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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  FEBRUARY 1995
 
     Employment continued to increase in February and unemployment returned
to December levels, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today.  The unemployment rate fell back to 5.4 percent;
in January, the rate had been 5.7 percent.
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment, as measured by the survey of employers,
rose by 318,000, with substantial increases in services and retail trade
and continued growth in manufacturing.  Total employment, as measured by
the household survey, also had a large gain.  Average hourly earnings
showed no change in February, following a marked rise in January.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     The unemployment rate dropped by 0.3 percentage point to 5.4 percent
in February, after rising by the same amount in January.  At 7.2 million,
the number of unemployed also was at the same level as in December.  Since
January 1994, the unemployment level has declined by 1.6 million and the
jobless rate has fallen by 1.3 percentage points.  (See table A-1.)
 
     Adult men accounted for the bulk of the February decline in
unemployment, just as they had accounted for much of the increase in the
prior month.  As a result, their unemployment rate (4.6 percent) was about
the same as in December.  Jobless rates for Hispanics (8.9 percent) and
whites (4.7 percent) decreased, while the rates for adult women (4.8
percent), teenagers (17.6 percent), and blacks (10.1 percent) were little
changed.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
 
     The number of persons unemployed for 27 weeks or more decreased by
146,000 in February to 1.2 million.  Since January 1994, the number of
long-term unemployed has declined by about half a million.  (See table
A-5.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     Total employment rose by 486,000 to 125.1 million in February
(seasonally adjusted).  The number of employed persons has increased by 3.2
million since January 1994.  After remaining flat for 3 months, the
employment-population ratio--the proportion of the working-age population
with jobs--increased slightly over the month to 63.2 percent, one full
percentage point above the proportion in January 1994.  (See table A-1.)
 
     A total of 7.7 million workers (not seasonally adjusted), or 6.3
percent of all employed persons, held two or more jobs in February.  A year
earlier, 5.8 percent of the employed held more than one job.  (See table
A-8.)
 
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Jan.-
      Category        |      1994       |  1994  |      1995       |Feb.
                      |_________________|________|_________________|change
                      |   III  |   IV   |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 131,050| 131,696| 131,725| 132,136| 132,308|    172
  Employment..........| 123,207| 124,371| 124,570| 124,639| 125,125|    486
  Unemployment........|   7,843|   7,325|   7,155|   7,498|   7,183|   -315
Not in labor force....|  66,000|  65,904|  66,040|  65,617|  65,578|    -39
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     6.0|     5.6|     5.4|     5.7|     5.4|   -0.3
  Adult men...........|     5.3|     4.9|     4.7|     5.0|     4.6|    -.4
  Adult women.........|     5.3|     4.9|     4.7|     4.9|     4.8|    -.1
  Teenagers...........|    17.5|    16.7|    17.2|    16.7|    17.6|     .9
  White...............|     5.2|     4.9|     4.8|     4.9|     4.7|    -.2
  Black...............|    11.1|    10.4|     9.8|    10.2|    10.1|    -.1
  Hispanic origin.....|    10.0|     9.1|     9.2|    10.2|     8.9|   -1.3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA  |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 113,908| 114,781| 115,113|p115,289|p115,607|   p318
  Goods-producing 1/..|  23,634|  23,805|  23,873| p23,960| p23,953|    p-7
    Construction......|   4,953|   5,023|   5,050|  p5,091|  p5,059|   p-32
    Manufacturing.....|  18,079|  18,184|  18,226| p18,270| p18,297|    p27
  Service-producing 1/|  90,274|  90,976|  91,240| p91,329| p91,654|   p325
    Retail trade......|  20,420|  20,643|  20,751| p20,778| p20,851|    p73
    Services..........|  32,031|  32,384|  32,506| p32,562| p32,753|   p191
    Government........|  19,087|  19,154|  19,151| p19,132| p19,155|    p23
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|    34.7|    34.6|   p34.9|   p34.5|  p-0.4
  Manufacturing.......|    42.0|    42.1|    42.2|   p42.2|   p42.1|   p-.1
    Overtime..........|     4.6|     4.8|     4.8|    p4.9|    p4.9|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.14|  $11.24|  $11.25| p$11.31| p$11.31| p$0.00
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  384.59|  390.15|  389.25| p394.72| p390.20| p-4.52
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
 
 
                                   - 3 -
 
     At 132.3 million, seasonally adjusted, the civilian labor force was
little changed in February, as was the labor force participation rate of
66.9 percent.  Since January 1994, the labor force has increased by 1.7
million.  (See table A-1.)
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     The number of persons with a marginal attachment to the labor force--
those who wanted and were available for work, but were no longer actively
looking for jobs after having searched sometime in the past 12 months--was
1.7 million (not seasonally adjusted) in February.  Of that total, those
who were not looking because they believed that there were no jobs
available for them--discouraged workers--numbered 439,000, about the same
level as a year ago.  (See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 318,000 in February to 115.6
million.  Large increases in the services and retail trade industries
accounted for the bulk of this gain, but there also was a continuation of
growth in manufacturing jobs.  Since hitting a low 3 years ago, payroll
jobs have risen by 7-1/2 million.  (See table B-1.)
 
     The services industry added 191,000 jobs in February, the largest gain
for the industry in nearly a year.  A sizable share of this increase
occurred in business services (73,000), mostly in personnel supply and
computer services.  Engineering and management services was particularly
strong in February as well, and health services and motion pictures
continued to add jobs.  The return of more normal winter weather led to a
resurgence of winter sports activity and thus a rebound in employment in
amusement and recreation services.
 
     Retail trade employment increased by 73,000 in February.  Three-
fourths of this job gain took place in eating and drinking places, which
had shown a small decline in January.  A notable advance occurred in
automotive dealers and service stations; this industry has grown by 125,000
jobs over the past year.  Wholesale trade employment continued its strong
uptrend, adding 22,000 jobs in February, with its durable goods component
accounting for most of the gain.
 
     Manufacturing employment rose by 27,000 in February, slightly below
the growth of recent months.  The over-the-month increase was essentially
limited to the durable goods sector, particularly fabricated metals,
industrial machinery, electronic equipment, and transportation equipment.
Among nondurable goods industries, only printing and publishing showed a
large job gain.  In contrast, employment in apparel fell substantially over
the month, continuing its long-term decline.
 
     The construction industry lost 32,000 jobs over the month on a
seasonally adjusted basis, reflecting the shift from unusually mild weather
in January to more normal winter conditions in February.  In spite of this
decline, construction employment was up by 314,000 over the past year.
Elsewhere, transportation and public utilities resumed its employment
advance after failing to add jobs in January.  Government employment was
little changed overall, although the Federal government continued
 
                                   - 4 -
 
downsizing, with a loss of 10,000 jobs in February.  Federal payrolls have
declined by 159,000 since the most recent peak in April 1992.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.4 hour to 34.5 hours (seasonally
adjusted) in February, following an increase of 0.3 hour in the previous
month.  The manufacturing workweek edged down (by 0.1 hour) to a still very
high 42.1 hours, and factory overtime held at a record 4.9 hours.  The
index of aggregate weekly hours declined by 0.8 percent to 131.3 (1982=100)
in February.  The manufacturing index was unchanged at 107.6.  (See tables
B-2 and B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers were unchanged over the month at $11.31 (seasonally adjusted),
following a large increase in January.  Average weekly earnings declined by
1.1 percent to $390.20, reflecting the shorter workweek.  Over the past
year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.5 percent and average weekly
earnings rose by 3.1 percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for March 1995 will be released on Friday,
April 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 196,090| 197,753| 197,886| 196,090| 197,430| 197,607| 197,765| 197,753| 197,886
  Civilian labor force............................| 129,764| 130,698| 131,028| 130,784| 131,646| 131,718| 131,725| 132,136| 132,308
        Participation rate........................|    66.2|    66.1|    66.2|    66.7|    66.7|    66.7|    66.6|    66.8|    66.9
    Employed......................................| 120,503| 122,597| 123,343| 122,208| 124,141| 124,403| 124,570| 124,639| 125,125
        Employment-population ratio...............|    61.5|    62.0|    62.3|    62.3|    62.9|    63.0|    63.0|    63.0|    63.2
      Agriculture.................................|   2,915|   3,087|   3,171|   3,368|   3,494|   3,500|   3,532|   3,575|   3,656
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 117,584| 119,510| 120,172| 118,840| 120,647| 120,903| 121,038| 121,064| 121,469
    Unemployed....................................|   9,262|   8,101|   7,685|   8,576|   7,505|   7,315|   7,155|   7,498|   7,183
        Unemployment rate.........................|     7.1|     6.2|     5.9|     6.6|     5.7|     5.6|     5.4|     5.7|     5.4
  Not in labor force..............................|  66,325|  67,055|  66,857|  65,306|  65,784|  65,889|  66,040|  65,617|  65,578
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  93,982|  94,749|  94,818|  93,982|  94,671|  94,768|  94,851|  94,749|  94,818
  Civilian labor force............................|  69,998|  70,597|  70,691|  70,639|  71,133|  71,168|  71,379|  71,476|  71,558
        Participation rate........................|    74.5|    74.5|    74.6|    75.2|    75.1|    75.1|    75.3|    75.4|    75.5
    Employed......................................|  64,564|  65,966|  66,333|  65,887|  67,059|  67,244|  67,483|  67,386|  67,709
        Employment-population ratio...............|    68.7|    69.6|    70.0|    70.1|    70.8|    71.0|    71.1|    71.1|    71.4
    Unemployed....................................|   5,434|   4,631|   4,358|   4,752|   4,074|   3,924|   3,896|   4,090|   3,849
        Unemployment rate.........................|     7.8|     6.6|     6.2|     6.7|     5.7|     5.5|     5.5|     5.7|     5.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  86,820|  87,528|  87,572|  86,820|  87,439|  87,529|  87,617|  87,528|  87,572
  Civilian labor force............................|  66,483|  67,044|  67,060|  66,753|  67,177|  67,345|  67,450|  67,539|  67,552
        Participation rate........................|    76.6|    76.6|    76.6|    76.9|    76.8|    76.9|    77.0|    77.2|    77.1
    Employed......................................|  61,784|  63,086|  63,445|  62,767|  63,820|  64,051|  64,281|  64,133|  64,478
        Employment-population ratio...............|    71.2|    72.1|    72.4|    72.3|    73.0|    73.2|    73.4|    73.3|    73.6
      Agriculture.................................|   2,070|   2,146|   2,224|   2,339|   2,329|   2,377|   2,410|   2,390|   2,512
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  59,714|  60,940|  61,222|  60,428|  61,491|  61,674|  61,871|  61,743|  61,965
    Unemployed....................................|   4,699|   3,958|   3,615|   3,986|   3,357|   3,294|   3,169|   3,406|   3,074
        Unemployment rate.........................|     7.1|     5.9|     5.4|     6.0|     5.0|     4.9|     4.7|     5.0|     4.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 102,107| 103,004| 103,068| 102,107| 102,758| 102,839| 102,913| 103,004| 103,068
  Civilian labor force............................|  59,767|  60,102|  60,337|  60,145|  60,513|  60,550|  60,346|  60,660|  60,750
        Participation rate........................|    58.5|    58.3|    58.5|    58.9|    58.9|    58.9|    58.6|    58.9|    58.9
    Employed......................................|  55,939|  56,631|  57,011|  56,321|  57,082|  57,159|  57,087|  57,252|  57,416
        Employment-population ratio...............|    54.8|    55.0|    55.3|    55.2|    55.5|    55.6|    55.5|    55.6|    55.7
    Unemployed....................................|   3,828|   3,470|   3,327|   3,824|   3,431|   3,391|   3,259|   3,408|   3,334
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.4|     5.8|     5.5|     6.4|     5.7|     5.6|     5.4|     5.6|     5.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  95,159|  95,961|  96,020|  95,159|  95,729|  95,821|  95,873|  95,961|  96,020
  Civilian labor force............................|  56,480|  56,697|  56,952|  56,592|  56,951|  56,984|  56,725|  56,951|  57,096
        Participation rate........................|    59.4|    59.1|    59.3|    59.5|    59.5|    59.5|    59.2|    59.3|    59.5
    Employed......................................|  53,208|  53,753|  54,165|  53,355|  54,090|  54,129|  54,037|  54,134|  54,334
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.9|    56.0|    56.4|    56.1|    56.5|    56.5|    56.4|    56.4|    56.6
      Agriculture.................................|     672|     762|     782|     769|     863|     850|     882|     877|     898
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  52,532|  52,991|  53,382|  52,586|  53,227|  53,279|  53,155|  53,257|  53,436
    Unemployed....................................|   3,272|   2,944|   2,787|   3,237|   2,861|   2,855|   2,688|   2,817|   2,763
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.8|     5.2|     4.9|     5.7|     5.0|     5.0|     4.7|     4.9|     4.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,111|  14,263|  14,294|  14,111|  14,261|  14,257|  14,274|  14,263|  14,294
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,802|   6,957|   7,016|   7,439|   7,518|   7,389|   7,550|   7,646|   7,660
        Participation rate........................|    48.2|    48.8|    49.1|    52.7|    52.7|    51.8|    52.9|    53.6|    53.6
    Employed......................................|   5,511|   5,758|   5,734|   6,086|   6,231|   6,223|   6,252|   6,372|   6,313
        Employment-population ratio...............|    39.1|    40.4|    40.1|    43.1|    43.7|    43.6|    43.8|    44.7|    44.2
      Agriculture.................................|     174|     179|     166|     260|     302|     273|     240|     308|     245
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,338|   5,579|   5,568|   5,826|   5,929|   5,950|   6,012|   6,064|   6,068
    Unemployed....................................|   1,291|   1,199|   1,283|   1,353|   1,287|   1,166|   1,298|   1,274|   1,347
        Unemployment rate.........................|    19.0|    17.2|    18.3|    18.2|    17.1|    15.8|    17.2|    16.7|    17.6
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 165,096| 166,361| 166,444| 165,096| 165,954| 166,072| 166,175| 166,361| 166,444
  Civilian labor force............................| 110,136| 110,848| 110,915| 110,896| 111,555| 111,637| 111,715| 111,876| 111,830
      Participation rate..........................|    66.7|    66.6|    66.6|    67.2|    67.2|    67.2|    67.2|    67.2|    67.2
    Employed......................................| 103,147| 104,718| 105,142| 104,612| 106,010| 106,242| 106,352| 106,366| 106,604
      Employment-population ratio.................|    62.5|    62.9|    63.2|    63.4|    63.9|    64.0|    64.0|    63.9|    64.0
    Unemployed....................................|   6,989|   6,129|   5,774|   6,284|   5,545|   5,395|   5,363|   5,510|   5,226
      Unemployment rate...........................|     6.3|     5.5|     5.2|     5.7|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8|     4.9|     4.7
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,043|  57,520|  57,455|  57,272|  57,615|  57,726|  57,836|  57,848|  57,841
      Participation rate..........................|    77.0|    77.1|    76.9|    77.3|    77.3|    77.4|    77.5|    77.5|    77.5
    Employed......................................|  53,420|  54,460|  54,620|  54,293|  55,061|  55,242|  55,384|  55,289|  55,508
      Employment-population ratio.................|    72.1|    73.0|    73.1|    73.3|    73.9|    74.1|    74.2|    74.1|    74.3
    Unemployed....................................|   3,623|   3,060|   2,835|   2,979|   2,554|   2,484|   2,452|   2,559|   2,333
      Unemployment rate...........................|     6.4|     5.3|     4.9|     5.2|     4.4|     4.3|     4.2|     4.4|     4.0
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  47,233|  47,302|  47,479|  47,292|  47,614|  47,631|  47,440|  47,443|  47,525
      Participation rate..........................|    59.2|    58.9|    59.1|    59.3|    59.4|    59.4|    59.1|    59.0|    59.1
    Employed......................................|  44,867|  45,147|  45,490|  44,983|  45,535|  45,569|  45,475|  45,419|  45,581
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.2|    56.2|    56.6|    56.4|    56.8|    56.8|    56.7|    56.5|    56.7
    Unemployed....................................|   2,366|   2,155|   1,989|   2,309|   2,079|   2,062|   1,965|   2,024|   1,944
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.0|     4.6|     4.2|     4.9|     4.4|     4.3|     4.1|     4.3|     4.1
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   5,860|   6,026|   5,982|   6,332|   6,326|   6,280|   6,439|   6,586|   6,464
      Participation rate..........................|    52.3|    53.1|    52.6|    56.5|    56.0|    55.5|    56.9|    58.1|    56.9
    Employed......................................|   4,859|   5,112|   5,032|   5,336|   5,414|   5,431|   5,493|   5,658|   5,515
      Employment-population ratio.................|    43.4|    45.1|    44.3|    47.6|    47.9|    48.0|    48.5|    49.9|    48.5
    Unemployed....................................|   1,001|     914|     950|     996|     912|     849|     946|     928|     949
      Unemployment rate...........................|    17.1|    15.2|    15.9|    15.7|    14.4|    13.5|    14.7|    14.1|    14.7
        Men.......................................|    18.7|    17.2|    17.7|    16.9|    15.2|    14.3|    16.0|    15.0|    16.1
        Women.....................................|    15.3|    13.1|    13.9|    14.4|    13.5|    12.6|    13.2|    13.1|    13.1
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                      BLACK
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,751|  23,089|  23,117|  22,751|  22,990|  23,023|  23,052|  23,089|  23,117
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,246|  14,420|  14,622|  14,462|  14,649|  14,578|  14,541|  14,697|  14,868
      Participation rate..........................|    62.6|    62.5|    63.3|    63.6|    63.7|    63.3|    63.1|    63.7|    64.3
    Employed......................................|  12,372|  12,893|  13,108|  12,624|  13,022|  13,054|  13,119|  13,192|  13,362
      Employment-population ratio.................|    54.4|    55.8|    56.7|    55.5|    56.6|    56.7|    56.9|    57.1|    57.8
    Unemployed....................................|   1,874|   1,527|   1,514|   1,838|   1,627|   1,524|   1,422|   1,505|   1,505
      Unemployment rate...........................|    13.2|    10.6|    10.4|    12.7|    11.1|    10.5|     9.8|    10.2|    10.1
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,614|   6,680|   6,742|   6,654|   6,706|   6,702|   6,722|   6,796|   6,812
      Participation rate..........................|    72.5|    72.3|    72.9|    73.0|    72.7|    72.6|    72.7|    73.6|    73.7
    Employed......................................|   5,737|   5,999|   6,140|   5,869|   6,069|   6,085|   6,165|   6,172|   6,272
      Employment-population ratio.................|    62.9|    64.9|    66.4|    64.4|    65.8|    65.9|    66.7|    66.8|    67.8
    Unemployed....................................|     877|     681|     602|     785|     637|     617|     557|     624|     540
      Unemployment rate...........................|    13.3|    10.2|     8.9|    11.8|     9.5|     9.2|     8.3|     9.2|     7.9
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,916|   7,057|   7,113|   6,980|   7,033|   7,012|   7,002|   7,127|   7,169
      Participation rate..........................|    60.5|    60.8|    61.2|    61.0|    60.9|    60.7|    60.5|    61.4|    61.7
    Employed......................................|   6,168|   6,436|   6,475|   6,218|   6,384|   6,390|   6,420|   6,521|   6,520
      Employment-population ratio.................|    53.9|    55.4|    55.7|    54.4|    55.3|    55.3|    55.5|    56.2|    56.1
    Unemployed....................................|     747|     620|     638|     762|     649|     622|     582|     606|     648
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.8|     8.8|     9.0|    10.9|     9.2|     8.9|     8.3|     8.5|     9.0
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|     716|     683|     768|     828|     910|     864|     817|     773|     887
      Participation rate..........................|    32.6|    30.5|    34.2|    37.7|    40.9|    38.8|    36.6|    34.6|    39.5
    Employed......................................|     466|     458|     493|     537|     569|     579|     534|     499|     570
      Employment-population ratio.................|    21.2|    20.5|    22.0|    24.5|    25.6|    26.0|    23.9|    22.3|    25.4
    Unemployed....................................|     250|     226|     275|     291|     341|     285|     283|     275|     317
      Unemployment rate...........................|    34.9|    33.0|    35.8|    35.1|    37.5|    33.0|    34.6|    35.5|    35.7
        Men.......................................|    41.6|    32.5|    40.2|    39.9|    35.9|    32.0|    34.3|    34.0|    38.7
        Women.....................................|    28.7|    33.6|    31.3|    30.2|    39.1|    34.1|    35.0|    37.1|    32.4
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  17,896|  18,368|  18,413|  17,896|  18,291|  18,339|  18,385|  18,368|  18,413
  Civilian labor force............................|  11,713|  11,939|  11,944|  11,781|  12,222|  12,324|  12,224|  12,036|  12,017
      Participation rate..........................|    65.5|    65.0|    64.9|    65.8|    66.8|    67.2|    66.5|    65.5|    65.3
    Employed......................................|  10,416|  10,595|  10,779|  10,589|  11,074|  11,236|  11,105|  10,811|  10,943
      Employment-population ratio.................|    58.2|    57.7|    58.5|    59.2|    60.5|    61.3|    60.4|    58.9|    59.4
    Unemployed....................................|   1,297|   1,344|   1,165|   1,192|   1,148|   1,088|   1,119|   1,224|   1,073
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.1|    11.3|     9.8|    10.1|     9.4|     8.8|     9.2|    10.2|     8.9
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|120,503 |122,597 |123,343 |122,208 |124,141 |124,403 |124,570 |124,639 |125,125
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 40,874 | 41,185 | 41,726 | 41,332 | 41,511 | 41,530 | 41,608 | 41,601 | 42,190
  Married women, spouse present...................| 31,582 | 31,578 | 31,988 | 31,514 | 31,764 | 31,775 | 31,723 | 31,705 | 31,893
  Women who maintain families.....................|  7,098 |  7,055 |  7,095 |  7,073 |  7,098 |  7,141 |  7,074 |  7,199 |  7,067
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 33,252 | 34,507 | 34,982 | 33,168 | 34,275 | 34,382 | 34,576 | 34,423 | 34,905
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,079 | 37,155 | 37,275 | 37,089 | 37,669 | 37,767 | 37,797 | 37,267 | 37,313
  Service occupations.............................| 16,951 | 16,672 | 16,940 | 17,006 | 17,062 | 16,893 | 16,704 | 17,012 | 16,991
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,085 | 13,398 | 13,160 | 13,560 | 13,467 | 13,615 | 13,677 | 13,784 | 13,638
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,093 | 17,644 | 17,763 | 17,679 | 18,122 | 18,056 | 18,030 | 18,212 | 18,333
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,036 |  3,221 |  3,222 |  3,627 |  3,655 |  3,727 |  3,839 |  3,881 |  3,845
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
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  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,382 |  1,523 |  1,614 |  1,687 |  1,764 |  1,767 |  1,738 |  1,866 |  1,970
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,487 |  1,533 |  1,534 |  1,632 |  1,652 |  1,677 |  1,714 |  1,663 |  1,684
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     45 |     31 |     24 |     51 |     43 |     48 |     49 |     35 |     27
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|108,391 |110,646 |111,245 |109,525 |111,686 |111,770 |111,960 |111,987 |112,461
      Government..................................| 18,279 | 18,331 | 18,596 | 18,195 | 18,201 | 18,357 | 18,340 | 18,295 | 18,504
      Private industries..........................| 90,112 | 92,315 | 92,649 | 91,330 | 93,485 | 93,413 | 93,620 | 93,692 | 93,957
        Private households........................|    972 |    959 |  1,002 |  1,046 |    935 |    999 |  1,023 |  1,075 |  1,075
        Other industries..........................| 89,140 | 91,355 | 91,647 | 90,284 | 92,550 | 92,414 | 92,597 | 92,617 | 92,882
    Self-employed workers.........................|  9,061 |  8,768 |  8,814 |  9,171 |  8,878 |  8,915 |  8,959 |  9,039 |  8,904
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    132 |     96 |    112 |    140 |    131 |    120 |    121 |     95 |    118
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
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  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,857 |  4,848 |  4,567 |  4,733 |  4,411 |  4,411 |  4,422 |  4,693 |  4,460
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,603 |  2,795 |  2,633 |  2,333 |  2,394 |  2,394 |  2,384 |  2,504 |  2,372
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,951 |  1,704 |  1,656 |  2,042 |  1,791 |  1,736 |  1,734 |  1,777 |  1,739
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,328 | 18,173 | 18,763 | 17,615 | 17,644 | 17,756 | 17,576 | 17,940 | 18,041
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,612 |  4,620 |  4,304 |  4,479 |  4,226 |  4,246 |  4,254 |  4,430 |  4,187
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,468 |  2,638 |  2,471 |  2,201 |  2,257 |  2,282 |  2,272 |  2,359 |  2,216
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,891 |  1,677 |  1,606 |  1,984 |  1,756 |  1,689 |  1,690 |  1,737 |  1,687
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,782 | 17,584 | 18,164 | 17,031 | 16,992 | 17,101 | 16,917 | 17,307 | 17,381
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   NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
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                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  8,576 |  7,498 |   7,183|   6.6  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.7  |   5.4
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,986 |  3,406 |   3,074|   6.0  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   4.7  |   5.0  |   4.6
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  3,237 |  2,817 |   2,763|   5.7  |   5.0  |   5.0  |   4.7  |   4.9  |   4.8
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,353 |  1,274 |   1,347|  18.2  |  17.1  |  15.8  |  17.2  |  16.7  |  17.6
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,837 |  1,455 |   1,318|   4.3  |   3.3  |   3.2  |   3.2  |   3.4  |   3.0
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,423 |  1,204 |   1,193|   4.3  |   4.0  |   3.9  |   3.7  |   3.7  |   3.6
   Women who maintain families....................|    741 |    705 |     623|   9.5  |   8.9  |   8.7  |   8.8  |   8.9  |   8.1
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   Full-time workers..............................|  7,029 |  5,938 |   5,658|   6.7  |   5.8  |   5.6  |   5.3  |   5.5  |   5.3
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,513 |  1,548 |   1,507|   6.1  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.9  |   6.2  |   6.0
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                             2/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    959 |    802 |     791|   2.8  |   2.5  |   2.4  |   2.3  |   2.3  |   2.2
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  2,135 |  1,808 |   1,701|   5.4  |   4.5  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.4
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|    998 |    849 |     772|   6.9  |   5.8  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.8  |   5.4
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,863 |  1,631 |   1,513|   9.5  |   8.5  |   8.3  |   8.2  |   8.2  |   7.6
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    347 |    329 |     297|   8.7  |   8.4  |   7.5  |   7.8  |   7.8  |   7.2
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  6,684 |  5,649 |   5,461|   6.8  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.5
     Goods-producing industries...................|  2,086 |  1,779 |   1,628|   7.6  |   6.4  |   6.3  |   6.2  |   6.4  |   5.8
       Mining.....................................|     28 |     38 |      38|   4.2  |   4.7  |   4.5  |   3.9  |   5.1  |   5.2
       Construction...............................|    787 |    767 |     671|  13.2  |  10.7  |  10.7  |  10.9  |  11.7  |  10.5
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,271 |    974 |     919|   6.1  |   5.1  |   5.1  |   4.9  |   4.7  |   4.4
         Durable goods............................|    675 |    495 |     478|   5.5  |   4.8  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.2  |   3.9
         Nondurable goods.........................|    596 |    479 |     441|   6.9  |   5.6  |   6.0  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.0
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,598 |  3,870 |   3,834|   6.5  |   5.7  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.4
       Transportation and public utilities........|    360 |    341 |     333|   5.2  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.2  |   4.7  |   4.5
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  2,024 |  1,721 |   1,639|   8.0  |   7.2  |   7.0  |   6.7  |   6.6  |   6.4
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    275 |    215 |     259|   3.7  |   3.4  |   3.6  |   2.9  |   2.9  |   3.5
       Services...................................|  1,939 |  1,593 |   1,602|   6.3  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.2  |   5.2  |   5.2
   Government workers.............................|    617 |    602 |     537|   3.3  |   3.2  |   2.7  |   3.1  |   3.2  |   2.8
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    249 |    225 |     196|  12.9  |  10.3  |  10.4  |  11.1  |  10.7  |   9.1
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and
irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
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                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,499 |  3,307 |  2,431 |  2,677 |  2,434 |  2,599 |  2,587 |  2,937 |  2,600
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  3,368 |  2,265 |  2,717 |  2,670 |  2,256 |  2,163 |  2,149 |  2,122 |  2,165
 15 weeks and over................................|  3,395 |  2,529 |  2,537 |  3,066 |  2,934 |  2,661 |  2,456 |  2,386 |  2,298
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,539 |  1,143 |  1,257 |  1,318 |  1,344 |  1,187 |  1,088 |  1,033 |  1,090
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,856 |  1,387 |  1,280 |  1,748 |  1,590 |  1,474 |  1,368 |  1,353 |  1,207
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 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   18.9 |   16.5 |   16.9 |   18.8 |   19.3 |   18.2 |   17.8 |   16.7 |   16.9
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    9.8 |    7.7 |    8.6 |    8.9 |   10.1 |    9.1 |    8.7 |    7.9 |    7.8
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               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total unemployed.................................|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0
   Less than 5 weeks..............................|   27.0 |   40.8 |   31.6 |   31.8 |   31.9 |   35.0 |   36.0 |   39.4 |   36.8
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   36.4 |   28.0 |   35.4 |   31.7 |   29.6 |   29.1 |   29.9 |   28.5 |   30.7
   15 weeks and over..............................|   36.7 |   31.2 |   33.0 |   36.4 |   38.5 |   35.8 |   34.1 |   32.0 |   32.5
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   16.6 |   14.1 |   16.4 |   15.7 |   17.6 |   16.0 |   15.1 |   13.9 |   15.4
     27 weeks and over............................|   20.0 |   17.1 |   16.7 |   20.8 |   20.9 |   19.9 |   19.0 |   18.2 |   17.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |                       |
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Feb.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                           | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  4,925|  4,350|  3,923|  4,163|  3,513|  3,495|  3,442|  3,658|  3,339
  On temporary layoff......................................|  1,517|  1,539|  1,426|  1,091|    848|    881|    930|  1,061|  1,025
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  3,408|  2,810|  2,497|  3,072|  2,665|  2,614|  2,512|  2,598|  2,314
    Permanent job losers...................................|  2,560|  1,995|  1,731|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    848|    816|    766|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
Job leavers................................................|    890|    686|    817|    852|    755|    710|    704|    694|    773
Reentrants.................................................|  2,909|  2,580|  2,459|  2,936|  2,626|  2,575|  2,525|  2,488|  2,474
New entrants...............................................|    538|    485|    486|    636|    614|    578|    555|    597|    582
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   53.2|   53.7|   51.1|   48.5|   46.8|   47.5|   47.6|   49.2|   46.6
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   16.4|   19.0|   18.6|   12.7|   11.3|   12.0|   12.9|   14.3|   14.3
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   36.8|   34.7|   32.5|   35.8|   35.5|   35.5|   34.8|   34.9|   32.3
 Job leavers...............................................|    9.6|    8.5|   10.6|    9.9|   10.1|    9.6|    9.7|    9.3|   10.8
 Reentrants................................................|   31.4|   31.8|   32.0|   34.2|   35.0|   35.0|   34.9|   33.4|   34.5
 New entrants..............................................|    5.8|    6.0|    6.3|    7.4|    8.2|    7.9|    7.7|    8.0|    8.1
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    3.8|    3.3|    3.0|    3.2|    2.7|    2.7|    2.6|    2.8|    2.5
 Job leavers...............................................|     .7|     .5|     .6|     .7|     .6|     .5|     .5|     .5|     .6
 Reentrants................................................|    2.2|    2.0|    1.9|    2.2|    2.0|    2.0|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9
 New entrants..............................................|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .5|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .4
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   1/  Not available.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Total, 16 years and over..........................|  8,576 |  7,498 |  7,183 |   6.6  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.7  |   5.4
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,795 |  2,464 |  2,525 |  12.9  |  11.8  |  11.4  |  11.6  |  11.4  |  11.7
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,353 |  1,274 |  1,347 |  18.2  |  17.1  |  15.8  |  17.2  |  16.7  |  17.6
      16 to 17 years..............................|    657 |    633 |    662 |  21.6  |  17.8  |  17.2  |  18.1  |  20.0  |  20.7
      18 to 19 years..............................|    687 |    629 |    680 |  15.7  |  16.8  |  14.7  |  16.6  |  14.2  |  15.3
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,442 |  1,190 |  1,178 |  10.1  |   9.0  |   9.1  |   8.6  |   8.5  |   8.5
  25 years and over...............................|  5,725 |  4,971 |  4,603 |   5.2  |   4.5  |   4.5  |   4.3  |   4.5  |   4.2
    25 to 54 years................................|  5,062 |  4,365 |  4,082 |   5.4  |   4.7  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.3
    55 years and over.............................|    675 |    606 |    532 |   4.4  |   3.9  |   3.9  |   3.5  |   3.9  |   3.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,752 |  4,090 |  3,849 |   6.7  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.4
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,574 |  1,366 |  1,391 |  13.7  |  12.4  |  11.8  |  12.2  |  12.0  |  12.1
      16 to 19 years..............................|    766 |    684 |    775 |  19.7  |  18.1  |  16.5  |  18.5  |  17.4  |  19.4
        16 to 17 years............................|    353 |    338 |    376 |  22.6  |  18.2  |  16.5  |  18.8  |  20.9  |  22.6
        18 to 19 years............................|    398 |    329 |    388 |  17.3  |  18.1  |  16.5  |  18.2  |  14.5  |  16.7
      20 to 24 years..............................|    808 |    682 |    616 |  10.7  |   9.4  |   9.5  |   9.0  |   9.1  |   8.2
    25 years and over.............................|  3,140 |  2,672 |  2,420 |   5.3  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.5  |   4.0
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,763 |  2,352 |  2,136 |   5.5  |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.2
      55 years and over...........................|    404 |    347 |    309 |   4.7  |   4.1  |   4.0  |   3.5  |   4.0  |   3.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,824 |  3,408 |  3,334 |   6.4  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.5
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,221 |  1,098 |  1,133 |  12.0  |  11.2  |  10.9  |  10.9  |  10.7  |  11.2
      16 to 19 years..............................|    587 |    591 |    571 |  16.5  |  16.0  |  15.0  |  15.8  |  15.9  |  15.6
        16 to 17 years............................|    304 |    294 |    286 |  20.6  |  17.4  |  17.9  |  17.4  |  19.1  |  18.7
        18 to 19 years............................|    289 |    300 |    292 |  13.9  |  15.4  |  12.8  |  14.9  |  13.9  |  13.7
      20 to 24 years..............................|    634 |    508 |    562 |   9.5  |   8.6  |   8.7  |   8.1  |   7.8  |   8.7
    25 years and over.............................|  2,585 |  2,299 |  2,183 |   5.2  |   4.6  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.3
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,299 |  2,014 |  1,946 |   5.4  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.5
      55 years and over...........................|    271 |    259 |    223 |   3.9  |   3.7  |   3.8  |   3.4  |   3.7  |   3.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                                                      |
                                                                                      |               February 1995
                                       Category                                       |
                                                                                       ____________________________________________
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |    Total     |     Men      |    Women
                                                                                      |              |              |
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                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total not in the labor force..........................................................|    66,857    |    24,127    |    42,730
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................................|     5,852    |     2,401    |     3,451
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................................|     1,721    |       802    |       919
   Reason not currently looking:                                                      |              |              |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................................|       439    |       257    |       182
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................................|     1,282    |       545    |       737
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................................|     7,740    |     4,123    |     3,617
    Percent of total employed.........................................................|       6.3    |       6.2    |       6.3
                                                                                      |              |              |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................................|     4,536    |     2,697    |     1,839
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................................|     1,667    |       504    |     1,164
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................................|       233    |       154    |        78
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................................|     1,252    |       742    |       509
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   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                          |                             |
                                          |                        1/   |                                     2/
                                            Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted
                                          |                             |
                                           _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       State and employment status
                                          |  Feb.   |  Jan.   |  Feb.   |  Feb.   |  Oct.   |  Nov.   |  Dec.   |  Jan.   |  Feb.
                                          |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1994   |  1994   |  1994   |  1994   |  1995   |  1995
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,422    23,528    23,535    23,422    23,503    23,514    23,524    23,528    23,535
  Civilian labor force....................   15,572    15,274    15,345    15,564    15,586    15,489    15,432    15,371    15,332
    Employed..............................   14,045    13,950    14,097    14,159    14,366    14,275    14,247    14,110    14,209
    Unemployed............................    1,527     1,325     1,247     1,405     1,221     1,214     1,185     1,261     1,122
    Unemployment rate.....................      9.8       8.7       8.1       9.0       7.8       7.8       7.7       8.2       7.3
 
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,833    10,984    10,997    10,833    10,945    10,959    10,973    10,984    10,997
  Civilian labor force....................    6,641     6,778     6,699     6,709     6,882     6,948     6,935     6,860     6,762
    Employed..............................    6,258     6,346     6,412     6,314     6,434     6,480     6,492     6,460     6,461
    Unemployed............................      383       432       287       395       448       468       443       400       301
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.8       6.4       4.3       5.9       6.5       6.7       6.4       5.8       4.5
 
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,845     8,884     8,887     8,845     8,875     8,879     8,883     8,884     8,887
  Civilian labor force....................    5,962     5,954     6,060     6,009     6,016     5,991     5,969     6,015     6,111
    Employed..............................    5,549     5,609     5,701     5,631     5,661     5,684     5,688     5,697     5,790
    Unemployed............................      414       345       359       379       355       307       281       318       321
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.9       5.8       5.9       6.3       5.9       5.1       4.7       5.3       5.3
 
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,681     4,688     4,688     4,681     4,687     4,688     4,688     4,688     4,688
  Civilian labor force....................    3,133     3,187     3,183     3,151     3,201     3,181     3,194     3,221     3,202
    Employed..............................    2,909     2,977     2,987     2,952     2,998     3,005     3,014     3,028     3,030
    Unemployed............................      224       211       196       199       204       175       180       194       172
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.1       6.6       6.2       6.3       6.4       5.5       5.6       6.0       5.4
 
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,129     7,153     7,154     7,129     7,147     7,150     7,152     7,153     7,154
  Civilian labor force....................    4,731     4,695     4,669     4,782     4,779     4,742     4,720     4,721     4,720
    Employed..............................    4,331     4,401     4,377     4,411     4,535     4,517     4,504     4,463     4,457
    Unemployed............................      400       294       292       371       244       225       216       259       263
    Unemployment rate.....................      8.5       6.3       6.2       7.8       5.1       4.7       4.6       5.5       5.6
 
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,049     6,070     6,072     6,049     6,065     6,068     6,070     6,070     6,072
  Civilian labor force....................    3,942     3,992     3,975     3,973     4,040     4,009     3,999     4,009     4,006
    Employed..............................    3,638     3,694     3,714     3,686     3,769     3,748     3,750     3,720     3,762
    Unemployed............................      304       298       261       287       271       261       249       289       244
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.7       7.5       6.6       7.2       6.7       6.5       6.2       7.2       6.1
 
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,996    13,981    13,977    13,996    13,987    13,987    13,985    13,981    13,977
  Civilian labor force....................    8,525     8,396     8,493     8,555     8,559     8,541     8,565     8,438     8,522
    Employed..............................    7,803     7,832     7,909     7,892     8,008     8,005     8,080     7,934     7,998
    Unemployed............................      722       564       584       664       552       536       485       504       523
    Unemployment rate.....................      8.5       6.7       6.9       7.8       6.4       6.3       5.7       6.0       6.1
 
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,349     5,431     5,438     5,349     5,409     5,417     5,425     5,431     5,438
  Civilian labor force....................    3,554     3,598     3,608     3,591     3,635     3,655     3,681     3,655     3,646
    Employed..............................    3,357     3,445     3,428     3,407     3,465     3,506     3,556     3,515     3,478
    Unemployed............................      196       154       180       184       171       150       125       140       168
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.5       4.3       5.0       5.1       4.7       4.1       3.4       3.8       4.6
 
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,406     8,434     8,435     8,406     8,428     8,431     8,434     8,434     8,435
  Civilian labor force....................    5,539     5,448     5,515     5,593     5,545     5,570     5,572     5,495     5,568
    Employed..............................    5,190     5,168     5,245     5,292     5,269     5,305     5,322     5,274     5,344
    Unemployed............................      349       280       270       301       276       265       250       220       224
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.3       5.1       4.9       5.4       5.0       4.8       4.5       4.0       4.0
 
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,278     9,282     9,281     9,278     9,282     9,283     9,284     9,282     9,281
  Civilian labor force....................    5,714     5,722     5,749     5,764     5,770     5,714     5,792     5,792     5,804
    Employed..............................    5,364     5,353     5,382     5,458     5,424     5,365     5,445     5,452     5,479
    Unemployed............................      351       369       367       307       345       348       347       341       325
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.1       6.5       6.4       5.3       6.0       6.1       6.0       5.9       5.6
 
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,451    13,687    13,706    13,451    13,625    13,647    13,668    13,687    13,706
  Civilian labor force....................    9,234     9,408     9,423     9,319     9,398     9,474     9,437     9,464     9,512
    Employed..............................    8,533     8,801     8,884     8,674     8,836     8,937     8,869     8,919     9,030
    Unemployed............................      702       608       539       645       562       538       569       545       481
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.6       6.5       5.7       6.9       6.0       5.7       6.0       5.8       5.1
 
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
   1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
 
   2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                 | 1994  | 1994  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|110,509|115,883|113,518|114,108|111,919|114,348|114,882|115,113|115,289|115,607
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 91,306| 96,405| 94,427| 94,656| 93,003| 95,228| 95,692| 95,962| 96,157| 96,452
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries....................| 22,698| 23,793| 23,356| 23,300| 23,327| 23,715| 23,827| 23,873| 23,960| 23,953
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    597|    597|    589|    582|    612|    599|    600|    597|    599|    597
       Metal mining..............................|   49.1|   51.4|   51.7|   51.5|     50|     51|     52|     52|     52|     52
       Coal mining...............................|  114.4|  113.4|  111.8|  110.8|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  341.1|  332.9|  331.0|  324.8|    346|    335|    332|    329|    332|    330
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|   92.5|   99.5|   94.0|   94.4|    101|    101|    102|    102|    103|    103
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  4,271|  4,962|  4,636|  4,563|  4,745|  4,974|  5,044|  5,050|  5,091|  5,059
       General building contractors..............|1,052.9|1,192.3|1,139.9|1,120.3|  1,134|  1,180|  1,194|  1,198|  1,208|  1,206
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  588.0|  683.0|  601.9|  598.8|    709|    716|    727|    722|    727|    725
       Special trade contractors.................|2,630.3|3,086.2|2,894.3|2,843.5|  2,902|  3,078|  3,123|  3,130|  3,156|  3,128
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 17,830| 18,234| 18,131| 18,155| 17,970| 18,142| 18,183| 18,226| 18,270| 18,297
         Production workers......................| 12,221| 12,607| 12,522| 12,545| 12,341| 12,527| 12,575| 12,607| 12,646| 12,666
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,119| 10,421| 10,372| 10,399| 10,182| 10,335| 10,371| 10,403| 10,430| 10,462
         Production workers......................|  6,829|  7,133|  7,090|  7,121|  6,881|  7,054|  7,094|  7,120|  7,141|  7,174
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Lumber and wood products..................|  706.5|  740.1|  732.0|  731.5|    723|    737|    743|    744|    748|    748
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  488.2|  502.6|  500.3|  499.4|    492|    497|    500|    501|    502|    502
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  500.9|  531.4|  518.5|  519.4|    521|    533|    535|    536|    539|    540
       Primary metal industries..................|  677.4|  702.7|  701.5|  700.6|    680|    695|    699|    701|    702|    703
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  235.3|  235.6|  234.2|  233.0|    236|    235|    235|    235|    234|    234
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,337.1|1,403.1|1,401.8|1,405.9|  1,345|  1,381|  1,388|  1,398|  1,407|  1,414
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,927.4|1,969.3|1,976.2|1,985.9|  1,925|  1,957|  1,963|  1,967|  1,976|  1,984
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,524.6|1,588.3|1,585.8|1,589.5|  1,528|  1,567|  1,574|  1,584|  1,587|  1,594
       Transportation equipment..................|1,720.8|1,755.8|1,738.4|1,748.0|  1,726|  1,741|  1,741|  1,744|  1,744|  1,752
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  863.4|  923.0|  910.7|  920.7|    868|    909|    911|    914|    925|    923
         Aircraft and parts......................|  495.1|  464.7|  459.0|  456.7|    496|    467|    464|    462|    458|    457
       Instruments and related products..........|  866.7|  845.6|  840.9|  839.5|    868|    845|    846|    845|    842|    840
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  368.9|  381.7|  376.4|  379.1|    374|    382|    382|    383|    383|    385
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      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,711|  7,813|  7,759|  7,756|  7,788|  7,807|  7,812|  7,823|  7,840|  7,835
         Production workers......................|  5,392|  5,474|  5,432|  5,424|  5,460|  5,473|  5,481|  5,487|  5,505|  5,492
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Food and kindred products.................|1,621.8|1,654.3|1,633.4|1,632.7|  1,672|  1,662|  1,670|  1,669|  1,679|  1,681
       Tobacco products..........................|   41.0|   41.0|   40.4|   38.3|     40|     39|     38|     38|     38|     38
       Textile mill products.....................|  669.1|  672.1|  665.7|  666.0|    673|    672|    674|    673|    670|    669
       Apparel and other textile products........|  950.4|  943.8|  930.6|  927.1|    954|    956|    948|    946|    944|    933
       Paper and allied products.................|  681.3|  685.1|  682.3|  680.6|    685|    684|    685|    685|    686|    685
       Printing and publishing...................|1,516.4|1,553.0|1,545.4|1,546.8|  1,518|  1,537|  1,538|  1,545|  1,545|  1,550
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,057.5|1,046.3|1,043.8|1,047.2|  1,062|  1,049|  1,046|  1,047|  1,049|  1,051
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  143.3|  147.2|  144.3|  144.4|    148|    149|    149|    149|    148|    149
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  915.0|  956.2|  959.9|  961.5|    920|    946|    951|    957|    967|    966
       Leather and leather products..............|  114.9|  113.8|  112.8|  111.6|    116|    113|    113|    114|    114|    113
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries..................| 87,811| 92,090| 90,162| 90,808| 88,592| 90,633| 91,055| 91,240| 91,329| 91,654
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  5,733|  5,967|  5,845|  5,853|  5,803|  5,867|  5,888|  5,911|  5,911|  5,929
       Transportation............................|  3,564|  3,792|  3,692|  3,699|  3,622|  3,694|  3,712|  3,734|  3,746|  3,763
         Railroad transportation.................|  242.2|  244.3|  241.3|  242.4|    248|    245|    248|    246|    246|    248
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  390.8|  411.2|  407.9|  411.1|    380|    390|    393|    396|    398|    400
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,664.3|1,840.7|1,753.1|1,752.7|  1,711|  1,773|  1,782|  1,794|  1,798|  1,807
         Water transportation....................|  158.6|  162.5|  161.1|  161.0|    166|    166|    165|    165|    169|    168
         Transportation by air...................|  732.5|  738.8|  733.0|  735.0|    739|    730|    732|    739|    737|    740
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   17.5|   17.5|   17.3|   17.3|     18|     18|     18|     17|     17|     18
         Transportation services.................|  358.1|  376.6|  378.1|  379.5|    360|    372|    374|    377|    381|    382
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,169|  2,175|  2,153|  2,154|  2,181|  2,173|  2,176|  2,177|  2,165|  2,166
         Communications..........................|1,243.8|1,265.4|1,250.5|1,253.0|  1,249|  1,260|  1,261|  1,264|  1,257|  1,259
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  924.7|  909.5|  902.3|  900.7|    932|    913|    915|    913|    908|    907
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  5,945|  6,136|  6,109|  6,122|  6,003|  6,106|  6,117|  6,136|  6,162|  6,184
       Durable goods.............................|  3,407|  3,504|  3,500|  3,509|  3,430|  3,484|  3,493|  3,504|  3,521|  3,534
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,538|  2,632|  2,609|  2,613|  2,573|  2,622|  2,624|  2,632|  2,641|  2,650
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     Retail trade................................| 19,454| 21,312| 20,422| 20,305| 19,965| 20,523| 20,655| 20,751| 20,778| 20,851
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  767.5|  851.0|  823.7|  820.0|    812|    852|    859|    863|    871|    869
       General merchandise stores................|2,362.0|2,825.7|2,587.0|2,463.4|  2,433|  2,506|  2,557|  2,555|  2,544|  2,542
       Food stores...............................|3,186.9|3,341.9|3,272.4|3,258.5|  3,223|  3,252|  3,267|  3,289|  3,295|  3,295
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,070.8|2,191.1|2,184.8|2,195.1|  2,101|  2,180|  2,194|  2,204|  2,216|  2,226
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,112.1|1,257.0|1,156.3|1,112.9|  1,148|  1,158|  1,152|  1,147|  1,149|  1,147
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  859.0|  974.1|  952.7|  946.4|    862|    925|    936|    937|    946|    950
       Eating and drinking places................|6,645.1|7,154.3|6,885.5|6,968.1|  6,915|  7,115|  7,148|  7,212|  7,202|  7,258
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
   Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                 | 1994  | 1994  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1995p/ |1995p/
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,450.7|2,716.8|2,559.9|2,540.8|  2,471|  2,535|  2,542|  2,544|  2,555|  2,564
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,717|  6,770|  6,724|  6,722|  6,776|  6,786|  6,791|  6,785|  6,784|  6,782
       Finance...................................|  3,245|  3,243|  3,229|  3,231|  3,254|  3,246|  3,246|  3,245|  3,240|  3,240
         Depository institutions.................|2,042.4|2,034.0|2,025.6|2,021.0|  2,050|  2,037|  2,036|  2,034|  2,030|  2,029
         Nondepository institutions..............|  484.7|  458.3|  455.6|  454.7|    483|    466|    462|    459|    456|    452
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  489.4|  511.2|  510.0|  511.8|    492|    507|    511|    513|    513|    515
         Holding and other investment offices....|  228.5|  239.0|  237.6|  243.3|    229|    236|    237|    239|    241|    244
       Insurance.................................|  2,183|  2,167|  2,163|  2,163|  2,186|  2,177|  2,175|  2,167|  2,166|  2,166
         Insurance carriers......................|1,523.4|1,498.2|1,493.7|1,492.7|  1,525|  1,509|  1,506|  1,498|  1,495|  1,494
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  659.3|  669.2|  669.3|  670.4|    661|    668|    669|    669|    671|    672
       Real estate...............................|  1,289|  1,360|  1,332|  1,328|  1,336|  1,363|  1,370|  1,373|  1,378|  1,376
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     Services2/..................................| 30,759| 32,427| 31,971| 32,354| 31,129| 32,231| 32,414| 32,506| 32,562| 32,753
       Agricultural services.....................|  443.7|  522.3|  465.5|  464.1|    530|    564|    569|    569|    554|    552
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|1,517.7|1,537.7|1,509.8|1,513.4|  1,599|  1,594|  1,588|  1,595|  1,599|  1,596
       Personal services.........................|1,199.0|1,122.9|1,181.4|1,207.7|  1,143|  1,138|  1,135|  1,131|  1,138|  1,148
       Business services.........................|5,997.0|6,817.3|6,627.2|6,677.7|  6,161|  6,626|  6,733|  6,770|  6,797|  6,870
         Personnel supply services...............|2,035.5|2,560.2|2,389.2|2,411.4|  2,173|  2,425|  2,498|  2,515|  2,544|  2,579
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  994.9|1,086.7|1,085.6|1,095.6|  1,002|  1,073|  1,083|  1,093|  1,099|  1,103
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|  370.0|  386.1|  385.4|  389.0|    375|    384|    387|    388|    390|    394
       Motion pictures...........................|  440.7|  544.3|  545.0|  558.1|    443|    515|    530|    536|    549|    562
       Amusement and recreation services.........|1,128.9|1,153.5|1,103.3|1,137.4|  1,252|  1,272|  1,272|  1,265|  1,233|  1,253
       Health services...........................|8,899.1|9,155.8|9,139.3|9,164.4|  8,922|  9,106|  9,118|  9,147|  9,167|  9,192
         Hospitals...............................|3,781.8|3,792.1|3,790.5|3,789.1|  3,787|  3,790|  3,790|  3,796|  3,794|  3,793
       Legal services............................|  932.7|  947.8|  945.0|  947.2|    939|    945|    949|    950|    950|    953
       Educational services......................|1,818.6|1,871.4|1,732.1|1,877.6|  1,720|  1,761|  1,770|  1,772|  1,760|  1,775
       Social services...........................|2,174.8|2,333.4|2,323.0|2,339.7|  2,175|  2,300|  2,313|  2,322|  2,335|  2,342
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|   70.5|   77.9|   73.4|   74.5|     78|     79|     80|     80|     80|     82
       Membership organizations..................|2,021.9|2,049.0|2,026.3|2,042.1|  2,041|  2,064|  2,065|  2,059|  2,061|  2,063
       Engineering and management services.......|2,575.9|2,646.2|2,653.7|2,690.2|  2,575|  2,635|  2,647|  2,654|  2,675|  2,693
       Services, nec.............................|   39.6|   40.8|   41.0|   40.9|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 19,203| 19,478| 19,091| 19,452| 18,916| 19,120| 19,190| 19,151| 19,132| 19,155
       Federal...................................|  2,883|  2,872|  2,820|  2,818|  2,892|  2,858|  2,854|  2,869|  2,834|  2,824
       State.....................................|  4,606|  4,674|  4,533|  4,689|  4,511|  4,581|  4,586|  4,585|  4,582|  4,596
         Education...............................|1,954.3|1,990.6|1,843.8|1,994.4|  1,838|  1,875|  1,878|  1,874|  1,866|  1,880
         Other State government..................|2,651.4|2,683.6|2,688.9|2,694.5|  2,673|  2,706|  2,708|  2,711|  2,716|  2,716
       Local.....................................| 11,714| 11,932| 11,738| 11,945| 11,513| 11,681| 11,750| 11,697| 11,716| 11,735
         Education...............................|6,711.5|6,869.4|6,712.5|6,906.7|  6,392|  6,532|  6,531|  6,536|  6,562|  6,578
         Other local government..................|5,002.9|5,062.5|5,025.0|5,038.7|  5,121|  5,149|  5,219|  5,161|  5,154|  5,157
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      1/  These series are not published seasonally adjusted since the          precision.
   seasonal component is small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular   2/  Included other industries, not shown separately
     components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient          p = preliminary
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                 | 1994  | 1994  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1995p/ |1995p/
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         Total private...........................|  34.0 |  34.7 |  34.4 |  34.2 |  34.3 |  34.9 |  34.6 |  34.6 |  34.9 |  34.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Mining........................................|  43.7 |  45.1 |  45.0 |  44.8 |  44.1 |  44.8 |  45.0 |  44.7 |  45.1 |  45.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Construction..................................|  36.1 |  38.6 |  37.7 |  37.0 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Manufacturing.................................|  40.9 |  42.9 |  42.0 |  41.7 |  41.3 |  42.1 |  42.1 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.1
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.1 |   5.1 |   4.6 |   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.7 |   4.8 |   4.8 |   4.9 |   4.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Durable goods...............................|  41.8 |  43.8 |  42.9 |  42.6 |  42.2 |  42.9 |  43.0 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  43.0
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.5 |   5.6 |   5.0 |   4.9 |   4.9 |   5.0 |   5.1 |   5.1 |   5.3 |   5.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Lumber and wood products...................|  39.8 |  41.7 |  40.7 |  40.0 |  40.6 |  41.4 |  41.1 |  41.3 |  41.4 |  40.7
      Furniture and fixtures.....................|  38.1 |  41.6 |  40.5 |  39.6 |  39.0 |  40.8 |  40.7 |  40.4 |  40.8 |  40.6
      Stone, clay, and glass products............|  41.1 |  43.3 |  42.3 |  41.8 |  42.3 |  43.5 |  43.4 |  43.5 |  43.7 |  43.0
      Primary metal industries...................|  43.9 |  45.6 |  44.9 |  44.7 |  44.2 |  44.9 |  45.1 |  45.1 |  44.9 |  45.0
        Blast furnaces and basic steel products..|  43.8 |  45.9 |  45.5 |  45.7 |  44.3 |  45.4 |  45.5 |  45.5 |  45.8 |  46.2
      Fabricated metal products..................|  41.9 |  44.0 |  43.1 |  42.7 |  42.3 |  42.8 |  43.1 |  43.1 |  43.3 |  43.1
      Industrial machinery and equipment.........|  43.0 |  44.8 |  44.2 |  43.9 |  43.1 |  43.7 |  43.8 |  43.7 |  44.1 |  44.0
      Electronic and other electrical equipment..|  41.5 |  43.1 |  42.2 |  41.9 |  41.7 |  42.3 |  42.1 |  42.0 |  42.2 |  42.1
      Transportation equipment...................|  43.6 |  45.6 |  44.2 |  44.3 |  44.0 |  44.2 |  44.8 |  44.7 |  44.5 |  44.7
        Motor vehicles and equipment.............|  45.7 |  47.1 |  45.6 |  45.7 |  46.3 |  45.6 |  46.7 |  46.4 |  46.2 |  46.1
      Instruments and related products...........|  41.0 |  42.6 |  41.9 |  41.5 |  41.0 |  41.8 |  41.7 |  41.7 |  41.8 |  41.7
      Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  38.5 |  40.4 |  39.7 |  39.8 |  38.9 |  40.0 |  39.9 |  39.8 |  40.1 |  40.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Nondurable goods............................|  39.7 |  41.7 |  40.8 |  40.5 |  40.1 |  41.1 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  41.0 |  41.1
        Overtime hours...........................|   3.7 |   4.5 |   4.1 |   3.9 |   4.1 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.4 |   4.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Food and kindred products..................|  40.1 |  42.2 |  41.1 |  40.5 |  40.8 |  41.4 |  41.5 |  41.6 |  41.6 |  41.2
      Tobacco products...........................|  35.4 |  41.1 |  39.8 |  39.1 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Textile mill products......................|  39.6 |  42.0 |  41.5 |  41.2 |  40.4 |  41.9 |  41.5 |  41.6 |  41.8 |  42.0
      Apparel and other textile products.........|  35.4 |  38.1 |  37.2 |  37.3 |  35.8 |  37.7 |  37.6 |  37.7 |  37.4 |  37.8
      Paper and allied products..................|  42.7 |  44.8 |  44.0 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  44.1 |  43.9 |  44.0 |  44.0 |  43.8
      Printing and publishing....................|  37.7 |  39.3 |  38.1 |  38.2 |  38.0 |  38.7 |  38.7 |  38.7 |  38.4 |  38.5
      Chemicals and allied products..............|  42.6 |  44.0 |  43.3 |  43.3 |  42.8 |  43.5 |  43.4 |  43.2 |  43.3 |  43.6
      Petroleum and coal products................|  43.7 |  44.3 |  44.6 |  44.9 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|  41.3 |  43.0 |  42.2 |  42.0 |  41.6 |  42.3 |  42.3 |  42.4 |  42.2 |  42.3
      Leather and leather products...............|  37.2 |  38.9 |  37.9 |  38.2 |  37.7 |  39.1 |  38.6 |  38.4 |  37.9 |  38.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Transportation and public utilities...........|  39.4 |  39.6 |  39.5 |  39.2 |  39.7 |  40.1 |  39.8 |  39.5 |  40.0 |  39.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Wholesale trade...............................|  37.9 |  38.4 |  38.2 |  38.0 |  38.1 |  38.6 |  38.3 |  38.2 |  38.5 |  38.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Retail trade..................................|  28.1 |  29.3 |  28.2 |  28.1 |  28.6 |  29.2 |  28.9 |  28.9 |  29.0 |  28.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Finance, insurance, and real estate...........|  35.8 |  35.7 |  36.3 |  35.6 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Services......................................|  32.2 |  32.4 |  32.5 |  32.3 |  32.3 |  32.8 |  32.4 |  32.4 |  32.8 |  32.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;            adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
   finance,insurance, and real estate; and services.               precision.
   These groups account for approximately four-fifths                 p = preliminary.
   of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                         | 1994  | 1994  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$11.06 |$11.27 |$11.35 |$11.35 |$376.04|$391.07|$390.44|$388.17
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.03 | 11.25 | 11.31 | 11.31 | 378.33| 389.25| 394.72| 390.20
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Mining........................................| 14.92 | 15.10 | 15.19 | 15.20 | 652.00| 681.01| 683.55| 680.96
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Construction..................................| 14.45 | 14.81 | 14.69 | 14.84 | 521.65| 571.67| 553.81| 549.08
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Manufacturing.................................| 12.00 | 12.26 | 12.23 | 12.25 | 490.80| 525.95| 513.66| 510.83
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Durable goods...............................| 12.61 | 12.87 | 12.81 | 12.84 | 527.10| 563.71| 549.55| 546.98
              Lumber and wood products...................|  9.70 |  9.96 |  9.95 |  9.93 | 386.06| 415.33| 404.97| 397.20
              Furniture and fixtures.....................|  9.41 |  9.77 |  9.68 |  9.66 | 358.52| 406.43| 392.04| 382.54
              Stone, clay, and glass products............| 11.96 | 12.20 | 12.18 | 12.22 | 491.56| 528.26| 515.21| 510.80
              Primary metal industries...................| 14.24 | 14.51 | 14.54 | 14.49 | 625.14| 661.66| 652.85| 647.70
                Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 16.57 | 17.17 | 17.33 | 17.29 | 725.77| 788.10| 788.52| 790.15
              Fabricated metal products..................| 11.89 | 12.09 | 12.05 | 12.06 | 498.19| 531.96| 519.36| 514.96
              Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 12.95 | 13.18 | 13.14 | 13.15 | 556.85| 590.46| 580.79| 577.29
              Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 11.45 | 11.60 | 11.60 | 11.65 | 475.18| 499.96| 489.52| 488.14
              Transportation equipment...................| 16.35 | 16.84 | 16.58 | 16.66 | 712.86| 767.90| 732.84| 738.04
                Motor vehicles and equipment.............| 16.78 | 17.35 | 17.07 | 17.18 | 766.85| 817.19| 778.39| 785.13
              Instruments and related products...........| 12.43 | 12.62 | 12.53 | 12.62 | 509.63| 537.61| 525.01| 523.73
              Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  9.56 |  9.89 |  9.97 |  9.92 | 368.06| 399.56| 395.81| 394.82
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Nondurable goods............................| 11.18 | 11.43 | 11.45 | 11.44 | 443.85| 476.63| 467.16| 463.32
              Food and kindred products..................| 10.57 | 10.87 | 10.86 | 10.85 | 423.86| 458.71| 446.35| 439.43
              Tobacco products...........................| 17.94 | 18.20 | 18.38 | 19.45 | 635.08| 748.02| 731.52| 760.50
              Textile mill products......................|  9.04 |  9.32 |  9.36 |  9.32 | 357.98| 391.44| 388.44| 383.98
              Apparel and other textile products.........|  7.22 |  7.46 |  7.55 |  7.50 | 255.59| 284.23| 280.86| 279.75
              Paper and allied products..................| 13.60 | 13.97 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 580.72| 625.86| 616.00| 604.80
              Printing and publishing....................| 12.04 | 12.25 | 12.22 | 12.21 | 453.91| 481.43| 465.58| 466.42
              Chemicals and allied products..............| 15.04 | 15.45 | 15.43 | 15.36 | 640.70| 679.80| 668.12| 665.09
              Petroleum and coal products................| 19.26 | 19.37 | 19.21 | 19.61 | 841.66| 858.09| 856.77| 880.49
              Rubber and misc. plastics products.........| 10.71 | 10.79 | 10.82 | 10.79 | 442.32| 463.97| 456.60| 453.18
              Leather and leather products...............|  7.92 |  8.04 |  8.13 |  8.09 | 294.62| 312.76| 308.13| 309.04
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Transportation and public utilities...........| 13.85 | 14.07 | 14.12 | 14.05 | 545.69| 557.17| 557.74| 550.76
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Wholesale trade...............................| 11.93 | 12.17 | 12.28 | 12.27 | 452.15| 467.33| 469.10| 466.26
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Retail trade..................................|  7.45 |  7.58 |  7.64 |  7.65 | 209.35| 222.09| 215.45| 214.97
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 11.77 | 12.04 | 12.17 | 12.18 | 421.37| 429.83| 441.77| 433.61
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Services......................................| 11.05 | 11.31 | 11.40 | 11.38 | 355.81| 366.44| 370.50| 367.57
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  |   from:
                                                      | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1995p/ |1995p/ |Jan. 1995-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Feb. 1995
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $11.03| $11.25| $11.23| $11.25| $11.31| $11.31|     0.0
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.42|   7.42|   7.39|   7.39|   7.41|  N.A. |    (3)
                   Mining.............................|  14.81|  15.06|  15.05|  15.10|  15.01|  15.08|      .5
                   Construction.......................|  14.54|  14.91|  14.82|  14.77|  14.72|  14.96|     1.6
                   Manufacturing......................|  12.01|  12.14|  12.17|  12.19|  12.21|  12.25|      .3
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.40|  11.51| c11.52|  11.52|  11.55|  11.61|      .5
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.82|  14.03|  14.09|  14.04|  14.09|  13.98|     -.8
                   Wholesale trade....................|  11.88|  12.19|  12.11|  12.15|  12.26|  12.22|     -.3
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.42|   7.56|   7.56|   7.60|   7.59|   7.62|      .4
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  11.67|  12.06|  11.98|  11.99|  12.11|  12.07|     -.3
                   Services...........................|  10.96|  11.22|  11.17|  11.22|  11.30|  11.28|     -.2
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
                    2/  The Consumer Price Index for Urban
                 Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
                 used to deflate this series.  Data have been
                 revised back to 1990.
                    3/  Change was .3 percent from December
                 1994 to January 1995, 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.
                    c = corrected.
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Feb. |Dec. | Jan.  | Feb.  |Feb. |Oct. |Nov. |Dec. | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                       |1994 |1994 |1995p/ |1995p/ |1994 |1994 |1994 |1994 |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|121.9|132.4| 127.8 | 127.2 |125.6|131.1|130.7|131.0| 132.4 | 131.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods-producing industries....................| 98.8|110.4| 105.6 | 104.2 |103.9|108.5|109.2|109.7| 110.5 | 109.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 52.4| 55.5|  54.5 |  53.3 | 54.3| 55.3| 55.2| 54.7|  55.8 |  55.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|104.9|134.2| 120.1 | 115.0 |124.5|134.7|137.1|138.9| 141.2 | 136.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|100.7|109.0| 106.0 | 105.5 |102.8|106.4|106.9|107.2| 107.6 | 107.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................| 99.7|109.0| 106.1 | 105.8 |101.4|105.6|106.5|106.7| 107.4 | 107.6
            Lumber and wood products...................|122.3|134.5| 129.5 | 127.2 |128.2|133.3|133.4|134.3| 135.1 | 132.6
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|115.6|130.4| 126.3 | 123.3 |119.2|126.3|127.0|126.1| 127.6 | 127.3
            Stone, clay, and glass products............| 95.3|107.3| 101.9 | 100.9 |102.8|108.1|108.6|109.1| 110.4 | 108.9
            Primary metal industries...................| 86.4| 94.2|  92.5 |  92.1 | 87.3| 91.6| 92.5| 92.8|  92.4 |  92.8
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 70.5| 74.2|  72.9 |  72.9 | 71.6| 72.9| 73.5| 73.1|  73.2 |  73.8
            Fabricated metal products..................|103.3|115.2| 112.8 | 111.9 |105.1|110.0|111.5|112.2| 113.8 | 113.9
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 94.4|102.0| 101.0 | 100.9 | 94.2| 98.8| 99.3| 99.3| 100.7 | 100.9
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|100.3|110.3| 107.6 | 107.5 |101.2|106.0|106.3|107.2| 107.9 | 108.4
            Transportation equipment...................|112.2|122.5| 117.5 | 119.0 |113.7|117.2|119.3|119.3| 118.4 | 120.3
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|146.3|163.2| 155.7 | 158.8 |149.4|155.4|159.8|159.2| 159.9 | 160.6
            Instruments and related products...........| 74.5| 76.0|  74.0 |  73.4 | 74.5| 73.8| 73.8| 74.2|  74.0 |  73.8
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................| 95.0|102.5|  99.4 | 100.5 | 97.4|102.0|102.1|101.5| 103.0 | 103.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|102.2|109.0| 105.8 | 105.1 |104.7|107.5|107.5|107.7| 107.9 | 107.8
            Food and kindred products..................|106.7|115.1| 110.4 | 108.9 |112.7|113.4|114.6|114.8| 115.8 | 114.9
            Tobacco products...........................| 54.3| 65.8|  62.3 |  57.4 | 54.2| 60.0| 57.0| 60.5|  56.9 |  58.3
            Textile mill products......................| 93.7| 99.5|  97.3 |  96.5 | 96.2| 99.1| 98.5| 98.5|  98.6 |  98.9
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 82.7| 88.2|  85.0 |  84.8 | 84.0| 88.6| 87.5| 87.5|  86.7 |  86.5
            Paper and allied products..................|107.2|113.4| 110.9 | 108.6 |109.1|111.4|111.3|111.3| 111.8 | 110.8
            Printing and publishing....................|121.5|129.3| 124.3 | 124.4 |122.6|126.1|125.9|126.4| 125.4 | 125.7
            Chemicals and allied products..............| 99.8|103.1| 101.7 | 101.4 |100.6|102.0|101.8|101.5| 102.3 | 102.4
            Petroleum and coal products................| 75.9| 79.0|  77.3 |  78.1 | 79.7| 82.4| 81.1| 81.8|  81.8 |  81.8
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|132.9|145.0| 142.9 | 142.5 |134.7|141.0|141.8|143.1| 143.9 | 144.5
            Leather and leather products...............| 52.5| 54.0|  52.0 |  51.6 | 53.9| 53.5| 52.8| 53.1|  52.4 |  52.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service-producing industries..................|132.3|142.3| 137.8 | 137.6 |135.3|141.2|140.3|140.5| 142.2 | 141.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|115.6|121.3| 118.1 | 117.2 |117.9|120.5|119.9|119.6| 121.2 | 120.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|111.0|116.8| 115.6 | 115.2 |113.1|116.6|115.9|116.1| 117.5 | 117.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|118.1|135.2| 124.2 | 123.0 |123.6|129.7|129.1|129.5| 130.3 | 129.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|120.7|121.4| 122.6 | 120.4 |121.7|123.8|121.4|121.3| 123.7 | 120.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|157.2|166.8| 164.3 | 165.6 |159.3|167.9|166.7|167.2| 169.3 | 168.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  39.6 |  39.6 |  38.5 |  38.2 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  48.3 |  52.0 |  48.9 |  46.8 |  46.5 |  46.1
           1992..............|  42.1 |  46.1 |  48.3 |  57.7 |  53.1 |  50.4 |  52.8 |  46.5 |  53.4 |  56.9 |  52.5 |  57.3
           1993..............|  57.9 |  61.7 |  49.0 |  56.0 |  57.0 |  51.1 |  58.8 |  50.0 |  56.7 |  57.4 |  61.0 |  57.4
           1994..............|  56.6 |  58.3 |  62.9 |  62.5 |  56.3 |  63.2 |  59.3 |  59.8 |  56.9 |  59.8 |  64.6 |  61.7
           1995..............|p/62.4 |p/57.9 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  34.3 |  32.0 |  31.6 |  38.2 |  39.3 |  44.2 |  49.4 |  50.7 |  50.8 |  44.9 |  43.7 |  40.9
           1992..............|  39.7 |  42.3 |  51.0 |  56.2 |  57.6 |  54.1 |  50.4 |  49.9 |  51.7 |  56.2 |  58.6 |  59.8
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  55.8 |  54.9 |  57.7 |  54.6 |  55.9 |  55.8 |  62.4 |  61.5 |  60.8
           1994..............|  62.1 |  64.5 |  65.2 |  65.0 |  65.4 |  64.6 |  66.7 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  65.3 |  70.1 |p/69.5
           1995..............|p/67.0 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  30.2 |  32.4 |  31.2 |  33.7 |  39.2 |  44.7 |  46.5 |  45.6 |  47.8 |  44.5 |  41.4 |  39.9
           1992..............|  43.5 |  46.3 |  47.2 |  52.0 |  54.2 |  56.6 |  52.8 |  53.1 |  55.8 |  56.3 |  64.2 |  62.2
           1993..............|  61.4 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  59.8 |  54.4 |  54.5 |  57.9 |  58.8 |  59.7 |  60.8 |  62.8 |  63.6
           1994..............|  67.0 |  65.9 |  68.8 |  66.0 |  67.8 |  66.3 |  68.1 |  70.1 |  68.1 |p/69.9 |p/67.8 |
           1995..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  31.0 |  31.0 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  31.7 |  33.8 |  35.8 |  37.5 |  40.0 |  45.2 |  45.6 |  45.4
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  60.7
           1993..............|  60.0 |  61.1 |  60.7 |  62.2 |  63.2 |  62.1 |  62.4 |  60.8 |  63.5 |  62.8 |  63.1 |  63.5
           1994..............|  64.2 |  65.7 |  66.0 |  66.4 |  68.1 |  69.0 |p/70.2 |p/71.1 |       |       |       |
           1995..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  32.7 |  35.6 |  31.3 |  37.4 |  45.7 |  43.5 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  47.8 |  41.4 |  39.6
           1992..............|  38.1 |  40.6 |  45.0 |  57.9 |  47.8 |  50.0 |  53.2 |  41.7 |  49.3 |  47.8 |  52.5 |  51.8
           1993..............|  52.5 |  57.6 |  47.8 |  41.7 |  46.0 |  40.3 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  46.8 |  50.0 |  55.4 |  51.1
           1994..............|  54.3 |  53.6 |  51.1 |  56.1 |  50.0 |  58.6 |  52.9 |  56.8 |  48.9 |  60.8 |  60.1 |  60.8
           1995..............|p/59.4 |p/51.4 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  24.5 |  21.9 |  20.5 |  32.7 |  36.3 |  39.6 |  47.1 |  46.0 |  48.2 |  39.9 |  36.7 |  33.5
           1992..............|  30.9 |  36.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  55.4 |  53.6 |  47.1 |  47.1 |  42.4 |  50.0 |  51.1 |  55.0
           1993..............|  60.1 |  58.3 |  51.4 |  40.6 |  37.1 |  43.5 |  40.3 |  41.0 |  43.2 |  52.9 |  54.7 |  56.1
           1994..............|  56.1 |  57.6 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  57.2 |  55.8 |  61.5 |  55.0 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  69.1 |p/66.2
           1995..............|p/63.7 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  15.8 |  20.9 |  21.2 |  26.3 |  34.9 |  39.2 |  42.1 |  40.3 |  40.3 |  37.1 |  32.4 |  32.7
           1992..............|  34.2 |  37.1 |  41.0 |  48.6 |  52.2 |  54.7 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  50.4 |  48.9 |  57.9 |  56.8
           1993..............|  54.0 |  51.8 |  48.6 |  47.1 |  37.1 |  34.2 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  47.8 |  50.4 |  54.3 |  55.8
           1994..............|  58.3 |  56.1 |  59.4 |  54.3 |  58.3 |  56.8 |  60.1 |  62.6 |  62.2 |p/66.9 |p/63.3 |
           1995..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  16.5 |  16.2 |  17.3 |  18.0 |  20.9 |  24.1 |  26.3 |  30.6 |  32.7 |  38.1 |  38.8 |  37.4
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  55.4 |  52.9 |  52.9
           1993..............|  50.0 |  52.5 |  48.6 |  49.3 |  50.7 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  50.7 |  51.4 |  51.4
           1994..............|  50.7 |  54.3 |  54.0 |  56.8 |  59.0 |  60.4 |p/63.3 |p/63.3 |       |       |       |
           1995..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
       and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month          with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
       span. Data are centered within the span.                        indicates an equal balance between industries with
         p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with