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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  DECEMBER 1999
                                     
                                     
   Employment rose in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at
4.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 315,000.  Job
growth occurred throughout the service-producing sector and in
construction, while manufacturing employment was little changed.  Average
hourly earnings rose by 6 cents in December following a rise of 1 cent in
November and have increased by 3.7 percent over the year.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons was essentially unchanged at 5.7
million in December, and the unemployment rate was 4.1 percent for the
third consecutive month.  The jobless rate moved downward in 1999; the
fourth quarter average of 4.1 percent was down from 4.4 percent in the
fourth quarter of 1998. Unemployment rates for all the major worker
groups--adult men (3.3 percent), adult women (3.6 percent), teenagers (13.8
percent), whites (3.5 percent), blacks (7.9 percent), and Hispanics (5.9
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)
   
   The number of persons in the civilian labor force, 140.1 million, was
little changed in December, as was the labor force participation rate, at
67.1 percent.  Total employment rose to 134.4 million.  The employment-
population ratio--the proportion of the population age 16 and older with
jobs--was 64.4 percent in December, matching its all-time high first reached
in January 1999.  (See table A-1.)
   
   About 8.0 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in December.  These multiple jobholders represented 6.0 percent of the
total employed, compared with 6.2 percent in December 1998.  (See table A-10.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force
in December totaled 1.1 million (not seasonally adjusted).  These people
wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the
prior 12 months.  They are not counted as unemployed because they had not
   
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 |  Seasonally adjusted household survey data have been revised to    |
 |incorporate updated seasonal adjustment factors that reflect the    |
 |1999 experience; data back to January 1995 were subject to revision.|
 |The unemployment rates for January-December 1999, as originally     |
 |published and as revised, appear on page 5, along with additional   |
 |information on the revisions.                                       |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Nov.-
      Category        |      1999       |           1999           | Dec.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   III  |   IV   |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 139,394| 139,880| 139,697| 139,834| 140,108|    274
  Employment..........| 133,526| 134,153| 133,940| 134,098| 134,420|    322
  Unemployment........|   5,868|   5,727|   5,757|   5,736|   5,688|    -48
Not in labor force....|  68,650|  68,780|  68,786|  68,832|  68,724|   -108
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.2|     4.1|     4.1|     4.1|     4.1|     .0
  Adult men...........|     3.5|     3.4|     3.5|     3.3|     3.3|     .0
  Adult women.........|     3.8|     3.6|     3.5|     3.6|     3.6|     .0
  Teenagers...........|    13.8|    13.8|    13.8|    14.0|    13.8|   -0.2
  White...............|     3.7|     3.5|     3.5|     3.5|     3.5|     .0
  Black...............|     8.2|     8.1|     8.3|     8.0|     7.9|    -.1
  Hispanic origin.....|     6.4|     6.1|     6.3|     6.1|     5.9|    -.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 128,936|p129,585| 129,332|p129,554|p129,869|   p315
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,194| p25,245|  25,198| p25,260| p25,277|    p17
    Construction......|   6,270|  p6,356|   6,314|  p6,369|  p6,385|    p16
    Manufacturing.....|  18,398| p18,361|  18,356| p18,364| p18,363|    p-1
  Service-producing 1/| 103,743|p104,340| 104,134|p104,294|p104,592|   p298
    Retail trade......|  22,884| p22,910|  22,891| p22,887| p22,952|    p65
    Services..........|  39,172| p39,544|  39,433| p39,545| p39,654|   p109
    Government........|  20,194| p20,272|  20,237| p20,258| p20,322|    p64
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|   p34.5|    34.5|   p34.5|   p34.5|    p.0
  Manufacturing.......|    41.8|   p41.7|    41.8|   p41.7|   p41.7|    p.0
    Overtime..........|     4.7|    p4.7|     4.7|    p4.6|    p4.7|   p0.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   148.3|  p149.1|   148.8|  p149.2|  p149.3|   p0.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.31| p$13.42|  $13.39| p$13.40| p$13.46| p$0.06
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  458.64| p462.88|  461.96| p462.30| p464.37|  p2.07
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p=preliminary.
    NOTE:  Seasonally adjusted household data have been revised.  See note
    on page 5.

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searched for employment in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of
discouraged workers was 267,000 in December.  These people, a subset of the
marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically
because they believed no jobs were available for them.  (See table A-10.)
   
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 315,000 in December to 129.9
million, after seasonal adjustment.  Job growth in 1999 totaled 2.7 million
or 2.1 percent; this compares to a 2.4 percent gain in 1998.  Private-
sector payroll employment rose by 251,000 over the month.  (See table B-1.)
   
   The services industry added 109,000 jobs in December.  Employment in
business services rose by 77,000 over the month, with job gains in
personnel supply services (27,000) and computer and data processing
services (13,000).  Engineering and management services added 23,000 jobs.
Both business services and engineering and management services had much
smaller increases in November.  Health services employment grew by 16,000
in December, the second consecutive month with an above-average increase
for the industry.  Employment in two services industries that tend to
experience large seasonal fluctuations in demand--agricultural services and
amusements and recreation--declined in December.
   
   Employment in retail trade rose by 65,000 in December.  Over the year,
retail employment increased by 427,000, or 1.9 percent, slightly above the
1.7 percent gain in 1998.  In December, job gains were concentrated in
general merchandise stores (34,000) and eating and drinking places
(27,000).  December's job gain in general merchandise stores was the first
increase since April 1999.  Employment in eating and drinking places
fluctuated in 1999 but remained on an upward trend.  Wholesale trade
employment increased by 16,000 in December, in line with its average for
the prior 12 months.  Growth in the industry was concentrated in durable
goods distribution.
   
   Transportation and public utilities added 32,000 jobs in December,
twice the average for the prior 12 months.  Within transportation, air
transportation, which moves packages as well as passengers, added 14,000
jobs, and trucking and warehousing added 9,000.
   
   Finance, insurance, and real estate added 12,000 jobs in December,
mostly in finance.  Within finance, employment in security and commodity
brokerages grew by 5,000.  Employment in real estate was little changed in
December, following gains over the previous 2 months totaling 14,000.
   
   Employment in government rose by 64,000 in December, after seasonal
adjustment.  Much of the gain was in local government education, where
there had been little net change over the prior 3 months.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, construction employment rose by 16,000
in December, following a much larger gain in November.  Most of the
December increase was in heavy construction.

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   In December, for the second straight month, manufacturing employment
was little changed.  Over the year, manufacturing lost 248,000 jobs, with
most of the decline occurring during the first half of the year.  In
durable goods, aircraft manufacturing continued to lose jobs.  The December
loss was offset by small gains in other durable goods industries, including
electronic components, where employment increased by 2,000 over the month
and by 10,000 since its most recent low in April.  Fabricated metals also
added 2,000 jobs in December; since its most recent low point in August,
this industry has added 6,000 jobs.  Within nondurable goods industries,
apparel and textiles continued their long-term employment declines, with
job losses in 1999 that totaled 66,000 and 32,000, respectively.

   Within mining, employment in oil and gas extraction continued to trend
upward.  The industry has added 6,000 jobs since August; this follows heavy
losses through most of 1998 and the first half of 1999.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in December at 34.5 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek also was unchanged at 
41.7 hours; manufacturing overtime was up by 0.1 hour to 4.7 hours.
(See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 percent to 149.3
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index edged down by 
0.1 percent in December to 106.0.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 6 cents in December to $13.46,
seasonally adjusted.  This follows a gain of 1 cent in November.  Hourly
earnings rose by 11 cents in each of the last 2 quarters of 1999, following
gains of 13 cents in each of the first 2 quarters of the year.  Over the
month, average weekly earnings rose by 0.4 percent to $464.37, seasonally
adjusted.  Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 3.7 percent, and
average weekly earnings increased by 3.4 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                 ________________________________________

   The Employment Situation for January 2000 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, February 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).

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           Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data
                                     

   At the end of each calendar year, BLS routinely updates the seasonal
adjustment factors for the labor force series derived from the Current
Population Survey (also referred to as the household survey) to incorporate
the experience of that year.  This year, seasonally adjusted data for
January 1995-December 1999 were subject to revision.  (Seasonally adjusted
establishment data will be revised in June, concurrent with the
introduction of annual benchmark adjustments.)
   
   Table B summarizes the effects of the revisions on the overall
unemployment rate since January 1999.  The rate was revised in only 1
month, by 0.1 percentage point.  Revised seasonally adjusted data for major
labor force series since December 1998 appear in table C.
   
   The January 2000 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain the new
seasonal adjustment factors for major series for the January-June 2000
period.  The publication also will contain a description of the current
seasonal adjustment methodology and revised data for the most recent 13
months or quarters for all regularly published tables containing seasonally
adjusted household survey data.  Historical data for the household series
contained in the "A" tables of this release also can be accessed on the BLS
Internet site at (http://stats.bls.gov/cpsatabs.htm).  Revised historical
seasonally adjusted monthly and quarterly data also are available on the
Internet from the ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf directory.

Table B.  Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates and changes due to
revision, January-December 1999
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                        |                 |               |
     Month and year     |     As first    |      As       |  Change
                        |     Computed    |    revised    |
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                        |                 |               |
           1999         |                 |               |
                        |                 |               |
January.................|       4.3       |      4.3      |     .0
February................|       4.4       |      4.4      |     .0
March...................|       4.2       |      4.2      |     .0
April...................|       4.3       |      4.3      |     .0
May.....................|       4.2       |      4.2      |     .0
June....................|       4.3       |      4.3      |     .0
July....................|       4.3       |      4.3      |     .0
August..................|       4.2       |      4.2      |     .0
September...............|       4.2       |      4.2      |     .0
October.................|       4.1       |      4.1      |     .0
November................|       4.1       |      4.1      |     .0
December................|    1/ 4.0       |      4.1      |    0.1
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 1/ Not published.

               Planned Changes in the Household Survey Data

                                     
   Effective with the release of data for January 2000, revisions will be
introduced into the population controls used for the household survey.  The
changes will result in a downward shift in the estimated total civilian
noninstitutional population 16 years and over for January 2000.  The
changes will subtract approximately 193,000 from the previously estimated
population trend growth between December 1999 and January 2000.  The impact
will vary for subpopulations such as men (-67,000), women (-127,000),
Hispanic (-23,000) and non-Hispanic (-171,000).  The effect of the change
on labor force estimates will be described in the Employment Situation news
release for January scheduled for February 4, 2000.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
    
Table C.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
    
(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                               1998                                                1999                                             
Employment status, sex, and                                                                                                         
             age                                                                                                                     
                             Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
            TOTAL                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                        
Civilian noninstitutional                                                                                                         
   population(1).......... 206,270 206,719 206,873 207,036 207,236 207,427 207,632 207,828 208,038 208,265 208,483 208,666 208,832
  Civilian labor force.... 138,545 139,232 139,137 138,804 139,086 139,013 139,332 139,336 139,372 139,475 139,697 139,834 140,108
      Participation rate..    67.2    67.4    67.3    67.0    67.1    67.0    67.1    67.0    67.0    67.0    67.0    67.0    67.1
    Employed.............. 132,517 133,225 133,029 132,976 133,054 133,190 133,398 133,399 133,530 133,650 133,940 134,098 134,420
        Employment-popula-                                                                                                          
            tion ratio....    64.2    64.4    64.3    64.2    64.2    64.2    64.2    64.2    64.2    64.2    64.2    64.3    64.4
    Unemployed............   6,028   6,007   6,108   5,828   6,032   5,823   5,934   5,937   5,842   5,825   5,757   5,736   5,688
        Unemployment rate.     4.4     4.3     4.4     4.2     4.3     4.2     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.1
                                                                                                                                        
  Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                        
Civilian noninstitutional                                                                                                         
   population(1)..........  91,220  91,124  91,189  91,215  91,302  91,368  91,487  91,561  91,692  91,793  91,896  91,986  92,052
  Civilian labor force....  70,044  70,202  70,111  69,934  69,992  69,978  70,116  70,167  70,240  70,328  70,339  70,388  70,529
      Participation rate..    76.8    77.0    76.9    76.7    76.7    76.6    76.6    76.6    76.6    76.6    76.5    76.5    76.6
    Employed..............  67,528  67,771  67,527  67,628  67,562  67,470  67,645  67,703  67,768  67,943  67,898  68,037  68,197
        Employment-popula-                                                                                                        
            tion ratio....    74.0    74.4    74.1    74.1    74.0    73.8    73.9    73.9    73.9    74.0    73.9    74.0    74.1
      Agriculture.........   2,254   2,304   2,231   2,239   2,305   2,224   2,246   2,256   2,237   2,189   2,206   2,262   2,227
      Nonagricultural                                                                                                             
          industries......  65,274  65,467  65,296  65,389  65,257  65,246  65,399  65,447  65,531  65,754  65,692  65,775  65,970
    Unemployed............   2,516   2,431   2,584   2,306   2,430   2,508   2,471   2,464   2,472   2,385   2,441   2,351   2,332
        Unemployment rate.     3.6     3.5     3.7     3.3     3.5     3.6     3.5     3.5     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.3     3.3
                                                                                                                                        
 Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                        
Civilian noninstitutional                                                                                                         
   population(1)..........  99,181  99,686  99,746  99,833  99,923 100,008 100,131 100,203 100,285 100,385 100,458 100,573 100,666
  Civilian labor force....  60,118  60,691  60,591  60,554  60,765  60,708  60,988  60,852  60,904  60,860  60,955  61,052  61,154
      Participation rate..    60.6    60.9    60.7    60.7    60.8    60.7    60.9    60.7    60.7    60.6    60.7    60.7    60.7
    Employed..............  57,776  58,373  58,261  58,216  58,336  58,483  58,647  58,477  58,648  58,630  58,800  58,838  58,958
        Employment-popula-                                                                                                          
            tion ratio....    58.3    58.6    58.4    58.3    58.4    58.5    58.6    58.4    58.5    58.4    58.5    58.5    58.6
      Agriculture.........     767     802     822     821     803     820     851     798     780     778     800     768     791
      Nonagricultural                                                                                                             
          industries......  57,009  57,571  57,439  57,395  57,533  57,663  57,796  57,679  57,868  57,852  58,000  58,070  58,167
    Unemployed............   2,342   2,318   2,330   2,338   2,429   2,225   2,341   2,375   2,256   2,230   2,155   2,214   2,196
        Unemployment rate.     3.9     3.8     3.8     3.9     4.0     3.7     3.8     3.9     3.7     3.7     3.5     3.6     3.6
                                                                                                                                        
 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
Civilian  noninstitutional                                                                                                        
   population(1)..........  15,868  15,909  15,939  15,988  16,011  16,051  16,014  16,065  16,061  16,086  16,129  16,107  16,114
  Civilian labor force....   8,383   8,339   8,435   8,316   8,329   8,327   8,228   8,317   8,228   8,287   8,403   8,394   8,425
      Participation rate..    52.8    52.4    52.9    52.0    52.0    51.9    51.4    51.8    51.2    51.5    52.1    52.1    52.3
    Employed..............   7,213   7,081   7,241   7,132   7,156   7,237   7,106   7,219   7,114   7,077   7,242   7,223   7,265
        Employment-popula-                                                                                                          
            tion ratio....    45.5    44.5    45.4    44.6    44.7    45.1    44.4    44.9    44.3    44.0    44.9    44.8    45.1
      Agriculture.........     220     191     275     230     233     246     233     224     217     212     232     280     261
      Nonagricultural                                                                                                             
          industries......   6,993   6,890   6,966   6,902   6,923   6,991   6,873   6,995   6,897   6,865   7,010   6,943   7,004
    Unemployed............   1,170   1,258   1,194   1,184   1,173   1,090   1,122   1,098   1,114   1,210   1,161   1,171   1,160
        Unemployment rate.    14.0    15.1    14.2    14.2    14.1    13.1    13.6    13.2    13.5    14.6    13.8    14.0    13.8
    
1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Seasonally adjusted
data have been revised based on the experience through December 1999.

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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the Bureau of the Census  for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 1999,
the sample included about 390,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in   "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $16.00 per issue or
$40.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-606-5886; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Dec.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 206,270 208,666 208,832 206,270 208,038 208,265 208,483 208,666 208,832
    Civilian labor force............................ 138,297 139,895 139,941 138,545 139,372 139,475 139,697 139,834 140,108
          Participation rate........................    67.0    67.0    67.0    67.2    67.0    67.0    67.0    67.0    67.1
      Employed...................................... 132,732 134,515 134,696 132,517 133,530 133,650 133,940 134,098 134,420
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.3    64.5    64.5    64.2    64.2    64.2    64.2    64.3    64.4
        Agriculture.................................   2,953   3,185   2,979   3,241   3,234   3,179   3,238   3,310   3,279
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 129,779 131,330 131,717 129,276 130,296 130,471 130,702 130,788 131,141
      Unemployed....................................   5,565   5,380   5,245   6,028   5,842   5,825   5,757   5,736   5,688
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.0     3.8     3.7     4.4     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.1
    Not in labor force..............................  67,973  68,771  68,891  67,725  68,666  68,790  68,786  68,832  68,724
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,309 100,179 100,264  99,309  99,863  99,976 100,088 100,179 100,264
    Civilian labor force............................  74,055  74,545  74,631  74,382  74,499  74,643  74,680  74,728  74,930
          Participation rate........................    74.6    74.4    74.4    74.9    74.6    74.7    74.6    74.6    74.7
      Employed......................................  70,930  71,797  71,699  71,173  71,436  71,630  71,623  71,732  71,927
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.4    71.7    71.5    71.7    71.5    71.6    71.6    71.6    71.7
      Unemployed....................................   3,125   2,748   2,932   3,209   3,063   3,013   3,057   2,996   3,003
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     3.7     3.9     4.3     4.1     4.0     4.1     4.0     4.0
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  91,220  91,986  92,052  91,220  91,692  91,793  91,896  91,986  92,052
    Civilian labor force............................  69,949  70,441  70,460  70,044  70,240  70,328  70,339  70,388  70,529
          Participation rate........................    76.7    76.6    76.5    76.8    76.6    76.6    76.5    76.5    76.6
      Employed......................................  67,439  68,293  68,125  67,528  67,768  67,943  67,898  68,037  68,197
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.9    74.2    74.0    74.0    73.9    74.0    73.9    74.0    74.1
        Agriculture.................................   2,076   2,243   2,047   2,254   2,237   2,189   2,206   2,262   2,227
        Nonagricultural industries..................  65,363  66,050  66,077  65,274  65,531  65,754  65,692  65,775  65,970
      Unemployed....................................   2,510   2,148   2,335   2,516   2,472   2,385   2,441   2,351   2,332
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.6     3.0     3.3     3.6     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.3     3.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,960 108,487 108,569 106,960 108,175 108,289 108,395 108,487 108,569
    Civilian labor force............................  64,242  65,350  65,309  64,163  64,873  64,832  65,017  65,106  65,178
          Participation rate........................    60.1    60.2    60.2    60.0    60.0    59.9    60.0    60.0    60.0
      Employed......................................  61,801  62,718  62,997  61,344  62,094  62,020  62,317  62,366  62,493
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.8    57.8    58.0    57.4    57.4    57.3    57.5    57.5    57.6
      Unemployed....................................   2,440   2,632   2,313   2,819   2,779   2,812   2,700   2,740   2,685
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.8     4.0     3.5     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.1
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,181 100,573 100,666  99,181 100,285 100,385 100,458 100,573 100,666
    Civilian labor force............................  60,337  61,440  61,426  60,118  60,904  60,860  60,955  61,052  61,154
          Participation rate........................    60.8    61.1    61.0    60.6    60.7    60.6    60.7    60.7    60.7
      Employed......................................  58,273  59,314  59,491  57,776  58,648  58,630  58,800  58,838  58,958
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.8    59.0    59.1    58.3    58.5    58.4    58.5    58.5    58.6
        Agriculture.................................     717     728     740     767     780     778     800     768     791
        Nonagricultural industries..................  57,556  58,586  58,751  57,009  57,868  57,852  58,000  58,070  58,167
      Unemployed....................................   2,065   2,127   1,935   2,342   2,256   2,230   2,155   2,214   2,196
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.4     3.5     3.1     3.9     3.7     3.7     3.5     3.6     3.6
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,868  16,107  16,114  15,868  16,061  16,086  16,129  16,107  16,114
    Civilian labor force............................   8,011   8,014   8,056   8,383   8,228   8,287   8,403   8,394   8,425
          Participation rate........................    50.5    49.8    50.0    52.8    51.2    51.5    52.1    52.1    52.3
      Employed......................................   7,020   6,909   7,081   7,213   7,114   7,077   7,242   7,223   7,265
          Employment-population ratio...............    44.2    42.9    43.9    45.5    44.3    44.0    44.9    44.8    45.1
        Agriculture.................................     161     215     193     220     217     212     232     280     261
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,860   6,694   6,888   6,993   6,897   6,865   7,010   6,943   7,004
      Unemployed....................................     990   1,106     975   1,170   1,114   1,210   1,161   1,171   1,160
          Unemployment rate.........................    12.4    13.8    12.1    14.0    13.5    14.6    13.8    14.0    13.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Seasonally
  adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1999.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Dec.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 172,197 173,709 173,821 172,197 173,275 173,432 173,585 173,709 173,821
    Civilian labor force............................ 115,796 116,735 116,896 115,980 116,619 116,495 116,654 116,703 117,008
        Participation rate..........................    67.2    67.2    67.3    67.4    67.3    67.2    67.2    67.2    67.3
      Employed...................................... 111,647 112,919 113,116 111,539 112,308 112,303 112,548 112,611 112,951
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.8    65.0    65.1    64.8    64.8    64.8    64.8    64.8    65.0
      Unemployed....................................   4,149   3,816   3,781   4,441   4,311   4,192   4,106   4,092   4,057
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.6     3.3     3.2     3.8     3.7     3.6     3.5     3.5     3.5
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  59,662  59,788  59,843  59,716  59,932  59,841  59,777  59,761  59,889
        Participation rate..........................    77.2    76.9    76.9    77.3    77.3    77.1    77.0    76.9    77.0
      Employed......................................  57,725  58,264  58,140  57,811  58,007  58,102  58,043  58,067  58,221
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.7    74.9    74.7    74.8    74.8    74.9    74.7    74.7    74.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,937   1,524   1,703   1,905   1,925   1,739   1,734   1,694   1,668
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.2     2.5     2.8     3.2     3.2     2.9     2.9     2.8     2.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,429  50,150  50,277  49,223  49,713  49,593  49,733  49,814  50,011
        Participation rate..........................    60.0    60.3    60.4    59.8    59.9    59.7    59.8    59.9    60.1
      Employed......................................  47,960  48,659  48,930  47,561  48,140  48,010  48,203  48,273  48,486
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.3    58.5    58.8    57.8    58.0    57.8    58.0    58.0    58.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,469   1,491   1,347   1,662   1,573   1,583   1,530   1,541   1,525
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.0     3.0     2.7     3.4     3.2     3.2     3.1     3.1     3.0
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,705   6,797   6,776   7,041   6,974   7,061   7,144   7,128   7,108
        Participation rate..........................    53.4    53.4    53.2    56.0    54.8    55.4    56.1    56.0    55.8
      Employed......................................   5,962   5,996   6,046   6,167   6,161   6,191   6,302   6,271   6,244
        Employment-population ratio.................    47.4    47.1    47.5    49.1    48.4    48.6    49.5    49.2    49.0
      Unemployed....................................     743     801     730     874     813     870     842     857     864
        Unemployment rate...........................    11.1    11.8    10.8    12.4    11.7    12.3    11.8    12.0    12.2
          Men.......................................    13.2    12.5    12.8    13.8    12.3    12.7    11.9    12.8    13.3
          Women.....................................     8.8    11.0     8.6    10.9    11.0    11.9    11.7    11.2    10.9
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,561  25,019  25,051  24,561  24,904  24,946  24,985  25,019  25,051
    Civilian labor force............................  16,136  16,555  16,488  16,155  16,321  16,474  16,489  16,508  16,513
        Participation rate..........................    65.7    66.2    65.8    65.8    65.5    66.0    66.0    66.0    65.9
      Employed......................................  14,993  15,292  15,302  14,894  15,047  15,114  15,124  15,187  15,204
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.0    61.1    61.1    60.6    60.4    60.6    60.5    60.7    60.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,143   1,263   1,186   1,261   1,274   1,360   1,365   1,321   1,309
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.1     7.6     7.2     7.8     7.8     8.3     8.3     8.0     7.9
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,047   7,335   7,257   7,060   7,162   7,205   7,281   7,277   7,273
        Participation rate..........................    71.9    73.3    72.4    72.0    72.0    72.3    72.9    72.8    72.6
      Employed......................................   6,592   6,841   6,758   6,598   6,714   6,696   6,717   6,767   6,766
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.2    68.4    67.5    67.3    67.5    67.2    67.3    67.7    67.5
      Unemployed....................................     455     493     499     462     448     509     564     510     507
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.5     6.7     6.9     6.5     6.3     7.1     7.7     7.0     7.0
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,089   8,338   8,293   8,052   8,241   8,316   8,252   8,305   8,260
        Participation rate..........................    65.8    66.5    66.1    65.5    66.1    66.5    65.9    66.3    65.8
      Employed......................................   7,600   7,818   7,807   7,495   7,673   7,759   7,745   7,757   7,706
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.8    62.4    62.2    61.0    61.5    62.1    61.9    61.9    61.4
      Unemployed....................................     490     520     486     557     568     557     507     548     554
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.1     6.2     5.9     6.9     6.9     6.7     6.1     6.6     6.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     999     882     938   1,043     918     953     956     926     980
        Participation rate..........................    40.6    35.6    37.8    42.4    37.0    38.4    38.5    37.3    39.5
      Employed......................................     801     632     737     801     660     659     662     663     732
        Employment-population ratio.................    32.6    25.5    29.7    32.5    26.6    26.5    26.7    26.7    29.5
      Unemployed....................................     198     250     201     242     258     294     294     263     248
        Unemployment rate...........................    19.8    28.3    21.4    23.2    28.1    30.8    30.8    28.4    25.3
          Men.......................................    25.7    31.0    25.2    27.6    29.6    30.3    35.3    31.0    27.5
          Women.....................................    14.4    26.0    17.6    19.1    26.7    31.4    26.1    25.9    23.0

                   HISPANIC ORIGIN
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  21,405  21,947  22,008  21,405  21,752  21,820  21,881  21,947  22,008
    Civilian labor force............................  14,485  14,841  14,965  14,512  14,710  14,766  14,809  14,887  14,984
        Participation rate..........................    67.7    67.6    68.0    67.8    67.6    67.7    67.7    67.8    68.1
      Employed......................................  13,398  14,001  14,112  13,379  13,759  13,795  13,879  13,979  14,095
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.6    63.8    64.1    62.5    63.3    63.2    63.4    63.7    64.0
      Unemployed....................................   1,087     840     853   1,133     951     971     930     908     889
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.5     5.7     5.7     7.8     6.5     6.6     6.3     6.1     5.9

    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.  Beginning in January
  1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Seasonally adjusted data have been revised
  based on the experience through December 1999.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                Dec.     Nov.     Dec.     Dec.     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.     Dec.  
                                                1998     1999     1999     1998     1999     1999     1999     1999     1999  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   29,094   28,228   28,144   29,094   28,568   28,583   28,246   28,228   28,144
    Civilian labor force....................   12,509   12,197   11,963   12,499   12,307   12,151   12,201   12,132   11,956
        Percent of population...............     43.0     43.2     42.5     43.0     43.1     42.5     43.2     43.0     42.5
      Employed..............................   11,609   11,424   11,236   11,618   11,448   11,327   11,401   11,347   11,243
        Employment-population ratio.........     39.9     40.5     39.9     39.9     40.1     39.6     40.4     40.2     39.9
      Unemployed............................      900      773      727      881      859      824      800      785      713
        Unemployment rate...................      7.2      6.3      6.1      7.0      7.0      6.8      6.6      6.5      6.0
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,115   57,789   57,590   57,115   57,195   57,518   57,275   57,789   57,590
    Civilian labor force....................   37,442   37,830   37,534   37,279   36,954   37,188   37,080   37,671   37,362
        Percent of population...............     65.6     65.5     65.2     65.3     64.6     64.7     64.7     65.2     64.9
      Employed..............................   36,066   36,665   36,248   35,891   35,657   35,879   35,874   36,445   36,071
        Employment-population ratio.........     63.1     63.4     62.9     62.8     62.3     62.4     62.6     63.1     62.6
      Unemployed............................    1,376    1,165    1,286    1,388    1,297    1,309    1,206    1,226    1,291
        Unemployment rate...................      3.7      3.1      3.4      3.7      3.5      3.5      3.3      3.3      3.5
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,022   44,070   44,069   43,022   43,130   42,955   43,787   44,070   44,069
    Civilian labor force....................   31,933   32,688   32,544   31,846   31,842   32,140   32,203   32,312   32,404
        Percent of population...............     74.2     74.2     73.8     74.0     73.8     74.8     73.5     73.3     73.5
      Employed..............................   31,080   31,883   31,788   30,926   30,864   31,269   31,330   31,444   31,586
        Employment-population ratio.........     72.2     72.3     72.1     71.9     71.6     72.8     71.6     71.3     71.7
      Unemployed............................      853      805      756      920      978      871      873      868      818
        Unemployment rate...................      2.7      2.5      2.3      2.9      3.1      2.7      2.7      2.7      2.5
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,484   44,365   44,821   43,484   45,086   45,081   44,986   44,365   44,821
    Civilian labor force....................   34,889   35,253   35,852   34,862   36,037   35,722   35,721   35,264   35,824
        Percent of population...............     80.2     79.5     80.0     80.2     79.9     79.2     79.4     79.5     79.9
      Employed..............................   34,323   34,697   35,287   34,225   35,465   35,112   35,106   34,655   35,186
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.9     78.2     78.7     78.7     78.7     77.9     78.0     78.1     78.5
      Unemployed............................      566      556      565      637      572      610      615      609      638
        Unemployment rate...................      1.6      1.6      1.6      1.8      1.6      1.7      1.7      1.7      1.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Seasonally
  adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1999.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Dec.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 132,732 134,515 134,696 132,517 133,530 133,650 133,940 134,098 134,420
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,426  43,599  43,531  43,205  43,368  43,367  43,206  43,273  43,283
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,502  33,920  34,221  33,077  33,504  33,275  33,521  33,635  33,762
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,011   8,553   8,302   8,087   8,335   8,312   8,398   8,526   8,375
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,007  40,558  41,038  39,777  40,800  40,784  40,718  40,363  40,800
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,517  39,380  39,560  38,281  38,874  38,634  39,023  39,283  39,311
    Service occupations.............................  17,873  17,548  17,582  18,000  17,976  17,876  17,694  17,633  17,706
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,586  14,919  14,988  14,569  14,322  14,659  14,836  14,903  14,940
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,702  18,813  18,546  18,470  18,089  18,227  18,340  18,476  18,299
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,046   3,298   2,981   3,427   3,412   3,365   3,365   3,407   3,367
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,683   1,946   1,822   1,867   1,908   1,930   1,936   2,049   2,018
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,241   1,193   1,127   1,332   1,266   1,198   1,267   1,216   1,211
      Unpaid family workers.........................      29      46      31      34      46      40      42      41      36
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 120,917 122,511 123,053 120,365 121,150 121,583 121,654 121,965 122,426
        Government..................................  18,902  19,098  19,169  18,709  19,114  19,080  18,817  18,902  18,959
        Private industries.......................... 102,015 103,413 103,885 101,656 102,036 102,503 102,837 103,063 103,467
          Private households........................     962     932     972     937     873   1,035     939     944     948
          Other industries.......................... 101,053 102,481 102,912 100,719 101,163 101,468 101,898 102,119 102,519
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,745   8,715   8,566   8,829   9,000   8,791   8,833   8,686   8,662
      Unpaid family workers.........................     117     104      97     119      93     100     101     108      98
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,455   3,045   3,332   3,448   3,279   3,283   3,179   3,274   3,320
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,005   1,804   2,017   1,938   1,904   1,922   1,928   1,930   1,951
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,088     974     974   1,144   1,057   1,073     993   1,032   1,025
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,770  19,744  19,662  18,721  19,230  18,801  18,799  18,651  18,618
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,242   2,886   3,129   3,271   3,127   3,112   2,983   3,105   3,157
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,901   1,696   1,891   1,851   1,813   1,806   1,807   1,815   1,843
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,057     955     964   1,115   1,041   1,063     964   1,013   1,018
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,270  19,193  19,143  18,187  18,652  18,273  18,249  18,083  18,061

      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.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Seasonally
  adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1999.





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  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Dec.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   6,028   5,736   5,688    4.4     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.1 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,516   2,351   2,332    3.6     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.3     3.3 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,342   2,214   2,196    3.9     3.7     3.7     3.5     3.6     3.6 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,170   1,171   1,160   14.0    13.5    14.6    13.8    14.0    13.8 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,007     925     969    2.3     2.3     2.2     2.2     2.1     2.2 
     Married women, spouse present..................     948     880     872    2.8     2.7     2.6     2.5     2.5     2.5 
     Women who maintain families....................     547     548     556    6.3     6.3     6.4     6.0     6.0     6.2 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,801   4,536   4,540    4.2     4.1     4.0     4.0     3.9     3.9 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,255   1,191   1,175    5.1     4.6     5.0     4.7     4.9     4.9 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     747     751     719    1.8     1.8     1.8     1.8     1.8     1.7 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,477   1,461   1,464    3.7     3.6     3.5     3.5     3.6     3.6 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     497     578     624    3.3     4.5     3.9     4.0     3.7     4.0 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,299   1,224   1,198    6.6     6.2     6.4     6.3     6.2     6.1 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     282     246     208    7.6     6.4     5.3     5.8     6.7     5.8 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,681   4,478   4,478    4.4     4.2     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.1 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,286   1,202   1,274    4.5     4.8     4.8     4.5     4.2     4.4 
         Mining.....................................      32      25      22    5.6     4.2     6.7     5.0     4.6     4.1 
         Construction...............................     436     439     526    6.1     7.6     6.9     6.7     5.7     6.6 
         Manufacturing..............................     818     738     726    3.9     3.8     3.9     3.7     3.7     3.6 
           Durable goods............................     423     450     449    3.4     3.7     4.0     3.5     3.7     3.6 
           Nondurable goods.........................     395     288     277    4.8     4.1     3.9     4.0     3.7     3.5 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,395   3,276   3,204    4.4     4.0     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.0 
         Transportation and public utilities........     243     260     234    3.1     3.0     2.8     3.1     3.3     3.0 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,506   1,457   1,438    5.5     4.8     5.2     4.9     5.3     5.2 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     229     185     173    2.8     2.4     2.3     2.3     2.3     2.1 
         Services...................................   1,417   1,374   1,359    4.1     4.0     4.1     4.0     3.9     3.8 
     Government workers.............................     404     393     414    2.1     2.1     2.0     2.1     2.0     2.1 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     187     186     155    9.1     9.6     5.7     7.7     8.3     7.1 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Data have been
  revised based on the experience through December 1999.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Dec.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,299   2,384   2,348   2,573   2,599   2,582   2,545   2,601   2,620
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,817   1,729   1,615   1,884   1,798   1,805   1,811   1,760   1,694
   15 weeks and over................................   1,449   1,268   1,281   1,572   1,463   1,412   1,434   1,401   1,388
      15 to 26 weeks................................     680     633     621     759     747     708     719     725     693
      27 weeks and over.............................     769     635     661     813     716     704     715     676     695
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    14.1    12.9    13.0    14.0    13.2    13.0    13.2    13.0    12.8
   Median duration, in weeks........................     6.7     6.0     5.8     6.8     6.4     5.9     6.3     6.2     5.9
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    41.3    44.3    44.8    42.7    44.4    44.5    44.0    45.1    45.9
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    32.7    32.1    30.8    31.2    30.7    31.1    31.3    30.5    29.7
     15 weeks and over..............................    26.0    23.6    24.4    26.1    25.0    24.3    24.8    24.3    24.3
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    12.2    11.8    11.8    12.6    12.7    12.2    12.4    12.6    12.2
       27 weeks and over............................    13.8    11.8    12.6    13.5    12.2    12.1    12.3    11.7    12.2

     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Seasonally
  adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1999.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Dec.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,849   2,340   2,451   2,795   2,629   2,573   2,518   2,493   2,401
    On temporary layoff.............................     934     755     859     865     893     869     802     851     795
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,915   1,584   1,592   1,930   1,736   1,704   1,716   1,642   1,606
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,382   1,065   1,073   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     533     519     519   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     628     792     718     719     793     758     778     821     825
  Reentrants........................................   1,706   1,833   1,745   1,994   1,942   1,967   1,958   1,935   2,036
  New entrants......................................     381     415     330     503     481     504     511     485     453
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    51.2    43.5    46.7    46.5    45.0    44.3    43.7    43.5    42.0
     On temporary layoff............................    16.8    14.0    16.4    14.4    15.3    15.0    13.9    14.8    13.9
     Not on temporary layoff........................    34.4    29.4    30.4    32.1    29.7    29.4    29.8    28.6    28.1
   Job leavers......................................    11.3    14.7    13.7    12.0    13.6    13.1    13.5    14.3    14.4
   Reentrants.......................................    30.6    34.1    33.3    33.2    33.2    33.9    34.0    33.7    35.6
   New entrants.....................................     6.9     7.7     6.3     8.4     8.2     8.7     8.9     8.5     7.9
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.1     1.7     1.8     2.0     1.9     1.8     1.8     1.8     1.7
   Job leavers......................................      .5      .6      .5      .5      .6      .5      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.2     1.3     1.2     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.5
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .2      .4      .3      .4      .4      .3      .3

    1 Not available.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Seasonally
  adjusted data have been revised based on the experience through December 1999.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 Dec.   Nov.   Dec.   Dec.   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   Dec. 
                                                                 1998   1999   1999   1998   1999   1999   1999   1999   1999 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.0     .9     .9    1.1    1.0    1.0    1.0    1.0    1.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.1    1.7    1.8    2.0    1.9    1.8    1.8    1.8    1.7
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.0    3.8    3.7    4.4    4.2    4.2    4.1    4.1    4.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.3    4.0    3.9   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    4.8    4.6    4.5   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    7.3    6.8    6.9   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.  Seasonally adjusted data have been revised based on the experience
  through December 1999.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Dec.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   6,028   5,736   5,688    4.4     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.1 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,158   2,249   2,209    9.8     9.6    10.0    10.0    10.0     9.8 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,170   1,171   1,160   14.0    13.5    14.6    13.8    14.0    13.8 
        16 to 17 years..............................     567     553     553   16.7    15.9    16.1    15.9    16.5    16.5 
        18 to 19 years..............................     609     619     612   12.2    12.1    13.8    12.4    12.3    12.1 
      20 to 24 years................................     988   1,078   1,049    7.2     7.3     7.2     7.7     7.7     7.4 
    25 years and over...............................   3,860   3,488   3,479    3.3     3.2     3.1     3.0     3.0     3.0 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,320   3,048   2,987    3.3     3.2     3.2     3.1     3.1     3.0 
      55 years and over.............................     511     459     477    2.9     2.7     2.6     2.7     2.6     2.7 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,209   2,996   3,003    4.3     4.1     4.0     4.1     4.0     4.0 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,227   1,194   1,252   10.6     9.9     9.9    10.4    10.2    10.6 
        16 to 19 years..............................     693     645     671   16.0    13.9    14.6    14.2    14.9    15.2 
          16 to 17 years............................     336     292     311   19.1    16.2    16.6    15.5    16.9    17.7 
          18 to 19 years............................     353     353     356   13.7    12.6    13.2    13.2    13.6    13.5 
        20 to 24 years..............................     534     549     581    7.4     7.6     7.2     8.2     7.5     7.8 
      25 years and over.............................   1,985   1,789   1,757    3.2     3.1     3.0     2.9     2.8     2.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,676   1,531   1,493    3.2     3.1     3.0     3.0     2.9     2.8 
        55 years and over...........................     292     252     246    3.0     2.9     2.9     2.8     2.6     2.5 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,819   2,740   2,685    4.4     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.1 
      16 to 24 years................................     931   1,055     957    8.9     9.3    10.0     9.6     9.8     8.9 
        16 to 19 years..............................     477     526     489   11.8    13.2    14.7    13.4    13.0    12.2 
          16 to 17 years............................     231     261     242   14.1    15.6    15.6    16.3    16.1    15.1 
          18 to 19 years............................     256     266     256   10.6    11.6    14.5    11.4    10.8    10.5 
        20 to 24 years..............................     454     529     468    7.1     7.0     7.2     7.2     7.9     7.0 
      25 years and over.............................   1,875   1,699   1,722    3.5     3.3     3.2     3.1     3.1     3.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,644   1,517   1,494    3.6     3.4     3.4     3.2     3.3     3.2 
        55 years and over...........................     219     207     231    2.8     2.4     2.1     2.5     2.6     2.9 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Data have been
  revised based on the experience through December 1999.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Dec.      Dec.      Dec.      Dec.      Dec.      Dec.  
                                                                        1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   67,973    68,891    25,254    25,632    42,719    43,259 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,187     4,045     1,762     1,736     2,425     2,309 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,196     1,142       548       557       649       585 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      358       267       214       162       145       106 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      838       874       334       395       504       479 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    8,220     8,037     4,163     4,026     4,057     4,011 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      6.2       6.0       5.9       5.6       6.6       6.4 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,561     4,411     2,574     2,479     1,988     1,932 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,778     1,759       522       507     1,255     1,252 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      233       343       149       231        84       112 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,613     1,495       898       797       715       698 

    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.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Dec.    Oct.   Nov.    Dec.     Dec.    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.   Nov.    Dec. 
                                           1998    1999   1999p   1999p    1998    1999    1999    1999   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 128,028 130,209 130,589 130,694 127,186 128,945 129,048 129,332 129,554 129,869
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 107,686 109,664 109,891 110,015 107,213 108,735 108,830 109,095 109,296 109,547
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,274  25,496  25,425  25,188  25,354  25,148  25,186  25,198  25,260  25,277
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     570     534     531     527     570     524     527     528     527     529
    Metal mining........................    49.6    47.6    48.4    48.2      50      47      48      48      49      48
    Coal mining.........................    90.4    82.3    82.5    82.8      90      83      83      82      82      83
    Oil and gas extraction..............   322.1   292.7   290.5   292.3     320     285     287     289     288     291
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   107.6   111.8   109.7   104.1     110     109     109     109     108     107
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,068   6,549   6,489   6,284   6,173   6,246   6,293   6,314   6,369   6,385
    General building contractors........ 1,396.0 1,471.5 1,465.9 1,441.7   1,404   1,426   1,440   1,445   1,451   1,452
    Heavy construction, except building.   826.4   932.9   898.9   834.8     876     852     857     861     869     881
    Special trade contractors........... 3,845.9 4,145.0 4,123.8 4,007.9   3,893   3,968   3,996   4,008   4,049   4,052
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,636  18,413  18,405  18,377  18,611  18,378  18,366  18,356  18,364  18,363
      Production workers................  12,818  12,663  12,655  12,634  12,795  12,622  12,617  12,608  12,616  12,616
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,096  10,969  10,979  10,979  11,074  10,975  10,959  10,952  10,958  10,959
      Production workers................   7,590   7,503   7,513   7,514   7,568   7,513   7,496   7,489   7,494   7,487
    Lumber and wood products............   821.8   834.9   832.5   829.4     823     826     827     829     830     830
    Furniture and fixtures..............   536.7   545.4   544.1   545.1     534     543     544     546     543     543
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   565.4   575.8   574.4   565.2     570     568     569     568     571     571
    Primary metal industries............   701.7   685.5   689.0   690.2     699     688     685     685     687     687
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   226.5   221.0   222.6   223.8   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,498.0 1,490.7 1,492.4 1,495.0   1,493   1,484   1,486   1,487   1,488   1,490
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,168.4 2,110.7 2,113.0 2,118.3   2,167   2,122   2,117   2,116   2,117   2,118
      Computer and office equipment.....   370.8   358.0   357.7   357.5     370     359     358     358     357     359
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,675.0 1,665.6 1,668.5 1,674.6   1,669   1,662   1,662   1,665   1,664   1,667
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   639.9   641.7   642.3   645.5     640     641     640     643     643     645
    Transportation equipment............ 1,893.9 1,837.0 1,841.0 1,841.4   1,882   1,859   1,848   1,838   1,836   1,831
      Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,002.3 1,001.1 1,006.8 1,010.1     994   1,012   1,006   1,001   1,002   1,002
      Aircraft and parts................   520.8   471.6   469.5   466.1     518     483     476     471     467     463
    Instruments and related products....   850.3   829.9   832.1   832.5     851     836     833     830     833     833
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   384.9   393.6   392.2   387.3     386     387     388     388     389     389
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,540   7,444   7,426   7,398   7,537   7,403   7,407   7,404   7,406   7,404
      Production workers................   5,228   5,160   5,142   5,120   5,227   5,109   5,121   5,119   5,122   5,129
    Food and kindred products........... 1,683.5 1,709.4 1,693.5 1,677.9   1,693   1,666   1,679   1,680   1,686   1,691
    Tobacco products....................    42.6    40.6    40.8    41.8      40      36      38      38      38      38
    Textile mill products...............   583.0   552.6   552.5   549.7     582     557     553     551     552     550
    Apparel and other textile products..   723.5   671.9   665.4   654.8     724     672     669     666     663     658
    Paper and allied products...........   666.8   654.4   655.1   655.0     666     658     657     655     655     655
    Printing and publishing............. 1,569.5 1,551.1 1,555.0 1,556.5   1,560   1,553   1,552   1,552   1,550   1,548
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,040.8 1,031.7 1,032.5 1,033.9   1,042   1,030   1,033   1,033   1,033   1,033
    Petroleum and coal products.........   138.3   138.4   136.7   133.4     140     136     137     136     136     135
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,012.9 1,021.2 1,022.1 1,023.8   1,012   1,022   1,017   1,021   1,022   1,026
    Leather and leather products........    78.8    72.6    72.3    70.9      78      73      72      72      71      70
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 102,754 104,713 105,164 105,506 101,832 103,797 103,862 104,134 104,294 104,592
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,747   6,889   6,905   6,947   6,684   6,813   6,831   6,841   6,860   6,892
    Transportation......................   4,408   4,511   4,518   4,556   4,340   4,445   4,455   4,458   4,472   4,498
      Railroad transportation...........   230.8   227.7   227.6   227.6     231     226     227     227     227     228
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   490.6   503.4   503.4   503.5     474     488     486     486     487     487
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,779.5 1,860.1 1,845.4 1,840.1   1,769   1,817   1,825   1,828   1,833   1,842
      Water transportation..............   177.4   182.7   178.6   175.3     183     182     182     182     181     180
      Transportation by air............. 1,252.8 1,252.6 1,278.6 1,322.2   1,205   1,246   1,250   1,251   1,259   1,273
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.8    12.9    12.9    13.2      14      13      13      13      13      13
      Transportation services...........   463.1   472.0   471.7   473.7     464     473     472     471     472     475
    Communications and public utilities.   2,339   2,378   2,387   2,391   2,344   2,368   2,376   2,383   2,388   2,394
      Communications.................... 1,489.2 1,539.7 1,546.8 1,549.0   1,492   1,525   1,533   1,541   1,545   1,551
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   850.0   838.6   840.6   841.7     852     843     843     842     843     843
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,899   7,079   7,080   7,076   6,901   7,031   7,041   7,064   7,066   7,082
    Durable goods.......................   4,074   4,182   4,190   4,202   4,077   4,169   4,172   4,188   4,191   4,205
    Nondurable goods....................   2,825   2,897   2,890   2,874   2,824   2,862   2,869   2,876   2,875   2,877
  Retail trade..........................  23,174  22,883  23,241  23,599  22,525  22,888  22,862  22,891  22,887  22,952
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies.........................   951.5   994.8   994.8   991.9     967     988     992   1,001   1,004   1,007
    General merchandise stores.......... 3,062.2 2,795.2 2,966.2 3,085.4   2,758   2,774   2,762   2,756   2,750   2,784
      Department stores................. 2,718.7 2,491.0 2,644.3 2,742.9   2,456   2,468   2,460   2,455   2,447   2,469
    Food stores......................... 3,551.6 3,485.5 3,512.2 3,548.0   3,487   3,484   3,478   3,481   3,478   3,485
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,359.0 2,425.8 2,421.3 2,421.4   2,370   2,409   2,415   2,420   2,424   2,434
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,055.6 1,095.0 1,095.8 1,095.4   1,059   1,089   1,091   1,092   1,096   1,099
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,250.4 1,194.7 1,252.0 1,309.8   1,147   1,191   1,189   1,200   1,199   1,191
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,093.5 1,098.1 1,116.5 1,146.3   1,048   1,094   1,097   1,099   1,093   1,101
    Eating and drinking places.......... 7,808.5 7,866.7 7,868.1 7,906.3   7,857   7,960   7,932   7,925   7,943   7,970
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,097.2 3,021.9 3,109.8 3,189.6   2,891   2,988   2,997   3,009   2,996   2,980
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,522   7,646   7,656   7,671   7,542   7,650   7,653   7,668   7,678   7,690
    Finance.............................   3,664   3,706   3,718   3,734   3,663   3,716   3,715   3,719   3,725   3,735
      Depository institutions........... 2,046.9 2,037.8 2,042.1 2,050.9   2,047   2,046   2,047   2,047   2,047   2,049
        Commercial banks................ 1,468.5 1,457.5 1,462.1 1,469.3   1,467   1,464   1,466   1,464   1,465   1,468
        Savings institutions............   256.6   252.9   251.8   251.6     257     255     255     254     253     252
      Nondepository institutions........   699.8   707.9   707.7   711.5     698     719     713     711     710     714
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   360.0   355.7   355.7   355.7     360     366     361     358     358     358
      Security and commodity brokers....   660.2   690.6   696.5   700.8     661     685     686     691     697     702
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   257.3   269.4   271.4   270.6     257     266     269     270     271     270
    Insurance...........................   2,379   2,409   2,411   2,415   2,379   2,407   2,410   2,414   2,411   2,412
      Insurance carriers................ 1,623.8 1,636.8 1,636.5 1,638.2   1,624   1,636   1,637   1,641   1,636   1,637
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   755.4   772.2   774.0   776.4     755     771     773     773     775     775
    Real estate.........................   1,479   1,531   1,527   1,522   1,500   1,527   1,528   1,535   1,542   1,543
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  38,070  39,671  39,584  39,534  38,207  39,205  39,257  39,433  39,545  39,654
    Agricultural services...............   682.0   794.4   774.7   711.8     739     757     763     766     774     758
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,705.2 1,810.3 1,740.1 1,725.4   1,783   1,813   1,811   1,806   1,810   1,804
    Personal services................... 1,184.7 1,182.2 1,184.1 1,201.0   1,202   1,207   1,210   1,210   1,214   1,224
    Business services................... 8,902.9 9,465.8 9,466.3 9,484.9   8,829   9,186   9,204   9,303   9,331   9,408
      Services to buildings.............   958.4 1,004.1 1,003.9   996.0     964     998   1,000   1,003   1,003     997
      Personnel supply services......... 3,350.2 3,630.3 3,620.0 3,623.5   3,292   3,418   3,440   3,490   3,504   3,531
        Help supply services............ 2,974.8 3,222.2 3,209.8 3,212.0   2,922   3,024   3,032   3,099   3,101   3,125
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,693.8 1,815.0 1,830.3 1,843.1   1,691   1,806   1,814   1,823   1,828   1,841
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,157.7 1,195.5 1,195.9 1,195.1   1,163   1,185   1,190   1,196   1,198   1,197
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   389.4   401.6   402.0   402.6     390     396     398     400     401     405
    Motion pictures.....................   581.1   601.4   607.6   611.5     577     608     608     612     614     606
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,479.4 1,673.0 1,562.5 1,550.8   1,647   1,712   1,713   1,730   1,728   1,711
    Health services..................... 9,914.6 10012.2 10037.4 10054.6   9,899   9,993   9,999  10,009  10,025  10,041
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,837.0 1,878.4 1,887.0 1,894.0   1,833   1,874   1,876   1,880   1,887   1,890
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,758.9 1,757.5 1,758.3 1,762.2   1,756   1,755   1,756   1,756   1,755   1,760
      Hospitals......................... 3,954.9 3,979.4 3,981.9 3,988.8   3,952   3,973   3,977   3,978   3,979   3,987
      Home health care services.........   653.9   659.1   662.9   658.7     651     658     657     658     658     656
    Legal services......................   988.4 1,005.4 1,010.8 1,013.2     988   1,004   1,007   1,009   1,012   1,015
    Educational services................ 2,342.0 2,443.8 2,483.4 2,427.6   2,223   2,288   2,289   2,288   2,298   2,304
    Social services..................... 2,714.9 2,826.1 2,849.8 2,856.5   2,708   2,799   2,803   2,817   2,841   2,850
      Child day care services...........   629.8   649.4   657.6   657.3     618     631     631     634     644     648
      Residential care..................   760.0   789.8   796.4   800.5     762     785     788     792     798     802
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................    91.6    95.7    93.1    93.4      94      95      94      95      95      95
    Membership organizations............ 2,366.1 2,395.0 2,395.0 2,404.9   2,380   2,409   2,408   2,409   2,411   2,419
    Engineering and management services. 3,277.1 3,472.6 3,485.5 3,504.0   3,292   3,458   3,464   3,487   3,498   3,521
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   919.1   955.5   959.0   959.6     922     948     948     954     960     965
      Management and public relations... 1,088.3 1,193.1 1,196.6 1,208.9   1,090   1,178   1,180   1,193   1,195   1,215
    Services, nec.......................    55.2    58.0    58.1    58.7   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  20,342  20,545  20,698  20,679  19,973  20,210  20,218  20,237  20,258  20,322
    Federal.............................   2,739   2,631   2,640   2,686   2,701   2,651   2,654   2,643   2,646   2,652
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,801.5 1,768.3 1,764.3 1,759.8   1,819   1,779   1,785   1,780   1,778   1,777
    State...............................   4,733   4,843   4,861   4,818   4,652   4,706   4,717   4,722   4,725   4,735
      Education......................... 2,042.1 2,091.5 2,122.9 2,083.2   1,932   1,965   1,965   1,960   1,965   1,974
      Other State government............ 2,691.3 2,751.6 2,738.0 2,735.0   2,720   2,741   2,752   2,762   2,760   2,761
    Local...............................  12,870  13,071  13,197  13,175  12,620  12,853  12,847  12,872  12,887  12,935
      Education......................... 7,489.6 7,567.4 7,694.6 7,687.2   7,148   7,308   7,295   7,305   7,315   7,350
      Other local government............ 5,380.8 5,503.4 5,502.2 5,488.2   5,472   5,545   5,552   5,567   5,572   5,585

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Dec.    Oct.   Nov.    Dec.     Dec.    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.   Nov.    Dec. 
                                           1998    1999   1999p   1999p    1998    1999    1999    1999   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.7    34.6    34.5    34.6    34.6    34.5    34.4    34.5    34.5    34.5 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   41.7    41.5    41.5    41.6    41.1    41.1    41.1    41.1    41.3    41.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   43.7    44.6    44.7    45.2    43.3    44.2    44.3    44.1    44.2    44.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   39.1    40.0    39.5    38.7    39.4    39.0    39.1    39.1    40.0    38.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   42.6    42.0    42.2    42.6    41.7    41.8    41.8    41.8    41.7    41.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.9     4.9     4.9     5.1     4.5     4.7     4.7     4.7     4.6     4.7 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   43.3    42.5    42.7    43.1    42.2    42.4    42.4    42.3    42.2    42.1 
      Overtime hours....................    5.2     4.9     5.0     5.3     4.6     4.9     4.9     4.8     4.7     4.8 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   41.7    41.4    41.3    41.2    41.5    41.3    41.1    41.1    41.0    40.8 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   41.5    40.5    40.5    41.6    40.2    40.3    40.4    40.2    40.0    40.5 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.8    44.0    44.1    43.1    43.8    43.6    43.6    43.4    43.9    43.1 
    Primary metal industries............   44.6    44.3    44.7    45.4    43.7    44.4    44.4    44.3    44.3    44.5 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   43.7    44.9    45.4    46.3    43.3    45.1    45.0    45.0    45.4    45.8 
    Fabricated metal products...........   43.4    42.4    42.7    43.4    42.2    42.4    42.3    42.1    42.1    42.1 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   43.2    42.3    42.6    43.4    42.1    42.4    42.4    42.4    42.3    42.4 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   42.3    41.8    42.2    42.6    41.1    41.7    41.6    41.6    41.5    41.4 
    Transportation equipment............   45.7    44.1    44.1    44.6    44.1    44.0    44.0    43.9    43.5    43.0 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   46.8    45.3    45.2    45.9    44.9    45.2    45.2    45.3    44.7    44.1 
    Instruments and related products....   42.0    41.4    42.0    42.6    41.1    41.6    41.6    41.5    41.6    41.7 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   40.2    40.2    40.2    40.2    39.6    40.1    40.0    39.8    39.6    39.7 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   41.6    41.3    41.4    41.8    40.9    40.9    40.9    41.0    41.0    41.0 
      Overtime hours....................    4.6     4.7     4.7     4.8     4.3     4.4     4.4     4.5     4.4     4.6 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   42.8    42.4    42.4    42.5    42.0    41.6    41.7    42.0    41.8    41.7 
    Tobacco products....................   37.5    42.4    42.7    44.2    36.6    40.0    40.2    41.0    42.3    43.5 
    Textile mill products...............   41.4    41.5    41.6    42.0    40.8    40.9    40.8    41.3    41.2    41.4 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.9    37.7    37.6    38.1    37.3    37.3    37.5    37.5    37.3    37.5 
    Paper and allied products...........   44.3    43.8    43.9    44.3    43.4    43.7    43.5    43.5    43.5    43.3 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.8    38.6    38.8    39.0    38.1    38.3    38.3    38.4    38.3    38.3 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   43.5    43.1    43.5    43.8    42.7    43.3    43.2    43.1    43.2    43.1 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   44.7    43.2    43.0    44.0    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   42.7    41.6    42.0    42.5    41.7    41.6    41.7    41.5    41.6    41.5 
    Leather and leather products........   38.1    37.7    38.2    38.3    37.5    38.2    37.2    37.5    37.8    37.7 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.9    32.8    32.7    32.8    32.9    32.9    32.8    32.8    32.8    32.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   39.1    38.4    38.2    38.2    39.1    38.9    38.6    38.5    38.1    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.4    38.6    38.4    38.5    38.4    38.4    38.5    38.6    38.4    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   29.2    28.8    28.7    29.2    29.0    29.0    28.8    28.9    28.9    29.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.2    36.1    36.0    36.1    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.6    32.7    32.7    32.7    32.7    32.7    32.6    32.7    32.8    32.8 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            Dec.      Oct.     Nov.      Dec.       Dec.      Oct.     Nov.      Dec.  
                                            1998      1999     1999p     1999p      1998      1999     1999p     1999p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.00    $13.41    $13.44    $13.48    $451.10   $463.99   $463.68   $466.41 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   12.98     13.39     13.40     13.46     449.11    461.96    462.30    464.37 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   14.56     15.04     15.03     15.10     607.15    624.16    623.75    628.16 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.29     17.00     16.94     17.22     755.57    758.20    757.22    778.34 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   16.87     17.49     17.38     17.43     659.62    699.60    686.51    674.54 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   13.69     14.04     14.09     14.22     583.19    589.68    594.60    605.77 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.16     14.55     14.58     14.73     613.13    618.38    622.57    634.86 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.33     11.59     11.60     11.68     472.46    479.83    479.08    481.22 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.10     11.33     11.35     11.49     460.65    458.87    459.68    477.98 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.70     14.02     14.09     14.07     600.06    616.88    621.37    606.42 
    Primary metal industries............   15.36     16.02     16.14     16.22     685.06    709.69    721.46    736.39 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   18.18     18.96     19.18     19.23     794.47    851.30    870.77    890.35 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.34     13.50     13.57     13.70     578.96    572.40    579.44    594.58 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   14.73     15.18     15.20     15.39     636.34    642.11    647.52    667.93 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.26     13.58     13.57     13.68     560.90    567.64    572.65    582.77 
    Transportation equipment............   17.56     18.47     18.46     18.69     802.49    814.53    814.09    833.57 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   17.73     18.93     18.87     19.16     829.76    857.53    852.92    879.44 
    Instruments and related products....   14.00     14.36     14.36     14.42     588.00    594.50    603.12    614.29 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.12     11.47     11.46     11.62     447.02    461.09    460.69    467.12 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   12.99     13.27     13.34     13.45     540.38    548.05    552.28    562.21 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.02     12.10     12.23     12.32     514.46    513.04    518.55    523.60 
    Tobacco products....................   17.05     17.77     17.76     17.70     639.38    753.45    758.35    782.34 
    Textile mill products...............   10.56     10.72     10.79     10.86     437.18    444.88    448.86    456.12 
    Apparel and other textile products..    8.71      8.99      9.04      9.12     330.11    338.92    339.90    347.47 
    Paper and allied products...........   15.78     16.12     16.14     16.25     699.05    706.06    708.55    719.88 
    Printing and publishing.............   13.68     13.97     14.01     14.11     530.78    539.24    543.59    550.29 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.31     17.72     17.74     17.87     752.99    763.73    771.69    782.71 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.22     21.68     21.81     21.87     948.53    936.58    937.83    962.28 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.08     12.37     12.40     12.53     515.82    514.59    520.80    532.53 
    Leather and leather products........    9.43      9.83      9.82      9.88     359.28    370.59    375.12    378.40 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   12.50     12.89     12.93     12.98     411.25    422.79    422.81    425.74 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  $15.50    $15.76    $15.86    $15.89    $606.05   $605.18   $605.85   $607.00 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.32     14.78     14.86     14.98     549.89    570.51    570.62    576.73 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    8.88      9.20      9.21      9.25     259.30    264.96    264.33    270.10 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.40     14.68     14.72     14.74     521.28    529.95    529.92    532.11 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.18     13.54     13.60     13.71     429.67    442.76    444.72    448.32 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                   Dec.     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.     Dec.      change  
            Industry               1998     1999     1999     1999     1999p    1999p     from:   
                                                                                        Nov. 1999-
                                                                                        Dec. 1999 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $12.98   $13.29   $13.35   $13.39   $13.40   $13.46      0.4   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.81     7.87     7.86     7.87     7.87     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    14.51    14.90    14.93    14.97    15.00    15.04       .3   
    Mining......................    17.18    17.12    17.09    17.09    16.92    17.10      1.1   
    Construction................    16.80    17.15    17.21    17.27    17.32    17.43       .6   
    Manufacturing...............    13.60    14.03    14.04    14.07    14.07    14.10       .2   
      Excluding overtime4.......    12.90    13.28    13.29    13.33    13.33    13.36       .2   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    12.49    12.79    12.85    12.89    12.90    12.97       .5   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    15.47    15.70    15.76    15.76    15.80    15.89       .6   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.30    14.63    14.74    14.80    14.85    14.95       .7   
    Retail trade................     8.89     9.13     9.15     9.18     9.20     9.26       .7   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.40    14.63    14.70    14.72    14.72    14.74       .1   
    Services....................    13.08    13.44    13.49    13.55    13.55    13.62       .5   

  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 -.1 percent from October 1999 to November 1999, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
    N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Dec.   Oct.    Nov.     Dec.    Dec.    Aug.    Sept.  Oct.    Nov.     Dec.  
                                          1998   1999    1999p    1999p   1998    1999    1999   1999    1999p    1999p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  147.8  150.0   149.9    150.5   146.6  148.4   148.2   148.8   149.2    149.3 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  116.7  117.6   117.2    116.0   115.5  114.3   114.6   114.7   115.6    114.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   53.8   51.9    51.6     51.8    53.4   49.8    50.3    50.6    50.4     51.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  166.7  185.4   181.3    170.1   171.3  170.3   172.4   173.2   179.0    174.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  110.1  107.2   107.6    108.5   107.5  106.4   106.4   106.2   106.1    106.0 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  114.5  111.1   111.8    113.1   111.5  111.2   110.9   110.5   110.4    110.0 
    Lumber and wood products............  148.7  150.0   149.2    147.8   148.1  147.6   147.1   147.6   147.2    146.5 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  139.7  138.1   137.8    142.0   134.6  137.5   137.5   137.4   136.1    137.5 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  117.2  119.8   119.5    114.7   118.1  116.8   117.0   116.2   118.1    115.7 
    Primary metal industries............   92.7   90.0    91.3     92.8    90.4   90.4    90.2    89.8    90.2     90.6 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   68.7   69.4    70.3     72.0    68.0   70.0    69.9    69.9    70.5     71.1 
    Fabricated metal products...........  121.8  118.1   119.1    121.2   117.7  117.4   117.2   116.8   116.9    117.0 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  109.3  103.3   104.4    106.8   106.3  104.4   104.2   104.1   104.0    104.1 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  109.5  107.2   108.4    110.5   105.9  107.2   106.7   106.7   106.4    106.4 
    Transportation equipment............  132.9  124.3   125.0    126.8   127.3  126.6   125.4   124.2   123.0    121.2 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  172.8  166.9   168.3    171.9   163.6  169.9   168.0   167.3   165.5    163.0 
    Instruments and related products....   76.5   74.7    75.7     76.4    75.0   75.4    75.1    75.1    75.2     74.7 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  101.3  103.6   102.7    101.6   100.3  101.1   101.3   100.8   100.3    100.9 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................  104.0  101.8   101.8    102.2   102.1   99.9   100.2   100.4   100.3    100.5 
    Food and kindred products...........  120.7  122.4   121.1    120.0   119.3  116.2   117.7   118.7   118.6    119.1 
    Tobacco products....................   62.2   62.0    61.8     65.5    56.2   49.5    53.7    54.8    56.6     58.2 
    Textile mill products...............   84.7   80.6    80.9     81.2    83.4   80.0    79.5    80.0    79.9     80.2 
    Apparel and other textile products..   64.3   59.1    58.4     58.2    63.4   58.6    58.6    58.1    57.7     57.6 
    Paper and allied products...........  109.5  106.0   106.3    107.7   107.1  105.9   105.6   105.2   105.4    105.3 
    Printing and publishing.............  126.4  123.1   124.1    124.9   123.0  122.1   122.1   122.6   121.8    121.5 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  104.1  102.8   103.8    104.7   102.2  102.3   102.7   102.8   103.3    103.0 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   77.5   75.2    73.5     73.1    79.4   72.5    73.9    73.2    72.4     75.1 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  151.9  149.8   151.3    153.9   148.1  149.4   149.2   149.2   149.6    150.4 
    Leather and leather products........   34.2   31.1    31.4     30.5    33.4   31.7    30.9    30.5    30.8     29.5 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  161.7  164.5   164.6    166.0   160.5  163.7   163.3   164.1   164.2    164.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  134.2  134.1   133.7    134.5   133.0  134.1   133.5   133.3   132.2    133.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  130.2  134.2   133.5    133.6   130.2  132.5   133.1   133.8   133.1    133.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  146.8  142.8   144.7    149.4   140.9  143.8   142.6   143.1   143.1    143.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  137.9  139.0   138.9    139.6   138.9  140.7   140.2   140.5   139.8    140.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  196.6  205.2   204.3    204.2   197.8  202.4   202.3   204.0   205.0    205.3 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   63.8    58.0    54.6    56.5    47.5    54.8    55.6    59.1    57.9    56.9    55.2    57.7 
     1996..............   49.6    64.9    59.4    55.1    61.9    60.8    57.0    62.5    57.3    63.5    59.7    61.2 
     1997..............   56.2    61.0    61.9    62.8    58.8    56.3    60.7    61.0    59.4    65.4    63.6    62.1 
     1998..............   63.8    57.9    58.8    60.5    55.9    57.9    58.0    55.8    54.6    52.9    59.1    58.6 
     1999..............   54.4    58.3    52.1    58.8    51.5    57.0    57.6    50.0    55.1    57.2   p58.7   p54.4 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   63.8    62.9    58.0    53.5    53.9    52.7    59.3    61.0    59.4    58.6    57.3    55.3 
     1996..............   62.6    62.5    63.3    63.1    63.1    64.3    64.3    62.2    64.6    64.2    66.2    63.2 
     1997..............   63.8    63.6    67.7    67.3    62.6    61.7    61.4    66.2    67.3    69.9    70.8    71.2 
     1998..............   66.7    66.2    64.5    63.9    61.4    58.7    60.0    58.4    57.6    57.6    59.0    60.4 
     1999..............   60.7    55.9    59.6    54.6    56.3    56.2    56.2    59.0    57.4   p60.7   p59.8         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   66.7    59.7    58.6    56.5    59.0    60.0    57.7    61.0    60.5    59.3    61.7    63.2 
     1996..............   62.6    65.2    64.5    65.2    64.7    64.6    67.0    65.4    65.9    66.7    66.9    66.7 
     1997..............   67.4    68.3    65.6    67.0    65.6    64.9    66.3    68.4    69.7    71.3    71.3    71.9 
     1998..............   70.6    66.9    65.9    62.4    62.6    61.1    58.0    59.8    60.0    60.8    60.8    58.0 
     1999..............   61.1    58.8    57.3    59.0    55.2    57.4    56.9   p62.1   p60.0                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1995..............   63.6    62.4    62.6    63.3    61.7    61.9    58.7    62.2    62.2    61.5    63.5    65.4 
     1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    68.7    66.9 
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    69.7    69.8    71.3 
     1998..............   70.4    68.3    67.1    64.0    62.1    61.7    61.8    63.8    59.8    59.0    59.3    58.6 
     1999..............   60.1    57.3    57.0    57.6   p58.0   p58.7                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   57.2    50.4    47.1    52.9    41.4    45.3    45.0    51.1    48.6    51.1    45.3    48.2 
     1996..............   42.4    55.4    46.8    41.0    55.8    51.4    47.1    56.5    48.9    55.0    50.7    54.0 
     1997..............   50.0    52.9    53.6    56.1    52.2    53.2    51.1    55.4    53.6    62.2    61.2    55.4 
     1998..............   58.6    51.8    50.4    50.4    40.6    46.8    40.3    45.3    42.1    36.3    39.9    45.0 
     1999..............   40.3    42.4    39.6    44.6    36.3    45.3    57.2    38.5    42.8    48.9   p54.3   p48.9 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   55.4    51.4    44.2    41.7    43.5    37.4    42.1    43.9    48.2    46.8    44.6    41.4 
     1996..............   46.8    46.0    43.5    46.0    48.2    51.1    51.8    49.6    53.2    52.5    55.0    50.7 
     1997..............   51.8    51.4    57.6    56.8    54.3    51.8    53.6    55.4    59.7    68.3    65.8    64.4 
     1998..............   59.4    57.9    51.8    44.2    41.7    34.9    37.4    37.1    38.1    34.2    35.6    35.3 
     1999..............   37.4    31.7    37.1    30.2    33.8    43.9    43.2    44.6    38.5   p48.9   p50.7         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   55.4    45.7    43.2    38.1    41.7    42.8    41.0    42.1    43.5    43.2    44.2    45.0 
     1996..............   41.4    46.0    45.7    47.1    46.0    48.6    52.9    50.4    51.8    51.4    52.5    51.8 
     1997..............   54.7    54.0    51.4    54.3    52.5    52.2    55.4    61.2    61.5    64.7    66.2    65.1 
     1998..............   59.7    49.3    48.2    36.7    36.7    36.7    28.4    31.3    33.5    35.3    32.7    28.1 
     1999..............   33.1    29.1    28.1    36.0    30.9    34.5    36.3   p46.0   p45.0                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1995..............   46.0    44.2    46.0    47.8    41.0    41.7    38.5    38.8    36.3    38.5    39.9    44.6 
     1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.3    50.7 
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.5    55.4    57.2 
     1998..............   54.0    49.3    46.0    40.6    35.6    33.8    30.9    32.0    26.6    26.6    25.5    26.3 
     1999..............   32.7    25.9    28.4    29.5   p28.4   p30.9                                                 

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.