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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  FEBRUARY 1996
 
 
    Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 705,000 in February, and the
 unemployment rate decreased to 5.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
 of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The jump in payroll jobs
 follows a decline of 188,000 in January, which largely reflected the severe
 weather conditions in the eastern part of the country.  The jobless rate
 has hovered within a relatively narrow range since late 1994.
 
 Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
    The unemployment rate fell 0.3 percentage point to 5.5 percent in
 February, and the number of unemployed persons decreased by 322,000 to 7.4
 million.  Each had risen by a similar magnitude in January, as revised.
 The unemployment rate has fluctuated between 5.4 and 5.8 percent since the
 last quarter of 1994.  In February, the jobless rate for adult women
 decreased by 0.3 percentage point to 4.8 percent; the rate for teenagers
 dropped 1.6 percentage points to 16.6 percent.  The unemployment rates for
 the other major worker groups--adult men (4.9 percent), whites (4.9
 percent), blacks (10.3 percent), and Hispanics (9.7 percent)--showed little
 or no change over the month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
 
 Total Employment and the Labor Force  (Household Survey Data)
 
    Total employment increased by 437,000 in February, to 125.7 million.
 The proportion of the working-age population that was employed (the
 employment-population ratio) edged up to 62.9 percent; however, the measure
 was slightly lower than a year earlier.  The number of persons working part
 time for economic reasons increased by 411,000 in February, reversing a
 decline of similar magnitude in the previous month.  (See tables A-1 and A-
 3.)
 
    The number of persons who held more than one job in February was 7.9
 million (not seasonally adjusted).  These multiple jobholders made up 6.3
 percent of all employed persons, the same as a year earlier.  (See table A-
 9.)
 
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  |    All seasonally adjusted household data have been      |
  |revised to incorporate updated seasonal adjustment        |
  |factors, which reflect the 1995 experience.  Also,        |
  |unadjusted household data series have been revised for    |
  |1990-93 to reflect 1990 census-based population controls, |
  |adjusted for the estimated undercount.  As a result,      |
  |seasonally adjusted data back to 1990 are subject to      |
  |revision.  The January 1995-January 1996 unemployment     |
  |rates, as originally published and as revised, appear     |
  |on page 5, along with additional information on the       |
  |revisions.                                                |
  |    In addition, as announced last fall, this release     |
  |resumes publication of a range of alternative measures    |
  |of labor underutilization (table A-7).                    |
   ----------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
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                       |   Quarterly     |       Monthly data       |
                       |   averages      |                          |
                       |_________________|__________________________|Jan.-
       Category        |       1995      |  1995  |       1996      |Feb.
                       |_________________|________|_________________|change
                       |   III  |   IV   |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |
 ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                    Labor force status
                       |____________________________________________________
 Civilian labor force..| 132,380| 132,432| 132,352| 132,903| 133,018|    115
   Employment..........| 124,909| 125,096| 124,981| 125,226| 125,663|    437
   Unemployment........|   7,471|   7,336|   7,371|   7,677|   7,355|   -322
 Not in labor force....|  66,427|  66,920|  67,156|  66,730|  66,754|     24
                       |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                       |                 Unemployment rates
                       |____________________________________________________
 All workers...........|     5.6|     5.5|     5.6|     5.8|     5.5|   -0.3
   Adult men...........|     4.8|     4.7|     4.8|     4.9|     4.9|     .0
   Adult women.........|     5.0|     4.8|     4.7|     5.1|     4.8|    -.3
   Teenagers...........|    17.7|    17.6|    18.0|    18.2|    16.6|   -1.6
   White...............|     4.9|     4.9|     4.9|     5.0|     4.9|    -.1
   Black...............|    10.9|     9.9|    10.2|    10.6|    10.3|    -.3
   Hispanic origin.....|     9.2|     9.3|     9.3|     9.2|     9.7|     .5
                       |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                       |____________________________________________________
 Nonfarm employment....| 116,782| 117,190| 117,357|p117,169|p117,874|   p705
   Goods-producing 1/..|  24,159|  24,155|  24,173| p24,114| p24,267|   p153
     Construction......|   5,240|   5,293|   5,297|  p5,314|  p5,435|   p121
     Manufacturing.....|  18,344|  18,293|  18,307| p18,232| p18,258|    p26
   Service-producing 1/|  92,622|  93,034|  93,184| p93,055| p93,607|   p552
     Retail trade......|  20,862|  20,956|  20,981| p20,921| p21,087|   p166
     Services..........|  32,951|  33,170|  33,248| p33,204| p33,491|   p287
     Government........|  19,316|  19,314|  19,328| p19,299| p19,341|    p42
                       |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                       |                  Hours of work 2/
                       |____________________________________________________
 Total private.........|    34.5|    34.4|    34.3|   p33.7|   p34.5|   p0.8
   Manufacturing.......|    41.5|    41.4|    41.2|   p39.9|   p41.6|   p1.7
     Overtime..........|     4.4|     4.4|     4.3|    p4.1|    p4.5|    p.4
                       |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                       |                     Earnings 2/
                       |____________________________________________________
 Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
   total private.......|  $11.51|  $11.59|  $11.61| p$11.66| p$11.65|p-$0.01
 Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
   total private.......|  396.98|  399.19|  398.22| p392.94| p401.93|  p8.99
 ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
 p=preliminary.
     2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
     N.A.= not available.
     NOTE:  Household data have been revised based on experience through
 December 1995.
 
 
    The size of the civilian labor force was about unchanged in February, at
 133.0 million, seasonally adjusted.  The labor force participation rate
 held at 66.6 percent and has shown no clear trend since last spring.
 
 Persons Not in the Labor Force  (Household Survey Data)
 
    About 1.8 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
 attached to the labor force in February--that is, they wanted and were
 available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior
 12 months.  The number of discouraged workers--persons who had stopped
 looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available
 to them--was 455,000 in February.  Both figures were close to their levels
 of a year earlier.  (See table A-9.)
 
 Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
    Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 705,000 in February, rebounding
 strongly from weather-related declines in January. Services, retail trade,
 and construction all experienced particularly large employment increases.
 Most other industries also exhibited strong growth following depressed
 January levels.  Overall, job growth during the first 2 months of 1996
 averaged 259,000 per month.  (See table B-1.)
 
    The services industry added 287,000 jobs in February, following weather-
 related reductions in the prior month.  Business services, which dipped by
 31,000 in January, accounted for the largest share of the February increase
 (126,000).  Within business services, employment in help supply services
 increased by 79,000, after showing no net growth since last September.  The
 number of jobs in building services rose by 24,000 over the month, partly
 due to the return of 13,000 strikers.  Computer services added 14,000 jobs
 in February, continuing its upward trend.  Employment in health services
 rose by 46,000, in line with its recent trend when combined with Januarys
 small gain.  Amusement and recreation, social, and educational services
 showed significant gains in February, due in part to the improved weather
 conditions.
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    Retail trade employment rose by 166,000, rebounding sharply from job
 losses in the prior 2 months.  Eating and drinking places, which were
 particularly affected by the January blizzard, added 62,000 workers over
 the month.  Job gains also were robust in department stores (59,000),
 partly the result of a weather-related rebound.  Automobile dealerships and
 service stations employment continued to expand, and miscellaneous retail
 establishments added 24,000 jobs, thereby regaining Januarys losses.
 After registering a very small increase in January, employment in wholesale
 trade rose by 16,000, about its average for 1995.
 
    Construction employment was up by 121,000 in February, seasonally
 adjusted.  Improved weather conditions contributed to this gain, but the
 industry also has shown underlying strength.  Mining employment rose by
 6,000 over the month, with 3,000 of this increase in oil and gas
 extraction.
 
    Manufacturing employment was up 26,000 in February, reflecting the
 return of employees from weather-related cutbacks.  Despite this increase,
 factory employment was still down by 49,000 since December and 267,000
 since its recent peak of March 1995.  Auto manufacturers brought back only
 part of the workforce that was laid off in January due to high inventories.
 In contrast, the electronic components industry continued its growth trend.
 
 
    Employment in the transportation industry rose by 23,000 in February,
 with trucking and warehousing and local transit contributing most of the
 growth.  The finance industry added 9,000 jobs over the month.
 
    Government employment rose by 42,000 in February.  This increase was
 mostly in state and local education, where some nonsalaried employees had
 been off payrolls in January due to the snowstorm.  Federal government
 employment continued to fall.
 
 Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
    The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
 nonfarm payrolls rose sharply in February--0.8 hour--to 34.5 hours,
 seasonally adjusted, rebounding from the impact of the extreme weather last
 month.  The weather's influence was particularly evident in manufacturing;
 the factory workweek declined by 1.3 hours in January and increased by 1.7
 hours in February.  Factory overtime was up by 0.4 hour to 4.5 hours.  (See
 table B-2.)
 
    The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
 nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose by 3.2 percent to 134.5
 (1982=100) in February, reflecting a large rebound in both employment and
 hours.  The manufacturing index increased by 4.4 percent to 105.8.  (See
 table B-5.)
 
 Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
    Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers
 on nonfarm payrolls edged down by 1 cent in February, after seasonal
 adjustment, following a 5-cent rise in January.  Average weekly earnings
 rose by 2.3 percent because of the workweek increase.  Over the year,
 average hourly earnings increased by 2.9 percent and average weekly
 earnings by 2.6 percent.  (See table B-3.)
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                         ___________________________
 
      The Employment Situation for March 1996 is scheduled to be released on
 Friday, April 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
 
 
 
                        Revised Household Survey Data
 
    Recent shutdowns and the weather-related closing of many federal
 agencies, including BLS, delayed the annual revisions in the seasonally
 adjusted household survey series.  These revisions are being introduced
 with the publication of February 1996 data, 2 months later than usual.  In
 addition, unadjusted series for 1990-93 have been revised to incorporate
 1990 census-based population controls, adjusted for the estimated
 undercount.  Thus, seasonally adjusted data for January 1990-January 1996
 are subject to revision.
 
    Table B summarizes the effects of the revisions on the overall
 unemployment rate since January 1995.  Rates were revised in only 2 months,
 each by 0.1 percentage point.  Revised seasonally adjusted data for major
 labor force series, also since January 1995, appear in table C.
 
    The March 1996 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain the new
 seasonal adjustment factors for major series for the January-June 1996
 period.  The publication also will contain a description of the 1990-93
 population revisions, the current seasonal adjustment methodology, and
 revised data for the most recent 13 months for all regularly published
 tables containing seasonally adjusted household survey data.  Revised
 monthly data for the January 1990-January 1996 revision period for several
 labor force series also will be published in the March 1996 issue.
 Microcomputer diskettes of historical seasonally adjusted monthly data may
 be purchased from BLS; contact Gloria P. Green on 202-606-6373.  Historical
 seasonally adjusted monthly data also are available on the INTERNET.
 INTERNET users can access these data from the
 ftp://stats.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf directory.
 
 Table B.  Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates and
 change due to revision, January 1995-January 1996
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 Month and year |   As first  |     As      |  Change
                |   computed  |   revised   |
 _______________|_____________|_____________|___________
                |             |             |
 1995:  January.|     5.7     |     5.7     |     .0
 February.......|     5.4     |     5.4     |     .0
 March..........|     5.5     |     5.5     |     .0
 April..........|     5.8     |     5.7     |   -0.1
 May............|     5.7     |     5.6     |    -.1
 June...........|     5.6     |     5.6     |     .0
 July...........|     5.7     |     5.7     |     .0
 August.........|     5.6     |     5.6     |     .0
 September......|     5.6     |     5.6     |     .0
 October........|     5.5     |     5.5     |     .0
 November.......|     5.6     |     5.6     |     .0
 December.......|     5.6     |     5.6     |     .0
                |             |             |
 1996:  January.|     5.8     |     5.8     |     .0
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                   New Seasonal Adjustment Procedures for
                         Establishment-Based Series
 
    BLS plans to implement improved seasonal adjustment procedures for the
 nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and earnings series effective with the
 release of annual benchmark revisions and May 1996 preliminary estimates on
 June 7, 1996.  The new seasonal adjustment procedures identify and control
 for the effects of varying time intervals between surveys (also known as
 the 4-vs. 5-week effect) and are based on X-12 ARIMA software newly
 developed by the Bureau of the Census.  Historical data series from January
 1988 forward will be revised to incorporate the new methodology.  Further
 information on this planned change is available upon request.  (Contact
 Patricia Getz at 202-606-6521.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
 Table C.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
 
 (Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                       |                                                                                   |
                                       |                                       1995                                        | 1996
           Employment status,          |                                                                                   |
                                        ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______
              sex, and age             |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
                                       | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May  | June | July | Aug. |Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan.
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
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                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
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                 TOTAL
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 Civilian noninstitutional population1/|197753|197886|198007|198148|198286|198453|198615|198801|199005|199192|199355|199508|199634
   Civilian labor force................|132170|132078|132391|132529|132058|131962|132342|132298|132501|132473|132471|132352|132903
       Participation rate..............|  66.8|  66.7|  66.9|  66.9|  66.6|  66.5|  66.6|  66.5|  66.6|  66.5|  66.4|  66.3|  66.6
     Employed..........................|124671|124881|125106|124973|124598|124566|124832|124859|125036|125244|125062|124981|125226
       Employment-population ratio.....|  63.0|  63.1|  63.2|  63.1|  62.8|  62.8|  62.9|  62.8|  62.8|  62.9|  62.7|  62.6|  62.7
     Unemployed........................| 7,499| 7,197| 7,285| 7,556| 7,460| 7,396| 7,510| 7,439| 7,465| 7,229| 7,409| 7,371| 7,677
       Unemployment rate...............|   5.7|   5.4|   5.5|   5.7|   5.6|   5.6|   5.7|   5.6|   5.6|   5.5|   5.6|   5.6|   5.8
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
         Men, 20 years and over
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 Civilian noninstitutional population1/|87,528|87,572|87,622|87,664|87,691|87,750|87,818|87,905|87,940|88,027|88,046|88,172|88,223
   Civilian labor force................|67,593|67,451|67,563|67,479|67,283|67,281|67,264|67,218|67,286|67,193|67,171|67,133|67,563
       Participation rate..............|  77.2|  77.0|  77.1|  77.0|  76.7|  76.7|  76.6|  76.5|  76.5|  76.3|  76.3|  76.1|  76.6
     Employed..........................|64,190|64,355|64,367|64,196|63,951|64,039|64,031|63,982|64,023|64,146|63,901|63,879|64,246
       Employment-population ratio.....|  73.3|  73.5|  73.5|  73.2|  72.9|  73.0|  72.9|  72.8|  72.8|  72.9|  72.6|  72.4|  72.8
         Agriculture...................| 2,397| 2,463| 2,481| 2,371| 2,241| 2,331| 2,321| 2,297| 2,296| 2,351| 2,259| 2,252| 2,399
         Nonagricultural industries....|61,793|61,892|61,886|61,825|61,710|61,708|61,710|61,685|61,727|61,795|61,642|61,627|61,848
     Unemployed........................| 3,403| 3,096| 3,196| 3,283| 3,332| 3,242| 3,233| 3,236| 3,263| 3,047| 3,270| 3,254| 3,317
       Unemployment rate...............|   5.0|   4.6|   4.7|   4.9|   5.0|   4.8|   4.8|   4.8|   4.8|   4.5|   4.9|   4.8|   4.9
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
        Women, 20 years and over
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 Civilian noninstitutional population1/|95,961|96,020|96,037|96,099|96,141|96,204|96,265|96,327|96,409|96,487|96,555|96,633|96,717
   Civilian labor force................|56,913|56,965|57,028|57,273|57,027|56,896|57,315|57,291|57,387|57,516|57,502|57,426|57,591
       Participation rate..............|  59.3|  59.3|  59.4|  59.6|  59.3|  59.1|  59.5|  59.5|  59.5|  59.6|  59.6|  59.4|  59.5
     Employed..........................|54,109|54,177|54,226|54,339|54,243|54,059|54,422|54,458|54,568|54,661|54,752|54,715|54,642
       Employment-population ratio.....|  56.4|  56.4|  56.5|  56.5|  56.4|  56.2|  56.5|  56.5|  56.6|  56.7|  56.7|  56.6|  56.5
         Agriculture...................|   873|   879|   881|   874|   835|   813|   801|   811|   778|   816|   806|   816|   857
         Nonagricultural industries....|53,236|53,298|53,345|53,465|53,408|53,246|53,621|53,647|53,790|53,845|53,946|53,899|53,785
     Unemployed........................| 2,804| 2,788| 2,802| 2,934| 2,784| 2,837| 2,893| 2,833| 2,819| 2,855| 2,750| 2,711| 2,949
       Unemployment rate...............|   4.9|   4.9|   4.9|   5.1|   4.9|   5.0|   5.0|   4.9|   4.9|   5.0|   4.8|   4.7|   5.1
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
       Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 Civilian noninstitutional population1/|14,263|14,294|14,348|14,385|14,454|14,498|14,531|14,569|14,657|14,678|14,754|14,703|14,694
   Civilian labor force................| 7,664| 7,662| 7,800| 7,777| 7,748| 7,785| 7,763| 7,789| 7,828| 7,764| 7,798| 7,793| 7,749
       Participation rate..............|  53.7|  53.6|  54.4|  54.1|  53.6|  53.7|  53.4|  53.5|  53.4|  52.9|  52.9|  53.0|  52.7
     Employed..........................| 6,372| 6,349| 6,513| 6,438| 6,404| 6,468| 6,379| 6,419| 6,445| 6,437| 6,409| 6,387| 6,338
       Employment-population ratio.....|  44.7|  44.4|  45.4|  44.8|  44.3|  44.6|  43.9|  44.1|  44.0|  43.9|  43.4|  43.4|  43.1
         Agriculture...................|   287|   254|   274|   283|   284|   291|   287|   268|   261|   267|   258|   257|   273
         Nonagricultural industries....| 6,085| 6,095| 6,239| 6,155| 6,120| 6,177| 6,092| 6,151| 6,184| 6,170| 6,151| 6,130| 6,065
     Unemployed........................| 1,292| 1,313| 1,287| 1,339| 1,344| 1,317| 1,384| 1,370| 1,383| 1,327| 1,389| 1,406| 1,412
       Unemployment rate...............|  16.9|  17.1|  16.5|  17.2|  17.3|  16.9|  17.8|  17.6|  17.7|  17.1|  17.8|  18.0|  18.2
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    1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
    NOTE:  Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995.
 
 
 
 
 
 HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
 (Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                     Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
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          Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                   |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                   |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996
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                       TOTAL
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 197,886| 199,634| 199,773| 197,886| 199,192| 199,355| 199,508| 199,634| 199,773
   Civilian labor force............................| 131,028| 131,396| 131,995| 132,078| 132,473| 132,471| 132,352| 132,903| 133,018
         Participation rate........................|    66.2|    65.8|    66.1|    66.7|    66.5|    66.4|    66.3|    66.6|    66.6
     Employed......................................| 123,343| 123,126| 124,137| 124,881| 125,244| 125,062| 124,981| 125,226| 125,663
         Employment-population ratio...............|    62.3|    61.7|    62.1|    63.1|    62.9|    62.7|    62.6|    62.7|    62.9
       Agriculture.................................|   3,171|   3,068|   3,102|   3,596|   3,434|   3,323|   3,325|   3,529|   3,519
       Nonagricultural industries..................| 120,172| 120,058| 121,035| 121,285| 121,810| 121,739| 121,656| 121,698| 122,143
     Unemployed....................................|   7,685|   8,270|   7,858|   7,197|   7,229|   7,409|   7,371|   7,677|   7,355
         Unemployment rate.........................|     5.9|     6.3|     6.0|     5.4|     5.5|     5.6|     5.6|     5.8|     5.5
   Not in labor force..............................|  66,857|  68,238|  67,777|  65,808|  66,719|  66,884|  67,156|  66,730|  66,754
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               Men, 16 years and over
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 Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,818|  95,713|  95,786|  94,818|  95,492|  95,580|  95,661|  95,713|  95,786
   Civilian labor force............................|  70,691|  70,612|  71,011|  71,444|  71,238|  71,208|  71,182|  71,593|  71,743
         Participation rate........................|    74.6|    73.8|    74.1|    75.3|    74.6|    74.5|    74.4|    74.8|    74.9
     Employed......................................|  66,333|  66,006|  66,481|  67,612|  67,416|  67,177|  67,162|  67,501|  67,764
         Employment-population ratio...............|    70.0|    69.0|    69.4|    71.3|    70.6|    70.3|    70.2|    70.5|    70.7
     Unemployed....................................|   4,358|   4,605|   4,529|   3,832|   3,822|   4,031|   4,020|   4,092|   3,979
         Unemployment rate.........................|     6.2|     6.5|     6.4|     5.4|     5.4|     5.7|     5.6|     5.7|     5.5
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               Men, 20 years and over
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 Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  87,572|  88,223|  88,296|  87,572|  88,027|  88,046|  88,172|  88,223|  88,296
   Civilian labor force............................|  67,060|  66,990|  67,355|  67,451|  67,193|  67,171|  67,133|  67,563|  67,719
         Participation rate........................|    76.6|    75.9|    76.3|    77.0|    76.3|    76.3|    76.1|    76.6|    76.7
     Employed......................................|  63,445|  63,129|  63,521|  64,355|  64,146|  63,901|  63,879|  64,246|  64,425
         Employment-population ratio...............|    72.4|    71.6|    71.9|    73.5|    72.9|    72.6|    72.4|    72.8|    73.0
       Agriculture.................................|   2,224|   2,147|   2,160|   2,463|   2,351|   2,259|   2,252|   2,399|   2,382
       Nonagricultural industries..................|  61,222|  60,982|  61,361|  61,892|  61,795|  61,642|  61,627|  61,848|  62,044
     Unemployed....................................|   3,615|   3,861|   3,834|   3,096|   3,047|   3,270|   3,254|   3,317|   3,294
         Unemployment rate.........................|     5.4|     5.8|     5.7|     4.6|     4.5|     4.9|     4.8|     4.9|     4.9
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              Women, 16 years and over
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 Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,068| 103,921| 103,986| 103,068| 103,700| 103,775| 103,847| 103,921| 103,986
   Civilian labor force............................|  60,337|  60,784|  60,985|  60,634|  61,235|  61,263|  61,170|  61,310|  61,275
         Participation rate........................|    58.5|    58.5|    58.6|    58.8|    59.1|    59.0|    58.9|    59.0|    58.9
     Employed......................................|  57,011|  57,119|  57,656|  57,269|  57,828|  57,885|  57,819|  57,725|  57,899
         Employment-population ratio...............|    55.3|    55.0|    55.4|    55.6|    55.8|    55.8|    55.7|    55.5|    55.7
     Unemployed....................................|   3,327|   3,665|   3,329|   3,365|   3,407|   3,378|   3,351|   3,585|   3,376
         Unemployment rate.........................|     5.5|     6.0|     5.5|     5.5|     5.6|     5.5|     5.5|     5.8|     5.5
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              Women, 20 years and over
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 Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  96,020|  96,717|  96,757|  96,020|  96,487|  96,555|  96,633|  96,717|  96,757
   Civilian labor force............................|  56,952|  57,352|  57,579|  56,965|  57,516|  57,502|  57,426|  57,591|  57,570
         Participation rate........................|    59.3|    59.3|    59.5|    59.3|    59.6|    59.6|    59.4|    59.5|    59.5
     Employed......................................|  54,165|  54,264|  54,805|  54,177|  54,661|  54,752|  54,715|  54,642|  54,790
         Employment-population ratio...............|    56.4|    56.1|    56.6|    56.4|    56.7|    56.7|    56.6|    56.5|    56.6
       Agriculture.................................|     782|     748|     759|     879|     816|     806|     816|     857|     851
       Nonagricultural industries..................|  53,382|  53,516|  54,046|  53,298|  53,845|  53,946|  53,899|  53,785|  53,938
     Unemployed....................................|   2,787|   3,088|   2,774|   2,788|   2,855|   2,750|   2,711|   2,949|   2,780
         Unemployment rate.........................|     4.9|     5.4|     4.8|     4.9|     5.0|     4.8|     4.7|     5.1|     4.8
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             Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
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 Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,294|  14,694|  14,719|  14,294|  14,678|  14,754|  14,703|  14,694|  14,719
   Civilian labor force............................|   7,016|   7,054|   7,061|   7,662|   7,764|   7,798|   7,793|   7,749|   7,729
         Participation rate........................|    49.1|    48.0|    48.0|    53.6|    52.9|    52.9|    53.0|    52.7|    52.5
     Employed......................................|   5,734|   5,733|   5,811|   6,349|   6,437|   6,409|   6,387|   6,338|   6,448
         Employment-population ratio...............|    40.1|    39.0|    39.5|    44.4|    43.9|    43.4|    43.4|    43.1|    43.8
       Agriculture.................................|     166|     173|     183|     254|     267|     258|     257|     273|     286
       Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,568|   5,560|   5,627|   6,095|   6,170|   6,151|   6,130|   6,065|   6,161
     Unemployed....................................|   1,283|   1,322|   1,250|   1,313|   1,327|   1,389|   1,406|   1,412|   1,282
         Unemployment rate.........................|    18.3|    18.7|    17.7|    17.1|    17.1|    17.8|    18.0|    18.2|    16.6
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    1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
 identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through
 December 1995.
 
 
 
 HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
 (Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                     Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
       Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                    __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                  Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                   |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                   |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996
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                       WHITE
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,444| 167,669| 167,757| 166,444| 167,327| 167,441| 167,545| 167,669| 167,757
   Civilian labor force............................| 110,915| 111,180| 111,876| 111,816| 112,147| 112,023| 111,987| 112,198| 112,747
       Participation rate..........................|    66.6|    66.3|    66.7|    67.2|    67.0|    66.9|    66.8|    66.9|    67.2
     Employed......................................| 105,142| 104,900| 105,887| 106,527| 106,761| 106,451| 106,445| 106,576| 107,244
       Employment-population ratio.................|    63.2|    62.6|    63.1|    64.0|    63.8|    63.6|    63.5|    63.6|    63.9
     Unemployed....................................|   5,774|   6,280|   5,989|   5,289|   5,386|   5,572|   5,542|   5,623|   5,502
       Unemployment rate...........................|     5.2|     5.6|     5.4|     4.7|     4.8|     5.0|     4.9|     5.0|     4.9
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               Men, 20 years and over
 
   Civilian labor force............................|  57,455|  57,593|  57,855|  57,789|  57,717|  57,679|  57,693|  57,894|  58,162
       Participation rate..........................|    76.9|    76.6|    76.9|    77.4|    76.9|    76.8|    76.8|    77.0|    77.3
     Employed......................................|  54,620|  54,606|  54,908|  55,419|  55,383|  55,150|  55,206|  55,438|  55,688
       Employment-population ratio.................|    73.1|    72.6|    73.0|    74.2|    73.8|    73.4|    73.5|    73.7|    74.0
     Unemployed....................................|   2,835|   2,987|   2,947|   2,370|   2,334|   2,529|   2,487|   2,456|   2,475
       Unemployment rate...........................|     4.9|     5.2|     5.1|     4.1|     4.0|     4.4|     4.3|     4.2|     4.3
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              Women, 20 years and over
 
   Civilian labor force............................|  47,479|  47,546|  47,922|  47,535|  47,909|  47,832|  47,772|  47,727|  47,968
       Participation rate..........................|    59.1|    58.8|    59.3|    59.1|    59.4|    59.2|    59.1|    59.0|    59.3
     Employed......................................|  45,490|  45,285|  45,846|  45,551|  45,820|  45,796|  45,722|  45,604|  45,892
       Employment-population ratio.................|    56.6|    56.0|    56.7|    56.7|    56.8|    56.7|    56.6|    56.4|    56.8
     Unemployed....................................|   1,989|   2,261|   2,076|   1,984|   2,089|   2,036|   2,050|   2,123|   2,076
       Unemployment rate...........................|     4.2|     4.8|     4.3|     4.2|     4.4|     4.3|     4.3|     4.4|     4.3
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             Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
 
   Civilian labor force............................|   5,982|   6,041|   6,098|   6,492|   6,521|   6,512|   6,522|   6,577|   6,616
       Participation rate..........................|    52.6|    52.0|    52.3|    57.1|    56.5|    56.3|    56.2|    56.6|    56.8
     Employed......................................|   5,032|   5,008|   5,133|   5,557|   5,558|   5,505|   5,517|   5,533|   5,665
       Employment-population ratio.................|    44.3|    43.1|    44.0|    48.9|    48.1|    47.6|    47.5|    47.6|    48.6
     Unemployed....................................|     950|   1,033|     965|     935|     963|   1,007|   1,005|   1,044|     951
       Unemployment rate...........................|    15.9|    17.1|    15.8|    14.4|    14.8|    15.5|    15.4|    15.9|    14.4
         Men.......................................|    17.7|    18.7|    17.2|    15.7|    16.8|    16.4|    16.0|    16.6|    15.2
         Women.....................................|    13.9|    15.3|    14.3|    13.0|    12.5|    14.5|    14.7|    15.1|    13.4
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                       BLACK
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 Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  23,117|  23,424|  23,455|  23,117|  23,357|  23,389|  23,419|  23,424|  23,455
   Civilian labor force............................|  14,622|  14,752|  14,632|  14,841|  14,856|  15,006|  14,959|  14,993|  14,827
       Participation rate..........................|    63.3|    63.0|    62.4|    64.2|    63.6|    64.2|    63.9|    64.0|    63.2
     Employed......................................|  13,108|  13,152|  13,116|  13,307|  13,370|  13,558|  13,436|  13,409|  13,302
       Employment-population ratio.................|    56.7|    56.1|    55.9|    57.6|    57.2|    58.0|    57.4|    57.2|    56.7
     Unemployed....................................|   1,514|   1,600|   1,516|   1,534|   1,486|   1,448|   1,523|   1,584|   1,525
       Unemployment rate...........................|    10.4|    10.8|    10.4|    10.3|    10.0|     9.6|    10.2|    10.6|    10.3
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               Men, 20 years and over
 
   Civilian labor force............................|   6,742|   6,657|   6,713|   6,817|   6,676|   6,664|   6,683|   6,748|   6,775
       Participation rate..........................|    72.9|    71.2|    71.7|    73.7|    71.7|    71.8|    71.5|    72.2|    72.3
     Employed......................................|   6,140|   5,969|   5,992|   6,245|   6,125|   6,108|   6,062|   6,141|   6,089
       Employment-population ratio.................|    66.4|    63.8|    64.0|    67.5|    65.7|    65.8|    64.9|    65.7|    65.0
     Unemployed....................................|     602|     689|     721|     572|     551|     556|     621|     607|     686
       Unemployment rate...........................|     8.9|    10.3|    10.7|     8.4|     8.3|     8.3|     9.3|     9.0|    10.1
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              Women, 20 years and over
 
   Civilian labor force............................|   7,113|   7,315|   7,181|   7,137|   7,259|   7,366|   7,317|   7,343|   7,193
       Participation rate..........................|    61.2|    62.2|    61.0|    61.4|    61.9|    62.7|    62.2|    62.4|    61.1
     Employed......................................|   6,475|   6,651|   6,616|   6,497|   6,637|   6,789|   6,751|   6,678|   6,630
       Employment-population ratio.................|    55.7|    56.5|    56.2|    55.9|    56.6|    57.8|    57.4|    56.8|    56.3
     Unemployed....................................|     638|     664|     565|     640|     622|     577|     566|     665|     563
       Unemployment rate...........................|     9.0|     9.1|     7.9|     9.0|     8.6|     7.8|     7.7|     9.1|     7.8
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             Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
 
   Civilian labor force............................|     768|     780|     738|     887|     921|     976|     959|     902|     860
       Participation rate..........................|    34.2|    33.8|    31.9|    39.5|    39.9|    41.2|    41.4|    39.1|    37.2
     Employed......................................|     493|     532|     507|     565|     608|     661|     623|     590|     583
       Employment-population ratio.................|    22.0|    23.1|    21.9|    25.2|    26.3|    27.9|    26.9|    25.6|    25.2
     Unemployed....................................|     275|     248|     230|     322|     313|     315|     336|     312|     276
       Unemployment rate...........................|    35.8|    31.8|    31.2|    36.3|    34.0|    32.3|    35.0|    34.6|    32.1
         Men.......................................|    40.2|    37.3|    31.0|    38.9|    35.3|    33.7|    39.0|    39.1|    30.6
         Women.....................................|    31.3|    27.1|    31.4|    33.5|    32.7|    30.8|    31.4|    30.4|    33.6
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                  HISPANIC ORIGIN
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 Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  18,413|  18,929|  18,977|  18,413|  18,800|  18,845|  18,889|  18,929|  18,977
   Civilian labor force............................|  11,944|  12,393|  12,503|  12,101|  12,410|  12,374|  12,391|  12,655|  12,666
       Participation rate..........................|    64.9|    65.5|    65.9|    65.7|    66.0|    65.7|    65.6|    66.9|    66.7
     Employed......................................|  10,779|  11,102|  11,203|  11,001|  11,251|  11,227|  11,237|  11,493|  11,432
       Employment-population ratio.................|    58.5|    58.7|    59.0|    59.7|    59.8|    59.6|    59.5|    60.7|    60.2
     Unemployed....................................|   1,165|   1,291|   1,299|   1,100|   1,159|   1,147|   1,154|   1,162|   1,234
       Unemployment rate...........................|     9.8|    10.4|    10.4|     9.1|     9.3|     9.3|     9.3|     9.2|     9.7
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 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
    1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
 identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
 because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
 both the white and black population groups. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised
 based on the experience through December 1995.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
 (In thousands)
 
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                                                     Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                      Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                   |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                   |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996
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                   CHARACTERISTIC
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 Total employed, 16 years and over.................|123,343 |123,126 |124,137 |124,881 |125,244 |125,062 |124,981 |125,226 |125,663
   Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,726 | 41,580 | 41,958 | 42,114 | 42,281 | 42,081 | 42,058 | 42,171 | 42,339
   Married women, spouse present...................| 31,988 | 31,854 | 32,197 | 31,906 | 32,185 | 32,153 | 32,072 | 32,078 | 32,101
   Women who maintain families.....................|  7,095 |  7,214 |  7,310 |  7,081 |  7,089 |  7,274 |  7,304 |  7,294 |  7,295
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                     OCCUPATION
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty...........| 34,982 | 35,614 | 35,957 | 34,888 | 35,758 | 35,730 | 35,712 | 35,682 | 35,866
   Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,275 | 36,761 | 37,141 | 37,411 | 37,337 | 37,291 | 36,999 | 37,057 | 37,328
   Service occupations.............................| 16,940 | 16,487 | 16,744 | 16,935 | 16,994 | 16,947 | 16,964 | 16,755 | 16,727
   Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,160 | 13,302 | 13,331 | 13,634 | 13,459 | 13,344 | 13,445 | 13,615 | 13,786
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,763 | 17,755 | 17,763 | 18,160 | 18,034 | 18,213 | 18,264 | 18,257 | 18,147
   Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,222 |  3,207 |  3,201 |  3,777 |  3,692 |  3,590 |  3,599 |  3,760 |  3,744
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                  CLASS OF WORKER
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   Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
     Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,614 |  1,609 |  1,655 |  1,917 |  1,806 |  1,750 |  1,755 |  1,964 |  1,954
     Self-employed workers.........................|  1,534 |  1,420 |  1,418 |  1,663 |  1,543 |  1,514 |  1,521 |  1,547 |  1,531
     Unpaid family workers.........................|     24 |     40 |     30 |     27 |     49 |     34 |     46 |     48 |     34
   Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
     Wage and salary workers.......................|111,245 |111,267 |112,062 |112,292 |112,777 |112,722 |112,618 |112,568 |113,165
       Government..................................| 18,596 | 18,044 | 18,369 | 18,484 | 18,244 | 18,288 | 18,237 | 18,044 | 18,259
       Private industries..........................| 92,649 | 93,223 | 93,693 | 93,808 | 94,533 | 94,434 | 94,381 | 94,524 | 94,906
         Private households........................|  1,002 |    874 |    874 |  1,004 |    973 |    980 |    975 |    931 |    873
         Other industries..........................| 91,647 | 92,349 | 92,819 | 92,804 | 93,560 | 93,454 | 93,406 | 93,593 | 94,032
     Self-employed workers.........................|  8,814 |  8,708 |  8,863 |  8,896 |  8,913 |  8,853 |  8,877 |  8,913 |  8,953
     Unpaid family workers.........................|    112 |     83 |    110 |    118 |    102 |    105 |    106 |     85 |    116
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             PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
     Part time for economic reasons................|  4,567 |  4,320 |  4,597 |  4,468 |  4,433 |  4,435 |  4,447 |  4,091 |  4,502
       Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,633 |  2,580 |  2,766 |  2,400 |  2,520 |  2,526 |  2,537 |  2,250 |  2,533
       Could only find part-time work..............|  1,656 |  1,466 |  1,542 |  1,741 |  1,652 |  1,648 |  1,615 |  1,509 |  1,621
     Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,763 | 17,542 | 18,386 | 17,910 | 17,678 | 17,452 | 17,405 | 17,198 | 17,493
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
     Part time for economic reasons................|  4,304 |  4,103 |  4,351 |  4,225 |  4,274 |  4,283 |  4,306 |  3,842 |  4,274
       Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,471 |  2,427 |  2,595 |  2,255 |  2,426 |  2,419 |  2,440 |  2,114 |  2,382
       Could only find part-time work..............|  1,606 |  1,444 |  1,530 |  1,688 |  1,610 |  1,622 |  1,583 |  1,472 |  1,607
     Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,164 | 16,933 | 17,846 | 17,240 | 17,054 | 16,852 | 16,804 | 16,520 | 16,884
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    NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
 during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
 dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
 but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
 illness, and bad weather.  Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the
 experience through December 1995.
 
 
 
 HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                   |                          |
                                                   |        Number of         |
                                                   |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                   |      (in thousands)      |
                      Category                     |                          |
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                                                   |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                   |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996
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                   CHARACTERISTIC
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Total, 16 years and over.........................|  7,197 |  7,677 |   7,355|   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.8  |   5.5
    Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,096 |  3,317 |   3,294|   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.9  |   4.9
    Women, 20 years and over.......................|  2,788 |  2,949 |   2,780|   4.9  |   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   5.1  |   4.8
    Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,313 |  1,412 |   1,282|  17.1  |  17.1  |  17.8  |  18.0  |  18.2  |  16.6
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Married men, spouse present....................|  1,351 |  1,429 |   1,306|   3.1  |   3.2  |   3.3  |   3.2  |   3.3  |   3.0
    Married women, spouse present..................|  1,247 |  1,336 |   1,268|   3.8  |   3.9  |   3.8  |   3.8  |   4.0  |   3.8
    Women who maintain families....................|    643 |    651 |     594|   8.3  |   7.9  |   7.7  |   6.8  |   8.2  |   7.5
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    Full-time workers..............................|  5,713 |  6,116 |   5,853|   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.4
    Part-time workers..............................|  1,490 |  1,472 |   1,516|   6.0  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   6.0  |   6.2
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                              2/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                    OCCUPATION
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Managerial and professional specialty..........|    812 |    896 |     834|   2.3  |   2.4  |   2.5  |   2.5  |   2.4  |   2.3
    Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  1,723 |  1,777 |   1,763|   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.2  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.5
    Precision production, craft, and repair........|    802 |    766 |     858|   5.6  |   6.1  |   6.5  |   5.8  |   5.3  |   5.9
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,567 |  1,656 |   1,631|   7.9  |   8.1  |   8.3  |   8.4  |   8.3  |   8.2
    Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    308 |    347 |     314|   7.5  |   8.3  |   7.8  |   7.7  |   8.4  |   7.7
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                      INDUSTRY
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  5,560 |  5,842 |   5,701|   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.8  |   5.8  |   5.8  |   5.7
      Goods-producing industries...................|  1,677 |  1,790 |   1,819|   6.0  |   6.5  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.3  |   6.4
        Mining.....................................|     35 |     32 |      40|   5.0  |   8.7  |   7.0  |   8.1  |   5.2  |   6.5
        Construction...............................|    682 |    704 |     750|  10.7  |  11.7  |  12.0  |  11.5  |  10.7  |  11.2
        Manufacturing..............................|    960 |  1,054 |   1,029|   4.6  |   4.8  |   5.0  |   5.0  |   5.0  |   4.9
          Durable goods............................|    507 |    554 |     652|   4.2  |   4.3  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   5.3
          Nondurable goods.........................|    453 |    500 |     377|   5.2  |   5.6  |   5.8  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   4.4
      Service-producing industries.................|  3,883 |  4,051 |   3,882|   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.4
        Transportation and public utilities........|    328 |    260 |     272|   4.5  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.6  |   3.7  |   3.8
        Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,665 |  1,759 |   1,634|   6.5  |   6.3  |   6.3  |   6.4  |   6.8  |   6.3
        Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    256 |    204 |     164|   3.4  |   3.3  |   3.0  |   3.2  |   2.9  |   2.2
        Services...................................|  1,634 |  1,828 |   1,812|   5.3  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.7
    Government workers.............................|    555 |    514 |     564|   2.9  |   2.9  |   2.9  |   2.8  |   2.8  |   3.0
    Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    208 |    231 |     235|   9.8  |  12.2  |  12.0  |  12.6  |  10.5  |  10.7
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    1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
 because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
 components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
    NOTE:  Data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
 (Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                   |                          |
                                                   |                          |
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
                                                   |                          |
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                      Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                   |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                   |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996
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                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,431 |  3,301 |  2,578 |  2,628 |  2,744 |  2,767 |  2,717 |  2,784 |  2,793
  5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,717 |  2,485 |  2,796 |  2,207 |  2,348 |  2,383 |  2,431 |  2,413 |  2,280
  15 weeks and over................................|  2,537 |  2,483 |  2,485 |  2,342 |  2,281 |  2,305 |  2,322 |  2,370 |  2,307
     15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,257 |  1,215 |  1,237 |  1,132 |  1,010 |  1,057 |  1,085 |  1,118 |  1,126
     27 weeks and over.............................|  1,280 |  1,268 |  1,247 |  1,210 |  1,271 |  1,248 |  1,237 |  1,252 |  1,181
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   16.9 |   15.5 |   16.3 |   17.1 |   16.2 |   16.3 |   16.2 |   16.0 |   16.6
  Median duration, in weeks........................|    8.6 |    7.9 |    8.3 |    8.2 |    8.1 |    8.0 |    8.1 |    8.3 |    8.0
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Total unemployed.................................|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0
    Less than 5 weeks..............................|   31.6 |   39.9 |   32.8 |   36.6 |   37.2 |   37.1 |   36.4 |   36.8 |   37.8
    5 to 14 weeks..................................|   35.4 |   30.1 |   35.6 |   30.8 |   31.8 |   32.0 |   32.5 |   31.9 |   30.9
    15 weeks and over..............................|   33.0 |   30.0 |   31.6 |   32.6 |   30.9 |   30.9 |   31.1 |   31.3 |   31.3
      15 to 26 weeks...............................|   16.4 |   14.7 |   15.7 |   15.8 |   13.7 |   14.2 |   14.5 |   14.8 |   15.3
      27 weeks and over............................|   16.7 |   15.3 |   15.9 |   16.9 |   17.2 |   16.7 |   16.6 |   16.5 |   16.0
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    NOTE:  Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through
 December 1995.
 
 
 
 HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
 (Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                            |                       |
                                                            |                       |
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                            |                       |
                                                             _______________________ _______________________________________________
                           Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                            | Feb.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                            | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1996
                                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  3,923|  4,425|  4,099|  3,427|  3,457|  3,485|  3,484|  3,606|  3,595
   On temporary layoff......................................|  1,426|  1,728|  1,458|  1,016|  1,018|  1,049|  1,012|  1,132|  1,032
   Not on temporary layoff..................................|  2,497|  2,697|  2,641|  2,411|  2,439|  2,436|  2,472|  2,474|  2,564
     Permanent job losers...................................|  1,731|  1,853|  1,883|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
     Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    766|    844|    758|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
 Job leavers................................................|    817|    803|    776|    780|    762|    857|    881|    869|    747
 Reentrants.................................................|  2,459|  2,503|  2,465|  2,514|  2,506|  2,504|  2,466|  2,458|  2,517
 New entrants...............................................|    486|    540|    519|    585|    559|    585|    603|    641|    613
                                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                    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.......|   51.1|   53.5|   52.2|   46.9|   47.5|   46.9|   46.9|   47.6|   48.1
    On temporary layoff.....................................|   18.6|   20.9|   18.6|   13.9|   14.0|   14.1|   13.6|   14.9|   13.8
    Not on temporary layoff.................................|   32.5|   32.6|   33.6|   33.0|   33.5|   32.8|   33.3|   32.7|   34.3
  Job leavers...............................................|   10.6|    9.7|    9.9|   10.7|   10.5|   11.5|   11.9|   11.5|   10.0
  Reentrants................................................|   32.0|   30.3|   31.4|   34.4|   34.4|   33.7|   33.2|   32.5|   33.7
  New entrants..............................................|    6.3|    6.5|    6.6|    8.0|    7.7|    7.9|    8.1|    8.5|    8.2
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                                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                       CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    3.0|    3.4|    3.1|    2.6|    2.6|    2.6|    2.6|    2.7|    2.7
  Job leavers...............................................|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .7|     .7|     .6
  Reentrants................................................|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.8|    1.9
  New entrants..............................................|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .5|     .5
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    1/  Not available.
    NOTE:  Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through
 December 1995.
 
 
 
 HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
 
 (Percent)
 
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                                                                      |                    |
                                                                      |                    |
                                                                          Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted
                                Measure                               |                    |
                                                                             adjusted
                                                                    ____________________ _________________________________________
                                                                      | Feb. | Jan. | Feb. | Feb. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb.
                                                                      | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996
                                                                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
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 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................|  1.9 |  1.9 |  1.9 |  1.8 |  1.7 |  1.7 |  1.8 |  1.8 |  1.7
                                                                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed                             |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian                         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 labor force..........................................................|  3.0 |  3.4 |  3.1 |  2.6 |  2.6 |  2.6 |  2.6 |  2.7 |  2.7
                                                                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
                                                                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the
                                                  ....................|  5.9 |  6.3 |  6.0 |  5.4 |  5.5 |  5.6 |  5.6 |  5.8 |  5.5
 civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)
                                                                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged                                |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 plus discouraged workers.............................................|  6.2 |  6.6 |  6.3 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent             |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 of the civilian labor force plus all marginally                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 attached workers.....................................................|  7.1 |  7.5 |  7.2 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached                   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 workers, plus total employed part time for economic                  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
 plus all marginally attached workers.................................| 10.5 | 10.8 | 10.7 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
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    1/  Not available.
    NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7
 range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers
 are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they
 want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.
 Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related
 reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
 reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle
 for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of
 alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
 
 Review.  Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through
 
 December 1995.
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                   |                          |
                                                   |        Number of         |
                                                   |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                   |      (in thousands)      |
                    Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                    __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                   |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                   |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total, 16 years and over..........................|  7,197 |  7,677 |  7,355 |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.8  |   5.5
   16 to 24 years..................................|  2,518 |  2,750 |  2,616 |  11.7  |  12.2  |  12.1  |  12.5  |  13.0  |  12.4
     16 to 19 years................................|  1,313 |  1,412 |  1,282 |  17.1  |  17.1  |  17.8  |  18.0  |  18.2  |  16.6
       16 to 17 years..............................|    647 |    649 |    642 |  20.1  |  20.4  |  20.1  |  20.9  |  20.5  |  20.0
       18 to 19 years..............................|    676 |    767 |    645 |  15.1  |  15.1  |  16.1  |  16.1  |  16.9  |  14.3
     20 to 24 years................................|  1,205 |  1,339 |  1,334 |   8.6  |   9.4  |   8.8  |   9.2  |  10.0  |   9.9
   25 years and over...............................|  4,687 |  4,825 |  4,762 |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3
     25 to 54 years................................|  4,162 |  4,311 |  4,212 |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.4
     55 years and over.............................|    546 |    550 |    573 |   3.5  |   3.5  |   3.7  |   3.6  |   3.5  |   3.6
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Men, 16 years and over..........................|  3,832 |  4,092 |  3,979 |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.5
     16 to 24 years................................|  1,373 |  1,446 |  1,464 |  12.0  |  12.9  |  12.8  |  13.0  |  12.9  |  13.1
       16 to 19 years..............................|    736 |    776 |    685 |  18.4  |  19.2  |  18.9  |  18.9  |  19.2  |  17.0
         16 to 17 years............................|    355 |    361 |    363 |  21.3  |  21.5  |  21.7  |  21.7  |  22.3  |  21.7
         18 to 19 years............................|    386 |    415 |    328 |  16.5  |  17.4  |  17.0  |  16.9  |  17.4  |  13.9
       20 to 24 years..............................|    637 |    670 |    779 |   8.5  |   9.3  |   9.4  |   9.6  |   9.3  |  10.9
     25 years and over.............................|  2,472 |  2,548 |  2,544 |   4.1  |   4.0  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.2
       25 to 54 years..............................|  2,180 |  2,279 |  2,259 |   4.2  |   4.1  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.4
       55 years and over...........................|    314 |    310 |    305 |   3.6  |   3.4  |   3.7  |   3.5  |   3.5  |   3.5
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,365 |  3,585 |  3,376 |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.8  |   5.5
     16 to 24 years................................|  1,145 |  1,304 |  1,152 |  11.3  |  11.5  |  11.4  |  11.9  |  13.1  |  11.5
       16 to 19 years..............................|    577 |    636 |    597 |  15.7  |  14.8  |  16.7  |  17.1  |  17.1  |  16.1
         16 to 17 years............................|    292 |    288 |    279 |  18.9  |  19.2  |  18.5  |  20.1  |  18.7  |  18.1
         18 to 19 years............................|    290 |    352 |    317 |  13.6  |  12.6  |  15.1  |  15.1  |  16.2  |  14.7
       20 to 24 years..............................|    568 |    668 |    555 |   8.8  |   9.5  |   8.2  |   8.8  |  10.8  |   8.8
     25 years and over.............................|  2,215 |  2,277 |  2,219 |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.4  |   4.3
       25 to 54 years..............................|  1,982 |  2,033 |  1,953 |   4.5  |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.4
       55 years and over...........................|    232 |    240 |    268 |   3.3  |   3.7  |   3.8  |   3.7  |   3.4  |   3.8
                                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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    1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    NOTE:  Data have been revised based on the experience through December 1995.
 
 
 
 HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
 (In thousands)
 
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                                                                       |                   |                   |
                                Category                               |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                                                                        ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                       |  Feb.   |  Feb.   |  Feb.   |  Feb.   |  Feb.   |  Feb.
                                                                       |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                       |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                       |         |         |         |         |         |
                         NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                       |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                       |         |         |         |         |         |
 Total not in the labor force..........................................|  66,857 |  67,777 |  24,127 |  24,775 |  42,730 |  43,002
  Persons who currently want a job.....................................|   5,852 |   5,836 |   2,401 |   2,284 |   3,451 |   3,551
   Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................|   1,721 |   1,838 |     802 |     826 |     919 |   1,012
    Reason not currently looking:                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
      Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................|     439 |     455 |     257 |     253 |     182 |     202
      Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................|   1,282 |   1,383 |     545 |     573 |     737 |     811
                                                                       |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                       |         |         |         |         |         |
                          MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                       |         |         |         |         |         |
 Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................|   7,740 |   7,861 |   4,123 |   4,150 |   3,617 |   3,711
     Percent of total employed.........................................|     6.3 |     6.3 |     6.2 |     6.2 |     6.3 |     6.4
                                                                       |         |         |         |         |         |
  Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................|   4,536 |   4,415 |   2,697 |   2,612 |   1,839 |   1,803
  Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................|   1,667 |   1,730 |     504 |     522 |   1,164 |   1,207
  Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................|     233 |     226 |     154 |     160 |      78 |      67
  Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................|   1,252 |   1,456 |     742 |     831 |     509 |     625
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    1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
 were available to take a job during the reference week.
    2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
 training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
    3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
 reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
 reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
 secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
 
 
    ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
    (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                  |                               |
                                                  |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                               |
                                                   _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                       Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                  | 1995  | 1995  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Total..............................|114,645|118,157|115,376|116,411|116,123|117,000|117,212|117,357|117,169|117,874
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            Total private.........................| 95,104| 98,481| 96,133| 96,763| 96,882| 97,685| 97,912| 98,029| 97,870| 98,533
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods_producing...............................| 23,643| 24,090| 23,527| 23,593| 24,324| 24,159| 24,134| 24,173| 24,114| 24,267
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Mining......................................|    572|    569|    558|    558|    588|    571|    567|    569|    568|    574
        Metal mining..............................|   49.8|   50.8|   50.7|   50.8|     51|     51|     51|     51|     51|     52
        Coal mining...............................|  108.3|  103.8|  102.9|  103.2|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
        Oil and gas extraction....................|  317.3|  311.2|  307.0|  305.5|    323|    309|    306|    308|    308|    311
        Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|   96.6|  103.0|   97.4|   98.7|    105|    105|    105|    106|    106|    107
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Construction................................|  4,677|  5,206|  4,853|  4,889|  5,213|  5,287|  5,295|  5,297|  5,314|  5,435
        General building contractors..............|1,161.6|1,228.9|1,169.7|1,163.7|  1,250|  1,230|  1,234|  1,233|  1,234|  1,249
        Heavy construction, except building.......|  611.3|  695.5|  605.0|  625.1|    740|    749|    739|    736|    727|    756
        Special trade contractors.................|2,904.5|3,281.5|3,078.4|3,100.6|  3,223|  3,308|  3,322|  3,328|  3,353|  3,430
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Manufacturing...............................| 18,394| 18,315| 18,116| 18,146| 18,523| 18,301| 18,272| 18,307| 18,232| 18,258
          Production workers......................| 12,721| 12,654| 12,486| 12,512| 12,833| 12,634| 12,616| 12,650| 12,581| 12,603
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Durable goods..............................| 10,568| 10,627| 10,532| 10,550| 10,622| 10,565| 10,553| 10,607| 10,579| 10,597
          Production workers......................|  7,242|  7,283|  7,203|  7,219|  7,288|  7,220|  7,211|  7,267|  7,237|  7,253
        Lumber and wood products..................|  751.1|  754.5|  734.3|  735.4|    766|    755|    753|    756|    749|    747
        Furniture and fixtures....................|  507.0|  499.0|  494.7|  491.6|    509|    494|    495|    497|    495|    493
        Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  523.8|  531.4|  515.7|  519.5|    545|    538|    539|    537|    536|    539
        Primary metal industries..................|  715.6|  716.5|  713.5|  712.0|    718|    711|    714|    714|    714|    713
          Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  239.0|  240.0|  237.5|  236.6|    240|    238|    239|    239|    237|    237
        Fabricated metal products.................|1,429.1|1,442.2|1,434.1|1,433.9|  1,435|  1,433|  1,433|  1,438|  1,438|  1,440
        Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,026.5|2,067.0|2,067.1|2,068.5|  2,025|  2,055|  2,061|  2,067|  2,067|  2,066
          Computer and office equipment...........|  338.9|  344.6|  344.6|  343.7|    340|    344|    344|    345|    345|    344
        Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,610.3|1,649.3|1,643.6|1,646.7|  1,613|  1,635|  1,637|  1,643|  1,645|  1,650
          Electronic components and accessories...|  564.8|  605.3|  607.2|  610.3|    565|    596|    599|    604|    607|    612
        Transportation equipment..................|1,765.0|1,735.8|1,706.9|1,716.8|  1,766|  1,713|  1,691|  1,724|  1,705|  1,719
          Motor vehicles and equipment............|  933.4|  937.7|  910.0|  920.5|    934|    933|    920|    927|    917|    920
          Aircraft and parts......................|  456.6|  439.5|  439.4|  438.0|    457|    413|    409|    437|    439|    438
        Instruments and related products..........|  849.0|  837.8|  836.8|  836.8|    849|    840|    836|    837|    838|    837
        Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  390.9|  393.6|  385.7|  388.7|    396|    391|    394|    394|    392|    393
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nondurable goods...........................|  7,826|  7,688|  7,584|  7,596|  7,901|  7,736|  7,719|  7,700|  7,653|  7,661
          Production workers......................|  5,479|  5,371|  5,283|  5,293|  5,545|  5,414|  5,405|  5,383|  5,344|  5,350
        Food and kindred products.................|1,642.3|1,664.6|1,630.6|1,632.4|  1,689|  1,683|  1,679|  1,681|  1,672|  1,678
        Tobacco products..........................|   41.3|   40.9|   40.3|   39.4|     40|     39|     38|     38|     38|     38
        Textile mill products.....................|  668.1|  637.8|  624.7|  630.9|    671|    643|    643|    638|    628|    633
        Apparel and other textile products........|  944.8|  865.8|  845.3|  853.6|    951|    884|    877|    868|    856|    859
        Paper and allied products.................|  687.9|  681.5|  677.2|  674.8|    692|    684|    682|    682|    680|    678
        Printing and publishing...................|1,558.4|1,559.0|1,543.6|1,540.3|  1,561|  1,550|  1,552|  1,550|  1,544|  1,542
        Chemicals and allied products.............|1,050.0|1,034.0|1,031.6|1,032.7|  1,054|  1,041|  1,039|  1,035|  1,036|  1,036
        Petroleum and coal products...............|  142.9|  137.1|  134.6|  134.0|    148|    141|    139|    139|    139|    138
        Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  979.1|  964.6|  956.0|  957.1|    983|    965|    966|    966|    959|    958
        Leather and leather products..............|  110.8|  102.9|  100.5|  100.3|    112|    106|    104|    103|    101|    101
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service_producing.............................| 91,002| 94,067| 91,849| 92,818| 91,799| 92,841| 93,078| 93,184| 93,055| 93,607
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Transportation and public utilities.........|  6,081|  6,298|  6,172|  6,178|  6,156|  6,217|  6,240|  6,231|  6,230|  6,246
        Transportation............................|  3,839|  4,037|  3,921|  3,937|  3,900|  3,947|  3,973|  3,968|  3,969|  3,992
          Railroad transportation.................|  237.2|  235.7|  232.9|  230.4|    242|    236|    236|    237|    237|    234
          Local and interurban passenger transit..|  442.4|  482.8|  476.3|  486.8|    431|    457|    462|    466|    466|    474
          Trucking and warehousing................|1,817.9|1,938.0|1,844.7|1,847.7|  1,871|  1,882|  1,895|  1,883|  1,888|  1,899
          Water transportation....................|  157.7|  150.6|  146.0|  145.8|    165|    155|    157|    154|    152|    152
          Transportation by air...................|  751.2|  788.8|  780.7|  783.9|    756|    774|    780|    786|    783|    788
          Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   16.8|   15.9|   15.6|   15.5|     17|     16|     16|     16|     16|     16
          Transportation services.................|  415.5|  425.5|  424.7|  427.3|    418|    427|    427|    426|    427|    429
        Communications and public utilities.......|  2,242|  2,261|  2,251|  2,241|  2,256|  2,270|  2,267|  2,263|  2,261|  2,254
          Communications..........................|1,336.0|1,364.3|1,361.6|1,356.3|  1,343|  1,367|  1,367|  1,363|  1,368|  1,363
          Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  906.4|  896.4|  888.9|  884.8|    913|    903|    900|    900|    893|    891
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Wholesale trade.............................|  6,217|  6,392|  6,347|  6,355|  6,275|  6,359|  6,373|  6,395|  6,398|  6,414
        Durable goods.............................|  3,608|  3,720|  3,710|  3,717|  3,631|  3,697|  3,708|  3,720|  3,729|  3,739
        Nondurable goods..........................|  2,609|  2,672|  2,637|  2,638|  2,644|  2,662|  2,665|  2,675|  2,669|  2,675
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                   _______________________________________________________________________________
 
    See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
    ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
    (In thousands)
 
    -Continued
 
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                                                  |                               |
                                                  |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                               |
                                                   _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                       Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                  | 1995  | 1995  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Retail trade................................| 20,288| 21,577| 20,601| 20,588| 20,794| 20,897| 20,989| 20,981| 20,921| 21,087
        Building materials and garden supplies....|  805.7|  853.8|  822.8|  813.2|    851|    853|    860|    865|    868|    859
        General merchandise stores................|2,472.0|2,796.5|2,550.1|2,481.3|  2,545|  2,556|  2,553|  2,517|  2,495|  2,555
          Department stores.......................|2,159.9|2,450.1|2,238.4|2,184.4|  2,223|  2,245|  2,239|  2,207|  2,188|  2,247
        Food stores...............................|3,293.3|3,457.4|3,378.7|3,362.8|  3,328|  3,372|  3,394|  3,400|  3,396|  3,400
        Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,160.3|2,236.1|2,224.0|2,237.2|  2,191|  2,231|  2,237|  2,250|  2,253|  2,267
          New and used car dealers................|  989.3|1,014.5|1,014.7|1,022.4|    996|  1,008|  1,013|  1,018|  1,021|  1,028
        Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,084.3|1,172.9|1,084.6|1,048.4|  1,118|  1,074|  1,086|  1,071|  1,077|  1,080
        Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  931.7|1,006.6|  982.5|  979.4|    936|    962|    966|    967|    975|    983
        Eating and drinking places................|6,959.3|7,242.8|6,938.9|7,049.0|  7,221|  7,236|  7,262|  7,279|  7,243|  7,305
        Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,581.3|2,811.3|2,619.3|2,616.5|  2,604|  2,613|  2,631|  2,632|  2,614|  2,638
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,860|  6,987|  6,941|  6,963|  6,929|  6,977|  6,991|  7,001|  7,003|  7,028
        Finance...................................|  3,298|  3,343|  3,340|  3,350|  3,312|  3,325|  3,337|  3,342|  3,352|  3,361
          Depository institutions.................|2,056.5|2,049.5|2,046.9|2,042.0|  2,066|  2,048|  2,051|  2,047|  2,051|  2,050
            Commercial banks......................|1,489.0|1,491.5|1,489.5|1,485.9|  1,497|  1,489|  1,492|  1,492|  1,494|  1,493
            Savings institutions..................|  290.4|  273.5|  271.3|  269.8|    291|    277|    276|    273|    272|    270
          Nondepository institutions..............|  475.3|  507.8|  509.6|  516.7|    475|    497|    503|    509|    511|    517
            Mortgage bankers and brokers..........|  223.8|  240.8|  243.3|  247.0|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)
          Security and commodity brokers..........|  528.5|  534.0|  534.4|  536.8|    532|    532|    533|    535|    537|    539
          Holding and other investment offices....|  238.0|  251.2|  249.5|  254.9|    239|    248|    250|    251|    253|    255
        Insurance.................................|  2,228|  2,254|  2,254|  2,257|  2,233|  2,253|  2,252|  2,256|  2,258|  2,262
          Insurance carriers......................|1,530.9|1,542.0|1,541.7|1,543.1|  1,534|  1,543|  1,542|  1,544|  1,545|  1,546
          Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  697.2|  711.5|  712.0|  714.0|    699|    710|    710|    712|    713|    716
        Real estate...............................|  1,334|  1,390|  1,347|  1,356|  1,384|  1,399|  1,402|  1,403|  1,393|  1,405
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Services3/..................................| 32,015| 33,137| 32,545| 33,086| 32,404| 33,076| 33,185| 33,248| 33,204| 33,491
        Agricultural services.....................|  483.8|  549.9|  504.6|  508.1|    580|    593|    593|    599|    601|    609
        Hotels and other lodging places...........|  1,532|  1,565|  1,538|  1,556|  1,614|  1,621|  1,630|  1,629|  1,629|  1,638
        Personal services.........................|  1,222|  1,128|  1,196|  1,233|  1,160|  1,138|  1,139|  1,140|  1,149|  1,169
        Business services.........................|  6,385|  6,871|  6,610|  6,733|  6,555|  6,752|  6,769|  6,803|  6,772|  6,898
          Services to buildings...................|    855|    893|    875|    899|    870|    889|    890|    896|    889|    913
          Personnel supply services...............|  2,279|  2,518|  2,298|  2,364|  2,427|  2,446|  2,450|  2,459|  2,430|  2,512
            Help supply services..................|  2,015|  2,228|  2,030|  2,090|  2,152|  2,170|  2,168|  2,175|  2,149|  2,228
          Computer and data processing services...|  1,010|  1,103|  1,102|  1,117|  1,006|  1,081|  1,089|  1,101|  1,099|  1,113
        Auto repair, services, and parking........|  1,002|  1,047|  1,045|  1,061|  1,010|  1,039|  1,043|  1,053|  1,058|  1,068
        Miscellaneous repair services.............|    338|    345|    340|    344|    342|    341|    342|    347|    344|    348
        Motion pictures...........................|    565|    589|    586|    588|    566|    596|    593|    584|    591|    588
        Amusement and recreation services.........|  1,258|  1,322|  1,264|  1,307|  1,398|  1,485|  1,500|  1,469|  1,453|  1,467
        Health services...........................|  9,143|  9,412|  9,377|  9,424|  9,168|  9,349|  9,386|  9,403|  9,406|  9,452
          Offices and clinics of medical doctors..|  1,564|  1,617|  1,607|  1,616|  1,570|  1,600|  1,609|  1,616|  1,613|  1,623
          Nursing and personal care facilities....|  1,671|  1,718|  1,713|  1,720|  1,676|  1,706|  1,713|  1,716|  1,718|  1,724
          Hospitals...............................|  3,790|  3,838|  3,835|  3,845|  3,796|  3,832|  3,833|  3,838|  3,839|  3,853
          Home health care services...............|    592|    630|    618|    624|    596|    622|    626|    630|    625|    629
        Legal services............................|    926|    930|    927|    926|    932|    930|    930|    932|    931|    931
        Educational services......................|  1,974|  2,002|  1,848|  2,014|  1,864|  1,892|  1,890|  1,898|  1,880|  1,902
        Social services...........................|  2,250|  2,309|  2,285|  2,311|  2,254|  2,291|  2,293|  2,298|  2,296|  2,311
          Child day care services.................|    528|    541|    532|    540|    517|    525|    525|    527|    525|    529
          Residential care........................|    623|    642|    641|    645|    626|    640|    640|    642|    644|    647
        Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          gardens.................................|     73|     80|     76|     75|     81|     82|     83|     83|     84|     83
        Membership organizations..................|  2,040|  2,051|  2,025|  2,044|  2,060|  2,052|  2,060|  2,063|  2,060|  2,065
        Engineering and management services.......|  2,650|  2,763|  2,753|  2,790|  2,648|  2,743|  2,762|  2,774|  2,778|  2,790
          Engineering and architectural services..|    784|    812|    802|    802|    795|    810|    813|    816|    811|    813
          Management and public relations.........|    758|    837|    825|    832|    762|    826|    835|    841|    839|    839
        Services, nec.............................|   40.8|   41.9|   40.9|   40.9|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Government..................................| 19,541| 19,676| 19,243| 19,648| 19,241| 19,315| 19,300| 19,328| 19,299| 19,341
        Federal...................................|  2,823|  2,819|  2,768|  2,772|  2,831|  2,801|  2,800|  2,799|  2,788|  2,783
          Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,990.8|1,924.3|1,914.1|1,920.1|  1,997|  1,952|  1,946|  1,942|  1,935|  1,930
        State.....................................|  4,706|  4,680|  4,522|  4,698|  4,610|  4,600|  4,599|  4,591|  4,580|  4,599
          Education...............................|2,018.9|2,030.2|1,872.9|2,041.4|  1,901|  1,917|  1,919|  1,915|  1,907|  1,924
          Other State government..................|2,687.0|2,649.7|2,649.3|2,656.2|  2,709|  2,683|  2,680|  2,676|  2,673|  2,675
        Local.....................................| 12,012| 12,177| 11,953| 12,178| 11,800| 11,914| 11,901| 11,938| 11,931| 11,959
          Education...............................|6,924.9|7,017.2|6,824.3|7,030.7|  6,591|  6,663|  6,670|  6,683|  6,671|  6,690
          Other local government..................|5,086.7|5,160.1|5,128.2|5,147.4|  5,209|  5,251|  5,231|  5,255|  5,260|  5,269
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
       1/  These series are not published seasonally adjusted        because it has very little irregular movement.  Thus,
    because the seasonal component, which is small relative          the not seasonally adjusted series can be used
    to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot              for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends.
    be separated with sufficient precision.                             3/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       2/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment           p = preliminary.
 
 
 
    ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                           1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                  |                               |
                                                  |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                               |
                                                   _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                       Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                  | 1995  | 1995  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
          Total private...........................|  34.2 |  34.5 |  33.4 |  34.1 |  34.6 |  34.6 |  34.4 |  34.3 |  33.7 |  34.5
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Goods_producing...............................|  40.7 |  41.1 |  39.0 |  40.4 |  41.4 |  41.0 |  40.9 |  40.6 |  39.4 |  41.0
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Mining......................................|  44.4 |  44.9 |  43.6 |  45.1 |  44.9 |  45.0 |  44.3 |  44.6 |  43.7 |  45.6
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Construction................................|  36.9 |  38.0 |  35.8 |  37.1 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Manufacturing...............................|  41.7 |  42.0 |  39.8 |  41.2 |  42.1 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.2 |  39.9 |  41.6
           Overtime hours.........................|   4.5 |   4.6 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.8 |   4.4 |   4.4 |   4.3 |   4.1 |   4.5
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Durable goods.............................|  42.6 |  42.8 |  40.8 |  42.1 |  43.0 |  42.4 |  42.4 |  41.9 |  40.9 |  42.4
           Overtime hours.........................|   4.9 |   5.1 |   4.3 |   4.5 |   5.2 |   4.7 |   4.7 |   4.6 |   4.5 |   4.7
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Lumber and wood products.................|  40.0 |  40.4 |  38.6 |  39.8 |  40.9 |  40.9 |  40.6 |  40.0 |  39.0 |  40.6
         Furniture and fixtures...................|  39.7 |  40.7 |  35.7 |  38.6 |  40.5 |  39.5 |  39.7 |  39.5 |  35.8 |  39.4
         Stone, clay, and glass products..........|  41.9 |  42.6 |  40.9 |  42.4 |  43.3 |  43.1 |  42.9 |  42.8 |  42.0 |  43.7
         Primary metal industries.................|  44.6 |  44.4 |  43.2 |  44.0 |  44.8 |  43.9 |  44.0 |  43.7 |  43.1 |  44.1
           Blast furnaces and basic steel products|  45.0 |  44.7 |  44.3 |  44.4 |  45.4 |  44.4 |  44.7 |  44.3 |  44.5 |  44.8
         Fabricated metal products................|  42.7 |  43.2 |  40.9 |  41.9 |  43.1 |  42.3 |  42.3 |  42.1 |  40.9 |  42.1
         Industrial machinery and equipment.......|  44.0 |  44.0 |  42.2 |  43.4 |  44.0 |  43.1 |  43.5 |  43.0 |  42.0 |  43.4
         Electronic and other electrical equipment|  41.5 |  42.2 |  40.3 |  41.5 |  41.9 |  42.1 |  41.7 |  41.1 |  40.1 |  41.8
         Transportation equipment.................|  44.4 |  43.8 |  42.4 |  43.5 |  44.7 |  43.6 |  43.9 |  42.8 |  42.5 |  43.6
           Motor vehicles and equipment...........|  45.9 |  45.4 |  43.3 |  44.1 |  46.1 |  44.7 |  45.0 |  44.4 |  43.5 |  44.0
         Instruments and related products.........|  41.5 |  42.1 |  40.4 |  41.9 |  41.7 |  41.4 |  41.5 |  41.2 |  40.2 |  42.0
         Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  39.8 |  40.0 |  37.4 |  39.3 |  40.2 |  39.8 |  39.7 |  39.4 |  37.7 |  39.7
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Nondurable goods..........................|  40.5 |  40.8 |  38.4 |  40.1 |  41.0 |  40.3 |  40.4 |  40.2 |  38.6 |  40.6
           Overtime hours.........................|   3.9 |   4.1 |   3.5 |   3.8 |   4.3 |   3.9 |   4.0 |   3.9 |   3.7 |   4.2
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Food and kindred products................|  40.5 |  41.3 |  39.2 |  40.3 |  41.3 |  40.9 |  40.7 |  40.6 |  39.6 |  41.1
         Tobacco products.........................|  38.6 |  39.1 |  35.8 |  39.5 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
         Textile mill products....................|  41.2 |  40.6 |  36.0 |  40.3 |  41.9 |  40.4 |  40.6 |  40.2 |  36.1 |  40.9
         Apparel and other textile products.......|  37.3 |  37.2 |  33.1 |  36.7 |  37.7 |  36.6 |  36.6 |  36.8 |  33.3 |  37.0
         Paper and allied products................|  43.3 |  43.7 |  41.7 |  42.7 |  43.9 |  42.8 |  43.2 |  42.9 |  41.7 |  43.1
         Printing and publishing..................|  38.1 |  38.4 |  36.6 |  37.7 |  38.5 |  38.0 |  38.2 |  37.8 |  37.0 |  38.0
         Chemicals and allied products............|  43.2 |  44.0 |  42.7 |  43.6 |  43.4 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  42.7 |  43.8
         Petroleum and coal products..............|  44.4 |  43.2 |  42.9 |  42.4 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
         Rubber and misc. plastics products.......|  42.0 |  42.1 |  40.3 |  41.2 |  42.3 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  40.2 |  41.4
         Leather and leather products.............|  38.0 |  38.1 |  35.0 |  37.7 |  38.4 |  38.1 |  37.7 |  37.6 |  35.1 |  38.1
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    Service_producing.............................|  32.4 |  32.7 |  31.9 |  32.5 |  32.7 |  32.9 |  32.7 |  32.6 |  32.2 |  32.8
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Transportation and public utilities.........|  39.3 |  39.6 |  38.4 |  39.4 |  39.7 |  39.5 |  39.5 |  39.6 |  38.8 |  39.8
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Wholesale trade.............................|  38.1 |  38.2 |  37.7 |  38.1 |  38.4 |  38.4 |  38.2 |  38.1 |  37.9 |  38.3
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Retail trade................................|  28.1 |  29.1 |  27.5 |  28.4 |  28.8 |  28.9 |  28.8 |  28.7 |  28.2 |  29.1
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  35.7 |  35.7 |  35.5 |  35.8 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Services....................................|  32.3 |  32.3 |  31.8 |  32.2 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
       1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             2/  These series are not published seasonally
    manufacturing; construction workers in construction;            adjusted since the seasonal component, which is small
    and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
    public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   components, cannot be separated with sufficient
    finance,insurance, and real estate; and services.               precision.
    These groups account for approximately four-fifths                 p = preliminary.
    of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
            ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                 1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
            payrolls by industry
 
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                                                          |                               |
                                                          |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                          |                               |
                                                           _______________________________ _______________________________
                               Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                          | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                          | 1995  | 1995  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                  Total private...........................|$11.36 |$11.63 |$11.73 |$11.69 |$388.51|$401.24|$391.78|$398.63
                   Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.32 | 11.61 | 11.66 | 11.65 | 391.67| 398.22| 392.94| 401.93
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            Goods_producing...............................| 12.82 | 13.20 | 13.27 | 13.20 | 521.77| 542.52| 517.53| 533.28
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Mining......................................| 15.26 | 15.57 | 15.66 | 15.67 | 677.54| 699.09| 682.78| 706.72
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Construction................................| 14.82 | 15.09 | 15.28 | 15.20 | 546.86| 573.42| 547.02| 563.92
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Manufacturing...............................| 12.24 | 12.58 | 12.66 | 12.58 | 510.41| 528.36| 503.87| 518.30
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                Durable goods.............................| 12.83 | 13.09 | 13.14 | 13.11 | 546.56| 560.25| 536.11| 551.93
                 Lumber and wood products.................|  9.94 | 10.29 | 10.28 | 10.24 | 397.60| 415.72| 396.81| 407.55
                 Furniture and fixtures...................|  9.66 |  9.99 | 10.01 |  9.96 | 383.50| 406.59| 357.36| 384.46
                 Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.23 | 12.52 | 12.62 | 12.58 | 512.44| 533.35| 516.16| 533.39
                 Primary metal industries.................| 14.43 | 14.67 | 14.81 | 14.72 | 643.58| 651.35| 639.79| 647.68
                   Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.09 | 17.36 | 17.67 | 17.56 | 769.05| 775.99| 782.78| 779.66
                 Fabricated metal products................| 12.03 | 12.39 | 12.37 | 12.31 | 513.68| 535.25| 505.93| 515.79
                 Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.15 | 13.45 | 13.44 | 13.42 | 578.60| 591.80| 567.17| 582.43
                 Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.53 | 11.91 | 11.93 | 11.85 | 478.50| 502.60| 480.78| 491.78
                 Transportation equipment.................| 16.71 | 16.80 | 16.83 | 16.92 | 741.92| 735.84| 713.59| 736.02
                   Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.26 | 17.48 | 17.34 | 17.45 | 792.23| 793.59| 750.82| 769.55
                 Instruments and related products.........| 12.63 | 12.91 | 13.00 | 12.96 | 524.15| 543.51| 525.20| 543.02
                 Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  9.94 | 10.24 | 10.27 | 10.20 | 395.61| 409.60| 384.10| 400.86
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                Nondurable goods..........................| 11.43 | 11.86 | 11.95 | 11.83 | 462.92| 483.89| 458.88| 474.38
                 Food and kindred products................| 10.83 | 11.18 | 11.10 | 11.04 | 438.62| 461.73| 435.12| 444.91
                 Tobacco products.........................| 19.67 | 18.10 | 18.96 | 18.82 | 759.26| 707.71| 678.77| 743.39
                 Textile mill products....................|  9.31 |  9.57 |  9.56 |  9.53 | 383.57| 388.54| 344.16| 384.06
                 Apparel and other textile products.......|  7.48 |  7.81 |  7.86 |  7.81 | 279.00| 290.53| 260.17| 286.63
                 Paper and allied products................| 14.02 | 14.52 | 14.61 | 14.49 | 607.07| 634.52| 609.24| 618.72
                 Printing and publishing..................| 12.24 | 12.47 | 12.47 | 12.48 | 466.34| 478.85| 456.40| 470.50
                 Chemicals and allied products............| 15.42 | 16.09 | 16.16 | 16.05 | 666.14| 707.96| 690.03| 699.78
                 Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.55 | 19.45 | 19.39 | 19.27 | 868.02| 840.24| 831.83| 817.05
                 Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.76 | 11.16 | 11.16 | 11.19 | 451.92| 469.84| 449.75| 461.03
                 Leather and leather products.............|  8.14 |  8.37 |  8.54 |  8.39 | 309.32| 318.90| 298.90| 316.30
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            Service_producing.............................| 10.86 | 11.10 | 11.22 | 11.19 | 351.86| 362.97| 357.92| 363.68
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.04 | 14.43 | 14.47 | 14.44 | 551.77| 571.43| 555.65| 568.94
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Wholesale trade.............................| 12.28 | 12.58 | 12.61 | 12.56 | 467.87| 480.56| 475.40| 478.54
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Retail trade................................|  7.63 |  7.81 |  7.91 |  7.83 | 214.40| 227.27| 217.53| 222.37
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.19 | 12.57 | 12.63 | 12.70 | 435.18| 448.75| 448.37| 454.66
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Services....................................| 11.38 | 11.69 | 11.76 | 11.74 | 367.57| 377.59| 373.97| 378.03
                                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
               1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                            1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                  payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                  _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                                Industry               | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  |   from:
                                                       | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1996p/ |1996p/ |Jan. 1996-
                                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Feb. 1996
                                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                  _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                  Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                     Current dollars...................| $11.32| $11.59| $11.58| $11.61| $11.66| $11.65|    -0.1
                     Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.40|   7.44|   7.43|   7.44|   7.44|  N.A. |    (3)
                                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                  Goods_producing......................|  12.89|  13.14|  13.16|  13.16|  13.33|  13.29|     -.3
                    Mining.............................|  15.12|  15.50|  15.44|  15.55|  15.49|  15.53|      .3
                    Construction.......................|  14.88|  15.14|  15.17|  15.09|  15.37|  15.28|     -.6
                    Manufacturing......................|  12.24|  12.45|  12.47|  12.49|  12.63|  12.58|     -.4
                      Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.60|  11.84|  11.84|  11.87|  12.01|  11.95|     -.5
                                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                  Service_producing....................|  10.76|  11.06|  11.04|  11.09|  11.11|  11.09|     -.2
                    Transportation and public utilities|  14.00|  14.44|  14.41|  14.39|  14.41|  14.40|     -.1
                    Wholesale trade....................|  12.24|  12.53|  12.50|  12.57|  12.55|  12.52|     -.2
                    Retail trade.......................|   7.60|   7.76|   7.78|   7.82|   7.86|   7.80|     -.8
                    Finance, insurance, and real estate|  12.09|  12.56|  12.51|  12.53|  12.52|  12.60|      .6
                    Services...........................|  11.28|  11.56|  11.55|  11.61|  11.62|  11.64|      .2
                                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                  _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                     1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
                     2/  The Consumer Price Index for Urban
                  Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
                  used to deflate this series.
                     3/  Change was .0 percent from December
                  1995 to January 1996, 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
 
                                                                                              1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
          by industry
 
          (1982=100)
 
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                                                        |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
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                             Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                        |Feb. |Dec. | Jan.  | Feb.  |Feb. |Oct. |Nov. |Dec. | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                        |1995 |1995 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1995 |1995 |1995 |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
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                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                Total private...........................|128.0|134.3| 126.4 | 130.2 |132.4|133.8|133.3|132.9| 130.3 | 134.5
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Goods_producing...............................|105.8|109.5| 100.8 | 104.8 |111.7|109.7|109.3|108.6| 105.1 | 110.4
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Mining.......................................| 52.4| 53.5|  50.9 |  52.6 | 54.7| 53.7| 52.3| 53.1|  52.1 |  55.0
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Construction.................................|118.0|138.0| 119.0 | 124.4 |142.1|145.4|144.0|142.2| 139.2 | 148.9
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Manufacturing................................|106.9|107.1| 100.2 | 104.1 |109.0|105.7|105.7|105.1| 101.3 | 105.8
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
            Durable goods...............................|107.5|108.7| 102.6 | 106.0 |109.2|106.7|106.7|106.3| 103.2 | 107.3
             Lumber and wood products...................|130.8|132.3| 122.7 | 126.6 |136.9|134.1|132.7|131.5| 126.0 | 131.6
             Furniture and fixtures.....................|125.5|126.1| 109.7 | 117.9 |128.6|121.1|122.0|122.0| 110.0 | 120.5
             Stone, clay, and glass products............|101.8|106.0|  98.1 | 102.7 |110.4|108.9|108.4|107.9| 105.4 | 110.7
             Primary metal industries...................| 94.0| 93.6|  90.9 |  92.2 | 94.4| 91.7| 92.4| 91.9|  90.5 |  92.4
               Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 73.7| 73.5|  72.1 |  72.0 | 74.6| 72.1| 73.0| 72.4|  72.3 |  72.8
             Fabricated metal products..................|113.8|116.1| 109.0 | 111.6 |115.6|112.7|112.8|112.6| 109.4 | 112.7
             Industrial machinery and equipment.........|103.2|105.5| 101.0 | 103.9 |102.9|102.5|103.8|103.0| 100.5 | 103.5
             Electronic and other electrical equipment..|107.4|110.5| 105.0 | 108.5 |108.9|109.0|108.4|106.9| 104.5 | 109.6
             Transportation equipment...................|121.1|118.4| 112.7 | 116.5 |121.8|115.0|113.8|114.9| 112.9 | 116.8
               Motor vehicles and equipment.............|161.7|162.2| 150.3 | 155.1 |162.6|157.7|156.2|156.6| 152.8 | 154.6
             Instruments and related products...........| 74.1| 74.9|  71.6 |  74.6 | 74.5| 73.8| 73.6| 73.1|  71.2 |  74.7
             Miscellaneous manufacturing................|103.6|104.5|  95.5 | 101.0 |106.4|103.4|103.9|103.5|  98.3 | 103.5
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
            Nondurable goods............................|106.1|104.8|  97.0 | 101.4 |108.7|104.3|104.3|103.5|  98.6 | 103.7
             Food and kindred products..................|109.5|113.7| 105.5 | 108.4 |115.5|114.0|113.5|113.4| 110.0 | 114.5
             Tobacco products...........................| 60.8| 61.4|  55.7 |  59.5 | 60.9| 55.6| 58.4| 55.2|  51.9 |  58.6
             Textile mill products......................| 96.7| 90.9|  78.7 |  89.3 | 98.9| 91.0| 91.6| 89.9|  79.2 |  91.1
             Apparel and other textile products.........| 86.5| 77.8|  67.3 |  75.5 | 88.0| 78.5| 77.6| 77.1|  68.7 |  76.6
             Paper and allied products..................|110.0|110.1| 104.3 | 106.7 |112.4|108.3|108.9|108.1| 104.9 | 108.4
             Printing and publishing....................|125.4|126.7| 119.2 | 122.0 |126.9|124.2|125.3|123.6| 120.4 | 123.2
             Chemicals and allied products..............|102.1|104.2| 100.7 | 102.6 |102.8|103.3|103.1|102.6| 101.2 | 103.4
             Petroleum and coal products................| 77.2| 71.5|  69.9 |  69.1 | 81.4| 75.6| 73.6| 73.6|  73.9 |  72.9
             Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|145.3|142.9| 135.3 | 138.4 |146.9|141.0|141.4|140.5| 135.5 | 138.9
             Leather and leather products...............| 50.9| 47.0|  41.9 |  45.3 | 51.9| 48.6| 47.5| 46.2|  42.1 |  46.2
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Service_producing.............................|138.0|145.4| 137.9 | 141.6 |141.6|144.6|144.0|143.8| 141.7 | 145.3
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Transportation and public utilities..........|122.1|128.4| 121.5 | 125.7 |125.0|126.0|126.5|126.9| 124.3 | 128.7
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Wholesale trade..............................|117.1|121.2| 118.2 | 119.8 |119.5|121.2|120.7|120.8| 120.2 | 121.7
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Retail trade.................................|123.2|136.0| 122.3 | 125.8 |129.6|130.6|130.5|130.0| 127.4 | 132.5
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           Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|123.0|125.7| 124.0 | 125.2 |124.0|128.4|125.8|125.8| 123.8 | 126.7
                                                        |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Services.....................................|163.9|169.9| 163.9 | 168.7 |166.6|171.7|170.8|170.6| 168.4 | 171.5
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             1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
 
 
 
       ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
       (Percent)
 
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              TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
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                              |
                              |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
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                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            1992..............|  42.3 |  45.2 |  50.1 |  57.3 |  53.7 |  48.2 |  53.5 |  49.6 |  53.4 |  57.0 |  52.2 |  58.1
            1993..............|  57.6 |  61.5 |  51.4 |  58.3 |  61.4 |  55.1 |  57.7 |  56.3 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  61.1 |  60.7
            1994..............|  60.0 |  63.3 |  65.9 |  62.4 |  58.0 |  63.8 |  60.5 |  61.5 |  60.7 |  61.1 |  65.3 |  61.1
            1995..............|  60.3 |  61.7 |  57.6 |  51.3 |  46.2 |  55.3 |  48.5 |  54.9 |  50.6 |  53.7 |  57.9 |  57.2
            1996..............|p/47.1 |p/60.8 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            1992..............|  40.2 |  42.6 |  50.7 |  56.3 |  56.3 |  54.6 |  50.6 |  51.3 |  52.5 |  54.9 |  58.7 |  59.1
            1993..............|  64.0 |  61.2 |  61.8 |  58.8 |  61.4 |  61.8 |  59.3 |  61.8 |  62.6 |  66.7 |  65.7 |  63.6
            1994..............|  68.8 |  70.9 |  69.8 |  67.1 |  66.0 |  66.0 |  68.4 |  68.3 |  67.8 |  67.3 |  68.1 |  67.4
            1995..............|  66.4 |  64.9 |  57.9 |  49.3 |  50.6 |  47.9 |  52.8 |  50.3 |  52.5 |  54.4 |  57.6 |p/55.1
            1996..............|p/57.4 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            1992..............|  43.4 |  46.2 |  46.3 |  50.8 |  55.1 |  55.3 |  52.7 |  52.2 |  56.7 |  55.9 |  63.6 |  63.2
            1993..............|  63.2 |  63.8 |  62.8 |  64.2 |  60.8 |  63.9 |  64.5 |  64.7 |  66.2 |  67.3 |  70.8 |  70.8
            1994..............|  71.2 |  70.2 |  70.5 |  69.5 |  69.8 |  69.1 |  70.5 |  70.9 |  69.0 |  69.0 |  67.4 |  67.0
            1995..............|  65.9 |  58.8 |  56.3 |  52.2 |  49.2 |  49.6 |  50.3 |  56.0 |  53.2 |p/53.5 |p/57.3 |
            1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  61.4 |  62.9 |  62.9
            1993..............|  64.9 |  63.9 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  67.0 |  67.6 |  67.6 |  67.0 |  70.2 |  69.4 |  68.8 |  69.4
            1994..............|  68.4 |  70.8 |  71.9 |  70.2 |  69.5 |  69.7 |  70.4 |  70.8 |  70.4 |  70.2 |  66.0 |  64.0
            1995..............|  63.1 |  60.8 |  58.1 |  58.3 |  56.6 |  55.9 |p/54.1 |p/55.6 |       |       |       |
            1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                              |
                              |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
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                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            1992..............|  37.1 |  40.3 |  46.0 |  57.2 |  48.2 |  46.0 |  56.1 |  42.8 |  50.7 |  47.5 |  51.4 |  52.5
            1993..............|  52.2 |  57.9 |  52.9 |  44.2 |  51.4 |  46.0 |  50.7 |  48.6 |  56.1 |  54.7 |  56.5 |  54.3
            1994..............|  59.4 |  61.2 |  59.4 |  56.5 |  55.0 |  59.0 |  54.0 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  59.4 |  59.0 |  57.6
            1995..............|  56.8 |  54.7 |  49.6 |  44.2 |  36.7 |  41.7 |  39.6 |  46.8 |  40.3 |  50.4 |  43.9 |  48.6
            1996..............|p/42.8 |p/47.5 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            1992..............|  29.9 |  36.0 |  45.0 |  51.4 |  52.2 |  54.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  43.9 |  49.6 |  51.4 |  53.6
            1993..............|  60.8 |  60.4 |  57.2 |  46.4 |  46.4 |  50.7 |  49.6 |  54.3 |  53.2 |  60.1 |  56.1 |  57.6
            1994..............|  65.1 |  66.5 |  64.4 |  59.0 |  58.6 |  58.3 |  61.5 |  59.0 |  61.5 |  60.4 |  64.0 |  62.2
            1995..............|  61.5 |  56.1 |  47.1 |  35.6 |  32.4 |  28.8 |  32.7 |  33.1 |  41.0 |  39.6 |  44.2 |p/39.2
            1996..............|p/38.1 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            1992..............|  33.5 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  47.5 |  51.8 |  52.5 |  47.5 |  48.9 |  52.5 |  47.1 |  57.9 |  58.3
            1993..............|  57.6 |  56.5 |  56.1 |  55.0 |  49.3 |  52.2 |  55.4 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  57.6 |  65.1 |  62.9
            1994..............|  61.9 |  62.9 |  64.4 |  61.5 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  62.2 |  62.6 |  61.5 |  64.0 |  61.5 |  61.5
            1995..............|  57.2 |  47.1 |  40.3 |  32.7 |  26.6 |  25.9 |  29.9 |  32.7 |  33.5 |p/35.6 |p/35.6 |
            1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
            1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  58.3 |  56.5
            1993..............|  56.8 |  57.9 |  55.8 |  58.6 |  57.2 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  59.0 |  61.2 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  59.4
            1994..............|  58.3 |  59.7 |  61.9 |  61.5 |  61.5 |  61.5 |  61.9 |  63.3 |  61.5 |  59.7 |  56.5 |  49.6
            1995..............|  46.8 |  43.2 |  40.6 |  37.1 |  34.9 |  33.5 |p/28.8 |p/28.8 |       |       |       |
            1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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          1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
        and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month          with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
        span. Data are centered within the span.                        indicates an equal balance between industries with
          p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
          NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with