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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  OCTOBER 2002


   Both nonfarm payroll employment and the unemployment rate were about un-
changed in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today.  Job losses in the construction, manufacturing, and 
help supply industries were offset by gains in a number of other industries, 
among them finance, real estate, and health services.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons (8.2 million) and the unemployment rate 
(5.7 percent) were essentially unchanged in October.  The unemployment rate 
for adult women edged up to 5.2 percent while the rates for the other major 
worker groups--adult men (5.2 percent), teenagers (14.6 percent), whites 
(5.1 percent), blacks (9.8 percent), and Hispanics (7.8 percent)--showed 
little or no change over the month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment, as measured by the household survey, edged down in
October to 134.9 million, after seasonal adjustment.  This followed a large
increase in September.  The employment-population ratio, which had increased 
in September, declined to 62.9 percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
   The civilian labor force, at 143.1 million, seasonally adjusted, was
little changed from the prior month.  The labor force participation rate
declined to 66.7 percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in October.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.4 percent of the
total employed.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in October, little changed from a year earlier.
These individuals reported that they wanted and were available for 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 355,000 in October, also about unchanged from the same month a
year earlier.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached,
were not 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    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Sept.-
      Category        |       2002      |           2002           | Oct.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   II   |   III  |  Aug.  |  Sept. |  Oct.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 142,605| 142,761| 142,616| 143,277| 143,123|   -154
  Employment..........| 134,149| 134,568| 134,474| 135,185| 134,914|   -271
  Unemployment........|   8,456|   8,193|   8,142|   8,092|   8,209|    117
Not in labor force....|  71,059|  71,465|  71,609|  71,152|  71,519|    367
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.9|     5.7|     5.7|     5.6|     5.7|    0.1
  Adult men...........|     5.3|     5.2|     5.2|     5.2|     5.2|     .0
  Adult women.........|     5.2|     5.0|     4.9|     4.9|     5.2|     .3
  Teenagers...........|    17.1|    16.9|    17.2|    15.7|    14.6|   -1.1
  White...............|     5.2|     5.1|     5.1|     5.1|     5.1|     .0
  Black...............|    10.7|     9.7|     9.6|     9.6|     9.8|     .2
  Hispanic origin.....|     7.4|     7.5|     7.5|     7.4|     7.8|     .4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 130,706|p130,868| 130,913|p130,900|p130,895|    p-5
  Goods-producing 1/..|  23,879| p23,794|  23,801| p23,770| p23,695|   p-75
    Construction......|   6,544|  p6,547|   6,556|  p6,567|  p6,540|   p-27
    Manufacturing.....|  16,776| p16,694|  16,690| p16,651| p16,602|   p-49
  Service-producing 1/| 106,827|p107,073| 107,112|p107,130|p107,200|    p70
    Retail trade......|  23,327| p23,306|  23,295| p23,284| p23,298|    p14
    Services..........|  41,090| p41,316|  41,347| p41,386| p41,404|    p18
    Government........|  21,201| p21,270|  21,289| p21,293| p21,317|    p24
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.2|   p34.1|    34.1|   p34.2|   p34.1|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.0|   p40.8|    40.9|   p40.9|   p40.7|   p-.2
    Overtime..........|     4.2|    p4.1|     4.2|    p4.1|    p4.1|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   148.3|  p148.0|   148.1|  p148.4|  p147.8|  p-0.6
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $14.71| p$14.82|  $14.83| p$14.86| p$14.89| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  503.58| p505.48|  505.70| p508.21| p507.75|  p-.46
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   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 was virtually unchanged (-5,000) in October
at 130.9 million, although there were offsetting movements among various
industries.  Employment also had held steady in September (-13,000 as
revised).  In the 4 months prior to September, payroll employment had
increased by nearly a quarter of a million; this followed a loss of 1.8
million from March 2001 to April 2002.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Manufacturing employment declined by 49,000 over the month.  The pace
of factory job losses increased in the last 3 months, averaging 47,000 
a month since July, compared with 20,000 a month from April to July.
Employment in wholesale trade, an industry affected by manufacturing
activity, showed a similar, though less pronounced, pattern.  In
manufacturing, October job losses were concentrated primarily within
durable goods, including electronic and electrical equipment, primary
metals, fabricated metals, and aircraft and parts manufacturing.  Em-
ployment in the electronics industry has fallen by 44,000 in the past 
3 months, following smaller losses in late spring and early summer.  In
nondurable goods manufacturing, the apparel industry lost 7,000 jobs in
October, following a similar decline in September.
   
   Employment in the construction industry decreased by 27,000 in October,
following an increase of 11,000 in September (as revised).  Since April,
there has been no net growth in construction employment.  Special trades
lost 30,000 jobs in October, with electrical work accounting for a large
part of the monthly decline.
   
   Overall employment in the services industry was little changed
(+18,000) over the month.  Employment in business services fell sharply 
(-44,000), particularly in the help supply component (-56,000), which
provides workers to other businesses on an as-needed basis.  In contrast,
health services continued to add jobs, with a gain of 20,000 in October,
and there was an increase of 7,000 jobs in legal services.  Over the month,
employment also advanced in hotels and lodging places (16,000), offsetting
an identical loss over the prior 2 months combined.
   
   Finance, insurance, and real estate added 34,000 jobs in October.  After 
little change in the first half of the year, the industry has added 70,000 
jobs since June.  Spurred by the lowest interest rates in decades, employment 
growth continued in mortgage banks and brokerages; the industry added 17,000 
jobs in October.  Employment also rose in real estate.  Since June, that in-
dustry has added 33,000 jobs.
   
   The federal government added workers for the fifth month in a row, as
hiring continued for the Transportation Security Administration.
   
   Employment in transportation was essentially unchanged over the month.
Workers involved in the labor dispute at West Coast ports were back at work
during the survey reference period.  Thus, that dispute had no direct impact 
on October's employment estimates.
   
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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 October to 34.1 hours, seasonally 
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.2 hour to 40.7 hours, and 
factory overtime was unchanged at 4.1 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls was down by 0.4 percent in October to
147.8 (1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index was down 
by 0.9 percent over the month to 91.3.  (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 3 cents in October to $14.89, seasonally ad-
justed.  Average weekly earnings edged down by 0.1 percent over the month to 
$507.75.  Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 3.0 percent and 
average weekly earnings were up by 3.3 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                      ______________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for November 2002 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, December 6, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).

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   |    The 6-month updates to seasonal adjustment factors for the   |
   | establishment survey data will be introduced with next month's  |
   | release of November data.  These factors will be used for the   |
   | September 2002 through April 2003 estimates and will be pu-     |
   | blished in the December 2002 issue of Employment and Earnings.  |
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  Upcoming Changes to Household and National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series
                                     
                                     
Household Data Series

   Effective with the release of January 2003 data, several changes to the
Current Population Survey (CPS) will affect estimates contained in the 
Employment Situation news release:
     
   --Population controls that reflect the results of Census 2000 will be
     used in the monthly CPS estimation process.  In addition, CPS data series
     from January 2000 through December 2002 will be revised to reflect the
     introduction of the Census 2000-based population controls.

   --The questions on race and Hispanic origin in the CPS will be modified
     to comply with the new standards for federal statistical agencies.  A 
     major change under those standards is that respondents may select more 
     than one race when answering the survey.  Respondents will continue to 
     be asked a separate question to determine if they are Hispanic.  The 
     Employment Situation news release will present data for persons who 
     report they are white and no other race, black or African American and 
     no other race, and Asian and no other race.  Data will continue to be 
     presented for Hispanics separately.

   --The CPS will adopt the Census industry and occupation classification
     systems derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification 
     System and the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system.  These 
     new classification systems represent complete breaks in the time series 
     for occupation and industry data.  As a result, seasonally adjusted oc-
     cupation and industry estimates from the household survey will not be 
     presented until sufficient time series become available for seasonal ad-
     justment.

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   --The CPS program will begin using the X-12 ARIMA software for seasonal
     adjustment of time series data.  Because of the other revisions being
     introduced with the January data, the annual revision of 5 years of
     seasonally adjusted data that typically occurs with the release of data 
     for December will be delayed until the release of data for January.

   Questions about upcoming changes to the CPS data series can be directed
to the Division of Labor Force Statistics at 202-691-6378.

National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series
   
   NAICS conversion.  The nonfarm payroll series, produced from the Current
Employment Statistics (CES) program, will be converted from the 1987
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis to the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis with the June 6, 2003, release
of May 2003 estimates.  The NAICS conversion involves major definitional
changes to many of the currently published SIC-based series.  After the
conversion to NAICS, SIC-based series will no longer be produced or
published.  Historical time series will be reconstructed as part of the
NAICS conversion process.  All published series will have a NAICS-based
history extending back to at least January 1990.  For total nonfarm and
other high-level aggregates, NAICS history will begin in January 1939, the
current starting date for these series.  For more detailed series, the
starting date will vary depending on the scope of the definitional changes
between SIC and NAICS.  The NAICS-based reconstruction effort will cover
all CES published data types:  all employees, women workers, production
workers, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and derivative
series (for example, indexes of aggregate weekly hours).

   Completion of the CES sample redesign.  June 6, 2003, also will mark the
completion of the CES sample redesign phase-in.  The redesign converts the
CES from a quota-based sample to a probability-based sample.  In June 2003,
the services industries will be converted to the new sample design; all
other private sector industries have already been converted.  The final
stage of sample redesign phase-in may result in level shifts for average
weekly hours, average hourly earnings, production worker, and women worker
series.  New levels for these series are being recomputed from the NAICS-
based probability sample.
   
   Concurrent seasonal adjustment.  Also beginning in June 2003, the CES
program will convert to concurrent seasonal adjustment, which uses all
available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in
developing seasonal factors.  Currently, the CES program projects seasonal
factors twice a year. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjust-
ment, BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CES national estimates.
   
   Change to federal government series.  Beginning in June 2003, the CES
series for federal government employment will be revised slightly in scope
and definition due to a change in source data and estimation methods.  The
current national series is an end-of-month federal employee count produced
by the Office of Personnel Management, and it excludes some workers, mostly
employees who work in Department of Defense-owned establishments such as
military base commissaries.  The CES national series will include these
workers.  Also, federal government employment will be estimated from a
sample of federal establishments, will be benchmarked annually to counts
from unemployment insurance tax records, and will reflect employee counts
as of the pay period including the 12th of the month, consistent with other
CES industry series.  The historical time series for federal government
employment will be revised to reflect these changes.

   Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is available
through the BLS public database on the Internet, via the CES homepage at
http://www.bls.gov/ces/, 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
60,000 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 2002,
the sample included over 300,000 establishments employing about 37 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.
 
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
290,000.  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 -190,000 to 390,000 (100,000 +/- 290,000).
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.  At an unemployment rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
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 $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 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-D 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-H 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                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 212,581 214,429 214,643 212,581 213,842 214,023 214,225 214,429 214,643
    Civilian labor force............................ 142,004 142,745 142,878 142,280 142,476 142,390 142,616 143,277 143,123
          Participation rate........................    66.8    66.6    66.6    66.9    66.6    66.5    66.6    66.8    66.7
      Employed...................................... 134,898 135,063 135,237 134,615 134,053 134,045 134,474 135,185 134,914
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.5    63.0    63.0    63.3    62.7    62.6    62.8    63.0    62.9
        Agriculture.................................   3,265   3,501   3,611   3,203   3,110   3,282   3,188   3,298   3,525
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 131,633 131,562 131,627 131,412 130,942 130,763 131,286 131,887 131,389
      Unemployed....................................   7,106   7,683   7,640   7,665   8,424   8,345   8,142   8,092   8,209
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     5.4     5.3     5.4     5.9     5.9     5.7     5.6     5.7
    Not in labor force..............................  70,577  71,684  71,765  70,301  71,366  71,633  71,609  71,152  71,519
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,338   4,449   4,133   4,673   4,689   4,895   4,503   4,674   4,444
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 102,229 103,148 103,259 102,229 102,856 102,945 103,046 103,148 103,259
    Civilian labor force............................  75,811  76,201  76,111  76,027  76,189  76,041  76,088  76,480  76,262
          Participation rate........................    74.2    73.9    73.7    74.4    74.1    73.9    73.8    74.1    73.9
      Employed......................................  72,017  72,154  72,065  71,871  71,524  71,509  71,552  72,004  71,854
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.4    70.0    69.8    70.3    69.5    69.5    69.4    69.8    69.6
      Unemployed....................................   3,794   4,047   4,045   4,156   4,665   4,532   4,536   4,476   4,408
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     5.3     5.3     5.5     6.1     6.0     6.0     5.9     5.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  94,015  94,906  95,020  94,015  94,622  94,694  94,756  94,906  95,020
    Civilian labor force............................  71,901  72,416  72,368  71,940  72,288  72,172  72,203  72,473  72,342
          Participation rate........................    76.5    76.3    76.2    76.5    76.4    76.2    76.2    76.4    76.1
      Employed......................................  68,748  69,026  68,875  68,486  68,390  68,405  68,447  68,711  68,545
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.1    72.7    72.5    72.8    72.3    72.2    72.2    72.4    72.1
        Agriculture.................................   2,184   2,408   2,497   2,132   2,138   2,256   2,221   2,226   2,432
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,564  66,618  66,378  66,354  66,251  66,149  66,226  66,485  66,114
      Unemployed....................................   3,152   3,390   3,493   3,454   3,899   3,767   3,757   3,762   3,796
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.4     4.7     4.8     4.8     5.4     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 110,353 111,281 111,383 110,353 110,985 111,078 111,179 111,281 111,383
    Civilian labor force............................  66,194  66,545  66,767  66,253  66,287  66,349  66,527  66,797  66,862
          Participation rate........................    60.0    59.8    59.9    60.0    59.7    59.7    59.8    60.0    60.0
      Employed......................................  62,881  62,909  63,172  62,744  62,528  62,536  62,922  63,181  63,061
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.0    56.5    56.7    56.9    56.3    56.3    56.6    56.8    56.6
      Unemployed....................................   3,312   3,636   3,595   3,509   3,759   3,813   3,605   3,616   3,801
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     5.5     5.4     5.3     5.7     5.7     5.4     5.4     5.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 102,371 103,335 103,416 102,371 103,038 103,127 103,256 103,335 103,416
    Civilian labor force............................  62,358  62,919  63,095  62,269  62,481  62,590  62,783  62,929  63,045
          Participation rate........................    60.9    60.9    61.0    60.8    60.6    60.7    60.8    60.9    61.0
      Employed......................................  59,587  59,791  60,014  59,302  59,316  59,364  59,710  59,835  59,764
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.2    57.9    58.0    57.9    57.6    57.6    57.8    57.9    57.8
        Agriculture.................................     853     859     880     842     749     814     772     845     865
        Nonagricultural industries..................  58,734  58,932  59,134  58,460  58,567  58,550  58,938  58,991  58,899
      Unemployed....................................   2,771   3,128   3,081   2,967   3,165   3,226   3,073   3,094   3,281
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.4     5.0     4.9     4.8     5.1     5.2     4.9     4.9     5.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,195  16,189  16,206  16,195  16,182  16,202  16,212  16,189  16,206
    Civilian labor force............................   7,745   7,411   7,414   8,071   7,707   7,629   7,630   7,874   7,737
          Participation rate........................    47.8    45.8    45.8    49.8    47.6    47.1    47.1    48.6    47.7
      Employed......................................   6,563   6,246   6,348   6,827   6,347   6,276   6,318   6,639   6,605
          Employment-population ratio...............    40.5    38.6    39.2    42.2    39.2    38.7    39.0    41.0    40.8
        Agriculture.................................     227     234     234     229     223     213     196     227     229
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,335   6,012   6,114   6,598   6,124   6,064   6,122   6,411   6,376
      Unemployed....................................   1,182   1,165   1,066   1,244   1,360   1,352   1,312   1,236   1,131
          Unemployment rate.........................    15.3    15.7    14.4    15.4    17.6    17.7    17.2    15.7    14.6

    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                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 176,372 177,628 177,777 176,372 177,217 177,345 177,486 177,628 177,777
    Civilian labor force............................ 118,251 118,576 118,706 118,506 118,530 118,678 118,919 119,021 118,969
        Participation rate..........................    67.0    66.8    66.8    67.2    66.9    66.9    67.0    67.0    66.9
      Employed...................................... 113,104 112,906 113,120 112,878 112,382 112,446 112,844 113,010 112,882
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.1    63.6    63.6    64.0    63.4    63.4    63.6    63.6    63.5
      Unemployed....................................   5,147   5,670   5,586   5,628   6,148   6,233   6,075   6,011   6,087
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.4     4.8     4.7     4.7     5.2     5.3     5.1     5.1     5.1
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,875  61,129  61,042  60,957  61,007  61,068  61,240  61,212  61,101
        Participation rate..........................    76.9    76.6    76.5    77.0    76.7    76.7    76.9    76.7    76.5
      Employed......................................  58,495  58,564  58,452  58,287  58,112  58,164  58,332  58,331  58,219
        Employment-population ratio.................    73.9    73.4    73.2    73.7    73.1    73.1    73.2    73.1    72.9
      Unemployed....................................   2,380   2,564   2,591   2,670   2,895   2,904   2,908   2,881   2,882
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.9     4.2     4.2     4.4     4.7     4.8     4.7     4.7     4.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,839  51,223  51,413  50,762  51,060  51,125  51,297  51,212  51,370
        Participation rate..........................    60.2    60.2    60.4    60.1    60.2    60.2    60.4    60.2    60.4
      Employed......................................  48,911  48,994  49,249  48,695  48,812  48,856  49,076  48,994  49,053
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.9    57.6    57.9    57.7    57.5    57.6    57.8    57.6    57.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,928   2,229   2,165   2,067   2,248   2,268   2,221   2,218   2,318
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.8     4.4     4.2     4.1     4.4     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.5
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,537   6,225   6,251   6,787   6,464   6,485   6,382   6,597   6,499
        Participation rate..........................    50.9    48.4    48.6    52.9    50.3    50.5    49.7    51.3    50.6
      Employed......................................   5,698   5,348   5,419   5,896   5,458   5,425   5,437   5,685   5,610
        Employment-population ratio.................    44.4    41.6    42.2    45.9    42.5    42.2    42.3    44.2    43.7
      Unemployed....................................     839     876     831     891   1,006   1,060     945     911     888
        Unemployment rate...........................    12.8    14.1    13.3    13.1    15.6    16.4    14.8    13.8    13.7
          Men.......................................    13.9    15.0    13.4    14.7    17.7    19.1    17.5    15.3    14.4
          Women.....................................    11.8    13.1    13.2    11.5    13.4    13.6    12.1    12.3    13.0
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,686  26,039  26,081  25,686  25,930  25,961  26,000  26,039  26,081
    Civilian labor force............................  16,733  16,922  16,925  16,748  16,822  16,618  16,753  17,053  16,940
        Participation rate..........................    65.1    65.0    64.9    65.2    64.9    64.0    64.4    65.5    65.0
      Employed......................................  15,202  15,347  15,340  15,144  15,027  14,976  15,142  15,420  15,275
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.2    58.9    58.8    59.0    58.0    57.7    58.2    59.2    58.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,531   1,575   1,585   1,604   1,794   1,642   1,611   1,633   1,665
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.1     9.3     9.4     9.6    10.7     9.9     9.6     9.6     9.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,393   7,572   7,600   7,354   7,543   7,472   7,492   7,652   7,566
        Participation rate..........................    71.7    72.4    72.5    71.4    72.4    71.6    71.7    73.1    72.2
      Employed......................................   6,817   6,923   6,897   6,751   6,760   6,800   6,834   6,944   6,829
        Employment-population ratio.................    66.2    66.2    65.8    65.5    64.9    65.2    65.4    66.4    65.1
      Unemployed....................................     576     649     703     603     783     673     658     708     738
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.8     8.6     9.3     8.2    10.4     9.0     8.8     9.3     9.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,441   8,477   8,454   8,450   8,363   8,348   8,414   8,465   8,460
        Participation rate..........................    65.5    64.8    64.6    65.6    64.3    64.1    64.5    64.8    64.6
      Employed......................................   7,752   7,792   7,767   7,734   7,628   7,602   7,719   7,799   7,744
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.1    59.6    59.3    60.0    58.6    58.3    59.1    59.7    59.1
      Unemployed....................................     689     685     688     716     735     746     695     665     716
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.2     8.1     8.1     8.5     8.8     8.9     8.3     7.9     8.5
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     898     873     871     944     916     798     847     936     914
        Participation rate..........................    36.1    34.9    34.8    37.9    36.6    31.9    33.9    37.4    36.5
      Employed......................................     632     633     676     659     639     575     589     677     702
        Employment-population ratio.................    25.4    25.3    27.0    26.5    25.6    23.0    23.5    27.0    28.1
      Unemployed....................................     266     240     194     285     276     223     258     259     211
        Unemployment rate...........................    29.7    27.5    22.3    30.2    30.2    28.0    30.5    27.7    23.1
          Men.......................................    30.0    33.7    22.6    31.2    30.0    20.5    30.5    34.7    24.8
          Women.....................................    29.4    21.4    22.1    29.1    30.4    34.8    30.4    20.8    21.3
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  23,351  24,065  24,129  23,351  23,867  23,935  23,999  24,065  24,129
    Civilian labor force............................  16,007  16,290  16,274  15,956  16,146  16,304  16,240  16,294  16,216
        Participation rate..........................    68.5    67.7    67.4    68.3    67.6    68.1    67.7    67.7    67.2
      Employed......................................  14,903  15,141  15,042  14,824  14,959  15,066  15,014  15,095  14,952
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.8    62.9    62.3    63.5    62.7    62.9    62.6    62.7    62.0
      Unemployed....................................   1,104   1,149   1,232   1,132   1,187   1,238   1,225   1,198   1,264
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.9     7.1     7.6     7.1     7.4     7.6     7.5     7.4     7.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  




  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                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                Oct.     Sept.    Oct.     Oct.     June     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.  
                                                2001     2002     2002     2001     2002     2002     2002     2002     2002  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   27,325   26,847   26,865   27,325   28,105   27,112   26,900   26,847   26,865
    Civilian labor force....................   12,037   11,946   11,781   12,076   12,254   11,770   11,752   11,808   11,813
        Percent of population...............     44.1     44.5     43.9     44.2     43.6     43.4     43.7     44.0     44.0
      Employed..............................   11,183   11,090   10,832   11,139   11,288   10,743   10,762   10,883   10,778
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.9     41.3     40.3     40.8     40.2     39.6     40.0     40.5     40.1
      Unemployed............................      854      856      948      937      966    1,028      991      925    1,034
        Unemployment rate...................      7.1      7.2      8.1      7.8      7.9      8.7      8.4      7.8      8.8
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,221   58,097   57,949   57,221   57,070   57,012   57,778   58,097   57,949
    Civilian labor force....................   36,782   37,333   37,255   36,912   36,737   37,149   37,203   37,533   37,380
        Percent of population...............     64.3     64.3     64.3     64.5     64.4     65.2     64.4     64.6     64.5
      Employed..............................   35,208   35,632   35,606   35,199   34,676   35,250   35,323   35,668   35,571
        Employment-population ratio.........     61.5     61.3     61.4     61.5     60.8     61.8     61.1     61.4     61.4
      Unemployed............................    1,575    1,701    1,649    1,713    2,061    1,898    1,880    1,865    1,810
        Unemployment rate...................      4.3      4.6      4.4      4.6      5.6      5.1      5.1      5.0      4.8
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,471   45,386   45,898   45,471   44,897   45,695   45,494   45,386   45,898
    Civilian labor force....................   33,583   33,407   33,774   33,373   32,962   33,162   33,184   33,599   33,510
        Percent of population...............     73.9     73.6     73.6     73.4     73.4     72.6     72.9     74.0     73.0
      Employed..............................   32,295   31,917   32,309   32,057   31,413   31,693   31,742   32,013   32,021
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.0     70.3     70.4     70.5     70.0     69.4     69.8     70.5     69.8
      Unemployed............................    1,288    1,491    1,465    1,316    1,550    1,469    1,443    1,586    1,489
        Unemployment rate...................      3.8      4.5      4.3      3.9      4.7      4.4      4.3      4.7      4.4
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   47,371   48,557   48,334   47,371   48,435   48,755   48,583   48,557   48,334
    Civilian labor force....................   37,354   38,061   38,026   37,157   38,084   37,850   37,996   37,997   37,896
        Percent of population...............     78.9     78.4     78.7     78.4     78.6     77.6     78.2     78.3     78.4
      Employed..............................   36,404   36,933   36,914   36,153   36,971   36,750   36,974   36,896   36,731
        Employment-population ratio.........     76.8     76.1     76.4     76.3     76.3     75.4     76.1     76.0     76.0
      Unemployed............................      950    1,128    1,111    1,004    1,113    1,100    1,021    1,101    1,165
        Unemployment rate...................      2.5      3.0      2.9      2.7      2.9      2.9      2.7      2.9      3.1

    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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 134,898 135,063 135,237 134,615 134,053 134,045 134,474 135,185 134,914
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,319  43,528  43,680  42,983  43,140  43,273  43,371  43,225  43,376
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,492  33,963  34,010  33,227  33,362  33,361  33,723  33,997  33,773
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,264   8,474   8,394   8,256   8,465   8,521   8,419   8,357   8,377
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  42,148  42,444  42,546  41,940  41,675  41,978  42,152  42,385  42,351
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,489  38,391  38,127  38,626  38,740  38,458  38,892  38,623  38,241
    Service occupations.............................  18,071  18,657  19,025  18,406  18,889  18,752  18,771  18,884  19,393
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,914  14,532  14,418  14,802  14,375  14,073  14,242  14,503  14,275
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  17,951  17,436  17,437  17,596  17,152  17,327  17,142  17,345  17,093
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,326   3,603   3,684   3,264   3,285   3,501   3,340   3,361   3,630
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,945   2,183   2,248   1,898   1,909   2,031   1,927   2,054   2,186
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,292   1,292   1,328   1,290   1,158   1,227   1,231   1,221   1,322
      Unpaid family workers.........................      27      26      35      26      29      27      24      25      34
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 122,943 122,927 122,840 122,710 122,627 122,196 122,885 123,327 122,653
        Government..................................  19,235  19,403  19,442  19,223  19,630  19,709  19,596  19,442  19,423
        Private industries.......................... 103,708 103,524 103,397 103,487 102,997 102,486 103,289 103,885 103,230
          Private households........................     848     902     885     867     810     855     887     934     902
          Other industries.......................... 102,860 102,622 102,513 102,620 102,187 101,631 102,402 102,951 102,328
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,598   8,549   8,694   8,505   8,208   8,268   8,368   8,439   8,582
      Unpaid family workers.........................      93      86      93      95      95      99      87      91      94
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,954   3,854   3,891   4,329   3,899   4,177   4,325   4,217   4,262
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,706   2,483   2,652   2,983   2,588   2,723   2,880   2,687   2,908
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,032   1,139   1,069   1,108   1,031   1,096   1,159   1,202   1,130
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,451  19,041  19,297  18,644  19,170  19,138  19,120  18,833  18,484
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,825   3,726   3,770   4,222   3,758   3,949   4,060   4,068   4,148
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,623   2,398   2,571   2,898   2,472   2,609   2,715   2,596   2,834
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,017   1,113   1,045   1,082   1,022   1,074   1,131   1,174   1,097
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,878  18,483  18,707  18,065  18,739  18,572  18,609  18,300  17,884

      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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   7,665   8,092   8,209    5.4     5.9     5.9     5.7     5.6     5.7 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   3,454   3,762   3,796    4.8     5.4     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.2 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,967   3,094   3,281    4.8     5.1     5.2     4.9     4.9     5.2 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,244   1,236   1,131   15.4    17.6    17.7    17.2    15.7    14.6 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,382   1,602   1,546    3.1     4.1     3.5     3.4     3.6     3.4 
     Married women, spouse present..................   1,229   1,258   1,328    3.6     3.8     3.7     3.5     3.6     3.8 
     Women who maintain families....................     607     646     733    6.8     8.2     8.4     7.3     7.2     8.0 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   6,291   6,775   6,915    5.4     6.1     5.9     5.7     5.7     5.8 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,366   1,326   1,293    5.5     5.0     5.4     5.6     5.3     5.3 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........   1,161   1,373   1,311    2.7     3.2     3.1     3.1     3.1     3.0 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,898   2,141   2,158    4.7     5.3     5.3     5.2     5.3     5.3 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     883     885     965    5.6     5.9     6.4     6.2     5.8     6.3 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,642   1,609   1,591    8.5     9.3     8.6     8.3     8.5     8.5 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     224     299     268    6.4     6.1     8.8     9.3     8.2     6.9 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   6,369   6,598   6,818    5.8     6.3     6.2     6.0     6.0     6.2 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,874   2,024   2,032    6.7     7.5     7.4     7.2     7.4     7.4 
         Mining.....................................      32      44      29    5.8     7.9     3.8     6.0     8.0     5.2 
         Construction...............................     694     769     814    8.3     9.1    10.3     9.5     9.3     9.9 
         Manufacturing..............................   1,148   1,211   1,189    6.0     6.8     6.3     6.3     6.5     6.4 
           Durable goods............................     764     782     743    6.5     7.3     6.8     6.5     6.9     6.5 
           Nondurable goods.........................     384     429     446    5.3     6.1     5.6     5.9     5.9     6.2 
       Service-producing industries.................   4,495   4,575   4,786    5.5     5.9     5.9     5.6     5.5     5.8 
         Transportation and public utilities........     488     386     410    6.0     5.9     5.3     4.8     5.0     5.2 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,688   1,944   2,030    6.1     6.6     6.8     6.8     6.9     7.3 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     226     266     254    2.8     4.1     3.7     3.1     3.1     3.0 
         Services...................................   2,093   1,978   2,092    5.5     5.9     5.8     5.4     5.1     5.4 
     Government workers.............................     460     546     550    2.3     2.3     2.5     2.4     2.7     2.8 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     187     198     157    9.0     8.3     9.7     9.8     8.8     6.7 

    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.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,896   2,713   2,573   3,084   2,729   2,896   2,880   2,708   2,715
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,267   2,272   2,254   2,522   2,784   2,464   2,431   2,511   2,471
   15 weeks and over................................   1,943   2,697   2,813   2,042   3,103   2,883   2,783   2,900   2,980
      15 to 26 weeks................................   1,081   1,177   1,237   1,136   1,434   1,349   1,309   1,315   1,324
      27 weeks and over.............................     862   1,520   1,577     906   1,669   1,533   1,474   1,585   1,656
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    13.5    17.4    18.1    13.0    17.3    16.4    16.2    17.8    17.5
   Median duration, in weeks........................     7.3     9.4     9.6     7.4    11.7     8.6     8.4     9.5     9.6
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    40.8    35.3    33.7    40.3    31.7    35.1    35.6    33.4    33.2
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    31.9    29.6    29.5    33.0    32.3    29.9    30.0    30.9    30.3
     15 weeks and over..............................    27.3    35.1    36.8    26.7    36.0    35.0    34.4    35.7    36.5
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    15.2    15.3    16.2    14.9    16.6    16.4    16.2    16.2    16.2
       27 weeks and over............................    12.1    19.8    20.6    11.8    19.4    18.6    18.2    19.5    20.3





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,701   4,046   4,064   4,297   4,579   4,580   4,560   4,535   4,737
    On temporary layoff.............................     864     704     713   1,288   1,061   1,224   1,151     999   1,054
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   2,838   3,341   3,351   3,009   3,518   3,356   3,410   3,536   3,682
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,062   2,557   2,610   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     775     784     741   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     923     847     884     880     836     818     824     781     838
  Reentrants........................................   2,051   2,297   2,265   2,113   2,360   2,375   2,270   2,263   2,344
  New entrants......................................     430     493     427     466     584     571     619     526     469
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    52.1    52.7    53.2    55.4    54.8    54.9    55.1    56.0    56.5
     On temporary layoff............................    12.2     9.2     9.3    16.6    12.7    14.7    13.9    12.3    12.6
     Not on temporary layoff........................    39.9    43.5    43.9    38.8    42.1    40.2    41.2    43.6    43.9
   Job leavers......................................    13.0    11.0    11.6    11.3    10.0     9.8    10.0     9.6    10.0
   Reentrants.......................................    28.9    29.9    29.6    27.2    28.2    28.5    27.4    27.9    27.9
   New entrants.....................................     6.1     6.4     5.6     6.0     7.0     6.8     7.5     6.5     5.6
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.6     2.8     2.8     3.0     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.3
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.4     1.6     1.6     1.5     1.7     1.7     1.6     1.6     1.6
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .3      .3      .4      .4      .4      .4      .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                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Oct.   Sept.  Oct.   Oct.   June   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct. 
                                                                  2001   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002   2002   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.4    1.9    2.0    1.4    2.2    2.0    2.0    2.0    2.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.6    2.8    2.8    3.0    3.2    3.2    3.2    3.2    3.3
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    5.0    5.4    5.3    5.4    5.9    5.9    5.7    5.6    5.7
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    5.2    5.6    5.6   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.9    6.4    6.3   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    8.7    9.0    9.0   (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                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   7,665   8,092   8,209    5.4     5.9     5.9     5.7     5.6     5.7 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,600   2,673   2,642   11.5    12.2    12.3    12.2    11.8    11.8 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,244   1,236   1,131   15.4    17.6    17.7    17.2    15.7    14.6 
        16 to 17 years..............................     541     575     461   17.4    20.8    20.9    19.7    19.3    16.1 
        18 to 19 years..............................     703     663     669   14.2    15.6    16.1    16.0    13.6    13.8 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,356   1,437   1,510    9.3     9.3     9.5     9.6     9.7    10.3 
    25 years and over...............................   5,032   5,421   5,554    4.2     4.8     4.6     4.5     4.5     4.6 
      25 to 54 years................................   4,385   4,630   4,792    4.4     4.9     4.8     4.6     4.6     4.8 
      55 years and over.............................     659     772     791    3.4     4.2     3.7     4.0     3.7     3.8 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   4,156   4,476   4,408    5.5     6.1     6.0     6.0     5.9     5.8 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,450   1,561   1,414   12.4    12.9    13.0    13.7    13.2    12.2 
        16 to 19 years..............................     702     714     612   17.2    19.6    19.8    20.1    17.8    15.6 
          16 to 17 years............................     318     316     248   20.3    23.2    23.9    24.5    21.5    17.5 
          18 to 19 years............................     378     401     360   15.1    17.4    17.4    17.8    15.9    14.5 
        20 to 24 years..............................     748     847     802    9.8     9.5     9.6    10.5    10.8    10.4 
      25 years and over.............................   2,686   2,923   2,988    4.2     4.9     4.7     4.6     4.5     4.6 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,311   2,494   2,580    4.3     5.0     4.8     4.7     4.7     4.8 
        55 years and over...........................     383     435     430    3.7     4.6     4.0     4.1     3.9     3.8 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   3,509   3,616   3,801    5.3     5.7     5.7     5.4     5.4     5.7 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,150   1,112   1,228   10.5    11.4    11.6    10.6    10.3    11.3 
        16 to 19 years..............................     542     522     520   13.6    15.6    15.6    14.2    13.5    13.6 
          16 to 17 years............................     223     259     213   14.5    18.3    17.9    15.1    17.2    14.7 
          18 to 19 years............................     325     262     309   13.3    13.7    14.8    14.1    11.1    13.2 
        20 to 24 years..............................     608     590     708    8.7     9.1     9.4     8.7     8.5    10.1 
      25 years and over.............................   2,346   2,497   2,566    4.2     4.6     4.6     4.5     4.5     4.6 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,074   2,137   2,212    4.4     4.8     4.8     4.6     4.6     4.8 
        55 years and over...........................     276     337     361    3.2     3.8     3.4     3.8     3.5     3.8 

    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                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Oct.      Oct.      Oct.      Oct.      Oct.      Oct.  
                                                                        2001      2002      2001      2002      2001      2002  
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   70,577    71,765    26,418    27,148    44,159    44,617 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,338     4,133     1,867     1,871     2,471     2,262 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,395     1,400       647       700       748       700 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      330       355       172       205       157       150 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................    1,065     1,045       475       494       591       550 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,112     7,236     3,697     3,676     3,415     3,560 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.3       5.4       5.1       5.1       5.4       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,710     3,843     2,135     2,250     1,575     1,592 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,646     1,726       569       505     1,078     1,222 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      235       259       145       157        90       102 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,483     1,356       829       736       655       620 

    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                                                                                                
                                           Oct.    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
                                           2001    2002   2002p   2002p    2001    2002    2002    2002   2002p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 132,288 130,685 131,196 131,763 131,414 130,736 130,790 130,913 130,900 130,895
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 110,915 110,569 110,096 110,135 110,349 109,525 109,562 109,624 109,607 109,578
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  24,776  24,223  24,079  23,955  24,511  23,861  23,812  23,801  23,770  23,695
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     574     565     560     560     566     555     551     555     552     553
    Metal mining........................    34.6    32.4    32.1    32.2      34      32      33      32      32      32
    Coal mining.........................    81.9    78.6    78.6    78.1      82      80      79      79      79      78
    Oil and gas extraction..............   343.9   337.7   333.4   334.9     340     333     329     333     330     332
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   113.9   115.8   115.6   114.6     110     110     110     111     111     111
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,860   6,867   6,802   6,752   6,643   6,549   6,519   6,556   6,567   6,540
    General building contractors........ 1,484.6 1,521.5 1,504.4 1,505.3   1,456   1,454   1,445   1,460   1,468   1,476
    Heavy construction, except building.   991.8   971.4   969.1   960.7     922     910     899     898     899     894
    Special trade contractors........... 4,384.0 4,374.5 4,328.0 4,286.2   4,265   4,185   4,175   4,198   4,200   4,170
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  17,342  16,791  16,717  16,643  17,302  16,757  16,742  16,690  16,651  16,602
      Production workers................  11,665  11,289  11,246  11,183  11,620  11,236  11,247  11,212  11,177  11,141
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  10,346   9,922   9,856   9,805  10,343   9,944   9,922   9,889   9,841   9,801
      Production workers................   6,895   6,611   6,565   6,527   6,889   6,603   6,609   6,591   6,548   6,522
    Lumber and wood products............   785.0   784.2   776.8   769.8     777     767     766     768     765     762
    Furniture and fixtures..............   498.2   494.9   488.3   484.2     500     495     495     495     489     487
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   569.5   566.9   566.9   564.5     564     552     554     557     559     559
    Primary metal industries............   637.0   589.9   589.0   583.9     637     593     589     589     588     583
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   205.2   188.5   188.2   187.6   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,457.7 1,420.0 1,417.9 1,411.9   1,455   1,425   1,428   1,418   1,415   1,409
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 1,927.4 1,806.6 1,793.8 1,787.9   1,935   1,829   1,826   1,810   1,800   1,795
      Computer and office equipment.....   327.6   296.9   294.5   293.7     328     304     301     296     295     295
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,539.7 1,405.3 1,391.6 1,380.4   1,542   1,428   1,426   1,408   1,394   1,382
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   611.7   552.4   546.3   541.3     616     566     563     555     553     545
    Transportation equipment............ 1,724.0 1,679.1 1,663.0 1,653.3   1,729   1,679   1,661   1,675   1,662   1,658
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   917.7   921.0   915.1   906.9     921     920     905     918     914     910
      Aircraft and parts................   460.1   406.7   401.6   398.2     458     411     409     407     401     396
    Instruments and related products....   828.4   802.4   796.5   794.0     829     805     803     799     797     795
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   379.2   372.5   372.5   375.1     375     371     374     370     372     371
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   6,996   6,869   6,861   6,838   6,959   6,813   6,820   6,801   6,810   6,801
      Production workers................   4,770   4,678   4,681   4,656   4,731   4,633   4,638   4,621   4,629   4,619
    Food and kindred products........... 1,719.3 1,737.1 1,739.5 1,729.9   1,690   1,691   1,687   1,683   1,694   1,700
    Tobacco products....................    35.2    37.1    37.9    37.6      34      34      35      38      37      37
    Textile mill products...............   459.8   430.7   429.4   425.5     459     432     429     427     426     425
    Apparel and other textile products..   548.5   522.8   517.1   510.6     546     522     525     524     515     508
    Paper and allied products...........   626.8   613.5   614.8   613.0     627     612     612     613     613     613
    Printing and publishing............. 1,464.7 1,401.8 1,401.3 1,403.6   1,463   1,405   1,406   1,401   1,404   1,402
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,017.8 1,009.6 1,007.6 1,006.2   1,018   1,008   1,008   1,006   1,011   1,006
    Petroleum and coal products.........   128.6   128.1   128.2   127.8     127     125     126     125     126     126
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   939.6   932.4   928.9   927.5     939     929     936     929     927     927
    Leather and leather products........    56.1    55.8    56.5    56.7      56      55      56      55      57      57
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 107,512 106,462 107,117 107,808 106,903 106,875 106,978 107,112 107,130 107,200
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   7,019   6,755   6,779   6,768   6,974   6,790   6,780   6,765   6,730   6,726
    Transportation......................   4,470   4,301   4,341   4,342   4,427   4,334   4,328   4,323   4,297   4,301
      Railroad transportation...........   232.4   228.8   229.9   229.8     232     229     227     228     230     229
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   492.8   407.1   476.6   481.6     478     472     471     466     468     468
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,854.1 1,857.5 1,841.2 1,839.4   1,831   1,829   1,834   1,827   1,812   1,817
      Water transportation..............   196.9   204.3   195.0   192.8     193     193     192     190     189     189
      Transportation by air............. 1,234.8 1,164.4 1,161.9 1,164.3   1,236   1,172   1,167   1,176   1,163   1,165
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    15.1    14.8    14.9    14.9      15      15      15      15      15      15
      Transportation services...........   443.5   423.7   421.0   419.6     442     424     422     421     420     418
    Communications and public utilities.   2,549   2,454   2,438   2,426   2,547   2,456   2,452   2,442   2,433   2,425
      Communications.................... 1,696.2 1,605.3 1,593.9 1,584.0   1,696   1,615   1,608   1,597   1,588   1,584
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   852.3   848.5   844.5   842.3     851     841     844     845     845     841
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,743   6,698   6,673   6,667   6,728   6,681   6,679   6,671   6,668   6,652
    Durable goods.......................   3,986   3,922   3,898   3,895   3,985   3,915   3,914   3,905   3,901   3,894
    Nondurable goods....................   2,757   2,776   2,775   2,772   2,743   2,766   2,765   2,766   2,767   2,758
  Retail trade..........................  23,503  23,461  23,321  23,334  23,470  23,308  23,339  23,295  23,284  23,298
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,049.2 1,087.2 1,068.3 1,068.5   1,052   1,066   1,067   1,066   1,066   1,071
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,916.0 2,808.4 2,813.8 2,873.4   2,888   2,884   2,885   2,850   2,850   2,846
      Department stores................. 2,580.2 2,473.8 2,478.9 2,528.9   2,552   2,542   2,544   2,513   2,508   2,502
    Food stores......................... 3,448.5 3,398.7 3,388.4 3,403.1   3,442   3,394   3,388   3,392   3,398   3,395
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,433.7 2,465.2 2,450.7 2,445.7   2,426   2,432   2,437   2,443   2,439   2,438
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,125.6 1,136.1 1,134.1 1,135.1   1,123   1,128   1,127   1,130   1,130   1,133
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,172.8 1,183.8 1,156.1 1,164.4   1,177   1,173   1,178   1,177   1,169   1,169
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,138.6 1,138.3 1,139.9 1,152.5   1,136   1,148   1,153   1,154   1,156   1,149
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,212.1 8,321.3 8,233.5 8,120.2   8,239   8,121   8,144   8,125   8,119   8,146
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,132.4 3,057.7 3,070.5 3,106.6   3,110   3,090   3,087   3,088   3,087   3,084
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,720   7,810   7,765   7,782   7,743   7,733   7,737   7,745   7,769   7,803
    Finance.............................   3,796   3,840   3,823   3,837   3,812   3,819   3,819   3,822   3,832   3,852
      Depository institutions........... 2,050.9 2,087.9 2,070.0 2,071.1   2,061   2,071   2,073   2,075   2,075   2,081
        Commercial banks................ 1,432.2 1,458.0 1,443.5 1,443.7   1,439   1,444   1,445   1,448   1,448   1,451
        Savings institutions............   255.1   263.8   262.1   260.7     257     264     263     263     264     262
      Nondepository institutions........   735.7   773.5   778.0   793.3     740     762     767     773     782     797
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   338.8   375.9   379.7   394.7     341     366     372     374     381     398
      Security and commodity brokers....   748.7   720.0   714.4   711.0     750     723     718     714     713     712
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   260.5   259.0   261.0   262.0     261     263     261     260     262     262
    Insurance...........................   2,376   2,371   2,364   2,368   2,379   2,366   2,365   2,366   2,367   2,370
      Insurance carriers................ 1,596.1 1,579.5 1,574.9 1,573.8   1,600   1,579   1,576   1,574   1,579   1,577
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   779.8   791.6   788.9   793.8     779     787     789     792     788     793
    Real estate.........................   1,548   1,599   1,578   1,577   1,552   1,548   1,553   1,557   1,570   1,581
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  41,154  41,622  41,479  41,629  40,923  41,152  41,215  41,347  41,386  41,404
    Agricultural services...............   889.0   934.7   917.8   905.9     859     857     862     863     876     876
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,809.6 1,942.6 1,835.0 1,789.5   1,814   1,801   1,795   1,788   1,779   1,795
    Personal services................... 1,237.7 1,239.9 1,250.2 1,252.9   1,272   1,285   1,282   1,285   1,286   1,288
    Business services................... 9,559.3 9,468.5 9,488.9 9,506.4   9,393   9,332   9,325   9,395   9,394   9,350
      Services to buildings............. 1,023.3 1,047.8 1,047.5 1,045.8   1,022   1,023   1,034   1,041   1,043   1,045
      Personnel supply services......... 3,399.6 3,321.5 3,341.5 3,342.8   3,249   3,205   3,196   3,257   3,235   3,194
        Help supply services............ 3,044.9 2,999.1 3,018.1 3,007.4   2,906   2,902   2,875   2,925   2,926   2,870
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,222.2 2,191.9 2,183.5 2,182.2   2,232   2,191   2,193   2,191   2,194   2,192
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,252.5 1,272.4 1,265.8 1,259.8   1,253   1,265   1,266   1,266   1,265   1,261
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   377.4   379.9   378.8   380.7     375     378     379     377     378     379
    Motion pictures.....................   559.7   604.5   580.8   576.6     575     581     584     588     591     593
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,650.3 1,935.2 1,705.8 1,591.7   1,702   1,631   1,649   1,662   1,638   1,640
    Health services..................... 10475.5 10734.8 10717.5 10747.2  10,476  10,660  10,687  10,711  10,727  10,747
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 2,016.0 2,082.0 2,077.2 2,080.5   2,018   2,061   2,067   2,075   2,080   2,083
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,863.3 1,899.1 1,894.7 1,899.1   1,862   1,887   1,888   1,893   1,895   1,898
      Hospitals......................... 4,141.2 4,248.6 4,247.4 4,257.2   4,140   4,221   4,233   4,244   4,251   4,257
      Home health care services.........   640.0   646.1   649.2   654.4     639     643     646     646     649     653
    Legal services...................... 1,043.8 1,072.7 1,064.1 1,075.2   1,047   1,065   1,065   1,065   1,071   1,078
    Educational services................ 2,609.9 2,206.2 2,498.0 2,715.5   2,454   2,511   2,529   2,538   2,542   2,555
    Social services..................... 3,122.1 3,153.9 3,178.3 3,215.5   3,110   3,165   3,181   3,203   3,201   3,203
      Child day care services...........   735.1   681.3   730.5   745.9     721     726     726     736     731     732
      Residential care..................   883.2   913.0   902.0   906.2     884     904     904     906     904     906
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   111.5   116.4   108.9   106.7     110     109     109     108     108     106
    Membership organizations............ 2,458.9 2,508.0 2,458.0 2,465.5   2,474   2,484   2,476   2,472   2,480   2,480
    Engineering and management services. 3,603.8 3,660.0 3,640.3 3,649.2   3,616   3,636   3,634   3,634   3,659   3,662
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,057.2 1,047.8 1,032.6 1,028.4   1,056   1,034   1,032   1,030   1,029   1,027
      Management and public relations... 1,178.6 1,218.2 1,221.3 1,224.4   1,178   1,204   1,214   1,211   1,225   1,224
    Services, nec.......................    48.9    48.0    46.8    46.4   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  21,373  20,116  21,100  21,628  21,065  21,211  21,228  21,289  21,293  21,317
    Federal.............................   2,612   2,620   2,621   2,624   2,622   2,601   2,607   2,611   2,621   2,634
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,769.8 1,807.1 1,813.5 1,820.0   1,778   1,783   1,790   1,792   1,810   1,828
    State...............................   5,056   4,699   4,938   5,081   4,925   4,935   4,950   4,948   4,964   4,947
      Education......................... 2,255.3 1,864.0 2,131.6 2,293.2   2,118   2,135   2,155   2,145   2,170   2,153
      Other State government............ 2,800.5 2,835.3 2,806.6 2,787.4   2,807   2,800   2,795   2,803   2,794   2,794
    Local...............................  13,705  12,797  13,541  13,923  13,518  13,675  13,671  13,730  13,708  13,736
      Education......................... 7,946.7 6,676.5 7,649.4 8,075.4   7,693   7,755   7,788   7,837   7,805   7,820
      Other local government............ 5,757.9 6,120.9 5,892.0 5,847.5   5,825   5,920   5,883   5,893   5,903   5,916

  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.
   
 
 
 

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Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Oct.    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
                                           2001    2002   2002p   2002p    2001    2002    2002    2002   2002p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.0    34.4    34.5    34.1    34.0    34.3    34.0    34.1    34.2    34.1 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.4    40.7    40.8    40.3    40.1    40.5    40.0    40.3    40.3    40.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   43.6    43.4    43.2    42.7    43.0    43.3    42.7    43.3    42.7    42.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   39.7    39.5    39.5    38.9    39.0    39.0    38.2    38.6    38.9    38.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   40.6    41.1    41.3    40.9    40.5    41.1    40.7    40.9    40.9    40.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.0     4.5     4.5     4.2     3.8     4.3     4.0     4.2     4.1     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   40.9    41.4    41.7    41.3    40.7    41.5    41.0    41.2    41.4    41.1 
      Overtime hours....................    3.8     4.4     4.5     4.2     3.7     4.2     3.9     4.1     4.2     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   41.0    41.3    41.7    41.4    40.7    41.0    41.2    41.0    41.3    41.1 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   38.8    40.6    40.8    39.7    38.6    40.2    40.1    40.3    40.2    39.5 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   44.2    44.1    44.7    44.0    43.6    43.7    43.2    43.3    43.5    43.5 
    Primary metal industries............   43.3    44.3    44.5    44.5    43.4    44.6    44.1    44.3    43.8    44.6 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.2    45.8    46.3    46.0    44.5    46.1    45.5    45.8    45.7    46.3 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.3    41.8    41.9    41.6    41.1    42.0    41.7    41.7    41.6    41.4 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   40.2    40.6    40.8    40.3    40.2    40.9    40.3    40.8    40.7    40.3 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   39.3    38.8    39.3    38.6    39.0    39.4    38.7    38.7    39.0    38.3 
    Transportation equipment............   41.7    42.7    43.3    42.6    41.5    42.5    41.7    42.2    43.0    42.4 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   42.6    44.5    45.2    44.3    42.4    44.1    42.9    43.8    44.6    44.1 
    Instruments and related products....   40.6    40.6    40.9    40.9    40.7    40.9    40.4    40.7    40.9    40.9 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   37.4    38.7    38.6    38.7    37.3    39.6    38.4    38.5    38.5    38.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.3    40.6    40.7    40.3    40.1    40.6    40.2    40.5    40.2    40.1 
      Overtime hours....................    4.3     4.6     4.6     4.3     4.0     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.0 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   41.8    41.8    41.8    41.4    41.2    41.6    41.0    41.3    40.7    40.8 
    Tobacco products....................   40.3    40.3    40.1    40.7    40.0    41.1    42.1    40.3    39.4    40.4 
    Textile mill products...............   39.3    42.1    41.5    40.9    39.4    41.5    41.6    41.8    41.1    41.0 
    Apparel and other textile products..   36.5    36.8    36.8    36.5    36.6    37.0    36.8    36.8    37.0    36.6 
    Paper and allied products...........   41.7    41.6    42.1    41.6    41.4    41.6    41.2    41.7    41.5    41.3 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.1    37.8    37.9    37.5    37.9    37.7    37.3    37.7    37.4    37.3 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.0    42.5    42.7    42.0    42.0    42.5    42.1    42.6    42.5    42.0 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   41.7    40.9    43.2    42.0    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   40.6    41.1    41.2    40.8    40.5    41.5    41.0    41.2    40.8    40.7 
    Leather and leather products........   36.4    36.0    35.7    36.0    36.2    36.8    36.7    35.7    35.4    35.9 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.5    33.0    33.0    32.6    32.6    32.8    32.6    32.7    32.8    32.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.0    38.7    38.9    38.0    38.0    38.3    38.3    38.4    38.6    38.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.0    38.5    38.8    38.1    38.0    38.6    38.4    38.5    38.5    38.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.6    29.5    29.1    28.8    28.8    29.1    28.8    28.9    29.0    29.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   35.8    36.1    36.7    35.8    36.0    36.0    36.0    36.2    36.1    36.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.5    32.8    32.8    32.6    32.6    32.7    32.5    32.6    32.7    32.7 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 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.
   
 
 
 

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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                                                                                                
                                            Oct.      Aug.     Sept.     Oct.       Oct.      Aug.     Sept.     Oct.  
                                            2001      2002     2002p     2002p      2001      2002     2002p     2002p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $14.49    $14.70    $14.93    $14.91    $492.66   $505.68   $515.09   $508.43 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   14.46     14.83     14.86     14.89     491.64    505.70    508.21    507.75 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   16.13     16.49     16.59     16.58     651.65    671.14    676.87    668.17 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.72     17.71     17.69     17.63     772.59    768.61    764.21    752.80 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   18.57     18.97     19.09     19.13     737.23    749.32    754.06    744.16 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.97     15.32     15.42     15.41     607.78    629.65    636.85    630.27 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   15.46     15.81     15.91     15.94     632.31    654.53    663.45    658.32 
    Lumber and wood products............   12.37     12.57     12.62     12.61     507.17    519.14    526.25    522.05 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   12.42     12.71     12.73     12.66     481.90    516.03    519.38    502.60 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   15.09     15.52     15.69     15.71     666.98    684.43    701.34    691.24 
    Primary metal industries............   17.08     17.49     17.56     17.59     739.56    774.81    781.42    782.76 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   20.52     20.90     21.01     20.97     906.98    957.22    972.76    964.62 
    Fabricated metal products...........   14.33     14.69     14.80     14.81     591.83    614.04    620.12    616.10 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   16.07     16.55     16.58     16.56     646.01    671.93    676.46    667.37 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   14.78     15.06     15.13     15.15     580.85    584.33    594.61    584.79 
    Transportation equipment............   19.41     19.86     20.08     20.25     809.40    848.02    869.46    862.65 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   19.83     20.56     20.76     21.03     844.76    914.92    938.35    931.63 
    Instruments and related products....   14.97     15.28     15.41     15.42     607.78    620.37    630.27    630.68 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   12.24     12.39     12.44     12.49     457.78    479.49    480.18    483.36 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   14.26     14.60     14.71     14.65     574.68    592.76    598.70    590.40 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.89     13.24     13.28     13.24     538.80    553.43    555.10    548.14 
    Tobacco products....................   20.71     20.83     20.65     20.31     834.61    839.45    828.07    826.62 
    Textile mill products...............   11.34     11.75     11.80     11.72     445.66    494.68    489.70    479.35 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.44      9.95     10.01     10.00     344.56    366.16    368.37    365.00 
    Paper and allied products...........   17.14     17.55     17.68     17.51     714.74    730.08    744.33    728.42 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.93     15.18     15.35     15.31     568.83    573.80    581.77    574.13 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.74     19.28     19.52     19.33     787.08    819.40    833.50    811.86 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   22.23     22.11     22.50     22.68     926.99    904.30    972.00    952.56 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   13.53     13.71     13.73     13.76     549.32    563.48    565.68    561.41 
    Leather and leather products........   10.24     10.27     10.03      9.97     372.74    369.72    358.07    358.92 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   14.01     14.19     14.46     14.44     455.33    468.27    477.18    470.74 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   16.98     17.31     17.47     17.40     645.24    669.90    679.58    661.20 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   15.95     16.19     16.37     16.27     606.10    623.32    635.16    619.89 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.87     10.01     10.15     10.13     282.28    295.30    295.37    291.74 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   15.91     16.31     16.57     16.58     569.58    588.79    608.12    593.56 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   14.87     15.05     15.36     15.37     483.28    493.64    503.81    501.06 

  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  
                                    Oct.     June     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     change  
            Industry                2001     2002     2002     2002     2002p    2002p     from:   
                                                                                        Sept. 2002-
                                                                                         Oct. 2002 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $14.46   $14.75   $14.78   $14.83   $14.86   $14.89      0.2   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     8.06     8.14     8.14     8.14     8.14     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    16.05    16.39    16.38    16.44    16.48    16.51       .2   
    Mining......................    17.70    17.70    17.78    17.87    17.71    17.61      -.6   
    Construction................    18.40    18.81    18.87    18.90    18.97    18.97       .0   
    Manufacturing...............    14.99    15.31    15.28    15.34    15.36    15.43       .5   
      Excluding overtime4.......    14.31    14.56    14.57    14.59    14.64    14.69       .3   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    14.00    14.29    14.33    14.38    14.41    14.44       .2   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.96    17.37    17.33    17.35    17.43    17.38      -.3   
    Wholesale trade.............    15.97    16.15    16.14    16.28    16.28    16.29       .1   
    Retail trade................     9.84    10.06    10.05    10.09    10.10    10.11       .1   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    15.97    16.27    16.38    16.43    16.54    16.64       .6   
    Services....................    14.88    15.19    15.26    15.30    15.34    15.38       .3   

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
deflate this series. 
  3 Change was .0 percent from August 2002 to September 2002, 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                                                                                                
                                          Oct.   Aug.    Sept.    Oct.    Oct.   June    July    Aug.    Sept.    Oct.  
                                          2001   2002    2002p    2002p   2001   2002    2002    2002    2002p    2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  149.4  151.1   150.5    148.7   148.7  148.6   147.5   148.1   148.4    147.8 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  110.0  108.2   107.9    105.8   107.5  105.7   104.1   104.8   104.7    103.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   55.9   55.2    54.2     53.1    54.3   53.7    52.5    53.7    52.7     51.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  192.3  190.9   188.8    184.0   181.7  178.4   173.8   176.4   178.0    173.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   95.6   93.5    93.7     92.1    94.8   93.2    92.3    92.5    92.1     91.3 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   98.3   95.5    95.6     93.9    97.9   95.6    94.5    94.8    94.5     93.5 
    Lumber and wood products............  137.1  138.7   138.8    136.1   134.7  134.0   134.8   134.2   135.2    133.6 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  119.2  124.2   123.1    118.9   119.2  122.9   123.2   123.5   121.6    118.9 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  118.9  118.2   119.7    117.2   116.0  113.3   112.3   114.1   114.4    114.7 
    Primary metal industries............   80.5   75.9    76.1     75.6    80.6   76.6    75.4    75.9    74.7     75.7 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   62.8   59.5    60.0     59.9    63.1   59.2    58.4    59.6    59.1     60.3 
    Fabricated metal products...........  110.7  109.4   109.6    108.5   109.8  110.2   109.9   108.9   108.4    107.6 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   86.4   81.6    81.4     80.1    87.0   83.1    81.9    82.3    81.7     80.6 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   89.0   78.8    79.2     77.1    88.4   81.7    80.4    79.1    78.7     76.6 
    Transportation equipment............  107.5  107.7   107.4    105.0   107.2  106.4   103.7   106.4   106.4    104.8 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  139.9  147.9   147.8    143.3   139.8  144.7   139.6   145.7   145.5    143.2 
    Instruments and related products....   70.3   67.5    67.4     67.2    70.8   68.2    67.9    67.3    67.7     67.5 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   90.0   91.1    91.3     92.1    88.5   92.1    90.4    89.9    90.6     90.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   91.9   90.9    91.1     89.6    90.6   89.9    89.1    89.4    88.9     88.4 
    Food and kindred products...........  120.2  121.6   121.6    119.7   115.9  117.1   114.9   115.8   114.7    115.2 
    Tobacco products....................   52.3   55.9    57.2     57.7    49.5   52.9    54.2    57.9    52.7     56.0 
    Textile mill products...............   63.0   62.4    61.3     59.8    62.7   61.6    61.4    61.3    60.1     59.6 
    Apparel and other textile products..   45.1   43.1    43.3     42.2    45.0   43.5    43.5    43.4    43.3     42.1 
    Paper and allied products...........   96.9   94.5    95.9     94.0    96.1   94.5    93.4    94.5    94.1     93.2 
    Printing and publishing.............  112.9  106.8   107.1    106.2   112.2  106.8   105.7   106.2   105.7    105.4 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   95.4   95.4    95.8     94.0    95.4   95.7    94.8    95.6    95.7     94.0 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   72.4   71.8    75.6     73.0    70.9   70.7    71.6    69.4    73.6     72.2 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  133.7  134.6   134.2    133.0   133.2  135.2   135.0   134.4   132.7    132.4 
    Leather and leather products........   23.5   22.4    24.0     24.5    23.4   22.6    23.7    21.9    23.9     24.8 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  167.1  170.3   169.6    167.9   167.2  167.8   167.0   167.5   168.0    167.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  137.7  134.5   136.0    132.6   136.5  133.9   133.7   133.6   133.6    131.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  125.1  126.9   127.4    125.1   124.8  126.7   125.9   126.2   126.2    124.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  145.7  150.1   147.3    145.8   146.4  147.1   145.7   146.0   146.5    146.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  138.5  142.0   143.4    140.5   139.9  140.0   139.9   141.0   141.4    141.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  211.7  216.2   215.4    214.7   211.3  212.7   211.8   212.7   213.5    214.0 

  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, 347 industries1
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   62.4    57.5    59.1    60.2    57.5    56.8    54.6    59.1    57.2    53.0    57.9    56.8 
     1999..............   55.3    58.6    53.6    58.4    55.5    57.8    57.1    54.8    57.1    57.2    60.4    58.1 
     2000..............   55.9    57.5    57.9    51.2    50.1    55.8    57.8    51.4    52.4    52.4    53.2    52.7 
     2001..............   49.4    45.7    50.3    42.4    47.3    43.2    44.5    42.5    42.4    40.5    39.3    44.1 
     2002..............   47.3    41.4    49.7    47.8    50.9    49.4    48.6    48.8   p50.7   p47.3                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   65.3    66.3    65.3    65.9    62.7    58.2    58.9    59.1    59.8    57.9    57.1    58.8 
     1999..............   59.2    57.6    59.5    55.2    60.2    57.2    59.4    59.2    59.7    58.9    61.2    60.7 
     2000..............   60.4    61.4    58.4    53.2    52.4    55.5    56.6    56.2    51.2    51.0    53.2    51.6 
     2001..............   45.5    46.1    40.8    43.4    37.8    43.2    39.3    38.0    35.3    33.7    36.3    38.9 
     2002..............   40.1    43.2    42.5    46.5    48.0    50.1    47.1   p47.3   p48.7                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   70.2    67.4    64.7    61.5    64.1    62.1    59.1    58.8    57.5    60.2    59.2    58.4 
     1999..............   60.2    58.9    58.5    59.7    57.2    60.8    61.2    62.5    62.7    61.8    61.2    62.8 
     2000..............   61.1    59.4    58.1    57.9    54.2    52.4    52.9    54.2    52.4    48.7    45.7    46.5 
     2001..............   44.7    42.7    39.5    40.1    40.8    35.6    37.0    32.4    34.3    33.1    34.1    35.6 
     2002..............   37.0    41.6    43.4    44.4    46.5   p47.3   p48.6                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1998..............   69.9    67.9    67.6    65.6    64.1    62.7    61.7    62.2    60.8    59.4    60.8    58.9 
     1999..............   61.2    60.1    58.2    61.0    60.7    61.5    62.2    61.1    63.8    62.2    59.7    60.5 
     2000..............   61.4    59.9    58.8    56.2    55.3    53.6    53.0    51.0    47.7    45.2    44.5    42.9 
     2001..............   41.5    41.5    38.9    37.5    37.3    36.2    34.1    33.6    34.4    33.9    33.3    34.0 
     2002..............   35.2    36.0   p37.5   p37.8                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   57.0    52.6    52.2    52.9    44.9    47.4    38.2    52.9    44.9    38.6    42.3    41.5 
     1999..............   47.4    41.2    42.6    46.0    46.3    43.4    50.0    42.6    46.0    45.6    51.5    49.3 
     2000..............   44.9    52.2    49.3    46.0    49.3    50.7    57.4    36.8    39.0    42.3    47.1    40.8 
     2001..............   34.9    26.8    38.2    29.0    28.3    30.5    34.9    25.7    31.6    31.3    25.0    30.9 
     2002..............   35.3    37.9    40.4    47.4    47.1    40.4    48.9    41.9   p42.6   p40.4                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   59.2    57.0    54.8    51.8    48.2    38.2    41.9    43.0    43.0    38.2    32.7    40.4 
     1999..............   39.3    39.3    39.7    40.1    41.2    43.8    44.1    46.3    42.3    44.1    47.8    45.2 
     2000..............   48.2    48.9    48.9    44.5    46.7    52.2    46.0    38.6    29.0    34.2    39.0    36.0 
     2001..............   21.3    21.3    18.4    23.5    19.9    23.2    17.3    19.1    16.2    18.0    18.4    18.0 
     2002..............   24.6    30.1    37.1    38.6    40.1    41.2    38.6   p37.9   p34.6                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   60.7    54.4    49.3    40.1    45.2    42.6    39.0    38.2    34.6    41.2    35.7    33.1 
     1999..............   36.4    36.0    37.5    40.4    37.5    42.3    43.0    44.5    48.2    43.0    44.5    47.4 
     2000..............   47.8    45.2    44.5    50.0    41.9    37.9    36.0    35.3    32.4    26.1    21.3    21.7 
     2001..............   20.2    16.9    14.0    16.2    16.5    13.2    14.7    11.8    14.0    13.2    17.6    16.5 
     2002..............   19.9    26.8    29.8    38.2    36.4   p37.1   p32.0                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1998..............   54.8    52.2    51.8    46.7    40.4    40.1    38.2    37.5    36.4    34.6    35.7    34.2 
     1999..............   38.6    34.6    32.4    36.0    37.9    39.0    40.1    40.4    44.5    44.5    43.4    44.5 
     2000..............   49.3    44.1    39.3    36.8    35.3    34.2    33.8    28.7    22.1    19.1    17.6    14.0 
     2001..............   13.6    13.6    13.6    15.4    12.1    11.0    11.0    11.0    12.9    12.9    14.0    13.6 
     2002..............   18.0    18.0   p19.9   p19.9                                                                 

  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.