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                     THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  AUGUST 2007
                                        
   Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-4,000) in August, and 
the unemployment rate remained at 4.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Over the last 3 months, total pay-
roll employment changes have averaged 44,000 per month and private sector employ-
ment changes have averaged 72,000 per month (as revised).  In August, employment 
in manufacturing, construction, and local government education declined, while job 
growth continued in health care and food services.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed and the unemployment rate held at 7.1 million and
4.6 percent, respectively, in August.  The unemployment level and rate were
little changed from a year earlier.  In August, the unemployment rates for adult
men (4.1 percent), adult women (4.1 percent), teenagers (16.1 percent), whites
(4.2 percent), blacks (7.7 percent), and Hispanics (5.5 percent) showed little
or no change.  The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.4 percent, not seasonally
adjusted.  (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In August, the civilian labor force edged down to 152.9 million, and the
labor force participation rate decreased to 65.8 percent.  The declines were
largely due to a drop in labor force participation among teenagers; their
participation rate fell to 39.7 percent.  Total employment (145.8 million) 
and the employment-population ratio (62.8 percent) were little changed over 
the month.  (See table A-1.)
   
  The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons, at 4.5 million 
in August, was 359,000 higher than a year earlier.  This category includes persons
who indicated that they would like to work full time but were working part time
because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find full-
time jobs.  (See table A-5.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Nearly 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached
to the labor force in August, down by 227,000 from a year earlier.  These indivi-
duals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime during 
the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed because they had not 
searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  Among the marginally 
attached, there were 392,000 discouraged workers in August, little different 
from a year earlier.  Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work 
specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them.  The nearly 
1.0 million remaining persons marginally attached to the labor force in August 
had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such 
as school attendance and family responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
_______________________________________________________________________________
                         |                 |                          |
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |     averages    |       Monthly data       |
                         |_________________|__________________________|  July-
        Category         |        |        |        |        |        |  Aug.
                         |        |        |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | change
                         | I 2007 | II 2007|  2007  |  2007  |  2007  |
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian labor force ....| 152,912| 152,807| 153,072| 153,231| 152,891|   -340
  Employment ............| 146,044| 145,956| 146,140| 146,110| 145,794|   -316
  Unemployment ..........|   6,869|   6,851|   6,933|   7,121|   7,097|    -24
Not in labor force ......|  77,927|  78,675|  78,641|  78,727|  79,319|    592
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
All workers .............|     4.5|     4.5|     4.5|     4.6|     4.6|    0.0
  Adult men .............|     4.1|     4.0|     4.1|     4.2|     4.1|    -.1
  Adult women ...........|     3.9|     3.9|     3.9|     4.1|     4.1|     .0
  Teenagers .............|    14.8|    15.6|    15.8|    15.2|    16.1|     .9
  White .................|     4.0|     4.0|     4.0|     4.2|     4.2|     .0
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American ............|     8.1|     8.4|     8.5|     8.0|     7.7|    -.3
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity ...........|     5.4|     5.6|     5.7|     5.9|     5.5|    -.4
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Nonfarm employment.......| 137,447| 137,864| 137,973|p138,041|p138,037|     p-4
  Goods-producing (1)....|  22,505|  22,447|  22,436| p22,426| p22,362|    p-64
    Construction ........|   7,684|   7,665|   7,665|  p7,651|  p7,629|    p-22
    Manufacturing .......|  14,111|  14,064|  14,050| p14,049| p14,003|    p-46
  Service-providing (1)..| 114,942| 115,417| 115,537|p115,615|p115,675|     p60
      Retail trade (2)...|  15,375|  15,385|  15,383| p15,388| p15,401|     p13
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services .|  17,826|  17,879|  17,886| p17,911| p17,917|      p6
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services ..........|  18,143|  18,301|  18,364| p18,414| p18,477|     p63
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality .......|  13,423|  13,524|  13,554| p13,560| p13,572|     p12
    Government ..........|  22,170|  22,233|  22,234| p22,182| p22,154|    p-28
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |                  Hours of work (3)
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Total private ...........|    33.8|    33.8|    33.9|   p33.8|   p33.8|    p0.0
  Manufacturing .........|    41.0|    41.2|    41.4|   p41.3|   p41.3|     p.0
    Overtime ............|     4.2|     4.2|     4.3|    p4.2|    p4.1|    p-.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |   Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Total private ...........|   106.8|   107.4|   107.7|  p107.6|  p107.6|    p0.0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |                     Earnings (3)
                         |_____________________________________________________
Average hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private .........|  $17.16|  $17.32|  $17.40| p$17.45| p$17.50|  p$0.05
Average weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private .........|  579.90|  586.11|  589.86| p589.81| p591.50|   p1.69
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________

   1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded
data.
   3 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.
  p = preliminary.
   
                                  - 3 -   

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   In August, total payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-4,000) at
138.0 million, seasonally adjusted.  This followed little job growth in June
(+69,000) and July (+68,000), as revised.  In August, employment continued to
fall in manufacturing and construction; local government education also lost
jobs.  Job gains continued in health care and in food services and drinking
places.   (See table B-1.)
   
   Manufacturing employment declined by 46,000 in August.  This industry has
lost 215,000 jobs over the past year.  In August, declines were widespread 
among component industries.  Within durable goods, there were job losses in 
motor vehicles and parts (-11,000), machinery (-7,000), wood products (-7,000),
furniture and related products (-4,000), and semiconductors and electronic
components (-4,000).  In nondurable goods manufacturing, job losses continued 
in apparel (-4,000) and in textile mills (-2,000).
   
   Construction employment declined in August (-22,000), with most of the loss
occurring among residential specialty trade contractors.  Since its most recent
peak in September 2006, construction employment has fallen by 96,000.
   
   Employment in local government education fell by 32,000 in August, as
seasonal hiring was less than usual.
   
   Health care employment continued to grow in August (+35,000); the industry
added 396,000 jobs over the year.  In August, employment continued to grow in
all the components of health care:  ambulatory care services (+18,000), hospi-
tals (+11,000), and nursing and residential care (+6,000).  Employment in 
social assistance rose by 14,000 and was 83,000 above its year-ago level.
   
   Within leisure and hospitality, food services and drinking places employment
continued to expand in August (+24,000).  The industry has added 350,000 jobs
over the year.  Employment in the accommodations industry has trended down over
the past 3 months.
   
   Employment in retail trade was little changed in August.  A job gain in
building material and garden supply stores was partially offset by a decline 
in general merchandise stores.  Wholesale trade employment changed little in
August.
   
   Employment in financial activities was flat in August, following a large
increase in July.  Within the industry, employment in credit intermediation
edged down over the month and is 19,000 below its most recent peak in February
2007.  In professional and business services, management and technical con-
sulting services added 7,000 jobs in August, and temporary help employment 
continued to trend down. Temporary help has lost 72,000 jobs thus far in 2007.
     
                                  - 4 -   

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls, at 33.8 hours, and the manufacturing workweek, at 41.3 hours,
were unchanged in August.  Factory overtime fell by 0.1 hour to 4.1 hours.  (See
table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in August at 107.6 (2002=100).  The
manufacturing index fell by 0.3 percent over the month to 95.4.  (See table 
B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 5 cents, or 0.3 percent, in August to $17.50,
seasonally adjusted.  Average weekly earnings grew by 0.3 percent over the month
to $591.50.  Over the year, both average hourly and weekly earnings rose
by 3.9 percent.  (See table B-3.)

   
                         ______________________________

   
   The Employment Situation for September 2007 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, October 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).





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     Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates


Why are there two monthly measures of employment?

   The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based
estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations.  The estab-
lishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the mea-
surement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its
much larger sample size.  An over-the-month employment change of 104,000 is
statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for
a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000.
The establishment survey also provides better measures of employment levels and 
changes by industry than the household survey.  However, the household 
survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it in-
cludes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and 
private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey.  The 
household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups.


Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?

   Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the
legal status of foreign-born workers.  Thus, while it is likely that both surveys 
include at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how 
many are counted in either survey.  The household survey does include questions 
to identify the foreign born in the United States.  Data from these questions show 
that foreign-born workers accounted for about 15 percent of the labor force in 2006 
and about 47 percent of the net increase in the labor force from 2000 to 2006.


Why does the establishment survey have revisions?

   The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data
series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the
time of the initial publication of the estimates.  The establishment survey
revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding
2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the
survey.  For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit
http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm.

   On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark
revision that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts
available from unemployment insurance tax records.  The benchmark helps to
control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates.  For more infor-
mation on the annual benchmark revision, please visit http://www.bls.gov/
web/cesbmart.htm.


Has the establishment survey understated employment growth because it excludes
the self-employed?

   While the establishment survey excludes the self-employed, the household
survey provides monthly estimates of unincorporated self-employment.  These
estimates have shown no substantial growth in recent years.


Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?

   Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of
business establishments with fewer than 20 employees.  The establishment survey
sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment
estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled
to achieve this goal.

                                  - 6 -

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?

   Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account
for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths.  The ad-
justment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs im-
pact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net
impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment
and Wages.  The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this
purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into
the sample.  There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its
appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection.  BLS adds
new businesses to the survey twice a year.


Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving
unemployment insurance benefits?

   No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of
households.  All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and
available to work are included among the unemployed.  (People on temporary
layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.)  There is no
requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the
monthly survey.


Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for
work?

   Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force
who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no
jobs are available (discouraged workers).  In addition, alternative measures of
labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted
as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment Situation news release.





                                  - 7 -

Technical Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the 12th,
which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
   Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
   
   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro-
fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
   The civilian labor force  is the sum of employed and  unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the  labor
force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent
of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
                                  
                                  - 8 -
 
   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  Among these are:
 
   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.
The establishment survey does not.
 
   --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
   --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in-
dividuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes
in unemployment.
 
   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern
each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases
in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For
example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May,
making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen
or declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted
to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made
correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
                                  - 9 -
 
   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the en-
tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,
that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand-
ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
430,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 10 -
 
   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure
to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for
all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to
provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents,
and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
 
   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
   
   Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.6 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
   More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay-
able to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

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  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
         Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Aug.      July      Aug.      Aug.      Apr.      May       June      July      Aug.  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                      TOTAL                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  229,167   231,958   232,211   229,167   231,253   231,480   231,713   231,958   232,211 
    Civilian labor force.......................  152,465   154,871   153,493   151,734   152,587   152,762   153,072   153,231   152,891 
          Participation rate...................     66.5      66.8      66.1      66.2      66.0      66.0      66.1      66.1      65.8 
      Employed.................................  145,379   147,315   146,406   144,618   145,786   145,943   146,140   146,110   145,794 
          Employment-population ratio..........     63.4      63.5      63.0      63.1      63.0      63.0      63.1      63.0      62.8 
      Unemployed...............................    7,086     7,556     7,088     7,116     6,801     6,819     6,933     7,121     7,097 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.6       4.9       4.6       4.7       4.5       4.5       4.5       4.6       4.6 
    Not in labor force.........................   76,702    77,087    78,717    77,433    78,666    78,718    78,641    78,727    79,319 
      Persons who currently want a job.........    5,131     4,900     4,965     4,887     4,773     4,928     4,898     4,782     4,744 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 16 years and over                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  110,792   112,222   112,354   110,792   111,849   111,970   112,093   112,222   112,354 
    Civilian labor force.......................   82,027    83,383    82,541    81,309    82,076    82,083    82,110    82,167    81,915 
          Participation rate...................     74.0      74.3      73.5      73.4      73.4      73.3      73.3      73.2      72.9 
      Employed.................................   78,446    79,542    78,972    77,482    78,344    78,323    78,281    78,292    78,082 
          Employment-population ratio..........     70.8      70.9      70.3      69.9      70.0      70.0      69.8      69.8      69.5 
      Unemployed...............................    3,581     3,841     3,569     3,827     3,732     3,760     3,829     3,875     3,833 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.4       4.6       4.3       4.7       4.5       4.6       4.7       4.7       4.7 
    Not in labor force.........................   28,765    28,839    29,813    29,482    29,773    29,887    29,983    30,055    30,439 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  102,308   103,598   103,723   102,308   103,248   103,361   103,477   103,598   103,723 
    Civilian labor force.......................   77,928    79,078    78,793    77,616    78,459    78,524    78,502    78,651    78,512 
          Participation rate...................     76.2      76.3      76.0      75.9      76.0      76.0      75.9      75.9      75.7 
      Employed.................................   74,973    75,947    75,821    74,421    75,313    75,380    75,312    75,362    75,284 
          Employment-population ratio..........     73.3      73.3      73.1      72.7      72.9      72.9      72.8      72.7      72.6 
      Unemployed...............................    2,955     3,131     2,972     3,195     3,146     3,144     3,190     3,289     3,228 
          Unemployment rate....................      3.8       4.0       3.8       4.1       4.0       4.0       4.1       4.2       4.1 
    Not in labor force.........................   24,380    24,521    24,930    24,692    24,789    24,837    24,975    24,948    25,211 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 16 years and over                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  118,376   119,736   119,856   118,376   119,403   119,510   119,620   119,736   119,856 
    Civilian labor force.......................   70,438    71,488    70,952    70,425    70,511    70,679    70,962    71,064    70,976 
          Participation rate...................     59.5      59.7      59.2      59.5      59.1      59.1      59.3      59.4      59.2 
      Employed.................................   66,933    67,773    67,433    67,136    67,442    67,620    67,859    67,819    67,712 
          Employment-population ratio..........     56.5      56.6      56.3      56.7      56.5      56.6      56.7      56.6      56.5 
      Unemployed...............................    3,505     3,715     3,519     3,289     3,069     3,059     3,104     3,245     3,264 
          Unemployment rate....................      5.0       5.2       5.0       4.7       4.4       4.3       4.4       4.6       4.6 
    Not in labor force.........................   47,937    48,248    48,904    47,951    48,893    48,831    48,658    48,672    48,880 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  110,134   111,367   111,479   110,134   111,057   111,157   111,259   111,367   111,479 
    Civilian labor force.......................   66,535    67,293    67,319    66,856    67,083    67,281    67,474    67,579    67,628 
          Participation rate...................     60.4      60.4      60.4      60.7      60.4      60.5      60.6      60.7      60.7 
      Employed.................................   63,606    64,184    64,311    64,118    64,502    64,701    64,855    64,808    64,845 
          Employment-population ratio..........     57.8      57.6      57.7      58.2      58.1      58.2      58.3      58.2      58.2 
      Unemployed...............................    2,929     3,110     3,008     2,738     2,581     2,580     2,619     2,771     2,783 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.4       4.6       4.5       4.1       3.8       3.8       3.9       4.1       4.1 
    Not in labor force.........................   43,599    44,073    44,160    43,277    43,974    43,875    43,785    43,788    43,851 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   16,725    16,993    17,009    16,725    16,948    16,962    16,977    16,993    17,009 
    Civilian labor force.......................    8,003     8,500     7,382     7,262     7,045     6,957     7,096     7,002     6,751 
          Participation rate...................     47.8      50.0      43.4      43.4      41.6      41.0      41.8      41.2      39.7 
      Employed.................................    6,801     7,184     6,274     6,079     5,970     5,862     5,972     5,940     5,665 
          Employment-population ratio..........     40.7      42.3      36.9      36.3      35.2      34.6      35.2      35.0      33.3 
      Unemployed...............................    1,202     1,316     1,108     1,183     1,075     1,095     1,124     1,062     1,086 
          Unemployment rate....................     15.0      15.5      15.0      16.3      15.3      15.7      15.8      15.2      16.1 
    Not in labor force.........................    8,723     8,493     9,626     9,464     9,903    10,005     9,881     9,991    10,257 

   1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
  seasonally adjusted columns.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
      Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                                              
                                                   Aug.      July      Aug.      Aug.      Apr.      May       June      July      Aug.  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                     WHITE                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  186,500   188,312   188,479   186,500   187,843   187,993   188,148   188,312   188,479 
    Civilian labor force.......................  124,671   126,102   125,033   124,149   124,450   124,618   124,922   124,966   124,593 
        Participation rate.....................     66.8      67.0      66.3      66.6      66.3      66.3      66.4      66.4      66.1 
      Employed.................................  119,575   120,635   119,790   119,023   119,547   119,724   119,872   119,747   119,349 
        Employment-population ratio............     64.1      64.1      63.6      63.8      63.6      63.7      63.7      63.6      63.3 
      Unemployed...............................    5,096     5,468     5,243     5,127     4,904     4,893     5,050     5,219     5,243 
        Unemployment rate......................      4.1       4.3       4.2       4.1       3.9       3.9       4.0       4.2       4.2 
    Not in labor force.........................   61,828    62,210    63,447    62,350    63,393    63,375    63,226    63,346    63,887 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................   64,815    65,424    65,174    64,613    65,165    65,196    65,197    65,224    65,018 
        Participation rate.....................     76.6      76.6      76.2      76.4      76.5      76.4      76.4      76.3      76.0 
      Employed.................................   62,666    63,122    62,914    62,260    62,884    62,924    62,871    62,768    62,556 
        Employment-population ratio............     74.1      73.9      73.6      73.6      73.8      73.8      73.6      73.5      73.1 
      Unemployed...............................    2,149     2,302     2,261     2,353     2,282     2,272     2,326     2,456     2,462 
        Unemployment rate......................      3.3       3.5       3.5       3.6       3.5       3.5       3.6       3.8       3.8 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................   53,216    53,638    53,702    53,517    53,486    53,663    53,842    53,922    53,961 
        Participation rate.....................     59.8      59.7      59.7      60.1      59.7      59.8      60.0      60.0      60.0 
      Employed.................................   51,122    51,415    51,512    51,596    51,636    51,842    51,953    51,957    51,978 
        Employment-population ratio............     57.4      57.2      57.3      58.0      57.6      57.8      57.9      57.9      57.8 
      Unemployed...............................    2,094     2,223     2,190     1,922     1,851     1,821     1,889     1,965     1,983 
        Unemployment rate......................      3.9       4.1       4.1       3.6       3.5       3.4       3.5       3.6       3.7 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................    6,640     7,040     6,156     6,019     5,799     5,759     5,884     5,820     5,614 
        Participation rate.....................     51.5      53.9      47.1      46.7      44.5      44.2      45.1      44.6      43.0 
      Employed.................................    5,787     6,098     5,363     5,166     5,027     4,958     5,048     5,022     4,816 
        Employment-population ratio............     44.9      46.7      41.1      40.1      38.6      38.0      38.7      38.5      36.9 
      Unemployed...............................      853       942       793       853       772       800       836       797       798 
        Unemployment rate......................     12.8      13.4      12.9      14.2      13.3      13.9      14.2      13.7      14.2 
                                                                                                                                         
           BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   27,065    27,498    27,541    27,065    27,385    27,422    27,459    27,498    27,541 
    Civilian labor force.......................   17,479    17,895    17,621    17,361    17,510    17,433    17,493    17,645    17,523 
        Participation rate.....................     64.6      65.1      64.0      64.1      63.9      63.6      63.7      64.2      63.6 
      Employed.................................   15,946    16,307    16,268    15,839    16,065    15,946    16,005    16,229    16,175 
        Employment-population ratio............     58.9      59.3      59.1      58.5      58.7      58.2      58.3      59.0      58.7 
      Unemployed...............................    1,533     1,588     1,352     1,522     1,444     1,487     1,488     1,416     1,349 
        Unemployment rate......................      8.8       8.9       7.7       8.8       8.2       8.5       8.5       8.0       7.7 
    Not in labor force.........................    9,586     9,603     9,920     9,705     9,875     9,988     9,966     9,854    10,018 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................    7,770     8,039     8,036     7,729     7,860     7,788     7,816     7,987     7,955 
        Participation rate.....................     71.4      72.7      72.5      71.0      71.4      70.6      70.8      72.2      71.8 
      Employed.................................    7,153     7,423     7,524     7,086     7,201     7,146     7,144     7,383     7,411 
        Employment-population ratio............     65.7      67.1      67.9      65.1      65.4      64.8      64.7      66.7      66.9 
      Unemployed...............................      617       617       512       643       659       642       672       604       545 
        Unemployment rate......................      7.9       7.7       6.4       8.3       8.4       8.2       8.6       7.6       6.8 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................    8,798     8,896     8,782     8,790     8,798     8,832     8,858     8,880     8,808 
        Participation rate.....................     64.7      64.5      63.6      64.6      64.0      64.2      64.3      64.4      63.8 
      Employed.................................    8,147     8,217     8,200     8,154     8,273     8,234     8,298     8,274     8,241 
        Employment-population ratio............     59.9      59.6      59.4      60.0      60.2      59.8      60.2      60.0      59.7 
      Unemployed...............................      652       679       582       636       525       598       561       605       567 
        Unemployment rate......................      7.4       7.6       6.6       7.2       6.0       6.8       6.3       6.8       6.4 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................      910       960       803       842       852       814       819       778       760 
        Participation rate.....................     35.3      36.3      30.3      32.7      32.4      30.9      31.0      29.4      28.7 
      Employed.................................      647       667       544       598       591       567       564       572       523 
        Employment-population ratio............     25.1      25.2      20.5      23.2      22.5      21.5      21.4      21.6      19.7 
      Unemployed...............................      264       292       259       243       261       247       255       206       237 
        Unemployment rate......................     29.0      30.5      32.2      28.9      30.6      30.4      31.2      26.5      31.2 
                                                                                                                                         
                     ASIAN                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   10,229    10,640    10,674      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    Civilian labor force.......................    6,706     7,161     7,160      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     65.6      67.3      67.1      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................    6,511     6,949     6,917      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     63.7      65.3      64.8      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      196       212       242      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      2.9       3.0       3.4      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    Not in labor force.........................    3,522     3,479     3,514      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
  
     1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
  seasonally adjusted columns.
     2 Data not available.
     NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races.
  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
         Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                 
                                                    Aug.      July      Aug.      Aug.      Apr.      May       June      July      Aug.  
                                                    2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
          HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   30,232    31,423    31,520    30,232    31,147    31,238    31,329    31,423    31,520 
    Civilian labor force.......................   20,679    21,752    21,832    20,652    21,445    21,425    21,404    21,602    21,795 
        Participation rate.....................     68.4      69.2      69.3      68.3      68.9      68.6      68.3      68.7      69.1 
      Employed.................................   19,588    20,454    20,647    19,551    20,284    20,189    20,191    20,331    20,599 
        Employment-population ratio............     64.8      65.1      65.5      64.7      65.1      64.6      64.4      64.7      65.4 
      Unemployed...............................    1,091     1,298     1,185     1,101     1,161     1,237     1,212     1,271     1,196 
        Unemployment rate......................      5.3       6.0       5.4       5.3       5.4       5.8       5.7       5.9       5.5 
    Not in labor force.........................    9,553     9,670     9,688     9,581     9,702     9,813     9,926     9,821     9,725 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................   11,870    12,419    12,442      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     84.2      84.7      84.6      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................   11,368    11,931    11,959      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     80.6      81.3      81.3      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      502       488       483      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      4.2       3.9       3.9      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................    7,722     8,170     8,291      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     58.0      59.2      59.9      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................    7,307     7,598     7,779      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     54.9      55.0      56.2      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      414       572       512      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      5.4       7.0       6.2      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................    1,088     1,163     1,099      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     38.7      39.5      37.1      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................      913       926       910      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     32.5      31.4      30.8      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      175       238       189      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................     16.1      20.4      17.2      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    
       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
    seasonally adjusted columns.
       2 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect
    
    
    
    
    
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
             Educational attainment                                                                                                      
                                                    Aug.      July      Aug.      Aug.      Apr.      May       June      July      Aug.  
                                                    2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
         Less than a high school diploma                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   12,804    11,865    12,015    12,771    12,765    12,440    12,017    12,141    12,031 
      Participation rate.......................     46.3      46.7      46.4      46.2      46.5      45.9      45.0      47.8      46.4 
    Employed...................................   11,992    11,045    11,275    11,896    11,847    11,610    11,208    11,274    11,225 
      Employment-population ratio..............     43.4      43.5      43.5      43.0      43.1      42.9      41.9      44.4      43.3 
    Unemployed.................................      812       821       739       875       917       831       809       867       806 
      Unemployment rate........................      6.3       6.9       6.2       6.9       7.2       6.7       6.7       7.1       6.7 
                                                                                                                                         
      High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                              
  Civilian labor force.........................   38,308    37,798    38,388    38,395    38,319    38,103    38,277    38,447    38,549 
      Participation rate.......................     63.2      62.2      62.7      63.3      62.6      62.6      62.8      63.3      62.9 
    Employed...................................   36,624    36,093    36,781    36,639    36,758    36,383    36,721    36,743    36,885 
      Employment-population ratio..............     60.4      59.4      60.1      60.4      60.1      59.8      60.3      60.5      60.2 
    Unemployed.................................    1,684     1,705     1,607     1,756     1,562     1,720     1,556     1,703     1,664 
      Unemployment rate........................      4.4       4.5       4.2       4.6       4.1       4.5       4.1       4.4       4.3 
                                                                                                                                         
        Some college or associate degree                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   35,368    36,574    35,959    35,358    35,620    36,098    36,340    36,281    35,961 
      Participation rate.......................     72.2      72.0      71.9      72.2      72.2      72.8      72.8      71.4      71.9 
    Employed...................................   34,101    35,221    34,622    34,080    34,337    34,865    35,077    34,998    34,629 
      Employment-population ratio..............     69.6      69.3      69.2      69.5      69.6      70.3      70.3      68.9      69.2 
    Unemployed.................................    1,266     1,353     1,337     1,278     1,283     1,234     1,263     1,283     1,331 
      Unemployment rate........................      3.6       3.7       3.7       3.6       3.6       3.4       3.5       3.5       3.7 
                                                                                                                                         
        Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   42,352    44,295    44,331    42,712    43,567    44,052    44,254    44,474    44,594 
      Participation rate.......................     77.2      77.0      77.0      77.9      77.9      77.9      78.0      77.3      77.5 
    Employed...................................   41,495    43,239    43,314    41,947    42,773    43,191    43,380    43,540    43,680 
      Employment-population ratio..............     75.6      75.2      75.2      76.5      76.5      76.4      76.4      75.7      75.9 
    Unemployed.................................      857     1,056     1,017       765       793       861       874       934       914 
      Unemployment rate........................      2.0       2.4       2.3       1.8       1.8       2.0       2.0       2.1       2.0 
  
     1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
     2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  See box note in the BLS
  news release USDL 07-0486, "The Employment Situation: March 2007," issued on April 6, 2007, for a discussion of technical issues
  regarding educational attainment data.
  
  
  
  
  
    HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
  
  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                    Category                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                    Aug.      July      Aug.      Aug.      Apr.      May       June      July      Aug.  
                                                    2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                 CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
  Agriculture and related industries...........    2,426     2,242     2,005     2,193     2,053     2,100     1,941     1,993     1,843 
    Wage and salary workers....................    1,434     1,328     1,144     1,251     1,205     1,224     1,155     1,157     1,016 
    Self-employed workers......................      967       872       850       911       858       845       775       823       806 
    Unpaid family workers......................       25        41        11      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries...................  142,953   145,073   144,401   142,509   143,687   143,815   144,122   144,159   143,952 
    Wage and salary workers....................  133,094   135,111   134,578   132,832   133,874   133,994   134,128   134,339   134,269 
      Government...............................   19,918    20,468    20,690    20,365    21,046    21,227    21,082    21,024    21,148 
      Private industries.......................  113,176   114,643   113,888   112,441   112,762   112,757   113,000   113,319   113,133 
        Private households.....................      864       856       819      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
        Other industries.......................  112,312   113,787   113,069   111,661   111,967   111,892   112,196   112,554   112,384 
    Self-employed workers......................    9,769     9,830     9,709     9,636     9,713     9,716     9,878     9,706     9,652 
    Unpaid family workers......................       90       132       114      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
          PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
  All industries:                                                                                                                        
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,104     4,516     4,494     4,157     4,374     4,484     4,290     4,313     4,516 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,557     2,693     2,838     2,683     2,849     2,963     2,790     2,724     2,933 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,127     1,402     1,113     1,163     1,248     1,265     1,203     1,217     1,168 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   17,524    17,955    17,663    19,625    19,948    19,626    20,112    20,014    19,835 
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                            
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,019     4,456     4,424     4,083     4,308     4,403     4,194     4,240     4,459 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,502     2,653     2,801     2,638     2,811     2,904     2,737     2,683     2,903 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,114     1,390     1,098     1,155     1,236     1,256     1,204     1,211     1,147 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   17,125    17,559    17,350    19,235    19,570    19,200    19,758    19,660    19,569 
  
     1 Data not available.
     2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as
  vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked
  only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
     NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household
  survey.
  
  
  
  
  
    HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators
  
  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                 Characteristic                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Aug.      July      Aug.      Aug.      Apr.      May       June      July      Aug.  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                   AGE AND SEX                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                         
  Total, 16 years and over.....................  145,379   147,315   146,406   144,618   145,786   145,943   146,140   146,110   145,794 
    16 to 19 years.............................    6,801     7,184     6,274     6,079     5,970     5,862     5,972     5,940     5,665 
      16 to 17 years...........................    2,715     2,853     2,541     2,390     2,315     2,308     2,351     2,303     2,255 
      18 to 19 years...........................    4,086     4,331     3,733     3,688     3,628     3,550     3,645     3,667     3,389 
    20 years and over..........................  138,578   140,131   140,131   138,539   139,815   140,081   140,167   140,170   140,129 
      20 to 24 years...........................   14,366    14,533    14,139    14,054    13,982    13,967    13,994    13,964    13,876 
      25 years and over........................  124,212   125,598   125,993   124,660   125,667   126,006   126,184   126,291   126,445 
        25 to 54 years.........................   99,586    99,912   100,319    99,818   100,365   100,434   100,452   100,344   100,563 
          25 to 34 years.......................   31,067    31,689    31,662    31,136    31,588    31,550    31,632    31,667    31,717 
          35 to 44 years.......................   34,531    33,937    34,143    34,599    34,378    34,344    34,215    34,151    34,214 
          45 to 54 years.......................   33,987    34,286    34,514    34,083    34,400    34,539    34,605    34,526    34,632 
        55 years and over......................   24,626    25,686    25,674    24,843    25,302    25,572    25,732    25,947    25,882 
                                                                                                                                         
  Men, 16 years and over.......................   78,446    79,542    78,972    77,482    78,344    78,323    78,281    78,292    78,082 
    16 to 19 years.............................    3,474     3,595     3,152     3,062     3,031     2,942     2,969     2,930     2,798 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,390     1,439     1,224     1,189     1,157     1,097     1,139     1,119     1,065 
      18 to 19 years...........................    2,084     2,156     1,927     1,871     1,865     1,842     1,851     1,815     1,746 
    20 years and over..........................   74,973    75,947    75,821    74,421    75,313    75,380    75,312    75,362    75,284 
      20 to 24 years...........................    7,727     7,826     7,539     7,499     7,412     7,406     7,368     7,417     7,333 
      25 years and over........................   67,246    68,121    68,282    67,005    67,846    67,924    67,969    67,990    68,049 
        25 to 54 years.........................   54,043    54,430    54,543    53,798    54,412    54,382    54,312    54,257    54,317 
          25 to 34 years.......................   17,180    17,706    17,606    17,074    17,478    17,429    17,466    17,560    17,499 
          35 to 44 years.......................   18,825    18,607    18,717    18,754    18,804    18,783    18,643    18,567    18,651 
          45 to 54 years.......................   18,038    18,117    18,220    17,970    18,130    18,169    18,203    18,130    18,167 
        55 years and over......................   13,203    13,691    13,739    13,206    13,434    13,543    13,657    13,733    13,732 
                                                                                                                                         
  Women, 16 years and over.....................   66,933    67,773    67,433    67,136    67,442    67,620    67,859    67,819    67,712 
    16 to 19 years.............................    3,327     3,589     3,123     3,017     2,940     2,919     3,004     3,011     2,867 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,325     1,414     1,316     1,201     1,157     1,211     1,212     1,183     1,190 
      18 to 19 years...........................    2,002     2,175     1,806     1,817     1,763     1,707     1,794     1,852     1,643 
    20 years and over..........................   63,606    64,184    64,311    64,118    64,502    64,701    64,855    64,808    64,845 
      20 to 24 years...........................    6,639     6,707     6,600     6,555     6,570     6,561     6,626     6,546     6,544 
      25 years and over........................   56,966    57,477    57,711    57,656    57,821    58,081    58,215    58,301    58,396 
        25 to 54 years.........................   45,543    45,481    45,776    46,019    45,954    46,052    46,140    46,087    46,246 
          25 to 34 years.......................   13,887    13,983    14,055    14,061    14,110    14,121    14,165    14,107    14,218 
          35 to 44 years.......................   15,705    15,329    15,426    15,845    15,574    15,561    15,572    15,584    15,564 
          45 to 54 years.......................   15,950    16,169    16,294    16,113    16,270    16,370    16,402    16,396    16,465 
        55 years and over......................   11,423    11,995    11,935    11,636    11,867    12,029    12,075    12,215    12,150 
                                                                                                                                         
                 MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
  Married men, spouse present..................   45,590    46,211    46,201    45,514    46,500    46,531    46,527    46,330    46,192 
  Married women, spouse present................   34,742    35,286    35,226    35,304    36,037    36,194    36,217    35,997    35,826 
  Women who maintain families..................    9,286     9,431     9,548     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
            FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Full-time workers (2)........................  121,979   123,219   122,870   119,953   120,348   120,997   120,645   121,122   120,995 
  Part-time workers (3)........................   23,400    24,096    23,535    24,725    25,248    24,880    25,555    25,102    24,897 
                                                                                                                                         
               MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Total multiple jobholders....................    7,233     7,636     7,221     7,529     7,937     7,815     7,707     7,674     7,555 
      Percent of total employed................      5.0       5.2       4.9       5.2       5.4       5.4       5.3       5.3       5.2 
  
     1 Data not available.
     2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
     3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
     NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household
  survey.
  
  
  
  
  
    HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                          Number of                                                                      
                                                      unemployed persons                         Unemployment rates (1)                  
                                                        (in thousands)                                                                   
                 Characteristic                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                    Aug.      July      Aug.     Aug.      Apr.      May       June      July      Aug.  
                                                    2006      2007      2007     2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                   AGE AND SEX                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                         
  Total, 16 years and over.....................    7,116     7,121     7,097      4.7       4.5       4.5       4.5       4.6       4.6  
    16 to 19 years.............................    1,183     1,062     1,086     16.3      15.3      15.7      15.8      15.2      16.1  
      16 to 17 years...........................      574       462       515     19.4      16.5      16.6      16.8      16.7      18.6  
      18 to 19 years...........................      625       600       580     14.5      15.0      15.4      15.5      14.1      14.6  
    20 years and over..........................    5,933     6,059     6,011      4.1       3.9       3.9       4.0       4.1       4.1  
      20 to 24 years...........................    1,256     1,294     1,256      8.2       7.8       7.3       8.0       8.5       8.3  
      25 years and over........................    4,682     4,819     4,759      3.6       3.5       3.5       3.5       3.7       3.6  
        25 to 54 years.........................    3,964     3,949     3,913      3.8       3.6       3.6       3.6       3.8       3.7  
          25 to 34 years.......................    1,429     1,513     1,532      4.4       4.4       4.5       4.6       4.6       4.6  
          35 to 44 years.......................    1,385     1,327     1,263      3.8       3.4       3.4       3.3       3.7       3.6  
          45 to 54 years.......................    1,150     1,110     1,118      3.3       3.1       3.1       3.0       3.1       3.1  
        55 years and over......................      741       857       854      2.9       3.0       3.2       3.0       3.2       3.2  
                                                                                                                                         
  Men, 16 years and over.......................    3,827     3,875     3,833      4.7       4.5       4.6       4.7       4.7       4.7  
    16 to 19 years.............................      632       587       605     17.1      16.2      17.3      17.7      16.7      17.8  
      16 to 17 years...........................      272       261       300     18.6      17.2      18.5      18.1      18.9      22.0  
      18 to 19 years...........................      370       328       312     16.5      16.4      17.1      18.2      15.3      15.2  
    20 years and over..........................    3,195     3,289     3,228      4.1       4.0       4.0       4.1       4.2       4.1  
      20 to 24 years...........................      734       747       700      8.9       8.6       8.6       9.3       9.2       8.7  
      25 years and over........................    2,463     2,555     2,523      3.5       3.5       3.5       3.4       3.6       3.6  
        25 to 54 years.........................    2,062     2,073     2,043      3.7       3.5       3.5       3.5       3.7       3.6  
          25 to 34 years.......................      755       786       851      4.2       4.2       4.4       4.6       4.3       4.6  
          35 to 44 years.......................      692       689       609      3.6       3.2       3.0       2.9       3.6       3.2  
          45 to 54 years.......................      615       597       583      3.3       3.2       3.2       3.1       3.2       3.1  
        55 years and over......................      402       483       481      3.0       3.2       3.4       3.1       3.4       3.4  
                                                                                                                                         
  Women, 16 years and over.....................    3,289     3,245     3,264      4.7       4.4       4.3       4.4       4.6       4.6  
    16 to 19 years.............................      551       475       481     15.4      14.2      14.1      13.9      13.6      14.4  
      16 to 17 years...........................      303       200       215     20.1      15.9      14.9      15.6      14.5      15.3  
      18 to 19 years...........................      255       272       268     12.3      13.5      13.4      12.7      12.8      14.0  
    20 years and over..........................    2,738     2,771     2,783      4.1       3.8       3.8       3.9       4.1       4.1  
      20 to 24 years...........................      522       547       556      7.4       7.0       5.8       6.7       7.7       7.8  
      25 years and over........................    2,219     2,264     2,236      3.7       3.5       3.6       3.6       3.7       3.7  
        25 to 54 years.........................    1,902     1,877     1,870      4.0       3.7       3.8       3.7       3.9       3.9  
          25 to 34 years.......................      674       727       680      4.6       4.6       4.7       4.6       4.9       4.6  
          35 to 44 years.......................      693       637       654      4.2       3.5       3.8       3.7       3.9       4.0  
          45 to 54 years.......................      535       513       535      3.2       3.0       3.0       2.9       3.0       3.1  
        55 years and over (2)..................      378       434       418      3.2       2.5       2.7       3.2       3.5       3.4  
                                                                                                                                         
                 MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
  Married men, spouse present..................    1,178     1,266     1,158      2.5       2.5       2.6       2.4       2.7       2.4  
  Married women, spouse present................    1,049     1,052     1,145      2.9       2.7       2.7       2.7       2.8       3.1  
  Women who maintain families (2)..............      667       687       633      6.7       6.2       6.3       6.8       6.8       6.2  
                                                                                                                                         
            FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Full-time workers (3)........................    5,789     5,861     5,835      4.6       4.4       4.4       4.5       4.6       4.6  
  Part-time workers (4)........................    1,340     1,324     1,271      5.1       5.0       4.9       4.6       5.0       4.9  
  
     1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     2 Not seasonally adjusted.
     3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on 
  layoff from full-time jobs.
     4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on
  layoff from part-time jobs.
     NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various
  series.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                     Reason                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
                                                    Aug.      July      Aug.      Aug.      Apr.      May       June      July      Aug. 
                                                    2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
              NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                   
   temporary jobs..............................    3,132     3,730     3,472     3,289     3,287     3,331     3,375     3,628     3,617 
    On temporary layoff........................      798     1,090       865       892     1,022     1,004       866       981       979 
    Not on temporary layoff....................    2,334     2,640     2,606     2,398     2,265     2,327     2,509     2,648     2,638 
      Permanent job losers.....................    1,658     1,861     1,852      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs.....      677       779       755      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
  Job leavers..................................      935       856       870       851       748       764       810       823       793 
  Reentrants...................................    2,315     2,141     2,099     2,276     2,174     2,153     2,127     2,078     2,064 
  New entrants.................................      704       829       647       646       607       549       621       593       593 
                                                                                                                                         
              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.............................     44.2      49.4      49.0      46.6      48.2      49.0      48.7      50.9      51.2 
     On temporary layoff.......................     11.3      14.4      12.2      12.6      15.0      14.8      12.5      13.8      13.8 
     Not on temporary layoff...................     32.9      34.9      36.8      34.0      33.2      34.2      36.2      37.2      37.3 
   Job leavers.................................     13.2      11.3      12.3      12.1      11.0      11.2      11.7      11.6      11.2 
   Reentrants..................................     32.7      28.3      29.6      32.2      31.9      31.7      30.7      29.2      29.2 
   New entrants................................      9.9      11.0       9.1       9.1       8.9       8.1       9.0       8.3       8.4 
                                                                                                                                         
         UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                  
                 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
   Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                  
    temporary jobs.............................      2.1       2.4       2.3       2.2       2.2       2.2       2.2       2.4       2.4 
   Job leavers.................................       .6        .6        .6        .6        .5        .5        .5        .5        .5 
   Reentrants..................................      1.5       1.4       1.4       1.5       1.4       1.4       1.4       1.4       1.3 
   New entrants................................       .5        .5        .4        .4        .4        .4        .4        .4        .4 
  
     1 Data not available.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                                   
                         Duration                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                              Aug.      July      Aug.      Aug.      Apr.      May       June      July      Aug. 
                                                              2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                   
  Less than 5 weeks......................................    2,477     2,731     2,493     2,615     2,432     2,450     2,488     2,473     2,595 
  5 to 14 weeks..........................................    2,397     2,557     2,326     2,198     2,141     2,204     2,125     2,213     2,166 
  15 weeks and over......................................    2,213     2,269     2,269     2,345     2,268     2,230     2,286     2,413     2,385 
     15 to 26 weeks......................................      907       988     1,021     1,036     1,072     1,104     1,166     1,105     1,138 
     27 weeks and over...................................    1,306     1,281     1,248     1,309     1,196     1,126     1,120     1,308     1,247 
                                                                                                                                                   
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks......................     17.2      16.3      17.0      17.3      17.1      16.7      16.8      17.2      16.9 
  Median duration, in weeks..............................      8.5       8.0       8.8       8.4       8.7       8.3       8.2       8.9       8.6 
                                                                                                                                                   
                   PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                   
  Total unemployed.......................................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
    Less than 5 weeks....................................     35.0      36.1      35.2      36.5      35.6      35.6      36.1      34.8      36.3 
    5 to 14 weeks........................................     33.8      33.8      32.8      30.7      31.3      32.0      30.8      31.2      30.3 
    15 weeks and over....................................     31.2      30.0      32.0      32.8      33.2      32.4      33.1      34.0      33.4 
      15 to 26 weeks.....................................     12.8      13.1      14.4      14.5      15.7      16.0      16.9      15.6      15.9 
      27 weeks and over..................................     18.4      17.0      17.6      18.3      17.5      16.4      16.2      18.4      17.4 
  
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                               Unemployment        
                                                                     Employed                     Unemployed                      rates            
                                                                                                                                                   
                        Occupation                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                Aug.           Aug.            Aug.           Aug.           Aug.           Aug.   
                                                                2006           2007            2006           2007           2006           2007   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
       Total, 16 years and over (1)......................     145,379        146,406          7,086          7,088            4.6            4.6   
  Management, professional, and related occupations......      49,664         51,403          1,212          1,389            2.4            2.6   
    Management, business, and financial operations                                                                                                 
     occupations.........................................      21,045         21,713            484            544            2.2            2.4   
    Professional and related occupations.................      28,618         29,690            727            845            2.5            2.8   
  Service occupations....................................      24,782         24,916          1,497          1,531            5.7            5.8   
  Sales and office occupations...........................      35,999         35,824          1,585          1,661            4.2            4.4   
    Sales and related occupations........................      16,166         16,470            741            819            4.4            4.7   
    Office and administrative support occupations........      19,833         19,354            844            842            4.1            4.2   
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                                                 
   occupations...........................................      16,399         15,925            969            835            5.6            5.0   
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...........       1,037            929             70             68            6.4            6.9   
    Construction and extraction occupations..............       9,775          9,698            665            614            6.4            6.0   
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations....       5,588          5,298            234            153            4.0            2.8   
  Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                                                  
   occupations...........................................      18,535         18,338          1,080          1,004            5.5            5.2   
    Production occupations...............................       9,494          9,419            522            510            5.2            5.1   
    Transportation and material moving occupations.......       9,042          8,919            559            495            5.8            5.3   
  
     1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                   HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                           Number of                                                             
                                                                           unemployed                                 Unemployment               
                                                                            persons                                      rates                   
               Industry and class of worker                              (in thousands)                                                          
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                    Aug.                  Aug.                  Aug.                  Aug.       
                                                                    2006                  2007                  2006                  2007       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
         Total, 16 years and over (1)....................          7,086                 7,088                   4.6                   4.6       
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers........          5,406                 5,377                   4.6                   4.5       
    Mining...............................................             32                    33                   4.3                   4.6       
    Construction.........................................            618                   558                   5.9                   5.3       
    Manufacturing........................................            680                   596                   4.1                   3.6       
      Durable goods......................................            425                   341                   4.1                   3.3       
      Nondurable goods...................................            255                   255                   4.1                   4.1       
    Wholesale and retail trade...........................            977                 1,028                   4.7                   5.1       
    Transportation and utilities.........................            217                   205                   3.7                   3.4       
    Information..........................................            132                   140                   3.9                   4.1       
    Financial activities.................................            263                   371                   2.7                   3.7       
    Professional and business services...................            681                   683                   5.1                   4.9       
    Education and health services........................            611                   648                   3.2                   3.4       
    Leisure and hospitality..............................            855                   877                   6.9                   7.1       
    Other services.......................................            341                   239                   5.3                   3.8       
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                                
   workers...............................................             76                    54                   5.3                   4.7       
  Government workers.....................................            595                   695                   2.9                   3.2       
  Self employed and unpaid family workers................            306                   315                   2.7                   2.9       
  
     1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                            HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization
  
  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                                          
                          Measure                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                          
                                                            Aug.     July     Aug.     Aug.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.  
                                                            2006     2007     2007     2006     2007     2007     2007     2007     2007  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent                                                                                 
       of the civilian labor force.......................    1.5      1.5      1.5      1.5      1.5      1.5      1.5      1.6      1.6  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                      
       jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force....    2.1      2.4      2.3      2.2      2.2      2.2      2.2      2.4      2.4  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                      
       labor force (official unemployment rate)..........    4.6      4.9      4.6      4.7      4.5      4.5      4.5      4.6      4.6  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a                                                                                     
       percent of the civilian labor force plus                                                                                           
       discouraged workers...............................    4.9      5.1      4.9      5.0      4.7      4.7      4.8      4.9      4.9  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus                                                                                    
       all other marginally attached workers, as a                                                                                        
       percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                                       
       marginally attached workers.......................    5.6      5.7      5.5      5.7      5.3      5.3      5.4      5.5      5.5  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached                                                                                      
       workers, plus total employed part time for                                                                                         
       economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                     
       labor force plus all marginally attached                                                                                           
       workers...........................................    8.3      8.6      8.4      8.4      8.2      8.2      8.2      8.3      8.4  
  
     NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and
  are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached,
  have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those
  who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS
  introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in
  January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                      Total                          Men                          Women            
                                                                                                                                                   
                         Category                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                Aug.           Aug.           Aug.           Aug.           Aug.           Aug.    
                                                                2006           2007           2006           2007           2006           2007    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                  NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                   
  Total not in the labor force...........................     76,702         78,717         28,765         29,813         47,937         48,904    
   Persons who currently want a job......................      5,131          4,965          2,120          2,177          3,011          2,789    
     Searched for work and available to work now (1).....      1,592          1,365            763            686            829            679    
       Reason not currently looking:                                                                                                               
         Discouragement over job prospects (2)...........        448            392            243            209            205            184    
         Reasons other than discouragement (3)...........      1,144            972            520            477            624            495    
                                                                                                                                                   
                    MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                   
  Total multiple jobholders (4)..........................      7,233          7,221          3,624          3,690          3,609          3,531    
      Percent of total employed..........................        5.0            4.9            4.6            4.7            5.4            5.2    
                                                                                                                                                   
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time.....      3,851          4,065          2,137          2,194          1,714          1,870    
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time..........      1,542          1,490            467            475          1,075          1,015    
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time..........        353            287            231            193            122             94    
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job.............      1,450          1,353            769            812            681            542    
  
     1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week.
     2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of
  discrimination.
     3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health,
  and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
     4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)

                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Aug.     June    July     Aug.      Aug.     Apr.     May      June    July     Aug.     from:
                                   2006     2007    2007p    2007p     2006     2007     2007     2007    2007p    2007p  July 2007-
                                                                                                                          Aug. 2007p

          Total nonfarm......... 136,231  139,161  137,794  137,752  136,438  137,716  137,904  137,973  138,041  138,037       -4

        Total private........... 115,382  116,950  116,816  116,806  114,415  115,487  115,668  115,739  115,859  115,883       24

    Goods-producing.............  23,050   22,806   22,791   22,772   22,629   22,460   22,446   22,436   22,426   22,362      -64

Natural resources and mining....     705      732      739      744      692      717      718      721      726      730        4
  Logging.......................    68.3     65.0     65.5     66.5     65.1     65.3     63.4     64.1     63.3     63.2      -.1
 Mining.........................   636.3    667.2    673.3    677.9    626.8    652.0    654.5    656.5    662.7    666.4      3.7
  Oil and gas extraction........   139.9    151.7    153.3    153.8    138.3    147.2    148.3    149.3    151.0    151.6       .6
  Mining, except oil and
   gas (1)......................   227.6    235.2    236.3    236.9    221.5    225.9    227.1    228.3    229.0    230.1      1.1
   Coal mining..................    79.5     80.0     81.1     80.8     79.0     79.9     79.4     79.6     80.3     80.5       .2
  Support activities for mining.   268.8    280.3    283.7    287.2    267.0    278.9    279.1    278.9    282.7    284.7      2.0

Construction....................   8,042    7,925    7,958    7,929    7,719    7,671    7,659    7,665    7,651    7,629      -22
  Construction of buildings..... 1,863.0  1,832.1  1,830.2  1,823.6  1,813.8  1,788.5  1,784.9  1,788.9  1,781.1  1,774.9     -6.2
   Residential building......... 1,048.8  1,023.5  1,022.0  1,015.1  1,023.1    999.1    997.5    997.3    992.2    987.3     -4.9
   Nonresidential building......   814.2    808.6    808.2    808.5    790.7    789.4    787.4    791.6    788.9    787.6     -1.3
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction................. 1,045.3  1,058.4  1,060.3  1,056.9    978.4  1,001.6    999.9    999.4    996.9    993.6     -3.3
  Specialty trade contractors... 5,133.5  5,034.1  5,067.4  5,048.9  4,926.6  4,881.0  4,874.4  4,876.3  4,872.5  4,860.7    -11.8
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,493.8  2,383.3  2,402.8  2,375.1  2,406.9  2,308.3  2,306.2  2,302.5  2,305.9  2,287.8    -18.1
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,639.7  2,650.8  2,664.6  2,673.8  2,519.7  2,572.7  2,568.2  2,573.8  2,566.6  2,572.9      6.3

Manufacturing...................  14,303   14,149   14,094   14,099   14,218   14,072   14,069   14,050   14,049   14,003      -46
   Production workers...........  10,273   10,169   10,124   10,142   10,209   10,093   10,105   10,091   10,097   10,061      -36

 Durable goods..................   9,054    8,964    8,895    8,905    9,021    8,921    8,913    8,897    8,895    8,865      -30
   Production workers...........   6,428    6,365    6,297    6,309    6,406    6,316    6,323    6,309    6,306    6,277      -29

  Wood products.................   568.7    536.3    539.3    533.1    559.5    528.0    529.0    526.5    529.4    522.8     -6.6
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   517.2    510.9    512.4    510.3    507.4    499.6    500.7    500.5    500.8    499.3     -1.5
  Primary metals................   464.1    451.3    448.0    448.6    464.0    453.2    452.6    449.2    449.2    446.7     -2.5
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,567.4  1,577.3  1,571.6  1,576.1  1,562.5  1,566.4  1,565.4  1,569.0  1,570.1  1,571.7      1.6
  Machinery..................... 1,199.5  1,232.1  1,231.8  1,221.1  1,201.2  1,216.9  1,221.8  1,224.3  1,226.2  1,219.0     -7.2
  Computer and electronic
   products (1)................. 1,326.3  1,313.4  1,313.9  1,313.4  1,320.0  1,310.6  1,308.6  1,306.4  1,306.0  1,306.7       .7
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   199.8    197.2    197.5    201.9    198.8    198.7    197.9    196.2    196.8    200.4      3.6
   Communications equipment.....   144.0    144.1    143.4    142.4    143.4    143.7    142.7    142.9    142.8    143.1       .3
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   469.9    468.6    466.8    462.2    466.8    465.7    465.3    464.2    462.6    459.1     -3.5
   Electronic instruments.......   439.8    436.8    437.9    437.4    438.3    433.8    435.4    435.5    435.1    434.5      -.6
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   438.9    438.2    437.7    436.3    438.8    437.6    436.9    436.0    436.4    434.5     -1.9
  Transportation equipment (1).. 1,762.4  1,716.9  1,659.5  1,685.7  1,761.2  1,718.1  1,708.4  1,702.9  1,695.0  1,686.5     -8.5
   Motor vehicles and parts (2). 1,064.7  1,013.3    956.1    981.0  1,064.6  1,016.6  1,006.8    999.2    994.0    983.0    -11.0
  Furniture and related products   556.8    534.1    529.6    526.2    554.8    533.2    533.0    529.4    528.3    524.3     -4.0
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   652.2    653.8    650.8    654.6    651.6    657.7    656.3    652.9    653.5    653.8       .3

 Nondurable goods...............   5,249    5,185    5,199    5,194    5,197    5,151    5,156    5,153    5,154    5,138      -16
   Production workers...........   3,845    3,804    3,827    3,833    3,803    3,777    3,782    3,782    3,791    3,784       -7

  Food manufacturing............ 1,520.7  1,506.0  1,536.2  1,540.7  1,486.6  1,493.5  1,499.8  1,502.4  1,510.1  1,502.7     -7.4
  Beverages and tobacco products   199.6    203.8    205.3    203.7    195.5    198.2    198.5    200.4    200.1    198.7     -1.4
  Textile mills.................   193.2    174.3    169.8    168.3    192.4    174.6    173.5    172.5    170.0    167.7     -2.3
  Textile product mills.........   160.8    156.2    154.5    152.8    160.6    156.5    155.3    154.6    153.5    152.7      -.8
  Apparel.......................   236.3    221.3    217.2    214.4    235.6    221.4    220.1    217.8    217.7    214.0     -3.7
  Leather and allied products...    36.8     36.2     34.4     34.8     37.0     36.1     35.9     35.9     34.9     35.0       .1
  Paper and paper products......   468.4    459.8    460.7    458.1    466.5    458.4    457.8    457.3    457.3    456.1     -1.2
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   636.2    632.8    630.3    629.0    634.4    630.9    629.9    629.6    629.2    628.5      -.7
  Petroleum and coal products...   119.5    120.0    119.8    119.1    115.9    117.6    119.2    117.2    116.6    116.2      -.4
  Chemicals.....................   875.7    878.6    879.3    879.4    872.9    869.7    872.3    873.8    873.6    875.6      2.0
  Plastics and rubber products..   801.3    795.7    791.4    793.9    799.7    794.3    793.2    791.1    791.3    790.8      -.5

    Service-providing........... 113,181  116,355  115,003  114,980  113,809  115,256  115,458  115,537  115,615  115,675       60

     Private service-providing..  92,332   94,144   94,025   94,034   91,786   93,027   93,222   93,303   93,433   93,521       88

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  26,212   26,527   26,479   26,484   26,227   26,427   26,459   26,465   26,486   26,498       12

 Wholesale trade................ 5,933.6  6,052.4  6,053.9  6,044.1  5,908.8  5,978.7  5,990.5  6,007.4  6,016.0  6,018.7      2.7
  Durable goods................. 3,095.9  3,160.3  3,166.5  3,162.2  3,084.0  3,124.7  3,134.5  3,141.5  3,146.4  3,147.2       .8
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,052.4  2,083.1  2,077.8  2,074.8  2,042.0  2,052.2  2,053.4  2,061.4  2,062.7  2,064.3      1.6
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   785.3    809.0    809.6    807.1    782.8    801.8    802.6    804.5    806.9    807.2       .3

 Retail trade...................15,286.9 15,376.0 15,372.0 15,394.0 15,298.2 15,376.9 15,394.5 15,383.3 15,388.3 15,400.8     12.5
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,923.6  1,925.6  1,924.6  1,928.0  1,906.2  1,911.2  1,911.5  1,909.0  1,907.3  1,911.2      3.9
   Automobile dealers........... 1,253.8  1,252.2  1,253.2  1,256.3  1,246.2  1,246.9  1,247.7  1,246.7  1,246.3  1,248.4      2.1
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   583.8    578.6    577.4    581.1    589.2    586.7    585.2    584.3    585.3    587.7      2.4
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   529.0    529.1    527.9    524.8    537.4    540.7    539.3    535.9    537.1    534.1     -3.0
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,341.6  1,373.3  1,347.3  1,341.9  1,324.9  1,313.8  1,314.9  1,314.9  1,308.6  1,321.1     12.5
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,841.1  2,884.9  2,886.1  2,891.9  2,831.2  2,858.6  2,861.1  2,867.7  2,870.0  2,876.4      6.4
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   955.4    971.2    963.7    968.4    955.8    969.8    968.5    968.8    966.9    968.8      1.9
  Gasoline stations.............   870.0    860.8    863.4    862.4    857.8    852.4    852.5    852.4    851.3    850.9      -.4
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,450.1  1,427.8  1,457.7  1,478.2  1,438.6  1,452.7  1,451.6  1,451.3  1,457.4  1,460.7      3.3
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   635.7    640.9    643.2    644.8    644.0    655.6    659.5    657.4    660.3    657.5     -2.8
  General merchandise
    stores (1).................. 2,851.0  2,876.3  2,872.5  2,863.9  2,900.5  2,915.4  2,928.5  2,920.3  2,921.0  2,911.3     -9.7
   Department stores............ 1,507.5  1,524.6  1,522.2  1,515.6  1,542.1  1,560.9  1,566.2  1,561.1  1,561.1  1,553.3     -7.8
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   883.9    883.4    882.0    880.2    880.7    879.0    879.3    880.2    880.8    879.9      -.9
  Nonstore retailers............   421.7    424.1    426.2    428.4    431.9    441.0    442.6    441.1    442.3    441.2     -1.1

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,440.0  4,540.9  4,494.1  4,486.6  4,472.6  4,519.6  4,520.1  4,520.1  4,527.3  4,523.1     -4.2
  Air transportation............   490.6    493.5    497.3    498.9    486.7    490.0    484.4    491.4    494.1    493.8      -.3
  Rail transportation...........   224.9    227.3    227.3    227.3    225.1    228.3    227.9    226.6    226.3    225.4      -.9
  Water transportation..........    67.0     72.1     73.9     74.9     64.3     67.3     68.3     69.9     71.0     71.4       .4
  Truck transportation.......... 1,465.8  1,468.7  1,459.0  1,462.3  1,442.8  1,452.5  1,455.5  1,449.8  1,442.3  1,441.9      -.4
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   324.9    386.9    338.0    330.9    392.6    389.9    390.9    389.4    398.8    397.4     -1.4
  Pipeline transportation.......    39.8     40.9     41.2     41.1     39.4     40.5     40.8     40.8     40.9     40.9       .0
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    36.0     31.6     35.3     35.3     26.9     27.0     26.7     26.4     26.5     26.5       .0
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   572.2    586.1    583.9    583.4    569.9    581.6    581.8    583.0    583.0    583.0       .0
  Couriers and messengers.......   578.0    585.5    583.4    578.3    583.7    589.8    588.5    588.7    588.6    588.0      -.6
  Warehousing and storage.......   640.8    648.3    654.8    654.2    641.2    652.7    655.3    654.1    655.8    654.8     -1.0

 Utilities......................   551.4    557.7    559.3    558.9    547.7    551.5    553.4    554.4    554.3    555.1       .8

Information.....................   3,065    3,117    3,106    3,090    3,051    3,096    3,097    3,093    3,089    3,082       -7
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   905.7    909.5    909.9    906.2    902.6    906.1    907.7    906.2    906.6    905.1     -1.5
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   386.0    404.1    393.5    387.5    376.8    394.2    391.9    389.3    383.3    379.4     -3.9
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   333.0    338.4    335.8    336.5    332.2    337.8    336.6    337.1    335.1    335.3       .2
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    34.4     41.7     42.2     43.2     34.5     39.9     40.6     41.3     42.3     43.1       .8
  Telecommunications............   971.6    972.8    974.2    971.5    971.0    974.6    973.9    972.7    973.6    972.0     -1.6
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   383.3    397.1    397.8    392.5    383.4    390.8    394.2    394.4    396.7    394.6     -2.1
  Other information services....    51.2     52.9     52.2     52.6     50.9     52.1     52.1     52.2     51.4     52.2       .8

Financial activities............   8,430    8,521    8,552    8,535    8,379    8,448    8,464    8,460    8,484    8,484        0
 Finance and insurance.......... 6,205.1  6,277.4  6,297.3  6,284.7  6,195.8  6,241.4  6,256.1  6,256.0  6,275.5  6,276.3       .8
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    21.7     22.4     21.8     22.0     21.6     22.2     22.4     22.2     21.7     21.9       .2
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities (1)....... 2,944.8  2,950.1  2,961.0  2,948.4  2,937.2  2,945.3  2,948.7  2,939.5  2,950.2  2,944.2     -6.0
   Depository credit
    intermediation (1).......... 1,811.1  1,831.2  1,841.0  1,842.4  1,805.1  1,818.6  1,824.7  1,824.9  1,832.4  1,835.4      3.0
    Commercial banking.......... 1,325.1  1,336.0  1,343.7  1,343.6  1,320.8  1,327.7  1,332.5  1,332.1  1,337.1  1,338.2      1.1
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   820.7    845.4    848.3    850.2    820.8    836.8    841.6    844.4    846.7    848.6      1.9
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,323.3  2,363.8  2,370.4  2,367.4  2,321.7  2,342.4  2,348.5  2,354.5  2,361.5  2,364.9      3.4
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    94.6     95.7     95.8     96.7     94.5     94.7     94.9     95.4     95.4     96.7      1.3
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,224.9  2,243.6  2,254.5  2,250.2  2,183.6  2,206.5  2,207.4  2,204.1  2,208.2  2,207.5      -.7
  Real estate................... 1,532.0  1,546.5  1,554.4  1,555.0  1,504.8  1,525.4  1,527.7  1,524.5  1,526.7  1,527.7      1.0
  Rental and leasing services...   662.8    664.4    666.6    661.2    649.4    650.0    647.8    646.9    648.4    646.1     -2.3
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    30.1     32.7     33.5     34.0     29.4     31.1     31.9     32.7     33.1     33.7       .6

Professional and business
 services.......................  17,834   18,092   18,045   18,093   17,617   17,859   17,893   17,886   17,911   17,917        6
 Professional and technical
  services (1).................. 7,389.3  7,643.9  7,655.1  7,656.4  7,407.6  7,591.3  7,625.3  7,638.5  7,660.0  7,677.1     17.1
   Legal services............... 1,179.9  1,198.8  1,193.9  1,182.0  1,171.5  1,181.8  1,183.4  1,179.9  1,178.2  1,177.3      -.9
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   812.1    883.1    876.3    875.1    881.9    927.5    934.5    941.1    947.4    950.5      3.1
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,421.6  1,455.0  1,463.2  1,463.8  1,398.0  1,426.0  1,431.4  1,433.5  1,436.3  1,438.7      2.4
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,296.7  1,344.6  1,354.9  1,359.8  1,294.4  1,328.5  1,338.3  1,341.8  1,352.8  1,357.6      4.8
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   929.0    996.6    997.0  1,003.8    922.4    985.4    989.2    990.9    991.0    997.6      6.6
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,825.0  1,857.0  1,863.5  1,863.7  1,816.2  1,839.9  1,841.5  1,844.6  1,849.2  1,852.4      3.2
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 8,619.4  8,590.8  8,526.4  8,572.9  8,393.2  8,427.7  8,426.3  8,402.6  8,402.1  8,387.4    -14.7
  Administrative and support
   services (1)................. 8,267.0  8,230.3  8,163.9  8,211.3  8,046.9  8,076.3  8,073.4  8,048.8  8,047.9  8,031.9    -16.0
   Employment services (1)...... 3,785.5  3,598.8  3,532.5  3,600.5  3,667.2  3,602.1  3,584.4  3,553.3  3,534.2  3,514.1    -20.1
    Temporary help services..... 2,718.9  2,621.5  2,579.0  2,638.3  2,632.1  2,613.1  2,602.7  2,588.0  2,582.8  2,569.6    -13.2
   Business support services....   786.0    799.3    796.1    791.8    791.3    801.6    804.8    801.3    803.7    802.7     -1.0
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,903.4  1,964.2  1,967.9  1,951.6  1,803.5  1,829.7  1,835.1  1,840.8  1,846.4  1,850.9      4.5
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   352.4    360.5    362.5    361.6    346.3    351.4    352.9    353.8    354.2    355.5      1.3

Education and health services...  17,516   18,185   18,065   18,101   17,894   18,246   18,293   18,364   18,414   18,477       63
 Educational services........... 2,578.4  2,790.0  2,679.7  2,676.0  2,936.0  2,978.7  2,983.4  3,014.4  3,025.7  3,039.5     13.8
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,938.0 15,395.1 15,385.6 15,424.9 14,958.3 15,266.8 15,309.7 15,349.4 15,388.7 15,437.8     49.1
  Health care (3)...............12,674.4 13,001.2 13,037.1 13,076.3 12,646.0 12,900.5 12,930.9 12,965.1 13,006.9 13,042.2     35.3
   Ambulatory health care
    services (1)................ 5,307.1  5,466.9  5,488.2  5,514.4  5,299.4  5,428.4  5,446.7  5,455.1  5,483.5  5,501.3     17.8
    Offices of physicians....... 2,162.9  2,218.6  2,225.4  2,232.5  2,159.0  2,210.5  2,214.7  2,213.2  2,223.7  2,228.8      5.1
    Outpatient care centers.....   490.8    496.1    495.7    497.3    490.0    495.8    495.1    495.5    495.9    497.4      1.5
    Home health care services...   873.2    919.5    925.4    934.3    872.8    907.2    911.3    918.8    925.8    932.0      6.2
   Hospitals.................... 4,453.5  4,538.9  4,555.7  4,560.5  4,440.8  4,499.7  4,511.0  4,526.3  4,537.5  4,548.7     11.2
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities (1).............. 2,913.8  2,995.4  2,993.2  3,001.4  2,905.8  2,972.4  2,973.2  2,983.7  2,985.9  2,992.2      6.3
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,587.7  1,611.6  1,613.7  1,618.7  1,583.8  1,609.1  1,606.5  1,608.0  1,612.1  1,614.9      2.8
  Social assistance (1)......... 2,263.6  2,393.9  2,348.5  2,348.6  2,312.3  2,366.3  2,378.8  2,384.3  2,381.8  2,395.6     13.8
   Child day care services......   760.7    810.1    766.4    769.2    804.3    810.5    812.3    811.6    811.5    809.6     -1.9

Leisure and hospitality.........  13,809   14,148   14,224   14,202   13,188   13,481   13,537   13,554   13,560   13,572       12
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 2,201.3  2,226.0  2,269.5  2,230.9  1,933.9  1,953.5  1,968.5  1,971.1  1,963.6  1,962.8      -.8
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   433.8    434.1    433.3    437.8    402.7    402.8    409.5    412.1    404.9    407.2      2.3
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   135.8    143.4    147.1    142.3    124.7    128.8    130.7    131.2    132.4    131.5      -.9
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,631.7  1,648.5  1,689.1  1,650.8  1,406.5  1,421.9  1,428.3  1,427.8  1,426.3  1,424.1     -2.2
 Accommodations and food
  services......................11,607.4 11,921.8 11,954.0 11,971.2 11,253.6 11,527.9 11,568.5 11,582.5 11,596.3 11,609.6     13.3
  Accommodations................ 1,970.6  1,945.1  2,000.2  1,980.1  1,834.0  1,860.5  1,862.8  1,852.8  1,851.1  1,840.3    -10.8
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 9,636.8  9,976.7  9,953.8  9,991.1  9,419.6  9,667.4  9,705.7  9,729.7  9,745.2  9,769.3     24.1

Other services..................   5,466    5,554    5,554    5,529    5,430    5,470    5,479    5,481    5,489    5,491        2
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,254.4  1,276.1  1,265.4  1,268.2  1,250.5  1,257.4  1,260.4  1,261.9  1,258.9  1,262.5      3.6
  Personal and laundry services. 1,284.5  1,310.0  1,304.1  1,296.2  1,279.3  1,292.6  1,296.5  1,291.2  1,296.2  1,293.8     -2.4
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,926.6  2,968.3  2,984.3  2,964.4  2,899.7  2,919.5  2,921.9  2,927.6  2,933.5  2,934.7      1.2

Government......................  20,849   22,211   20,978   20,946   22,023   22,229   22,236   22,234   22,182   22,154      -28
 Federal........................   2,745    2,726    2,736    2,729    2,730    2,716    2,713    2,708    2,714    2,712       -2
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,978.7  1,964.2  1,975.4  1,967.6  1,960.4  1,950.0  1,947.5  1,943.5  1,951.2  1,950.0     -1.2
  U.S. Postal Service...........   766.5    761.5    760.5    761.0    769.6    766.4    765.5    764.0    762.4    761.7      -.7
 State government...............   4,817    4,938    4,849    4,858    5,088    5,140    5,133    5,139    5,131    5,129       -2
  State government education.... 2,002.0  2,100.2  2,016.8  2,026.7  2,298.8  2,326.4  2,321.7  2,326.5  2,322.9  2,320.0     -2.9
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,814.9  2,838.0  2,832.0  2,831.5  2,789.5  2,813.7  2,811.3  2,812.7  2,807.9  2,808.9      1.0
 Local government...............  13,287   14,547   13,393   13,359   14,205   14,373   14,390   14,387   14,337   14,313      -24
  Local government education.... 6,879.4  8,029.3  6,824.9  6,858.1  7,951.6  8,056.0  8,062.7  8,043.1  7,992.8  7,961.0    -31.8
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,407.5  6,517.8  6,567.8  6,500.9  6,252.9  6,317.0  6,327.7  6,344.0  6,344.6  6,352.0      7.4

   1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Aug.   June   July   Aug.    Aug.   Apr.   May    June   July   Aug.     from:
                                                 2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2007   2007   2007   2007p  2007p  July 2007-
                                                                                                                        Aug. 2007p

        Total private.........................   34.1   34.0   34.2   34.0    33.8   33.8   33.8   33.9   33.8   33.8       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................   40.9   41.0   40.5   40.9    40.6   40.4   40.5   40.7   40.6   40.5       -.1

Natural resources and mining..................   45.7   46.2   45.8   46.0    45.3   45.8   45.7   45.9   45.8   45.6       -.2

Construction..................................   39.9   39.7   39.4   39.6    39.0   38.8   38.9   39.0   38.9   38.8       -.1

Manufacturing.................................   41.3   41.5   40.9   41.4    41.3   41.1   41.1   41.4   41.3   41.3        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.5    4.4    4.1    4.4     4.4    4.2    4.1    4.3    4.2    4.1       -.1

 Durable goods................................   41.6   41.9   41.1   41.7    41.6   41.2   41.3   41.7   41.6   41.6        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.5    4.5    4.0    4.3     4.4    4.2    4.1    4.4    4.2    4.1       -.1

  Wood products...............................   40.3   40.4   39.9   39.6    39.8   39.6   39.5   39.7   39.7   39.4       -.3
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   43.9   43.1   42.8   43.8    43.2   42.2   42.3   42.5   42.6   43.1        .5
  Primary metals..............................   43.4   43.3   42.8   42.7    43.7   43.0   42.8   43.3   43.2   42.9       -.3
  Fabricated metal products...................   41.6   41.7   41.3   41.8    41.7   41.4   41.4   41.6   41.7   41.7        .0
  Machinery...................................   42.3   42.6   42.3   42.1    42.6   42.4   42.3   42.5   42.5   42.3       -.2
  Computer and electronic products............   40.2   40.7   40.0   40.6    40.5   40.4   40.4   40.7   40.4   40.6        .2
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.9   41.8   41.2   41.3    40.9   41.1   41.3   41.9   41.6   41.5       -.1
  Transportation equipment....................   42.9   43.6   41.6   43.0    42.9   42.3   42.9   43.3   43.2   43.0       -.2
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   42.6   43.4   40.5   42.8    42.5   41.7   42.6   42.9   42.5   42.2       -.3
  Furniture and related products..............   39.6   39.5   39.2   40.2    39.1   38.9   38.9   39.2   39.3   39.7        .4
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.8   39.2   38.5   39.3    38.8   38.6   38.6   39.0   39.0   39.3        .3

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.7   40.9   40.6   40.9    40.7   40.9   40.8   40.9   40.9   40.8       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.4    4.2    4.1    4.4     4.3    4.2    4.1    4.2    4.1    4.2        .1

  Food manufacturing..........................   40.1   40.5   40.6   40.9    39.9   40.7   40.6   40.5   40.7   40.6       -.1
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   41.7   41.6   41.0   40.6    41.1   41.3   40.5   40.8   40.7   40.4       -.3
  Textile mills...............................   41.1   40.6   39.5   39.6    41.2   40.2   40.2   40.5   40.0   39.6       -.4
  Textile product mills.......................   40.3   40.8   40.2   40.7    40.5   39.9   39.8   40.5   40.5   40.5        .0
  Apparel.....................................   36.7   37.9   37.3   37.4    36.6   37.3   37.3   37.7   37.7   37.5       -.2
  Leather and allied products.................   39.5   38.0   36.7   37.3    39.5   37.6   38.9   37.8   37.2   37.5        .3
  Paper and paper products....................   43.4   43.1   42.9   43.0    43.4   43.0   42.9   43.0   43.0   43.0        .0
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.9   38.8   38.4   39.1    39.1   39.4   39.1   39.1   38.8   39.1        .3
  Petroleum and coal products.................   44.9   44.8   44.6   43.2    45.4   44.9   44.6   44.5   44.3   43.7       -.6
  Chemicals...................................   42.5   41.9   41.8   42.1    42.7   42.2   42.0   42.0   42.1   42.1        .0
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.8   41.6   40.7   41.1    40.9   41.2   41.1   41.4   41.4   41.2       -.2

     Private service-providing................   32.6   32.5   32.8   32.5    32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.7   33.6   33.8   33.6    33.4   33.3   33.4   33.4   33.3   33.3        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   38.0   38.3   38.6   38.2    38.0   38.1   38.3   38.3   38.2   38.2        .0

 Retail trade.................................   30.7   30.4   30.6   30.4    30.3   30.2   30.2   30.2   30.1   30.1        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............   37.3   37.1   37.1   37.4    37.0   36.9   37.0   37.0   36.7   37.1        .4

 Utilities....................................   41.7   42.6   42.8   42.7    41.7   42.3   42.4   42.6   42.7   42.6       -.1

Information...................................   36.8   36.2   37.1   36.2    36.7   36.5   36.3   36.3   36.5   36.2       -.3

Financial activities..........................   35.4   35.8   36.5   35.5    35.5   36.0   35.9   36.0   35.9   35.7       -.2

Professional and business services............   34.8   34.8   35.1   34.8    34.7   34.7   34.8   34.7   34.8   34.7       -.1

Education and health services.................   32.5   32.5   32.9   32.6    32.4   32.6   32.5   32.6   32.6   32.6        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................   26.2   25.8   26.3   26.0    25.6   25.6   25.6   25.5   25.4   25.4        .0

Other services................................   31.1   31.0   31.1   31.1    30.9   30.9   31.0   30.9   30.8   30.9        .1

   1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Aug.      June     July      Aug.       Aug.      June     July      Aug.
                                                   2006      2007     2007p     2007p      2006      2007     2007p     2007p

        Total private........................... $16.74    $17.30    $17.43    $17.39    $570.83   $588.20   $596.11   $591.26
         Seasonally adjusted....................  16.84     17.40     17.45     17.50     569.19    589.86    589.81    591.50

    Goods-producing.............................  18.12     18.67     18.70     18.76     741.11    765.47    757.35    767.28

Natural resources and mining....................  19.90     20.80     20.86     20.84     909.43    960.96    955.39    958.64

Construction....................................  20.23     20.89     20.99     21.12     807.18    829.33    827.01    836.35

Manufacturing...................................  16.79     17.25     17.21     17.26     693.43    715.88    703.89    714.56

 Durable goods..................................  17.69     18.21     18.10     18.20     735.90    763.00    743.91    758.94
  Wood products.................................  13.46     13.71     13.63     13.63     542.44    553.88    543.84    539.75
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.72     17.21     17.08     16.88     734.01    741.75    731.02    739.34
  Primary metals................................  19.34     19.65     19.78     19.69     839.36    850.85    846.58    840.76
  Fabricated metal products.....................  16.10     16.45     16.53     16.63     669.76    685.97    682.69    695.13
  Machinery.....................................  17.14     17.61     17.92     17.84     725.02    750.19    758.02    751.06
  Computer and electronic products..............  19.08     19.96     20.13     20.09     767.02    812.37    805.20    815.65
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.65     15.99     16.00     15.99     640.09    668.38    659.20    660.39
  Transportation equipment......................  22.44     23.13     22.58     23.01     962.68   1008.47    939.33    989.43
  Furniture and related products................  13.84     14.40     14.35     14.25     548.06    568.80    562.52    572.85
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  14.51     14.73     14.82     14.72     562.99    577.42    570.57    578.50

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.25     15.62     15.73     15.69     620.68    638.86    638.64    641.72
  Food manufacturing............................  13.15     13.51     13.57     13.59     527.32    547.16    550.94    555.83
  Beverages and tobacco products................  17.93     18.22     18.63     18.06     747.68    757.95    763.83    733.24
  Textile mills.................................  12.64     12.97     13.15     13.23     519.50    526.58    519.43    523.91
  Textile product mills.........................  11.96     11.97     12.07     11.89     481.99    488.38    485.21    483.92
  Apparel.......................................  10.58     10.92     11.05     11.03     388.29    413.87    412.17    412.52
  Leather and allied products...................  11.65     11.97     12.18     12.08     460.18    454.86    447.01    450.58
  Paper and paper products......................  17.93     18.46     18.70     18.54     778.16    795.63    802.23    797.22
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.81     15.99     16.18     16.28     615.01    620.41    621.31    636.55
  Petroleum and coal products...................  23.30     24.44     25.01     25.23    1046.17   1094.91   1115.45   1089.94
  Chemicals.....................................  19.19     19.60     19.68     19.47     815.58    821.24    822.62    819.69
  Plastics and rubber products..................  15.02     15.36     15.29     15.35     612.82    638.98    622.30    630.89

     Private service-providing..................  16.35     16.94     17.10     17.03     533.01    550.55    560.88    553.48

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.45     15.77     15.92     15.85     520.67    529.87    538.10    532.56

 Wholesale trade................................  18.93     19.42     19.69     19.62     719.34    743.79    760.03    749.48

 Retail trade...................................  12.62     12.78     12.87     12.78     387.43    388.51    393.82    388.51

 Transportation and warehousing.................  17.45     17.77     17.95     17.93     650.89    659.27    665.95    670.58

 Utilities......................................  27.13     27.52     27.74     27.71    1131.32   1172.35   1187.27   1183.22

Information.....................................  23.27     23.76     23.86     23.87     856.34    860.11    885.21    864.09

Financial activities............................  18.79     19.55     19.69     19.66     665.17    699.89    718.69    697.93

Professional and business services..............  18.96     19.96     20.32     20.09     659.81    694.61    713.23    699.13

Education and health services...................  17.45     17.92     18.07     18.03     567.13    582.40    594.50    587.78

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.69     10.29     10.34     10.37     253.88    265.48    271.94    269.62

Other services..................................  14.70     15.13     15.17     15.22     457.17    469.03    471.79    473.34

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Aug.     Apr.     May      June    July     Aug.  change from:
                                                   2006     2007     2007     2007    2007p    2007p  July 2007-
                                                                                                      Aug. 2007p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $16.84   $17.25   $17.32   $17.40   $17.45   $17.50      0.3
         Constant (1982) dollars (2)............   8.17     8.30     8.26     8.29     8.31     N.A.      (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  18.06    18.53    18.61    18.65    18.66    18.70       .2

Natural resources and mining....................  20.02    20.81    20.85    20.90    20.96    21.02       .3

Construction....................................  20.11    20.73    20.91    20.92    20.93    21.01       .4

Manufacturing...................................  16.83    17.18    17.20    17.26    17.28    17.29       .1
   Excluding overtime (4).......................  15.98    16.34    16.38    16.41    16.44    16.47       .2

 Durable goods..................................  17.72    18.12    18.15    18.22    18.22    18.23       .1

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.30    15.60    15.60    15.63    15.68    15.70       .1

     Private service-providing..................  16.51    16.91    16.98    17.07    17.13    17.18       .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.49    15.69    15.71    15.80    15.84    15.88       .3

 Wholesale trade................................  19.00    19.39    19.38    19.54    19.58    19.68       .5

 Retail trade...................................  12.64    12.75    12.75    12.77    12.81    12.82       .1

 Transportation and warehousing.................  17.40    17.57    17.65    17.76    17.81    17.82       .1

 Utilities......................................  27.42    27.68    27.71    27.77    27.85    27.94       .3

Information.....................................  23.36    23.86    23.87    23.99    24.01    24.02       .0

Financial activities............................  18.88    19.53    19.59    19.68    19.70    19.76       .3

Professional and business services..............  19.20    19.84    20.03    20.13    20.21    20.34       .6

Education and health services...................  17.47    17.80    17.89    17.96    18.02    18.05       .2

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.80    10.29    10.32    10.38    10.46    10.49       .3

Other services..................................  14.80    15.10    15.14    15.20    15.27    15.32       .3

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this
series.
   3 Change was .2 percent from June 2007 to July 2007, the latest month available.
   4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
   N.A. = not available.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Aug.   June   July   Aug.    Aug.   Apr.   May    June   July   Aug.   change from:
                                                2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2007   2007   2007   2007p  2007p   July 2007-
                                                                                                                        Aug. 2007p

        Total private.........................  107.9  109.4  110.0  109.3   105.9  107.1  107.3  107.7  107.6  107.6       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................  106.5  105.7  104.5  105.5   103.4  101.9  102.4  103.0  102.7  102.1       -.6

Natural resources and mining..................  130.7  136.3  135.6  136.6   126.6  131.7  132.1  132.9  132.9  132.5       -.3

Construction..................................  124.5  122.2  122.3  122.5   115.9  114.2  114.7  115.5  115.2  114.5       -.6

Manufacturing.................................   97.4   96.9   95.0   96.4    96.8   95.2   95.3   95.9   95.7   95.4       -.3

 Durable goods................................  100.5  100.2   97.2   98.8   100.1   97.8   98.1   98.8   98.6   98.1       -.5
  Wood products...............................  103.3   95.9   95.1   93.4   100.5   92.2   92.4   92.4   92.9   91.0      -2.0
  Nonmetallic mineral products................  104.2  101.2  100.6  102.4   100.0   95.7   96.6   97.3   97.2   98.1        .9
  Primary metals..............................   93.5   91.5   89.2   89.2    94.4   90.9   90.6   91.0   90.4   89.3      -1.2
  Fabricated metal products...................  104.9  105.8  104.3  105.8   104.9  104.1  104.2  104.9  105.3  105.3        .0
  Machinery...................................  103.8  107.5  106.9  105.1   105.1  105.4  105.8  106.5  106.9  105.5      -1.3
  Computer and electronic products............  105.1  104.7  102.9  103.6   105.6  104.1  104.0  104.3  103.6  103.4       -.2
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   89.7   92.8   91.4   91.4    89.6   91.1   91.6   92.6   92.2   91.4       -.9
  Transportation equipment....................  100.7  100.4   91.9   97.5   100.5   97.0   98.0   98.7   98.0   97.4       -.6
   Motor vehicles and parts (2)...............   93.7   89.7   78.3   86.0    93.4   86.4   87.4   87.5   85.8   84.8      -1.2
  Furniture and related products..............   92.6   88.2   86.7   88.2    90.8   86.4   86.5   86.4   86.5   86.5        .0
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   91.5   93.6   90.7   93.0    91.3   92.3   92.4   92.8   92.4   92.8        .4

 Nondurable goods.............................   92.2   91.6   91.5   92.3    91.2   91.0   90.9   91.1   91.3   90.9       -.4
  Food manufacturing..........................  101.9  102.1  104.7  106.0    98.7  101.8  102.1  102.1  102.9  102.4       -.5
  Beverages and tobacco products..............  103.2  109.3  109.3  106.1    99.1  105.6  103.8  104.9  104.9  102.6      -2.2
  Textile mills...............................   65.6   58.0   54.5   54.6    65.6   57.9   57.6   57.3   55.5   54.6      -1.6
  Textile product mills.......................   85.9   82.4   79.8   80.2    86.9   81.1   79.8   80.9   80.2   79.5       -.9
  Apparel.....................................   63.8   63.2   60.8   60.5    63.5   61.7   61.5   61.6   61.4   60.5      -1.5
  Leather and allied products.................   74.7   73.6   67.4   69.3    75.2   71.3   74.3   72.5   69.8   69.9        .1
  Paper and paper products....................   87.8   86.1   86.0   86.4    87.3   85.2   84.9   85.4   85.8   85.8        .0
  Printing and related support activities.....   92.3   91.7   90.9   92.4    92.4   93.1   92.3   92.2   91.6   92.3        .8
  Petroleum and coal products.................  100.7  102.6  102.1   99.7    98.7   96.5   98.4   98.4   97.7   97.3       -.4
  Chemicals...................................   97.6   95.5   96.3   97.0    98.0   95.0   94.7   95.1   96.1   96.5        .4
  Plastics and rubber products................   94.1   96.1   93.6   95.0    94.3   95.0   94.6   95.0   95.4   95.0       -.4

     Private service-providing................  108.3  110.4  111.3  110.2   106.8  108.5  108.7  108.9  109.0  109.1        .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  103.9  105.1  105.7  105.0   103.0  103.6  104.2  104.3  104.1  104.2        .1

 Wholesale trade..............................  106.3  110.1  111.4  110.1   105.8  107.7  108.7  109.1  109.4  109.7        .3

 Retail trade.................................  101.4  101.4  102.2  101.6   100.1  100.7  100.9  100.8  100.6  100.6        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............  108.6  110.0  108.8  109.3   108.7  108.7  109.1  109.2  108.4  109.3        .8

 Utilities....................................   95.1   97.4   98.3   97.7    94.4   95.5   96.0   96.7   97.0   96.7       -.3

Information...................................  102.0  102.1  104.3  101.1   101.2  101.9  101.6  101.4  101.8  100.6      -1.2

Financial activities..........................  108.1  111.4  114.1  110.7   107.5  110.7  110.6  111.0  111.2  110.6       -.5

Professional and business services............  114.7  116.3  117.0  116.3   112.7  114.4  115.0  114.5  115.0  114.6       -.3

Education and health services.................  107.2  111.4  112.0  111.1   109.1  111.9  111.9  112.8  113.1  113.5        .4

Leisure and hospitality.......................  117.5  118.7  121.7  119.9   109.1  111.8  112.1  111.7  111.4  111.6        .2

Other services................................   98.8  100.8  101.3  100.6    97.4   98.6   99.1   99.0   98.8   99.2        .4

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly
hours and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Aug.   June   July   Aug.    Aug.   Apr.   May    June   July   Aug.   change from:
                                                2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2007   2007   2007   2007p  2007p   July 2007-
                                                                                                                        Aug. 2007p

        Total private.........................  120.7  126.4  128.1  127.0   119.2  123.4  124.2  125.3  125.5  125.8       0.2

    Goods-producing...........................  118.2  120.9  119.6  121.2   114.4  115.7  116.6  117.6  117.4  116.9       -.4

Natural resources and mining..................  151.2  164.8  164.5  165.6   147.4  159.4  160.2  161.6  162.0  162.0        .0

Construction..................................  136.0  137.9  138.6  139.7   125.8  127.8  129.5  130.5  130.2  129.9       -.2

Manufacturing.................................  106.9  109.3  107.0  108.8   106.5  107.0  107.2  108.2  108.2  107.8       -.4

 Durable goods................................  111.0  113.9  109.9  112.3   110.8  110.6  111.2  112.4  112.1  111.7       -.4

 Nondurable goods.............................   99.3  101.1  101.7  102.4    98.6  100.3  100.2  100.6  101.2  100.9       -.3

     Private service-providing................  121.4  128.2  130.5  128.7   120.9  125.8  126.6  127.4  128.1  128.6        .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  114.5  118.3  120.0  118.7   113.8  116.0  116.8  117.5  117.7  118.0        .3

 Wholesale trade..............................  118.5  125.9  129.2  127.3   118.4  123.0  124.1  125.6  126.2  127.2        .8

 Retail trade.................................  109.6  111.1  112.7  111.2   108.5  110.0  110.3  110.4  110.5  110.6        .1

 Transportation and warehousing...............  120.2  124.1  123.9  124.3   120.0  121.2  122.1  123.0  122.4  123.6       1.0

 Utilities....................................  107.7  111.9  113.8  113.0   108.0  110.3  111.1  112.1  112.7  112.8        .1

Information...................................  117.4  120.0  123.2  119.4   117.0  120.4  120.1  120.5  121.0  119.6      -1.2

Financial activities..........................  125.6  134.7  138.9  134.6   125.5  133.7  134.0  135.1  135.4  135.1       -.2

Professional and business services............  129.4  138.1  141.5  139.0   128.8  135.1  137.1  137.2  138.2  138.7        .4

Education and health services.................  122.9  131.3  133.1  131.7   125.3  131.0  131.6  133.2  134.0  134.6        .4

Leisure and hospitality.......................  129.3  138.7  142.9  141.2   121.4  130.6  131.4  131.7  132.3  132.9        .5

Other services................................  105.8  111.1  111.9  111.6   105.0  108.5  109.3  109.6  110.0  110.7        .6

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)

Over 1-month span:
     2003 ..............   43.5     37.2     33.6     38.8     40.8     38.5     39.2     41.7     48.0     50.2     52.2     52.9
     2004 ..............   51.6     50.2     62.1     64.9     59.9     57.6     56.5     51.4     56.5     55.0     51.4     55.6
     2005 ..............   52.5     61.3     52.7     60.8     54.9     58.5     59.0     60.4     53.6     53.1     62.2     60.4
     2006 ..............   64.2     64.6     64.0     62.8     56.7     55.9     59.4     55.9     55.8     57.7     53.6     57.6
     2007 ..............   54.9     54.7     55.0     52.9     57.9     53.6    p57.4    p51.3

Over 3-month span:
     2003 ..............   39.6     33.8     34.9     33.8     35.3     42.3     39.2     34.4     42.6     48.6     48.7     50.2
     2004 ..............   55.9     53.2     57.0     64.2     70.3     65.6     59.9     55.2     57.9     59.0     60.4     55.8
     2005 ..............   51.3     55.9     56.8     61.3     57.2     59.4     62.8     63.7     59.9     53.4     57.2     62.2
     2006 ..............   70.5     66.7     66.0     66.9     63.3     62.4     60.3     62.6     57.7     59.0     57.7     59.9
     2007 ..............   64.6     60.6     61.2     59.4     60.1     56.5    p57.4    p56.7

Over 6-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.7     33.1     31.1     33.3     33.5     36.5     32.7     32.4     40.8     44.8     47.7     47.5
     2004 ..............   49.8     51.8     55.0     60.8     63.5     63.7     63.3     62.6     58.3     62.1     55.4     55.2
     2005 ..............   54.1     57.2     57.6     56.3     56.5     58.1     65.8     63.8     61.9     59.2     62.8     60.8
     2006 ..............   63.8     63.3     67.1     68.2     67.1     67.1     63.5     62.9     62.6     62.1     61.5     61.0
     2007 ..............   62.2     60.3     65.3     62.8     61.7     61.3    p58.8    p59.0

Over 12-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.4     50.7     57.7     57.0     55.2     56.7     58.3     60.1     60.3
     2005 ..............   60.1     61.0     59.5     58.8     58.3     60.3     60.6     62.8     60.3     58.8     59.7     61.3
     2006 ..............   67.3     65.3     66.0     64.7     65.8     65.3     67.6     66.4     66.5     66.4     65.5     65.1
     2007 ..............   64.6     64.4     63.8     64.0     62.6     62.2    p62.1    p64.7

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)

Over 1-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.5     17.3     17.3     10.7     22.0     17.3     17.3     31.5     26.8     38.1     42.3     42.3
     2004 ..............   41.1     45.2     47.0     63.1     50.0     48.2     56.5     43.5     41.7     43.5     40.5     42.3
     2005 ..............   36.9     48.2     43.5     48.2     38.7     37.5     42.3     45.8     44.0     44.6     48.2     51.8
     2006 ..............   63.1     48.2     56.0     53.0     47.0     58.9     51.2     44.6     40.5     47.6     43.5     38.7
     2007 ..............   52.4     38.7     30.4     33.3     42.3     42.9    p51.8    p32.7

Over 3-month span:
     2003 ..............   15.5     11.3     13.7      9.5      8.9     11.9     15.5     15.5     17.9     29.2     30.4     33.3
     2004 ..............   45.2     42.9     43.5     57.7     60.1     58.3     55.4     46.4     47.0     42.9     42.9     37.5
     2005 ..............   35.1     39.9     40.5     42.3     35.1     33.9     40.5     41.7     42.3     40.5     39.9     43.5
     2006 ..............   56.5     52.4     52.4     51.2     47.6     54.8     48.2     52.4     39.3     42.3     35.7     39.9
     2007 ..............   48.2     38.1     42.9     31.0     33.3     38.1    p37.5    p36.9

Over 6-month span:
     2003 ..............   11.9     11.3      7.1      8.3      9.5     10.7      7.1      9.5     12.5     16.1     25.0     24.4
     2004 ..............   28.0     32.7     35.1     47.0     50.0     52.4     54.2     52.4     48.8     51.2     41.1     38.7
     2005 ..............   31.5     35.1     36.3     34.5     32.1     33.3     44.0     39.3     32.1     36.9     34.5     39.3
     2006 ..............   42.9     41.7     50.0     50.6     51.2     53.0     45.8     45.8     47.6     45.2     44.6     39.9
     2007 ..............   39.9     37.5     37.5     36.9     36.3     38.1    p35.1    p34.5

Over 12-month span:
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     20.2     23.2     35.7     36.9     38.1     36.3     44.0     44.6     44.6
     2005 ..............   44.6     44.6     41.7     40.5     37.5     36.3     32.1     33.9     32.7     33.3     33.3     37.5
     2006 ..............   44.6     40.5     40.5     40.5     39.3     42.3     48.8     48.8     44.6     45.2     43.5     41.7
     2007 ..............   41.7     42.3     39.3     39.9     36.3     33.3    p32.7    p36.3

   1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.