2,936.6  2,833.4  2,902.6  2,906.7  2,915.4  2,921.5  2,924.4      2.9
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,771.3  1,812.0  1,816.9  1,815.6  1,763.0  1,795.9  1,797.8  1,802.1  1,803.9  1,807.4      3.5
    Commercial banking.......... 1,291.1  1,318.6  1,321.5  1,319.4  1,283.5  1,308.3  1,308.8  1,311.0  1,311.5  1,312.8      1.3
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   773.2    789.6    792.2    796.0    769.9    787.6    787.6    786.5    788.0    792.1      4.1
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,264.2  2,265.3  2,263.3  2,264.9  2,261.0  2,253.9  2,253.6  2,254.6  2,256.4  2,260.4      4.0
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    84.5     86.5     86.4     85.1     84.3     83.6     84.6     85.6     85.6     85.1      -.5
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,127.8  2,185.7  2,201.0  2,200.5  2,088.2  2,134.3  2,136.4  2,145.0  2,154.8  2,159.7      4.9
  Real estate................... 1,445.9  1,485.1  1,497.8  1,501.7  1,420.0  1,449.7  1,454.6  1,461.4  1,469.7  1,474.5      4.8
  Rental and leasing services...   656.4    674.9    677.3    672.2    643.3    659.0    655.8    658.1    659.4    659.2      -.2
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    25.5     25.7     25.9     26.6     24.9     25.6     26.0     25.5     25.7     26.0       .3

Professional and business
 services.......................  16,661   17,097   17,073   17,177   16,470   16,843   16,851   16,906   16,948   16,977       29
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,755.2  6,951.4  6,954.1  6,959.0  6,779.7  6,928.5  6,929.1  6,950.9  6,973.1  6,987.2     14.1
   Legal services............... 1,167.6  1,181.3  1,180.3  1,169.7  1,163.6  1,161.8  1,163.3  1,163.0  1,164.8  1,165.4       .6
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   750.1    799.5    791.9    790.4    814.2    862.7    851.4    858.5    859.6    861.4      1.8
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,285.2  1,331.1  1,338.0  1,342.0  1,264.4  1,300.8  1,303.9  1,310.8  1,315.7  1,320.6      4.9
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,156.8  1,185.3  1,182.1  1,186.7  1,155.0  1,178.3  1,178.2  1,182.4  1,184.2  1,185.2      1.0
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   792.1    813.5    819.4    819.9    786.9    798.8    801.9    806.3    812.3    813.5      1.2
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,730.3  1,749.4  1,752.4  1,741.1  1,720.7  1,733.4  1,734.1  1,735.7  1,735.5  1,733.9     -1.6
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 8,175.5  8,396.1  8,366.3  8,477.3  7,969.7  8,181.1  8,187.9  8,219.5  8,239.6  8,255.5     15.9
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,842.7  8,068.0  8,032.4  8,144.2  7,643.1  7,858.1  7,866.8  7,895.7  7,911.9  7,929.3     17.4
   Employment services(1)....... 3,586.4  3,738.3  3,707.5  3,821.0  3,480.0  3,666.0  3,667.9  3,688.0  3,691.0  3,707.2     16.2
    Temporary help services..... 2,493.3  2,575.2  2,544.5  2,628.6  2,411.8  2,520.7  2,517.7  2,529.6  2,532.4  2,539.4      7.0
   Business support services....   752.1    750.7    743.1    744.7    757.9    754.9    753.3    751.4    750.2    750.3       .1
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,797.9  1,839.0  1,848.9  1,838.7  1,706.6  1,715.9  1,722.4  1,729.0  1,740.9  1,739.6     -1.3
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   332.8    328.1    333.9    333.1    326.6    323.0    321.1    323.8    327.7    326.2     -1.5

Education and health services...  16,631   17,169   17,035   17,022   17,010   17,243   17,289   17,336   17,364   17,407       43
 Educational services........... 2,420.3  2,622.0  2,505.7  2,481.5  2,772.3  2,814.0  2,822.2  2,835.5  2,832.6  2,844.2     11.6
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,210.4 14,546.6 14,528.9 14,540.7 14,237.8 14,429.1 14,467.2 14,500.5 14,531.2 14,562.7     31.5
 Health care(3).................12,110.7 12,339.8 12,362.5 12,380.5 12,094.0 12,240.9 12,272.1 12,300.3 12,331.4 12,357.7     26.3
   Ambulatory health care
    services(1)................. 4,974.0  5,102.7  5,107.8  5,125.3  4,969.2  5,054.2  5,069.7  5,084.6  5,101.3  5,117.2     15.9
    Offices of physicians....... 2,061.5  2,124.8  2,127.0  2,138.1  2,059.1  2,103.6  2,114.4  2,119.5  2,124.9  2,133.4      8.5
    Outpatient care centers.....   449.8    458.2    461.1    463.6    449.7    453.6    455.3    456.7    459.9    462.4      2.5
    Home health care services...   778.3    807.8    805.6    808.3    778.0    797.9    798.8    804.1    806.5    809.0      2.5
   Hospitals.................... 4,312.9  4,385.1  4,401.4  4,403.0  4,305.0  4,354.2  4,362.6  4,374.5  4,384.2  4,393.9      9.7
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities(1)............... 2,823.8  2,852.0  2,853.3  2,852.2  2,819.8  2,832.5  2,839.8  2,841.2  2,845.9  2,846.6       .7
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,580.2  1,578.0  1,576.7  1,576.0  1,576.7  1,571.4  1,572.7  1,573.2  1,574.1  1,572.1     -2.0
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,099.7  2,206.8  2,166.4  2,160.2  2,143.8  2,188.2  2,195.1  2,200.2  2,199.8  2,205.0      5.2
   Child day care services......   735.2    792.4    749.3    745.6    776.1    788.6    788.0    793.2    790.3    787.5     -2.8

Leisure and hospitality.........  13,065   13,336   13,431   13,406   12,508   12,723   12,736   12,765   12,802   12,836       34
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 2,080.6  2,073.2  2,131.5  2,102.4  1,831.0  1,823.9  1,824.9  1,830.6  1,834.4  1,841.2      6.8
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   380.9    379.6    389.9    391.6    358.4    361.1    361.7    364.1    365.9    366.8       .9
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   128.7    128.0    129.6    127.7    118.8    116.8    117.3    117.5    117.2    117.0      -.2
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,571.0  1,565.6  1,612.0  1,583.1  1,353.8  1,346.0  1,345.9  1,349.0  1,351.3  1,357.4      6.1
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,984.1 11,262.5 11,299.9 11,303.5 10,676.5 10,899.0 10,911.1 10,934.2 10,967.7 10,994.4     26.7
  Accommodations................ 1,934.0  1,928.2  1,974.3  1,971.6  1,801.3  1,830.1  1,830.3  1,830.0  1,830.5  1,839.0      8.5
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 9,050.1  9,334.3  9,325.6  9,331.9  8,875.2  9,068.9  9,080.8  9,104.2  9,137.2  9,155.4     18.2

Other services..................   5,479    5,548    5,545    5,516    5,441    5,472    5,468    5,479    5,479    5,477       -2
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,229.3  1,254.5  1,256.5  1,244.9  1,225.9  1,239.9  1,241.4  1,244.1  1,245.7  1,241.3     -4.4
  Personal and laundry services. 1,283.8  1,303.8  1,287.1  1,288.6  1,276.9  1,286.9  1,284.4  1,283.2  1,280.2  1,282.4      2.2
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,966.1  2,990.1  3,000.9  2,982.0  2,937.9  2,945.6  2,942.4  2,951.7  2,953.2  2,953.5       .3

Government......................  20,451   21,703   20,633   20,631   21,645   21,745   21,754   21,760   21,802   21,817       15
 Federal........................   2,742    2,737    2,737    2,731    2,730    2,718    2,722    2,719    2,719    2,718       -1
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,961.2  1,958.0  1,958.0  1,952.1  1,945.5  1,937.1  1,940.8  1,937.6  1,937.7  1,937.1      -.6
  U.S. Postal Service...........   780.4    779.4    778.9    778.7    784.3    780.7    781.2    781.2    781.0    781.1       .1
 State government...............   4,717    4,817    4,753    4,763    4,987    5,026    5,023    5,026    5,031    5,036        5
  State government education.... 1,954.3  2,047.1  1,975.7  1,990.8  2,249.4  2,281.2  2,277.6  2,278.2  2,281.0  2,286.5      5.5
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,762.5  2,769.6  2,776.9  2,772.6  2,737.8  2,745.1  2,745.5  2,747.6  2,750.0  2,749.2      -.8
 Local government...............  12,992   14,149   13,143   13,137   13,928   14,001   14,009   14,015   14,052   14,063       11
  Local government education.... 6,691.9  7,801.4  6,737.1  6,796.1  7,785.7  7,823.9  7,823.5  7,830.3  7,866.9  7,875.8      8.9
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,300.4  6,347.9  6,405.8  6,341.0  6,142.2  6,177.4  6,185.9  6,184.9  6,185.5  6,187.0      1.5


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Aug.   June   July   Aug.    Aug.   Apr.   May    June   July   Aug.     from:
                                                 2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2005   2005   2005   2005p  2005p  July 2005-
                                                                                                                        Aug. 2005p


        Total private.........................   34.2   33.8   33.8   34.0    33.7   33.8   33.7   33.7   33.7   33.7       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................   40.3   40.2   39.7   40.3    40.0   40.1   39.9   39.9   39.9   39.9        .0

Natural resources and mining..................   44.8   45.7   45.5   46.5    44.4   45.7   45.8   45.6   45.9   46.1        .2

Construction..................................   39.1   39.2   38.8   39.3    38.1   39.0   38.5   38.5   38.2   38.3        .1

Manufacturing.................................   40.9   40.5   39.9   40.6    40.9   40.5   40.4   40.4   40.5   40.5        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.7    4.5    4.3    4.6     4.6    4.4    4.4    4.4    4.5    4.5        .0

 Durable goods................................   41.3   41.0   40.3   41.1    41.3   40.9   40.8   40.9   41.0   41.1        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.7    4.5    4.3    4.7     4.7    4.5    4.4    4.4    4.6    4.7        .1

  Wood products...............................   41.4   40.2   39.6   39.8    40.8   39.5   39.6   39.5   39.6   39.3       -.3
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   43.0   42.2   41.6   42.3    42.3   41.9   41.8   41.7   41.6   41.6        .0
  Primary metals..............................   42.9   42.7   42.3   43.0    43.2   42.6   42.5   42.7   43.0   43.2        .2
  Fabricated metal products...................   41.1   40.7   40.3   40.7    41.2   40.8   40.7   40.7   40.8   40.7       -.1
  Machinery...................................   41.7   41.9   41.6   41.5    42.1   42.0   41.9   41.9   42.1   42.0       -.1
  Computer and electronic products............   40.3   39.6   39.7   40.1    40.4   39.8   39.9   39.8   40.1   40.0       -.1
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.8   40.1   40.2   40.7    40.9   40.1   40.2   40.2   40.9   40.6       -.3
  Transportation equipment....................   42.3   42.4   40.5   42.9    42.5   42.1   41.8   42.2   42.3   43.0        .7
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   42.3   42.3   39.8   43.0    42.6   41.7   41.4   42.0   42.0   43.2       1.2
  Furniture and related products..............   39.9   39.5   39.1   39.6    39.3   39.2   39.1   39.3   39.2   39.2        .0
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.5   38.8   37.7   38.7    38.5   38.8   38.6   38.7   38.3   38.7        .4

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.2   39.7   39.3   39.7    40.2   39.8   39.7   39.7   39.7   39.6       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.6    4.3    4.3    4.5     4.5    4.3    4.3    4.3    4.3    4.3        .0

  Food manufacturing..........................   39.6   39.0   38.7   39.1    39.3   39.0   38.9   38.8   38.9   38.8       -.1
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   39.9   40.4   40.0   40.7    39.4   40.4   39.0   40.0   40.0   40.2        .2
  Textile mills...............................   40.5   40.3   39.3   40.1    40.5   40.2   40.4   40.3   40.1   40.1        .0
  Textile product mills.......................   38.7   38.2   37.8   38.9    38.8   38.8   38.7   38.1   38.3   39.0        .7
  Apparel.....................................   36.3   35.3   34.9   36.0    36.2   35.7   35.1   35.4   35.5   35.8        .3
  Leather and allied products.................   37.8   38.8   38.4   38.5    38.1   37.8   38.5   38.6   39.4   38.6       -.8
  Paper and paper products....................   42.3   42.3   41.8   41.9    42.5   42.2   42.3   42.2   42.1   42.1        .0
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.5   37.9   38.0   38.1    38.5   38.3   38.4   38.2   38.3   38.2       -.1
  Petroleum and coal products.................   45.6   45.6   45.5   45.2    45.9   46.0   45.6   45.6   45.3   45.3        .0
  Chemicals...................................   42.7   42.1   41.4   41.4    42.9   42.4   42.3   42.1   41.9   41.6       -.3
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.3   39.8   38.7   39.6    40.5   39.7   39.6   39.6   39.5   39.7        .2

     Private service-providing................   32.8   32.4   32.6   32.6    32.4   32.5   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.3       -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   34.0   33.5   33.6   33.6    33.5   33.5   33.4   33.3   33.3   33.3        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   38.1   37.6   37.5   37.5    37.7   37.7   37.6   37.6   37.6   37.5       -.1

 Retail trade.................................   31.3   30.8   30.9   30.9    30.7   30.7   30.6   30.5   30.4   30.4        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............   37.8   37.0   37.1   37.1    37.2   37.3   37.1   37.0   37.1   37.0       -.1

 Utilities....................................   40.7   41.3   41.1   40.9    40.9   41.1   40.9   41.2   41.1   41.0       -.1

Information...................................   36.8   36.4   36.5   36.5    36.4   36.5   36.6   36.4   36.5   36.4       -.1

Financial activities..........................   36.1   35.9   36.0   35.9    35.5   36.0   36.0   36.0   36.1   36.0       -.1

Professional and business services............   34.7   34.2   34.2   34.3    34.3   34.2   34.1   34.1   34.2   34.1       -.1

Education and health services.................   32.8   32.5   32.7   32.7    32.5   32.6   32.6   32.6   32.7   32.6       -.1

Leisure and hospitality.......................   26.6   26.1   26.5   26.4    25.6   25.8   25.8   25.8   25.8   25.7       -.1

Other services................................   31.3   31.0   31.1   31.2    31.0   31.1   30.9   31.0   31.0   31.0        .0


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Aug.      June     July      Aug.       Aug.      June     July      Aug.
                                                   2004      2005     2005p     2005p      2004      2005     2005p     2005p

        Total private........................... $15.66    $15.97    $16.05    $16.05    $535.57   $539.79   $542.49   $545.70
         Seasonally adjusted....................  15.74     16.07     16.14     16.16     530.44    541.56    543.92    544.59

    Goods-producing.............................  17.28     17.56     17.64     17.68     696.38    705.91    700.31    712.50

Natural resources and mining....................  17.95     18.59     18.72     18.75     804.16    849.56    851.76    871.88

Construction....................................  19.33     19.37     19.56     19.59     755.80    759.30    758.93    769.89

Manufacturing...................................  16.16     16.52     16.50     16.56     660.94    669.06    658.35    672.34

 Durable goods..................................  16.84     17.27     17.22     17.36     695.49    708.07    693.97    713.50
  Wood products.................................  13.02     13.06     13.18     13.07     539.03    525.01    521.93    520.19
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.28     16.78     16.91     16.85     700.04    708.12    703.46    712.76
  Primary metals................................  18.57     18.76     18.95     18.91     796.65    801.05    801.59    813.13
  Fabricated metal products.....................  15.27     15.73     15.85     15.91     627.60    640.21    638.76    647.54
  Machinery.....................................  16.72     17.03     17.10     16.94     697.22    713.56    711.36    703.01
  Computer and electronic products..............  17.38     18.40     18.62     18.53     700.41    728.64    739.21    743.05
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.04     15.10     15.27     15.34     613.63    605.51    613.85    624.34
  Transportation equipment......................  21.49     21.97     21.50     22.05     909.03    931.53    870.75    945.95
  Furniture and related products................  13.28     13.48     13.44     13.47     529.87    532.46    525.50    533.41
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  13.88     14.03     14.25     14.19     534.38    544.36    537.23    549.15

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.08     15.27     15.35     15.25     606.22    606.22    603.26    605.43
  Food manufacturing............................  13.00     13.04     13.04     12.97     514.80    508.56    504.65    507.13
  Beverages and tobacco products................  19.08     18.69     19.03     18.64     761.29    755.08    761.20    758.65
  Textile mills.................................  12.08     12.45     12.43     12.39     489.24    501.74    488.50    496.84
  Textile product mills.........................  11.43     11.65     11.80     11.75     442.34    445.03    446.04    457.08
  Apparel.......................................   9.72     10.17     10.27     10.24     352.84    359.00    358.42    368.64
  Leather and allied products...................  11.67     11.51     11.54     11.59     441.13    446.59    443.14    446.22
  Paper and paper products......................  17.89     18.05     18.27     18.02     756.75    763.52    763.69    755.04
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.88     15.66     15.78     15.81     611.38    593.51    599.64    602.36
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.05     24.47     24.56     24.28    1096.68   1115.83   1117.48   1097.46
  Chemicals.....................................  19.24     19.60     19.71     19.75     821.55    825.16    815.99    817.65
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.66     14.87     14.94     14.89     590.80    591.83    578.18    589.64

     Private service-providing..................  15.22     15.54     15.63     15.62     499.22    503.50    509.54    509.21

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.58     14.87     14.99     14.93     495.72    498.15    503.66    501.65

 Wholesale trade................................  17.68     18.01     18.19     18.15     673.61    677.18    682.13    680.63

 Retail trade...................................  12.07     12.33     12.41     12.35     377.79    379.76    383.47    381.62

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.62     16.66     16.83     16.82     628.24    616.42    624.39    624.02

 Utilities......................................  25.36     26.24     26.87     26.56    1032.15   1083.71   1104.36   1086.30

Information.....................................  21.43     21.83     22.02     22.10     788.62    794.61    803.73    806.65

Financial activities............................  17.59     17.80     17.94     17.94     635.00    639.02    645.84    644.05

Professional and business services..............  17.50     17.84     17.94     17.91     607.25    610.13    613.55    614.31

Education and health services...................  16.20     16.59     16.78     16.76     531.36    539.18    548.71    548.05

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.81      9.02      8.99      9.02     234.35    235.42    238.24    238.13

Other services..................................  13.93     14.15     14.15     14.19     436.01    438.65    440.07    442.73


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.




     
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Aug.     Apr.     May      June    July     Aug.  change from:
                                                   2004     2005     2005     2005    2005p    2005p  July 2005-
                                                                                                      Aug. 2005p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.74   $16.00   $16.03   $16.07   $16.14   $16.16      0.1
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.25     8.16     8.19     8.21     8.20     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  17.24    17.51    17.54    17.58    17.62    17.65       .2

Natural resources and mining....................  18.05    18.55    18.59    18.66    18.75    18.84       .5

Construction....................................  19.25    19.38    19.36    19.43    19.52    19.50      -.1

Manufacturing...................................  16.22    16.47    16.53    16.55    16.57    16.62       .3
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  15.36    15.62    15.68    15.70    15.70    15.75       .3

 Durable goods..................................  16.90    17.23    17.28    17.32    17.36    17.41       .3

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.14    15.23    15.31    15.29    15.28    15.31       .2

     Private service-providing..................  15.34    15.60    15.63    15.67    15.75    15.76       .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.65    14.88    14.91    14.91    15.03    15.01      -.1

 Wholesale trade................................  17.69    18.05    18.04    18.11    18.24    18.23      -.1

 Retail trade...................................  12.13    12.35    12.38    12.35    12.45    12.42      -.2

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.65    16.62    16.67    16.69    16.79    16.82       .2

 Utilities......................................  25.66    26.38    26.49    26.37    27.02    26.82      -.7

Information.....................................  21.52    21.98    21.97    22.08    22.16    22.18       .1

Financial activities............................  17.57    17.85    17.82    17.90    18.00    17.97      -.2

Professional and business services..............  17.59    17.89    17.94    17.98    18.06    18.11       .3

Education and health services...................  16.24    16.55    16.60    16.67    16.74    16.78       .2

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.91     9.08     9.09     9.10     9.11     9.12       .1

Other services..................................  14.00    14.16    14.20    14.22    14.26    14.28       .1


  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 -0.1 percent from June 2005 to July 2005, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Aug.   June   July   Aug.    Aug.   Apr.   May    June   July   Aug.   change from:
                                                2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2005   2005   2005   2005p  2005p   July 2005-
                                                                                                                        Aug. 2005p

        Total private.........................  103.0  104.1  104.0  104.7   100.5  102.5  102.3  102.5  102.8  102.9       0.1

    Goods-producing...........................  100.2  100.7   99.4  101.3    97.1   98.5   98.0   98.1   98.1   98.1        .0

Natural resources and mining..................  109.0  117.3  117.0  120.6   105.2  113.9  114.4  114.9  115.6  116.9       1.1

Construction..................................  110.0  112.9  112.8  114.9   101.4  107.8  106.3  106.6  105.9  106.4        .5

Manufacturing.................................   95.7   94.4   92.4   94.4    95.1   93.8   93.6   93.5   93.6   93.5       -.1

 Durable goods................................   96.2   96.2   93.5   95.9    95.9   95.1   95.0   95.2   95.4   95.6        .2
  Wood products...............................  104.8  101.7   99.4  100.2   101.7   98.5   98.0   98.2   98.1   97.3       -.8
  Nonmetallic mineral products................  102.8   99.8   97.7   99.3    98.6   96.7   95.8   96.0   95.1   95.1        .0
  Primary metals..............................   93.1   92.3   90.3   92.7    93.8   91.9   91.7   92.0   92.6   93.1        .5
  Fabricated metal products...................   98.5   99.2   97.5   99.0    98.7   98.6   98.5   98.6   99.0   98.9       -.1
  Machinery...................................   95.9   98.6   97.6   96.9    97.5   97.7   98.0   98.0   99.1   98.7       -.4
  Computer and electronic products............   91.0   94.3   95.3   96.8    91.2   93.0   93.6   94.3   95.9   96.3        .4
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   89.4   86.6   86.9   87.4    89.9   86.6   87.3   86.7   88.6   87.5      -1.2
  Transportation equipment....................   96.7   97.2   89.0   96.1    96.9   96.3   96.0   95.9   94.9   96.1       1.3
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   97.2   94.7   83.5   92.6    97.6   93.9   93.4   93.0   90.8   92.9       2.3
  Furniture and related products..............   95.7   92.1   90.8   92.6    93.8   91.1   90.8   91.3   91.0   91.2        .2
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   91.8   91.1   88.5   90.9    91.7   90.3   90.1   90.5   89.9   90.8       1.0

 Nondurable goods.............................   94.7   91.4   90.6   91.6    93.5   91.4   91.0   90.8   90.8   90.2       -.7
  Food manufacturing..........................  101.2   96.4   97.5   99.3    97.6   96.6   96.5   96.0   96.4   95.9       -.5
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   94.2   97.8   98.8  100.2    89.5   93.5   91.8   94.6   95.0   95.1        .1
  Textile mills...............................   80.3   74.1   70.6   71.5    80.0   74.0   74.2   73.3   72.3   71.3      -1.4
  Textile product mills.......................   91.8   92.6   91.5   93.3    91.9   92.4   92.7   90.9   91.9   93.6       1.8
  Apparel.....................................   75.9   66.7   64.0   66.0    75.1   67.3   65.4   65.4   65.9   65.0      -1.4
  Leather and allied products.................   82.8   85.7   84.0   87.1    84.2   83.2   84.3   85.3   88.1   87.3       -.9
  Paper and paper products....................   90.9   90.0   88.7   89.4    90.9   89.9   90.1   89.4   89.2   89.4        .2
  Printing and related support activities.....   94.4   91.5   91.5   91.1    93.8   92.3   92.4   91.6   91.5   90.9       -.7
  Petroleum and coal products.................  110.4  109.8  109.1  106.6   108.0  109.3  108.1  107.0  105.2  103.9      -1.2
  Chemicals...................................   99.2   97.0   95.2   94.3    99.6   97.0   96.6   96.2   95.7   94.4      -1.4
  Plastics and rubber products................   94.4   92.2   88.8   91.4    94.6   92.0   91.4   91.2   91.0   91.4        .4

     Private service-providing................  103.6  105.0  105.6  105.6   101.6  103.8  103.6  103.9  104.1  103.9       -.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  101.0  101.9  102.1  102.1    99.6  101.2  101.1  100.9  101.2  101.3        .1

 Wholesale trade..............................  100.4  101.6  101.3  101.3    98.9  100.5  100.6  100.7  100.9  100.8       -.1

 Retail trade.................................  101.1  101.0  101.6  101.7    99.3  100.4  100.2  100.1  100.2  100.2        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............  103.0  105.8  104.7  104.5   102.0  105.8  105.4  105.1  105.4  105.1       -.3

 Utilities....................................   94.8   98.0   97.8   97.1    94.7   96.5   96.1   96.9   96.8   96.7       -.1

Information...................................  101.5  103.3  103.6  103.3   100.0  103.0  103.1  102.6  102.9  102.6       -.3

Financial activities..........................  104.8  106.3  106.9  106.5   102.1  105.0  105.1  105.4  106.0  105.8       -.2

Professional and business services............  105.4  107.3  107.3  108.4   102.8  105.5  105.2  105.7  106.3  106.3        .0

Education and health services.................  102.6  105.0  104.7  104.5   103.9  105.7  106.0  106.2  106.7  106.5       -.2

Leisure and hospitality.......................  112.1  112.5  115.1  114.5   102.9  105.8  105.7  106.0  106.3  106.2       -.1

Other services................................   98.7   99.4   99.8   99.4    96.9   98.3   97.7   98.1   98.1   98.0       -.1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.




     
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Aug.   June   July   Aug.    Aug.   Apr.   May    June   July   Aug.   change from:
                                                2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2005   2005   2005   2005p  2005p   July 2005-
                                                                                                                        Aug. 2005p

        Total private.........................  107.9  111.2  111.7  112.5   105.8  109.8  109.8  110.3  111.0  111.2       0.2

    Goods-producing...........................  106.0  108.2  107.3  109.7   102.5  105.6  105.3  105.6  105.8  106.0        .2

Natural resources and mining..................  113.8  126.8  127.4  131.5   110.5  122.9  123.7  124.6  126.1  128.0       1.5

Construction..................................  114.8  118.0  119.2  121.5   105.4  112.8  111.2  111.9  111.6  112.0        .4

Manufacturing.................................  101.2  102.0   99.7  102.2   100.9  101.0  101.2  101.2  101.5  101.6        .1

 Durable goods................................  101.1  103.7  100.5  103.9   101.2  102.3  102.5  103.0  103.3  103.9        .6

 Nondurable goods.............................  100.9   98.6   98.2   98.7   100.1   98.3   98.5   98.1   98.0   97.6       -.4

     Private service-providing................  108.3  112.1  113.4  113.3   107.1  111.3  111.3  111.8  112.7  112.5       -.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  105.0  108.0  109.1  108.7   104.1  107.4  107.5  107.4  108.5  108.4       -.1

 Wholesale trade..............................  104.6  107.8  108.6  108.3   103.0  106.8  106.9  107.5  108.4  108.2       -.2

 Retail trade.................................  104.6  106.8  108.1  107.6   103.3  106.2  106.4  106.0  106.9  106.6       -.3

 Transportation and warehousing...............  108.6  111.8  111.7  111.5   107.8  111.6  111.5  111.2  112.3  112.1       -.2

 Utilities....................................  100.4  107.3  109.7  107.6   101.5  106.2  106.2  106.7  109.2  108.3       -.8

Information...................................  107.7  111.6  112.9  113.0   106.5  112.1  112.1  112.2  112.8  112.7       -.1

Financial activities..........................  114.0  117.0  118.6  118.1   110.9  115.9  115.8  116.7  118.0  117.5       -.4

Professional and business services............  109.8  113.9  114.5  115.5   107.6  112.3  112.3  113.0  114.3  114.5        .2

Education and health services.................  109.3  114.5  115.5  115.1   110.9  115.0  115.7  116.4  117.5  117.5        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................  115.2  118.3  120.7  120.4   106.9  112.0  112.1  112.5  113.0  112.9       -.1

Other services................................  100.2  102.5  102.9  102.8    98.9  101.4  101.1  101.6  101.9  102.0        .1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.




     
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)


       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2001 ..............   49.5     47.7     48.6     32.7     42.4     40.8     36.7     39.0     37.6     33.6     36.9     37.1
     2002 ..............   41.0     35.6     39.7     39.2     40.5     47.7     42.8     43.0     42.1     39.0     41.5     35.1
     2003 ..............   44.4     38.7     35.3     41.4     39.4     39.9     42.1     39.4     50.4     48.9     50.0     50.5
     2004 ..............   50.9     53.4     66.0     67.3     64.6     59.7     55.4     53.8     57.6     58.6     54.7     54.3
     2005 ..............   54.1     61.2     53.1     61.7     57.4     54.7    p61.5    p57.2


Over 3-month span:
     2001 ..............   53.2     49.8     49.8     42.3     38.1     34.2     37.8     37.6     34.7     35.4     30.8     32.0
     2002 ..............   35.3     37.9     36.5     34.2     34.4     39.4     40.6     44.1     37.8     37.1     35.8     36.7
     2003 ..............   38.3     35.4     33.3     33.5     36.5     41.7     37.8     37.4     43.2     46.4     48.6     50.2
     2004 ..............   52.5     53.8     56.7     69.4     75.4     71.2     63.5     56.8     57.4     59.9     59.7     56.3
     2005 ..............   58.5     60.3     63.7     62.4     59.4     64.2    p61.3    p62.8


Over 6-month span:
     2001 ..............   53.1     50.9     52.0     45.5     43.0     39.7     38.5     33.6     33.5     34.2     33.6     30.9
     2002 ..............   29.5     29.9     32.0     31.7     30.9     37.4     37.1     38.7     35.3     36.0     37.9     35.1
     2003 ..............   32.7     32.2     31.3     31.3     33.1     37.6     33.6     32.2     40.3     43.7     46.4     49.3
     2004 ..............   47.3     50.4     54.9     62.6     64.4     69.6     67.3     68.9     64.6     62.2     59.7     55.9
     2005 ..............   60.3     62.8     63.7     62.2     62.6     63.1    p64.0    p64.7


Over 12-month span:
     2001 ..............   59.5     59.5     53.4     49.3     48.6     45.0     43.3     43.9     39.9     37.8     37.1     34.9
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.4     30.2     29.1     32.0     31.3     30.0     29.5     32.9     34.7
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.7     52.0     56.7     57.4     57.6     60.3     62.1     64.6     64.0
     2005 ..............   61.2     64.7     64.2     65.8     63.8     60.4    p62.8    p65.3

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2001 ..............   22.0     17.3     22.0     17.9     16.1     22.6     13.1     15.5     18.5     17.3     14.9     11.9
     2002 ..............   19.0     19.6     22.0     32.1     26.2     31.0     35.7     23.2     28.6     15.5     18.5     16.7
     2003 ..............   35.1     19.0     19.0     11.9     19.6     20.8     22.6     24.4     32.7     35.1     39.9     42.9
     2004 ..............   39.3     49.4     50.0     65.5     60.1     51.8     60.7     48.8     42.9     42.3     46.4     44.6
     2005 ..............   42.3     44.6     41.1     47.6     44.0     33.9    p52.4    p45.8


Over 3-month span:
     2001 ..............   32.7     20.8     16.7     14.3     14.3     11.9     11.9      9.5      7.7     12.5     11.3      9.5
     2002 ..............   10.7     11.9     11.3     17.9     14.9     20.2     25.6     23.8     20.2     13.7      8.9      9.5
     2003 ..............   16.1     14.3     12.5      8.9     10.7     10.7     14.3     15.5     18.5     27.4     31.5     35.1
     2004 ..............   42.3     43.5     42.9     58.3     69.0     69.6     62.5     53.6     52.4     44.6     45.2     35.7
     2005 ..............   45.2     42.9     52.4     46.4     41.7     38.7    p42.3    p43.5


Over 6-month span:
     2001 ..............   22.6     24.4     21.4     19.6     14.3     11.9     13.1     11.3     10.7      7.1      7.7      5.4
     2002 ..............    6.0      8.3      8.3      9.5      7.1     13.1     12.5     11.3     14.3      8.3      8.3      7.7
     2003 ..............   12.5     10.1      7.1      8.3     11.3     10.7      4.8     10.1     13.1     16.7     19.6     26.8
     2004 ..............   27.4     29.8     33.3     47.0     52.4     57.1     60.1     58.9     58.9     50.6     45.2     42.9
     2005 ..............   43.5     44.0     42.3     39.3     38.7     36.9    p36.9    p38.1


Over 12-month span:
     2001 ..............   29.8     32.1     20.8     19.0     13.1     12.5     10.7     11.9     11.9     10.1      8.3      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      6.5      7.1      3.6      4.8      6.0      4.8      7.1      4.8      8.3
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     19.0     25.6     34.5     43.5     40.5     45.8     48.2     49.4     46.4
     2005 ..............   45.2     45.8     47.6     44.6     42.3     39.3    p39.3    p33.3


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.