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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  FEBRUARY 2001


   The unemployment rate held at 4.2 percent in February, and total
nonfarm employment rose by 135,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Large job losses continued in
manufacturing, where employment declined by 94,000.  Employment gains in
several other industries, including services, accounted for the net
increase in payroll employment.  Average hourly earnings rose by 7 cents
over the month.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons (5.9 million) and the
unemployment rate (4.2 percent) were essentially unchanged in February.
The jobless rates for most of the major worker groups--adult men (3.5
percent), adult women (3.7 percent), teenagers (13.6 percent), whites (3.7
percent), and Hispanics (6.3 percent)--were little changed from January.
The unemployment rate for blacks declined to 7.5 percent, the same level as
in the last quarter of 2000.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
   In February, both the number of newly unemployed (those unemployed less
than 5 weeks) and the number of unemployed job losers who did not expect to
be recalled rose for the second consecutive month.  (See tables A-6 and A-7.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment was essentially unchanged at 135.8 million, seasonally
adjusted, in February.  The civilian labor force, at 141.8 million persons,
also was little changed over the month.  The labor force participation
rate--the proportion of the population age 16 and older who are either
working or looking for work--edged down by 0.1 percentage point to 67.2
percent, still relatively high by historical standards. (See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in February.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.6 percent of
total employment, compared with 5.8 percent a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in February, the same as a year earlier.  These
people 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 had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.
The number of discouraged workers was 289,000 in February, about the same
as 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.  (See table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Jan.-
      Category        |      2000       |  2000  |      2001       | Feb.
                      |_________________|________|_________________|change
                      |  III   |   IV   |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 140,706| 141,208| 141,489| 141,955| 141,751|   -204
  Employment..........| 135,049| 135,593| 135,836| 135,999| 135,815|   -184
  Unemployment........|   5,657|   5,616|   5,653|   5,956|   5,936|    -20
Not in labor force....|  69,235|  69,358|  69,254|  68,934|  69,275|    341
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.0|     4.0|     4.0|     4.2|     4.2|     .0
  Adult men...........|     3.3|     3.4|     3.4|     3.6|     3.5|   -0.1
  Adult women.........|     3.6|     3.4|     3.4|     3.6|     3.7|     .1
  Teenagers...........|    13.5|    12.9|    13.1|    13.8|    13.6|    -.2
  White...............|     3.5|     3.5|     3.5|     3.6|     3.7|     .1
  Black...............|     7.6|     7.5|     7.6|     8.4|     7.5|    -.9
  Hispanic origin.....|     5.6|     5.6|     5.7|     6.0|     6.3|     .3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 131,619| 131,836| 131,878|p132,102|p132,237|   p135
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,680|  25,623|  25,569| p25,639| p25,564|   p-75
    Construction......|   6,688|   6,732|   6,717|  p6,875|  p6,891|    p16
    Manufacturing.....|  18,453|  18,350|  18,312| p18,216| p18,122|   p-94
  Service-producing 1/| 105,940| 106,213| 106,309|p106,463|p106,673|   p210
    Retail trade......|  23,189|  23,225|  23,245| p23,250| p23,287|    p37
    Services..........|  40,553|  40,752|  40,797| p40,884| p40,979|    p95
    Government........|  20,536|  20,435|  20,435| p20,502| p20,539|    p37
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.4|    34.3|    34.1|   p34.3|   p34.2|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.5|    41.0|    40.4|   p40.9|   p40.6|   p-.3
    Overtime..........|     4.5|     4.2|     3.9|    p4.1|    p3.8|   p-.3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   151.2|   151.2|   150.6|  p151.8|  p151.0|  p-0.8
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.79|  $13.95|  $14.02| p$14.03| p$14.10| p$0.07
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  474.03|  478.13|  478.08| p481.23| p482.22|   p.99
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 135,000, seasonally adjusted,
in February.  Since last September, the average monthly growth in payroll
employment has been 103,000, compared with an average gain of 187,000
during the first 9 months of last year.  In February, major job losses
continued in manufacturing.  These losses, however, were more than offset
by gains in services and most other major industry divisions.  (See table
B-1.)
   
   In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing employment fell by 94,000
in February, following a similar loss (as revised) in January.  Together,
these losses exceeded the total employment decline in this industry for all
of 2000.  With the exception of motor vehicles, where some workers returned
from temporary layoffs, employment declines in manufacturing were widespread
in February.  Job losses continued in fabricated metals (13,000) and in
industrial machinery (11,000).  Electrical equipment and apparel also lost
11,000 jobs each.  Smaller employment declines occurred in a number of other
industries, including furniture, primary metals, textiles, printing and
publishing, paper, and rubber and plastics.
   
   Elsewhere in the goods-producing sector, construction employment rose
by 16,000, seasonally adjusted, in February, following an unusually large
increase in January.  Mining employment rose by 3,000 in February, after
having increased by 8,000 in January.  Employment in oil and gas extraction
continued to grow; this industry has gained 25,000 jobs over the last year.
   
   In the service-producing sector, services employment increased by
95,000 in February, about in line with its average monthly increase during
2000.  In February, health services employment rose by 28,000, as hospitals
added 11,000 jobs.  Business services gained 24,000 jobs, after 4
consecutive months of job losses.  Within business services, employment
rose by 15,000 in computer services, following weak growth in January.
Help supply employment was little changed over the month; in the prior 4
months, job declines totaled 181,000.  Social services added 15,000 jobs in
February, and private education employment grew by 20,000.
   
   Employment in finance, insurance, and real estate rose by 16,000 in
February, continuing the growth trend that began last August.  Strong
demand for mortgage refinancing boosted employment in mortgage banks, which
grew by 5,000 over the month.  Employment increased by 5,000 in insurance
carriers.
   
   Employment in transportation and public utilities grew by 28,000,
following a decline in January.  Job growth in February was nearly double
the industry's average monthly gain for 2000.  Air transportation, which
had accounted for most of the loss in January, added 15,000 jobs in
February.
   
   Employment in retail trade increased by 37,000 in February, following 2
months of little change.  Gains were widespread.  Employment in department
stores, however, was little changed; this industry has lost 60,000 jobs
over the year.  Wholesale trade employment declined for the third
consecutive month.
   
   Government employment increased by 37,000 in February.  Employment in
local government grew by 26,000, including an increase of 16,000 jobs in
local education.  There was little change in federal government employment.

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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in February to 34.2 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek fell by 0.3 hour to 40.6
hours; since June, the factory workweek has fallen by 1.0 hour.
Manufacturing overtime declined by 0.3 hour in February to 3.8 hours, the
lowest level since 1992.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.5 percent to 151.0
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index fell by 1.4
percent to 101.1.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 7 cents in February to $14.10,
seasonally adjusted.  Over the month, average weekly earnings increased by
0.2 percent to $482.22.  Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 4.1
percent and average weekly earnings grew by 2.9 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                      ______________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for March 2001 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, April 6, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).

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 |                  March 2000 National Benchmarks                   |
 |                                                                   |
 |    In accordance with standard practice, BLS will release nonfarm |
 |payroll employment benchmark revisions with the May data on June 1,|
 |2001.  The March 2000 benchmark level has been finalized and will  |
 |result in an upward revision of 469,000 to total nonfarm employment|
 |for the March 2000 reference month, an adjustment of 0.4 percent.  |
 |                                                                   |
 |    Also concurrent with the release of the March 2000 benchmark   |
 |revisions on June 1, BLS will continue the implementation of a new |
 |probability-based sample design for the payroll survey that began  |
 |last year with the wholesale trade industry.  Estimates for the    |
 |mining, construction, and manufacturing industries will incorporate|
 |the new sample design with this release.  Further information is   |
 |available on the Internet (http://stats.bls.gov/ceshome.htm) or by |
 |calling (202) 691-6555.                                            |
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the 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.  In June 2000,
the sample included about 300,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 208,907 210,889 211,026 208,907 210,378 210,577 210,743 210,889 211,026
    Civilian labor force............................ 140,185 141,049 141,238 140,860 141,000 141,136 141,489 141,955 141,751
          Participation rate........................    67.1    66.9    66.9    67.4    67.0    67.0    67.1    67.3    67.2
      Employed...................................... 133,954 134,462 134,774 135,120 135,464 135,478 135,836 135,999 135,815
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.1    63.8    63.9    64.7    64.4    64.3    64.5    64.5    64.4
        Agriculture.................................   2,973   2,811   2,794   3,367   3,241   3,176   3,274   3,179   3,135
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 130,981 131,651 131,980 131,753 132,223 132,302 132,562 132,819 132,680
      Unemployed....................................   6,231   6,587   6,464   5,740   5,536   5,658   5,653   5,956   5,936
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.4     4.7     4.6     4.1     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.2     4.2
    Not in labor force..............................  68,723  69,841  69,788  68,047  69,378  69,441  69,254  68,934  69,275
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,431   4,474   4,500   4,378   4,377   4,351   4,532   4,417   4,455
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,330 101,357 101,428 100,330 101,075 101,175 101,260 101,357 101,428
    Civilian labor force............................  74,808  75,149  75,118  75,368  75,371  75,386  75,582  75,815  75,547
          Participation rate........................    74.6    74.1    74.1    75.1    74.6    74.5    74.6    74.8    74.5
      Employed......................................  71,311  71,405  71,430  72,333  72,427  72,354  72,534  72,589  72,359
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.1    70.4    70.4    72.1    71.7    71.5    71.6    71.6    71.3
      Unemployed....................................   3,497   3,744   3,687   3,035   2,944   3,032   3,048   3,226   3,187
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.7     5.0     4.9     4.0     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.3     4.2
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  92,092  93,184  93,227  92,092  92,969  93,061  93,117  93,184  93,227
    Civilian labor force............................  70,704  71,161  71,139  70,952  71,155  71,135  71,289  71,492  71,288
          Participation rate........................    76.8    76.4    76.3    77.0    76.5    76.4    76.6    76.7    76.5
      Employed......................................  67,869  68,101  68,114  68,577  68,774  68,683  68,848  68,916  68,761
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.7    73.1    73.1    74.5    74.0    73.8    73.9    74.0    73.8
        Agriculture.................................   2,018   1,907   1,906   2,283   2,219   2,122   2,232   2,122   2,154
        Nonagricultural industries..................  65,851  66,194  66,208  66,294  66,555  66,561  66,616  66,795  66,607
      Unemployed....................................   2,835   3,060   3,025   2,375   2,381   2,452   2,441   2,576   2,527
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.0     4.3     4.3     3.3     3.3     3.4     3.4     3.6     3.5
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,577 109,532 109,598 108,577 109,303 109,402 109,483 109,532 109,598
    Civilian labor force............................  65,377  65,899  66,120  65,492  65,629  65,750  65,907  66,140  66,204
          Participation rate........................    60.2    60.2    60.3    60.3    60.0    60.1    60.2    60.4    60.4
      Employed......................................  62,642  63,057  63,344  62,787  63,037  63,124  63,302  63,410  63,456
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.7    57.6    57.8    57.8    57.7    57.7    57.8    57.9    57.9
      Unemployed....................................   2,734   2,842   2,777   2,705   2,592   2,626   2,605   2,730   2,749
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     4.3     4.2     4.1     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.1     4.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,666 101,643 101,686 100,666 101,448 101,533 101,612 101,643 101,686
    Civilian labor force............................  61,576  62,164  62,335  61,488  61,528  61,625  61,819  62,126  62,220
          Participation rate........................    61.2    61.2    61.3    61.1    60.6    60.7    60.8    61.1    61.2
      Employed......................................  59,331  59,760  60,005  59,285  59,425  59,506  59,708  59,894  59,932
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.9    58.8    59.0    58.9    58.6    58.6    58.8    58.9    58.9
        Agriculture.................................     804     777     794     854     748     797     822     852     839
        Nonagricultural industries..................  58,526  58,983  59,211  58,431  58,677  58,709  58,886  59,042  59,093
      Unemployed....................................   2,245   2,404   2,329   2,203   2,103   2,119   2,111   2,232   2,288
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.6     3.9     3.7     3.6     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.6     3.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,149  16,063  16,113  16,149  15,960  15,983  16,014  16,063  16,113
    Civilian labor force............................   7,905   7,724   7,765   8,420   8,317   8,376   8,381   8,337   8,243
          Participation rate........................    48.9    48.1    48.2    52.1    52.1    52.4    52.3    51.9    51.2
      Employed......................................   6,754   6,601   6,655   7,258   7,265   7,289   7,280   7,188   7,122
          Employment-population ratio...............    41.8    41.1    41.3    44.9    45.5    45.6    45.5    44.7    44.2
        Agriculture.................................     151     126      94     230     274     257     220     205     143
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,604   6,475   6,561   7,028   6,991   7,032   7,060   6,983   6,980
      Unemployed....................................   1,151   1,123   1,110   1,162   1,052   1,087   1,101   1,149   1,121
          Unemployment rate.........................    14.6    14.5    14.3    13.8    12.6    13.0    13.1    13.8    13.6

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 173,886 175,246 175,326 173,886 174,899 175,034 175,145 175,246 175,326
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,154 117,622 117,883 117,661 117,603 117,640 117,945 118,276 118,287
        Participation rate..........................    67.4    67.1    67.2    67.7    67.2    67.2    67.3    67.5    67.5
      Employed...................................... 112,576 112,768 113,029 113,501 113,584 113,509 113,811 114,015 113,902
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.7    64.3    64.5    65.3    64.9    64.8    65.0    65.1    65.0
      Unemployed....................................   4,578   4,854   4,853   4,160   4,019   4,131   4,134   4,261   4,385
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.9     4.1     4.1     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.5     3.6     3.7
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,043  60,265  60,335  60,285  60,286  60,280  60,349  60,494  60,487
        Participation rate..........................    77.1    76.7    76.7    77.4    76.9    76.8    76.8    77.0    76.9
      Employed......................................  57,927  57,927  57,975  58,553  58,557  58,478  58,581  58,571  58,561
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.4    73.7    73.7    75.2    74.7    74.5    74.6    74.5    74.5
      Unemployed....................................   2,116   2,338   2,360   1,732   1,729   1,802   1,768   1,923   1,926
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.5     3.9     3.9     2.9     2.9     3.0     2.9     3.2     3.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,418  50,848  51,019  50,263  50,281  50,335  50,527  50,794  50,854
        Participation rate..........................    60.5    60.6    60.7    60.3    60.0    60.0    60.2    60.5    60.6
      Employed......................................  48,840  49,171  49,303  48,702  48,777  48,825  48,973  49,270  49,155
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.6    58.6    58.7    58.5    58.2    58.2    58.4    58.7    58.5
      Unemployed....................................   1,578   1,677   1,716   1,561   1,504   1,510   1,554   1,524   1,699
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.1     3.3     3.4     3.1     3.0     3.0     3.1     3.0     3.3
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,693   6,509   6,529   7,113   7,036   7,025   7,069   6,988   6,945
        Participation rate..........................    52.6    51.3    51.4    55.9    55.4    55.3    55.7    55.1    54.6
      Employed......................................   5,808   5,670   5,752   6,246   6,250   6,206   6,257   6,174   6,186
        Employment-population ratio.................    45.6    44.7    45.3    49.1    49.2    48.9    49.3    48.7    48.7
      Unemployed....................................     885     839     778     867     786     819     812     814     760
        Unemployment rate...........................    13.2    12.9    11.9    12.2    11.2    11.7    11.5    11.7    10.9
          Men.......................................    15.5    15.8    14.3    13.8    11.8    12.4    12.2    13.3    12.6
          Women.....................................    10.7     9.8     9.4    10.4    10.5    10.9    10.7     9.8     9.2
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,076  25,382  25,412  25,076  25,339  25,376  25,408  25,382  25,412
    Civilian labor force............................  16,542  16,577  16,511  16,721  16,627  16,732  16,742  16,773  16,691
        Participation rate..........................    66.0    65.3    65.0    66.7    65.6    65.9    65.9    66.1    65.7
      Employed......................................  15,164  15,170  15,192  15,416  15,401  15,485  15,470  15,372  15,440
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.5    59.8    59.8    61.5    60.8    61.0    60.9    60.6    60.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,378   1,407   1,319   1,305   1,226   1,247   1,272   1,401   1,251
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.3     8.5     8.0     7.8     7.4     7.5     7.6     8.4     7.5
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,355   7,372   7,317   7,414   7,383   7,397   7,437   7,430   7,374
        Participation rate..........................    73.3    72.4    71.8    73.9    72.6    72.6    72.9    73.0    72.4
      Employed......................................   6,771   6,800   6,770   6,891   6,868   6,888   6,897   6,918   6,887
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.5    66.8    66.4    68.7    67.5    67.6    67.6    68.0    67.6
      Unemployed....................................     584     571     547     523     515     509     540     512     487
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.9     7.8     7.5     7.1     7.0     6.9     7.3     6.9     6.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,289   8,314   8,305   8,319   8,262   8,325   8,333   8,340   8,336
        Participation rate..........................    66.0    65.2    65.1    66.2    65.0    65.4    65.4    65.4    65.3
      Employed......................................   7,719   7,716   7,799   7,777   7,786   7,808   7,861   7,731   7,854
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.4    60.5    61.1    61.9    61.3    61.3    61.7    60.6    61.5
      Unemployed....................................     570     598     506     542     476     517     472     609     482
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.9     7.2     6.1     6.5     5.8     6.2     5.7     7.3     5.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     898     891     889     988     982   1,010     972   1,002     981
        Participation rate..........................    36.3    36.3    36.1    39.9    39.9    41.0    39.5    40.8    39.8
      Employed......................................     673     654     623     748     747     789     712     723     699
        Employment-population ratio.................    27.2    26.6    25.3    30.2    30.4    32.1    28.9    29.4    28.4
      Unemployed....................................     225     238     266     240     235     221     260     280     282
        Unemployment rate...........................    25.0    26.7    29.9    24.3    23.9    21.9    26.7    27.9    28.8
          Men.......................................    21.9    27.8    31.3    23.0    27.0    22.5    30.1    26.9    31.7
          Women.....................................    28.3    25.5    28.6    25.6    21.2    21.3    23.4    28.9    25.7

                   HISPANIC ORIGIN
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  22,108  22,769  22,830  22,108  22,618  22,687  22,749  22,769  22,830
    Civilian labor force............................  15,187  15,513  15,662  15,194  15,491  15,626  15,671  15,540  15,653
        Participation rate..........................    68.7    68.1    68.6    68.7    68.5    68.9    68.9    68.2    68.6
      Employed......................................  14,267  14,525  14,629  14,322  14,711  14,686  14,772  14,612  14,673
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.5    63.8    64.1    64.8    65.0    64.7    64.9    64.2    64.3
      Unemployed....................................     921     989   1,034     872     780     940     899     927     980
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.1     6.4     6.6     5.7     5.0     6.0     5.7     6.0     6.3

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. 





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment                       

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                Feb.     Jan.     Feb.     Feb.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.  
                                                2000     2001     2001     2000     2000     2000     2000     2001     2001  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   27,376   27,957   27,191   27,376   27,931   27,851   27,693   27,957   27,191
    Civilian labor force....................   11,638   12,065   11,732   11,996   12,192   11,958   11,822   12,008   12,074
        Percent of population...............     42.5     43.2     43.1     43.8     43.7     42.9     42.7     43.0     44.4
      Employed..............................   10,829   11,070   10,706   11,263   11,408   11,171   11,077   11,193   11,140
        Employment-population ratio.........     39.6     39.6     39.4     41.1     40.8     40.1     40.0     40.0     41.0
      Unemployed............................      809      995    1,026      733      784      787      745      816      934
        Unemployment rate...................      7.0      8.2      8.7      6.1      6.4      6.6      6.3      6.8      7.7
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,471   58,092   57,617   57,471   57,365   57,562   57,899   58,092   57,617
    Civilian labor force....................   37,403   37,611   37,238   37,504   36,985   37,129   37,187   37,415   37,309
        Percent of population...............     65.1     64.7     64.6     65.3     64.5     64.5     64.2     64.4     64.8
      Employed..............................   35,932   35,950   35,644   36,203   35,707   35,830   35,906   35,986   35,895
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.5     61.9     61.9     63.0     62.2     62.2     62.0     61.9     62.3
      Unemployed............................    1,471    1,661    1,594    1,301    1,278    1,299    1,281    1,429    1,414
        Unemployment rate...................      3.9      4.4      4.3      3.5      3.5      3.5      3.4      3.8      3.8
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,486   44,313   45,263   44,486   44,767   44,770   44,596   44,313   45,263
    Civilian labor force....................   32,946   32,763   33,414   32,642   32,896   32,776   33,045   33,102   33,079
        Percent of population...............     74.1     73.9     73.8     73.4     73.5     73.2     74.1     74.7     73.1
      Employed..............................   31,911   31,704   32,423   31,715   32,103   31,897   32,141   32,121   32,197
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.7     71.5     71.6     71.3     71.7     71.2     72.1     72.5     71.1
      Unemployed............................    1,036    1,059      991      927      793      879      904      981      882
        Unemployment rate...................      3.1      3.2      3.0      2.8      2.4      2.7      2.7      3.0      2.7
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,247   45,790   46,167   45,247   45,785   45,706   45,839   45,790   46,167
    Civilian labor force....................   36,242   36,479   36,683   36,161   36,022   36,237   36,460   36,476   36,602
        Percent of population...............     80.1     79.7     79.5     79.9     78.7     79.3     79.5     79.7     79.3
      Employed..............................   35,643   35,873   36,104   35,570   35,431   35,674   35,894   35,909   36,032
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.8     78.3     78.2     78.6     77.4     78.1     78.3     78.4     78.0
      Unemployed............................      599      606      579      591      591      563      566      567      570
        Unemployment rate...................      1.7      1.7      1.6      1.6      1.6      1.6      1.6      1.6      1.6

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 133,954 134,462 134,774 135,120 135,464 135,478 135,836 135,999 135,815
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,187  43,048  43,080  43,437  43,345  43,251  43,293  43,134  43,340
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,848  34,180  34,059  33,841  33,622  33,633  33,635  34,249  34,059
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,228   8,299   8,348   8,251   8,449   8,495   8,501   8,426   8,373
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,745  41,339  41,701  40,803  40,745  41,083  41,078  41,430  41,770
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  39,544  39,886  39,781  39,559  39,521  39,616  39,853  40,086  39,781
    Service occupations.............................  18,271  17,922  18,301  18,269  18,555  18,471  18,550  18,158  18,283
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,505  14,651  14,746  14,729  15,050  14,748  14,848  14,889  14,970
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  17,828  17,808  17,439  18,284  18,305  18,184  18,171  18,092  17,889
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,060   2,856   2,806   3,555   3,318   3,238   3,357   3,372   3,252
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,749   1,721   1,587   2,024   2,041   2,005   2,019   1,983   1,839
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,190   1,070   1,187   1,303   1,182   1,180   1,198   1,182   1,291
      Unpaid family workers.........................      33      20      20      47      32      25      34      25      29
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 122,346 122,969 123,439 122,972 123,461 123,632 123,813 124,035 124,069
        Government..................................  19,666  19,163  19,523  19,259  19,073  19,146  19,352  18,843  19,103
        Private industries.......................... 102,680 103,806 103,916 103,713 104,388 104,486 104,461 105,192 104,966
          Private households........................     983     820     830     980     812     827     879     859     823
          Other industries.......................... 101,698 102,986 103,087 102,733 103,576 103,659 103,582 104,333 104,143
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,555   8,559   8,393   8,780   8,561   8,533   8,600   8,698   8,617
      Unpaid family workers.........................      79     124     147      76     136     128     121     110     142
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,296   3,693   3,424   3,149   3,222   3,416   3,234   3,327   3,273
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,979   2,445   2,209   1,828   1,909   2,183   1,964   2,035   2,043
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,027     895     947   1,015     947     886     896     954     933
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,849  18,977  20,010  18,892  18,758  18,896  18,993  18,568  19,021
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,138   3,559   3,291   2,997   3,044   3,285   3,088   3,227   3,143
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,874   2,359   2,129   1,731   1,808   2,082   1,882   1,971   1,970
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,015     894     932     994     923     871     877     945     910
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,290  18,509  19,583  18,257  18,206  18,323  18,437  18,040  18,509

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,740   5,956   5,936    4.1     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.2     4.2 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,375   2,576   2,527    3.3     3.3     3.4     3.4     3.6     3.5 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,203   2,232   2,288    3.6     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.6     3.7 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,162   1,149   1,121   13.8    12.6    13.0    13.1    13.8    13.6 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     903   1,003   1,007    2.0     2.1     2.2     2.2     2.3     2.3 
     Married women, spouse present..................     908     882     912    2.6     2.5     2.5     2.6     2.5     2.6 
     Women who maintain families....................     544     576     541    6.2     5.4     5.2     5.1     6.4     6.1 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,540   4,768   4,738    3.9     3.8     3.9     3.9     4.1     4.0 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,184   1,192   1,179    4.9     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.9     4.8 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     682     746     753    1.6     1.7     1.7     1.7     1.8     1.8 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,482   1,405   1,437    3.6     3.6     3.6     3.5     3.4     3.5 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     603     570     572    3.9     3.4     3.7     3.7     3.7     3.7 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,192   1,390   1,416    6.1     6.4     6.3     6.4     7.1     7.3 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     212     234     252    5.6     6.7     7.1     6.3     6.5     7.2 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,548   4,685   4,914    4.2     4.0     4.0     4.0     4.3     4.5 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,269   1,410   1,488    4.4     4.7     4.5     4.4     4.9     5.2 
         Mining.....................................      20      11      27    3.8     7.1     3.5     3.6     2.2     4.6 
         Construction...............................     549     554     558    7.2     6.5     6.9     6.5     6.8     7.0 
         Manufacturing..............................     700     845     903    3.4     4.0     3.6     3.6     4.2     4.5 
           Durable goods............................     387     501     501    3.1     3.8     3.5     3.4     4.2     4.2 
           Nondurable goods.........................     313     343     402    3.8     4.3     3.9     4.0     4.3     5.0 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,279   3,275   3,426    4.1     3.8     3.8     3.8     4.0     4.2 
         Transportation and public utilities........     250     215     228    3.2     2.8     2.6     3.2     2.8     2.9 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,452   1,355   1,412    5.3     4.8     4.7     4.8     5.0     5.1 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     216     191     210    2.7     2.3     1.9     2.1     2.3     2.5 
         Services...................................   1,361   1,514   1,575    3.8     3.6     3.7     3.6     4.0     4.2 
     Government workers.............................     418     431     295    2.1     2.0     2.3     2.2     2.2     1.5 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     144     196     186    6.6     8.8     9.4     8.9     9.0     9.2 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.




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  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,517   3,072   2,732   2,582   2,510   2,531   2,440   2,613   2,797
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,313   2,094   2,115   1,830   1,755   1,796   1,852   1,977   1,669
   15 weeks and over................................   1,401   1,420   1,617   1,292   1,311   1,317   1,326   1,371   1,490
      15 to 26 weeks................................     772     707     891     687     702     713     675     731     793
      27 weeks and over.............................     629     714     726     605     609     604     651     640     697
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.5    12.2    12.8    12.5    12.4    12.4    12.6    12.6    12.9
   Median duration, in weeks........................     6.6     5.5     6.6     6.1     6.1     6.1     6.1     5.9     6.0
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    40.4    46.6    42.3    45.3    45.0    44.8    43.4    43.8    47.0
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    37.1    31.8    32.7    32.1    31.5    31.8    33.0    33.2    28.0
     15 weeks and over..............................    22.5    21.6    25.0    22.7    23.5    23.3    23.6    23.0    25.0
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    12.4    10.7    13.8    12.0    12.6    12.6    12.0    12.3    13.3
       27 weeks and over............................    10.1    10.8    11.2    10.6    10.9    10.7    11.6    10.7    11.7




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,029   3,406   3,309   2,614   2,446   2,501   2,514   2,742   2,853
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,134   1,567   1,286     833     825     877     937   1,032     945
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,895   1,839   2,023   1,781   1,621   1,624   1,577   1,711   1,908
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,281   1,223   1,451   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     614     616     572   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     777     818     830     767     815     768     746     838     820
  Reentrants........................................   2,067   1,985   1,998   1,992   1,868   1,936   1,899   1,956   1,927
  New entrants......................................     357     378     327     400     398     429     466     446     372
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    48.6    51.7    51.2    45.3    44.3    44.4    44.7    45.8    47.8
     On temporary layoff............................    18.2    23.8    19.9    14.4    14.9    15.6    16.7    17.2    15.8
     Not on temporary layoff........................    30.4    27.9    31.3    30.9    29.3    28.8    28.0    28.6    32.0
   Job leavers......................................    12.5    12.4    12.8    13.3    14.7    13.6    13.3    14.0    13.7
   Reentrants.......................................    33.2    30.1    30.9    34.5    33.8    34.4    33.8    32.7    32.3
   New entrants.....................................     5.7     5.7     5.1     6.9     7.2     7.6     8.3     7.4     6.2
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.2     2.4     2.3     1.9     1.7     1.8     1.8     1.9     2.0
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6      .5      .5      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.3     1.4     1.3     1.4     1.4
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .2      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3

    1 Not available.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 Feb.   Jan.   Feb.   Feb.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb. 
                                                                 2000   2001   2001   2000   2000   2000   2000   2001   2001 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.0    1.0    1.1     .9     .9     .9     .9    1.0    1.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.2    2.4    2.3    1.9    1.7    1.8    1.8    1.9    2.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.4    4.7    4.6    4.1    3.9    4.0    4.0    4.2    4.2
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.6    4.9    4.8   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.3    5.5    5.5   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    7.6    8.1    7.9   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,740   5,956   5,936    4.1     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.2     4.2 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,220   2,205   2,167    9.8     8.9     9.1     9.2     9.6     9.5 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,162   1,149   1,121   13.8    12.6    13.0    13.1    13.8    13.6 
        16 to 17 years..............................     516     554     555   15.6    15.2    15.4    15.8    17.4    17.2 
        18 to 19 years..............................     635     595     550   12.5    11.1    11.4    11.6    11.5    11.0 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,058   1,056   1,046    7.4     6.8     6.8     7.0     7.2     7.2 
    25 years and over...............................   3,510   3,767   3,766    3.0     2.9     3.0     3.0     3.2     3.2 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,006   3,262   3,262    3.0     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.2     3.2 
      55 years and over.............................     524     509     519    2.9     2.8     2.9     2.6     2.7     2.8 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,035   3,226   3,187    4.0     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.3     4.2 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,205   1,234   1,282   10.1     9.4     9.5     9.7    10.3    10.8 
        16 to 19 years..............................     660     650     660   14.9    13.4    13.6    14.1    15.0    15.5 
          16 to 17 years............................     295     335     306   16.6    17.6    17.5    18.4    20.5    18.5 
          18 to 19 years............................     356     320     343   13.5    10.7    11.3    11.7    11.8    13.1 
        20 to 24 years..............................     545     584     622    7.3     7.3     7.3     7.2     7.6     8.2 
      25 years and over.............................   1,815   1,987   1,891    2.9     2.9     3.0     3.0     3.1     3.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,555   1,679   1,619    2.9     2.9     2.9     2.9     3.1     3.0 
        55 years and over...........................     274     303     291    2.7     2.8     2.9     2.8     3.0     2.9 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,705   2,730   2,749    4.1     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.1     4.2 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,015     971     885    9.4     8.4     8.6     8.7     8.8     8.1 
        16 to 19 years..............................     502     498     460   12.5    11.9    12.3    12.1    12.4    11.6 
          16 to 17 years............................     221     219     250   14.3    12.8    13.4    13.2    14.1    15.7 
          18 to 19 years............................     279     274     208   11.3    11.6    11.5    11.6    11.3     8.7 
        20 to 24 years..............................     513     472     424    7.6     6.3     6.3     6.7     6.7     6.1 
      25 years and over.............................   1,695   1,780   1,875    3.1     3.0     3.1     3.0     3.2     3.4 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,451   1,583   1,643    3.1     3.1     3.2     3.1     3.4     3.5 
        55 years and over...........................     250     205     228    3.1     2.8     2.7     2.4     2.5     2.7 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Feb.      Feb.      Feb.      Feb.      Feb.      Feb.  
                                                                        2000      2001      2000      2001      2000      2001  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   68,723    69,788    25,522    26,310    43,200    43,478 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,431     4,500     1,743     1,871     2,688     2,629 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,273     1,339       577       613       697       727 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      262       289       159       186       103       103 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................    1,011     1,050       418       427       594       623 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,735     7,592     4,037     3,989     3,698     3,603 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.8       5.6       5.7       5.6       5.9       5.7 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,267     4,258     2,465     2,496     1,802     1,762 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,602     1,627       470       459     1,131     1,168 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      290       304       181       210       109        94 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,547     1,360       909       792       638       568 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Feb.    Dec.   Jan.    Feb.     Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.   Jan.    Feb. 
                                           2000    2000   2001p   2001p    2000    2000    2000    2000   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 128,970 132,773 129,991 130,647 130,482 131,789 131,842 131,878 132,102 132,237
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 108,283 111,954 109,555 109,802 110,088 111,325 111,437 111,443 111,600 111,698
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,033  25,468  25,028  24,947  25,624  25,665  25,635  25,569  25,639  25,564
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     521     541     537     538     533     542     541     540     548     551
    Metal mining........................    44.3    43.3    43.1    41.3      45      44      43      44      43      42
    Coal mining.........................    80.4    78.8    78.8    78.6      81      80      78      78      79      79
    Oil and gas extraction..............   293.1   314.2   315.3   317.4     296     309     311     311     318     321
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   103.2   104.2   100.0   100.8     111     109     109     107     108     109
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,120   6,601   6,374   6,369   6,618   6,745   6,734   6,717   6,875   6,891
    General building contractors........ 1,417.5 1,509.2 1,476.4 1,473.5   1,491   1,517   1,523   1,527   1,546   1,546
    Heavy construction, except building.   756.6   826.7   771.2   774.2     885     892     882     867     899     911
    Special trade contractors........... 3,946.3 4,265.4 4,126.5 4,121.4   4,242   4,336   4,329   4,323   4,430   4,434
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,392  18,326  18,117  18,040  18,473  18,378  18,360  18,312  18,216  18,122
      Production workers................  12,635  12,532  12,361  12,295  12,697  12,583  12,564  12,515  12,442  12,361
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,055  11,046  10,907  10,870  11,088  11,052  11,058  11,037  10,949  10,903
      Production workers................   7,567   7,532   7,419   7,384   7,592   7,542   7,546   7,520   7,454   7,411
    Lumber and wood products............   819.2   801.2   787.6   780.3     832     812     807     802     798     795
    Furniture and fixtures..............   553.7   553.1   546.6   540.9     553     555     554     552     547     541
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   548.4   557.3   548.3   546.4     567     564     563     561     567     563
    Primary metal industries............   698.9   684.2   677.5   673.3     699     691     690     683     677     672
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   226.4   220.0   216.8   217.0   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,524.8 1,532.9 1,516.9 1,502.3   1,525   1,533   1,535   1,530   1,517   1,504
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,134.7 2,126.6 2,118.2 2,109.2   2,131   2,124   2,127   2,124   2,118   2,107
      Computer and office equipment.....   366.6   363.6   362.3   361.2     368     361     361     362     363     363
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,682.3 1,731.6 1,720.9 1,713.6   1,684   1,719   1,724   1,728   1,724   1,713
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   644.7   696.1   696.6   695.4     645     687     694     696     698     695
    Transportation equipment............ 1,855.0 1,815.6 1,753.3 1,767.1   1,855   1,812   1,814   1,813   1,757   1,768
      Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,027.1   991.5   936.2   950.3   1,029     991     989     988     940     953
      Aircraft and parts................   452.9   457.8   454.0   454.9     453     456     455     456     452     453
    Instruments and related products....   844.1   851.0   851.2   850.4     844     847     850     851     853     852
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   394.3   392.5   386.7   386.1     398     395     394     393     391     388
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,337   7,280   7,210   7,170   7,385   7,326   7,302   7,275   7,267   7,219
      Production workers................   5,068   5,000   4,942   4,911   5,105   5,041   5,018   4,995   4,988   4,950
    Food and kindred products........... 1,640.9 1,660.9 1,636.9 1,631.5   1,672   1,673   1,667   1,666   1,669   1,666
    Tobacco products....................    38.6    39.2    38.2    36.7      37      37      37      37      36      35
    Textile mill products...............   546.4   525.6   518.1   510.8     549     536     530     525     521     513
    Apparel and other textile products..   660.7   624.2   616.8   611.6     665     633     630     625     626     615
    Paper and allied products...........   661.2   656.9   651.6   646.3     663     660     657     656     653     648
    Printing and publishing............. 1,546.7 1,562.1 1,552.0 1,544.8   1,550   1,559   1,557   1,554   1,555   1,548
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,028.8 1,021.6 1,018.4 1,016.7   1,031   1,023   1,024   1,022   1,023   1,019
    Petroleum and coal products.........   127.8   126.4   123.9   124.6     132     131     130     128     128     129
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,010.6   992.5   984.1   978.0   1,010   1,001     998     991     986     977
    Leather and leather products........    75.3    71.0    69.7    68.6      76      73      72      71      70      69
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 103,937 107,305 104,963 105,700 104,858 106,124 106,207 106,309 106,463 106,673
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,873   7,147   7,019   7,028   6,937   7,046   7,060   7,086   7,077   7,105
    Transportation......................   4,424   4,641   4,518   4,524   4,479   4,549   4,563   4,581   4,571   4,593
      Railroad transportation...........   222.2   216.0   213.4   212.2     225     219     220     217     216     216
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   505.2   515.4   509.4   514.4     494     498     500     500     500     503
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,786.7 1,852.3 1,814.0 1,810.7   1,828   1,843   1,839   1,847   1,850   1,853
      Water transportation..............   186.9   199.9   194.8   194.6     196     206     206     206     205     205
      Transportation by air............. 1,247.6 1,367.5 1,301.3 1,305.6   1,259   1,297   1,310   1,321   1,312   1,327
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    12.4    12.5    12.4    12.3      12      12      13      12      12      12
      Transportation services...........   462.7   477.6   473.0   474.3     465     474     475     478     476     477
    Communications and public utilities.   2,449   2,506   2,501   2,504   2,458   2,497   2,497   2,505   2,506   2,512
      Communications.................... 1,593.2 1,652.6 1,648.6 1,652.3   1,598   1,641   1,644   1,653   1,651   1,656
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   856.2   852.9   852.1   851.3     860     856     853     852     855     856
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,965   7,097   7,022   7,022   7,011   7,087   7,093   7,085   7,074   7,071
    Durable goods.......................   4,159   4,206   4,175   4,175   4,177   4,207   4,206   4,201   4,193   4,194
    Nondurable goods....................   2,806   2,891   2,847   2,847   2,834   2,880   2,887   2,884   2,881   2,877
  Retail trade..........................  22,440  23,914  22,872  22,722  22,978  23,193  23,238  23,245  23,250  23,287
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies.........................   965.1 1,002.7   965.4   958.6   1,020   1,022   1,020   1,019   1,016   1,013
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,664.5 3,053.7 2,729.0 2,608.7   2,762   2,740   2,770   2,742   2,694   2,699
      Department stores................. 2,329.6 2,660.3 2,377.1 2,268.4   2,417   2,389   2,419   2,411   2,354   2,357
    Food stores......................... 3,471.8 3,587.8 3,520.6 3,506.5   3,503   3,519   3,516   3,523   3,537   3,544
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,366.5 2,416.7 2,395.0 2,399.1   2,394   2,431   2,430   2,428   2,425   2,429
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,094.3 1,117.0 1,113.1 1,116.9   1,100   1,120   1,120   1,121   1,121   1,123
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,145.0 1,323.0 1,225.4 1,184.6   1,184   1,205   1,211   1,217   1,222   1,229
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,097.7 1,182.7 1,142.3 1,123.7   1,102   1,128   1,130   1,137   1,136   1,133
    Eating and drinking places.......... 7,736.2 8,065.5 7,791.9 7,874.3   7,992   8,073   8,097   8,111   8,125   8,140
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,993.1 3,282.0 3,102.6 3,066.4   3,021   3,075   3,064   3,068   3,095   3,100
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,564   7,642   7,618   7,635   7,624   7,638   7,647   7,661   7,676   7,692
    Finance.............................   3,707   3,748   3,742   3,754   3,717   3,737   3,739   3,747   3,751   3,762
      Depository institutions........... 2,051.0 2,036.2 2,032.2 2,030.6   2,057   2,034   2,033   2,035   2,033   2,035
        Commercial banks................ 1,464.5 1,446.5 1,442.2 1,440.3   1,469   1,446   1,445   1,445   1,443   1,443
        Savings institutions............   244.4   236.7   236.4   236.1     245     238     237     237     237     236
      Nondepository institutions........   697.9   690.3   690.5   698.6     699     689     690     689     692     700
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   336.0   321.5   323.2   328.4     338     324     323     321     325     330
      Security and commodity brokers....   719.2   772.1   771.7   774.3     723     766     768     773     776     778
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   238.4   249.4   247.8   250.2     238     248     248     250     250     249
    Insurance...........................   2,366   2,363   2,360   2,365   2,373   2,355   2,362   2,362   2,366   2,372
      Insurance carriers................ 1,600.9 1,586.0 1,585.1 1,589.0   1,606   1,581   1,587   1,585   1,589   1,594
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   765.3   776.9   774.8   775.6     767     774     775     777     777     778
    Real estate.........................   1,491   1,531   1,516   1,516   1,534   1,546   1,546   1,552   1,559   1,558
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  39,408  40,686  39,996  40,448  39,914  40,696  40,764  40,797  40,884  40,979
    Agricultural services...............   676.6   749.2   697.9   697.6     796     806     810     810     825     823
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,771.6 1,860.7 1,834.4 1,850.6   1,868   1,924   1,939   1,948   1,948   1,956
    Personal services................... 1,337.7 1,277.3 1,336.5 1,362.7   1,265   1,285   1,288   1,292   1,285   1,283
    Business services................... 9,399.6 9,860.7 9,509.8 9,542.0   9,615   9,829   9,823   9,751   9,742   9,766
      Services to buildings.............   986.2 1,002.3   998.9 1,004.0   1,000   1,000   1,004   1,009   1,014   1,017
      Personnel supply services......... 3,593.0 3,839.0 3,522.4 3,511.0   3,773   3,861   3,845   3,744   3,698   3,695
        Help supply services............ 3,208.3 3,403.2 3,111.1 3,101.7   3,382   3,432   3,413   3,338   3,282   3,285
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,906.2 1,995.9 1,999.8 2,016.6   1,906   1,966   1,982   1,996   2,000   2,015
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,191.4 1,211.2 1,215.4 1,222.0   1,195   1,206   1,206   1,215   1,227   1,225
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   379.7   383.4   378.7   378.3     384     386     386     383     384     383
    Motion pictures.....................   623.4   641.2   631.4   634.6     623     630     631     639     640     636
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,517.2 1,605.4 1,551.3 1,586.8   1,723   1,791   1,793   1,787   1,807   1,806
    Health services..................... 10050.9 10245.8 10235.9 10261.8  10,078  10,191  10,208  10,229  10,258  10,286
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,907.6 1,964.7 1,964.6 1,966.1   1,914   1,950   1,953   1,960   1,967   1,972
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,783.6 1,799.6 1,796.1 1,800.8   1,790   1,793   1,793   1,796   1,801   1,805
      Hospitals......................... 3,995.8 4,056.9 4,059.0 4,066.8   4,002   4,032   4,045   4,053   4,061   4,072
      Home health care services.........   635.6   643.6   637.0   638.2     639     645     644     642     644     642
    Legal services...................... 1,000.8 1,017.3 1,013.5 1,015.5   1,007   1,016   1,014   1,015   1,018   1,021
    Educational services................ 2,443.3 2,518.6 2,327.2 2,542.6   2,309   2,357   2,365   2,389   2,391   2,411
    Social services..................... 2,911.3 3,060.2 3,043.6 3,080.2   2,912   3,019   3,032   3,054   3,062   3,077
      Child day care services...........   754.5   807.8   805.1   818.6     740     784     787     792     796     802
      Residential care..................   803.7   844.6   843.6   847.7     807     838     840     845     849     851
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................    91.2   101.2    94.9    96.4     100     103     104     104     104     105
    Membership organizations............ 2,417.4 2,437.5 2,413.8 2,430.0   2,439   2,446   2,450   2,450   2,450   2,450
    Engineering and management services. 3,350.3 3,471.3 3,467.4 3,501.4   3,354   3,463   3,471   3,486   3,498   3,505
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   971.8 1,017.6 1,015.5 1,018.7     984   1,015   1,015   1,021   1,029   1,033
      Management and public relations... 1,069.8 1,138.2 1,129.5 1,133.7   1,077   1,129   1,137   1,139   1,144   1,143
    Services, nec.......................    53.3    52.7    52.4    53.3   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  20,687  20,819  20,436  20,845  20,394  20,464  20,405  20,435  20,502  20,539
    Federal.............................   2,688   2,601   2,596   2,602   2,700   2,625   2,615   2,566   2,614   2,616
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,827.3 1,737.9 1,737.7 1,745.7   1,835   1,762   1,760   1,753   1,753   1,753
    State...............................   4,822   4,858   4,678   4,862   4,728   4,755   4,748   4,769   4,762   4,771
      Education......................... 2,095.5 2,106.5 1,924.5 2,103.2   1,981   1,988   1,977   1,990   1,982   1,989
      Other State government............ 2,726.1 2,751.4 2,753.1 2,758.5   2,747   2,767   2,771   2,779   2,780   2,782
    Local...............................  13,177  13,360  13,162  13,381  12,966  13,084  13,042  13,100  13,126  13,152
      Education......................... 7,693.3 7,740.3 7,571.3 7,773.1   7,355   7,391   7,377   7,387   7,400   7,416
      Other local government............ 5,484.0 5,619.4 5,590.4 5,607.4   5,611   5,693   5,665   5,713   5,726   5,736

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Feb.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                           2000    2000    2001p   2001p   2000    2000    2000    2000    2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.2    34.2    33.9    33.9    34.6    34.4    34.3    34.1    34.3    34.2 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.8    40.3    40.0    39.5    41.3    40.9    40.5    39.8    40.4    39.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   44.1    44.9    44.8    45.0    44.7    45.6    44.9    44.6    45.3    45.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   38.7    37.7    37.7    37.2    39.7    39.3    38.5    37.9    38.9    38.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.5    41.2    40.7    40.3    41.8    41.4    41.2    40.4    40.9    40.6 
      Overtime hours....................    4.4     4.4     3.9     3.6     4.7     4.5     4.3     3.9     4.1     3.8 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   42.1    41.6    41.0    40.6    42.3    41.9    41.7    40.7    41.1    40.9 
      Overtime hours....................    4.7     4.4     3.9     3.6     4.9     4.6     4.4     3.9     4.0     3.7 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.4    40.0    39.3    39.3    41.0    40.6    40.6    39.8    39.7    40.2 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   39.8    40.0    38.9    38.4    40.3    39.7    39.4    38.8    39.0    39.1 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   42.4    41.9    41.0    40.6    43.5    43.2    42.7    41.7    42.2    41.6 
    Primary metal industries............   44.4    43.3    42.6    42.1    44.5    43.8    43.6    42.5    42.5    42.1 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   45.3    43.5    42.7    42.4    45.4    44.2    44.1    43.2    42.7    42.5 
    Fabricated metal products...........   42.2    41.7    41.3    41.0    42.4    42.1    41.7    40.6    41.4    41.3 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.4    42.2    41.9    41.3    42.3    42.1    42.0    41.2    41.8    41.3 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.5    41.5    40.7    40.1    41.6    41.2    40.9    40.4    40.7    40.3 
    Transportation equipment............   43.9    42.2    41.5    41.0    44.0    43.1    42.9    40.8    41.6    41.1 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   45.0    41.8    40.9    40.4    45.0    44.0    43.2    40.1    41.0    40.3 
    Instruments and related products....   41.3    41.3    40.9    41.0    41.2    41.2    41.0    40.4    40.8    40.8 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.3    39.5    38.9    39.0    39.5    39.3    39.1    38.8    39.3    39.2 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.6    40.7    40.2    39.8    41.0    40.6    40.4    40.0    40.5    40.1 
      Overtime hours....................    4.1     4.2     3.9     3.6     4.5     4.3     4.1     3.9     4.1     3.9 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   40.9    41.5    40.9    39.9    41.6    41.4    41.2    40.7    41.2    40.7 
    Tobacco products....................   39.2    39.9    37.6    37.4    40.6    38.9    38.6    38.6    38.5    38.6 
    Textile mill products...............   41.3    41.0    40.4    39.7    41.7    40.9    40.5    40.5    40.4    39.8 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.6    36.8    36.2    36.1    37.7    36.9    36.8    36.3    36.6    36.1 
    Paper and allied products...........   43.0    42.8    42.7    42.0    43.5    42.5    42.6    41.9    42.6    42.4 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.0    38.3    37.7    37.6    38.3    38.2    38.0    37.7    38.1    37.9 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.5    43.2    42.7    42.5    42.7    43.0    42.6    42.4    42.9    42.7 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.4    44.2    46.2    46.5    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.4    41.0    40.7    40.3    41.6    41.1    41.0    40.1    40.9    40.4 
    Leather and leather products........   37.7    37.5    37.3    36.9    38.1    37.4    38.1    37.1    38.0    37.1 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.6    32.7    32.4    32.6    32.8    32.7    32.8    32.7    32.8    32.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.1    38.6    38.1    38.3    38.3    38.6    38.5    38.7    38.6    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.1    38.4    38.0    38.1    38.5    38.5    38.6    38.4    38.5    38.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.5    28.9    28.2    28.4    29.1    28.8    28.9    28.7    29.1    28.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.1    36.1    35.9    36.2    36.1    36.1    36.1    36.2    36.1    36.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.6    32.5    32.3    32.5    32.7    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.6 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Feb.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.       Feb.      Dec.     Jan.      Feb.  
                                           2000      2000      2001p     2001p      2000      2000     2001p     2001p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.58    $14.03    $14.09    $14.15    $464.44   $479.83   $477.65   $479.69 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.54     14.02     14.03     14.10     468.48    478.08    481.23    482.22 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.07     15.67     15.61     15.64     614.86    631.50    624.40    617.78 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.20     17.17     17.22     17.13     758.52    770.93    771.46    770.85 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   17.42     18.21     18.20     18.22     674.15    686.52    686.14    677.78 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.19     14.68     14.61     14.65     588.89    604.82    594.63    590.40 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.73     15.26     15.15     15.19     620.13    634.82    621.15    616.71 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.63     11.96     11.94     11.96     469.85    478.40    469.24    470.03 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.51     12.01     11.99     12.05     458.10    480.40    466.41    462.72 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.96     14.50     14.48     14.51     591.90    607.55    593.68    589.11 
    Primary metal industries............   16.28     16.64     16.65     16.56     722.83    720.51    709.29    697.18 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   19.32     19.22     19.50     19.16     875.20    836.07    832.65    812.38 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.67     14.12     14.09     14.11     576.87    588.80    581.92    578.51 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.40     16.04     15.99     15.94     652.96    676.89    669.98    658.32 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.72     14.05     14.03     14.10     569.38    583.08    571.02    565.41 
    Transportation equipment............   18.58     19.70     19.28     19.43     815.66    831.34    800.12    796.63 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   19.03     20.36     19.75     19.95     856.35    851.05    807.78    805.98 
    Instruments and related products....   14.41     15.06     14.92     14.97     595.13    621.98    610.23    613.77 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.53     11.91     11.90     11.91     453.13    470.45    462.91    464.49 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.36     13.80     13.79     13.82     542.42    561.66    554.36    550.04 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.23     12.66     12.64     12.60     500.21    525.39    516.98    502.74 
    Tobacco products....................   17.48     18.54     18.28     18.77     685.22    739.75    687.33    702.00 
    Textile mill products...............   10.85     11.02     11.04     11.04     448.11    451.82    446.02    438.29 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.03      9.21      9.24      9.23     339.53    338.93    334.49    333.20 
    Paper and allied products...........   15.99     16.54     16.45     16.36     687.57    707.91    702.42    687.12 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.13     14.58     14.55     14.59     536.94    558.41    548.54    548.58 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.67     18.33     18.24     18.46     750.98    791.86    778.85    784.55 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   22.03     21.68     21.64     22.10     956.10    958.26    999.77   1027.65 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.57     13.03     13.05     13.03     520.40    534.23    531.14    525.11 
    Leather and leather products........    9.96     10.22     10.28     10.21     375.49    383.25    383.44    376.75 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.11     13.54     13.64     13.71     427.39    442.76    441.94    446.95 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   16.05     16.53     16.59     16.68     611.51    638.06    632.08    638.84 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.91     15.59     15.54     15.59     568.07    598.66    590.52    593.98 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.35      9.65      9.68      9.68     266.48    278.89    272.98    274.91 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.93     15.32     15.46     15.64     538.97    553.05    555.01    566.17 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.77     14.29     14.36     14.42     448.90    464.43    463.83    468.65 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                    Feb.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     change  
            Industry                2000     2000     2000     2000     2001p    2001p    from:   
                                                                                        Jan. 2001-
                                                                                        Feb. 2001 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.54   $13.88   $13.96   $14.02   $14.03   $14.10      0.5   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.87     7.89     7.91     7.93     7.90     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.20    15.57    15.66    15.63    15.70    15.75       .3   
    Mining......................    17.14    17.08    17.13    17.08    17.01    17.00      -.1   
    Construction................    17.60    18.00    18.20    18.14    18.32    18.32       .0   
    Manufacturing...............    14.21    14.56    14.63    14.60    14.58    14.67       .6   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.45    13.81    13.90    13.93    13.89    14.00       .8   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.01    13.36    13.44    13.53    13.52    13.61       .7   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.00    16.38    16.42    16.51    16.54    16.66       .7   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.89    15.36    15.46    15.57    15.48    15.57       .6   
    Retail trade................     9.32     9.56     9.60     9.66     9.61     9.65       .4   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.87    15.18    15.27    15.34    15.44    15.58       .9   
    Services....................    13.66    14.00    14.12    14.20    14.22    14.31       .6   

  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 -.4 percent from December 2000 to January 2001, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
    N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Feb.   Dec.    Jan.     Feb.    Feb.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.     Feb.  
                                          2000   2000    2001p    2001p   2000   2000    2000    2000    2001p    2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  146.4  151.8   146.5    147.0   150.6  151.6   151.5   150.6   151.8    151.0 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  112.5  113.3   109.7    108.0   117.5  116.1   114.7   112.2   114.6    112.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   49.1   51.1    50.3     50.3    51.0   52.2    51.1    50.6    52.1     51.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  163.2  173.7   165.8    163.2   186.0  186.4   181.4   178.1   188.6    183.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  105.8  104.2   101.5     99.8   107.0  105.0   104.3   101.9   102.5    101.1 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  111.2  109.4   106.1    104.6   112.1  110.2   109.7   106.7   107.0    105.7 
    Lumber and wood products............  143.0  138.0   133.0    131.8   147.6  142.3   141.3   137.6   136.4    137.7 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  137.7  137.3   131.9    128.8   139.4  137.0   135.6   132.6   132.7    131.2 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  108.8  108.7   104.0    102.4   115.7  114.6   112.8   108.7   111.2    108.9 
    Primary metal industries............   92.1   88.1    85.7     83.9    92.3   90.0    89.4    86.2    85.4     83.8 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   71.6   67.3    65.1     64.4    72.1   69.0    68.9    66.7    65.2     64.9 
    Fabricated metal products...........  120.1  119.4   116.7    114.4   120.7  120.6   119.6   116.0   116.9    115.4 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  106.0  105.3   104.5    102.2   105.4  104.6   104.4   102.6   104.0    101.9 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  107.1  110.3   106.8    104.8   107.5  108.2   108.0   107.1   107.1    105.1 
    Transportation equipment............  126.8  118.0   111.7    111.3   127.0  120.9   120.4   113.7   112.6    111.6 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  170.8  151.9   140.7    140.8   170.9  161.0   157.0   144.4   141.3    140.2 
    Instruments and related products....   74.6   74.5    73.6     74.3    74.3   73.6    73.8    72.9    73.6     74.1 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  100.5   99.1    95.8     96.0   102.2   99.5    99.0    97.9    98.4     97.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   98.3   97.2    95.0     93.3   100.0   97.9    97.0    95.4    96.5     94.8 
    Food and kindred products...........  112.6  115.9   112.7    109.5   117.0  116.6   115.6   114.2   116.1    114.4 
    Tobacco products....................   53.6   53.1    49.0     46.3    52.3   48.2    47.8    47.8    45.8     44.0 
    Textile mill products...............   79.2   75.5    73.3     70.9    80.2   77.2    75.4    74.7    73.7     71.4 
    Apparel and other textile products..   57.9   53.5    52.1     51.6    58.5   54.5    54.0    52.8    53.7     51.8 
    Paper and allied products...........  105.1  103.8   103.0    100.6   106.7  103.6   103.4   101.3   102.8    101.7 
    Printing and publishing.............  120.8  123.2   119.9    118.5   122.0  122.8   121.5   120.2   121.5    120.0 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  102.2  101.4    99.5     98.8   102.6  101.0   100.3    99.4   100.1     99.3 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   63.1   57.9    59.1     60.5    66.3   62.0    61.0    58.2    62.5     64.1 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  147.8  142.6   140.2    138.3   148.3  144.5   143.6   139.3   141.0    138.2 
    Leather and leather products........   31.9   30.2    29.2     28.6    32.8   30.5    31.0    29.6    29.8     29.1 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  161.6  169.0   162.9    164.6   165.5  167.6   168.0   167.9   168.4    168.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  132.9  141.4   136.8    137.4   134.7  139.2   139.2   140.4   140.0    139.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  129.6  133.2   130.1    130.4   132.1  133.3   134.0   133.2   133.3    132.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  138.4  149.9   139.4    138.9   144.9  144.6   145.4   144.4   146.3    145.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  137.5  139.3   138.4    139.6   138.8  139.5   139.8   140.3   140.3    141.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  203.2  209.8   204.3    208.2   206.7  210.5   210.9   211.0   211.0    211.3 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   57.3    59.7    62.8    63.2    57.7    57.7    61.2    60.1    61.5    65.3    62.1    61.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.6    60.5    58.7    58.3    59.7    53.9    58.1    56.2    53.8    59.0    57.4 
     1999..............   54.1    58.8    53.9    59.6    52.8    57.9    58.8    53.8    57.3    60.7    60.8    59.0 
     2000..............   60.8    54.1    60.7    56.5    45.9    56.2    58.7    51.4    53.7    55.2    50.6    53.4 
     2001..............  p52.1   p47.2                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   62.6    64.0    66.3    66.7    63.2    62.1    61.5    66.2    67.4    69.4    69.0    69.1 
     1998..............   64.3    66.6    63.2    66.3    63.6    58.0    57.4    57.9    59.7    58.1    58.6    59.4 
     1999..............   58.3    57.3    58.4    54.4    57.3    58.8    58.1    60.7    59.6    63.5    64.3    63.1 
     2000..............   61.0    62.6    61.9    57.4    56.7    58.3    57.9    58.4    50.8    52.1    52.9   p52.8 
     2001..............  p50.0                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   66.3    67.0    66.6    66.3    65.6    67.1    66.3    68.5    69.0    70.4    69.7    70.4 
     1998..............   69.8    67.4    65.2    61.8    62.9    61.4    59.0    58.4    57.4    59.7    59.3    59.1 
     1999..............   60.0    58.0    57.6    58.6    54.4    59.7    60.4    62.1    64.0    62.8    65.2    64.6 
     2000..............   65.6    60.8    61.0    61.9    59.3    56.0    54.4    57.2    54.5   p51.8   p49.7         
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    70.1    69.4    70.4 
     1998..............   69.7    67.3    67.3    65.9    63.9    62.5    61.5    62.1    61.0    59.8    59.8    58.1 
     1999..............   60.3    58.3    57.6    59.4    59.6    60.5    61.9    61.0    62.6    62.9    62.5    63.2 
     2000..............   64.9    63.8    60.8    59.8    57.9    55.2   p54.4   p52.9                                 
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   49.6    52.5    56.1    54.0    51.4    54.3    50.7    53.6    56.5    61.9    60.4    55.4 
     1998..............   57.9    50.7    53.6    50.7    47.1    50.0    37.8    50.0    45.7    39.9    41.7    43.9 
     1999..............   45.0    41.0    42.8    46.4    40.3    46.4    54.7    38.1    46.4    51.8    51.4    50.4 
     2000..............   52.2    47.8    51.1    51.1    45.7    51.1    57.6    36.3    38.8    45.7    42.8    40.6 
     2001..............  p38.5   p28.1                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   50.7    53.2    55.8    56.1    53.2    52.5    52.5    55.8    59.7    66.5    64.7    64.0 
     1998..............   56.8    56.8    52.2    52.2    48.6    41.4    39.2    40.3    43.2    37.1    36.7    40.6 
     1999..............   36.7    37.1    37.1    34.5    37.8    43.5    39.9    45.0    42.1    50.4    51.1    50.7 
     2000..............   47.8    52.5    49.3    48.9    49.6    53.6    44.2    36.3    28.8    35.3    36.0   p32.0 
     2001..............  p24.1                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   53.2    53.2    52.5    52.9    51.8    53.2    54.7    61.2    61.2    64.4    64.7    63.7 
     1998..............   60.1    54.3    50.4    39.9    43.5    42.1    38.8    36.7    36.0    39.9    34.5    32.7 
     1999..............   35.6    33.5    33.5    37.1    32.7    38.8    41.0    45.7    48.2    43.2    48.6    51.1 
     2000..............   51.4    47.5    50.4    53.6    45.0    38.1    33.5    35.3    29.9   p25.2   p22.3         
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.8    56.8    57.2 
     1998..............   55.0    51.8    51.8    46.8    40.6    39.9    37.8    38.1    37.1    36.0    34.2    33.5 
     1999..............   37.4    32.4    31.7    35.3    36.0    37.1    38.8    39.6    42.4    42.4    42.4    46.0 
     2000..............   47.8    44.6    39.2    39.2    34.2    29.9   p28.4   p24.5                                 
     2001..............                                                                                                

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.