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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JANUARY 2001
                                     

   Unemployment increased in January, and payroll employment rose by
268,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  Construction employment increased by 145,000, after
seasonal adjustment, as unusual weather patterns over the last 3 months
contributed to extremely light layoffs in January.  Manufacturing
experienced another sizable employment decline over the month.  Average
hourly earnings were unchanged.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed rose by about 300,000 to nearly 6.0 million,
pushing the unemployment rate from 4.0 to 4.2 percent.  The jobless rate
had ranged from 3.9 to 4.1 percent since October 1999.  The unemployment
rates for each of the major worker groups--adult men (3.6 percent), adult
women (3.6 percent), teenagers (13.8 percent), whites (3.6 percent), blacks
(8.4 percent), and Hispanics (6.0 percent)--were marginally higher in
January.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment was essentially unchanged at 136.0 million, seasonally
adjusted, in January.  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of
the population age 16 and older with jobs--was 64.5 percent, unchanged from
December.  The civilian labor force, 142.0 million, grew by 466,000 and the
labor force participation rate rose to 67.3 percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.1 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in January.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.3 percent of total
employment, compared with 5.7 percent a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in January, about the same number as a year
earlier.  These people wanted and were available to work and had looked for
a job sometime in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed,
however, because they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks
preceding the survey.  The number of discouraged workers was 303,000 in
January, up from 234,000 a year earlier.  Discouraged workers, a subset of
the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically
because they believed no jobs were available for them.  (See table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Dec.-
      Category        |      2000       |      2000       |  2001  | Jan.
                      |_________________|_________________|________|change
                      |  III   |   IV   |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 140,706| 141,208| 141,136| 141,489| 141,955|    466
  Employment..........| 135,049| 135,593| 135,478| 135,836| 135,999|    163
  Unemployment........|   5,657|   5,616|   5,658|   5,653|   5,956|    303
Not in labor force....|  69,235|  69,358|  69,441|  69,254|  68,934|   -320
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.0|     4.0|     4.0|     4.0|     4.2|    0.2
  Adult men...........|     3.3|     3.4|     3.4|     3.4|     3.6|     .2
  Adult women.........|     3.6|     3.4|     3.4|     3.4|     3.6|     .2
  Teenagers...........|    13.5|    12.9|    13.0|    13.1|    13.8|     .7
  White...............|     3.5|     3.5|     3.5|     3.5|     3.6|     .1
  Black...............|     7.6|     7.5|     7.5|     7.6|     8.4|     .8
  Hispanic origin.....|     5.6|     5.6|     6.0|     5.7|     6.0|     .3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 131,619|p131,831| 131,842|p131,861|p132,129|   p268
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,680| p25,620|  25,635| p25,560| p25,645|    p85
    Construction......|   6,688|  p6,732|   6,734|  p6,716|  p6,861|   p145
    Manufacturing.....|  18,453| p18,347|  18,360| p18,304| p18,239|   p-65
  Service-producing 1/| 105,940|p106,211| 106,207|p106,301|p106,484|   p183
    Retail trade......|  23,189| p23,229|  23,238| p23,256| p23,283|    p27
    Services..........|  40,553| p40,753|  40,764| p40,800| p40,881|    p81
    Government........|  20,536| p20,428|  20,405| p20,414| p20,468|    p54
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.4|   p34.3|    34.3|   p34.1|   p34.3|   p0.2
  Manufacturing.......|    41.5|   p41.0|    41.2|   p40.4|   p40.9|    p.5
    Overtime..........|     4.5|    p4.3|     4.3|    p4.0|    p4.1|    p.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   151.2|  p151.2|   151.5|  p150.5|  p151.8|   p1.3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.79| p$13.95|  $13.96| p$14.02| p$14.02| p$0.00
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  474.03| p478.13|  478.83| p478.08| p480.89|  p2.81
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 268,000 in January to 132.1
million, seasonally adjusted, following a gain of only 19,000 (as revised)
in December.  Unusually large employment increases in construction and the
federal government (after seasonal adjustment) contributed significantly to
the January gain.  Large job losses continued in manufacturing, and growth
was moderate in services.  (See table B-1.)
   
   In the goods-producing sector, construction employment rose by 145,000
in January, after seasonal adjustment.  The weather in November and December
was particularly severe, resulting in unusually large layoffs in those months.
January's weather was relatively mild, and layoffs in outside activities such
as roofing, masonry, and heavy construction (such as bridges and highways)
were smaller than usual for this time of year.  This resulted in a large
employment increase, after seasonal adjustment.
   
   Mining added 5,000 jobs in January.  Most of the employment gain was due
to increases in oil and gas extraction, which has added 29,000 jobs since
August 1999.
   
   Employment in manufacturing fell by 65,000 in January.  This industry
has shed 254,000 jobs since last June.  In January, manufacturing job
losses were widespread.  The largest decline was in motor vehicles, where
payrolls were reduced by 38,000, reflecting auto plant shutdowns for
inventory control.  Employment also fell in fabricated metals (13,000) and
in rubber and plastics (4,000).  Employment declines continued in lumber,
which lost 6,000 jobs in January.  Food products gained 11,000 jobs, after
losses in November and December.
   
   In the service-producing sector, the services industry added 81,000 jobs
in January, slightly below the average monthly gain for the prior 12 months.
Declines continued in help supply services, where employment fell by 39,000
in January.  Employment in this industry has fallen by 184,000 since last
April.  In contrast, health services employment rose by 30,000, with
increases in hospitals (12,000) and doctor's offices (11,000). Employment
in amusement and recreation services rose by 20,000 jobs in January.
Engineering and management services added 10,000 jobs, while employment in
computer services was little changed.
   
   Employment in retail trade grew modestly in January, with an increase of
27,000.  Most of this gain occurred in miscellaneous retail establishments.
Employment in wholesale trade declined for the second straight month.
   
   Employment in finance, insurance, and real estate rose by 29,000 in
January.  Strength in home sales and refinancing activities helped boost
employment in real estate by 8,000 and in mortgage banks by 5,000.
Insurance added 6,000 jobs in January.
   
   In government, federal employment rose by 37,000 over the month, partly
reversing declines in November and December that totaled 55,000.  Hiring of
postal service workers during the holiday season was lighter than normal,
which led to smaller seasonal layoffs than usual in January.
   
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.2 hour in January to 34.3 hours, seasonally
adjusted, offsetting a 0.2-hour decline in December.  The manufacturing
workweek increased by 0.5 hour to 40.9 hours, following a decline of 0.8
hour in December that was partly due to severe winter weather across much
of the country.  Manufacturing overtime, which fell by 0.3 hour in December,
rose by 0.1 hour in January to 4.1 hours.  Since last July, the factory
workweek has fallen by 0.8 hour and overtime by 0.5 hour.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls was up by 0.9 percent to 151.8
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index rose by 0.8
percent to 102.6.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls were unchanged in January at $14.02, seasonally
adjusted, following 3 months of above-average gains.  Average weekly
earnings rose by 0.6 percent in January to $480.89.  Over the year, average
hourly earnings rose by 3.9 percent and average weekly earnings grew by 3.3
percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                         _________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for February 2001 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, March 9, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
   
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|    Revisions to Population Estimates for the Household Survey Data    |
|                                                                       |
|  Effective with the release of data for January 2001, minor revisions |
| have been introduced into the population controls used for the house- |
| hold survey.  The changes resulted in a slight downward shift in the  |
| estimated total civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over|
| for January 2001.  The changes subtracted approximately 15,000 from   |
| the estimated population trend growth between December 2000 and       |
| January 2001.  The impact varies for subpopulations such as men       |
| (+15,000), women (-29,000), white (0), black (-60,000), Hispanic      |
| (-45,000), and non-Hispanic (+30,000).  Official population and labor |
| force estimates for December 2000 and earlier months have not been    |
| revised.  These changes reflect the routine annual updating of inter- |
| censal population estimates by the Bureau of the Census and do not    |
| incorporate any information from the 2000 decennial census.           |
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the 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.  In June 2000,
the sample included about 300,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
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Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2000    2000    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 208,782 210,743 210,889 208,782 210,161 210,378 210,577 210,743 210,889
    Civilian labor force............................ 139,621 141,319 141,049 140,645 140,847 141,000 141,136 141,489 141,955
          Participation rate........................    66.9    67.1    66.9    67.4    67.0    67.0    67.0    67.1    67.3
      Employed...................................... 133,357 136,092 134,462 134,976 135,310 135,464 135,478 135,836 135,999
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.9    64.6    63.8    64.6    64.4    64.4    64.3    64.5    64.5
        Agriculture.................................   2,959   2,936   2,811   3,356   3,356   3,241   3,176   3,274   3,179
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 130,398 133,156 131,651 131,620 131,954 132,223 132,302 132,562 132,819
      Unemployed....................................   6,264   5,227   6,587   5,669   5,537   5,536   5,658   5,653   5,956
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.5     3.7     4.7     4.0     3.9     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.2
    Not in labor force..............................  69,161  69,424  69,841  68,137  69,314  69,378  69,441  69,254  68,934
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,354   4,182   4,474   4,296   4,355   4,377   4,351   4,532   4,417
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,266 101,260 101,357 100,266 100,963 101,075 101,175 101,260 101,357
    Civilian labor force............................  74,414  75,281  75,149  75,151  75,305  75,371  75,386  75,582  75,815
          Participation rate........................    74.2    74.3    74.1    75.0    74.6    74.6    74.5    74.6    74.8
      Employed......................................  70,981  72,275  71,405  72,201  72,398  72,427  72,354  72,534  72,589
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.8    71.4    70.4    72.0    71.7    71.7    71.5    71.6    71.6
      Unemployed....................................   3,433   3,006   3,744   2,950   2,907   2,944   3,032   3,048   3,226
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.6     4.0     5.0     3.9     3.9     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.3
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  92,057  93,117  93,184  92,057  92,863  92,969  93,061  93,117  93,184
    Civilian labor force............................  70,394  71,194  71,161  70,777  71,053  71,155  71,135  71,289  71,492
          Participation rate........................    76.5    76.5    76.4    76.9    76.5    76.5    76.4    76.6    76.7
      Employed......................................  67,607  68,752  68,101  68,440  68,728  68,774  68,683  68,848  68,916
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.4    73.8    73.1    74.3    74.0    74.0    73.8    73.9    74.0
        Agriculture.................................   2,054   2,028   1,907   2,285   2,350   2,219   2,122   2,232   2,122
        Nonagricultural industries..................  65,553  66,724  66,194  66,155  66,378  66,555  66,561  66,616  66,795
      Unemployed....................................   2,787   2,442   3,060   2,337   2,325   2,381   2,452   2,441   2,576
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.0     3.4     4.3     3.3     3.3     3.3     3.4     3.4     3.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,516 109,483 109,532 108,516 109,198 109,303 109,402 109,483 109,532
    Civilian labor force............................  65,208  66,038  65,899  65,494  65,542  65,629  65,750  65,907  66,140
          Participation rate........................    60.1    60.3    60.2    60.4    60.0    60.0    60.1    60.2    60.4
      Employed......................................  62,376  63,817  63,057  62,775  62,912  63,037  63,124  63,302  63,410
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.5    58.3    57.6    57.8    57.6    57.7    57.7    57.8    57.9
      Unemployed....................................   2,832   2,221   2,842   2,719   2,630   2,592   2,626   2,605   2,730
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.3     3.4     4.3     4.2     4.0     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.1
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,579 101,612 101,643 100,579 101,321 101,448 101,533 101,612 101,643
    Civilian labor force............................  61,455  62,069  62,164  61,462  61,486  61,528  61,625  61,819  62,126
          Participation rate........................    61.1    61.1    61.2    61.1    60.7    60.6    60.7    60.8    61.1
      Employed......................................  59,030  60,235  59,760  59,209  59,344  59,425  59,506  59,708  59,894
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.7    59.3    58.8    58.9    58.6    58.6    58.6    58.8    58.9
        Agriculture.................................     752     757     777     826     764     748     797     822     852
        Nonagricultural industries..................  58,278  59,478  58,983  58,383  58,580  58,677  58,709  58,886  59,042
      Unemployed....................................   2,425   1,834   2,404   2,253   2,142   2,103   2,119   2,111   2,232
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.9     3.0     3.9     3.7     3.5     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.6
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,147  16,014  16,063  16,147  15,977  15,960  15,983  16,014  16,063
    Civilian labor force............................   7,772   8,056   7,724   8,406   8,308   8,317   8,376   8,381   8,337
          Participation rate........................    48.1    50.3    48.1    52.1    52.0    52.1    52.4    52.3    51.9
      Employed......................................   6,720   7,105   6,601   7,327   7,238   7,265   7,289   7,280   7,188
          Employment-population ratio...............    41.6    44.4    41.1    45.4    45.3    45.5    45.6    45.5    44.7
        Agriculture.................................     153     152     126     245     242     274     257     220     205
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,566   6,954   6,475   7,082   6,996   6,991   7,032   7,060   6,983
      Unemployed....................................   1,052     951   1,123   1,079   1,070   1,052   1,087   1,101   1,149
          Unemployment rate.........................    13.5    11.8    14.5    12.8    12.9    12.6    13.0    13.1    13.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2000    2000    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 173,812 175,145 175,246 173,812 174,745 174,899 175,034 175,145 175,246
    Civilian labor force............................ 116,756 117,796 117,622 117,484 117,553 117,603 117,640 117,945 118,276
        Participation rate..........................    67.2    67.3    67.1    67.6    67.3    67.2    67.2    67.3    67.5
      Employed...................................... 112,160 113,950 112,768 113,442 113,464 113,584 113,509 113,811 114,015
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.5    65.1    64.3    65.3    64.9    64.9    64.8    65.0    65.1
      Unemployed....................................   4,596   3,845   4,854   4,042   4,089   4,019   4,131   4,134   4,261
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.9     3.3     4.1     3.4     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.5     3.6
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  59,795  60,275  60,265  60,091  60,259  60,286  60,280  60,349  60,494
        Participation rate..........................    76.8    76.7    76.7    77.2    76.9    76.9    76.8    76.8    77.0
      Employed......................................  57,726  58,484  57,927  58,395  58,529  58,557  58,478  58,581  58,571
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.2    74.5    73.7    75.0    74.7    74.7    74.5    74.6    74.5
      Unemployed....................................   2,069   1,791   2,338   1,696   1,730   1,729   1,802   1,768   1,923
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.5     3.0     3.9     2.8     2.9     2.9     3.0     2.9     3.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,327  50,766  50,848  50,277  50,256  50,281  50,335  50,527  50,794
        Participation rate..........................    60.4    60.5    60.6    60.4    60.0    60.0    60.0    60.2    60.5
      Employed......................................  48,613  49,408  49,171  48,719  48,700  48,777  48,825  48,973  49,270
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.4    58.9    58.6    58.5    58.2    58.2    58.2    58.4    58.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,714   1,358   1,677   1,558   1,556   1,504   1,510   1,554   1,524
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.4     2.7     3.3     3.1     3.1     3.0     3.0     3.1     3.0
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,634   6,754   6,509   7,116   7,038   7,036   7,025   7,069   6,988
        Participation rate..........................    52.1    53.2    51.3    55.9    55.4    55.4    55.3    55.7    55.1
      Employed......................................   5,820   6,058   5,670   6,328   6,235   6,250   6,206   6,257   6,174
        Employment-population ratio.................    45.7    47.7    44.7    49.7    49.1    49.2    48.9    49.3    48.7
      Unemployed....................................     814     696     839     788     803     786     819     812     814
        Unemployment rate...........................    12.3    10.3    12.9    11.1    11.4    11.2    11.7    11.5    11.7
          Men.......................................    14.7    11.9    15.8    12.4    12.2    11.8    12.4    12.2    13.3
          Women.....................................     9.7     8.6     9.8     9.6    10.6    10.5    10.9    10.7     9.8
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,047  25,408  25,382  25,047  25,299  25,339  25,376  25,408  25,382
    Civilian labor force............................  16,392  16,758  16,577  16,587  16,489  16,627  16,732  16,742  16,773
        Participation rate..........................    65.4    66.0    65.3    66.2    65.2    65.6    65.9    65.9    66.1
      Employed......................................  15,033  15,594  15,170  15,238  15,304  15,401  15,485  15,470  15,372
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.0    61.4    59.8    60.8    60.5    60.8    61.0    60.9    60.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,359   1,165   1,407   1,349   1,185   1,226   1,247   1,272   1,401
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.3     7.0     8.5     8.1     7.2     7.4     7.5     7.6     8.4
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,285   7,432   7,372   7,346   7,307   7,383   7,397   7,437   7,430
        Participation rate..........................    72.7    72.9    72.4    73.3    72.0    72.6    72.6    72.9    73.0
      Employed......................................   6,688   6,894   6,800   6,811   6,832   6,868   6,888   6,897   6,918
        Employment-population ratio.................    66.7    67.6    66.8    68.0    67.3    67.5    67.6    67.6    68.0
      Unemployed....................................     597     538     571     535     475     515     509     540     512
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.2     7.2     7.8     7.3     6.5     7.0     6.9     7.3     6.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,286   8,372   8,314   8,310   8,231   8,262   8,325   8,333   8,340
        Participation rate..........................    66.0    65.7    65.2    66.2    64.9    65.0    65.4    65.4    65.4
      Employed......................................   7,707   7,967   7,716   7,722   7,750   7,786   7,808   7,861   7,731
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.4    62.5    60.5    61.5    61.1    61.3    61.3    61.7    60.6
      Unemployed....................................     578     405     598     588     481     476     517     472     609
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.0     4.8     7.2     7.1     5.8     5.8     6.2     5.7     7.3
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     822     955     891     931     951     982   1,010     972   1,002
        Participation rate..........................    33.2    38.8    36.3    37.6    38.6    39.9    41.0    39.5    40.8
      Employed......................................     638     732     654     705     722     747     789     712     723
        Employment-population ratio.................    25.7    29.7    26.6    28.5    29.3    30.4    32.1    28.9    29.4
      Unemployed....................................     184     223     238     226     229     235     221     260     280
        Unemployment rate...........................    22.4    23.3    26.7    24.3    24.1    23.9    21.9    26.7    27.9
          Men.......................................    25.5    29.2    27.8    24.7    26.7    27.0    22.5    30.1    26.9
          Women.....................................    19.3    17.3    25.5    23.9    21.7    21.2    21.3    23.4    28.9
                                                                                                             
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  22,047  22,749  22,769  22,047  22,555  22,618  22,687  22,749  22,769
    Civilian labor force............................  15,142  15,627  15,513  15,181  15,513  15,491  15,626  15,671  15,540
        Participation rate..........................    68.7    68.7    68.1    68.9    68.8    68.5    68.9    68.9    68.2
      Employed......................................  14,208  14,748  14,525  14,309  14,647  14,711  14,686  14,772  14,612
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.4    64.8    63.8    64.9    64.9    65.0    64.7    64.9    64.2
      Unemployed....................................     934     879     989     872     866     780     940     899     927
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.2     5.6     6.4     5.7     5.6     5.0     6.0     5.7     6.0

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. 






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                               Jan.     Dec.     Jan.     Jan.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.  
                                               2000     2000     2001     2000     2000     2000     2000     2000     2001  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   27,995   27,693   27,957   27,995   28,346   27,931   27,851   27,693   27,957
    Civilian labor force....................   12,013   11,797   12,065   11,950   12,301   12,192   11,958   11,822   12,008
        Percent of population...............     42.9     42.6     43.2     42.7     43.4     43.7     42.9     42.7     43.0
      Employed..............................   11,061   11,049   11,070   11,169   11,542   11,408   11,171   11,077   11,193
        Employment-population ratio.........     39.5     39.9     39.6     39.9     40.7     40.8     40.1     40.0     40.0
      Unemployed............................      951      748      995      781      759      784      787      745      816
        Unemployment rate...................      7.9      6.3      8.2      6.5      6.2      6.4      6.6      6.3      6.8
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,768   57,899   58,092   57,768   57,244   57,365   57,562   57,899   58,092
    Civilian labor force....................   37,676   37,385   37,611   37,513   36,815   36,985   37,129   37,187   37,415
        Percent of population...............     65.2     64.6     64.7     64.9     64.3     64.5     64.5     64.2     64.4
      Employed..............................   36,160   36,111   35,950   36,210   35,574   35,707   35,830   35,906   35,986
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.6     62.4     61.9     62.7     62.1     62.2     62.2     62.0     61.9
      Unemployed............................    1,516    1,274    1,661    1,303    1,241    1,278    1,299    1,281    1,429
        Unemployment rate...................      4.0      3.4      4.4      3.5      3.4      3.5      3.5      3.4      3.8
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,689   44,596   44,313   43,689   44,191   44,767   44,770   44,596   44,313
    Civilian labor force....................   32,106   33,128   32,763   32,472   32,952   32,896   32,776   33,045   33,102
        Percent of population...............     73.5     74.3     73.9     74.3     74.6     73.5     73.2     74.1     74.7
      Employed..............................   31,185   32,298   31,704   31,620   32,093   32,103   31,897   32,141   32,121
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.4     72.4     71.5     72.4     72.6     71.7     71.2     72.1     72.5
      Unemployed............................      921      829    1,059      852      859      793      879      904      981
        Unemployment rate...................      2.9      2.5      3.2      2.6      2.6      2.4      2.7      2.7      3.0
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,058   45,839   45,790   45,058   45,863   45,785   45,706   45,839   45,790
    Civilian labor force....................   36,087   36,479   36,479   36,104   36,071   36,022   36,237   36,460   36,476
        Percent of population...............     80.1     79.6     79.7     80.1     78.6     78.7     79.3     79.5     79.7
      Employed..............................   35,398   35,974   35,873   35,458   35,397   35,431   35,674   35,894   35,909
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.6     78.5     78.3     78.7     77.2     77.4     78.1     78.3     78.4
      Unemployed............................      689      505      606      646      674      591      563      566      567
        Unemployment rate...................      1.9      1.4      1.7      1.8      1.9      1.6      1.6      1.6      1.6

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2000    2000    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 133,357 136,092 134,462 134,976 135,310 135,464 135,478 135,836 135,999
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,644  43,502  43,048  43,763  43,321  43,345  43,251  43,293  43,134
    Married women, spouse present...................  34,064  34,090  34,180  34,132  33,491  33,622  33,633  33,635  34,249
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,211   8,466   8,299   8,335   8,516   8,449   8,495   8,501   8,426
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,780  41,313  41,339  40,873  40,938  40,745  41,083  41,078  41,430
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  39,257  40,159  39,886  39,491  39,093  39,521  39,616  39,853  40,086
    Service occupations.............................  17,829  18,350  17,922  18,086  18,190  18,555  18,471  18,550  18,158
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,435  14,947  14,651  14,676  15,083  15,050  14,748  14,848  14,889
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,057  18,358  17,808  18,351  18,472  18,305  18,184  18,171  18,092
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   2,999   2,966   2,856   3,539   3,390   3,318   3,238   3,357   3,372
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,755   1,817   1,721   2,022   2,018   2,041   2,005   2,019   1,983
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,172   1,093   1,070   1,295   1,274   1,182   1,180   1,198   1,182
      Unpaid family workers.........................      32      26      20      39      38      32      25      34      25
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 121,652 124,516 122,969 122,713 123,117 123,461 123,632 123,813 124,035
        Government..................................  19,317  19,576  19,163  19,011  19,003  19,073  19,146  19,352  18,843
        Private industries.......................... 102,335 104,940 103,806 103,702 104,114 104,388 104,486 104,461 105,192
          Private households........................     905     907     820     949     824     812     827     879     859
          Other industries.......................... 101,430 104,032 102,986 102,753 103,290 103,576 103,659 103,582 104,333
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,643   8,515   8,559   8,778   8,786   8,561   8,533   8,600   8,698
      Unpaid family workers.........................     102     125     124      91     108     136     128     121     110
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,535   3,246   3,693   3,195   3,188   3,222   3,416   3,234   3,327
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,250   2,039   2,445   1,879   2,051   1,909   2,183   1,964   2,035
        Could only find part-time work..............     953     849     895   1,014     831     947     886     896     954
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,153  20,247  18,977  18,752  18,595  18,758  18,896  18,993  18,568
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,355   3,072   3,559   3,048   3,030   3,044   3,285   3,088   3,227
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,140   1,936   2,359   1,792   1,940   1,808   2,082   1,882   1,971
        Could only find part-time work..............     935     838     894     988     817     923     871     877     945
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,677  19,691  18,509  18,207  18,024  18,206  18,323  18,437  18,040

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2000    2000    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,669   5,653   5,956    4.0     3.9     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.2 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,337   2,441   2,576    3.3     3.3     3.3     3.4     3.4     3.6 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,253   2,111   2,232    3.7     3.5     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.6 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,079   1,101   1,149   12.8    12.9    12.6    13.0    13.1    13.8 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     893     970   1,003    2.0     2.1     2.1     2.2     2.2     2.3 
     Married women, spouse present..................     922     911     882    2.6     2.7     2.5     2.5     2.6     2.5 
     Women who maintain families....................     555     458     576    6.2     5.4     5.4     5.2     5.1     6.4 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,539   4,551   4,768    3.9     3.8     3.8     3.9     3.9     4.1 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,132   1,122   1,192    4.7     4.6     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.9 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     759     699     746    1.8     1.8     1.7     1.7     1.7     1.8 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,404   1,433   1,405    3.4     3.4     3.6     3.6     3.5     3.4 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     571     563     570    3.7     3.5     3.4     3.7     3.7     3.7 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,205   1,234   1,390    6.2     6.2     6.4     6.3     6.4     7.1 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     187     225     234    5.0     5.9     6.7     7.1     6.3     6.5 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,539   4,338   4,685    4.2     4.0     4.0     4.0     4.0     4.3 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,177   1,262   1,410    4.1     4.4     4.7     4.5     4.4     4.9 
         Mining.....................................      15      19      11    2.8     5.0     7.1     3.5     3.6     2.2 
         Construction...............................     492     521     554    6.4     6.4     6.5     6.9     6.5     6.8 
         Manufacturing..............................     670     722     845    3.3     3.6     4.0     3.6     3.6     4.2 
           Durable goods............................     362     411     501    2.9     3.2     3.8     3.5     3.4     4.2 
           Nondurable goods.........................     308     311     343    3.8     4.3     4.3     3.9     4.0     4.3 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,362   3,076   3,275    4.2     3.9     3.8     3.8     3.8     4.0 
         Transportation and public utilities........     261     247     215    3.3     3.2     2.8     2.6     3.2     2.8 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,423   1,322   1,355    5.1     4.8     4.8     4.7     4.8     5.0 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     198     166     191    2.5     2.1     2.3     1.9     2.1     2.3 
         Services...................................   1,480   1,341   1,514    4.1     3.7     3.6     3.7     3.6     4.0 
     Government workers.............................     400     438     431    2.1     2.1     2.0     2.3     2.2     2.2 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     115     198     196    5.4     7.9     8.8     9.4     8.9     9.0 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2000    2000    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,985   2,176   3,072   2,521   2,498   2,510   2,531   2,440   2,613
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,865   1,807   2,094   1,768   1,750   1,755   1,796   1,852   1,977
   15 weeks and over................................   1,414   1,244   1,420   1,364   1,247   1,311   1,317   1,326   1,371
      15 to 26 weeks................................     656     611     707     683     618     702     713     675     731
      27 weeks and over.............................     758     633     714     681     629     609     604     651     640
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.5    12.8    12.2    12.9    12.1    12.4    12.4    12.6    12.6
   Median duration, in weeks........................     5.4     6.0     5.5     5.8     5.3     6.1     6.1     6.1     5.9
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Total unemployed.................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
     Less than 5 weeks..............................    47.7    41.6    46.6    44.6    45.5    45.0    44.8    43.4    43.8
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    29.8    34.6    31.8    31.3    31.8    31.5    31.8    33.0    33.2
     15 weeks and over..............................    22.6    23.8    21.6    24.1    22.7    23.5    23.3    23.6    23.0
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    10.5    11.7    10.7    12.1    11.2    12.6    12.6    12.0    12.3
       27 weeks and over............................    12.1    12.1    10.8    12.0    11.4    10.9    10.7    11.6    10.7






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2000    2000    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,102   2,587   3,406   2,493   2,502   2,446   2,501   2,514   2,742
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,165   1,039   1,567     764     837     825     877     937   1,032
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,937   1,548   1,839   1,729   1,665   1,621   1,624   1,577   1,711
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,226     957   1,223   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     711     591     616   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     765     648     818     781     756     815     768     746     838
  Reentrants........................................   2,062   1,615   1,985   2,033   1,798   1,868   1,936   1,899   1,956
  New entrants......................................     336     377     378     403     429     398     429     466     446
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    49.5    49.5    51.7    43.7    45.6    44.3    44.4    44.7    45.8
     On temporary layoff............................    18.6    19.9    23.8    13.4    15.3    14.9    15.6    16.7    17.2
     Not on temporary layoff........................    30.9    29.6    27.9    30.3    30.4    29.3    28.8    28.0    28.6
   Job leavers......................................    12.2    12.4    12.4    13.7    13.8    14.7    13.6    13.3    14.0
   Reentrants.......................................    32.9    30.9    30.1    35.6    32.8    33.8    34.4    33.8    32.7
   New entrants.....................................     5.4     7.2     5.7     7.1     7.8     7.2     7.6     8.3     7.4
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.2     1.8     2.4     1.8     1.8     1.7     1.8     1.8     1.9
   Job leavers......................................      .5      .5      .6      .6      .5      .6      .5      .5      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.1     1.4     1.4     1.3     1.3     1.4     1.3     1.4
   New entrants.....................................      .2      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3

    1  Not available.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 Jan.   Dec.   Jan.   Jan.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan. 
                                                                 2000   2000   2001   2000   2000   2000   2000   2000   2001 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.0     .9    1.0    1.0     .9     .9     .9     .9    1.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.2    1.8    2.4    1.8    1.8    1.7    1.8    1.8    1.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.5    3.7    4.7    4.0    3.9    3.9    4.0    4.0    4.2
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.6    3.9    4.9   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.3    4.5    5.5   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    7.8    6.7    8.1   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1  Not available.
    NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2000    2000    2001    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,669   5,653   5,956    4.0     3.9     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.2 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,132   2,118   2,205    9.4     8.9     8.9     9.1     9.2     9.6 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,079   1,101   1,149   12.8    12.9    12.6    13.0    13.1    13.8 
        16 to 17 years..............................     485     519     554   14.6    15.7    15.2    15.4    15.8    17.4 
        18 to 19 years..............................     593     592     595   11.7    11.1    11.1    11.4    11.6    11.5 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,053   1,017   1,056    7.4     6.6     6.8     6.8     7.0     7.2 
    25 years and over...............................   3,563   3,515   3,767    3.0     3.0     2.9     3.0     3.0     3.2 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,079   3,009   3,262    3.1     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.2 
      55 years and over.............................     488     481     509    2.7     2.7     2.8     2.9     2.6     2.7 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   2,950   3,048   3,226    3.9     3.9     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.3 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,158   1,159   1,234    9.8     9.5     9.4     9.5     9.7    10.3 
        16 to 19 years..............................     613     607     650   14.0    13.7    13.4    13.6    14.1    15.0 
          16 to 17 years............................     263     300     335   15.2    17.5    17.6    17.5    18.4    20.5 
          18 to 19 years............................     354     310     320   13.4    11.2    10.7    11.3    11.7    11.8 
        20 to 24 years..............................     545     552     584    7.3     7.1     7.3     7.3     7.2     7.6 
      25 years and over.............................   1,793   1,878   1,987    2.8     2.8     2.9     3.0     3.0     3.1 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,538   1,562   1,679    2.9     2.9     2.9     2.9     2.9     3.1 
        55 years and over...........................     254     285     303    2.6     2.6     2.8     2.9     2.8     3.0 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,719   2,605   2,730    4.2     4.0     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.1 
      16 to 24 years................................     974     959     971    9.0     8.2     8.4     8.6     8.7     8.8 
        16 to 19 years..............................     466     494     498   11.6    12.0    11.9    12.3    12.1    12.4 
          16 to 17 years............................     222     219     219   14.0    13.8    12.8    13.4    13.2    14.1 
          18 to 19 years............................     239     282     274    9.8    11.0    11.6    11.5    11.6    11.3 
        20 to 24 years..............................     508     465     472    7.5     6.0     6.3     6.3     6.7     6.7 
      25 years and over.............................   1,770   1,637   1,780    3.2     3.2     3.0     3.1     3.0     3.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,541   1,447   1,583    3.3     3.2     3.1     3.2     3.1     3.4 
        55 years and over...........................     234     196     205    2.9     2.8     2.8     2.7     2.4     2.5 

    1  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Jan.      Jan.      Jan.      Jan.      Jan.      Jan.  
                                                                        2000      2001      2000      2001      2000      2001  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   69,161    69,841    25,852    26,208    43,308    43,633 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,354     4,474     1,832     1,901     2,522     2,573 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,197     1,290       597       668       600       622 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      234       303       148       194        86       109 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      963       987       449       474       514       513 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,637     7,134     4,076     3,659     3,560     3,475 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.7       5.3       5.7       5.1       5.7       5.5 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,278     4,001     2,465     2,287     1,813     1,713 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,639     1,480       571       405     1,068     1,075 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      245       251       165       173        80        78 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,446     1,379       858       784       589       595 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                           2000    2000   2000p   2001p    2000    2000    2000    2000   2000p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 128,329 132,946 132,756 130,018 130,387 131,723 131,789 131,842 131,861 132,129
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 108,048 112,045 111,957 109,618 110,036 111,232 111,325 111,437 111,447 111,661
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,077  25,773  25,458  25,032  25,677  25,639  25,665  25,635  25,560  25,645
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     519     546     540     533     530     539     542     541     540     545
    Metal mining........................    44.8    43.3    43.3    43.0      45      44      44      43      44      43
    Coal mining.........................    81.1    78.9    78.7    78.5      81      80      80      78      78      79
    Oil and gas extraction..............   290.7   314.0   314.1   312.6     293     307     309     311     311     315
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   102.7   109.8   104.2    99.3     111     108     109     109     107     108
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,162   6,850   6,600   6,361   6,652   6,720   6,745   6,734   6,716   6,861
    General building contractors........ 1,427.0 1,534.4 1,507.2 1,474.3   1,498   1,510   1,517   1,523   1,525   1,544
    Heavy construction, except building.   764.4   910.7   826.3   762.0     892     885     892     882     867     889
    Special trade contractors........... 3,970.7 4,405.0 4,266.2 4,124.8   4,262   4,325   4,336   4,329   4,324   4,428
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,396  18,377  18,318  18,138  18,495  18,380  18,378  18,360  18,304  18,239
      Production workers................  12,629  12,587  12,528  12,363  12,713  12,585  12,583  12,564  12,511  12,445
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,062  11,058  11,042  10,919  11,099  11,052  11,052  11,058  11,032  10,961
      Production workers................   7,559   7,549   7,530   7,415   7,592   7,541   7,542   7,546   7,517   7,451
    Lumber and wood products............   820.8   808.3   801.4   785.6     830     816     812     807     802     796
    Furniture and fixtures..............   553.1   553.5   552.7   547.4     553     556     555     554     551     548
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   550.2   566.3   556.6   545.4     568     565     564     563     561     564
    Primary metal industries............   699.8   690.0   683.4   675.8     699     691     691     690     682     675
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   227.3   221.6   220.0   216.9   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,523.8 1,535.8 1,533.7 1,517.9   1,523   1,534   1,533   1,535   1,531   1,518
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,130.6 2,121.7 2,129.1 2,122.7   2,130   2,121   2,124   2,127   2,127   2,123
      Computer and office equipment.....   368.5   362.1   363.4   362.9     369     361     361     361     362     363
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,676.2 1,723.9 1,731.0 1,722.9   1,679   1,714   1,719   1,724   1,727   1,726
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   640.7   691.6   695.5   697.3     642     681     687     694     696     698
    Transportation equipment............ 1,868.5 1,812.5 1,811.2 1,761.4   1,871   1,813   1,812   1,814   1,808   1,765
      Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,024.7   988.7   986.6   941.5   1,027     993     991     989     983     945
      Aircraft and parts................   471.0   455.9   458.0   456.7     469     457     456     455     457     454
    Instruments and related products....   845.0   848.6   850.3   851.4     847     847     847     850     850     853
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   394.2   397.5   392.9   388.2     399     395     395     394     393     393
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,334   7,319   7,276   7,219   7,396   7,328   7,326   7,302   7,272   7,278
      Production workers................   5,070   5,038   4,998   4,948   5,121   5,044   5,041   5,018   4,994   4,994
    Food and kindred products........... 1,643.2 1,674.9 1,660.5 1,644.8   1,681   1,661   1,673   1,667   1,666   1,677
    Tobacco products....................    39.4    38.7    39.2    38.5      38      37      37      37      37      37
    Textile mill products...............   546.0   532.4   526.0   520.6     548     539     536     530     525     524
    Apparel and other textile products..   657.0   632.8   621.6   612.4     666     639     633     630     623     621
    Paper and allied products...........   662.4   656.4   656.4   654.5     664     660     660     657     656     656
    Printing and publishing............. 1,547.3 1,563.3 1,562.1 1,552.0   1,549   1,560   1,559   1,557   1,554   1,555
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,026.6 1,022.5 1,021.4 1,019.4   1,031   1,024   1,023   1,024   1,022   1,024
    Petroleum and coal products.........   127.5   130.2   126.6   123.8     132     132     131     130     128     128
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,008.5   995.4   991.3   983.9   1,011   1,002   1,001     998     990     986
    Leather and leather products........    76.0    72.8    70.8    69.5      76      74      73      72      71      70
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 103,252 107,173 107,298 104,986 104,710 106,084 106,124 106,207 106,301 106,484
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,863   7,114   7,148   7,023   6,925   7,037   7,046   7,060   7,086   7,083
    Transportation......................   4,416   4,615   4,641   4,524   4,470   4,549   4,549   4,563   4,580   4,579
      Railroad transportation...........   221.7   221.1   216.0   218.0     225     219     219     220     217     221
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   502.5   516.5   516.3   510.1     493     500     498     500     500     501
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,791.3 1,859.6 1,855.6 1,820.2   1,827   1,845   1,843   1,839   1,850   1,856
      Water transportation..............   182.4   202.2   200.0   195.2     192     206     206     206     206     206
      Transportation by air............. 1,245.6 1,327.2 1,362.9 1,293.9   1,256   1,291   1,297   1,310   1,317   1,305
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    12.5    12.5    12.5    12.5      13      12      12      13      12      13
      Transportation services...........   460.4   476.2   477.4   473.6     464     476     474     475     478     477
    Communications and public utilities.   2,447   2,499   2,507   2,499   2,455   2,488   2,497   2,497   2,506   2,504
      Communications.................... 1,587.1 1,646.4 1,654.1 1,648.6   1,591   1,632   1,641   1,644   1,654   1,651
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   859.9   852.8   853.0   850.7     864     856     856     853     852     853
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,955   7,104   7,097   7,028   7,005   7,070   7,087   7,093   7,085   7,080
    Durable goods.......................   4,158   4,207   4,206   4,176   4,174   4,205   4,207   4,206   4,201   4,194
    Nondurable goods....................   2,797   2,897   2,891   2,852   2,831   2,865   2,880   2,887   2,884   2,886
  Retail trade..........................  22,605  23,604  23,925  22,905  22,973  23,179  23,193  23,238  23,256  23,283
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies.........................   965.1 1,009.1 1,001.7   961.1   1,016   1,019   1,022   1,020   1,018   1,012
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,800.9 2,980.1 3,059.1 2,768.7   2,765   2,739   2,740   2,770   2,747   2,733
      Department stores................. 2,448.6 2,608.8 2,664.9 2,417.0   2,419   2,389   2,389   2,419   2,415   2,394
    Food stores......................... 3,485.8 3,558.3 3,591.2 3,511.3   3,501   3,522   3,519   3,516   3,527   3,528
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,367.1 2,424.8 2,416.6 2,401.9   2,399   2,424   2,431   2,430   2,428   2,432
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,088.9 1,119.9 1,116.6 1,115.5   1,097   1,118   1,120   1,120   1,121   1,124
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,180.1 1,270.4 1,323.0 1,230.3   1,176   1,209   1,205   1,211   1,217   1,227
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,106.6 1,156.5 1,184.2 1,145.9   1,099   1,122   1,128   1,130   1,139   1,139
    Eating and drinking places.......... 7,673.7 8,019.2 8,067.8 7,791.2   7,998   8,076   8,073   8,097   8,113   8,124
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,025.8 3,185.1 3,280.9 3,094.7   3,019   3,068   3,075   3,064   3,067   3,088
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,554   7,626   7,642   7,633   7,612   7,622   7,638   7,647   7,660   7,689
    Finance.............................   3,701   3,734   3,749   3,755   3,709   3,729   3,737   3,739   3,748   3,763
      Depository institutions........... 2,056.1 2,029.7 2,036.4 2,037.0   2,058   2,038   2,034   2,033   2,035   2,038
        Commercial banks................ 1,468.6 1,441.8 1,446.1 1,443.6   1,470   1,450   1,446   1,445   1,445   1,444
        Savings institutions............   246.5   236.6   236.8   236.8     247     239     238     237     237     237
      Nondepository institutions........   697.6   689.1   691.1   695.5     699     687     689     690     690     697
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   337.6   322.2   322.3   325.4     339     322     324     323     322     327
      Security and commodity brokers....   714.0   767.0   772.2   772.4     716     759     766     768     773     776
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   233.4   248.5   249.3   249.8     236     245     248     248     250     252
    Insurance...........................   2,366   2,359   2,364   2,363   2,372   2,353   2,355   2,362   2,362   2,368
      Insurance carriers................ 1,601.7 1,584.1 1,587.3 1,587.6   1,606   1,582   1,581   1,587   1,586   1,591
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   764.2   774.8   776.6   775.4     766     771     774     775     776     777
    Real estate.........................   1,487   1,533   1,529   1,515   1,531   1,540   1,546   1,546   1,550   1,558
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  38,994  40,824  40,687  39,997  39,844  40,685  40,696  40,764  40,800  40,881
    Agricultural services...............   679.1   809.7   745.8   689.9     806     801     806     810     806     816
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,758.4 1,862.8 1,857.3 1,827.3   1,866   1,923   1,924   1,939   1,945   1,940
    Personal services................... 1,312.6 1,259.8 1,276.8 1,362.1   1,263   1,285   1,285   1,288   1,291   1,309
    Business services................... 9,356.1 9,969.6 9,863.5 9,511.9   9,571   9,853   9,829   9,823   9,754   9,744
      Services to buildings.............   982.6 1,002.8 1,000.8   995.2     997   1,001   1,000   1,004   1,007   1,010
      Personnel supply services......... 3,584.3 3,963.9 3,841.5 3,535.3   3,753   3,891   3,861   3,845   3,746   3,711
        Help supply services............ 3,205.4 3,521.0 3,405.2 3,129.4   3,361   3,463   3,432   3,413   3,340   3,301
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,897.3 1,979.7 1,996.2 1,996.9   1,896   1,955   1,966   1,982   1,996   1,997
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,182.4 1,203.5 1,212.0 1,214.9   1,194   1,200   1,206   1,206   1,216   1,227
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   376.7   384.7   383.4   379.7     382     385     386     386     383     385
    Motion pictures.....................   619.4   626.2   641.5   637.2     626     631     630     631     639     646
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,475.5 1,621.9 1,608.4 1,553.6   1,721   1,785   1,791   1,793   1,790   1,810
    Health services..................... 10042.3 10222.5 10244.1 10235.5  10,066  10,178  10,191  10,208  10,228  10,258
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,906.5 1,954.1 1,963.5 1,966.1   1,910   1,945   1,950   1,953   1,958   1,969
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,782.6 1,797.4 1,799.1 1,792.4   1,788   1,791   1,793   1,793   1,796   1,797
      Hospitals......................... 3,997.4 4,046.5 4,056.2 4,062.1   4,001   4,029   4,032   4,045   4,053   4,065
      Home health care services.........   631.8   648.7   644.4   636.5     638     645     645     644     642     643
    Legal services...................... 1,003.1 1,014.5 1,016.8 1,010.9   1,008   1,014   1,016   1,014   1,015   1,015
    Educational services................ 2,251.9 2,558.4 2,518.6 2,315.2   2,308   2,388   2,357   2,365   2,389   2,379
    Social services..................... 2,884.9 3,047.6 3,060.6 3,038.5   2,905   3,001   3,019   3,032   3,055   3,057
      Child day care services...........   744.4   805.7   807.7   800.9     737     779     784     787     792     792
      Residential care..................   797.4   839.1   844.7   843.2     803     833     838     840     845     849
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................    91.7   101.6   101.0    95.0     100     103     103     104     104     104
    Membership organizations............ 2,402.3 2,433.6 2,438.4 2,411.7   2,439   2,445   2,446   2,450   2,451   2,447
    Engineering and management services. 3,313.0 3,463.0 3,473.9 3,468.4   3,344   3,449   3,463   3,471   3,489   3,499
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   969.2 1,015.0 1,019.0 1,017.1     982   1,012   1,015   1,015   1,023   1,030
      Management and public relations... 1,061.1 1,136.9 1,139.5 1,131.7   1,074   1,123   1,129   1,137   1,141   1,146
    Services, nec.......................    52.9    52.1    52.9    53.1   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  20,281  20,901  20,799  20,400  20,351  20,491  20,464  20,405  20,414  20,468
    Federal.............................   2,644   2,613   2,606   2,589   2,663   2,627   2,625   2,615   2,570   2,607
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,780.2 1,746.8 1,742.3 1,733.3   1,797   1,764   1,762   1,760   1,757   1,749
    State...............................   4,641   4,898   4,857   4,685   4,725   4,776   4,755   4,748   4,768   4,771
      Education......................... 1,923.1 2,144.4 2,108.5 1,940.4   1,981   2,009   1,988   1,977   1,992   1,999
      Other State government............ 2,717.5 2,753.4 2,748.5 2,744.7   2,744   2,767   2,767   2,771   2,776   2,772
    Local...............................  12,996  13,390  13,336  13,126  12,963  13,088  13,084  13,042  13,076  13,090
      Education......................... 7,522.5 7,744.8 7,736.3 7,557.7   7,356   7,396   7,391   7,377   7,383   7,387
      Other local government............ 5,473.2 5,644.7 5,599.6 5,568.3   5,607   5,692   5,693   5,665   5,693   5,703

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                           2000    2000   2000p   2001p    2000    2000    2000    2000   2000p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.4    34.2    34.2    33.9    34.5    34.4    34.4    34.3    34.1    34.3 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.8    40.7    40.3    40.0    41.1    40.7    40.9    40.5    39.7    40.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   44.3    45.0    44.7    44.6    44.7    45.2    45.6    44.9    44.4    45.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   38.3    38.4    37.7    37.7    39.3    39.0    39.3    38.5    37.9    38.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.6    41.6    41.2    40.7    41.7    41.3    41.4    41.2    40.4    40.9 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     4.5     4.4     3.9     4.6     4.4     4.5     4.3     4.0     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   42.2    42.0    41.6    41.1    42.3    41.8    41.9    41.7    40.6    41.2 
      Overtime hours....................    4.6     4.6     4.5     4.0     4.8     4.5     4.6     4.4     4.0     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.7    40.6    39.9    39.5    41.1    40.5    40.6    40.6    39.7    39.9 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   40.1    39.7    40.0    38.8    40.2    39.4    39.7    39.4    38.8    38.9 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   42.4    43.0    41.9    41.2    43.6    43.1    43.2    42.7    41.7    42.4 
    Primary metal industries............   44.6    43.9    43.3    42.9    44.5    43.7    43.8    43.6    42.5    42.8 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   45.3    44.4    43.5    43.1    45.3    44.5    44.2    44.1    43.2    43.1 
    Fabricated metal products...........   42.3    42.2    41.7    41.4    42.4    42.0    42.1    41.7    40.6    41.5 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.5    42.2    42.2    41.8    42.3    42.1    42.1    42.0    41.2    41.7 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.6    41.5    41.6    41.0    41.6    41.2    41.2    40.9    40.5    41.0 
    Transportation equipment............   43.7    43.3    42.0    41.5    43.8    42.9    43.1    42.9    40.6    41.6 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   44.8    43.6    41.5    40.7    45.0    43.6    44.0    43.2    39.8    40.8 
    Instruments and related products....   41.4    41.4    41.3    40.9    41.3    41.1    41.2    41.0    40.4    40.8 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.1    39.6    39.4    38.8    39.5    39.3    39.3    39.1    38.7    39.2 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.7    40.9    40.7    40.2    40.9    40.6    40.6    40.4    40.0    40.4 
      Overtime hours....................    4.2     4.4     4.3     3.9     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.1     4.0     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   41.3    41.8    41.5    40.9    41.6    41.4    41.4    41.2    40.7    41.2 
    Tobacco products....................   39.1    39.8    39.9    38.2    40.8    40.3    38.9    38.6    38.6    39.1 
    Textile mill products...............   40.9    40.9    41.0    40.4    41.1    41.0    40.9    40.5    40.5    40.4 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.2    36.9    36.9    36.1    37.6    36.8    36.9    36.8    36.4    36.5 
    Paper and allied products...........   43.4    43.1    42.7    42.5    43.3    42.7    42.5    42.6    41.8    42.4 
    Printing and publishing.............   37.9    38.5    38.3    37.7    38.3    38.1    38.2    38.0    37.7    38.1 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.8    43.1    43.2    42.5    42.9    42.9    43.0    42.6    42.4    42.7 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.2    45.1    44.5    45.5    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.5    41.2    40.9    40.7    41.6    41.1    41.1    41.0    40.0    40.9 
    Leather and leather products........   37.0    38.3    37.6    37.4    37.8    37.4    37.4    38.1    37.2    38.2 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.8    32.6    32.7    32.4    32.9    32.8    32.7    32.8    32.7    32.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.3    38.5    38.6    38.2    38.4    38.5    38.6    38.5    38.7    38.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.6    38.5    38.3    37.9    38.6    38.6    38.5    38.6    38.3    38.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.5    28.6    28.8    28.2    29.1    28.8    28.8    28.9    28.6    29.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.8    35.9    36.1    36.0    36.2    36.3    36.1    36.1    36.2    36.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.7    32.6    32.5    32.3    32.7    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.6 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            Jan.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.      Jan.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.  
                                            2000      2000     2000p     2001p      2000      2000     2000p     2001p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.58    $13.98    $14.03    $14.09    $467.15   $478.12   $479.83   $477.65 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.49     13.96     14.02     14.02     465.41    478.83    478.08    480.89 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.06     15.65     15.68     15.62     614.45    636.96    631.90    624.80 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.30     17.06     17.19     17.22     766.39    767.70    768.39    768.01 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   17.39     18.16     18.22     18.19     666.04    697.34    686.89    685.76 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.19     14.62     14.69     14.63     590.30    608.19    605.23    595.44 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.72     15.22     15.26     15.17     621.18    639.24    634.82    623.49 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.67     11.89     11.96     11.96     474.97    482.73    477.20    472.42 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.47     11.94     12.02     12.00     459.95    474.02    480.80    465.60 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.94     14.51     14.51     14.54     591.06    623.93    607.97    599.05 
    Primary metal industries............   16.20     16.64     16.66     16.66     722.52    730.50    721.38    714.71 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   19.16     19.27     19.26     19.50     867.95    855.59    837.81    840.45 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.71     14.08     14.13     14.12     579.93    594.18    589.22    584.57 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.39     15.93     16.04     15.97     654.08    672.25    676.89    667.55 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.77     13.93     14.03     14.04     572.83    578.10    583.65    575.64 
    Transportation equipment............   18.57     19.82     19.72     19.30     811.51    858.21    828.24    800.95 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.99     20.57     20.41     19.85     850.75    896.85    847.02    807.90 
    Instruments and related products....   14.38     14.91     15.06     15.00     595.33    617.27    621.98    613.50 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.52     11.78     11.91     11.93     450.43    466.49    469.25    462.88 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.37     13.71     13.82     13.82     544.16    560.74    562.47    555.56 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.23     12.57     12.67     12.65     505.10    525.43    525.81    517.39 
    Tobacco products....................   17.21     18.40     18.55     18.42     672.91    732.32    740.15    703.64 
    Textile mill products...............   10.84     11.04     11.05     11.10     443.36    451.54    453.05    448.44 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.03      9.16      9.23      9.27     335.92    338.00    340.59    334.65 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.02     16.36     16.56     16.53     695.27    705.12    707.11    702.53 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.10     14.52     14.61     14.60     534.39    559.02    559.56    550.42 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.70     18.17     18.30     18.17     757.56    783.13    790.56    772.23 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.62     21.31     21.54     21.51     933.98    961.08    958.53    978.71 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.61     12.95     13.06     13.09     523.32    533.54    534.15    532.76 
    Leather and leather products........   10.08     10.18     10.26     10.33     372.96    389.89    385.78    386.34 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.11     13.46     13.53     13.63     430.01    438.80    442.43    441.61 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   15.98     16.43     16.52     16.51     612.03    632.56    637.67    630.68 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.99     15.46     15.58     15.55     578.61    595.21    596.71    589.35 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.33      9.60      9.64      9.68     265.91    274.56    277.63    272.98 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.99     15.25     15.33     15.41     551.63    547.48    553.41    554.76 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.78     14.17     14.29     14.36     450.61    461.94    464.43    463.83 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                   Jan.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.      change  
            Industry               2000     2000     2000     2000     2000p    2001p     from:   
                                                                                        Dec. 2000-
                                                                                        Jan. 2001 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.49   $13.83   $13.88   $13.96   $14.02   $14.02      0.0   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.88     7.87     7.89     7.92     7.94     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.13    15.46    15.57    15.66    15.64    15.71       .4   
    Mining......................    17.09    17.09    17.08    17.13    17.10    17.01      -.5   
    Construction................    17.50    17.96    18.00    18.20    18.15    18.31       .9   
    Manufacturing...............    14.15    14.43    14.56    14.63    14.61    14.60      -.1   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.41    13.73    13.81    13.90    13.93    13.90      -.2   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    12.97    13.33    13.36    13.44    13.53    13.51      -.1   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    15.92    16.30    16.38    16.42    16.50    16.46      -.2   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.90    15.32    15.36    15.46    15.56    15.49      -.4   
    Retail trade................     9.26     9.54     9.56     9.60     9.65     9.61      -.4   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.86    15.19    15.18    15.27    15.35    15.39       .3   
    Services....................    13.61    13.97    14.00    14.12    14.20    14.22       .1   

  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 .3 percent from November 2000 to December 2000, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Jan.   Nov.    Dec.     Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.   Nov.    Dec.     Jan.  
                                          2000   2000    2000p    2001p   2000    2000    2000   2000    2000p    2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  146.6  152.2   151.6    146.4   150.6  151.4   151.6   151.5   150.5    151.8 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  112.7  116.3   113.2    109.6   117.5  115.6   116.1   114.7   112.1    114.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   49.3   52.0    50.9     49.4    51.0   51.4    52.2    51.1    50.4     51.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  163.3  185.5   173.5    165.1   185.8  184.2   186.4   181.4   178.0    188.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  105.9  105.5   104.2    101.5   107.0  104.9   105.0   104.3   101.8    102.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  111.3  110.7   109.2    106.3   112.1  110.0   110.2   109.7   106.6    107.1 
    Lumber and wood products............  144.4  141.3   138.0    133.2   148.0  142.6   142.3   141.3   137.3    136.7 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  138.4  136.7   137.4    131.6   138.7  136.6   137.0   135.6   132.3    132.4 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  109.4  114.5   108.7    104.1   117.0  114.4   114.6   112.8   108.7    111.5 
    Primary metal industries............   92.6   90.1    87.9     86.0    92.1   89.8    90.0    89.4    86.0     85.7 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   71.9   69.0    67.3     65.6    72.0   69.9    69.0    68.9    66.7     65.8 
    Fabricated metal products...........  120.3  121.1   119.4    116.8   120.5  120.3   120.6   119.6   116.1    117.2 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  105.7  104.6   105.3    103.9   104.8  104.3   104.6   104.4   102.5    103.4 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  107.2  109.7   110.6    107.7   107.4  108.2   108.2   108.0   107.5    108.0 
    Transportation equipment............  125.8  121.3   117.3    112.0   126.8  119.8   120.9   120.4   113.0    112.8 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  169.8  158.9   150.5    139.9   171.4  159.5   161.0   157.0   143.1    140.8 
    Instruments and related products....   75.0   74.5    74.5     73.8    75.0   73.8    73.6    73.8    72.9     73.8 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   99.8  101.6    99.0     96.3   102.6   99.9    99.5    99.0    97.6     98.9 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   98.5   98.4    97.2     95.0   100.1   97.9    97.9    97.0    95.4     96.5 
    Food and kindred products...........  113.8  118.1   116.0    113.1   117.7  115.5   116.6   115.6   114.1    116.4 
    Tobacco products....................   55.0   52.6    53.1     49.7    52.6   49.9    48.2    47.8    47.8     46.5 
    Textile mill products...............   78.4   76.5    75.5     73.6    79.1   77.5    77.2    75.4    74.7     74.0 
    Apparel and other textile products..   56.9   54.5    53.3     51.5    58.6   54.9    54.5    54.0    52.8     53.0 
    Paper and allied products...........  106.3  104.5   103.5    103.0   106.4  104.3   103.6   103.4   101.1    102.9 
    Printing and publishing.............  120.5  124.1   123.2    119.4   122.0  122.7   122.8   121.5   120.2    121.2 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  102.9  101.6   101.3     99.2   103.4  101.1   101.0   100.3    99.4    100.0 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   64.3   62.3    58.7     58.8    67.5   61.5    62.0    61.0    59.4     62.4 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  147.9  143.7   142.6    140.5   148.5  145.0   144.5   143.6   139.1    141.2 
    Leather and leather products........   31.9   31.5    30.1     29.3    32.5   31.0    30.5    31.0    29.7     29.9 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  161.8  168.3   168.9    163.0   165.4  167.5   167.6   168.0   167.7    168.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  132.9  140.2   141.3    137.0   135.0  138.5   139.2   139.2   140.3    140.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  130.9  133.7   132.7    130.0   132.3  133.3   133.3   134.0   132.7    133.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  139.5  146.3   149.8    139.2   144.9  144.4   144.6   145.4   143.9    146.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  139.8  138.6   139.4    138.9   139.1  139.9   139.5   139.8   140.4    140.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  201.8  210.9   209.7    204.4   206.3  210.5   210.5   210.9   210.9    210.9 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   57.3    59.7    62.8    63.2    57.7    57.7    61.2    60.1    61.5    65.3    62.1    61.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.6    60.5    58.7    58.3    59.7    53.9    58.1    56.2    53.8    59.0    57.4 
     1999..............   54.1    58.8    53.9    59.6    52.8    57.9    58.8    53.8    57.3    60.7    60.8    59.0 
     2000..............   60.8    54.1    60.7    56.5    45.9    56.2    58.7    51.4    53.7    55.2    50.6   p52.9 
     2001..............  p54.6                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   62.6    64.0    66.3    66.7    63.2    62.1    61.5    66.2    67.4    69.4    69.0    69.1 
     1998..............   64.3    66.6    63.2    66.3    63.6    58.0    57.4    57.9    59.7    58.1    58.6    59.4 
     1999..............   58.3    57.3    58.4    54.4    57.3    58.8    58.1    60.7    59.6    63.5    64.3    63.1 
     2000..............   61.0    62.6    61.9    57.4    56.7    58.3    57.9    58.4    50.8    52.1   p53.8   p54.1 
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   66.3    67.0    66.6    66.3    65.6    67.1    66.3    68.5    69.0    70.4    69.7    70.4 
     1998..............   69.8    67.4    65.2    61.8    62.9    61.4    59.0    58.4    57.4    59.7    59.3    59.1 
     1999..............   60.0    58.0    57.6    58.6    54.4    59.7    60.4    62.1    64.0    62.8    65.2    64.6 
     2000..............   65.6    60.8    61.0    61.9    59.3    56.0    54.4    57.2   p53.9   p52.9                 
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    70.1    69.4    70.4 
     1998..............   69.7    67.3    67.3    65.9    63.9    62.5    61.5    62.1    61.0    59.8    59.8    58.1 
     1999..............   60.3    58.3    57.6    59.4    59.6    60.5    61.9    61.0    62.6    62.9    62.5    63.2 
     2000..............   64.9    63.8    60.8    59.8    57.9   p55.2   p55.5                                         
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   49.6    52.5    56.1    54.0    51.4    54.3    50.7    53.6    56.5    61.9    60.4    55.4 
     1998..............   57.9    50.7    53.6    50.7    47.1    50.0    37.8    50.0    45.7    39.9    41.7    43.9 
     1999..............   45.0    41.0    42.8    46.4    40.3    46.4    54.7    38.1    46.4    51.8    51.4    50.4 
     2000..............   52.2    47.8    51.1    51.1    45.7    51.1    57.6    36.3    38.8    45.7    42.8   p41.7 
     2001..............  p39.2                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   50.7    53.2    55.8    56.1    53.2    52.5    52.5    55.8    59.7    66.5    64.7    64.0 
     1998..............   56.8    56.8    52.2    52.2    48.6    41.4    39.2    40.3    43.2    37.1    36.7    40.6 
     1999..............   36.7    37.1    37.1    34.5    37.8    43.5    39.9    45.0    42.1    50.4    51.1    50.7 
     2000..............   47.8    52.5    49.3    48.9    49.6    53.6    44.2    36.3    28.8    35.3   p37.4   p33.5 
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   53.2    53.2    52.5    52.9    51.8    53.2    54.7    61.2    61.2    64.4    64.7    63.7 
     1998..............   60.1    54.3    50.4    39.9    43.5    42.1    38.8    36.7    36.0    39.9    34.5    32.7 
     1999..............   35.6    33.5    33.5    37.1    32.7    38.8    41.0    45.7    48.2    43.2    48.6    51.1 
     2000..............   51.4    47.5    50.4    53.6    45.0    38.1    33.5    35.3   p30.6   p27.0                 
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.8    56.8    57.2 
     1998..............   55.0    51.8    51.8    46.8    40.6    39.9    37.8    38.1    37.1    36.0    34.2    33.5 
     1999..............   37.4    32.4    31.7    35.3    36.0    37.1    38.8    39.6    42.4    42.4    42.4    46.0 
     2000..............   47.8    44.6    39.2    39.2    34.2   p30.6   p31.3                                         
     2001..............                                                                                                

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.