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                    THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  NOVEMBER 2007
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend up in November (94,000), and
the unemployment rate held at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Job growth continued in professional
and technical services, health care, and food services.  Employment continued to
decline in manufacturing and also fell in several housing-related industries,
including construction, credit intermediation, and real estate.  Average hourly
earnings rose by 8 cents over the month.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons (7.2 million) was about unchanged in November, 
and the unemployment rate was 4.7 percent for the third month in a row.  A year ear-
lier, the number of unemployed persons was 6.8 million, and the jobless rate was 4.5 
percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
   Unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (4.1 percent), adult
women (4.1 percent), teenagers (16.3 percent), whites (4.2 percent), blacks (8.4
percent), and Hispanics (5.7 percent)--showed little or no change in November.
The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted.  (See
tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In November, total employment increased by 696,000 to 146.7 million.  The em-
ployment-population ratio rose by 0.3 percentage point to 63.0 percent; it was
still below its most recent peak of 63.4 percent in December 2006.  The civilian
labor force rose to 153.9 million over the month, and the labor force participa-
tion rate edged up to 66.1 percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Nearly 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached
to the labor force in November, about the same as a year earlier.  These indi-
viduals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime dur-
ing the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed because they had 
not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  Among the marginally 
attached, there were 349,000 discouraged workers in November, unchanged from a 
year earlier.  Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifi-
cally because they believed no jobs were available for them.  The other 1.0 mil-
lion persons marginally attached to the labor force in November had not searched 
for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance 
and family responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
_______________________________________________________________________________
                         |                 |                          |
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |     averages    |       Monthly data       |  Oct.-
        Category         |_________________|__________________________|  Nov.
                         |        |        |        |        |        | change
                         |   II   |  III   |  Sept. |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |
                         |  2007  |  2007  |  2007  |  2007  |  2007  |
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian labor force ....| 152,807| 153,195| 153,464| 153,253| 153,870|     617
  Employment ............| 145,956| 146,054| 146,257| 146,007| 146,703|     696
  Unemployment ..........|   6,851|   7,142|   7,207|   7,245|   7,167|     -78
Not in labor force ......|  78,675|  79,015|  78,997|  79,462|  79,069|    -393
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
All workers .............|     4.5|     4.7|     4.7|     4.7|     4.7|     0.0
  Adult men .............|     4.0|     4.2|     4.2|     4.3|     4.1|     -.2
  Adult women ...........|     3.9|     4.1|     4.0|     4.1|     4.1|      .0
  Teenagers .............|    15.6|    15.7|    16.0|    15.6|    16.3|      .7
  White .................|     4.0|     4.2|     4.2|     4.2|     4.2|      .0
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American ............|     8.4|     7.9|     8.1|     8.5|     8.4|     -.1
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity ...........|     5.6|     5.7|     5.7|     5.6|     5.7|      .1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Nonfarm employment.......| 137,864| 138,143| 138,203|p138,373|p138,467|     p94
  Goods-producing (1)....|  22,447|  22,360|  22,309| p22,287| p22,254|    p-33
    Construction ........|   7,665|   7,621|   7,595|  p7,586|  p7,562|    p-24
    Manufacturing .......|  14,064|  14,011|  13,986| p13,971| p13,960|    p-11
  Service-providing (1)..| 115,417| 115,783| 115,894|p116,086|p116,213|    p127
      Retail trade (2)...|  15,385|  15,386|  15,383| p15,368| p15,392|     p24
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services .|  17,879|  17,936|  17,954| p18,018| p18,048|     p30
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services ..........|  18,301|  18,470|  18,505| p18,549| p18,577|     p28
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality .......|  13,524|  13,595|  13,630| p13,676| p13,702|     p26
    Government ..........|  22,233|  22,254|  22,280| p22,318| p22,348|     p30
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |                  Hours of work (3)
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Total private ...........|    33.8|    33.8|    33.8|   p33.8|   p33.8|    p0.0
  Manufacturing .........|    41.2|    41.3|    41.3|   p41.2|   p41.3|     p.1
    Overtime ............|     4.2|     4.1|     4.1|    p4.1|    p4.1|     p.0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |   Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Total private ...........|   107.4|   107.7|   107.8|  p107.9|  p108.0|    p0.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |                     Earnings (3)
                         |_____________________________________________________
Average hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private .........|  $17.32|  $17.50|  $17.54| p$17.55| p$17.63|  p$0.08
Average weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private .........|  586.11|  591.39|  592.85| p593.19| p595.89|   p2.70
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________

   1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
   3 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.
   p = preliminary.
   
   
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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend up (94,000) in November
to 138.5 million, following little change in September (44,000) and a gain of
170,000 in October.  In November, job growth continued in several service-pro-
viding industries, while employment in construction and financial activities
declined.  Manufacturing employment continued to trend down.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Employment in professional and technical services grew by 24,000 in November
and has risen by 312,000 over the year.  In November, job gains continued in
computer systems design and related services (12,000) and in management and
technical consulting services (6,000).
   
   Health care employment continued to grow, but the gain of 15,000 in November
was less than half the average increase (34,000) for the prior 12 months.  In
November, hospitals and offices of physicians added 8,000 and 7,000 jobs, re-
spectively.  Employment in social assistance increased by 10,000 in November
and by 94,000 over the year.
   
   Within leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinking
places continued to trend up in November (17,000).  Food services has added
306,000 jobs over the year.  Employment in accommodations edged up in November
(11,000).
   
   Employment in retail trade edged up in November (24,000).  Job gains occurred
in clothing stores, health and personal care stores, electronics and appliance
stores, and furniture and home furnishings stores.  Employment in general merchan-
dise stores, which include department stores, fell by 11,000 over the month.
   
   In November, employment declined in several industries related to home
building and financing.  Construction employment declined by 24,000 with job
losses occurring in residential building (-7,000) and in residential specialty
trade contractors (-13,000).  Within financial activities, employment in credit
intermediation (which includes mortgage lending and related activities) con-
tinued to contract (-13,000).  Credit intermediation has lost 75,000 jobs since 
its peak in February.  Real estate employment declined by 8,000 in November.
   
   Manufacturing employment continued to trend down in November.  Job losses
persisted in two industries that provide construction materials--wood products
and nonmetallic mineral products (such as concrete and glass).  Machinery manu-
facturing added 4,000 jobs over the month.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   In November, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted.
The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.1 hour to 41.3 hours, and factory
overtime was unchanged at 4.1 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.1 percent in November to 108.0 (2002=100).
The manufacturing index increased by 0.2 percent to 95.2.  (See table B-5.)
   
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Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls rose by 8 cents, or 0.5 percent, in November to $17.63, sea-
sonally adjusted.  This followed a 1-cent gain in October.  Average weekly earn-
ings also grew by 0.5 percent over the month, to $595.89.  Over the year, both 
average hourly and weekly earnings rose by 3.8 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                         ______________________________
   
   
   The Employment Situation for December 2007 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, January 4, 2008, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).  Release dates for the balance of
2008 are as follows:


    Jan. - Feb. 1       April - May 2     July - Aug. 1      Oct. - Nov. 7
    Feb. - March 7      May - June 6      Aug. - Sept. 5     Nov. - Dec. 5
    March - April 4     June - July 3     Sept. - Oct. 3




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  |               November 2007 Household Survey Reference Week                 |
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  |    The November 2007 reference week for the household survey was the week   |
  | including November 5th, a week earlier than the usual reference period.     |
  | The change was made so that the household interviews, which are done during |
  | the week following the reference period, would not be conducted during the  |
  | Thanksgiving holiday.  In the future, this change will be made whenever the |
  | holiday occurs during the survey week.  The establishment survey reference  |
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  |            Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data            |
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  |    In accordance with usual practice, the Employment Situation release for  |
  | December 2007, scheduled for January 4, 2008, will incorporate annual revi- |
  | sions in seasonally adjusted unemployment and other labor force series from |
  | the household survey.  Seasonally adjusted data for the most recent 5 years |
  | are subject to revision.                                                    |
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  |                Upcoming Changes to Establishment Survey Data                |
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  |    With the release of January 2008 data on February 1, 2008, the Current   |
  | Employment Statistics survey will revise the basis for industry classifica- |
  | tion from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to |
  | the 2007 North American Industry Classification System.  The new classifi-  |
  | cation reflects minor definitional changes within manufacturing, telecom-   |
  | munications, financial activities, and professional, scientific, and tech-  |
  | nical services.  Several industry titles and descriptions also will be up-  |
  | dated.  The conversion to NAICS 2007 will result in minor revisions to some |
  | employment, hours, and earnings series.  Details of new, discontinued, and  |
  | combined industries will be available at http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07. |
  | htm on January 4, 2008.                                                     |
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  |    For more information on the 2007 NAICS, see http://www.census.gov/epcd/  |
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    Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates
                                        

Were the November nonfarm payroll data from the Employment Situation news
release affected by the Southern California wildfires and evacuations in
October?

  There was no discernible impact on national employment estimates from the
establishment survey, because the areas most affected by Southern California 
wildfires contained only a relatively small number of business establishments.
For further information, see "Employment and Wage Profile of the Counties Af-
fected by the October 2007 California Wildfires," at http://www.bls.gov/opub/
ils/pdf/opbils63.pdf.


Was BLS able to collect information from survey respondents (both establish-
ments and households) in the areas affected by the Southern California wild-
fires and evacuations?

  Yes.  In November, response rates for the establishment survey were within
normal ranges for the affected areas.  In the household survey, the level of 
response also was little affected.


Why are there two monthly measures of employment?

  The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based
estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations.  The
establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the
measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its
much larger sample size.  An over-the-month employment change of 104,000 is
statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a
statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000.
However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment
survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers,
agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the
establishment survey.  The household survey also provides estimates of
employment for demographic groups.


Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?

  Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the
legal status of workers.  Thus, while it is likely that both surveys include at
least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how many
are counted in either survey.  The household survey does include questions about
whether respondents were born outside the United States.  Data from these
questions show that foreign-born workers accounted for about 15 percent of the
labor force in 2006 and about 47 percent of the net increase in the labor force
from 2000 to 2006.


Why does the establishment survey have revisions?

  The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data
series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the
time of the initial publication of the estimates.  The establishment survey
revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2
months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the
survey.  For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit
http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm.
  
  On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark
revision that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts
available from unemployment insurance tax records.  The benchmark helps 
to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates.  For more 
information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit http://www.bls.
gov/web/cesbmart.htm.


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Has the establishment survey understated employment growth because it excludes
the self-employed?
  
  While the establishment survey excludes the self-employed, the household
survey provides monthly estimates of unincorporated self-employment.  These
estimates have shown no substantial growth in recent years.

  
Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?

  Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of busi-
ness establishments with fewer than 20 employees.  The establishment survey sam-
ple is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment esti-
mate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to 
achieve that goal.

  
Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?

  Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account
for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths.  The
adjustment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs
impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net
impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment
and Wages.  The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this
purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into
the sample.  There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its
appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection.  BLS adds new
businesses to the survey twice a year.

  
Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving
unemployment insurance benefits?

  No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of
households.  All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and
available to work are included among the unemployed.  (People on temporary
layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.)  There is no
requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the
monthly survey.

  
Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for
work?

  Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force
who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no
jobs are available (discouraged workers).  In addition, alternative measures of
labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially
counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news
release.

  
  
  
  
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Technical Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the 12th,
which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
   Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
   
   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro-
fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
   The civilian labor force  is the sum of employed and  unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the  labor
force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent
of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
                                  
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   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  Among these are:
 
   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.
The establishment survey does not.
 
   --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
   --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in-
dividuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes
in unemployment.
 
   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern
each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases
in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For
example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May,
making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen
or declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted
to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made
correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
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   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the en-
tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,
that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand-
ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
430,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 10 -
 
   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure
to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for
all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to
provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents,
and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
 
   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
   
   Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
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  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
         Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Nov.      Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      July      Aug.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                      TOTAL                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  229,905   232,715   232,939   229,905   231,958   232,211   232,461   232,715   232,939 
    Civilian labor force.......................  152,590   153,516   154,035   152,449   153,231   152,891   153,464   153,253   153,870 
          Participation rate...................     66.4      66.0      66.1      66.3      66.1      65.8      66.0      65.9      66.1 
      Employed.................................  146,014   146,743   147,118   145,623   146,110   145,794   146,257   146,007   146,703 
          Employment-population ratio..........     63.5      63.1      63.2      63.3      63.0      62.8      62.9      62.7      63.0 
      Unemployed...............................    6,576     6,773     6,917     6,826     7,121     7,097     7,207     7,245     7,167 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.3       4.4       4.5       4.5       4.6       4.6       4.7       4.7       4.7 
    Not in labor force.........................   77,315    79,200    78,904    77,456    78,727    79,319    78,997    79,462    79,069 
      Persons who currently want a job.........    4,476     4,131     4,337     4,778     4,782     4,744     4,741     4,242     4,617 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 16 years and over                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  111,180   112,619   112,737   111,180   112,222   112,354   112,486   112,619   112,737 
    Civilian labor force.......................   81,689    82,177    82,402    81,798    82,167    81,915    82,193    82,194    82,532 
          Participation rate...................     73.5      73.0      73.1      73.6      73.2      72.9      73.1      73.0      73.2 
      Employed.................................   78,210    78,578    78,680    78,148    78,292    78,082    78,207    78,179    78,614 
          Employment-population ratio..........     70.3      69.8      69.8      70.3      69.8      69.5      69.5      69.4      69.7 
      Unemployed...............................    3,479     3,598     3,722     3,650     3,875     3,833     3,986     4,014     3,919 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.3       4.4       4.5       4.5       4.7       4.7       4.8       4.9       4.7 
    Not in labor force.........................   29,491    30,443    30,335    29,382    30,055    30,439    30,293    30,426    30,205 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  102,656   103,973   104,087   102,656   103,598   103,723   103,847   103,973   104,087 
    Civilian labor force.......................   78,161    78,805    79,113    78,123    78,651    78,512    78,636    78,654    79,104 
          Participation rate...................     76.1      75.8      76.0      76.1      75.9      75.7      75.7      75.6      76.0 
      Employed.................................   75,247    75,753    76,018    75,088    75,362    75,284    75,296    75,276    75,851 
          Employment-population ratio..........     73.3      72.9      73.0      73.1      72.7      72.6      72.5      72.4      72.9 
      Unemployed...............................    2,914     3,052     3,095     3,036     3,289     3,228     3,340     3,378     3,253 
          Unemployment rate....................      3.7       3.9       3.9       3.9       4.2       4.1       4.2       4.3       4.1 
    Not in labor force.........................   24,495    25,167    24,973    24,533    24,948    25,211    25,211    25,318    24,982 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 16 years and over                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  118,724   120,096   120,202   118,724   119,736   119,856   119,975   120,096   120,202 
    Civilian labor force.......................   70,900    71,339    71,633    70,651    71,064    70,976    71,271    71,059    71,337 
          Participation rate...................     59.7      59.4      59.6      59.5      59.4      59.2      59.4      59.2      59.3 
      Employed.................................   67,804    68,165    68,438    67,475    67,819    67,712    68,050    67,828    68,089 
          Employment-population ratio..........     57.1      56.8      56.9      56.8      56.6      56.5      56.7      56.5      56.6 
      Unemployed...............................    3,097     3,174     3,195     3,176     3,245     3,264     3,221     3,231     3,248 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.4       4.4       4.5       4.5       4.6       4.6       4.5       4.5       4.6 
    Not in labor force.........................   47,824    48,757    48,569    48,073    48,672    48,880    48,704    49,037    48,865 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  110,445   111,703   111,805   110,445   111,367   111,479   111,590   111,703   111,805 
    Civilian labor force.......................   67,408    67,970    68,188    67,024    67,579    67,628    67,814    67,599    67,803 
          Participation rate...................     61.0      60.8      61.0      60.7      60.7      60.7      60.8      60.5      60.6 
      Employed.................................   64,778    65,241    65,449    64,333    64,808    64,845    65,068    64,826    65,027 
          Employment-population ratio..........     58.7      58.4      58.5      58.2      58.2      58.2      58.3      58.0      58.2 
      Unemployed...............................    2,630     2,729     2,739     2,691     2,771     2,783     2,746     2,773     2,777 
          Unemployment rate....................      3.9       4.0       4.0       4.0       4.1       4.1       4.0       4.1       4.1 
    Not in labor force.........................   43,036    43,733    43,617    43,420    43,788    43,851    43,776    44,103    44,001 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   16,804    17,040    17,048    16,804    16,993    17,009    17,024    17,040    17,048 
    Civilian labor force.......................    7,021     6,740     6,734     7,301     7,002     6,751     7,014     6,999     6,962 
          Participation rate...................     41.8      39.6      39.5      43.5      41.2      39.7      41.2      41.1      40.8 
      Employed.................................    5,989     5,749     5,652     6,202     5,940     5,665     5,894     5,905     5,825 
          Employment-population ratio..........     35.6      33.7      33.2      36.9      35.0      33.3      34.6      34.7      34.2 
      Unemployed...............................    1,031       992     1,082     1,099     1,062     1,086     1,120     1,094     1,137 
          Unemployment rate....................     14.7      14.7      16.1      15.1      15.2      16.1      16.0      15.6      16.3 
    Not in labor force.........................    9,783    10,299    10,314     9,502     9,991    10,257    10,010    10,041    10,086 
  
     1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
  seasonally adjusted columns.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
      Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                                              
                                                   Nov.      Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      July      Aug.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                     WHITE                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  186,988   188,813   188,956   186,988   188,312   188,479   188,644   188,813   188,956 
    Civilian labor force.......................  124,635   125,228   125,615   124,536   124,966   124,593   125,245   125,109   125,427 
        Participation rate.....................     66.7      66.3      66.5      66.6      66.4      66.1      66.4      66.3      66.4 
      Employed.................................  119,995   120,424   120,665   119,636   119,747   119,349   119,948   119,875   120,209 
        Employment-population ratio............     64.2      63.8      63.9      64.0      63.6      63.3      63.6      63.5      63.6 
      Unemployed...............................    4,640     4,804     4,951     4,900     5,219     5,243     5,297     5,233     5,218 
        Unemployment rate......................      3.7       3.8       3.9       3.9       4.2       4.2       4.2       4.2       4.2 
    Not in labor force.........................   62,353    63,585    63,341    62,452    63,346    63,887    63,399    63,705    63,529 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................   64,972    65,337    65,552    64,935    65,224    65,018    65,202    65,230    65,504 
        Participation rate.....................     76.6      76.2      76.4      76.6      76.3      76.0      76.2      76.1      76.4 
      Employed.................................   62,895    63,143    63,307    62,712    62,768    62,556    62,646    62,748    63,091 
        Employment-population ratio............     74.2      73.7      73.8      73.9      73.5      73.1      73.2      73.2      73.5 
      Unemployed...............................    2,077     2,194     2,245     2,223     2,456     2,462     2,556     2,482     2,413 
        Unemployment rate......................      3.2       3.4       3.4       3.4       3.8       3.8       3.9       3.8       3.7 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................   53,879    54,355    54,539    53,594    53,922    53,961    54,209    54,093    54,214 
        Participation rate.....................     60.4      60.4      60.5      60.1      60.0      60.0      60.3      60.1      60.2 
      Employed.................................   52,066    52,476    52,645    51,700    51,957    51,978    52,300    52,149    52,250 
        Employment-population ratio............     58.3      58.3      58.4      57.9      57.9      57.8      58.1      57.9      58.0 
      Unemployed...............................    1,813     1,878     1,893     1,893     1,965     1,983     1,909     1,944     1,964 
        Unemployment rate......................      3.4       3.5       3.5       3.5       3.6       3.7       3.5       3.6       3.6 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................    5,785     5,536     5,525     6,008     5,820     5,614     5,834     5,785     5,709 
        Participation rate.....................     44.7      42.3      42.2      46.4      44.6      43.0      44.6      44.2      43.6 
      Employed.................................    5,034     4,805     4,712     5,223     5,022     4,816     5,002     4,979     4,868 
        Employment-population ratio............     38.9      36.7      36.0      40.4      38.5      36.9      38.3      38.1      37.2 
      Unemployed...............................      751       731       812       784       797       798       832       807       840 
        Unemployment rate......................     13.0      13.2      14.7      13.1      13.7      14.2      14.3      13.9      14.7 
                                                                                                                                         
           BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   27,193    27,627    27,666    27,193    27,498    27,541    27,584    27,627    27,666 
    Civilian labor force.......................   17,489    17,520    17,481    17,444    17,645    17,523    17,493    17,422    17,457 
        Participation rate.....................     64.3      63.4      63.2      64.2      64.2      63.6      63.4      63.1      63.1 
      Employed.................................   16,021    16,085    16,027    15,950    16,229    16,175    16,077    15,938    15,993 
        Employment-population ratio............     58.9      58.2      57.9      58.7      59.0      58.7      58.3      57.7      57.8 
      Unemployed...............................    1,469     1,435     1,454     1,494     1,416     1,349     1,416     1,484     1,464 
        Unemployment rate......................      8.4       8.2       8.3       8.6       8.0       7.7       8.1       8.5       8.4 
    Not in labor force.........................    9,704    10,107    10,184     9,749     9,854    10,018    10,090    10,204    10,208 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................    7,831     7,896     7,930     7,778     7,987     7,955     7,884     7,814     7,897 
        Participation rate.....................     71.6      71.0      71.2      71.1      72.2      71.8      71.0      70.3      70.9 
      Employed.................................    7,220     7,274     7,316     7,170     7,383     7,411     7,303     7,178     7,281 
        Employment-population ratio............     66.0      65.4      65.7      65.5      66.7      66.9      65.8      64.6      65.4 
      Unemployed...............................      611       622       613       608       604       545       581       636       616 
        Unemployment rate......................      7.8       7.9       7.7       7.8       7.6       6.8       7.4       8.1       7.8 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................    8,814     8,863     8,789     8,798     8,880     8,808     8,852     8,838     8,776 
        Participation rate.....................     64.6      64.0      63.4      64.4      64.4      63.8      64.0      63.8      63.3 
      Employed.................................    8,177     8,243     8,161     8,152     8,274     8,241     8,235     8,203     8,160 
        Employment-population ratio............     59.9      59.5      58.8      59.7      60.0      59.7      59.5      59.2      58.8 
      Unemployed...............................      637       620       627       647       605       567       618       635       616 
        Unemployment rate......................      7.2       7.0       7.1       7.4       6.8       6.4       7.0       7.2       7.0 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................      844       761       763       868       778       760       757       770       784 
        Participation rate.....................     32.5      28.6      28.7      33.4      29.4      28.7      28.6      29.0      29.5 
      Employed.................................      624       568       549       629       572       523       539       558       553 
        Employment-population ratio............     24.0      21.4      20.7      24.2      21.6      19.7      20.3      21.0      20.8 
      Unemployed...............................      220       192       214       239       206       237       218       212       231 
        Unemployment rate......................     26.1      25.3      28.0      27.6      26.5      31.2      28.8      27.6      29.5 
                                                                                                                                         
                     ASIAN                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   10,214    10,719    10,731      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    Civilian labor force.......................    6,779     7,069     7,222      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     66.4      65.9      67.3      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................    6,565     6,806     6,960      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     64.3      63.5      64.9      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      214       263       262      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      3.2       3.7       3.6      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    Not in labor force.........................    3,435     3,650     3,509      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
  
     1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
  seasonally adjusted columns.
     2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races.
  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
         Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                 
                                                   Nov.      Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      July      Aug.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
          HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   30,508    31,714    31,809    30,508    31,423    31,520    31,617    31,714    31,809 
    Civilian labor force.......................   21,048    21,811    21,937    20,994    21,602    21,795    21,901    21,775    21,895 
        Participation rate.....................     69.0      68.8      69.0      68.8      68.7      69.1      69.3      68.7      68.8 
      Employed.................................   20,006    20,656    20,701    19,953    20,331    20,599    20,654    20,563    20,656 
        Employment-population ratio............     65.6      65.1      65.1      65.4      64.7      65.4      65.3      64.8      64.9 
      Unemployed...............................    1,042     1,155     1,236     1,042     1,271     1,196     1,247     1,212     1,239 
        Unemployment rate......................      5.0       5.3       5.6       5.0       5.9       5.5       5.7       5.6       5.7 
    Not in labor force.........................    9,460     9,903     9,872     9,513     9,821     9,725     9,716     9,939     9,914 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................   12,127    12,509    12,592      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     85.2      84.5      84.8      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................   11,664    11,937    12,023      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     82.0      80.6      81.0      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      463       571       569      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      3.8       4.6       4.5      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................    7,839     8,205     8,246      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     58.4      58.9      59.0      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................    7,437     7,811     7,760      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     55.4      56.1      55.6      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      402       394       485      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      5.1       4.8       5.9      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................    1,081     1,098     1,100      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     38.0      36.8      36.8      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................      904       907       918      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     31.8      30.4      30.7      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      177       190       182      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................     16.4      17.3      16.5      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    
       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
    seasonally adjusted columns.
       2 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect
    revised population controls used in the household survey.
    
    
    
    
    
      HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
             Educational attainment                                                                                                      
                                                   Nov.      Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      July      Aug.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
         Less than a high school diploma                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   12,684    11,895    12,181    12,681    12,141    12,031    12,161    12,113    12,223 
      Participation rate.......................     46.4      46.4      46.6      46.4      47.8      46.4      46.2      47.2      46.8 
    Employed...................................   11,869    11,116    11,264    11,855    11,274    11,225    11,263    11,227    11,293 
      Employment-population ratio..............     43.4      43.3      43.1      43.4      44.4      43.3      42.8      43.8      43.2 
    Unemployed.................................      815       779       916       826       867       806       898       887       930 
      Unemployment rate........................      6.4       6.5       7.5       6.5       7.1       6.7       7.4       7.3       7.6 
                                                                                                                                         
      High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                              
  Civilian labor force.........................   38,828    38,654    39,017    38,489    38,447    38,549    38,828    38,552    38,691 
      Participation rate.......................     63.6      62.9      63.1      63.0      63.3      62.9      63.0      62.7      62.6 
    Employed...................................   37,212    37,031    37,327    36,837    36,743    36,885    37,060    36,768    36,966 
      Employment-population ratio..............     60.9      60.2      60.4      60.3      60.5      60.2      60.1      59.8      59.8 
    Unemployed.................................    1,617     1,623     1,690     1,652     1,703     1,664     1,768     1,784     1,726 
      Unemployment rate........................      4.2       4.2       4.3       4.3       4.4       4.3       4.6       4.6       4.5 
                                                                                                                                         
        Some college or associate degree                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   35,382    36,715    36,454    35,469    36,281    35,961    35,987    36,190    36,363 
      Participation rate.......................     72.2      72.2      72.1      72.4      71.4      71.9      71.8      71.2      72.0 
    Employed...................................   34,232    35,502    35,303    34,293    34,998    34,629    34,750    34,915    35,155 
      Employment-population ratio..............     69.9      69.8      69.9      70.0      68.9      69.2      69.4      68.7      69.6 
    Unemployed.................................    1,150     1,213     1,151     1,176     1,283     1,331     1,237     1,274     1,207 
      Unemployment rate........................      3.3       3.3       3.2       3.3       3.5       3.7       3.4       3.5       3.3 
                                                                                                                                         
        Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   43,550    44,430    44,474    43,225    44,474    44,594    44,132    44,204    44,247 
      Participation rate.......................     78.6      77.6      78.0      78.0      77.3      77.5      77.5      77.2      77.6 
    Employed...................................   42,799    43,530    43,563    42,423    43,540    43,680    43,264    43,271    43,283 
      Employment-population ratio..............     77.2      76.1      76.4      76.5      75.7      75.9      76.0      75.6      75.9 
    Unemployed.................................      752       900       910       802       934       914       868       934       965 
      Unemployment rate........................      1.7       2.0       2.0       1.9       2.1       2.0       2.0       2.1       2.2 
  
     1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
     2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  See box note in the BLS
  news release USDL 07-0486, "The Employment Situation: March 2007," issued on April 6, 2007, for a discussion of technical issues
  regarding educational attainment data.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
  
  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                    Category                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Nov.      Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      July      Aug.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                 CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
  Agriculture and related industries...........    2,104     2,130     2,082     2,173     1,993     1,843     2,054     2,076     2,140 
    Wage and salary workers....................    1,226     1,200     1,171     1,283     1,157     1,016     1,160     1,177     1,222 
    Self-employed workers......................      856       914       892       869       823       806       853       877       896 
    Unpaid family workers......................       23        17        19      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries...................  143,910   144,612   145,036   143,423   144,159   143,952   144,325   143,945   144,496 
    Wage and salary workers....................  134,084   135,119   135,705   133,583   134,339   134,269   134,604   134,535   135,112 
      Government...............................   20,952    21,096    21,121    20,753    21,024    21,148    21,133    20,915    20,966 
      Private industries.......................  113,132   114,023   114,583   112,811   113,319   113,133   113,488   113,624   114,155 
        Private households.....................      732       760       759      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
        Other industries.......................  112,400   113,263   113,824   112,057   112,554   112,384   112,676   112,838   113,355 
    Self-employed workers......................    9,725     9,379     9,234     9,709     9,706     9,652     9,589     9,242     9,291 
    Unpaid family workers......................      101       115        97      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
          PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
  All industries:                                                                                                                        
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,054     4,028     4,374     4,183     4,313     4,516     4,512     4,335     4,494 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,687     2,612     2,959     2,711     2,724     2,933     2,986     2,781     2,983 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,100     1,180     1,146     1,168     1,217     1,168     1,148     1,207     1,217 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   20,995    19,956    20,661    19,780    20,014    19,835    19,891    19,329    19,550 
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                            
    Part time for economic reasons.............    3,947     3,930     4,301     4,091     4,240     4,459     4,407     4,251     4,435 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,620     2,549     2,926     2,661     2,683     2,903     2,920     2,736     2,953 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,085     1,171     1,136     1,140     1,211     1,147     1,142     1,203     1,201 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   20,667    19,634    20,349    19,423    19,660    19,569    19,570    19,121    19,249 
  
     1 Data not available.
     2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as
  vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked
  only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
     NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household
  survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators
  
  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                 Characteristic                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Nov.      Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      July      Aug.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                   AGE AND SEX                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                         
  Total, 16 years and over.....................  146,014   146,743   147,118   145,623   146,110   145,794   146,257   146,007   146,703 
    16 to 19 years.............................    5,989     5,749     5,652     6,202     5,940     5,665     5,894     5,905     5,825 
      16 to 17 years...........................    2,470     2,286     2,176     2,520     2,303     2,255     2,270     2,318     2,196 
      18 to 19 years...........................    3,519     3,463     3,476     3,665     3,667     3,389     3,630     3,594     3,624 
    20 years and over..........................  140,025   140,994   141,466   139,421   140,170   140,129   140,364   140,102   140,878 
      20 to 24 years...........................   13,913    13,815    14,008    13,905    13,964    13,876    13,972    13,837    13,999 
      25 years and over........................  126,111   127,179   127,459   125,548   126,291   126,445   126,508   126,266   126,827 
        25 to 54 years.........................  100,735   100,956   101,083   100,312   100,344   100,563   100,497   100,316   100,646 
          25 to 34 years.......................   31,498    31,873    31,884    31,237    31,667    31,717    31,587    31,609    31,638 
          35 to 44 years.......................   34,778    34,272    34,311    34,660    34,151    34,214    34,227    34,118    34,186 
          45 to 54 years.......................   34,459    34,811    34,888    34,415    34,526    34,632    34,682    34,589    34,822 
        55 years and over......................   25,377    26,223    26,376    25,235    25,947    25,882    26,011    25,950    26,181 
                                                                                                                                         
  Men, 16 years and over.......................   78,210    78,578    78,680    78,148    78,292    78,082    78,207    78,179    78,614 
    16 to 19 years.............................    2,964     2,826     2,662     3,060     2,930     2,798     2,911     2,903     2,763 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,185     1,095       946     1,190     1,119     1,065     1,073     1,116       959 
      18 to 19 years...........................    1,779     1,730     1,716     1,855     1,815     1,746     1,834     1,791     1,795 
    20 years and over..........................   75,247    75,753    76,018    75,088    75,362    75,284    75,296    75,276    75,851 
      20 to 24 years...........................    7,400     7,308     7,444     7,429     7,417     7,333     7,294     7,307     7,459 
      25 years and over........................   67,847    68,445    68,573    67,668    67,990    68,049    68,029    67,970    68,344 
        25 to 54 years.........................   54,383    54,574    54,590    54,236    54,257    54,317    54,229    54,252    54,431 
          25 to 34 years.......................   17,315    17,587    17,558    17,213    17,560    17,499    17,450    17,442    17,468 
          35 to 44 years.......................   18,828    18,620    18,592    18,787    18,567    18,651    18,575    18,541    18,568 
          45 to 54 years.......................   18,240    18,367    18,440    18,237    18,130    18,167    18,203    18,269    18,395 
        55 years and over......................   13,464    13,871    13,983    13,432    13,733    13,732    13,800    13,718    13,913 
                                                                                                                                         
  Women, 16 years and over.....................   67,804    68,165    68,438    67,475    67,819    67,712    68,050    67,828    68,089 
    16 to 19 years.............................    3,026     2,923     2,989     3,142     3,011     2,867     2,983     3,002     3,063 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,285     1,190     1,230     1,330     1,183     1,190     1,197     1,202     1,237 
      18 to 19 years...........................    1,741     1,733     1,760     1,809     1,852     1,643     1,796     1,803     1,829 
    20 years and over..........................   64,778    65,241    65,449    64,333    64,808    64,845    65,068    64,826    65,027 
      20 to 24 years...........................    6,513     6,507     6,563     6,476     6,546     6,544     6,679     6,530     6,541 
      25 years and over........................   58,265    58,734    58,885    57,880    58,301    58,396    58,479    58,296    58,483 
        25 to 54 years.........................   46,352    46,382    46,492    46,076    46,087    46,246    46,268    46,064    46,215 
          25 to 34 years.......................   14,183    14,286    14,326    14,024    14,107    14,218    14,137    14,167    14,170 
          35 to 44 years.......................   15,950    15,652    15,719    15,874    15,584    15,564    15,651    15,577    15,618 
          45 to 54 years.......................   16,219    16,445    16,448    16,178    16,396    16,465    16,479    16,320    16,427 
        55 years and over......................   11,913    12,352    12,393    11,804    12,215    12,150    12,211    12,232    12,268 
                                                                                                                                         
                 MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
  Married men, spouse present..................   45,956    46,309    46,458    45,802    46,330    46,192    46,238    46,176    46,381 
  Married women, spouse present................   35,824    35,828    36,078    35,363    35,997    35,826    35,739    35,483    35,722 
  Women who maintain families..................    9,008     9,429     9,176      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
            FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Full-time workers (2)........................  120,507   122,006   121,846   120,812   121,122   120,995   121,332   121,606   122,049 
  Part-time workers (3)........................   25,507    24,736    25,272    24,779    25,102    24,897    25,039    24,490    24,625 
                                                                                                                                         
               MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Total multiple jobholders....................    7,863     7,852     7,791     7,765     7,674     7,555     7,509     7,583     7,652 
      Percent of total employed................      5.4       5.4       5.3       5.3       5.3       5.2       5.1       5.2       5.2 
  
     1 Data not available.
     2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
     3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
     NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household
  survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                          Number of                                                                      
                                                      unemployed persons                         Unemployment rates (1)                  
                                                        (in thousands)                                                                   
                 Characteristic                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Nov.      Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      July      Aug.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                   AGE AND SEX                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                         
  Total, 16 years and over.....................    6,826     7,245     7,167      4.5       4.6       4.6       4.7       4.7       4.7  
    16 to 19 years.............................    1,099     1,094     1,137     15.1      15.2      16.1      16.0      15.6      16.3  
      16 to 17 years...........................      529       486       511     17.3      16.7      18.6      18.6      17.3      18.9  
      18 to 19 years...........................      568       592       609     13.4      14.1      14.6      14.3      14.1      14.4  
    20 years and over..........................    5,727     6,151     6,030      3.9       4.1       4.1       4.2       4.2       4.1  
      20 to 24 years...........................    1,271     1,287     1,229      8.4       8.5       8.3       8.9       8.5       8.1  
      25 years and over........................    4,452     4,833     4,815      3.4       3.7       3.6       3.6       3.7       3.7  
        25 to 54 years.........................    3,668     3,991     3,993      3.5       3.8       3.7       3.8       3.8       3.8  
          25 to 34 years.......................    1,420     1,580     1,555      4.3       4.6       4.6       4.8       4.8       4.7  
          35 to 44 years.......................    1,257     1,218     1,250      3.5       3.7       3.6       3.4       3.4       3.5  
          45 to 54 years.......................      991     1,194     1,188      2.8       3.1       3.1       3.1       3.3       3.3  
        55 years and over......................      767       842       811      2.9       3.2       3.2       3.1       3.1       3.0  
                                                                                                                                         
  Men, 16 years and over.......................    3,650     4,014     3,919      4.5       4.7       4.7       4.8       4.9       4.7  
    16 to 19 years.............................      614       636       666     16.7      16.7      17.8      18.2      18.0      19.4  
      16 to 17 years...........................      281       259       259     19.1      18.9      22.0      21.8      18.8      21.3  
      18 to 19 years...........................      313       355       384     14.4      15.3      15.2      16.0      16.5      17.6  
    20 years and over..........................    3,036     3,378     3,253      3.9       4.2       4.1       4.2       4.3       4.1  
      20 to 24 years...........................      702       747       707      8.6       9.2       8.7       9.5       9.3       8.7  
      25 years and over........................    2,309     2,578     2,530      3.3       3.6       3.6       3.6       3.7       3.6  
        25 to 54 years.........................    1,900     2,134     2,083      3.4       3.7       3.6       3.7       3.8       3.7  
          25 to 34 years.......................      791       898       881      4.4       4.3       4.6       4.8       4.9       4.8  
          35 to 44 years.......................      642       640       615      3.3       3.6       3.2       3.3       3.3       3.2  
          45 to 54 years.......................      467       595       587      2.5       3.2       3.1       3.1       3.2       3.1  
        55 years and over......................      409       445       447      3.0       3.4       3.4       3.3       3.1       3.1  
                                                                                                                                         
  Women, 16 years and over.....................    3,176     3,231     3,248      4.5       4.6       4.6       4.5       4.5       4.6  
    16 to 19 years.............................      485       458       471     13.4      13.6      14.4      13.7      13.2      13.3  
      16 to 17 years...........................      248       227       252     15.7      14.5      15.3      15.4      15.9      16.9  
      18 to 19 years...........................      255       237       225     12.4      12.8      14.0      12.4      11.6      11.0  
    20 years and over..........................    2,691     2,773     2,777      4.0       4.1       4.1       4.0       4.1       4.1  
      20 to 24 years...........................      570       540       522      8.1       7.7       7.8       8.1       7.6       7.4  
      25 years and over........................    2,143     2,255     2,285      3.6       3.7       3.7       3.6       3.7       3.8  
        25 to 54 years.........................    1,768     1,858     1,910      3.7       3.9       3.9       3.8       3.9       4.0  
          25 to 34 years.......................      629       682       674      4.3       4.9       4.6       4.9       4.6       4.5  
          35 to 44 years.......................      615       577       635      3.7       3.9       4.0       3.5       3.6       3.9  
          45 to 54 years.......................      524       599       601      3.1       3.0       3.1       3.2       3.5       3.5  
        55 years and over (2)..................      361       385       362      2.9       3.5       3.4       3.0       3.0       2.8  
                                                                                                                                         
                 MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
  Married men, spouse present..................    1,092     1,197     1,197      2.3       2.7       2.4       2.4       2.5       2.5  
  Married women, spouse present................      972     1,066     1,106      2.7       2.8       3.1       2.8       2.9       3.0  
  Women who maintain families (2)..............      671       631       648      6.9       6.8       6.2       6.4       6.3       6.6  
                                                                                                                                         
            FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Full-time workers (3)........................    5,508     5,996     5,891      4.4       4.6       4.6       4.7       4.7       4.6  
  Part-time workers (4)........................    1,312     1,268     1,297      5.0       5.0       4.9       4.7       4.9       5.0  
  
     1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     2 Not seasonally adjusted.
     3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on
  layoff from full-time jobs.
     4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on
  layoff from part-time jobs.
     NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various
  series.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                     Reason                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Nov.      Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      July      Aug.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
              NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                   
   temporary jobs..............................    3,025     3,259     3,382     3,179     3,628     3,617     3,577     3,699     3,599 
    On temporary layoff........................      808       737       814       965       981       979       954     1,053       984 
    Not on temporary layoff....................    2,217     2,523     2,568     2,214     2,648     2,638     2,623     2,647     2,615 
      Permanent job losers.....................    1,530     1,802     1,814      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs.....      686       721       754      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
  Job leavers..................................      772       804       763       793       823       793       842       791       784 
  Reentrants...................................    2,232     2,047     2,150     2,279     2,078     2,064     2,144     2,084     2,133 
  New entrants.................................      547       662       622       591       593       593       698       708       665 
                                                                                                                                         
              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.............................     46.0      48.1      48.9      46.5      50.9      51.2      49.3      50.8      50.1 
     On temporary layoff.......................     12.3      10.9      11.8      14.1      13.8      13.8      13.1      14.5      13.7 
     Not on temporary layoff...................     33.7      37.3      37.1      32.4      37.2      37.3      36.1      36.3      36.4 
   Job leavers.................................     11.7      11.9      11.0      11.6      11.6      11.2      11.6      10.9      10.9 
   Reentrants..................................     33.9      30.2      31.1      33.3      29.2      29.2      29.5      28.6      29.7 
   New entrants................................      8.3       9.8       9.0       8.6       8.3       8.4       9.6       9.7       9.3 
                                                                                                                                         
         UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                  
                 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
   Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                  
    temporary jobs.............................      2.0       2.1       2.2       2.1       2.4       2.4       2.3       2.4       2.3 
   Job leavers.................................       .5        .5        .5        .5        .5        .5        .5        .5        .5 
   Reentrants..................................      1.5       1.3       1.4       1.5       1.4       1.3       1.4       1.4       1.4 
   New entrants................................       .4        .4        .4        .4        .4        .4        .5        .5        .4 
   
      1 Data not available.
      NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
   
   
   
   
   
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                                   
                         Duration                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                             Nov.      Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      July      Aug.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.  
                                                             2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                   
  Less than 5 weeks......................................    2,323     2,371     2,450     2,517     2,473     2,595     2,518     2,480     2,589 
  5 to 14 weeks..........................................    2,171     2,204     2,176     2,135     2,213     2,166     2,332     2,459     2,158 
  15 weeks and over......................................    2,082     2,198     2,291     2,152     2,413     2,385     2,393     2,343     2,377 
     15 to 26 weeks......................................      965       927       933     1,006     1,105     1,138     1,115     1,031       987 
     27 weeks and over...................................    1,116     1,271     1,358     1,145     1,308     1,247     1,277     1,312     1,390 
                                                                                                                                                   
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks......................     16.6      17.4      17.6      16.3      17.2      16.9      16.5      17.1      17.3 
  Median duration, in weeks..............................      8.2       8.5       8.6       8.2       8.9       8.6       9.0       8.7       8.7 
                                                                                                                                                   
                   PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                   
  Total unemployed.......................................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
    Less than 5 weeks....................................     35.3      35.0      35.4      37.0      34.8      36.3      34.8      34.1      36.3 
    5 to 14 weeks........................................     33.0      32.5      31.5      31.4      31.2      30.3      32.2      33.8      30.3 
    15 weeks and over....................................     31.7      32.5      33.1      31.6      34.0      33.4      33.0      32.2      33.4 
      15 to 26 weeks.....................................     14.7      13.7      13.5      14.8      15.6      15.9      15.4      14.2      13.9 
      27 weeks and over..................................     17.0      18.8      19.6      16.8      18.4      17.4      17.6      18.0      19.5 
  
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                               Unemployment        
                                                                     Employed                     Unemployed                      rates            
                                                                                                                                                   
                        Occupation                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                               Nov.           Nov.             Nov.           Nov.           Nov.           Nov.   
                                                               2006           2007             2006           2007           2006           2007   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
       Total, 16 years and over (1)......................     146,014        147,118          6,576          6,917            4.3            4.5   
  Management, professional, and related occupations......      51,714         52,348            919            963            1.7            1.8   
    Management, business, and financial operations                                                                                                 
     occupations........................................       21,905         21,622            373            378            1.7            1.7   
    Professional and related occupations.................      29,809         30,726            546            585            1.8            1.9   
  Service occupations....................................      23,506         23,763          1,477          1,651            5.9            6.5   
  Sales and office occupations...........................      36,639         36,360          1,617          1,579            4.2            4.2   
    Sales and related occupations........................      17,095         16,582            763            757            4.3            4.4   
    Office and administrative support occupations........      19,543         19,778            854            822            4.2            4.0   
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                                                 
   occupations...........................................      15,998         16,011            926            955            5.5            5.6   
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...........         896            915            138             83           13.4            8.4   
    Construction and extraction occupations..............       9,629          9,666            619            719            6.0            6.9   
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations....       5,473          5,430            168            153            3.0            2.7   
  Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                                                  
   occupations...........................................      18,158         18,636          1,059          1,117            5.5            5.7   
    Production occupations...............................       9,121          9,535            521            571            5.4            5.6   
    Transportation and material moving occupations.......       9,037          9,101            538            546            5.6            5.7   
  
     1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                   HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                           Number of                                                             
                                                                           unemployed                                 Unemployment               
                                                                            persons                                      rates                   
               Industry and class of worker                              (in thousands)                                                          
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                   Nov.                  Nov.                   Nov.                  Nov.       
                                                                   2006                  2007                   2006                  2007       
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
         Total, 16 years and over (1)....................          6,576                 6,917                   4.3                   4.5       
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers........          5,246                 5,397                   4.4                   4.5       
    Mining...............................................             22                    16                   2.9                   2.3       
    Construction.........................................            618                   645                   6.0                   6.2       
    Manufacturing........................................            702                   762                   4.3                   4.5       
      Durable goods......................................            426                   440                   4.2                   4.1       
      Nondurable goods...................................            276                   322                   4.6                   5.3       
    Wholesale and retail trade...........................          1,018                   893                   4.8                   4.3       
    Transportation and utilities.........................            183                   242                   3.1                   3.9       
    Information..........................................            137                   132                   3.9                   4.0       
    Financial activities.................................            229                   261                   2.3                   2.7       
    Professional and business services...................            658                   679                   4.9                   4.8       
    Education and health services........................            536                   526                   2.8                   2.7       
    Leisure and hospitality..............................            836                   986                   7.1                   8.1       
    Other services.......................................            306                   255                   5.0                   4.1       
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                                
   workers...............................................            125                    80                   9.6                   6.6       
  Government workers.....................................            400                   482                   1.9                   2.2       
  Self employed and unpaid family workers................            257                   336                   2.3                   3.2       
  
     1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                            HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization
  
  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                                          
                          Measure                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                          
                                                            Nov.     Oct.     Nov.     Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.  
                                                            2006     2007     2007     2006     2007     2007     2007     2007     2007  
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent                                                                                 
       of the civilian labor force.......................    1.4      1.4      1.5      1.4      1.6      1.6      1.6      1.5      1.5  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                      
       jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force....    2.0      2.1      2.2      2.1      2.4      2.4      2.3      2.4      2.3  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                      
       labor force (official unemployment rate)..........    4.3      4.4      4.5      4.5      4.6      4.6      4.7      4.7      4.7  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a                                                                                     
       percent of the civilian labor force plus                                                                                           
       discouraged workers...............................    4.5      4.6      4.7      4.7      4.9      4.9      4.9      4.9      4.9  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus                                                                                    
       all other marginally attached workers, as a                                                                                        
       percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                                       
       marginally attached workers.......................    5.2      5.3      5.3      5.3      5.5      5.5      5.5      5.6      5.5  
                                                                                                                                          
  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...........................................    7.8      7.9      8.1      8.0      8.3      8.4      8.4      8.4      8.4  
  
     NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and
  are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached,
  have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those
  who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS
  introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in
  January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                      Total                          Men                          Women            
                                                                                                                                                   
                         Category                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                               Nov.           Nov.           Nov.           Nov.           Nov.           Nov.     
                                                               2006           2007           2006           2007           2006           2007     
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                  NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                   
  Total not in the labor force...........................     77,315         78,904         29,491         30,335         47,824         48,569    
   Persons who currently want a job......................      4,476          4,337          2,017          1,859          2,458          2,478    
     Searched for work and available to work now (1).....      1,366          1,363            716            631            649            732    
       Reason not currently looking:                                                                                                               
         Discouragement over job prospects (2)...........        349            349            202            193            147            156    
         Reasons other than discouragement (3)...........      1,016          1,014            515            438            502            576    
                                                                                                                                                   
                    MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                   
  Total multiple jobholders (4)..........................      7,863          7,791          3,808          3,839          4,055          3,952    
      Percent of total employed..........................        5.4            5.3            4.9            4.9            6.0            5.8    
                                                                                                                                                   
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time.....      4,165          4,356          2,311          2,399          1,854          1,957    
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time..........      1,780          1,731            484            498          1,296          1,233    
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time..........        297            245            198            157             99             88    
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job.............      1,584          1,415            798            764            786            650    
  
     1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week.
     2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of
  discrimination.
     3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health,
  and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
     4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)

                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Nov.     Sept.   Oct.     Nov.      Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.   Oct.     Nov.     from:
                                   2006     2007    2007p    2007p     2006     2007     2007     2007    2007p    2007p  Oct. 2007-
                                                                                                                          Nov. 2007p

          Total nonfarm......... 138,052  138,456  139,253  139,493  136,941  138,066  138,159  138,203  138,373  138,467       94

        Total private........... 115,459  116,348  116,581  116,675  114,835  115,856  115,886  115,923  116,055  116,119       64

    Goods-producing.............  22,623   22,618   22,513   22,329   22,525   22,421   22,349   22,309   22,287   22,254      -33

Natural resources and mining....     703      737      739      734      699      726      728      728      730      732        2
   Logging......................    66.3     65.4     64.8     64.5     64.0     62.8     62.4     62.4     62.1     62.4       .3
 Mining.........................   636.5    671.4    674.1    669.6    635.1    663.5    665.2    665.4    667.8    670.0      2.2
  Oil and gas extraction........   140.6    151.8    152.4    152.1    141.4    150.8    151.5    151.9    153.2    153.4       .2
  Mining, except oil and
   gas (1).......................  223.4    234.9    234.6    231.1    221.8    228.9    230.1    229.9    230.3    230.4       .1
   Coal mining..................    78.8     80.7     81.2     82.0     79.4     80.3     80.6     81.1     81.4     82.4      1.0
  Support activities for mining.   272.5    284.7    287.1    286.4    271.9    283.8    283.6    283.6    284.3    286.2      1.9

Construction....................   7,768    7,829    7,783    7,634    7,683    7,649    7,620    7,595    7,586    7,562      -24
  Construction of buildings..... 1,811.1  1,801.0  1,781.4  1,750.4  1,801.8  1,782.1  1,768.0  1,765.2  1,753.6  1,745.7     -7.9
   Residential building......... 1,020.8    999.2    983.7    963.9  1,016.7    991.3    983.0    979.0    969.4    962.2     -7.2
   Nonresidential building......   790.3    801.8    797.7    786.5    785.1    790.8    785.0    786.2    784.2    783.5      -.7
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction................. 1,019.2  1,054.2  1,049.1  1,009.1    993.9    996.2    994.2    990.3    989.7    985.2     -4.5
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,937.9  4,974.0  4,952.3  4,874.2  4,887.2  4,870.7  4,857.7  4,839.7  4,842.3  4,831.2    -11.1
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,359.8  2,322.5  2,293.3  2,243.1  2,335.1  2,306.0  2,280.0  2,258.0  2,244.4  2,231.6    -12.8
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,578.1  2,651.5  2,659.0  2,631.1  2,552.1  2,564.7  2,577.7  2,581.7  2,597.9  2,599.6      1.7

Manufacturing...................  14,152   14,052   13,991   13,961   14,143   14,046   14,001   13,986   13,971   13,960      -11
   Production workers...........  10,133   10,127   10,066   10,049   10,117   10,098   10,062   10,064   10,044   10,043       -1

 Durable goods..................   8,969    8,880    8,847    8,844    8,972    8,900    8,873    8,862    8,853    8,852       -1
   Production workers...........   6,347    6,311    6,280    6,286    6,346    6,313    6,290    6,294    6,283    6,289        6

  Wood products.................   541.3    524.6    518.4    507.0    542.9    529.2    523.2    518.3    517.4    509.7     -7.7
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   506.7    503.8    501.7    495.1    503.3    499.1    495.3    495.3    495.0    492.7     -2.3
  Primary metals................   454.2    447.6    445.8    446.0    455.8    450.9    447.8    446.9    446.8    447.3       .5
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,562.2  1,571.5  1,576.8  1,570.4  1,564.1  1,569.5  1,568.2  1,569.9  1,574.1  1,571.9     -2.2
  Machinery..................... 1,206.7  1,219.5  1,222.6  1,227.9  1,209.9  1,228.2  1,223.3  1,223.3  1,227.2  1,231.5      4.3
  Computer and electronic
   products (1)................. 1,317.2  1,294.9  1,291.3  1,292.3  1,320.4  1,304.3  1,300.5  1,296.9  1,294.2  1,296.9      2.7
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   198.7    196.7    196.2    196.2    198.7    196.5    196.5    196.9    196.5    196.7       .2
   Communications equipment.....   143.1    140.6    140.2    140.2    144.1    142.7    142.7    142.3    140.2    141.4      1.2
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   466.1    455.7    454.2    453.7    468.0    462.5    458.3    455.9    456.1    456.3       .2
   Electronic instruments.......   436.7    434.1    434.2    435.0    437.7    434.5    434.5    434.2    435.1    436.0       .9
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   433.3    435.2    433.5    433.5    436.4    436.8    434.6    435.0    435.9    436.3       .4
  Transportation equipment (1).. 1,746.0  1,705.9  1,681.1  1,691.1  1,739.8  1,699.5  1,700.2  1,699.4  1,685.3  1,687.1      1.8
   Motor vehicles and parts (2). 1,047.0  1,002.7    975.7    982.4  1,041.7    998.4    997.4    994.0    980.2    979.8      -.4
  Furniture and related products   540.0    525.6    522.2    522.8    542.4    530.3    526.9    525.7    523.4    525.5      2.1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   660.9    651.5    653.3    657.5    657.1    652.1    652.5    651.6    653.2    653.5       .3

 Nondurable goods...............   5,183    5,172    5,144    5,117    5,171    5,146    5,128    5,124    5,118    5,108      -10
   Production workers...........   3,786    3,816    3,786    3,763    3,771    3,785    3,772    3,770    3,761    3,754       -7

  Food manufacturing............ 1,505.8  1,530.4  1,521.8  1,504.1  1,491.6  1,505.9  1,497.0  1,494.8  1,497.3  1,492.0     -5.3
  Beverages and tobacco products   195.4    203.5    200.3    197.2    195.4    200.2    198.5    198.0    197.6    197.7       .1
  Textile mills.................   186.0    167.5    166.7    165.8    186.3    169.9    168.3    166.7    166.9    166.1      -.8
  Textile product mills.........   157.1    151.6    151.8    150.4    158.1    153.5    153.0    152.5    152.0    151.7      -.3
  Apparel.......................   231.2    214.1    209.8    210.9    231.4    217.7    214.4    212.5    210.3    210.7       .4
  Leather and allied products...    36.7     36.4     36.2     36.3     36.5     35.3     35.6     36.3     35.9     35.9       .0
  Paper and paper products......   463.2    456.4    456.1    453.7    463.9    456.7    456.3    456.0    456.1    453.9     -2.2
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   638.0    628.7    628.4    630.2    637.2    629.0    626.2    629.0    628.7    629.0       .3
  Petroleum and coal products...   116.2    118.9    117.9    116.0    116.6    116.2    116.1    116.7    116.5    116.6       .1
  Chemicals.....................   869.5    876.9    870.6    868.2    871.2    873.3    874.9    875.3    872.4    870.6     -1.8
  Plastics and rubber products..   784.1    788.0    784.5    784.4    782.7    788.5    787.9    786.1    784.6    783.8      -.8

    Service-providing........... 115,429  115,838  116,740  117,164  114,416  115,645  115,810  115,894  116,086  116,213      127

     Private service-providing..  92,836   93,730   94,068   94,346   92,310   93,435   93,537   93,614   93,768   93,865       97

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  26,773   26,451   26,566   27,007   26,320   26,489   26,494   26,518   26,521   26,555       34

 Wholesale trade................ 5,937.4  6,034.9  6,055.1  6,055.4  5,934.7  6,016.3  6,022.5  6,033.8  6,048.2  6,053.5      5.3
  Durable goods................. 3,093.0  3,147.5  3,157.3  3,162.1  3,097.7  3,146.5  3,147.0  3,151.5  3,158.6  3,166.8      8.2
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,056.0  2,080.7  2,087.0  2,085.5  2,048.5  2,063.1  2,068.0  2,073.8  2,079.8  2,077.6     -2.2
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   788.4    806.7    810.8    807.8    788.5    806.7    807.5    808.5    809.8    809.1      -.7

 Retail trade...................15,736.2 15,282.8 15,367.7 15,791.8 15,327.9 15,389.8 15,385.6 15,383.0 15,368.0 15,392.2     24.2
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers (1).................. 1,904.9  1,922.5  1,913.9  1,907.1  1,904.2  1,907.6  1,908.2  1,910.3  1,907.8  1,908.4       .6
   Automobile dealers........... 1,245.3  1,254.2  1,251.6  1,247.8  1,244.0  1,245.9  1,246.4  1,247.5  1,248.0  1,247.5      -.5
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   603.1    575.1    586.8    610.5    586.5    584.5    586.5    583.9    585.7    591.8      6.1
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   553.5    524.8    531.7    559.3    531.6    537.4    532.7    534.0    531.9    539.1      7.2
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,300.9  1,279.6  1,268.8  1,253.2  1,321.0  1,303.9  1,305.9  1,288.4  1,282.4  1,278.9     -3.5
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,871.7  2,876.6  2,884.7  2,917.9  2,842.4  2,869.3  2,873.5  2,878.8  2,881.5  2,886.0      4.5
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   969.9    968.9    970.9    990.7    962.6    967.4    970.8    973.5    973.3    980.8      7.5
  Gasoline stations.............   854.2    860.3    852.8    851.1    854.6    852.0    851.1    854.3    852.2    852.0      -.2
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,548.3  1,430.7  1,451.4  1,564.1  1,467.3  1,456.7  1,460.3  1,462.1  1,462.7  1,474.1     11.4
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   689.1    665.4    667.5    714.2    647.4    665.7    666.7    669.6    669.0    671.4      2.4
  General merchandise
   stores (1)................... 3,065.7  2,854.8  2,898.3  3,054.7  2,882.9  2,918.9  2,906.4  2,902.6  2,900.0  2,888.8    -11.2
   Department stores............ 1,675.0  1,511.1  1,542.9  1,663.2  1,533.2  1,560.3  1,549.9  1,547.2  1,544.4  1,535.1     -9.3
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   896.3    884.5    886.9    889.0    881.9    883.1    880.3    883.1    879.6    875.7     -3.9
  Nonstore retailers............   478.6    439.6    454.0    480.0    445.5    443.3    443.2    442.4    441.9    445.2      3.3

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,552.8  4,578.3  4,586.5  4,604.1  4,509.6  4,528.4  4,529.8  4,545.8  4,548.0  4,553.1      5.1
  Air transportation............   483.7    497.2    496.2    499.0    484.5    492.2    492.5    494.6    495.6    499.5      3.9
  Rail transportation...........   225.5    228.2    228.1    227.9    223.9    227.5    227.4    227.7    227.9    226.7     -1.2
  Water transportation..........    64.9     72.2     70.4     68.2     66.8     70.7     70.6     70.5     70.3     70.3       .0
  Truck transportation.......... 1,458.8  1,464.1  1,456.4  1,448.4  1,448.9  1,444.3  1,443.5  1,445.6  1,440.5  1,439.0     -1.5
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   408.8    411.6    416.5    413.3    393.2    397.1    400.1    401.2    401.3    397.3     -4.0
  Pipeline transportation.......    39.6     40.7     41.3     41.6     39.8     40.8     41.0     41.1     41.3     41.7       .4
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    25.0     32.6     29.2     26.4     28.3     27.0     27.4     27.7     28.3     28.5       .2
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   576.5    585.9    590.2    593.7    577.9    583.4    584.3    587.5    590.4    593.6      3.2
  Couriers and messengers.......   611.1    585.2    587.8    611.0    597.2    589.3    588.1    590.3    589.9    593.1      3.2
  Warehousing and storage.......   658.9    660.6    670.4    674.6    649.1    656.1    654.9    659.6    662.5    663.4       .9

 Utilities......................   547.0    554.9    556.3    555.5    548.2    554.6    556.0    555.6    556.8    556.6      -.2

Information.....................   3,065    3,077    3,080    3,089    3,057    3,091    3,087    3,093    3,091    3,085       -6
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   907.2    897.5    900.4    901.6    905.0    906.3    904.0    900.6    901.4    899.8     -1.6
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   373.5    380.7    376.2    372.9    371.9    383.6    380.3    385.9    383.2    375.8     -7.4
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   334.9    338.2    335.4    339.4    333.8    336.0    336.3    337.4    335.8    338.0      2.2
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    36.3     43.8     44.8     45.2     36.3     42.4     43.1     44.0     44.8     45.3       .5
  Telecommunications............   975.8    969.6    971.8    978.4    973.5    973.7    973.1    974.1    973.4    975.4      2.0
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   386.2    395.7    398.2    398.8    384.9    396.9    397.5    398.2    398.7    398.1      -.6
  Other information services....    51.4     51.8     53.0     52.4     51.6     51.8     52.2     52.3     53.3     52.6      -.7

Financial activities............   8,416    8,432    8,434    8,404    8,422    8,476    8,463    8,439    8,437    8,417      -20
 Finance and insurance.......... 6,229.6  6,222.8  6,234.1  6,227.4  6,228.9  6,270.1  6,256.4  6,241.6  6,238.2  6,229.1     -9.1
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    21.8     21.6     21.5     21.5     21.7     21.6     21.8     21.6     21.6     21.5      -.1
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities (1)........ 2,957.2  2,896.1  2,897.7  2,886.5  2,957.4  2,946.5  2,926.8  2,909.2  2,901.3  2,888.3    -13.0
   Depository credit
    intermediation (1).......... 1,815.8  1,833.9  1,835.1  1,832.7  1,819.6  1,833.8  1,834.6  1,839.1  1,838.4  1,835.3     -3.1
    Commercial banking.......... 1,329.6  1,335.6  1,339.0  1,336.4  1,333.0  1,338.4  1,337.7  1,340.2  1,340.5  1,338.8     -1.7
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   831.8    848.6    853.7    856.8    829.2    845.8    848.7    849.7    852.3    854.4      2.1
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,324.3  2,360.7  2,365.2  2,367.0  2,326.0  2,361.2  2,362.6  2,365.3  2,366.7  2,369.1      2.4
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    94.5     95.8     96.0     95.6     94.6     95.0     96.5     95.8     96.3     95.8      -.5
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,186.7  2,209.0  2,199.5  2,176.9  2,192.9  2,205.7  2,206.4  2,197.7  2,199.0  2,188.2    -10.8
  Real estate................... 1,511.0  1,527.2  1,524.1  1,509.1  1,512.4  1,525.4  1,528.1  1,521.2  1,522.1  1,514.2     -7.9
  Rental and leasing services...   645.0    649.0    643.1    635.3    650.0    647.6    645.4    643.9    644.5    641.6     -2.9
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    30.7     32.8     32.3     32.5     30.5     32.7     32.9     32.6     32.4     32.4       .0

Professional and business
 services.......................  17,838   18,093   18,191   18,142   17,726   17,911   17,942   17,954   18,018   18,048       30
 Professional and technical
  services (1).................. 7,443.9  7,661.0  7,720.9  7,756.0  7,469.6  7,666.9  7,689.0  7,731.0  7,757.7  7,781.6     23.9
   Legal services............... 1,176.8  1,173.6  1,185.1  1,181.3  1,175.9  1,177.9  1,178.4  1,181.6  1,184.7  1,181.2     -3.5
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   862.0    895.8    907.1    934.3    914.5    951.1    957.7    968.3    974.1    980.9      6.8
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,410.7  1,452.9  1,461.1  1,459.4  1,407.2  1,437.1  1,440.1  1,444.5  1,451.4  1,454.9      3.5
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,299.0  1,361.3  1,370.0  1,379.5  1,296.2  1,352.9  1,355.6  1,363.8  1,366.7  1,378.6     11.9
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   955.7  1,010.3  1,021.6  1,030.3    949.3    992.5  1,001.7  1,010.2  1,017.8  1,024.1      6.3
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,824.2  1,854.6  1,855.8  1,858.7  1,823.0  1,847.8  1,852.1  1,853.2  1,853.9  1,856.8      2.9
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 8,570.3  8,577.6  8,613.9  8,527.3  8,433.8  8,396.2  8,400.6  8,370.1  8,406.6  8,409.6      3.0
  Administrative and support
   services (1)................. 8,222.3  8,218.8  8,256.8  8,168.8  8,083.8  8,041.8  8,045.1  8,013.7  8,050.4  8,050.4       .0
   Employment services (1)...... 3,791.0  3,618.3  3,669.0  3,636.9  3,665.5  3,525.9  3,523.4  3,484.8  3,523.5  3,526.6      3.1
    Temporary help services..... 2,722.7  2,674.5  2,710.6  2,687.9  2,631.3  2,577.9  2,578.6  2,561.2  2,589.0  2,600.3     11.3
   Business support services....   811.9    795.4    801.9    804.5    802.2    805.5    803.4    802.5    798.7    797.4     -1.3
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,813.2  1,921.2  1,901.1  1,848.9  1,811.2  1,847.3  1,848.7  1,850.4  1,851.9  1,846.1     -5.8
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   348.0    358.8    357.1    358.5    350.0    354.4    355.5    356.4    356.2    359.2      3.0

Education and health services...  18,255   18,426   18,736   18,816   18,018   18,422   18,484   18,505   18,549   18,577       28
 Educational services........... 3,151.3  2,972.2  3,195.9  3,229.7  2,951.4  3,022.8  3,039.7  3,020.0  3,025.1  3,027.1      2.0
 Health care and social
  assistance....................15,103.2 15,453.9 15,539.9 15,586.4 15,066.1 15,399.5 15,443.9 15,484.5 15,524.3 15,549.6     25.3
  Health care (3)...............12,760.2 13,062.9 13,120.6 13,148.6 12,734.1 13,005.6 13,041.8 13,071.3 13,109.2 13,124.1     14.9
   Ambulatory health care
    services (1)................ 5,358.1  5,517.3  5,556.9  5,568.4  5,344.6  5,482.5  5,507.0  5,523.4  5,549.7  5,553.8      4.1
    Offices of physicians....... 2,185.9  2,237.5  2,246.8  2,260.3  2,179.4  2,224.6  2,232.5  2,240.6  2,246.0  2,253.1      7.1
    Outpatient care centers.....   492.7    498.5    502.9    504.7    492.4    496.1    498.7    500.7    503.0    504.0      1.0
    Home health care services...   888.2    933.9    941.9    939.4    883.5    925.3    931.9    932.8    939.1    936.3     -2.8
   Hospitals.................... 4,466.4  4,555.1  4,568.7  4,578.7  4,461.7  4,539.1  4,546.3  4,555.6  4,566.0  4,573.7      7.7
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities (1).............. 2,935.7  2,990.5  2,995.0  3,001.5  2,927.8  2,984.0  2,988.5  2,992.3  2,993.5  2,996.6      3.1
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,597.0  1,616.1  1,617.1  1,618.1  1,591.8  1,611.3  1,613.8  1,614.7  1,614.6  1,614.3      -.3
  Social assistance (1)......... 2,343.0  2,391.0  2,419.3  2,437.8  2,332.0  2,393.9  2,402.1  2,413.2  2,415.1  2,425.5     10.4
   Child day care services......   817.4    814.5    827.8    832.5    805.1    815.7    815.3    819.8    817.8    820.3      2.5

Leisure and hospitality.........  13,066   13,794   13,604   13,434   13,324   13,566   13,589   13,630   13,676   13,702       26
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,806.2  2,042.0  1,953.2  1,850.5  1,947.4  1,962.9  1,968.0  1,977.4  1,991.0  1,989.5     -1.5
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   394.1    427.3    424.0    401.6    405.7    405.6    410.7    412.6    417.3    412.9     -4.4
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   122.4    135.0    134.0    129.1    126.4    132.4    131.8    132.3    132.6    133.1       .5
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,289.7  1,479.7  1,395.2  1,319.8  1,415.3  1,424.9  1,425.5  1,432.5  1,441.1  1,443.5      2.4
 Accommodations and food
  services......................11,259.5 11,751.7 11,650.3 11,583.6 11,376.8 11,602.9 11,621.4 11,652.3 11,684.6 11,712.4     27.8
  Accommodations................ 1,797.5  1,898.4  1,853.5  1,828.2  1,854.4  1,858.1  1,850.8  1,864.3  1,873.0  1,883.9     10.9
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 9,462.0  9,853.3  9,796.8  9,755.4  9,522.4  9,744.8  9,770.6  9,788.0  9,811.6  9,828.5     16.9

Other services..................   5,423    5,457    5,457    5,454    5,443    5,480    5,478    5,475    5,476    5,481        5
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,245.7  1,265.0  1,255.1  1,251.7  1,250.8  1,256.6  1,260.6  1,261.8  1,258.6  1,259.4       .8
  Personal and laundry services. 1,281.2  1,287.9  1,281.9  1,283.2  1,286.4  1,294.4  1,292.4  1,290.5  1,287.9  1,290.5      2.6
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,896.0  2,904.5  2,920.2  2,919.5  2,905.4  2,929.0  2,925.2  2,923.0  2,929.4  2,931.3      1.9

Government......................  22,593   22,108   22,672   22,818   22,106   22,210   22,273   22,280   22,318   22,348       30
 Federal........................   2,720    2,716    2,710    2,712    2,719    2,713    2,714    2,710    2,711    2,712        1
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,948.1  1,955.3  1,951.1  1,947.9  1,949.5  1,950.5  1,952.1  1,949.2  1,950.1  1,950.3       .2
  U.S. Postal Service...........   771.5    761.1    759.0    763.9    769.0    762.3    761.9    760.9    760.4    761.2       .8
 State government...............   5,274    5,157    5,293    5,329    5,107    5,143    5,137    5,159    5,155    5,165       10
  State government education.... 2,491.5  2,340.9  2,480.4  2,512.5  2,313.1  2,323.3  2,320.3  2,336.9  2,332.4  2,335.4      3.0
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,782.9  2,815.8  2,812.5  2,816.2  2,793.5  2,819.4  2,817.1  2,822.1  2,822.9  2,829.4      6.5
 Local government...............  14,599   14,235   14,669   14,777   14,280   14,354   14,422   14,411   14,452   14,471       19
  Local government education.... 8,365.5  7,880.0  8,335.5  8,450.9  8,003.7  8,011.8  8,066.1  8,048.4  8,078.5  8,088.3      9.8
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,233.9  6,354.5  6,333.6  6,325.8  6,276.3  6,342.6  6,355.7  6,363.0  6,373.0  6,382.3      9.3

   1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Nov.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.    Nov.   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.     from:
                                                 2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2007   2007   2007   2007p  2007p  Oct. 2007-
                                                                                                                        Nov. 2007p


        Total private.........................   33.8   34.2   33.8   33.8    33.8   33.8   33.8   33.8   33.8   33.8       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................   40.5   41.1   40.9   40.7    40.4   40.6   40.6   40.6   40.6   40.6        .0

Natural resources and mining..................   46.1   46.7   46.7   46.4    46.1   45.9   45.7   46.2   46.0   46.4        .4

Construction..................................   38.8   39.4   39.5   38.7    39.0   38.9   38.7   38.8   38.9   38.8       -.1

Manufacturing.................................   41.2   41.7   41.4   41.5    41.0   41.3   41.4   41.3   41.2   41.3        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.4    4.2    4.3     4.1    4.2    4.1    4.1    4.1    4.1        .0

 Durable goods................................   41.3   41.9   41.7   41.7    41.2   41.6   41.7   41.6   41.5   41.6        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.4    4.2    4.3     4.1    4.2    4.1    4.1    4.1    4.1        .0

  Wood products...............................   39.0   40.2   39.6   39.2    39.1   39.9   39.6   39.7   39.4   39.4        .0
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.3   43.5   43.3   43.0    42.3   42.6   42.8   42.7   42.8   43.0        .2
  Primary metals..............................   43.5   42.8   42.4   43.0    43.5   43.2   43.0   42.6   42.5   43.0        .5
  Fabricated metal products...................   41.4   42.1   42.0   41.9    41.2   41.7   41.7   41.8   41.8   41.7       -.1
  Machinery...................................   42.4   42.8   43.1   43.2    42.3   42.5   42.6   42.7   43.0   43.1        .1
  Computer and electronic products............   40.5   41.0   40.8   41.2    40.2   40.2   40.7   40.7   40.6   40.9        .3
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   41.1   41.5   41.3   41.8    40.7   41.7   41.3   41.3   40.9   41.3        .4
  Transportation equipment....................   42.6   43.1   42.7   42.6    42.5   43.2   43.2   42.7   42.6   42.5       -.1
   Motor vehicles and parts (2)...............   41.7   42.7   42.3   42.0    41.5   42.6   42.4   42.1   42.1   42.0       -.1
  Furniture and related products..............   39.1   39.8   39.1   39.4    39.0   39.3   39.7   39.4   39.2   39.3        .1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   39.0   39.6   39.0   38.5    38.8   39.0   39.1   39.5   38.8   38.5       -.3

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.9   41.4   41.0   41.2    40.6   40.9   40.8   40.8   40.8   40.9        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.4    4.5    4.2    4.3     4.2    4.1    4.1    4.1    4.1    4.1        .0

  Food manufacturing..........................   41.2   41.5   41.3   41.3    40.5   40.8   40.6   40.7   40.8   40.6       -.2
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   41.0   40.6   40.2   40.2    40.9   40.7   40.9   40.7   40.6   40.3       -.3
  Textile mills...............................   40.3   40.8   40.0   40.8    40.4   40.2   39.8   40.5   40.4   40.8        .4
  Textile product mills.......................   40.1   40.3   38.8   37.8    39.8   40.6   39.9   39.9   39.0   37.8      -1.2
  Apparel.....................................   37.1   37.1   37.5   38.1    36.9   37.7   37.4   37.4   37.2   37.8        .6
  Leather and allied products.................   38.3   37.6   37.7   38.7    37.8   37.4   37.5   37.7   37.5   38.1        .6
  Paper and paper products....................   43.1   43.8   43.7   43.4    42.6   42.9   43.1   43.1   43.4   43.1       -.3
  Printing and related support activities.....   39.4   39.4   39.0   39.2    39.1   38.8   39.1   38.8   38.8   39.0        .2
  Petroleum and coal products.................   45.4   44.1   43.1   44.0    44.8   44.2   43.7   43.4   42.9   43.5        .6
  Chemicals...................................   42.0   42.1   41.3   41.8    41.9   42.1   42.0   41.9   41.5   41.8        .3
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.5   41.9   41.5   42.1    40.6   41.5   41.4   41.6   41.5   42.1        .6

     Private service-providing................   32.3   32.8   32.3   32.3    32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.4   33.9   33.3   33.4    33.5   33.3   33.3   33.4   33.3   33.4        .1

 Wholesale trade..............................   38.0   38.7   38.0   38.3    38.0   38.1   38.2   38.2   38.0   38.3        .3

 Retail trade.................................   30.3   30.7   30.1   30.3    30.5   30.1   30.1   30.3   30.2   30.3        .1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   37.1   37.3   36.8   36.8    36.9   36.8   37.0   37.0   36.8   36.7       -.1

 Utilities....................................   41.9   43.0   42.4   42.5    41.9   42.6   42.5   42.6   42.1   42.5        .4

Information...................................   36.4   36.8   36.1   36.0    36.4   36.5   36.3   36.3   36.1   36.0       -.1

Financial activities..........................   35.6   36.3   35.5   35.5    35.8   35.9   35.8   35.7   35.7   35.7        .0

Professional and business services............   34.6   35.2   34.7   34.8    34.6   34.7   34.7   34.8   34.7   34.8        .1

Education and health services.................   32.4   32.9   32.5   32.6    32.5   32.6   32.6   32.6   32.6   32.6        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.3   25.6   25.3   25.1    25.6   25.4   25.4   25.4   25.4   25.4        .0

Other services................................   30.8   31.1   30.8   30.9    30.9   30.8   30.8   30.9   30.9   31.0        .1

   1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Nov.      Sept.    Oct.      Nov.       Nov.      Sept.    Oct.      Nov.
                                                   2006      2007     2007p     2007p      2006      2007     2007p     2007p

        Total private........................... $16.99    $17.62    $17.58    $17.63    $574.26   $602.60   $594.20   $595.89
         Seasonally adjusted....................  16.99     17.54     17.55     17.63     574.26    592.85    593.19    595.89

    Goods-producing.............................  18.26     18.87     18.83     18.87     739.53    775.56    770.15    768.01

Natural resources and mining....................  20.45     20.95     21.00     21.15     942.75    978.37    980.70    981.36

Construction....................................  20.42     21.30     21.25     21.34     792.30    839.22    839.38    825.86

Manufacturing...................................  16.93     17.37     17.31     17.38     697.52    724.33    716.63    721.27

 Durable goods..................................  17.87     18.33     18.28     18.33     738.03    768.03    762.28    764.36
  Wood products.................................  13.67     13.65     13.79     13.71     533.13    548.73    546.08    537.43
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.51     16.99     16.98     17.17     698.37    739.07    735.23    738.31
  Primary metals................................  19.73     19.77     19.77     19.70     858.26    846.16    838.25    847.10
  Fabricated metal products.....................  16.29     16.61     16.66     16.73     674.41    699.28    699.72    700.99
  Machinery.....................................  17.56     17.80     17.75     17.80     744.54    761.84    765.03    768.96
  Computer and electronic products..............  19.22     20.17     20.25     20.20     778.41    826.97    826.20    832.24
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.53     16.02     15.77     15.66     638.28    664.83    651.30    654.59
  Transportation equipment......................  22.57     23.39     23.18     23.30     961.48   1008.11    989.79    992.58
  Furniture and related products................  14.12     14.37     14.37     14.32     552.09    571.93    561.87    564.21
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  14.38     14.75     14.70     14.76     560.82    584.10    573.30    568.26

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.34     15.75     15.67     15.77     627.41    652.05    642.47    649.72
  Food manufacturing............................  13.18     13.65     13.58     13.56     543.02    566.48    560.85    560.03
  Beverages and tobacco products................  18.20     18.39     18.69     19.45     746.20    746.63    751.34    781.89
  Textile mills.................................  12.74     13.15     12.94     13.07     513.42    536.52    517.60    533.26
  Textile product mills.........................  11.98     11.82     11.79     11.90     480.40    476.35    457.45    449.82
  Apparel.......................................  10.53     11.09     11.06     11.11     390.66    411.44    414.75    423.29
  Leather and allied products...................  11.58     12.22     12.07     12.28     443.51    459.47    455.04    475.24
  Paper and paper products......................  18.05     18.54     18.47     18.59     777.96    812.05    807.14    806.81
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.93     16.37     16.47     16.35     627.64    644.98    642.33    640.92
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.44     25.88     24.82     25.25    1109.58   1141.31   1069.74   1111.00
  Chemicals.....................................  19.61     19.50     19.36     19.59     823.62    820.95    799.57    818.86
  Plastics and rubber products..................  15.04     15.42     15.34     15.46     609.12    646.10    636.61    650.87

     Private service-providing..................  16.65     17.29     17.25     17.30     537.80    567.11    557.18    558.79

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.44     16.03     15.96     15.87     515.70    543.42    531.47    530.06

 Wholesale trade................................  19.16     19.83     19.74     19.77     728.08    767.42    750.12    757.19

 Retail trade...................................  12.52     12.94     12.86     12.74     379.36    397.26    387.09    386.02

 Transportation and warehousing.................  17.48     17.99     17.93     18.04     648.51    671.03    659.82    663.87

 Utilities......................................  27.44     28.31     28.49     28.23    1149.74   1217.33   1207.98   1199.78

Information.....................................  23.53     24.17     24.12     23.98     856.49    889.46    870.73    863.28

Financial activities............................  19.19     19.89     19.80     19.91     683.16    722.01    702.90    706.81

Professional and business services..............  19.44     20.36     20.22     20.41     672.62    716.67    701.63    710.27

Education and health services...................  17.62     18.22     18.20     18.31     570.89    599.44    591.50    596.91

Leisure and hospitality.........................  10.00     10.52     10.61     10.65     253.00    269.31    268.43    267.32

Other services..................................  14.93     15.34     15.31     15.37     459.84    477.07    471.55    474.93

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.   Oct.     Nov.  change from:
                                                   2006     2007     2007     2007    2007p    2007p  Oct. 2007-
                                                                                                      Nov. 2007p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $16.99   $17.45   $17.50   $17.54   $17.55   $17.63      0.5
         Constant (1982) dollars (2)............   8.36     8.31     8.35     8.35     8.32     N.A.      (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  18.21    18.67    18.71    18.75    18.73    18.83       .5

Natural resources and mining....................  20.43    20.95    21.11    21.00    21.05    21.12       .3

Construction....................................  20.37    20.94    20.99    21.10    21.06    21.27      1.0

Manufacturing...................................  16.89    17.28    17.31    17.32    17.31    17.36       .3
   Excluding overtime (4).......................  16.09    16.44    16.49    16.50    16.49    16.54       .3

 Durable goods..................................  17.79    18.22    18.26    18.26    18.26    18.28       .1

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.35    15.68    15.70    15.73    15.70    15.79       .6

     Private service-providing..................  16.67    17.13    17.18    17.23    17.25    17.31       .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.54    15.84    15.88    15.92    15.93    15.97       .3

 Wholesale trade................................  19.14    19.56    19.63    19.69    19.74    19.76       .1

 Retail trade...................................  12.64    12.82    12.84    12.86    12.85    12.87       .2

 Transportation and warehousing.................  17.50    17.81    17.79    17.90    17.91    18.02       .6

 Utilities......................................  27.47    27.84    28.01    28.18    28.37    28.27      -.4

Information.....................................  23.47    23.96    23.98    23.96    23.96    23.98       .1

Financial activities............................  19.20    19.69    19.77    19.81    19.82    19.92       .5

Professional and business services..............  19.51    20.18    20.28    20.36    20.35    20.48       .6

Education and health services...................  17.63    18.05    18.10    18.17    18.21    18.29       .4

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.94    10.45    10.50    10.53    10.59    10.60       .1

Other services..................................  14.94    15.26    15.29    15.31    15.34    15.38       .3

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
   3 Change was -.4 percent from Sept. 2007 to Oct. 2007, the latest month available.
   4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
   N.A. = not available.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Nov.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.    Nov.   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   change from:
                                                2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2007   2007   2007   2007p  2007p   Oct. 2007-
                                                                                                                        Nov. 2007p

        Total private.........................  107.0  109.5  108.5  108.6   106.3  107.6  107.7  107.8  107.9  108.0       0.1

    Goods-producing...........................  102.8  105.4  104.2  102.7   102.0  102.7  102.3  102.2  102.1  102.0       -.1

Natural resources and mining..................  130.3  138.2  138.0  135.9   129.1  134.2  132.8  134.5  133.7  135.1       1.0

Construction..................................  115.6  120.2  119.8  114.6   114.7  115.1  114.1  114.0  114.2  113.6       -.5

Manufacturing.................................   95.8   96.9   95.6   95.7    95.2   95.7   95.6   95.4   95.0   95.2        .2

 Durable goods................................   98.5   99.4   98.4   98.5    98.2   98.7   98.6   98.4   98.0   98.3        .3
  Wood products...............................   93.6   92.7   89.9   86.7    94.1   93.2   91.3   90.1   88.9   87.6      -1.5
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   97.9  101.2  100.3   98.1    97.1   97.4   97.4   97.2   97.7   97.5       -.2
  Primary metals..............................   91.9   89.6   88.8   90.2    92.3   91.0   90.0   89.2   89.2   90.4       1.3
  Fabricated metal products...................  103.9  106.3  106.6  105.7   103.5  105.2  105.1  105.4  105.8  105.3       -.5
  Machinery...................................  105.2  107.1  108.4  109.5   105.2  107.1  106.6  107.2  108.5  109.4        .8
  Computer and electronic products............  105.4  104.3  103.2  104.4   104.5  103.0  103.5  103.5  102.8  103.7        .9
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   88.6   91.8   91.2   92.5    88.3   92.5   91.1   91.5   90.9   92.1       1.3
  Transportation equipment....................   98.5   99.3   96.5   97.2    98.0   98.3   98.8   98.1   96.6   96.8        .2
   Motor vehicles and parts (2)...............   89.0   87.8   84.1   84.4    88.2   86.3   86.3   85.9   84.3   84.2       -.1
  Furniture and related products..............   87.7   86.7   84.5   85.4    88.1   86.8   86.9   86.0   85.3   85.8        .6
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   93.2   93.5   92.3   92.4    92.0   92.4   92.3   93.3   91.9   91.7       -.2

 Nondurable goods.............................   91.2   93.0   91.4   91.3    90.2   91.2   90.6   90.6   90.4   90.4        .0
  Food manufacturing..........................  103.8  106.9  105.3  104.2   100.6  103.0  101.9  101.9  102.1  101.4       -.7
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   99.6  104.9  100.6   96.3    99.1  104.9  103.1  101.2  100.0   97.9      -2.1
  Textile mills...............................   62.3   56.1   54.9   55.6    62.3   55.8   54.8   55.5   55.4   55.5        .2
  Textile product mills.......................   83.5   78.5   75.5   72.6    83.5   80.3   78.4   77.8   75.9   73.2      -3.6
  Apparel.....................................   63.3   60.2   59.3   60.0    63.2   61.6   60.4   59.9   59.0   59.7       1.2
  Leather and allied products.................   73.4   74.8   74.5   76.0    71.5   70.9   71.6   74.5   73.4   73.8        .5
  Paper and paper products....................   86.0   87.1   86.6   85.4    85.0   85.5   85.5   85.4   86.0   84.9      -1.3
  Printing and related support activities.....   94.3   93.8   92.5   92.9    93.4   91.7   92.1   92.4   91.9   92.2        .3
  Petroleum and coal products.................   95.8  103.0  101.1  102.4    95.1   97.1   97.9   98.9   99.0  100.9       1.9
  Chemicals...................................   93.8   96.6   93.8   95.3    93.9   96.0   96.0   96.0   94.7   95.7       1.1
  Plastics and rubber products................   91.1   95.9   94.7   96.0    91.1   95.2   94.9   95.0   94.7   96.1       1.5

     Private service-providing................  107.9  110.9  109.6  110.0   107.5  109.1  109.2  109.4  109.6  109.7        .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  105.5  105.9  104.6  106.9   103.7  104.1  104.2  104.6  104.4  104.8        .4

 Wholesale trade..............................  106.5  111.4  109.9  110.8   106.4  109.0  109.6  109.9  109.7  110.7        .9

 Retail trade.................................  103.5  101.8  100.4  104.2   101.0  100.6  100.5  101.2  100.8  101.2        .4

 Transportation and warehousing...............  110.7  111.6  110.6  111.0   109.1  108.7  109.5  109.8  109.4  109.4        .0

 Utilities....................................   94.6   97.7   96.5   96.5    94.8   96.8   96.6   96.9   96.0   96.7        .7

Information...................................  100.7  102.4  100.7  101.0   100.5  102.0  101.4  101.6  101.2  100.9       -.3

Financial activities..........................  108.6  111.9  109.5  109.0   109.3  111.1  110.6  110.2  110.1  109.8       -.3

Professional and business services............  114.0  117.9  117.0  117.0   113.2  114.8  115.0  115.6  115.6  116.1        .4

Education and health services.................  111.3  114.2  114.6  115.5   110.2  113.2  113.6  113.7  113.9  114.1        .2

Leisure and hospitality.......................  106.9  114.4  111.4  109.1   110.5  111.4  111.7  112.2  112.5  112.7        .2

Other services................................   97.0   99.2   98.3   98.6    97.8   98.7   98.6   98.9   99.0   99.5        .5

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Nov.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.    Nov.   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   change from:
                                                2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2007   2007   2007   2007p  2007p   Oct. 2007-
                                                                                                                        Nov. 2007p

        Total private.........................  121.4  128.9  127.4  127.9   120.7  125.5  125.9  126.3  126.6  127.2       0.5

    Goods-producing...........................  115.0  121.7  120.2  118.7   113.7  117.5  117.3  117.4  117.1  117.6        .4

Natural resources and mining..................  155.0  168.4  168.5  167.1   153.4  163.5  163.1  164.3  163.7  166.0       1.4

Construction..................................  127.5  138.2  137.4  132.1   126.2  130.2  129.3  129.9  129.9  130.4        .4

Manufacturing.................................  106.1  110.1  108.3  108.8   105.2  108.2  108.2  108.1  107.5  108.1        .6

 Durable goods................................  109.9  113.7  112.3  112.7   109.1  112.2  112.3  112.1  111.7  112.2        .4

 Nondurable goods.............................   98.9  103.6  101.2  101.8    97.8  101.0  100.6  100.7  100.3  100.9        .6

     Private service-providing................  123.1  131.4  129.7  130.5   122.9  128.1  128.7  129.2  129.6  130.2        .5

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  116.2  121.1  119.1  121.0   115.0  117.6  118.0  118.8  118.6  119.4        .7

 Wholesale trade..............................  120.2  130.1  127.8  129.0   120.0  125.6  126.7  127.4  127.5  128.8       1.0

 Retail trade.................................  111.1  112.9  110.7  113.8   109.4  110.5  110.6  111.6  111.1  111.6        .5

 Transportation and warehousing...............  122.8  127.4  125.8  127.0   121.1  122.8  123.6  124.7  124.3  125.0        .6

 Utilities....................................  108.3  115.4  114.8  113.7   108.7  112.5  113.0  114.0  113.7  114.2        .4

Information...................................  117.3  122.5  120.3  119.9   116.8  121.0  120.3  120.5  120.0  119.7       -.3

Financial activities..........................  128.9  137.6  134.0  134.2   129.7  135.2  135.2  135.0  135.0  135.3        .2

Professional and business services............  131.9  142.9  140.8  142.1   131.4  137.8  138.7  140.0  140.0  141.5       1.1

Education and health services.................  128.9  136.8  137.1  139.0   127.7  134.3  135.1  135.8  136.3  137.1        .6

Leisure and hospitality.......................  121.3  136.7  134.2  131.9   124.7  132.3  133.2  134.1  135.3  135.7        .3

Other services................................  105.6  110.9  109.6  110.4   106.5  109.7  109.9  110.4  110.7  111.5        .7

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries (1)

Over 1-month span:
     2003 ..............   43.5     37.2     33.6     38.8     40.8     38.5     39.2     41.7     48.0     50.2     52.2     52.9
     2004 ..............   51.6     50.2     62.1     64.9     59.9     57.6     56.5     51.4     56.5     55.0     51.4     55.6
     2005 ..............   52.5     61.3     52.7     60.8     54.9     58.5     59.0     60.4     53.6     53.1     62.2     60.4
     2006 ..............   64.2     64.6     64.0     62.8     56.7     55.9     59.4     55.9     55.8     57.7     53.6     57.6
     2007 ..............   54.9     54.7     55.0     52.9     57.9     53.6     53.2     52.0     56.7    p53.8    p49.8

Over 3-month span:
     2003 ..............   39.6     33.8     34.9     33.8     35.3     42.3     39.2     34.4     42.6     48.6     48.7     50.2
     2004 ..............   55.9     53.2     57.0     64.2     70.3     65.6     59.9     55.2     57.9     59.0     60.4     55.8
     2005 ..............   51.3     55.9     56.8     61.3     57.2     59.4     62.8     63.7     59.9     53.4     57.2     62.2
     2006 ..............   70.5     66.7     66.0     66.9     63.3     62.4     60.3     62.6     57.7     59.0     57.7     59.9
     2007 ..............   64.6     60.6     61.2     59.4     60.1     56.5     56.1     54.7     56.5    p57.0    p55.4

Over 6-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.7     33.1     31.1     33.3     33.5     36.5     32.7     32.4     40.8     44.8     47.7     47.5
     2004 ..............   49.8     51.8     55.0     60.8     63.5     63.7     63.3     62.6     58.3     62.1     55.4     55.2
     2005 ..............   54.1     57.2     57.6     56.3     56.5     58.1     65.8     63.8     61.9     59.2     62.8     60.8
     2006 ..............   63.8     63.3     67.1     68.2     67.1     67.1     63.5     62.9     62.6     62.1     61.5     61.0
     2007 ..............   62.2     60.3     65.3     62.8     61.7     61.3     59.7     56.8     58.6    p59.2    p56.1

Over 12-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.4     50.7     57.7     57.0     55.2     56.7     58.3     60.1     60.3
     2005 ..............   60.1     61.0     59.5     58.8     58.3     60.3     60.6     62.8     60.3     58.8     59.7     61.3
     2006 ..............   67.3     65.3     66.0     64.7     65.8     65.3     67.6     66.4     66.5     66.4     65.5     65.1
     2007 ..............   64.6     64.4     63.8     64.0     62.6     62.2     61.5     62.6     63.5    p63.1    p60.8

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries (1)

Over 1-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.5     17.3     17.3     10.7     22.0     17.3     17.3     31.5     26.8     38.1     42.3     42.3
     2004 ..............   41.1     45.2     47.0     63.1     50.0     48.2     56.5     43.5     41.7     43.5     40.5     42.3
     2005 ..............   36.9     48.2     43.5     48.2     38.7     37.5     42.3     45.8     44.0     44.6     48.2     51.8
     2006 ..............   63.1     48.2     56.0     53.0     47.0     58.9     51.2     44.6     40.5     47.6     43.5     38.7
     2007 ..............   52.4     38.7     30.4     33.3     42.3     42.9     45.8     32.7     41.1    p46.4    p45.2

Over 3-month span:
     2003 ..............   15.5     11.3     13.7      9.5      8.9     11.9     15.5     15.5     17.9     29.2     30.4     33.3
     2004 ..............   45.2     42.9     43.5     57.7     60.1     58.3     55.4     46.4     47.0     42.9     42.9     37.5
     2005 ..............   35.1     39.9     40.5     42.3     35.1     33.9     40.5     41.7     42.3     40.5     39.9     43.5
     2006 ..............   56.5     52.4     52.4     51.2     47.6     54.8     48.2     52.4     39.3     42.3     35.7     39.9
     2007 ..............   48.2     38.1     42.9     31.0     33.3     38.1     34.5     32.7     31.5    p38.1    p42.9

Over 6-month span:
     2003 ..............   11.9     11.3      7.1      8.3      9.5     10.7      7.1      9.5     12.5     16.1     25.0     24.4
     2004 ..............   28.0     32.7     35.1     47.0     50.0     52.4     54.2     52.4     48.8     51.2     41.1     38.7
     2005 ..............   31.5     35.1     36.3     34.5     32.1     33.3     44.0     39.3     32.1     36.9     34.5     39.3
     2006 ..............   42.9     41.7     50.0     50.6     51.2     53.0     45.8     45.8     47.6     45.2     44.6     39.9
     2007 ..............   39.9     37.5     37.5     36.9     36.3     38.1     33.9     29.2     29.8    p36.9    p33.9

Over 12-month span:
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     20.2     23.2     35.7     36.9     38.1     36.3     44.0     44.6     44.6
     2005 ..............   44.6     44.6     41.7     40.5     37.5     36.3     32.1     33.9     32.7     33.3     33.3     37.5
     2006 ..............   44.6     40.5     40.5     40.5     39.3     42.3     48.8     48.8     44.6     45.2     43.5     41.7
     2007 ..............   41.7     42.3     39.3     39.9     36.3     33.3     32.1     33.3     33.3    p32.7    p33.3

   1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.