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                    THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MAY 2002


   Both payroll employment and the unemployment rate were little changed in
May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported 
today.  Employment rose in the services industry and edged down in manu-
facturing.  Most other major industries showed no significant change.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons (8.4 million) and the unemployment rate
(5.8 percent) were little changed over the month.  The May unemployment
rate is 1.9 percentage points above its most recent low of 3.9 percent in
October 2000, and the number of unemployed persons is 2.8 million higher.
   
   In May, the unemployment rates for blacks (10.2 percent) and Hispanics
(7.0 percent) declined.  The rates for the other major worker groups--adult
men (5.2 percent), adult women (5.2 percent), teenagers (16.9 percent), and
whites (5.2 percent)--were little changed.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
   The number of long-term unemployed persons--those unemployed 27 weeks or
longer--rose by 142,000 in May, following increases of similar size in March
and April.  This measure has increased by about 1 million persons over the
past 12 months.  (See table A-6.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The civilian labor force (142.8 million) was little changed over the
month, and the labor force participation rate held steady at 66.8 percent.
The number of employed persons rose in May by 441,000 to 134.4 million.
The employment-population ratio edged up to 62.9 percent.  (See table A-1.)

   About 7.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in May.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.3 percent of the total
employed, compared with 5.5 percent a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

   About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in May, up from 1.1 million 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 407,000 in May.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the
marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically
because they believed no jobs were available for them.  (See table A-10.)


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  |    The establishment data in this release have been revised as a  |
  | result of the annual benchmarking process; the introduction of    |
  | probability-based sample estimates for transportation and public  |
  | utilities, retail trade, and finance, insurance, and real estate; |
  | and the updating of seasonal adjustment factors.  More information| 
  | on the revisions is contained in the note beginning on page 4.    |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Apr.-
      Category        |  2001  |  2002  |           2002           | May
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   IV   |    I   |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May   |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 142,291| 141,868| 142,005| 142,570| 142,769|    199
  Employment..........| 134,308| 133,894| 133,894| 133,976| 134,417|    441
  Unemployment........|   7,983|   7,975|   8,111|   8,594|   8,351|   -243
Not in labor force....|  70,467|  71,342|  71,329|  70,922|  70,889|    -33
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.6|     5.6|     5.7|     6.0|     5.8|   -0.2
  Adult men...........|     5.0|     5.1|     5.2|     5.4|     5.2|    -.2
  Adult women.........|     5.0|     4.9|     5.0|     5.4|     5.2|    -.2
  Teenagers...........|    15.8|    16.0|    16.4|    16.8|    16.9|     .1
  White...............|     4.9|     5.0|     5.0|     5.3|     5.2|    -.1
  Black...............|     9.9|    10.1|    10.7|    11.2|    10.2|   -1.0
  Hispanic origin.....|     7.5|     7.5|     7.3|     7.9|     7.0|    -.9
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA 1/|                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 131,130| 130,759| 130,701|p130,707|p130,748|    p41
  Goods-producing 2/..|  24,375|  24,049|  23,975| p23,903| p23,880|   p-23
    Construction......|   6,635|   6,602|   6,593|  p6,540|  p6,539|    p-1
    Manufacturing.....|  17,174|  16,883|  16,822| p16,800| p16,781|   p-19
  Service-producing 2/| 106,755| 106,711| 106,726|p106,804|p106,868|    p64
    Retail trade......|  23,412|  23,353|  23,332| p23,357| p23,340|   p-17
    Services..........|  40,880|  40,924|  40,963| p41,039| p41,107|    p68
    Government........|  21,096|  21,165|  21,196| p21,184| p21,198|    p14
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.1|    34.2|    34.2|   p34.2|   p34.2|    p.0
  Manufacturing.......|    40.5|    40.8|    41.0|   p40.9|   p40.9|    p.0
    Overtime..........|     3.8|     4.0|     4.1|    p4.2|    p4.3|   p0.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   148.4|   148.2|   148.2|  p148.3|  p148.2|  p-0.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $14.51|  $14.62|  $14.65| p$14.67| p$14.70| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  494.42|  499.52|  501.03| p501.71| p502.74|  p1.03
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Establishment data have been revised to reflect March 2001 bench-
marks; the introduction of probability-based sample estimates for trans-
portation and public utilities, retail trade, and finance, insurance, and
real estate; and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors.
   2/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   3/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.
   
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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment, at 130.7 million, was little changed
(+41,000) for the third consecutive month.  From the start of the recession
in March 2001 through February 2002, job losses had averaged 160,000 a
month.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Employment in the services industry rose by 68,000 in May, following
gains of similar magnitude in the prior 2 months.  Employment growth in
help supply services explains a large portion of the recent increases in
the services industry.  In May, help supply services added 25,000 jobs, for
a gain of 126,000 since February.  The industry had lost 806,000 jobs from
September 2000 through February 2002.  Engineering and management services
added 23,000 jobs in May, notably in management and public relations.
Health services also added jobs; the gain (16,000) was about the same as in
April, but well below the average for the 12-month period ending in March.
Job losses occurred in hotels and other lodging places (-13,000) for the
second month in a row, following little change earlier in the year.
   
   In retail trade, job losses in eating and drinking places and department
stores were partly offset by small employment gains in other retail indus-
tries over the month.  Eating and drinking places lost 33,000 jobs, bringing 
the decline in the industry so far this year to 59,000.  Employment was 
unchanged in transportation and public utilities, following job losses 
totaling 347,000 from the industry's last employment peak in February 2001.  
Air transportation, communications, and transportation services accounted 
for approximately 85 percent of these losses.  In government, employment in 
local education increased by 26,000 in May; this was partly offset by declines 
in the noneducation component of state government.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, employment in manufacturing edged down 
by 19,000 in May; factory job losses have moderated substantially since the
beginning of the year.  Employment had declined by an average of 115,000 a
month from March 2001 through January 2002.  A number of manufacturing
industries have fared better this year, including industrial machinery,
electronic equipment, fabricated metals, and transportation equipment.

   Employment in construction was about unchanged in May, as seasonal hiring 
just met expectations.  Although construction has lost 242,000 jobs since 
March 2001, the decline has been relatively small compared with recent 
economic downturns.  Employment in mining edged down by 3,000 in May.  Since 
its recent peak last September, this industry has lost 11,000 jobs, primarily 
in oil and gas extraction.
   
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in May at 34.2 hours, seasonally adjusted.
The manufacturing workweek also was unchanged at 40.9 hours, and factory
overtime was up by 0.1 hour to 4.3 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 percent in May to
148.2 (1982=100).  The manufacturing index was down by 0.2 percent over 
the month.  (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 May to $14.70, seasonally
adjusted.  Average weekly earnings rose by 0.2 percent over the month to
$502.74.  Over the year, both average hourly earnings and average weekly
earnings increased by 3.2 percent.  (See table B-3.)

                      ______________________________
                                     
   
   The Employment Situation for June 2002 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, July 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
                                     
                  
                  Revisions to Establishment Survey Data

   In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data have
been revised to reflect comprehensive universe counts of payroll jobs, or
benchmarks.  These counts are derived principally from unemployment
insurance tax records for March 2001; the benchmark process resulted in
revisions to all unadjusted data series from April 2000 forward, the time
period since the last benchmark was established.  All seasonally adjusted
data beginning with January 1997 also have been revised, in accordance with
the usual practice of revising 5 years of data.
   
   In addition to the routine benchmark revisions, all estimates for the
transportation and public utilities and finance, insurance, and real estate
industries from April 2000 forward have been revised to incorporate a new
sample design.  The retail trade industry estimates from April 2001 forward
incorporate the new sample design.  These industries are the third group to
convert to a probability-based sample under a 4-year phase-in plan for the
Current Employment Statistics (CES) sample redesign project.  The completion 
of the phase-in for the redesign, in June 2003 for the services industry, 
will coincide with the conversion of all establishment survey series from 
industry coding based on the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 
system to industry coding based on the North American Industrial Classifi-
cation System (NAICS).

   Table B presents revised total nonfarm employment data on a seasonally
adjusted basis for the period January 2001 through April 2002.  The revised
data for April 2001 forward incorporate the effect of applying the rate of
change measured by the sample to the new benchmark level, as well as updated 
bias and net business birth/death model adjustments and new seasonal adjust-
ment factors.  The total nonfarm employment level for March 2001 was revised 
downward by 123,000 (193,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis).  The previously 
published level for April 2002 was revised downward by 501,000 (523,000 on a 
seasonally adjusted basis).
   
                                  - 5 -

   The June 2002 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain an article
that discusses the benchmark, the post-benchmark revisions, and the
introduction of probability-based sample estimates for transportation and
public utilities; retail trade; and finance, insurance, and real estate.
(The article is available on the Internet at the address shown below.)
This issue also will provide revised seasonal adjustment factors for March
through October 2002 and revised estimates for all regularly published
tables containing national establishment survey data on employment, hours,
and earnings.
   
   LABSTAT, the BLS public database on the Internet, contains all revised
historical CES data.  The data can be accessed through the CES homepage at
http://www.bls.gov/ces/.
   
   Further information on the revisions released today may be obtained by
calling 202-691-6555 or via the Internet on the CES homepage.
   

Table B.  Revisions in total nonfarm employment, seasonally adjusted,
January 2001-April 2002

(In thousands)
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                   |                 |                  |
   Year and month  |  As previously  |    As revised    |   Difference
                   |   published     |                  |
-------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------
2001:              |                 |                  |
    January........|     132,428     |      132,382     |       -46
    February.......|     132,595     |      132,457     |      -138
    March..........|     132,654     |      132,461     |      -193
    April..........|     132,489     |      132,243     |      -246
    May............|     132,530     |      132,229     |      -301
    June...........|     132,431     |      132,108     |      -323
    July...........|     132,449     |      132,045     |      -404
    August.........|     132,395     |      131,966     |      -429
    September......|     132,230     |      131,819     |      -411
    October........|     131,782     |      131,414     |      -368
    November.......|     131,427     |      131,087     |      -340
    December.......|     131,321     |      130,890     |      -431
2002:              |                 |                  |
    January........|     131,212     |      130,871     |      -341
    February.......|     131,208     |      130,706     |      -502
    March..........|     131,187     |      130,701     |      -486
    April(p).......|     131,230     |      130,707     |      -523
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    p = preliminary.
 
 
 

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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.

                                  - 7 -
 
 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
292,000.  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 -192,000 to 392,000 (100,000 +/- 292,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 273,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .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 $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-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                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 211,525 213,492 213,658 211,525 213,089 213,206 213,334 213,492 213,658
    Civilian labor force............................ 141,048 141,886 142,253 141,445 141,390 142,211 142,005 142,570 142,769
          Participation rate........................    66.7    66.5    66.6    66.9    66.4    66.7    66.6    66.8    66.8
      Employed...................................... 135,202 133,740 134,365 135,235 133,468 134,319 133,894 133,976 134,417
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.9    62.6    62.9    63.9    62.6    63.0    62.8    62.8    62.9
        Agriculture.................................   3,381   3,150   3,282   3,193   3,273   3,246   3,126   3,154   3,097
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 131,822 130,591 131,083 132,042 130,195 131,073 130,768 130,823 131,320
      Unemployed....................................   5,846   8,146   7,888   6,210   7,922   7,891   8,111   8,594   8,351
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     5.7     5.5     4.4     5.6     5.5     5.7     6.0     5.8
    Not in labor force..............................  70,477  71,605  71,405  70,080  71,699  70,995  71,329  70,922  70,889
      Persons who currently want a job..............   5,161   4,509   5,472   4,518   4,824   4,375   4,537   4,468   4,779
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,684 102,682 102,765 101,684 102,484 102,542 102,607 102,682 102,765
    Civilian labor force............................  75,274  75,612  76,071  75,524  75,469  75,685  75,756  76,009  76,415
          Participation rate........................    74.0    73.6    74.0    74.3    73.6    73.8    73.8    74.0    74.4
      Employed......................................  72,131  71,141  71,864  72,131  71,114  71,457  71,299  71,397  71,894
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.9    69.3    69.9    70.9    69.4    69.7    69.5    69.5    70.0
      Unemployed....................................   3,143   4,471   4,207   3,393   4,356   4,228   4,457   4,611   4,521
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     5.9     5.5     4.5     5.8     5.6     5.9     6.1     5.9
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  93,541  94,414  94,479  93,541  94,228  94,262  94,315  94,414  94,479
    Civilian labor force............................  71,360  71,973  72,230  71,468  71,534  71,718  71,723  72,098  72,428
          Participation rate........................    76.3    76.2    76.5    76.4    75.9    76.1    76.0    76.4    76.7
      Employed......................................  68,772  68,138  68,691  68,698  67,818  68,157  68,013  68,193  68,647
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.5    72.2    72.7    73.4    72.0    72.3    72.1    72.2    72.7
        Agriculture.................................   2,280   2,224   2,235   2,168   2,207   2,185   2,084   2,213   2,125
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,492  65,915  66,456  66,530  65,611  65,973  65,929  65,980  66,522
      Unemployed....................................   2,588   3,835   3,539   2,770   3,716   3,560   3,710   3,905   3,781
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.6     5.3     4.9     3.9     5.2     5.0     5.2     5.4     5.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 109,842 110,809 110,893 109,842 110,605 110,663 110,728 110,809 110,893
    Civilian labor force............................  65,774  66,274  66,183  65,921  65,920  66,525  66,249  66,561  66,354
          Participation rate........................    59.9    59.8    59.7    60.0    59.6    60.1    59.8    60.1    59.8
      Employed......................................  63,071  62,600  62,501  63,104  62,354  62,862  62,595  62,579  62,524
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.4    56.5    56.4    57.5    56.4    56.8    56.5    56.5    56.4
      Unemployed....................................   2,703   3,675   3,681   2,817   3,566   3,663   3,654   3,982   3,830
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     5.5     5.6     4.3     5.4     5.5     5.5     6.0     5.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,938 102,847 102,936 101,938 102,550 102,651 102,728 102,847 102,936
    Civilian labor force............................  62,049  62,678  62,558  62,068  62,056  62,703  62,320  62,724  62,597
          Participation rate........................    60.9    60.9    60.8    60.9    60.5    61.1    60.7    61.0    60.8
      Employed......................................  59,804  59,528  59,438  59,716  59,102  59,588  59,227  59,333  59,337
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.7    57.9    57.7    58.6    57.6    58.0    57.7    57.7    57.6
        Agriculture.................................     860     751     803     816     824     829     804     732     760
        Nonagricultural industries..................  58,943  58,778  58,635  58,900  58,277  58,759  58,423  58,602  58,577
      Unemployed....................................   2,245   3,150   3,120   2,352   2,954   3,116   3,093   3,391   3,260
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.6     5.0     5.0     3.8     4.8     5.0     5.0     5.4     5.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,046  16,231  16,243  16,046  16,310  16,293  16,292  16,231  16,243
    Civilian labor force............................   7,639   7,235   7,465   7,909   7,800   7,790   7,962   7,748   7,744
          Participation rate........................    47.6    44.6    46.0    49.3    47.8    47.8    48.9    47.7    47.7
      Employed......................................   6,627   6,074   6,236   6,821   6,548   6,575   6,655   6,450   6,434
          Employment-population ratio...............    41.3    37.4    38.4    42.5    40.1    40.4    40.8    39.7    39.6
        Agriculture.................................     240     176     243     209     241     233     239     209     213
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,386   5,898   5,992   6,612   6,307   6,342   6,416   6,240   6,221
      Unemployed....................................   1,013   1,161   1,229   1,088   1,252   1,215   1,308   1,298   1,310
          Unemployment rate.........................    13.3    16.1    16.5    13.8    16.1    15.6    16.4    16.8    16.9

    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                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 175,653 176,972 177,087 175,653 176,713 176,783 176,866 176,972 177,087
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,491 118,066 118,389 117,714 117,759 118,472 118,159 118,661 118,742
        Participation rate..........................    66.9    66.7    66.9    67.0    66.6    67.0    66.8    67.1    67.1
      Employed...................................... 113,261 112,107 112,632 113,173 111,876 112,632 112,286 112,426 112,563
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.5    63.3    63.6    64.4    63.3    63.7    63.5    63.5    63.6
      Unemployed....................................   4,230   5,959   5,757   4,541   5,883   5,840   5,873   6,236   6,179
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.6     5.0     4.9     3.9     5.0     4.9     5.0     5.3     5.2
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,483  60,771  61,030  60,450  60,473  60,714  60,521  60,867  61,095
        Participation rate..........................    76.8    76.5    76.8    76.7    76.3    76.5    76.3    76.6    76.9
      Employed......................................  58,610  57,863  58,344  58,410  57,658  58,053  57,793  57,921  58,170
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.4    72.9    73.4    74.2    72.7    73.2    72.8    72.9    73.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,873   2,907   2,686   2,040   2,815   2,661   2,728   2,946   2,926
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.1     4.8     4.4     3.4     4.7     4.4     4.5     4.8     4.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,535  51,174  51,063  50,615  50,698  51,199  50,938  51,289  51,163
        Participation rate..........................    60.1    60.4    60.2    60.2    59.9    60.5    60.2    60.5    60.4
      Employed......................................  48,951  48,957  48,920  48,915  48,562  48,941  48,765  48,908  48,871
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.2    57.8    57.7    58.2    57.4    57.8    57.6    57.7    57.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,584   2,217   2,143   1,700   2,136   2,259   2,174   2,381   2,292
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.1     4.3     4.2     3.4     4.2     4.4     4.3     4.6     4.5
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,473   6,122   6,296   6,649   6,588   6,558   6,699   6,505   6,483
        Participation rate..........................    50.7    47.7    49.0    52.1    51.2    51.0    52.1    50.7    50.5
      Employed......................................   5,700   5,287   5,368   5,848   5,656   5,639   5,728   5,596   5,522
        Employment-population ratio.................    44.6    41.2    41.8    45.8    44.0    43.9    44.6    43.6    43.0
      Unemployed....................................     773     834     928     801     932     920     971     908     961
        Unemployment rate...........................    11.9    13.6    14.7    12.0    14.2    14.0    14.5    14.0    14.8
          Men.......................................    12.7    15.3    14.7    13.3    13.7    15.4    16.3    15.4    15.4
          Women.....................................    11.1    12.0    14.7    10.7    14.6    12.6    12.7    12.5    14.2
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,501  25,868  25,898  25,501  25,785  25,813  25,839  25,868  25,898
    Civilian labor force............................  16,608  16,792  16,848  16,644  16,769  16,747  16,758  16,941  16,887
        Participation rate..........................    65.1    64.9    65.1    65.3    65.0    64.9    64.9    65.5    65.2
      Employed......................................  15,314  15,078  15,170  15,311  15,119  15,131  14,969  15,045  15,168
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.1    58.3    58.6    60.0    58.6    58.6    57.9    58.2    58.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,294   1,714   1,678   1,333   1,650   1,616   1,789   1,896   1,718
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.8    10.2    10.0     8.0     9.8     9.6    10.7    11.2    10.2
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,288   7,511   7,551   7,304   7,546   7,444   7,579   7,528   7,573
        Participation rate..........................    71.3    72.3    72.6    71.4    72.9    71.8    73.0    72.5    72.8
      Employed......................................   6,750   6,838   6,925   6,747   6,872   6,798   6,814   6,831   6,925
        Employment-population ratio.................    66.0    65.8    66.6    66.0    66.4    65.6    65.7    65.8    66.6
      Unemployed....................................     539     673     626     557     674     645     765     698     648
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.4     9.0     8.3     7.6     8.9     8.7    10.1     9.3     8.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,425   8,423   8,427   8,402   8,329   8,361   8,267   8,458   8,401
        Participation rate..........................    65.8    64.9    64.8    65.6    64.4    64.5    63.7    65.1    64.6
      Employed......................................   7,882   7,666   7,622   7,867   7,628   7,653   7,526   7,597   7,606
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.6    59.0    58.6    61.5    58.9    59.1    58.0    58.5    58.5
      Unemployed....................................     542     757     805     535     702     708     742     860     794
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.4     9.0     9.6     6.4     8.4     8.5     9.0    10.2     9.5
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     895     858     870     938     894     943     912     954     913
        Participation rate..........................    36.1    34.4    34.8    37.9    35.8    37.8    36.6    38.3    36.6
      Employed......................................     682     575     623     697     619     680     630     617     637
        Employment-population ratio.................    27.5    23.1    25.0    28.1    24.8    27.2    25.3    24.7    25.5
      Unemployed....................................     213     284     247     241     274     263     282     338     276
        Unemployment rate...........................    23.8    33.0    28.4    25.7    30.7    27.9    31.0    35.4    30.2
          Men.......................................    27.2    35.4    34.7    30.0    32.1    30.0    36.9    37.3    36.8
          Women.....................................    20.6    30.8    20.7    21.5    29.0    25.6    24.7    33.5    22.3
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  23,021  23,732  23,797  23,021  23,542  23,604  23,664  23,732  23,797
    Civilian labor force............................  15,592  16,135  16,002  15,656  15,988  16,011  15,908  16,156  16,085
        Participation rate..........................    67.7    68.0    67.2    68.0    67.9    67.8    67.2    68.1    67.6
      Employed......................................  14,707  14,906  14,978  14,684  14,700  14,867  14,743  14,877  14,963
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.9    62.8    62.9    63.8    62.4    63.0    62.3    62.7    62.9
      Unemployed....................................     885   1,229   1,024     972   1,288   1,143   1,165   1,279   1,122
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.7     7.6     6.4     6.2     8.1     7.1     7.3     7.9     7.0

    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                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                May      Apr.     May      May      Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.     May   
                                                2001     2002     2002     2001     2002     2002     2002     2002     2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   28,350   28,155   28,073   28,350   28,078   27,420   27,858   28,155   28,073
    Civilian labor force....................   12,297   12,539   12,435   12,187   12,112   12,172   12,187   12,410   12,356
        Percent of population...............     43.4     44.5     44.3     43.0     43.1     44.4     43.7     44.1     44.0
      Employed..............................   11,580   11,466   11,509   11,374   11,126   11,165   11,206   11,297   11,306
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.8     40.7     41.0     40.1     39.6     40.7     40.2     40.1     40.3
      Unemployed............................      716    1,072      926      813      986    1,008      980    1,113    1,051
        Unemployment rate...................      5.8      8.6      7.4      6.7      8.1      8.3      8.0      9.0      8.5
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,456   56,904   57,063   57,456   57,608   57,362   57,327   56,904   57,063
    Civilian labor force....................   37,146   36,711   36,783   36,953   36,675   37,023   36,431   36,547   36,648
        Percent of population...............     64.7     64.5     64.5     64.3     63.7     64.5     63.5     64.2     64.2
      Employed..............................   35,826   34,700   34,917   35,508   34,768   35,078   34,450   34,459   34,605
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.4     61.0     61.2     61.8     60.4     61.2     60.1     60.6     60.6
      Unemployed............................    1,320    2,011    1,867    1,445    1,907    1,945    1,981    2,089    2,042
        Unemployment rate...................      3.6      5.5      5.1      3.9      5.2      5.3      5.4      5.7      5.6
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,576   44,670   44,541   44,576   45,075   45,350   45,094   44,670   44,541
    Civilian labor force....................   32,980   32,593   32,556   33,184   33,516   32,884   32,896   32,845   32,786
        Percent of population...............     74.0     73.0     73.1     74.4     74.4     72.5     72.9     73.5     73.6
      Employed..............................   32,059   31,095   31,090   32,180   32,117   31,527   31,497   31,314   31,184
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.9     69.6     69.8     72.2     71.3     69.5     69.8     70.1     70.0
      Unemployed............................      921    1,498    1,466    1,004    1,398    1,356    1,398    1,532    1,602
        Unemployment rate...................      2.8      4.6      4.5      3.0      4.2      4.1      4.3      4.7      4.9
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   46,271   48,373   48,583   46,271   46,985   47,636   47,675   48,373   48,583
    Civilian labor force....................   36,692   38,356   38,358   36,669   37,106   37,773   37,853   38,394   38,359
        Percent of population...............     79.3     79.3     79.0     79.2     79.0     79.3     79.4     79.4     79.0
      Employed..............................   35,987   37,311   37,313   35,911   36,013   36,681   36,833   37,236   37,239
        Employment-population ratio.........     77.8     77.1     76.8     77.6     76.6     77.0     77.3     77.0     76.6
      Unemployed............................      704    1,045    1,044      758    1,093    1,092    1,019    1,158    1,121
        Unemployment rate...................      1.9      2.7      2.7      2.1      2.9      2.9      2.7      3.0      2.9

    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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 135,202 133,740 134,365 135,235 133,468 134,319 133,894 133,976 134,417
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,471  43,081  43,374  43,633  42,823  43,275  43,317  43,167  43,548
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,787  33,580  33,471  33,692  33,174  33,703  33,552  33,446  33,371
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,319   8,282   8,372   8,335   8,396   8,417   8,320   8,266   8,397
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  41,984  42,216  41,987  41,913  41,668  41,966  41,908  42,167  41,901
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,743  38,102  38,269  38,802  38,557  38,424  38,146  38,140  38,346
    Service occupations.............................  18,260  18,768  18,891  18,272  18,553  18,612  18,722  18,749  18,909
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  15,007  14,117  14,437  14,939  14,432  14,335  14,412  14,274  14,365
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  17,736  17,265  17,292  17,911  17,032  17,668  17,482  17,377  17,468
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,472   3,274   3,490   3,249   3,467   3,334   3,238   3,290   3,265
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,080   1,902   2,031   1,957   1,917   1,930   1,825   1,896   1,911
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,264   1,218   1,208   1,208   1,311   1,293   1,264   1,216   1,156
      Unpaid family workers.........................      36      31      43      34      49      21      29      34      40
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 123,166 122,184 122,675 123,530 122,145 122,770 122,545 122,366 123,071
        Government..................................  19,106  19,541  19,851  19,068  19,047  19,286  19,218  19,347  19,811
        Private industries.......................... 104,061 102,643 102,825 104,462 103,098 103,485 103,327 103,019 103,260
          Private households........................     792     805     772     795     725     709     677     791     775
          Other industries.......................... 103,268 101,838 102,052 103,667 102,373 102,775 102,650 102,228 102,485
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,555   8,308   8,314   8,540   8,213   8,257   8,200   8,234   8,305
      Unpaid family workers.........................     100      99      94     111      97      86      89     103     105
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,270   3,927   3,856   3,388   3,973   4,228   3,997   4,151   3,996
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,094   2,599   2,497   2,205   2,549   2,755   2,721   2,690   2,626
        Could only find part-time work..............     917   1,091   1,058     921   1,089   1,120   1,021   1,131   1,064
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,897  19,714  19,132  18,634  18,291  18,395  18,530  18,793  18,887
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,124   3,812   3,688   3,231   3,781   3,998   3,848   4,009   3,818
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,989   2,509   2,382   2,101   2,448   2,615   2,605   2,587   2,515
        Could only find part-time work..............     891   1,080   1,022     899   1,068   1,089   1,001   1,122   1,033
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,368  19,206  18,606  18,097  17,717  17,886  18,004  18,274  18,350

      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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   6,210   8,594   8,351    4.4     5.6     5.5     5.7     6.0     5.8 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,770   3,905   3,781    3.9     5.2     5.0     5.2     5.4     5.2 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,352   3,391   3,260    3.8     4.8     5.0     5.0     5.4     5.2 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,088   1,298   1,310   13.8    16.1    15.6    16.4    16.8    16.9 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,147   1,771   1,646    2.6     3.5     3.4     3.4     3.9     3.6 
     Married women, spouse present..................   1,002   1,359   1,364    2.9     3.4     3.8     3.7     3.9     3.9 
     Women who maintain families....................     550     779     738    6.2     7.9     8.0     7.3     8.6     8.1 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   5,077   7,329   6,951    4.3     5.7     5.7     5.8     6.2     5.9 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,154   1,290   1,426    4.8     5.2     4.8     5.2     5.2     5.6 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     844   1,333   1,372    2.0     2.9     3.1     3.0     3.1     3.2 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,529   2,205   2,109    3.8     4.9     5.0     5.3     5.5     5.2 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     685     999     904    4.4     6.3     5.5     6.0     6.5     5.9 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,400   1,795   1,709    7.2     9.5     8.7     8.7     9.4     8.9 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     247     213     219    7.1     7.9     7.1     9.0     6.1     6.3 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   5,001   7,135   6,921    4.6     5.9     6.0     6.1     6.5     6.3 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,529   2,148   2,001    5.3     7.4     7.1     7.6     7.8     7.4 
         Mining.....................................      30      33      21    4.9     5.9     4.5     6.3     6.0     4.4 
         Construction...............................     544     778     729    6.7     9.4     7.9     8.8     9.3     8.9 
         Manufacturing..............................     955   1,338   1,251    4.8     6.6     6.7     7.0     7.2     6.7 
           Durable goods............................     590     838     695    4.8     7.0     7.5     7.5     7.6     6.3 
           Nondurable goods.........................     365     499     556    4.8     5.9     5.5     6.3     6.6     7.5 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,472   4,987   4,921    4.3     5.4     5.6     5.6     6.0     5.9 
         Transportation and public utilities........     300     497     467    3.6     6.2     5.8     5.4     6.1     5.7 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,445   2,008   2,001    5.2     6.3     6.5     6.5     7.2     7.0 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     192     270     337    2.4     2.2     2.8     3.1     3.2     4.0 
         Services...................................   1,535   2,212   2,115    4.2     5.4     5.5     5.4     5.8     5.6 
     Government workers.............................     392     503     537    2.0     2.3     2.7     2.8     2.5     2.6 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     180     188     191    8.4    10.3     9.5    12.4     9.0     9.1 

    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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,652   2,511   2,801   2,714   2,978   2,828   3,078   2,793   2,876
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,673   2,572   2,103   2,021   2,586   2,515   2,411   2,818   2,531
   15 weeks and over................................   1,521   3,062   2,984   1,503   2,546   2,561   2,688   2,854   2,952
      15 to 26 weeks................................     917   1,573   1,443     862   1,418   1,383   1,355   1,360   1,316
      27 weeks and over.............................     604   1,490   1,541     641   1,127   1,178   1,333   1,494   1,636
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.4    17.2    17.1    12.4    14.6    15.0    15.4    16.6    17.1
   Median duration, in weeks........................     6.2    10.4     9.4     6.4     8.8     8.1     8.1     8.9     9.8
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    45.4    30.8    35.5    43.5    36.7    35.8    37.6    33.0    34.4
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    28.6    31.6    26.7    32.4    31.9    31.8    29.5    33.3    30.3
     15 weeks and over..............................    26.0    37.6    37.8    24.1    31.4    32.4    32.9    33.7    35.3
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    15.7    19.3    18.3    13.8    17.5    17.5    16.6    16.1    15.7
       27 weeks and over............................    10.3    18.3    19.5    10.3    13.9    14.9    16.3    17.6    19.6
  
 
 

 
 

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,802   4,466   4,115   3,132   4,354   4,326   4,270   4,525   4,598
    On temporary layoff.............................     801   1,069     836   1,055   1,124   1,106   1,066   1,095   1,091
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   2,001   3,398   3,279   2,077   3,231   3,220   3,204   3,430   3,506
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,502   2,666   2,647   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     499     732     632   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     733     945     809     818     879     877     862   1,017     902
  Reentrants........................................   1,856   2,261   2,474   1,827   2,191   2,268   2,471   2,450   2,433
  New entrants......................................     455     473     491     467     479     485     557     519     499
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    47.9    54.8    52.2    50.2    55.1    54.4    52.3    53.2    54.5
     On temporary layoff............................    13.7    13.1    10.6    16.9    14.2    13.9    13.1    12.9    12.9
     Not on temporary layoff........................    34.2    41.7    41.6    33.3    40.9    40.5    39.3    40.3    41.6
   Job leavers......................................    12.5    11.6    10.3    13.1    11.1    11.0    10.6    12.0    10.7
   Reentrants.......................................    31.7    27.8    31.4    29.3    27.7    28.5    30.3    28.8    28.9
   New entrants.....................................     7.8     5.8     6.2     7.5     6.1     6.1     6.8     6.1     5.9
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.0     3.1     2.9     2.2     3.1     3.0     3.0     3.2     3.2
   Job leavers......................................      .5      .7      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .7      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.3     1.6     1.7     1.3     1.5     1.6     1.7     1.7     1.7
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .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                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 May    Apr.   May    May    Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   May  
                                                                 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................................    1.1    2.2    2.1    1.1    1.8    1.8    1.9    2.0    2.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.0    3.1    2.9    2.2    3.1    3.0    3.0    3.2    3.2
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.1    5.7    5.5    4.4    5.6    5.5    5.7    6.0    5.8
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.4    6.0    5.8   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    4.9    6.7    6.5   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    7.2    9.4    9.2   (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                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   6,210   8,594   8,351    4.4     5.6     5.5     5.7     6.0     5.8 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,230   2,754   2,627   10.0    11.9    11.6    12.5    12.3    11.6 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,088   1,298   1,310   13.8    16.1    15.6    16.4    16.8    16.9 
        16 to 17 years..............................     498     567     596   15.8    17.0    16.5    18.0    19.4    20.7 
        18 to 19 years..............................     591     730     717   12.5    15.2    14.7    15.1    15.1    14.8 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,142   1,456   1,316    7.9     9.7     9.5    10.3    10.0     8.9 
    25 years and over...............................   3,997   5,891   5,791    3.4     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.9     4.8 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,530   4,972   5,011    3.5     4.7     4.6     4.7     5.0     5.0 
      55 years and over.............................     493     798     838    2.6     3.5     3.8     3.5     4.0     4.2 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,393   4,611   4,521    4.5     5.8     5.6     5.9     6.1     5.9 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,282   1,500   1,471   11.0    12.5    12.4    13.7    13.0    12.5 
        16 to 19 years..............................     623     707     740   15.4    16.3    16.8    18.5    18.1    18.6 
          16 to 17 years............................     283     287     358   17.9    17.6    19.6    20.8    19.6    23.7 
          18 to 19 years............................     340     423     382   13.9    15.1    15.4    16.7    17.2    15.6 
        20 to 24 years..............................     659     794     730    8.7    10.6    10.2    11.1    10.3     9.4 
      25 years and over.............................   2,132   3,106   3,110    3.3     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.8     4.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,843   2,616   2,631    3.4     4.7     4.5     4.7     4.9     4.9 
        55 years and over...........................     293     464     496    2.9     3.8     4.1     3.6     4.3     4.5 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,817   3,982   3,830    4.3     5.4     5.5     5.5     6.0     5.8 
      16 to 24 years................................     948   1,254   1,156    8.8    11.3    10.7    11.2    11.6    10.7 
        16 to 19 years..............................     465     592     570   12.1    15.8    14.3    14.3    15.4    15.2 
          16 to 17 years............................     215     279     238   13.8    16.4    13.6    15.3    19.2    17.4 
          18 to 19 years............................     251     306     335   11.0    15.2    13.9    13.4    12.9    14.1 
        20 to 24 years..............................     483     662     586    7.0     8.7     8.7     9.4     9.6     8.3 
      25 years and over.............................   1,865   2,784   2,681    3.4     4.3     4.6     4.4     5.0     4.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,687   2,357   2,381    3.6     4.6     4.7     4.6     5.1     5.1 
        55 years and over...........................     200     334     341    2.4     3.0     3.5     3.4     3.7     3.7 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
  
 
 

 
 

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        May       May       May       May       May       May   
                                                                        2001      2002      2001      2002      2001      2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   70,477    71,405    26,410    26,694    44,067    44,710 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    5,161     5,472     2,352     2,523     2,810     2,949 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,149     1,450       639       785       510       664 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      325       407       236       246        89       162 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      824     1,042       403       539       421       503 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,482     7,161     3,880     3,679     3,602     3,482 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.5       5.3       5.4       5.1       5.7       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,942     3,826     2,270     2,158     1,672     1,668 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,640     1,565       540       506     1,100     1,060 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      274       289       184       196        91        93 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,585     1,429       879       797       705       632 

    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                                                                                                
                                           May     Mar.   Apr.    May      May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.   Apr.    May  
                                           2001    2002   2002p   2002p    2001    2002    2002    2002   2002p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 132,851 129,875 130,637 131,477 132,229 130,871 130,706 130,701 130,707 130,748
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 111,592 108,266 109,045 109,843 111,375 109,734 109,544 109,505 109,523 109,550
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,172  23,518  23,701  23,925  25,147  24,130  24,041  23,975  23,903  23,880
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     566     550     557     561     566     568     564     560     563     560
    Metal mining........................    36.5    31.8    32.1    32.2      37      33      32      32      32      32
    Coal mining.........................    78.1    80.7    80.8    80.2      78      82      82      81      81      80
    Oil and gas extraction..............   337.7   331.0   333.4   333.1     340     342     339     336     338     335
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   113.2   106.5   110.7   115.3     111     111     111     111     112     113
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,768   6,206   6,399   6,595   6,714   6,615   6,597   6,593   6,540   6,539
    General building contractors........ 1,460.6 1,397.7 1,414.8 1,443.4   1,465   1,459   1,458   1,462   1,451   1,448
    Heavy construction, except building.   950.0   810.8   875.4   932.2     921     919     914     908     901     900
    Special trade contractors........... 4,357.1 3,997.3 4,108.4 4,219.7   4,328   4,237   4,225   4,223   4,188   4,191
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  17,838  16,762  16,745  16,769  17,867  16,947  16,880  16,822  16,800  16,781
      Production workers................  12,044  11,225  11,222  11,247  12,065  11,362  11,305  11,264  11,256  11,245
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  10,767   9,958   9,963   9,976  10,769  10,070  10,023   9,976   9,977   9,971
      Production workers................   7,235   6,614   6,622   6,636   7,230   6,690   6,653   6,625   6,624   6,619
    Lumber and wood products............   784.0   753.7   756.6   766.5     788     771     771     769     767     769
    Furniture and fixtures..............   529.8   493.3   498.9   496.5     529     492     491     491     496     493
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   577.4   541.1   549.0   556.3     574     555     551     550     551     550
    Primary metal industries............   664.3   597.1   596.4   596.1     666     607     601     596     598     599
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   210.9   186.8   186.9   187.3   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,489.5 1,419.7 1,422.7 1,422.9   1,493   1,427   1,425   1,422   1,425   1,427
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,053.3 1,851.3 1,844.8 1,842.3   2,049   1,868   1,855   1,846   1,843   1,837
      Computer and office equipment.....   352.8   314.2   310.8   306.2     353     317     315     315     313     306
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,669.8 1,449.5 1,441.1 1,434.1   1,672   1,478   1,459   1,445   1,442   1,437
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   682.6   570.2   566.2   563.2     684     582     571     566     565     566
    Transportation equipment............ 1,774.1 1,672.8 1,673.6 1,682.1   1,771   1,680   1,682   1,674   1,672   1,679
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   955.3   915.2   913.5   917.7     952     902     913     915     912     914
      Aircraft and parts................   462.3   417.2   415.2   414.6     464     437     427     419     417     417
    Instruments and related products....   843.9   810.6   809.0   807.3     845     818     816     813     811     807
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   381.1   368.9   371.0   371.9     382     374     372     370     372     373
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,071   6,804   6,782   6,793   7,098   6,877   6,857   6,846   6,823   6,810
      Production workers................   4,809   4,611   4,600   4,611   4,835   4,672   4,652   4,639   4,632   4,626
    Food and kindred products........... 1,666.4 1,655.3 1,657.8 1,666.2   1,691   1,686   1,686   1,685   1,690   1,686
    Tobacco products....................    31.8    32.9    32.3    32.3      34      34      33      34      33      34
    Textile mill products...............   485.1   438.0   435.3   434.9     485     444     441     440     436     434
    Apparel and other textile products..   578.8   527.9   523.3   525.2     575     536     531     527     523     520
    Paper and allied products...........   636.6   617.1   612.4   611.8     638     622     621     620     615     612
    Printing and publishing............. 1,498.0 1,416.9 1,407.2 1,402.3   1,503   1,437   1,428   1,419   1,411   1,407
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,022.6 1,009.2 1,007.2 1,007.2   1,022   1,008   1,011   1,010   1,008   1,007
    Petroleum and coal products.........   125.6   123.0   124.0   125.9     125     126     126     126     124     125
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   964.3   927.3   927.2   930.9     964     928     924     929     927     930
    Leather and leather products........    61.7    56.2    55.6    56.2      61      56      56      56      56      55
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 107,679 106,357 106,936 107,552 107,082 106,741 106,665 106,726 106,804 106,868
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   7,137   6,767   6,769   6,810   7,131   6,850   6,837   6,814   6,802   6,802
    Transportation......................   4,552   4,292   4,305   4,341   4,546   4,343   4,341   4,330   4,331   4,331
      Railroad transportation...........   235.8   231.8   233.9   234.8     235     235     234     233     233     233
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   499.3   491.3   488.8   494.8     480     481     479     478     477     476
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,850.7 1,791.2 1,808.4 1,826.9   1,856   1,824   1,826   1,819   1,830   1,829
      Water transportation..............   193.5   177.0   184.7   193.6     192     188     187     186     189     191
      Transportation by air............. 1,284.4 1,159.9 1,148.9 1,152.0   1,295   1,171   1,171   1,172   1,160   1,161
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    14.9    14.9    14.8    14.4      15      15      15      15      15      15
      Transportation services...........   473.1   426.0   425.7   424.9     473     429     429     427     427     426
    Communications and public utilities.   2,585   2,475   2,464   2,469   2,585   2,507   2,496   2,484   2,471   2,471
      Communications.................... 1,732.8 1,638.9 1,625.8 1,628.2   1,732   1,660   1,652   1,643   1,629   1,630
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   851.7   835.9   838.1   841.0     853     847     844     841     842     841
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,795   6,646   6,663   6,682   6,794   6,702   6,689   6,681   6,679   6,678
    Durable goods.......................   4,042   3,897   3,902   3,913   4,044   3,940   3,924   3,912   3,909   3,915
    Nondurable goods....................   2,753   2,749   2,761   2,769   2,750   2,762   2,765   2,769   2,770   2,763
  Retail trade..........................  23,582  22,897  23,124  23,372  23,566  23,396  23,331  23,332  23,357  23,340
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,087.6 1,019.0 1,074.2 1,115.0   1,041   1,049   1,048   1,053   1,061   1,067
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,843.7 2,804.6 2,824.0 2,828.3   2,916   2,856   2,892   2,901   2,916   2,899
      Department stores................. 2,512.6 2,475.2 2,495.5 2,498.8   2,577   2,520   2,550   2,560   2,576   2,562
    Food stores......................... 3,432.3 3,350.3 3,362.3 3,385.6   3,453   3,421   3,402   3,392   3,390   3,399
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,425.1 2,404.3 2,421.7 2,440.5   2,421   2,438   2,430   2,426   2,429   2,437
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,117.0 1,126.6 1,127.5 1,132.8   1,118   1,133   1,134   1,131   1,129   1,135
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,173.8 1,137.8 1,142.1 1,151.8   1,199   1,187   1,172   1,175   1,171   1,174
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,119.5 1,135.6 1,128.0 1,131.8   1,135   1,138   1,143   1,143   1,141   1,147
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,404.0 8,020.7 8,148.8 8,272.0   8,270   8,238   8,161   8,154   8,164   8,131
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,095.7 3,025.1 3,022.8 3,047.0   3,131   3,069   3,083   3,088   3,085   3,086
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,719   7,700   7,714   7,749   7,719   7,748   7,745   7,740   7,743   7,743
    Finance.............................   3,803   3,802   3,803   3,816   3,807   3,819   3,812   3,809   3,813   3,817
      Depository institutions........... 2,050.0 2,070.0 2,068.6 2,073.2   2,052   2,076   2,072   2,074   2,075   2,075
        Commercial banks................ 1,432.7 1,442.5 1,441.8 1,446.1   1,433   1,450   1,446   1,447   1,446   1,447
        Savings institutions............   254.5   264.2   263.7   263.8     255     262     263     264     264     264
      Nondepository institutions........   712.9   753.2   754.1   757.0     713     755     754     753     756     757
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   321.4   356.0   359.0   361.2     320     356     359     357     359     358
      Security and commodity brokers....   782.7   718.4   720.9   722.4     785     729     726     722     723     723
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   257.8   260.6   259.8   263.2     257     259     260     260     259     262
    Insurance...........................   2,365   2,373   2,369   2,371   2,367   2,372   2,376   2,375   2,375   2,373
      Insurance carriers................ 1,595.2 1,589.3 1,587.0 1,586.1   1,596   1,594   1,593   1,591   1,590   1,586
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   769.6   783.8   782.4   785.3     771     778     783     784     785     787
    Real estate.........................   1,551   1,525   1,542   1,562   1,545   1,557   1,557   1,556   1,555   1,553
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  41,187  40,738  41,074  41,305  41,018  40,908  40,901  40,963  41,039  41,107
    Agricultural services...............   908.3   783.0   870.8   927.8     848     865     868     872     858     859
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,902.0 1,740.3 1,753.4 1,799.7   1,889   1,811   1,811   1,811   1,796   1,783
    Personal services................... 1,249.3 1,357.1 1,357.0 1,265.0   1,267   1,290   1,282   1,289   1,288   1,279
    Business services................... 9,619.5 9,120.3 9,207.8 9,312.1   9,646   9,231   9,207   9,237   9,318   9,337
      Services to buildings............. 1,025.1 1,012.1 1,025.0 1,026.9   1,021   1,022   1,018   1,021   1,026   1,021
      Personnel supply services......... 3,503.0 3,012.9 3,088.9 3,183.0   3,519   3,080   3,070   3,107   3,179   3,196
        Help supply services............ 3,133.8 2,705.9 2,772.9 2,862.3   3,146   2,761   2,758   2,795   2,859   2,884
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,227.5 2,205.0 2,192.0 2,192.0   2,232   2,213   2,208   2,198   2,190   2,194
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,263.3 1,258.5 1,262.4 1,264.9   1,262   1,262   1,262   1,260   1,262   1,263
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   374.4   374.3   375.9   376.1     374     376     379     377     376     375
    Motion pictures.....................   578.4   572.9   572.6   580.2     578     581     574     572     574     579
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,840.8 1,488.2 1,588.9 1,711.5   1,747   1,669   1,649   1,635   1,614   1,619
    Health services..................... 10317.9 10588.4 10596.0 10625.6  10,333  10,551  10,575  10,602  10,615  10,631
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,993.0 2,041.5 2,042.2 2,053.7   1,995   2,033   2,041   2,046   2,046   2,054
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,832.8 1,876.5 1,877.6 1,879.4   1,837   1,876   1,875   1,879   1,882   1,882
      Hospitals......................... 4,062.5 4,189.4 4,190.5 4,203.3   4,072   4,174   4,184   4,193   4,199   4,209
      Home health care services.........   633.9   642.5   645.0   647.0     633     643     642     643     645     646
    Legal services...................... 1,028.8 1,049.9 1,049.9 1,056.7   1,036   1,053   1,054   1,056   1,058   1,064
    Educational services................ 2,496.0 2,639.8 2,650.4 2,568.5   2,450   2,473   2,485   2,489   2,502   2,520
    Social services..................... 3,066.0 3,172.4 3,186.5 3,194.9   3,036   3,149   3,155   3,162   3,167   3,164
      Child day care services...........   737.4   740.6   746.3   750.2     713     723     722     723     726     722
      Residential care..................   856.6   897.7   899.2   899.0     857     896     899     902     902     900
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   113.6   102.5   106.7   111.3     110     110     109     109     109     108
    Membership organizations............ 2,462.7 2,460.1 2,466.0 2,475.4   2,466   2,471   2,471   2,470   2,478   2,479
    Engineering and management services. 3,572.3 3,640.2 3,639.9 3,645.3   3,582   3,624   3,629   3,631   3,634   3,657
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,051.2 1,032.9 1,029.7 1,039.8   1,054   1,047   1,044   1,044   1,039   1,043
      Management and public relations... 1,160.2 1,187.1 1,199.3 1,211.3   1,160   1,192   1,193   1,191   1,202   1,214
    Services, nec.......................    50.1    46.3    46.1    46.5   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  21,259  21,609  21,592  21,634  20,854  21,137  21,162  21,196  21,184  21,198
    Federal.............................   2,615   2,601   2,603   2,609   2,612   2,609   2,608   2,611   2,611   2,604
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,762.5 1,775.1 1,781.3 1,789.5   1,755   1,776   1,777   1,782   1,785   1,781
    State...............................   4,919   5,073   5,077   4,980   4,866   4,935   4,937   4,940   4,940   4,930
      Education......................... 2,135.0 2,283.3 2,282.7 2,184.7   2,081   2,127   2,130   2,133   2,133   2,135
      Other State government............ 2,783.9 2,789.6 2,794.3 2,795.6   2,785   2,808   2,807   2,807   2,807   2,795
    Local...............................  13,725  13,935  13,912  14,045  13,376  13,593  13,617  13,645  13,633  13,664
      Education......................... 7,987.1 8,169.3 8,125.8 8,188.0   7,607   7,732   7,746   7,767   7,754   7,780
      Other local government............ 5,737.7 5,765.4 5,785.9 5,857.4   5,769   5,861   5,871   5,878   5,879   5,884

  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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 2001 benchmarks; the introduction of probability-based sample
estimates for transportation and public utilities; retail trade; and finance, insurance, and real estate; and recomputed
seasonal adjustment factors. 
  
 
 

 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           May     Mar.   Apr.    May      May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.   Apr.    May  
                                           2001    2002   2002p   2002p    2001    2002    2002    2002   2002p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.1    33.9    34.0    34.1    34.2    34.1    34.2    34.2    34.2    34.2 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.6    40.2    40.2    40.4    40.5    40.3    40.4    40.5    40.4    40.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   44.1    42.7    42.3    42.9    43.8    43.0    43.4    43.3    42.3    42.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   40.2    38.4    38.8    39.0    39.6    39.5    39.4    39.1    39.1    38.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   40.7    40.9    40.8    40.9    40.8    40.6    40.7    41.0    40.9    40.9 
      Overtime hours....................    3.9     4.0     4.0     4.1     3.9     3.9     3.9     4.1     4.2     4.3 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   41.1    41.3    41.3    41.4    41.1    41.0    41.1    41.3    41.4    41.3 
      Overtime hours....................    3.9     4.0     4.0     4.2     3.9     3.9     3.9     4.1     4.1     4.2 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.9    40.8    40.9    41.2    40.6    40.5    40.9    41.1    40.8    40.9 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   38.2    40.5    40.4    40.1    38.7    40.1    40.3    40.6    40.8    40.4 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   44.3    42.7    43.5    43.7    43.8    43.8    44.1    43.6    43.8    43.3 
    Primary metal industries............   43.5    44.1    44.3    44.2    43.5    43.6    43.8    44.4    44.4    44.1 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.4    45.2    45.2    45.6    44.5    44.5    44.8    45.5    45.0    45.5 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.4    41.6    41.4    41.7    41.5    41.3    41.6    41.7    41.6    41.8 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   40.8    40.7    40.4    40.7    40.8    40.1    40.1    40.5    40.5    40.7 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   39.0    39.4    39.1    39.0    39.2    38.7    38.9    39.4    39.5    39.3 
    Transportation equipment............   42.7    42.5    43.0    43.0    42.3    42.7    42.3    42.4    42.7    42.4 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   43.8    44.0    44.9    44.9    43.2    44.3    43.7    43.9    44.4    44.2 
    Instruments and related products....   40.9    40.8    40.3    40.2    41.0    40.5    40.4    40.6    40.5    40.4 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   37.9    39.0    38.6    38.4    37.9    38.2    38.4    38.8    38.6    38.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.1    40.2    40.1    40.2    40.3    40.0    40.2    40.4    40.3    40.4 
      Overtime hours....................    3.8     4.0     3.9     4.1     3.9     4.0     3.9     4.2     4.3     4.3 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   40.7    40.7    40.5    40.9    41.1    41.0    41.0    41.4    41.2    41.1 
    Tobacco products....................   38.9    40.6    41.1    41.7    38.9    41.4    41.4    41.2    41.5    41.6 
    Textile mill products...............   40.2    41.5    41.8    41.3    40.2    40.2    40.9    41.4    41.6    41.2 
    Apparel and other textile products..   38.0    37.5    37.2    37.1    37.7    36.7    36.7    37.4    37.1    36.9 
    Paper and allied products...........   41.3    41.3    41.4    41.7    41.6    41.1    41.5    41.5    41.6    42.0 
    Printing and publishing.............   37.7    37.6    37.1    37.1    38.1    37.3    37.4    37.5    37.2    37.4 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.3    41.9    41.8    42.0    42.4    41.9    41.9    42.0    41.8    42.1 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   41.8    41.1    40.1    40.4    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   40.6    41.1    41.2    41.2    40.6    40.5    40.9    41.1    41.5    41.2 
    Leather and leather products........   36.2    37.2    37.6    37.2    36.1    37.0    37.2    37.3    37.7    37.2 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.6    32.5    32.5    32.6    32.7    32.7    32.7    32.8    32.8    32.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.1    38.0    38.0    38.3    38.2    38.1    38.2    38.2    38.3    38.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.2    38.1    38.2    38.3    38.3    38.2    38.3    38.4    38.3    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.7    28.7    28.8    29.1    28.8    28.9    29.0    29.1    29.1    29.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   35.6    35.9    35.8    35.8    36.0    36.1    36.2    36.2    36.1    36.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.5    32.5    32.4    32.4    32.7    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.6 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 2001 benchmarks; the introduction of probability-based sample
estimates for transportation and public utilities; retail trade; and finance, insurance, and real estate; and recomputed
seasonal adjustment factors. 
  
 
 

 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            May       Mar.     Apr.      May        May       Mar.     Apr.      May   
                                            2001      2002     2002p     2002p      2001      2002     2002p     2002p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $14.21    $14.67    $14.69    $14.67    $484.56   $497.31   $499.46   $500.25 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   14.24     14.65     14.67     14.70     487.01    501.03    501.71    502.74 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.83     16.19     16.26     16.30     642.70    650.84    653.65    658.52 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.42     17.73     17.68     17.68     768.22    757.07    747.86    758.47 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   18.18     18.66     18.68     18.65     730.84    716.54    724.78    727.35 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.75     15.16     15.20     15.23     600.33    620.04    620.16    622.91 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   15.19     15.63     15.66     15.69     624.31    645.52    646.76    649.57 
    Lumber and wood products............   12.16     12.35     12.32     12.44     497.34    503.88    503.89    512.53 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   12.13     12.57     12.55     12.60     463.37    509.09    507.02    505.26 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   15.01     15.12     15.33     15.42     664.94    645.62    666.86    673.85 
    Primary metal industries............   16.78     17.20     17.25     17.32     729.93    758.52    764.18    765.54 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   20.26     20.66     20.71     20.80     899.54    933.83    936.09    948.48 
    Fabricated metal products...........   14.22     14.60     14.67     14.66     588.71    607.36    607.34    611.32 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.76     16.31     16.30     16.30     643.01    663.82    658.52    663.41 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   14.36     14.93     14.86     14.92     560.04    588.24    581.03    581.88 
    Transportation equipment............   18.88     19.65     19.72     19.67     806.18    835.13    847.96    845.81 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   19.23     20.09     20.24     20.16     842.27    883.96    908.78    905.18 
    Instruments and related products....   14.67     15.12     15.11     15.13     600.00    616.90    608.93    608.23 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   12.11     12.39     12.39     12.36     458.97    483.21    478.25    474.62 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   14.06     14.46     14.52     14.57     563.81    581.29    582.25    585.71 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.85     13.10     13.18     13.29     523.00    533.17    533.79    543.56 
    Tobacco products....................   22.39     22.47     22.92     23.12     870.97    912.28    942.01    964.10 
    Textile mill products...............   11.30     11.65     11.65     11.71     454.26    483.48    486.97    483.62 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.36      9.82      9.96     10.02     355.68    368.25    370.51    371.74 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.72     17.25     17.30     17.49     690.54    712.43    716.22    729.33 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.76     15.12     15.11     15.05     556.45    568.51    560.58    558.36 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.52     18.93     18.99     18.98     783.40    793.17    793.78    797.16 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.81     22.39     22.34     21.86     911.66    920.23    895.83    883.14 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   13.29     13.61     13.69     13.68     539.57    559.37    564.03    563.62 
    Leather and leather products........   10.24     10.40     10.43     10.39     370.69    386.88    392.17    386.51 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.72     14.25     14.25     14.21     447.27    463.13    463.13    463.25 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   16.65     17.24     17.31     17.24     634.37    655.12    657.78    660.29 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   15.71     16.13     16.09     16.09     600.12    614.55    614.64    616.25 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.67      9.98     10.01      9.97     277.53    286.43    288.29    290.13 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   15.72     16.17     16.23     16.20     559.63    580.50    581.03    579.96 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   14.52     15.16     15.15     15.13     471.90    492.70    490.86    490.21 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 2001 benchmarks; the introduction of probability-based sample
estimates for transportation and public utilities; retail trade; and finance, insurance, and real estate; and recomputed
seasonal adjustment factors. 
  
 
 

 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                    May      Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.     May      change  
            Industry                2001     2002     2002     2002     2002p    2002p    from:   
                                                                                        Apr. 2002-
                                                                                         May 2002 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $14.24   $14.59   $14.62   $14.65   $14.67   $14.70      0.2   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.93     8.14     8.14     8.13     8.10     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.85    16.24    16.28    16.29    16.31    16.35       .2   
    Mining......................    17.49    17.69    17.66    17.72    17.61    17.81      1.1   
    Construction................    18.24    18.65    18.68    18.74    18.81    18.75      -.3   
    Manufacturing...............    14.78    15.13    15.17    15.19    15.19    15.27       .5   
      Excluding overtime4.......    14.09    14.42    14.46    14.45    14.44    14.53       .6   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.76    14.11    14.14    14.18    14.21    14.24       .2   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.71    17.13    17.16    17.26    17.26    17.31       .3   
    Wholesale trade.............    15.75    16.10    16.19    16.23    16.09    16.13       .2   
    Retail trade................     9.69     9.90     9.92     9.95     9.98     9.98       .0   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    15.71    16.06    16.08    16.14    16.18    16.19       .1   
    Services....................    14.56    15.01    15.04    15.08    15.12    15.17       .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  -.4 percent from March 2002 to April 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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 2001 benchmarks; the introduction of
probability-based sample estimates for transportation and public utilities; retail trade; and
finance, insurance, and real estate; and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors. 
  
 
 

 
 

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                                                                                                
                                          May    Mar.    Apr.     May     May    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.     May  
                                          2001   2002    2002p    2002p   2001   2002    2002    2002    2002p    2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  150.9  145.3   146.5    148.3   151.0  148.1   148.3   148.2   148.3    148.2 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  112.6  102.6   103.8    105.5   111.9  106.2   106.1   105.5   105.5    104.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   55.7   52.1    52.6     53.5    55.5   54.2    54.6    54.0    53.3     53.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  192.3  164.1   172.2    179.5   187.4  182.4   182.3   178.1   178.8    176.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   98.9   92.5    92.3     92.7    99.2   93.0    92.8    93.0    92.9     92.7 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  103.8   95.2    95.3     95.7   103.6   95.7    95.4    95.5    95.6     95.3 
    Lumber and wood products............  137.0  130.7   131.6    134.9   136.7  132.8   134.1   134.7   133.3    134.5 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  126.0  123.2   124.3    123.1   127.4  121.3   121.9   123.2   124.7    122.6 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  121.3  108.9   112.7    115.3   118.9  114.4   114.6   113.1   113.6    112.6 
    Primary metal industries............   85.0   76.3    76.7     76.7    85.3   76.4    76.4    76.7    77.1     76.7 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   65.0   57.8    58.1     58.7    65.5   57.9    57.9    58.4    58.2     58.8 
    Fabricated metal products...........  114.1  108.8   108.4    109.1   114.5  108.4   109.0   109.2   109.1    109.6 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   94.7   83.9    83.0     83.4    94.3   83.3    82.6    83.1    82.9     82.9 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   97.7   83.4    82.1     81.2    98.4   83.9    82.5    83.1    82.9     81.8 
    Transportation equipment............  114.7  106.0   107.4    108.1   113.1  107.3   106.2   105.5   106.2    106.1 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  151.5  143.9   146.9    147.5   148.2  143.9   142.8   143.0   144.2    144.0 
    Instruments and related products....   73.0   68.8    67.8     67.7    73.1   69.1    68.7    68.6    68.4     67.9 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   91.8   90.3    89.8     89.5    92.0   89.2    89.3    90.2    89.7     89.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   92.2   88.7    88.1     88.6    93.1   89.3    89.3    89.6    89.3     89.2 
    Food and kindred products...........  112.1  111.5   110.9    112.6   115.5  114.8   114.8   115.5   115.6    115.2 
    Tobacco products....................   43.4   48.8    47.4     47.9    48.2   51.3    51.3    51.0    49.3     51.5 
    Textile mill products...............   67.6   62.5    62.5     61.8    67.6   61.5    62.0    62.4    62.2     61.5 
    Apparel and other textile products..   49.9   44.6    43.8     44.0    49.1   44.4    43.7    44.1    43.7     43.3 
    Paper and allied products...........   97.1   94.5    94.0     94.6    98.2   94.8    95.5    95.5    94.9     95.2 
    Printing and publishing.............  114.5  106.9   105.1    104.8   116.2  108.3   107.4   106.8   105.8    105.7 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   96.9   94.5    94.0     94.6    97.0   94.0    94.2    94.4    93.6     95.0 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   68.8   68.8    68.4     70.1    69.0   71.8    71.8    70.9    67.8     70.3 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  137.6  133.6   133.9    134.6   137.6  131.7   132.6   133.8   135.0    134.0 
    Leather and leather products........   25.9   23.7    23.7     23.8    25.5   23.3    23.4    23.5    23.8     23.4 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  168.1  164.5   165.7    167.5   168.5  167.0   167.2   167.4   167.5    167.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  140.3  132.4   132.6    134.4   140.8  134.9   135.2   134.4   134.5    134.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  126.6  124.1   124.8    125.4   126.8  125.3   125.6   125.9   125.6    125.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  146.5  142.3   143.9    147.4   146.8  146.3   146.8   147.3   147.3    147.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  137.9  138.7   139.0    139.8   139.5  140.3   140.8   140.7   140.9    141.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  212.5  209.1   210.7    212.0   212.7  211.1   211.1   211.3   211.6    211.9 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 2001 benchmarks; the introduction of probability-based sample
estimates for transportation and public utilities; retail trade; and finance, insurance, and real estate; and recomputed
seasonal adjustment factors. 
  
 
 

 
 

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   p49.7   p50.6                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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   p43.9   p47.4                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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..............  p37.9   p42.5                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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   p34.3   p32.9         
     2002..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    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   p47.1   p46.7                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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   p37.9   p39.7                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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..............  p20.2   p26.1                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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   p13.6   p13.6         
     2002..............                                                                                                

  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. Data have been revised to reflect March 2001 benchmarks; the introduction of probability-based sample
estimates for transportation and public utilities; retail trade; and finance, insurance, and real estate; and
recomputed seasonal adjustment factors.