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Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

August 2004 – July 2006

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

August 2004 – July 2006

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JULY 2006

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 113,000 in July, and the unemployment rate rose to

4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job gains

occurred in several service-providing industries, including professional and business services, health care,

and food services. Employment also rose in mining. Average hourly earnings rose by 7 cents, or 0.4

percent, in July.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

The number of unemployed persons edged up to 7.2 million in July, and the unemployment rate rose to

4.8 percent. A year earlier, the number of unemployed persons was 7.5 million and the jobless rate was

5.0 percent.

Over the month, the unemployment rates for most major worker groups—adult women (4.2 percent),

teenagers (15.5 percent), whites (4.1 percent), blacks (9.5 percent), and Hispanics (5.3 percent)—showed

little or no change. After declining in June, the jobless rate for adult men increased to 4.2 percent in July.

The unemployment rate for Asians was 2.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and

A-3.)

Following a decline in June, the number of long-term unemployed persons—those unemployed 27 weeks

or longer—returned to its May level of 1.3 million. These long-term unemployed accounted for 18.6 percent

of total unemployment, about the same as in May. (See table A-9.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data JuneCategory July

I II May June July change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................................. 150,405 151,041 150,991 151,321 151,534 213

Employment................................................................... 143,324 144,009 143,976 144,363 144,329 -34

Unemployment................................................................... 7,081 7,032 7,015 6,957 7,205 248

Not in labor force................................................................... 77,359 77,392 77,437 77,350 77,379 29

 

All workers............................................................... 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 0.2

Adult men........................................................... 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.2 .2

Adult women........................................................ 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.2 .1

Teenagers........................................................ 155 14.7 14.0 15.4 15.5 .1

White .................................................................. 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 .0

Black or African American ....................................9.2 9.1 8.9 9.0 9.5 .5

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 5.6 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.3 .0

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 134,722 p135,125 135,117 p135,241 p135,354 p113

Goods-producing 1........................................................ 22,363 p22,419 22,407 p22,430 p22,428 p-2

Construction............................................................. 7,483 p7,501 7,501 p7,497 p7,503 p6

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,226 p14,245 14,234 p14,256 p14,241 p-15

Service-providing 1 ............................................................... 112,359 p112,706 112,710 p112,811 p112,926 p115

Retail trade 2 ........................................................ 15,299 p15,236 15,226 p15,222 p15,222 p0

Professional and business services......... 17,161 p17,267 17,276 p17,313 p17,356 p43

Education and health services.............................. 17,584 p17,676 17,676 p17,702 p17,726 p24

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 12,954 p13,013 13,014 p13,035 p13,077 p42

Government........................................................ 21,873 p21,927 21,924 p21,939 p21,939 p0

 

Total private.............................................................. 33.8 p33.9 33.8 p33.9 p33.9 p0.0

Manufacturing............................................................ 41.0 p41.2 41.2 p41.3 p41.5 p.2

Overtime........................................................ 4.5 p4.6 4.6 p4.6 p4.5 p-.1

 

Total private..........................................................104.2 p104.9 104.7 p105.1 p105.2 p0.1

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $16.46 p$16.64 $16.62 p$16.69 p$16.76 p$0.07

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 556.35 p563.54 561.76 p565.79 p568.16 p2.37

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data.

 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

 p = preliminary.

Earnings 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

2006 2006

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

Hours of work 3

 Unemployment rates 

 Employment
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After trending down for several months, the number of unemployed persons who were reentrants to the

labor force increased to 2.4 million in July. This group accounted for 32.7 percent of total unemployment, up

from 30.0 percent in June. (See table A-8.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Both total employment (144.3 million) and the employment-population ratio (63.0 percent) were essentially unchanged in July. The labor force participation rate held at 66.2 percent. (See table A-1.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in July,

the same as a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job

sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for

work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 428,000 discouraged

workers in July, also about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for

work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.1 million marginally

attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See

table A-13.)

Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data)

Beginning in October 2005, questions were added to the household survey to identify persons who

evacuated from their homes, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina. Data collected through these

questions do not account for all evacuees; persons living outside the scope of the survey—such as those

Civilian noninstitutional population............... 1,149 673 476

Civilian labor force .................................. 682 403 278

Participation rate ............................. 59.3 59.9 58.5

Employed............................................ 600 386 214

Employment-population ratio ........... 52.2 57.3 45.0

Unemployed........................................ 81 17 64

Unemployment rate ......................... 11.9 4.2 23.0

Not in labor force.................................... 468 270 198

Total

Residence in July 2006

Employment status in July 2006 Same as in

 August 2005

Different than in

 August 2005

Table B. Employment status in July 2006 of persons 16 years and over who evacuated

from their August 2005 residence, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina

(Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)

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 Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who resided in households that were eligible to be selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS). These data are not representative of the total evacuee population because they do not include children or people residing in shelters,

hotels, places of worship, or other units outside the scope of the CPS. The total number of evacuees estimated from the CPS may change from month to month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey

and because of sampling and nonsampling error.

NOTE: These data use population controls that have been adjusted to account for interstate moves by

evacuees.

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living in hotels or shelters—are not included. The questions were asked of persons in the household survey

sample throughout the country, since some evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected areas. An additional question determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes and were residing there at the

time of the July survey. The total number of evacuees estimated from the household survey may change from

month to month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey; also, because the estimates are

obtained from a sample survey, they may vary from month to month due to sampling and nonsampling error.

Information gathered in July represented 1.1 million persons age 16 and over who had evacuated from

where they were living in August 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina. These evacuees either had moved back to

their homes or were living in other residential units covered in the survey. About 6 in 10 of the evacuees

were living in their August 2005 residences. Of all evacuees identified, 59.3 percent were in the labor force

in July. The unemployment rate for persons identified as evacuees was 11.9 percent. The rate was much

higher for evacuees who were not living in their former homes (23.0 percent) than for those who were again

living in their pre-Katrina residences (4.2 percent). (See table B.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 113,000 in July to 135.4 million. This increase was in line

with the average monthly gain for the prior 3 months (112,000) but was well below the average monthly gain

for the 12 months ending in March (169,000). In July, job growth continued in professional and business

services, health care, food services, and mining. (See table B-1.)

Employment in professional and business services continued to grow in July (+43,000). Within the

industry, job gains occurred in computer systems design (+12,000), architectural and engineering services

(+10,000), and management and technical consulting (+6,000). Temporary help services employment

remained flat over the month and has shown little net change since January.

Health care employment rose by 23,000 in July. Nursing and residential care facilities, along with

hospitals, continued to add jobs. Over the past 12 months, health care employment has grown by 274,000.

In leisure and hospitality, food services and drinking places employment grew by 29,000 in July. Over

the year, food services has added 229,000 jobs.

Elsewhere in the service-providing sector, employment in wholesale trade was flat in July; this industry

added an average of 11,000 jobs per month from January through June. Employment in retail trade was

unchanged in July. General merchandise stores lost 8,000 jobs over the month; employment in the industry

has declined by 74,000 since August 2005. Financial activities had little employment growth for the third

month in a row.

In the goods-producing sector, mining employment grew by 8,000 in July. The industry has added

123,000 jobs since its most recent low in April 2003, largely reflecting gains in support activities for oil

and gas. In July, construction employment was little changed for the fifth consecutive month.

Manufacturing employment edged down in July (-15,000); the decrease largely offset a gain in June. In

July, job losses in transportation equipment (-9,000), computer and electronic products (-8,000), and textile

mills (-2,000) more than offset employment increases in machinery (+8,000) and chemicals (+4,000).

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls remained

unchanged at 33.9 hours in July, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek rose by 0.2 hour to

41.5 hours, while factory overtime was down by 0.1 hour to 4.5 hours. (See table B-2.)
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The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm

payrolls increased by 0.1 percent in July to 105.2 (2002=100). The manufacturing index rose by 0.4

percent to 97.3. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by

7 cents, or 0.4 percent, in July to $16.76, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings also increased by

0.4 percent in July to $568.16. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.8 percent, and average weekly earnings increased by 4.1 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for August 2006 is scheduled to be released on Friday, September 1, at

8:30 A.M. (EDT).

October 2006 will be the last month that questions about Hurricane Katrina evacuees will

be asked in the household survey. At that time, the data will have been collected for 1 year.

Discontinuation of Hurricane Katrina Evacuee Data
Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked

HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

with state agencies. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm

payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular

week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is

generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In

the 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 employmentpopulation 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-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and

establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are:

• The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among

the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

• The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older.

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job.

In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job

and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance.

Seasonal adjustment

Over the course of a year, the size of the nation’s labor force and the

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded

production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of

schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the monthto-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.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

the household and establishment surveys. However, the ad-
justed series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, 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.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and

including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new

seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month’s data. In

the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each

month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both

surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather

than the 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 430,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases

by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence

interval on the monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000

(100,000 +/- 430,000). These figures do not mean that the sample

results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a

90-percent chance that the “true” over-the-month change lies within

this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we

could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased.

If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then

all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be

greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance)

that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment

rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the

monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, and for the

monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than

estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The

precision of 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 incomplete returns; for this reason, these

estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two

successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

is used to account for business births. The first component uses business

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not

reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the

same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is

an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years.

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 samplebased 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 0.2 percent, ranging from

less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D of its “Explanatory Notes.”

For the establishment survey data, the sampling error measures and the

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

July

2005

June

2006

July

2006

July

2005

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

June

2006

July

2006

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 226,153 228,671 228,912 226,153 227,975 228,199 228,428 228,671 228,912

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 151,122 152,557 153,208 149,605 150,652 150,811 150,991 151,321 151,534

 Participation rate ............................................................... 66.8 66.7 66.9 66.2 66.1 66.1 66.1 66.2 66.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 143,283 145,216 145,606 142,111 143,641 143,688 143,976 144,363 144,329

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 63.4 63.5 63.6 62.8 63.0 63.0 63.0 63.1 63.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 7,839 7,341 7,602 7,494 7,011 7,123 7,015 6,957 7,205

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 75,031 76,114 75,704 76,548 77,323 77,388 77,437 77,350 77,379

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 5,081 5,126 5,006 4,997 4,865 4,767 4,655 4,770 4,901

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 109,190 110,530 110,657 109,190 110,161 110,280 110,401 110,530 110,657

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 81,413 82,062 82,288 80,185 81,031 81,075 81,189 81,085 81,024

 Participation rate ............................................................... 74.6 74.2 74.4 73.4 73.6 73.5 73.5 73.4 73.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 77,541 78,263 78,469 76,258 77,273 77,237 77,313 77,357 77,162

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.0 70.8 70.9 69.8 70.1 70.0 70.0 70.0 69.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,871 3,799 3,819 3,928 3,758 3,838 3,876 3,727 3,862

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 27,778 28,467 28,369 29,005 29,129 29,205 29,212 29,445 29,633

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 100,874 102,075 102,187 100,874 101,754 101,857 101,963 102,075 102,187

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 77,024 77,608 77,723 76,619 77,335 77,415 77,477 77,296 77,308

 Participation rate ............................................................... 76.4 76.0 76.1 76.0 76.0 76.0 76.0 75.7 75.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,951 74,691 74,682 73,345 74,197 74,169 74,202 74,215 74,082

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 73.3 73.2 73.1 72.7 72.9 72.8 72.8 72.7 72.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,073 2,917 3,041 3,274 3,137 3,246 3,275 3,082 3,226

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.0 3.8 3.9 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 23,849 24,468 24,464 24,255 24,419 24,442 24,486 24,779 24,878

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 116,963 118,141 118,255 116,963 117,814 117,919 118,027 118,141 118,255

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 69,709 70,494 70,920 69,419 69,621 69,736 69,802 70,236 70,510

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.6 59.7 60.0 59.4 59.1 59.1 59.1 59.5 59.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 65,742 66,953 67,137 65,853 66,368 66,451 66,663 67,006 67,168

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.2 56.7 56.8 56.3 56.3 56.4 56.5 56.7 56.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,967 3,542 3,783 3,566 3,252 3,285 3,139 3,230 3,342

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.7 5.0 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 47,254 47,647 47,335 47,543 48,193 48,183 48,225 47,906 47,745

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 108,880 109,927 110,026 108,880 109,646 109,736 109,829 109,927 110,026

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 65,411 66,344 66,553 65,813 66,038 66,187 66,280 66,609 66,872

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.1 60.4 60.5 60.4 60.2 60.3 60.3 60.6 60.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 62,072 63,502 63,430 62,744 63,305 63,362 63,555 63,878 64,035

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.0 57.8 57.7 57.6 57.7 57.7 57.9 58.1 58.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,339 2,842 3,123 3,070 2,733 2,825 2,725 2,730 2,837

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.1 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 43,470 43,583 43,473 43,067 43,608 43,550 43,549 43,319 43,154

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,399 16,668 16,700 16,399 16,575 16,606 16,637 16,668 16,700

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,686 8,605 8,932 7,172 7,279 7,210 7,234 7,416 7,353

 Participation rate ............................................................... 53.0 51.6 53.5 43.7 43.9 43.4 43.5 44.5 44.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,260 7,023 7,494 6,022 6,139 6,157 6,220 6,270 6,211

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 44.3 42.1 44.9 36.7 37.0 37.1 37.4 37.6 37.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,427 1,582 1,438 1,150 1,140 1,053 1,015 1,145 1,142

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 16.4 18.4 16.1 16.0 15.7 14.6 14.0 15.4 15.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 7,712 8,063 7,768 9,226 9,296 9,396 9,402 9,253 9,347

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 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

July

2005

June

2006

July

2006

July

2005

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

June

2006

July

2006

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 184,490 186,166 186,329 184,490 185,704 185,849 186,002 186,166 186,329

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 123,490 124,723 125,129 122,431 123,103 123,357 123,449 123,747 123,946

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.9 67.0 67.2 66.4 66.3 66.4 66.4 66.5 66.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 118,069 119,488 119,834 117,168 118,193 118,357 118,429 118,720 118,846

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.0 64.2 64.3 63.5 63.6 63.7 63.7 63.8 63.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,421 5,235 5,295 5,263 4,910 5,001 5,020 5,027 5,100

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 61,000 61,443 61,200 62,059 62,601 62,492 62,552 62,418 62,383

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 63,991 64,624 64,612 63,723 64,382 64,421 64,463 64,388 64,351

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.6 76.6 76.5 76.2 76.5 76.5 76.4 76.3 76.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,803 62,485 62,459 61,349 62,128 62,109 62,107 62,110 62,028

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 73.9 74.0 73.9 73.4 73.8 73.7 73.6 73.6 73.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,188 2,140 2,154 2,374 2,254 2,312 2,356 2,278 2,323

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,352 53,036 53,197 52,779 52,749 52,974 52,985 53,254 53,542

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.3 59.7 59.8 59.8 59.5 59.7 59.6 59.9 60.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 50,075 51,058 50,992 50,694 50,853 51,022 51,083 51,337 51,547

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 56.8 57.4 57.3 57.5 57.3 57.5 57.5 57.7 57.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,277 1,979 2,205 2,085 1,895 1,952 1,902 1,917 1,994

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.3 3.7 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,147 7,063 7,319 5,929 5,973 5,962 6,001 6,106 6,053

 Participation rate ................................................................. 56.3 55.0 56.9 46.7 46.7 46.5 46.8 47.5 47.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,191 5,946 6,384 5,126 5,212 5,226 5,239 5,273 5,270

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 48.8 46.3 49.6 40.4 40.7 40.8 40.8 41.0 40.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 956 1,117 936 804 761 736 762 833 783

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 13.4 15.8 12.8 13.6 12.7 12.3 12.7 13.6 12.9

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 26,526 26,982 27,021 26,526 26,865 26,905 26,943 26,982 27,021

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 17,441 17,450 17,672 17,199 17,334 17,326 17,312 17,231 17,369

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.8 64.7 65.4 64.8 64.5 64.4 64.3 63.9 64.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 15,655 15,816 15,809 15,581 15,726 15,698 15,767 15,685 15,714

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 59.0 58.6 58.5 58.7 58.5 58.3 58.5 58.1 58.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,786 1,634 1,864 1,619 1,608 1,628 1,545 1,547 1,655

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.2 9.4 10.5 9.4 9.3 9.4 8.9 9.0 9.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,085 9,532 9,349 9,327 9,531 9,580 9,631 9,751 9,652

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,801 7,699 7,800 7,764 7,703 7,760 7,757 7,670 7,735

 Participation rate ................................................................. 73.2 70.9 71.8 72.8 71.3 71.7 71.6 70.7 71.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,156 7,098 7,082 7,121 7,062 7,067 7,057 7,018 7,039

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 67.1 65.4 65.2 66.8 65.4 65.3 65.1 64.7 64.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 646 602 717 643 641 694 700 652 696

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.3 7.8 9.2 8.3 8.3 8.9 9.0 8.5 9.0

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,606 8,711 8,766 8,618 8,725 8,677 8,693 8,684 8,757

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.3 64.2 64.5 64.4 64.5 64.1 64.1 64.0 64.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,842 8,025 8,024 7,911 8,058 8,004 8,063 8,033 8,076

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.6 59.2 59.1 59.1 59.6 59.1 59.5 59.2 59.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 764 686 743 707 667 673 630 651 681

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.9 7.9 8.5 8.2 7.6 7.8 7.2 7.5 7.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 1,034 1,040 1,107 817 905 889 862 877 877

 Participation rate ................................................................. 41.7 40.6 43.1 32.9 35.6 34.9 33.8 34.2 34.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 657 693 703 549 606 627 647 634 600

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 26.5 27.0 27.3 22.1 23.9 24.6 25.3 24.7 23.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 376 347 404 268 299 262 216 244 278

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 36.4 33.4 36.5 32.8 33.1 29.5 25.0 27.8 31.6

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,812 10,176 10,180 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,583 6,746 6,758 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.1 66.3 66.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,244 6,512 6,573 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.6 64.0 64.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 340 234 185 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.2 3.5 2.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,229 3,429 3,422 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available.

 NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1

because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect

revised population controls used in the household survey.
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Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

July

2005

June

2006

July

2006

July

2005

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

June

2006

July

2006

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 29,168 30,053 30,140 29,168 29,793 29,880 29,966 30,053 30,140

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 19,921 20,874 20,798 19,792 20,489 20,583 20,574 20,753 20,663

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.3 69.5 69.0 67.9 68.8 68.9 68.7 69.1 68.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 18,816 19,806 19,699 18,700 19,385 19,476 19,541 19,649 19,578

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.5 65.9 65.4 64.1 65.1 65.2 65.2 65.4 65.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,105 1,068 1,099 1,092 1,104 1,107 1,033 1,104 1,085

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.0 5.3 5.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,247 9,179 9,342 9,376 9,304 9,297 9,392 9,300 9,477

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 11,385 11,906 11,822 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 83.7 84.9 84.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,975 11,468 11,351 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 80.7 81.8 80.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 410 438 471 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.6 3.7 4.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,381 7,796 7,718 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 57.3 58.9 58.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,871 7,402 7,317 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 53.4 55.9 55.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 510 394 401 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.9 5.1 5.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 1,155 1,172 1,258 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 42.9 42.0 44.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 970 936 1,030 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 36.0 33.5 36.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 185 236 227 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 16.0 20.1 18.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available.

 NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2005

June

2006

July

2006

July

2005

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

June

2006

July

2006

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,861 13,130 12,519 13,140 12,682 12,829 12,937 12,847 12,780

 Participation rate ................................................................... 46.4 47.1 46.2 47.4 46.3 45.8 45.8 46.1 47.1

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,948 12,279 11,678 12,136 11,795 11,933 12,040 11,942 11,868

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 43.1 44.0 43.1 43.8 43.0 42.6 42.6 42.8 43.8

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 913 851 840 1,004 887 897 897 905 912

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 7.1 6.5 6.7 7.6 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.1

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 37,502 38,541 37,845 37,979 38,310 38,179 38,250 38,597 38,403

 Participation rate ................................................................... 62.9 63.2 62.8 63.7 62.9 63.0 63.0 63.3 63.7

 Employed ................................................................................ 35,708 37,031 36,161 36,139 36,716 36,515 36,576 37,032 36,694

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 59.8 60.7 60.0 60.6 60.2 60.3 60.3 60.7 60.9

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,794 1,510 1,684 1,840 1,594 1,664 1,674 1,565 1,709

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.8 3.9 4.5 4.8 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.5

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 35,328 34,614 35,711 34,928 35,508 35,354 35,115 34,972 35,359

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.1 71.7 72.1 71.3 72.3 72.6 72.9 72.5 71.4

 Employed ................................................................................ 33,957 33,385 34,355 33,620 34,178 34,013 33,792 33,738 34,068

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.3 69.2 69.3 68.7 69.6 69.8 70.1 69.9 68.8

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,372 1,229 1,356 1,308 1,329 1,341 1,323 1,234 1,290

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.6

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 40,994 42,144 42,469 41,333 41,810 41,959 42,156 42,379 42,735

 Participation rate ................................................................... 77.2 77.2 77.2 77.8 77.9 77.6 77.5 77.6 77.7

 Employed ................................................................................ 39,921 41,253 41,497 40,343 40,876 41,032 41,273 41,494 41,839

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 75.2 75.6 75.4 76.0 76.1 75.9 75.9 76.0 76.0

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,073 891 972 991 935 927 883 885 896

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. 

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
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Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2005

June

2006

July

2006

July

2005

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

June

2006

July

2006

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,560 2,485 2,533 2,332 2,194 2,232 2,184 2,241 2,260

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,447 1,503 1,568 1,305 1,255 1,307 1,286 1,329 1,370

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 1,053 951 943 983 931 937 890 899 877

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 61 30 22 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 140,723 142,731 143,073 139,772 141,464 141,425 141,786 142,108 142,047

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 130,949 132,892 133,239 130,186 131,638 131,728 131,965 132,284 132,417

 Government .......................................................................... 19,893 19,857 19,835 20,473 20,200 20,149 20,196 20,017 20,336

 Private industries .................................................................. 111,056 113,035 113,404 109,780 111,431 111,546 111,799 112,253 112,114

 Private households ............................................................. 911 823 926 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 110,145 112,213 112,478 108,952 110,625 110,699 110,933 111,458 111,269

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,664 9,747 9,733 9,479 9,706 9,659 9,696 9,716 9,572

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 111 92 100 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 4,578 4,456 4,450 4,411 3,989 3,978 4,137 4,266 4,261

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,716 2,673 2,644 2,716 2,494 2,474 2,703 2,729 2,658

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,534 1,350 1,371 1,374 1,191 1,179 1,152 1,190 1,202

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 17,563 18,411 17,492 19,539 19,373 19,460 19,701 19,684 19,501

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 4,539 4,365 4,349 4,353 3,884 3,900 4,037 4,158 4,143

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,690 2,621 2,574 2,670 2,382 2,422 2,612 2,656 2,578

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,526 1,326 1,355 1,371 1,177 1,169 1,150 1,189 1,197

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 17,170 18,006 17,152 19,110 19,044 19,112 19,292 19,310 19,170

1 Data not available. 2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during

the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part

time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked

only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and

bad weather.

 NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily

add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2005

June

2006

July

2006

July

2005

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

June

2006

July

2006

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 143,283 145,216 145,606 142,111 143,641 143,688 143,976 144,363 144,329

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 7,260 7,023 7,494 6,022 6,139 6,157 6,220 6,270 6,211

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,828 2,833 3,039 2,247 2,321 2,384 2,502 2,528 2,431

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 4,432 4,190 4,455 3,771 3,848 3,756 3,731 3,750 3,778

 20 years and over ................................................................... 136,023 138,193 138,112 136,088 137,502 137,531 137,757 138,093 138,118

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 14,489 14,244 14,420 13,899 13,820 13,777 13,871 13,842 13,828

 25 years and over ................................................................. 121,534 123,948 123,692 122,150 123,575 123,661 123,799 124,237 124,305

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 98,261 99,430 99,267 98,548 99,315 99,167 99,280 99,541 99,554

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,637 31,075 31,110 30,639 30,973 30,816 30,884 30,988 31,086

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,555 34,448 34,290 34,699 34,553 34,508 34,486 34,518 34,429

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 33,069 33,907 33,867 33,211 33,790 33,842 33,910 34,035 34,038

 55 years and over ............................................................... 23,273 24,518 24,425 23,602 24,260 24,494 24,519 24,696 24,752

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 77,541 78,263 78,469 76,258 77,273 77,237 77,313 77,357 77,162

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 3,590 3,573 3,787 2,913 3,076 3,068 3,111 3,143 3,079

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,320 1,495 1,574 1,018 1,132 1,131 1,226 1,292 1,226

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 2,270 2,078 2,213 1,897 1,965 1,936 1,887 1,850 1,842

 20 years and over ................................................................... 73,951 74,691 74,682 73,345 74,197 74,169 74,202 74,215 74,082

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,803 7,652 7,781 7,396 7,389 7,361 7,384 7,364 7,370

 25 years and over ................................................................. 66,149 67,039 66,901 65,927 66,753 66,758 66,757 66,865 66,723

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 53,498 53,892 53,879 53,214 53,676 53,634 53,632 53,682 53,619

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 17,143 17,130 17,206 17,005 17,200 17,068 17,077 17,043 17,065

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,896 18,785 18,779 18,814 18,782 18,818 18,805 18,717 18,702

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 17,459 17,977 17,894 17,395 17,694 17,747 17,750 17,922 17,853

 55 years and over ............................................................... 12,651 13,147 13,022 12,713 13,077 13,125 13,125 13,183 13,104

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 65,742 66,953 67,137 65,853 66,368 66,451 66,663 67,006 67,168

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 3,670 3,450 3,707 3,110 3,063 3,089 3,109 3,128 3,132

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,508 1,338 1,465 1,229 1,188 1,253 1,276 1,235 1,205

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 2,162 2,112 2,243 1,874 1,883 1,820 1,843 1,900 1,936

 20 years and over ................................................................... 62,072 63,502 63,430 62,744 63,305 63,362 63,555 63,878 64,035

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,687 6,593 6,639 6,503 6,431 6,416 6,487 6,478 6,458

 25 years and over ................................................................. 55,385 56,910 56,791 56,223 56,822 56,903 57,042 57,372 57,582

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 44,763 45,538 45,388 45,334 45,639 45,533 45,648 45,858 45,934

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,495 13,946 13,904 13,634 13,773 13,748 13,807 13,945 14,021

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,659 15,663 15,512 15,885 15,770 15,690 15,681 15,801 15,728

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,610 15,929 15,972 15,816 16,096 16,095 16,160 16,112 16,185

 55 years and over ............................................................... 10,622 11,371 11,403 10,889 11,183 11,370 11,394 11,513 11,648

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 45,506 45,626 45,496 45,489 45,806 45,837 45,843 45,809 45,558

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,232 34,795 34,607 34,956 35,074 35,300 35,171 35,394 35,309

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,646 9,204 9,254 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 119,409 121,070 121,951 117,329 119,053 119,251 118,959 119,452 119,818

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 23,874 24,146 23,655 24,840 24,559 24,469 24,955 24,935 24,599

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ........................................................... 7,595 7,285 7,463 7,581 7,521 7,489 7,718 7,398 7,455

 Percent of total employed ..................................................... 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.2

1 Data not available. 2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per

week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per

week.

 NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily

add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

July

2005

June

2006

July

2006

July

2005

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

June

2006

July

2006

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 7,494 6,957 7,205 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,150 1,145 1,142 16.0 15.7 14.6 14.0 15.4 15.5

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 511 517 487 18.5 18.6 15.9 15.1 17.0 16.7

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 633 624 650 14.4 13.7 14.1 13.4 14.3 14.7

 20 years and over ................................................................... 6,344 5,812 6,063 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.2

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,252 1,185 1,288 8.3 7.6 8.2 8.1 7.9 8.5

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,110 4,616 4,784 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.7

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,283 3,841 3,998 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.9

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,670 1,508 1,566 5.2 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.8

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,357 1,233 1,285 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.6

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,256 1,100 1,147 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.3

 55 years and over ............................................................... 851 747 796 3.5 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.1

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 3,928 3,727 3,862 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.8

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 654 646 636 18.3 16.8 16.2 16.2 17.0 17.1

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 303 284 249 22.9 20.5 17.9 17.6 18.0 16.9

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 349 367 392 15.5 14.4 15.8 15.3 16.6 17.6

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,274 3,082 3,226 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.2

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 711 658 700 8.8 8.3 8.7 9.1 8.2 8.7

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,574 2,420 2,521 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,151 1,998 2,092 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.8

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 820 821 859 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.8

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 659 629 627 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.2

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 671 547 606 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.3

 55 years and over ............................................................... 423 422 429 3.2 2.7 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,566 3,230 3,342 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.7

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 497 500 505 13.8 14.5 13.0 11.7 13.8 13.9

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 209 233 238 14.5 16.7 14.0 12.5 15.9 16.5

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 284 257 258 13.2 13.0 12.3 11.3 11.9 11.7

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,070 2,730 2,837 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.2

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 541 527 588 7.7 6.7 7.5 7.0 7.5 8.3

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,536 2,196 2,263 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,132 1,844 1,906 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 850 687 707 5.9 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.8

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 697 604 658 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.7 4.0

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 585 553 541 3.6 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.2

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 458 352 419 4.1 2.5 2.6 2.6 3.0 3.5

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,248 1,185 1,164 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,230 1,052 1,144 3.4 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.1

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 831 717 744 8.8 7.5 7.5 6.3 7.2 7.4

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,065 5,598 5,823 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.6

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,459 1,370 1,395 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.4

1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. 3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full

time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work

part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs.

 NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data

reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2005

June

2006

July

2006

July

2005

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

June

2006

July

2006

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 3,618 3,222 3,374 3,626 3,412 3,531 3,524 3,409 3,370

On temporary layoff .............................................................. 1,046 884 1,020 954 918 907 949 981 933

Not on temporary layoff ........................................................ 2,573 2,338 2,355 2,673 2,494 2,624 2,575 2,428 2,437

Permanent job losers ........................................................ 1,884 1,597 1,621 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs .......................... 688 741 734 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 843 794 879 825 817 846 878 818 857

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,494 2,378 2,464 2,411 2,158 2,180 2,119 2,091 2,358

New entrants ............................................................................ 883 947 885 627 634 579 525 650 629

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed ..................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ 46.2 43.9 44.4 48.4 48.6 49.5 50.0 48.9 46.7

On temporary layoff ............................................................ 13.3 12.0 13.4 12.7 13.1 12.7 13.5 14.1 12.9

Not on temporary layoff ...................................................... 32.8 31.8 31.0 35.7 35.5 36.8 36.5 34.8 33.8

Job leavers ............................................................................. 10.8 10.8 11.6 11.0 11.6 11.9 12.5 11.7 11.9

Reentrants .............................................................................. 31.8 32.4 32.4 32.2 30.7 30.5 30.1 30.0 32.7

New entrants .......................................................................... 11.3 12.9 11.6 8.4 9.0 8.1 7.4 9.3 8.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2

Job leavers ............................................................................. .6 .5 .6 .6 .5 .6 .6 .5 .6

Reentrants .............................................................................. 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6

New entrants .......................................................................... .6 .6 .6 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .4

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2005

June

2006

July

2006

July

2005

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

June

2006

July

2006

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,809 3,410 2,964 2,616 2,676 2,635 2,516 2,673 2,704

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,716 1,897 2,462 2,452 2,011 2,115 2,242 2,052 2,175

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 2,314 2,034 2,176 2,483 2,333 2,373 2,297 2,133 2,338

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 955 922 890 1,069 1,044 1,046 968 1,020 998

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,359 1,112 1,286 1,414 1,288 1,327 1,329 1,112 1,340

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 16.5 15.1 16.1 17.7 16.9 16.8 17.1 16.2 17.3

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 8.0 5.7 7.3 8.9 8.5 8.5 8.5 7.5 8.2

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed ..................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 35.8 46.4 39.0 34.6 38.1 37.0 35.7 39.0 37.5

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 34.6 25.8 32.4 32.5 28.6 29.7 31.8 29.9 30.1

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 29.5 27.7 28.6 32.9 33.2 33.3 32.6 31.1 32.4

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 12.2 12.6 11.7 14.2 14.9 14.7 13.7 14.9 13.8

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 17.3 15.2 16.9 18.7 18.4 18.6 18.8 16.2 18.6

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

July

2005

July

2006

July

2005

July

2006

July

2005

July

2006

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 143,283 145,606 7,839 7,602 5.2 5.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 48,771 49,721 1,328 1,255 2.7 2.5

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,371 20,938 488 471 2.3 2.2

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,400 28,783 840 784 2.9 2.7

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 24,182 25,063 1,511 1,439 5.9 5.4

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 36,421 36,191 1,953 1,857 5.1 4.9

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 16,728 16,606 932 914 5.3 5.2

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,694 19,586 1,021 943 4.9 4.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 15,773 16,287 844 956 5.1 5.5

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 1,185 1,173 59 69 4.8 5.5

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 9,478 9,722 576 668 5.7 6.4

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,111 5,392 208 220 3.9 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,136 18,343 1,304 1,168 6.7 6.0

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,236 9,536 703 518 7.1 5.1

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,901 8,807 601 650 6.3 6.9

1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

July

2005

July

2006

July

2005

July

2006

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 7,839 7,602 5.2 5.0

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 5,922 5,712 5.1 4.8

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 22 25 3.7 3.5

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 509 633 5.2 6.1

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 883 736 5.3 4.4

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 580 444 5.5 4.2

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 303 292 4.9 4.9

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,194 1,083 5.6 5.1

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 222 237 3.9 4.2

 Information ........................................................................................................ 142 103 4.2 3.0

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 309 329 3.3 3.4

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 804 735 6.3 5.5

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 635 659 3.5 3.5

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 929 867 7.4 6.8

 Other services .................................................................................................. 274 305 4.2 4.7

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 69 55 4.7 3.6

Government workers ......................................................................................... 683 659 3.3 3.2

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 282 291 2.5 2.6

1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2005

June

2006

July

2006

July

2005

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

June

2006

July

2006

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor

force .................................................................................................................................. 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate) .................................................................................................................................. 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

discouraged workers ........................................................................................................ 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.0

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 .................... 6.1 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.7

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 ............................................................................................................................. 9.1 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.5

 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor

looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for

work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached,

have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed

part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but

have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new

range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly

Labor Review. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

July

2005

July

2006

July

2005

July

2006

July

2005

July

2006

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 75,031 75,704 27,778 28,369 47,254 47,335

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 5,081 5,006 2,063 2,101 3,017 2,905

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,516 1,522 735 762 781 761

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ..................................... 499 428 284 263 215 166

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,016 1,094 450 499 566 595

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,595 7,463 3,956 3,819 3,639 3,645

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.3 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.5 5.4

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,964 3,859 2,303 2,175 1,661 1,685

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,662 1,619 584 507 1,078 1,112

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 329 313 224 192 105 121

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,594 1,629 827 923 767 706

1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and

were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training,

employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such

reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well

as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 July 

2005

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

 July 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

Change

from:

June 2006-

July 2006p

Total nonfarm ............................. 133,413 135,865 136,407 135,141 133,617 134,905 135,017 135,117 135,241 135,354 113

Total private ........................................ 112,764 113,551 114,525 114,380 111,795 113,006 113,099 113,193 113,302 113,415 113

Goods-producing ............................................ 22,481 22,480 22,785 22,771 22,131 22,381 22,419 22,407 22,430 22,428 -2

Natural resources and mining .................................. 635 673 687 697 624 661 670 672 677 684 7

Logging ........................................................... 66.2 61.6 63.3 64.7 63.8 63.0 63.8 63.7 62.9 62.4 -.5

Mining .................................................................... 568.4 610.9 624.1 631.9 559.9 597.7 606.2 608.5 614.0 621.9 7.9

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 127.8 134.6 138.6 141.3 126.1 131.9 133.5 134.6 136.5 138.9 2.4

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 218.2 221.4 225.4 225.8 212.7 217.6 218.2 218.5 219.1 219.6 .5

Coal mining ...................................................... 74.7 78.4 79.0 79.3 74.1 78.3 78.7 78.4 78.4 78.7 .3

Support activities for mining .............................. 222.4 254.9 260.1 264.8 221.1 248.2 254.5 255.4 258.4 263.4 5.0

Construction ............................................................. 7,589 7,578 7,742 7,797 7,283 7,495 7,505 7,501 7,497 7,503 6

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,737.7 1,758.8 1,788.4 1,803.5 1,691.8 1,749.2 1,756.0 1,756.1 1,752.6 1,759.8 7.2

Residential building ......................................... 980.5 983.9 1,001.2 1,005.1 950.0 979.6 980.7 979.6 976.8 977.1 .3

Nonresidential building .................................... 757.2 774.9 787.2 798.4 741.8 769.6 775.3 776.5 775.8 782.7 6.9

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 1,030.2 1,013.0 1,039.1 1,045.7 961.0 990.5 987.5 985.4 981.2 980.2 -1.0

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,820.8 4,805.8 4,914.0 4,948.2 4,629.8 4,755.7 4,761.5 4,759.7 4,763.0 4,762.6 -.4

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,371.0 2,366.4 2,414.9 2,416.3 2,277.2 2,350.9 2,351.0 2,345.6 2,342.7 2,333.4 -9.3

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,449.8 2,439.4 2,499.1 2,531.9 2,352.6 2,404.8 2,410.5 2,414.1 2,420.3 2,429.2 8.9

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,257 14,229 14,356 14,277 14,224 14,225 14,244 14,234 14,256 14,241 -15

Production workers ....................................... 10,053 10,192 10,294 10,224 10,050 10,170 10,192 10,198 10,218 10,219 1

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,939 9,025 9,098 9,020 8,946 8,992 9,017 9,014 9,034 9,024 -10

Production workers ....................................... 6,178 6,391 6,448 6,378 6,204 6,347 6,370 6,380 6,399 6,401 2

Wood products ................................................... 559.9 556.4 560.5 556.9 553.6 558.3 554.5 555.5 552.0 551.8 -.2

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 512.9 506.4 510.2 511.4 501.8 507.2 506.6 502.7 500.6 500.9 .3

Primary metals .................................................... 465.0 473.5 477.4 472.0 468.1 473.1 472.9 473.7 475.4 475.2 -.2

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,520.7 1,539.7 1,552.9 1,549.2 1,521.1 1,534.1 1,538.0 1,540.5 1,544.6 1,549.1 4.5

Machinery ........................................................... 1,164.8 1,180.9 1,190.3 1,195.4 1,165.0 1,171.5 1,174.9 1,179.6 1,184.0 1,191.6 7.6

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,329.6 1,327.1 1,342.1 1,333.5 1,322.8 1,322.0 1,329.0 1,327.5 1,333.4 1,325.2 -8.2

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 208.8 203.0 204.5 204.7 207.6 202.7 203.1 202.7 203.1 203.2 .1

Communications equipment ........................... 148.5 150.1 150.9 147.2 147.6 149.3 149.6 149.6 149.4 146.2 -3.2

Semiconductors and electronic components . 453.8 458.1 465.8 465.8 451.4 453.1 457.8 458.5 461.6 462.6 1.0

Electronic instruments ..................................... 441.4 444.7 449.2 446.7 439.1 444.3 446.4 445.6 448.0 444.2 -3.8

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 435.0 442.2 448.4 444.6 434.3 439.3 441.4 442.4 445.6 443.9 -1.7

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,731.7 1,785.0 1,800.2 1,749.8 1,761.3 1,772.6 1,785.2 1,779.8 1,789.1 1,780.5 -8.6

Motor vehicles and parts2................................. 1,048.8 1,094.4 1,102.3 1,052.7 1,080.2 1,086.8 1,098.2 1,088.3 1,092.0 1,084.1 -7.9

Furniture and related products .......................... 560.9 559.0 558.9 552.7 561.3 557.6 558.5 556.8 555.5 552.8 -2.7

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 658.4 654.3 657.5 654.6 656.9 656.7 655.5 655.0 653.7 653.4 -.3

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,318 5,204 5,258 5,257 5,278 5,233 5,227 5,220 5,222 5,217 -5

Production workers ....................................... 3,875 3,801 3,846 3,846 3,846 3,823 3,822 3,818 3,819 3,818 -1

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,497.6 1,443.1 1,468.6 1,483.8 1,474.7 1,460.7 1,462.4 1,461.7 1,463.8 1,460.1 -3.7

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 196.3 193.4 198.5 201.7 190.8 194.4 195.0 194.9 195.5 196.5 1.0

Textile mills ......................................................... 217.1 201.2 199.3 194.4 217.5 203.7 201.7 199.9 197.3 194.9 -2.4

Textile product mills ........................................... 172.9 169.6 170.3 169.5 172.0 170.5 168.1 168.2 168.6 168.8 .2

Apparel ................................................................ 258.3 252.1 254.6 248.0 259.4 252.8 252.3 250.8 250.5 249.5 -1.0

Leather and allied products ............................... 39.2 37.9 37.5 36.4 39.5 37.5 37.7 37.5 37.2 36.8 -.4

Paper and paper products ................................. 486.5 471.7 473.2 472.6 484.6 475.2 472.8 472.9 471.3 470.5 -.8

Printing and related support activities ............... 649.5 641.6 645.1 640.5 646.4 644.1 643.0 640.9 640.2 637.8 -2.4

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 116.2 115.0 118.4 119.6 113.3 113.3 114.0 114.6 115.5 116.2 .7

Chemicals ........................................................... 885.1 887.2 895.0 900.6 879.4 887.0 887.1 887.7 890.3 894.0 3.7

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 799.1 791.4 797.6 790.3 800.1 793.6 792.5 791.1 792.2 791.4 -.8

See footnotes at the end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 July 

2005

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

 July 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

Change

from:

June 2006-

July 2006p

Service-providing .............................................. 110,932 113,385 113,622 112,370 111,486 112,524 112,598 112,710 112,811 112,926 115

Private service-providing ............................... 90,283 91,071 91,740 91,609 89,664 90,625 90,680 90,786 90,872 90,987 115

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,970 25,990 26,120 26,042 25,976 26,075 26,053 26,039 26,050 26,062 12

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,787.4 5,858.9 5,892.6 5,883.4 5,755.3 5,824.0 5,833.5 5,842.1 5,849.7 5,850.6 .9

Durable goods .................................................... 3,010.6 3,050.3 3,069.6 3,069.5 2,993.4 3,039.7 3,044.7 3,047.0 3,051.5 3,052.0 .5

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,036.8 2,049.5 2,061.4 2,056.2 2,023.6 2,032.9 2,034.4 2,039.8 2,040.8 2,042.7 1.9

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 740.0 759.1 761.6 757.7 738.3 751.4 754.4 755.3 757.4 755.9 -1.5

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,296.6 15,151.2 15,223.1 15,194.6 15,309.8 15,306.6 15,260.4 15,225.7 15,221.5 15,221.5 .0

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,944.8 1,912.4 1,928.9 1,926.9 1,925.9 1,911.8 1,911.0 1,909.6 1,910.7 1,908.1 -2.6

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,272.6 1,243.2 1,252.9 1,254.6 1,266.5 1,244.6 1,245.6 1,245.3 1,247.2 1,247.4 .2

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 570.9 590.7 591.1 588.3 578.5 591.3 595.3 595.2 595.5 596.2 .7

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 521.9 521.3 525.3 520.8 534.0 535.1 534.8 533.1 533.8 533.2 -.6

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,318.0 1,375.8 1,376.2 1,361.0 1,279.3 1,312.4 1,313.9 1,317.2 1,316.5 1,321.4 4.9

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,841.3 2,802.3 2,823.8 2,822.4 2,822.6 2,809.6 2,808.8 2,803.4 2,802.5 2,802.8 .3

Health and personal care stores ....................... 953.2 957.5 960.8 957.0 954.1 960.3 956.8 959.8 958.6 959.6 1.0

Gasoline stations ................................................ 886.1 860.7 872.2 878.1 874.6 866.0 867.0 859.5 864.8 865.9 1.1

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,432.8 1,374.4 1,406.6 1,432.6 1,430.7 1,423.1 1,418.6 1,412.3 1,422.5 1,431.4 8.9

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 625.7 612.4 611.4 604.3 642.7 634.5 632.8 628.7 627.6 623.5 -4.1

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,879.0 2,827.7 2,814.0 2,795.8 2,931.1 2,929.4 2,892.0 2,880.0 2,865.5 2,857.3 -8.2

Department stores .......................................... 1,569.1 1,535.7 1,535.9 1,526.1 1,613.5 1,607.4 1,591.4 1,584.1 1,576.5 1,573.4 -3.1

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 903.5 899.7 896.7 891.1 903.1 902.5 899.5 896.3 892.7 891.8 -.9

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 419.4 416.3 416.1 416.3 433.2 430.6 429.9 430.6 430.8 430.3 -.5

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,324.1 4,420.2 4,442.0 4,398.7 4,353.0 4,384.4 4,398.1 4,410.8 4,419.5 4,429.3 9.8

Air transportation ................................................ 506.7 487.7 488.9 490.5 503.6 487.6 489.0 486.7 486.5 487.5 1.0

Rail transportation .............................................. 230.0 228.1 228.3 228.5 228.9 227.5 227.4 227.8 227.6 227.4 -.2

Water transportation ........................................... 62.9 63.8 65.6 67.0 60.2 62.5 62.8 62.9 63.3 64.2 .9

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,413.5 1,412.8 1,438.2 1,446.2 1,396.3 1,409.2 1,417.4 1,417.5 1,421.6 1,428.5 6.9

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 327.6 415.5 393.3 328.6 387.3 394.5 391.0 394.8 395.4 391.7 -3.7

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 37.6 37.9 38.3 38.9 37.4 37.7 37.8 38.1 38.2 38.5 .3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 41.7 33.1 38.5 42.1 31.4 32.4 31.8 31.9 31.5 31.5 .0

Support activities for transportation ................... 551.6 564.7 571.2 566.6 549.5 562.2 564.2 566.4 568.8 565.8 -3.0

Couriers and messengers .................................. 568.2 581.0 579.5 582.7 571.3 575.2 577.6 581.2 581.4 584.8 3.4

Warehousing and storage .................................. 584.3 595.6 600.2 607.6 587.1 595.6 599.1 603.5 605.2 609.4 4.2

Utilities ................................................................... 562.1 560.1 562.4 565.3 557.7 559.5 560.5 560.3 559.7 560.5 .8

Information ................................................................ 3,080 3,066 3,080 3,067 3,061 3,072 3,070 3,061 3,060 3,051 -9

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 908.6 899.4 905.1 903.7 905.9 903.5 904.4 902.9 901.4 900.8 -.6

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 388.9 381.9 388.9 386.1 375.9 389.5 384.4 377.3 379.3 375.8 -3.5

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 329.0 326.4 327.8 325.8 328.3 325.5 327.1 327.0 326.6 325.3 -1.3

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.1 30.8 30.9 30.2 29.9 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.3 30.0 -.3

Telecommunications .......................................... 998.9 995.6 991.7 990.5 996.8 993.2 993.5 993.1 989.5 988.6 -.9

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 373.5 381.7 385.3 380.2 373.6 380.7 380.0 380.4 383.4 380.5 -2.9

Other information services ................................. 51.0 50.5 50.5 50.7 50.7 49.4 49.7 50.1 49.9 50.0 .1

Financial activities .................................................... 8,205 8,317 8,382 8,384 8,136 8,282 8,308 8,315 8,310 8,316 6

Finance and insurance .......................................... 6,025.7 6,139.1 6,159.5 6,161.8 6,002.5 6,120.1 6,134.5 6,139.0 6,130.0 6,138.9 8.9

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 20.9 21.3 21.8 21.9 20.7 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.7 21.8 .1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,879.3 2,924.6 2,938.6 2,938.4 2,866.1 2,914.7 2,921.3 2,924.3 2,920.5 2,925.0 4.5

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,784.6 1,817.5 1,827.8 1,830.1 1,773.5 1,810.6 1,813.6 1,816.8 1,816.4 1,818.1 1.7

Commercial banking .................................... 1,305.6 1,322.1 1,330.8 1,332.4 1,296.9 1,318.3 1,320.1 1,321.7 1,322.8 1,322.9 .1

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 781.9 799.0 797.6 799.0 779.6 798.8 800.7 800.8 796.6 796.9 .3

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,256.5 2,304.6 2,310.7 2,311.2 2,249.3 2,297.1 2,302.5 2,302.9 2,301.1 2,304.4 3.3

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 87.1 89.6 90.8 91.3 86.8 88.2 88.6 89.5 90.1 90.8 .7

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,179.1 2,177.9 2,222.4 2,222.5 2,133.3 2,162.3 2,173.8 2,176.4 2,180.4 2,177.5 -2.9

Real estate .......................................................... 1,486.7 1,495.4 1,522.0 1,525.1 1,458.8 1,489.2 1,499.3 1,498.0 1,499.7 1,499.2 -.5

Rental and leasing services ............................... 665.2 654.3 671.6 667.9 647.4 644.9 646.1 650.2 652.0 649.1 -2.9

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 27.2 28.2 28.8 29.5 27.1 28.2 28.4 28.2 28.7 29.2 .5

See footnotes at the end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 July 

2005

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

 July 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

Change

from:

June 2006-

July 2006p

Professional and business services ........................ 17,027 17,275 17,525 17,496 16,898 17,199 17,211 17,276 17,313 17,356 43

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 7,006.4 7,154.8 7,241.0 7,269.8 7,024.7 7,170.3 7,192.0 7,220.6 7,239.4 7,282.5 43.1

Legal services .................................................. 1,184.4 1,154.0 1,175.3 1,175.0 1,167.5 1,162.5 1,162.5 1,159.6 1,157.2 1,158.5 1.3

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 774.9 814.6 814.1 802.8 841.3 849.9 852.7 860.4 867.3 868.5 1.2

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,329.6 1,368.0 1,390.2 1,404.3 1,307.8 1,356.5 1,360.6 1,369.3 1,371.0 1,381.0 10.0

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,185.4 1,251.6 1,262.2 1,270.3 1,189.2 1,235.2 1,243.1 1,255.5 1,260.2 1,272.0 11.8

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 855.2 877.1 885.2 892.9 847.6 875.4 878.0 879.4 879.4 885.6 6.2

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,774.3 1,782.6 1,797.7 1,805.5 1,757.1 1,774.9 1,775.4 1,779.7 1,781.1 1,784.4 3.3

Administrative and waste services ....................... 8,246.4 8,337.4 8,485.9 8,420.2 8,116.0 8,253.7 8,244.0 8,276.1 8,292.1 8,288.6 -3.5

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,901.6 8,002.0 8,144.8 8,078.0 7,778.4 7,917.9 7,908.5 7,941.1 7,956.7 7,953.2 -3.5

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,577.2 3,634.9 3,712.6 3,668.2 3,561.5 3,644.0 3,633.9 3,653.8 3,660.0 3,652.7 -7.3

Temporary help services ............................. 2,529.9 2,606.3 2,643.7 2,603.6 2,523.9 2,604.6 2,596.8 2,613.4 2,603.7 2,601.3 -2.4

Business support services .............................. 753.5 766.3 766.3 763.3 759.5 761.3 761.6 765.8 766.4 768.6 2.2

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,847.0 1,840.4 1,889.2 1,879.2 1,738.5 1,765.8 1,766.0 1,767.4 1,770.1 1,769.2 -.9

Waste management and remediation services 344.8 335.4 341.1 342.2 337.6 335.8 335.5 335.0 335.4 335.4 .0

Education and health services ................................ 17,043 17,762 17,532 17,395 17,368 17,622 17,650 17,676 17,702 17,726 24

Educational services ............................................. 2,500.2 2,916.5 2,632.7 2,533.1 2,820.4 2,845.4 2,849.2 2,853.1 2,849.2 2,857.3 8.1

Health care and social assistance ........................14,543.1 14,845.5 14,899.3 14,861.7 14,547.4 14,776.5 14,800.4 14,823.3 14,852.3 14,868.6 16.3

3 Health care ............................................................ 12,367.4 12,549.2 12,624.7 12,641.6 12,334.3 12,516.3 12,538.1 12,561.5 12,585.3 12,608.3 23.0

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 5,129.3 5,250.2 5,271.7 5,267.6 5,121.8 5,232.5 5,240.1 5,249.1 5,254.6 5,262.5 7.9

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,106.5 2,165.9 2,181.1 2,181.0 2,104.2 2,154.8 2,162.1 2,168.6 2,173.6 2,178.3 4.7

Outpatient care centers ................................... 476.5 489.4 491.4 490.7 474.7 488.6 488.8 488.8 490.0 489.8 -.2

Home health care services ............................. 817.0 842.3 842.0 839.3 817.1 835.8 835.5 839.9 838.5 839.7 1.2

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,371.9 4,408.5 4,441.0 4,453.6 4,353.5 4,402.5 4,409.6 4,417.6 4,428.1 4,433.9 5.8

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,866.2 2,890.5 2,912.0 2,920.4 2,859.0 2,881.3 2,888.4 2,894.8 2,902.6 2,911.9 9.3

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,582.2 1,587.4 1,593.8 1,597.5 1,579.9 1,582.6 1,585.4 1,590.1 1,590.6 1,594.7 4.1

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,175.7 2,296.3 2,274.6 2,220.1 2,213.1 2,260.2 2,262.3 2,261.8 2,267.0 2,260.3 -6.7

Child day care services ................................... 743.5 816.3 788.0 738.3 786.6 795.6 797.0 793.7 790.2 783.5 -6.7

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 13,500 13,234 13,628 13,760 12,833 12,976 12,989 13,014 13,035 13,077 42

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 2,201.2 1,988.0 2,162.4 2,221.7 1,894.9 1,903.1 1,911.5 1,910.2 1,911.0 1,914.6 3.6

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 397.6 389.2 394.1 403.6 372.2 364.4 369.2 374.3 374.9 375.6 .7

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 133.7 128.3 134.2 137.2 121.3 121.5 122.8 124.1 123.4 123.9 .5

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,669.9 1,470.5 1,634.1 1,680.9 1,401.4 1,417.2 1,419.5 1,411.8 1,412.7 1,415.1 2.4

Accommodations and food services .................... 11,298.4 11,245.6 11,465.4 11,538.6 10,937.9 11,072.8 11,077.7 11,104.0 11,124.2 11,162.5 38.3

Accommodations ................................................ 1,961.1 1,795.7 1,888.9 1,953.4 1,813.2 1,803.1 1,795.4 1,799.3 1,799.6 1,808.5 8.9

Food services and drinking places .................... 9,337.3 9,449.9 9,576.5 9,585.2 9,124.7 9,269.7 9,282.3 9,304.7 9,324.6 9,354.0 29.4

Other services .......................................................... 5,458 5,427 5,473 5,465 5,392 5,399 5,399 5,405 5,402 5,399 -3

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,251.3 1,258.8 1,262.4 1,251.4 1,240.9 1,245.8 1,249.8 1,251.5 1,249.8 1,242.5 -7.3

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,278.4 1,285.8 1,287.1 1,280.1 1,271.3 1,270.7 1,269.7 1,269.8 1,269.2 1,273.0 3.8

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,928.5 2,882.5 2,923.5 2,933.1 2,879.6 2,882.4 2,879.3 2,883.8 2,883.4 2,883.0 -.4

Government .............................................................. 20,649 22,314 21,882 20,761 21,822 21,899 21,918 21,924 21,939 21,939 0

Federal ................................................................... 2,743 2,704 2,728 2,738 2,726 2,706 2,704 2,708 2,713 2,719 6

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,970.8 1,940.4 1,962.0 1,965.3 1,950.7 1,937.0 1,937.9 1,938.1 1,941.8 1,944.1 2.3

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 772.5 764.0 765.7 772.3 775.5 769.3 766.2 769.7 770.8 774.6 3.8

State government .................................................. 4,750 5,086 4,834 4,741 5,023 5,024 5,032 5,032 5,028 5,018 -10

State government education .............................. 1,947.7 2,302.3 2,032.3 1,942.7 2,249.0 2,248.0 2,255.0 2,254.7 2,251.7 2,245.3 -6.4

State government, excluding education ............ 2,802.3 2,783.2 2,801.8 2,798.4 2,773.8 2,776.2 2,777.3 2,776.9 2,776.2 2,772.9 -3.3

Local government .................................................. 13,156 14,524 14,320 13,282 14,073 14,169 14,182 14,184 14,198 14,202 4

Local government education ............................. 6,744.0 8,271.6 7,882.3 6,783.0 7,878.0 7,922.1 7,927.3 7,922.9 7,924.7 7,924.5 -.2

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,411.6 6,251.9 6,437.6 6,498.5 6,195.0 6,246.7 6,254.3 6,260.9 6,273.6 6,277.8 4.2

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor

vehicle parts.

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing

and residential care facilities.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 July 

2005

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

 July 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

Change

from:

June 2006-

July 2006p

Total private ....................................... 33.8 33.7 33.9 34.2 33.8 33.8 33.9 33.8 33.9 33.9 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 39.7 40.5 40.9 40.5 39.9 40.4 40.6 40.4 40.6 40.7 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 45.5 45.1 46.2 45.6 45.9 45.2 45.5 44.9 45.9 45.8 -.1

Construction ............................................................ 38.8 38.9 39.6 39.3 38.2 38.9 39.1 38.5 39.0 38.8 -.2

Manufacturing ......................................................... 39.9 41.2 41.3 40.9 40.5 41.1 41.2 41.2 41.3 41.5 .2

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 -.1

Durable goods ..................................................... 40.3 41.5 41.7 41.2 41.0 41.4 41.6 41.5 41.6 41.9 .3

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 .0

Wood products .................................................. 39.6 40.4 40.1 40.0 39.6 40.4 40.4 40.1 39.6 40.1 .5

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 41.6 43.3 43.8 43.0 41.7 43.0 43.3 43.1 43.4 43.3 -.1

Primary metals .................................................. 42.4 43.6 43.6 43.5 43.1 43.4 43.4 43.7 43.8 44.1 .3

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.3 41.4 41.5 41.1 40.9 41.5 41.7 41.4 41.5 41.6 .1

Machinery .......................................................... 41.6 42.5 42.5 42.6 42.0 42.1 42.6 42.5 42.6 42.9 .3

Computer and electronic products ................ 39.7 40.4 40.7 40.0 40.1 40.5 40.7 40.5 40.8 40.4 -.4

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.2 40.9 41.0 40.9 40.8 41.3 41.4 41.2 41.3 41.5 .2

Transportation equipment ............................... 40.5 43.1 43.1 42.1 42.3 42.8 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.9 .9

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 39.8 42.8 43.0 41.5 42.1 42.5 42.6 42.7 42.9 43.7 .8

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.2 38.4 38.9 38.6 39.2 38.5 38.5 38.7 38.5 38.6 .1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 37.6 38.7 39.1 38.7 38.3 38.5 38.7 38.7 39.0 39.2 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 39.3 40.5 40.8 40.4 39.7 40.4 40.5 40.6 40.7 40.8 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 -.1

Food manufacturing ......................................... 38.8 39.8 40.1 39.7 39.0 39.8 39.7 39.9 40.0 39.9 -.1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.9 41.4 41.8 41.0 40.0 40.2 40.1 40.9 41.1 41.0 -.1

Textile mills ........................................................ 39.6 40.4 40.6 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.3 40.4 40.7 40.7 .0

Textile product mills ......................................... 37.8 40.0 40.4 39.6 38.2 39.6 40.2 40.2 40.2 40.2 .0

Apparel ............................................................... 34.9 36.7 37.1 36.8 35.5 36.0 36.5 36.7 37.1 37.3 .2

Leather and allied products ............................ 38.3 39.4 39.2 38.3 39.0 39.5 38.8 39.3 39.1 39.0 -.1

Paper and paper products .............................. 42.0 43.1 43.2 42.9 42.3 42.4 42.9 43.1 43.2 43.2 .0

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.1 38.9 39.0 38.6 38.4 39.0 39.3 39.2 39.2 39.0 -.2

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 45.5 45.3 44.9 46.0 45.4 45.0 45.1 45.4 45.1 45.7 .6

Chemicals .......................................................... 41.6 42.2 42.6 42.7 42.1 42.7 42.7 42.4 42.7 43.2 .5

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 38.8 40.7 41.0 40.1 39.6 40.8 40.8 40.7 40.9 40.9 .0

Private service-providing ............................. 32.5 32.2 32.4 32.9 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.6 33.3 33.5 34.0 33.3 33.3 33.4 33.3 33.4 33.4 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.5 37.8 38.0 38.3 37.6 37.8 38.1 37.9 38.0 37.9 -.1

Retail trade ........................................................... 31.0 30.4 30.6 31.0 30.5 30.4 30.5 30.4 30.4 30.4 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.1 36.5 36.9 37.6 37.0 36.7 36.6 36.7 36.9 37.0 .1

Utilities ................................................................... 41.0 41.4 41.3 41.6 41.2 41.0 41.2 41.3 41.2 41.6 .4

Information ............................................................... 36.5 36.2 36.5 37.1 36.6 36.6 36.6 36.5 36.5 36.6 .1

Financial activities .................................................. 35.9 35.2 35.4 36.4 36.1 35.6 35.7 35.5 35.6 35.8 .2

Professional and business services .................... 34.2 34.3 34.6 34.8 34.3 34.4 34.7 34.4 34.5 34.6 .1

Education and health services ............................. 32.7 32.4 32.5 32.9 32.7 32.5 32.5 32.6 32.6 32.6 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 26.5 25.4 25.9 26.6 25.8 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.6 .0

Other services ......................................................... 31.1 30.8 31.0 31.2 31.0 30.9 31.0 30.9 30.9 30.9 .0

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining

and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and

nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.

These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the

total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor

vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and 

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

 July 

2005

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

 July 

2005

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

Total private ....................................... $16.05 $16.58 $16.59 $16.71 $542.49 $558.75 $562.40 $571.48

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 16.14 16.62 16.69 16.76 545.53 561.76 565.79 568.16

Goods-producing .......................................... 17.64 17.89 18.00 18.04 700.31 724.55 736.20 730.62

Natural resources and mining .............................. 18.70 19.79 19.78 19.86 850.85 892.53 913.84 905.62

Construction ............................................................ 19.56 19.78 19.99 20.13 758.93 769.44 791.60 791.11

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.50 16.76 16.78 16.75 658.35 690.51 693.01 685.08

Durable goods ..................................................... 17.21 17.60 17.65 17.59 693.56 730.40 736.01 724.71

Wood products .................................................. 13.21 13.35 13.49 13.42 523.12 539.34 540.95 536.80

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.93 16.60 16.67 16.68 704.29 718.78 730.15 717.24

Primary metals .................................................. 18.93 19.10 19.10 19.05 802.63 832.76 832.76 828.68

Fabricated metal products .............................. 15.84 16.09 16.12 16.17 638.35 666.13 668.98 664.59

Machinery .......................................................... 17.12 17.03 17.06 17.19 712.19 723.78 725.05 732.29

Computer and electronic products ................ 18.59 18.71 18.83 19.12 738.02 755.88 766.38 764.80

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.29 15.42 15.45 15.61 614.66 630.68 633.45 638.45

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.46 22.40 22.49 22.03 869.13 965.44 969.32 927.46

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.44 13.66 13.70 13.82 526.85 524.54 532.93 533.45

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 14.22 14.40 14.28 14.46 534.67 557.28 558.35 559.60

Nondurable goods ............................................... 15.33 15.31 15.29 15.32 602.47 620.06 623.83 618.93

Food manufacturing ......................................... 13.01 13.11 13.14 13.12 504.79 521.78 526.91 520.86

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 19.05 18.24 17.92 18.30 760.10 755.14 749.06 750.30

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.44 12.42 12.56 12.53 492.62 501.77 509.94 502.45

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.75 11.97 11.98 12.08 444.15 478.80 483.99 478.37

Apparel ............................................................... 10.29 10.58 10.63 10.65 359.12 388.29 394.37 391.92

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.54 11.45 11.74 11.65 441.98 451.13 460.21 446.20

Paper and paper products .............................. 18.22 17.88 17.90 18.12 765.24 770.63 773.28 777.35

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.71 15.77 15.63 15.76 598.55 613.45 609.57 608.34

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.59 24.32 23.91 23.63 1,118.85 1,101.70 1,073.56 1,086.98

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.72 19.51 19.36 19.23 820.35 823.32 824.74 821.12

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.92 14.93 15.02 14.99 578.90 607.65 615.82 601.10

Private service-providing ............................. 15.62 16.23 16.21 16.36 507.65 522.61 525.20 538.24

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.97 15.29 15.34 15.50 502.99 509.16 513.89 527.00

Wholesale trade ................................................... 18.17 18.71 18.74 19.12 681.38 707.24 712.12 732.30

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.43 12.57 12.59 12.70 385.33 382.13 385.25 393.70

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.79 16.97 17.17 17.21 622.91 619.41 633.57 647.10

Utilities ................................................................... 26.83 27.33 27.20 27.54 1,100.03 1,131.46 1,123.36 1,145.66

Information ............................................................... 21.98 23.10 23.02 23.26 802.27 836.22 840.23 862.95

Financial activities .................................................. 17.90 18.59 18.57 18.84 642.61 654.37 657.38 685.78

Professional and business services .................... 17.98 18.86 18.84 19.20 614.92 646.90 651.86 668.16

Education and health services ............................. 16.80 17.21 17.26 17.39 549.36 557.60 560.95 572.13

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.01 9.55 9.50 9.50 238.77 242.57 246.05 252.70

Other services ......................................................... 14.24 14.55 14.49 14.45 442.86 448.14 449.19 450.84

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 sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total Private:

 July 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

Percent

change from:

June 2006-

July 2006 p

Current dollars ................................................ $16.14 $16.51 $16.61 $16.62 $16.69 $16.76 0.4

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.20 8.19 8.18 8.15 8.17 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.63 17.82 17.87 17.92 18.00 18.01 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 18.74 19.52 19.71 19.79 19.85 19.90 .3

Construction ............................................................................ 19.52 19.65 19.70 19.86 20.02 20.04 .1

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.58 16.74 16.78 16.79 16.82 16.83 .1

.....................................................

4 Excluding overtime 15.71 15.87 15.89 15.90 15.93 15.96 .2

Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.36 17.57 17.60 17.65 17.70 17.73 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.27 15.33 15.37 15.33 15.30 15.28 -.1

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.75 16.16 16.27 16.27 16.33 16.42 .6

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.00 15.20 15.30 15.30 15.38 15.46 .5

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 18.22 18.66 18.69 18.79 18.86 18.98 .6

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.45 12.47 12.58 12.54 12.59 12.68 .7

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.75 16.98 17.10 17.04 17.17 17.17 .0

Utilities ................................................................................... 26.98 27.53 27.44 27.34 27.48 27.67 .7

Information ............................................................................... 22.17 23.00 23.13 23.16 23.26 23.39 .6

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.95 18.49 18.64 18.64 18.69 18.80 .6

Professional and business services .................................... 18.11 18.80 18.98 18.93 18.99 19.15 .8

Education and health services ............................................. 16.76 17.16 17.22 17.26 17.32 17.35 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.13 9.42 9.49 9.54 9.57 9.61 .4

Other services ......................................................................... 14.35 14.48 14.49 14.52 14.54 14.55 .1

3( )

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical

Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.

3 Change was 0.2 percent from May 2006 to June 2006, 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 workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 July 

2005

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

 July 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

Percent

change from:

June 2006-

July 2006p

Total private ....................................... 103.9 104.7 106.4 107.2 102.9 104.4 104.8 104.7 105.1 105.2 0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 99.3 102.4 105.0 103.8 98.1 101.5 102.2 101.7 102.4 102.6 .2

Natural resources and mining .............................. 116.1 122.0 127.9 128.4 114.9 120.1 122.1 121.4 125.1 126.1 .8

Construction ............................................................ 113.5 113.8 118.6 118.6 106.5 112.4 113.1 111.3 112.7 112.0 -.6

Manufacturing ......................................................... 92.1 96.4 97.6 96.0 93.4 95.9 96.4 96.4 96.9 97.3 .4

Durable goods ..................................................... 93.5 99.7 101.0 98.7 95.6 98.7 99.6 99.5 100.0 100.8 .8

Wood products .................................................. 100.3 101.7 101.5 100.5 99.0 102.3 101.6 100.8 98.6 99.6 1.0

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 98.0 100.9 102.7 101.6 95.6 100.5 100.8 99.7 99.6 99.8 .2

Primary metals .................................................. 91.3 96.4 97.0 95.1 93.6 96.0 95.8 96.6 97.1 97.3 .2

Fabricated metal products .............................. 97.4 102.0 103.5 102.1 98.9 102.0 102.7 102.2 102.9 103.5 .6

Machinery .......................................................... 97.8 102.6 103.3 103.8 99.1 100.3 101.8 102.2 102.9 104.4 1.5

Computer and electronic products ................ 94.5 104.7 106.9 104.3 95.3 103.3 105.0 104.8 106.6 105.1 -1.4

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 85.6 90.0 91.3 90.3 87.0 89.9 90.5 90.8 91.6 91.8 .2

Transportation equipment ............................... 89.3 102.1 103.2 97.5 96.0 100.1 101.5 101.5 102.2 104.6 2.3

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 84.3 96.6 97.9 89.3 92.5 95.3 96.5 95.8 96.9 97.7 .8

Furniture and related products ....................... 91.3 90.3 91.4 89.4 91.3 89.9 90.2 90.4 89.7 89.3 -.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 88.3 91.1 92.3 90.7 90.0 90.9 91.4 91.3 91.7 92.0 .3

Nondurable goods ............................................... 89.7 90.7 92.4 91.5 89.9 91.0 91.2 91.3 91.5 91.7 .2

Food manufacturing ......................................... 96.9 95.1 97.5 98.0 95.6 96.6 96.5 96.9 97.1 96.8 -.3

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 98.7 99.1 102.3 104.6 95.3 100.7 100.1 100.1 99.7 101.3 1.6

Textile mills ........................................................ 69.7 66.6 66.5 63.8 71.0 67.1 66.3 66.1 65.9 65.1 -1.2

Textile product mills ......................................... 88.2 91.4 92.6 90.1 88.9 91.7 91.8 91.8 91.8 91.6 -.2

Apparel ............................................................... 64.5 66.5 68.4 66.7 66.3 65.0 65.9 66.2 67.0 67.9 1.3

Leather and allied products ............................ 77.0 77.6 75.4 72.1 79.6 76.4 75.9 76.6 75.4 75.0 -.5

Paper and paper products .............................. 87.2 87.4 88.4 86.9 87.5 86.8 87.3 87.5 87.8 87.4 -.5

Printing and related support activities ........... 90.7 93.0 93.8 92.6 90.9 92.9 93.9 93.5 93.6 93.1 -.5

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 105.8 101.3 102.8 106.0 102.5 100.4 100.3 101.0 100.4 102.1 1.7

Chemicals .......................................................... 95.8 98.9 101.1 101.0 96.5 99.2 99.5 99.2 100.3 101.6 1.3

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 88.7 93.1 94.5 91.4 90.9 93.3 93.3 93.0 93.6 93.6 .0

Private service-providing ............................. 105.1 105.3 106.9 108.4 103.9 105.0 105.4 105.6 105.7 105.8 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 102.4 101.7 102.9 104.1 101.5 102.1 102.3 102.0 102.3 102.3 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 101.8 104.5 105.8 106.4 101.4 103.6 104.8 104.4 104.8 104.6 -.2

Retail trade ........................................................... 102.4 99.4 100.5 101.7 101.0 100.6 100.6 100.1 99.9 99.9 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 104.4 105.6 107.5 108.3 105.0 105.1 105.3 105.9 106.9 107.4 .5

Utilities ................................................................... 94.5 95.9 95.9 97.5 94.1 94.6 95.3 95.7 95.1 96.4 1.4

Information ............................................................... 100.1 100.1 101.5 102.9 99.7 100.9 100.9 100.8 100.8 100.9 .1

Financial activities .................................................. 105.6 105.7 107.6 110.6 105.1 106.1 107.0 106.6 107.0 107.7 .7

Professional and business services .................... 106.9 109.2 112.0 112.4 106.2 109.0 110.0 109.6 110.3 110.8 .5

Education and health services ............................. 104.8 108.2 107.1 107.6 106.8 107.6 107.8 108.3 108.4 108.6 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 115.7 108.9 114.5 118.8 106.6 107.4 107.5 107.7 107.9 108.2 .3

Other services ......................................................... 98.3 96.9 98.5 99.1 96.5 96.5 96.8 96.8 96.7 96.7 .0

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and

motor vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by

the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours

estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours

and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 July 

2005

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

 July 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006

 May 

2006

 June 

2006p

 July 

2006p

Percent

change from:

June 2006-

July 2006p

Total private ....................................... 111.6 116.2 118.1 119.8 111.1 115.3 116.5 116.4 117.4 118.0 0.5

Goods-producing .......................................... 107.3 112.2 115.7 114.7 105.9 110.8 111.9 111.7 112.8 113.2 .4

Natural resources and mining .............................. 126.2 140.4 147.1 148.3 125.2 136.3 140.0 139.8 144.5 145.9 1.0

Construction ............................................................ 119.9 121.5 128.1 128.9 112.3 119.3 120.3 119.4 121.8 121.2 -.5

Manufacturing ......................................................... 99.3 105.6 107.1 105.1 101.3 105.0 105.8 105.9 106.5 107.1 .6

Durable goods ..................................................... 100.5 109.5 111.3 108.4 103.6 108.3 109.4 109.6 110.5 111.5 .9

Nondurable goods ............................................... 97.2 98.1 99.9 99.1 97.0 98.5 99.0 98.9 99.0 99.1 .1

Private service-providing ............................. 112.8 117.4 119.0 121.8 112.4 116.5 117.8 118.0 118.6 119.4 .7

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 109.3 110.9 112.6 115.1 108.7 110.7 111.7 111.3 112.2 112.8 .5

Wholesale trade ................................................... 108.9 115.2 116.8 119.8 108.8 113.9 115.3 115.6 116.5 116.9 .3

Retail trade ........................................................... 109.1 107.1 108.5 110.7 107.8 107.5 108.5 107.5 107.8 108.5 .6

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 111.2 113.7 117.1 118.2 111.5 113.2 114.2 114.5 116.4 117.0 .5

Utilities ................................................................... 105.9 109.5 108.9 112.1 105.9 108.7 109.1 109.2 109.1 111.4 2.1

Information ............................................................... 108.9 114.5 115.7 118.4 109.4 114.9 115.5 115.6 116.1 116.8 .6

Financial activities .................................................. 116.8 121.5 123.5 128.8 116.6 121.3 123.3 122.8 123.7 125.2 1.2

Professional and business services .................... 114.3 122.6 125.6 128.5 114.5 121.9 124.2 123.5 124.6 126.2 1.3

Education and health services ............................. 115.7 122.4 121.6 123.0 117.7 121.4 122.0 122.8 123.4 123.9 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 121.6 121.2 126.8 131.6 113.5 118.0 118.9 119.8 120.4 121.2 .7

Other services ......................................................... 102.0 102.7 104.0 104.3 100.9 101.8 102.2 102.4 102.4 102.5 .1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls

by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate

payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory

worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries

1

1

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Time span

2002 ......................................................... 40.8 36.5 38.3 38.7 40.1 46.0 43.7 43.3 41.7 41.9 41.5 36.0

2003 ......................................................... 44.1 37.9 34.9 38.3 42.8 38.8 37.6 39.7 50.7 49.8 52.0 51.3

2004 ......................................................... 51.6 49.5 62.4 65.5 62.4 57.7 52.7 52.0 57.0 54.3 55.0 54.1

2005 ......................................................... 50.7 57.7 56.7 54.7 54.5 56.7 59.2 54.1 51.4 53.4 61.7 58.6

2006 ......................................................... 61.0 59.9 58.5 64.4 55.8 p 56.7 p 53.2

2002 ......................................................... 34.5 36.2 35.6 35.8 34.9 38.8 38.5 44.8 37.6 39.7 37.2 39.6

2003 ......................................................... 40.6 34.2 34.7 32.7 35.3 41.7 38.5 33.8 42.6 47.8 49.8 50.5

2004 ......................................................... 54.3 53.4 57.6 63.1 69.4 68.3 58.8 55.6 57.4 56.5 59.9 55.2

2005 ......................................................... 52.9 56.7 59.2 60.4 56.8 60.8 60.4 59.7 57.9 52.2 57.0 63.7

2006 ......................................................... 66.2 65.5 63.3 63.7 63.8 p 61.7 p 58.1

2002 ......................................................... 30.2 30.6 31.5 30.9 32.0 36.3 35.8 37.6 34.5 36.0 36.7 35.3

2003 ......................................................... 34.4 31.8 31.8 34.0 32.7 36.2 33.3 32.4 40.5 45.3 46.4 47.7

2004 ......................................................... 49.8 52.3 54.7 60.8 63.3 63.8 63.1 63.5 59.0 61.3 55.9 55.6

2005 ......................................................... 55.4 57.7 57.4 58.8 55.2 58.6 60.8 59.5 60.6 57.7 58.5 60.6

2006 ......................................................... 61.2 61.5 63.1 67.6 65.5 p 65.1 p 65.3

2002 ......................................................... 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ......................................................... 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2

2004 ......................................................... 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.4 50.7 57.7 57.0 55.2 56.7 58.3 60.1 60.3

2005 ......................................................... 60.1 61.0 59.5 58.6 58.6 59.4 60.8 61.0 60.8 58.3 58.8 62.1

2006 ......................................................... 61.3 61.0 62.2 62.6 64.0 p 65.1 p 61.2

2002 ......................................................... 19.6 21.4 18.5 29.2 25.0 30.4 36.9 25.6 28.6 17.9 17.9 19.6

2003 ......................................................... 32.7 19.6 19.6 10.7 23.2 19.0 19.6 29.2 28.6 36.3 42.3 40.5

2004 ......................................................... 44.0 47.6 44.6 64.9 53.6 45.8 56.5 52.4 41.7 42.3 39.9 39.3

2005 ......................................................... 39.3 38.7 38.7 42.3 44.6 34.5 47.6 35.7 45.2 43.5 50.0 52.4

2006 ......................................................... 59.5 48.8 49.4 57.7 50.0 p 60.7 p 45.2

2002 ......................................................... 9.5 9.5 11.3 17.9 14.9 17.9 22.6 25.6 22.6 17.3 9.5 11.9

2003 ......................................................... 18.5 11.3 12.5 8.3 7.7 11.3 14.9 15.5 16.7 27.4 32.1 35.7

2004 ......................................................... 43.5 42.3 43.5 53.6 57.7 58.9 53.6 48.8 48.2 40.5 38.1 31.0

2005 ......................................................... 35.7 39.9 42.9 39.9 37.5 41.1 39.3 35.7 39.9 36.3 36.9 50.0

2006 ......................................................... 56.0 51.8 48.8 50.6 48.8 p 54.2 p 50.6

2002 ......................................................... 7.1 8.3 7.7 8.3 8.3 11.9 12.5 11.9 13.7 8.9 7.1 7.7

2003 ......................................................... 11.3 11.3 8.3 9.5 10.7 9.5 6.0 8.9 13.7 18.5 24.4 23.8

2004 ......................................................... 28.6 33.3 33.3 45.8 47.6 51.2 56.0 51.8 48.2 49.4 39.3 35.7

2005 ......................................................... 36.9 36.9 35.1 33.3 33.3 32.7 36.9 36.9 41.1 41.7 39.3 42.3

2006 ......................................................... 37.5 45.8 45.2 51.2 48.2 p 51.2 p 49.4

2002 ......................................................... 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ......................................................... 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7

2004 ......................................................... 13.1 14.3 13.1 20.2 23.2 35.7 36.9 38.1 36.3 44.0 44.6 44.6

2005 ......................................................... 44.6 44.6 41.7 40.5 39.9 33.3 32.7 31.0 32.1 39.3 35.7 40.5

2006 ......................................................... 41.1 39.9 39.9 42.9 41.7 p 46.4 p 44.0

1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and

unadjusted data for the 12-month span.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing

plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where

50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing

and decreasing employment.