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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JANUARY 1999


   Employment rose in January and the unemployment rate was unchanged at
4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 245,000, about in line
with the average for the prior 12 months.  Gains occurred in most major
industry divisions.  Average hourly earnings increased by 6 cents.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons, 6.0 million, was about unchanged in
January, and the unemployment rate held at 4.3 percent, seasonally
adjusted.  The jobless rate has remained within a narrow range of 4.3 to
4.5 percent since last April.  Among the major worker groups, the
unemployment rate for Hispanics fell to 6.6 percent in January.  The
jobless rates for the other major demographic groups--adult men (3.4
percent), adult women (3.7 percent), teenagers (15.5 percent), whites (3.8
percent), and blacks (7.8 percent)--showed little or no change over the month.
(See tables A-1 and A-2.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment rose by 814,000 in January after adjustment for the
effect of revisions to population controls.  (See the note on page 5.)  The
employment-population ratio--the proportion of the population age 16 and
older with jobs--reached a record 64.5 percent, up 0.3 percentage point
from the previous month.  (See table A-1.)
   
   The civilian labor force increased by 742,000, again after adjustment
for the effect of population control revisions.  The labor force
participation rate rose to 67.4 percent, also a record.  (See table A-1.)

     Approximately 7.9 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more
than one job in January.  These multiple jobholders comprised 6.0 percent
of total employment, the same rate as a year earlier.  (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        |     1998        |      1998       |  1999  | Jan.
                      |_________________|_________________|________|change1/
                      |   III  |  IV    |   Nov. |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 137,656| 138,285| 138,193| 138,547| 139,347|    742
  Employment..........| 131,419| 132,166| 132,113| 132,526| 133,396|    814
  Unemployment........|   6,237|   6,120|   6,080|   6,021|   5,950|    -73
Not in labor force....|  67,827|  67,813|  67,911|  67,723|  67,372|   -600
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.5|     4.4|     4.4|     4.3|     4.3|     .0
  Adult men...........|     3.8|     3.6|     3.5|     3.6|     3.4|   -0.2
  Adult women.........|     4.0|     4.0|     4.0|     3.9|     3.7|    -.2
  Teenagers...........|    14.7|    14.9|    15.0|    14.0|    15.5|    1.5
  White...............|     3.9|     3.8|     3.8|     3.8|     3.8|     .0
  Black...............|     9.2|     8.4|     8.6|     7.9|     7.8|    -.1
  Hispanic origin.....|     7.3|     7.4|     7.3|     7.6|     6.6|   -1.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 126,141|p126,811| 126,804|p127,102|p127,347|   p245
  Goods-producing 2/..|  25,210| p25,218|  25,184| p25,262| p25,255|    p-7
    Construction......|   5,980|  p6,071|   6,051|  p6,150|  p6,165|    p15
    Manufacturing.....|  18,660| p18,588|  18,573| p18,557| p18,544|   p-13
  Service-producing 2/| 100,931|p101,593| 101,620|p101,840|p102,092|   p252
    Retail trade......|  22,561| p22,657|  22,672| p22,711| p22,741|    p30
    Services..........|  37,691| p38,027|  38,040| p38,137| p38,251    p114
    Government........|  19,892| p19,985|  19,986| p20,020| p20,056|    p36
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|   p34.6|    34.5|   p34.6|   p34.5|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|   p41.7|    41.7|   p41.7|   p41.5|   p-.2
    Overtime..........|     4.6|    p4.5|     4.5|    p4.5|    p4.5|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   145.1|  p145.9|   145.7|  p146.2|  p146.2|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $12.84| p$12.94|  $12.94| p$12.98| p$13.04| p$0.06
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  443.29| p447.29|  446.43| p449.11| p449.88|   p.77
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Changes for household data levels reflect an adjustment to remove
the effect of revisions to population controls.  See the note on page 5.
    2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    3/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
p=preliminary.

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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in January.  These were people who wanted and
were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12
months but were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for
work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.
   
   The number of discouraged workers--a subset of the marginally attached
who were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed
no jobs were available for them--was 339,000 in January, about the same as
a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Data)
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment, at 127.3 million, seasonally adjusted,
increased by 245,000 in January, about equal to the average gain over the
prior 12 months.  Employment growth was widespread in the service-producing
sector, and the construction industry added jobs despite unusually adverse
winter weather in some parts of the country.  Job losses continued in
manufacturing and mining.  (See table B-1.)
   
   The services industry added 114,000 jobs in January, in line with its
average for the prior 12 months.  Employment in business services rose by
48,000 in January.  Strong growth continued in computer and data processing
services, which added 17,000 jobs.  In contrast, employment growth in help
supply services remained sluggish.  Engineering and management services
registered a relatively large over-the-month employment increase (27,000) in
January and continued on its strong growth trend.  Social services continued
its steady growth, adding 10,000 jobs.  Health services experienced its third
consecutive month of slower growth, adding only 6,000 jobs.  A decline in
home health care employment largely offset a gain in offices and clinics of
doctors.  A January job gain of 13,000 in amusements and recreation
reversed a decline of similar magnitude in December.
   
   Retail trade employment increased by 30,000 in January.  January is the
month when retail stores lay off most of the workers who were hired for the
holiday shopping season.  Department stores had stronger-than-usual
employment build-up for the holidays, so there were more people to let go
in January.  As a result, employment declined by 31,000, after seasonal
adjustment.  In contrast, apparel stores and miscellaneous general
merchandise stores, such as bookstores, jewelry stores, and gift shops, had
below-normal holiday hiring.  This led to fewer-than-usual layoffs in
January and large employment increases, after seasonal adjustment.  These
gains largely offset the decline in department stores.  A second month of
strong employment gains in building supply stores reflected the strength in
construction activity.

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   Wholesale trade employment rose by 28,000 in January, following a small
increase in December.  A large gain in the nondurable goods component
(20,000) was led by grocery wholesaling.  In durable goods distribution,
professional and commercial equipment accounted for the increase.
   
   Employment in transportation and public utilities rose by 22,000 in
January, after seasonal adjustment.  Within transportation, trucking added
12,000 jobs; this was the second consecutive month of above-average growth
in the industry.  Telephone companies continued to lead the growth in
communications, which added 11,000 jobs in January.
   
   Finance, insurance, and real estate added 22,000 jobs in January.
Within finance, the over-the-month gain of 11,000 was spread among the
various types of banks, brokerages, and other investment offices.  In real
estate, employment also increased by 11,000 in January, more than twice the
average monthly gain for the prior 12 months.  This industry has benefited
from low mortgage rates.  In contrast, for the first time in two years,
insurance did not add jobs.
   
   Local government employment increased by 35,000 in January, with both
the educational and noneducational components adding jobs.  State and
federal government employment levels were essentially unchanged.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, construction employment continued to
rise, after seasonal adjustment.  January's gain of 15,000 jobs was
substantially smaller than December's large increase.  Exceptionally severe
weather in the upper Midwest and Northeast during the January survey
reference period curtailed construction activity in those parts of the
country.  Outdoor construction activity--roofing and masonry within special
trades and the highway portion of heavy construction--was most affected by
the bad weather.  In contrast, employment growth among general building
contractors was strong for the second month in a row.
   
   Manufacturing employment continued to decline in January, although the
loss of 13,000 jobs was the smallest since September.  Industrial machinery
has experienced steep declines, losing 15,000 jobs in January and 69,000
since March.  Electronic equipment employment also continued to decline,
dropping by 6,000 jobs in January; this was slightly less than the average
loss for the prior six months.  Employment in the apparel industry also
continued downward in January, falling by 8,000.  Since its most recent
peak in November 1991, employment in apparel manufacturing has dropped by
294,000, or 29 percent.  In January, lumber had a particularly large job
increase (8,000), reflecting construction's strength.  Fabricated metals
showed its first employment increase since August, and motor vehicles had
its first job gain since October.  Food products and rubber and
miscellaneous plastics also had employment increases in January; gains in
these industries over the past three months offset losses sustained in mid-
1998.  Mining continued its long-term downward trend in January, losing
9,000 jobs.  In recent months, employment declines have accelerated in oil
and gas extraction.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in January to 34.5 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.2 hour to
41.5 hours, while factory overtime was 4.5 hours for the fifth consecutive
month.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 146.2 (1982=100),
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index decreased by 0.6 percent in
January to 106.8, reflecting the decrease in the factory workweek.  (See
table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls rose by 6 cents in January to $13.04, seasonally
adjusted.  Average weekly earnings increased by 0.2 percent to $449.88.
Over the year, average hourly and weekly earnings have risen by 4.0 percent
and 3.1 percent, respectively.  (See table B-3.)

                        ___________________________

   The Employment Situation for February 1999 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, March 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).

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        Revisions to Population Estimates for the Household Survey
                                     
   Effective with the release of data for January 1999, revised population
controls, primarily reflecting updated information on immigration, have
been introduced into the household survey.  The revised controls resulted
in an increase of 307,000 in the estimated size of the civilian
noninstitutional population 16 years of age and over for December 1998.
The impact on the population varied by demographic group.  (See table
below.)

   The revised controls increased the estimated size of the civilian labor
force and of employment by about 60,000 each, with more substantial, but
offsetting, changes among population subgroups.  The population revisions
had a negligible impact on unemployment rates and other percentage
estimates.  An article describing these revisions and their effect on
national labor force estimates will appear in the February 1999 issue of
Employment and Earnings.
     
Differences in population and labor force estimates by sex, race, and Hispanic
origin, using old and revised 1990 census-based population controls,
December 1998, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                      
(Numbers in thousands)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Category          | Total |  Men |Women | White | Black | Hispanic
                          |       |      |      |       |       |  origin
----------------------------------|------|------|-------|-------|-----------                                                                  
                          |       |      |      |       |       |
Civilian noninstitutional |       |      |      |       |       |
 population...............|   307 | -183 |  491 |   99  |   73  |   -164
  Civilian labor force....|    58 | -221 |  279 |  -74  |   46  |   -226
    Employed..............|    56 | -204 |  260 |  -68  |   42  |   -214
    Unemployed............|     2 |  -17 |   19 |   -7  |    4  |    -13
      Unemployment rate...|     0 |    0 |    0 |    0  |    0  |      0
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the Bureau of the Census  for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 1998,
the sample included about 390,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

                                  - 6 -
 
 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 0.2 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.6 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $17.00 per issue or
$35.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-606-STAT; TDD phone:
202-606-5897; TDD message referral phone:  1-800-326-2577.
  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. 
                                                       1998    1998    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 204,238 206,270 206,719 204,238 205,699 205,919 206,104 206,270 206,719
    Civilian labor force............................ 135,951 138,297 137,943 137,288 138,081 138,116 138,193 138,547 139,347
          Participation rate........................    66.6    67.0    66.7    67.2    67.1    67.1    67.1    67.2    67.4
      Employed...................................... 128,882 132,732 131,339 130,943 131,818 131,858 132,113 132,526 133,396
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.1    64.3    63.5    64.1    64.1    64.0    64.1    64.2    64.5
        Agriculture.................................   2,938   2,953   2,911   3,337   3,470   3,558   3,348   3,222   3,299
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 125,944 129,779 128,428 127,606 128,348 128,300 128,765 129,304 130,097
      Unemployed....................................   7,069   5,565   6,604   6,345   6,263   6,258   6,080   6,021   5,950
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.2     4.0     4.8     4.6     4.5     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3
    Not in labor force..............................  68,287  67,973  68,776  66,950  67,618  67,803  67,911  67,723  67,372
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,241  99,309  99,198  98,241  99,006  99,121  99,217  99,309  99,198
    Civilian labor force............................  72,815  74,055  73,636  73,719  74,202  74,189  74,345  74,437  74,599
          Participation rate........................    74.1    74.6    74.2    75.0    74.9    74.8    74.9    75.0    75.2
      Employed......................................  68,932  70,930  69,992  70,387  70,841  70,925  71,182  71,204  71,459
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.2    71.4    70.6    71.6    71.6    71.6    71.7    71.7    72.0
      Unemployed....................................   3,882   3,125   3,644   3,332   3,361   3,264   3,163   3,233   3,140
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.3     4.2     4.9     4.5     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.2
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  90,391  91,220  91,124  90,391  91,003  91,101  91,192  91,220  91,124
    Civilian labor force............................  69,013  69,949  69,687  69,547  69,869  69,913  70,023  70,069  70,295
          Participation rate........................    76.3    76.7    76.5    76.9    76.8    76.7    76.8    76.8    77.1
      Employed......................................  65,811  67,439  66,780  66,892  67,262  67,362  67,573  67,553  67,884
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.8    73.9    73.3    74.0    73.9    73.9    74.1    74.1    74.5
        Agriculture.................................   2,056   2,076   2,060   2,303   2,402   2,449   2,374   2,237   2,312
        Nonagricultural industries..................  63,756  65,363  64,720  64,589  64,860  64,913  65,199  65,316  65,572
      Unemployed....................................   3,202   2,510   2,908   2,655   2,607   2,551   2,450   2,516   2,411
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.6     3.6     4.2     3.8     3.7     3.6     3.5     3.6     3.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 105,997 106,960 107,521 105,997 106,693 106,798 106,887 106,960 107,521
    Civilian labor force............................  63,136  64,242  64,307  63,569  63,879  63,927  63,848  64,110  64,748
          Participation rate........................    59.6    60.1    59.8    60.0    59.9    59.9    59.7    59.9    60.2
      Employed......................................  59,949  61,801  61,347  60,556  60,977  60,933  60,931  61,322  61,937
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.6    57.8    57.1    57.1    57.2    57.1    57.0    57.3    57.6
      Unemployed....................................   3,186   2,440   2,960   3,013   2,902   2,994   2,917   2,788   2,810
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     3.8     4.6     4.7     4.5     4.7     4.6     4.3     4.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,420  99,181  99,686  98,420  98,994  99,037  99,135  99,181  99,686
    Civilian labor force............................  59,425  60,337  60,547  59,583  59,804  59,826  59,896  60,078  60,718
          Participation rate........................    60.4    60.8    60.7    60.5    60.4    60.4    60.4    60.6    60.9
      Employed......................................  56,674  58,273  58,100  57,051  57,426  57,437  57,503  57,745  58,466
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.6    58.8    58.3    58.0    58.0    58.0    58.0    58.2    58.7
        Agriculture.................................     726     717     729     805     767     771     734     753     808
        Nonagricultural industries..................  55,948  57,556  57,370  56,246  56,659  56,666  56,769  56,992  57,659
      Unemployed....................................   2,750   2,065   2,447   2,532   2,378   2,389   2,393   2,333   2,251
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.6     3.4     4.0     4.2     4.0     4.0     4.0     3.9     3.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,427  15,868  15,909  15,427  15,702  15,781  15,777  15,868  15,909
    Civilian labor force............................   7,513   8,011   7,709   8,158   8,408   8,377   8,274   8,400   8,334
          Participation rate........................    48.7    50.5    48.5    52.9    53.5    53.1    52.4    52.9    52.4
      Employed......................................   6,396   7,020   6,460   7,000   7,130   7,059   7,037   7,228   7,046
          Employment-population ratio...............    41.5    44.2    40.6    45.4    45.4    44.7    44.6    45.5    44.3
        Agriculture.................................     156     161     122     229     301     338     240     232     179
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,241   6,860   6,338   6,771   6,829   6,721   6,797   6,996   6,867
      Unemployed....................................   1,117     990   1,249   1,158   1,278   1,318   1,237   1,172   1,288
          Unemployment rate.........................    14.9    12.4    16.2    14.2    15.2    15.7    15.0    14.0    15.5

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  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. 
                                                       1998    1998    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 170,810 172,197 172,394 170,810 171,804 171,956 172,084 172,197 172,394
    Civilian labor force............................ 114,193 115,796 115,425 115,226 115,751 115,714 115,687 115,996 116,529
        Participation rate..........................    66.9    67.2    67.0    67.5    67.4    67.3    67.2    67.4    67.6
      Employed...................................... 108,967 111,647 110,414 110,659 111,221 111,162 111,304 111,560 112,135
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.8    64.8    64.0    64.8    64.7    64.6    64.7    64.8    65.0
      Unemployed....................................   5,226   4,149   5,011   4,567   4,530   4,552   4,383   4,436   4,394
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.6     3.6     4.3     4.0     3.9     3.9     3.8     3.8     3.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  58,885  59,662  59,306  59,277  59,587  59,579  59,634  59,712  59,751
        Participation rate..........................    76.8    77.2    76.9    77.3    77.3    77.2    77.2    77.2    77.5
      Employed......................................  56,476  57,725  57,051  57,320  57,615  57,646  57,806  57,813  57,920
        Employment-population ratio.................    73.7    74.7    74.0    74.8    74.7    74.7    74.8    74.8    75.1
      Unemployed....................................   2,410   1,937   2,254   1,957   1,972   1,933   1,828   1,899   1,831
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.1     3.2     3.8     3.3     3.3     3.2     3.1     3.2     3.1
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  48,897  49,429  49,594  49,046  49,108  49,062  49,065  49,230  49,759
        Participation rate..........................    59.7    60.0    60.0    59.9    59.8    59.7    59.6    59.8    60.2
      Employed......................................  46,919  47,960  47,773  47,252  47,456  47,401  47,415  47,585  48,110
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.3    58.3    57.8    57.7    57.7    57.6    57.6    57.8    58.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,979   1,469   1,821   1,794   1,652   1,661   1,650   1,645   1,650
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.0     3.0     3.7     3.7     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.3     3.3
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,410   6,705   6,526   6,903   7,056   7,073   6,988   7,054   7,019
        Participation rate..........................    52.2    53.4    51.7    56.2    56.4    56.4    55.7    56.1    55.6
      Employed......................................   5,573   5,962   5,590   6,087   6,150   6,115   6,083   6,162   6,105
        Employment-population ratio.................    45.4    47.4    44.3    49.6    49.1    48.8    48.5    49.0    48.4
      Unemployed....................................     838     743     935     816     906     958     905     892     913
        Unemployment rate...........................    13.1    11.1    14.3    11.8    12.8    13.5    13.0    12.6    13.0
          Men.......................................    16.2    13.2    16.2    14.1    14.7    14.1    14.1    14.5    14.1
          Women.....................................     9.7     8.8    12.4     9.4    10.8    13.0    11.6    10.6    11.9
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,196  24,561  24,665  24,196  24,458  24,496  24,529  24,561  24,665
    Civilian labor force............................  15,535  16,136  16,101  15,770  16,027  16,163  16,201  16,157  16,356
        Participation rate..........................    64.2    65.7    65.3    65.2    65.5    66.0    66.0    65.8    66.3
      Employed......................................  14,045  14,993  14,835  14,288  14,584  14,776  14,804  14,884  15,085
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.0    61.0    60.1    59.1    59.6    60.3    60.4    60.6    61.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,490   1,143   1,267   1,482   1,443   1,387   1,397   1,273   1,271
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.6     7.1     7.9     9.4     9.0     8.6     8.6     7.9     7.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   6,910   7,047   7,098   6,998   6,999   7,144   7,086   7,063   7,210
        Participation rate..........................    71.6    71.9    72.1    72.5    71.7    73.1    72.4    72.0    73.3
      Employed......................................   6,288   6,592   6,619   6,442   6,499   6,653   6,590   6,588   6,782
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.1    67.2    67.3    66.7    66.6    68.0    67.3    67.2    68.9
      Unemployed....................................     622     455     479     556     500     491     496     475     428
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.0     6.5     6.8     7.9     7.1     6.9     7.0     6.7     5.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,776   8,089   8,087   7,802   7,948   7,992   8,051   8,035   8,114
        Participation rate..........................    64.1    65.8    65.4    64.3    64.9    65.2    65.6    65.4    65.7
      Employed......................................   7,149   7,600   7,556   7,169   7,320   7,391   7,443   7,474   7,579
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.0    61.8    61.2    59.1    59.8    60.3    60.6    60.8    61.3
      Unemployed....................................     628     490     530     633     628     601     608     561     535
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.1     6.1     6.6     8.1     7.9     7.5     7.6     7.0     6.6
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     849     999     917     970   1,080   1,027   1,064   1,059   1,032
        Participation rate..........................    35.2    40.6    37.1    40.2    44.0    41.8    43.3    43.0    41.8
      Employed......................................     609     801     660     677     765     732     771     822     725
        Employment-population ratio.................    25.2    32.6    26.7    28.0    31.1    29.8    31.4    33.4    29.3
      Unemployed....................................     240     198     257     293     315     295     293     237     307
        Unemployment rate...........................    28.3    19.8    28.1    30.2    29.2    28.7    27.5    22.4    29.8
          Men.......................................    32.4    25.7    35.6    31.7    32.7    34.7    33.0    27.3    34.2
          Women.....................................    24.8    14.4    20.6    28.8    25.7    23.5    22.1    17.6    25.0
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  20,741  21,405  21,296  20,741  21,224  21,286  21,349  21,405  21,296
    Civilian labor force............................  13,880  14,485  14,358  14,020  14,457  14,437  14,389  14,488  14,511
        Participation rate..........................    66.9    67.7    67.4    67.6    68.1    67.8    67.4    67.7    68.1
      Employed......................................  12,793  13,398  13,293  13,038  13,394  13,382  13,345  13,383  13,550
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.7    62.6    62.4    62.9    63.1    62.9    62.5    62.5    63.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,087   1,087   1,065     982   1,063   1,055   1,044   1,105     960
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.8     7.5     7.4     7.0     7.4     7.3     7.3     7.6     6.6

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January
  1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  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.  
                                               1998     1998     1999     1998     1998     1998     1998     1998     1999  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   29,981   29,094   28,901   29,981   29,290   28,713   29,084   29,094   28,901
    Civilian labor force....................   12,695   12,509   12,463   12,629   12,563   12,408   12,463   12,500   12,379
        Percent of population...............     42.3     43.0     43.1     42.1     42.9     43.2     42.9     43.0     42.8
      Employed..............................   11,630   11,609   11,391   11,715   11,692   11,556   11,574   11,626   11,459
        Employment-population ratio.........     38.8     39.9     39.4     39.1     39.9     40.2     39.8     40.0     39.7
      Unemployed............................    1,065      900    1,073      914      871      852      889      874      920
        Unemployment rate...................      8.4      7.2      8.6      7.2      6.9      6.9      7.1      7.0      7.4
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,606   57,115   57,477   57,606   57,589   57,666   57,273   57,115   57,477
    Civilian labor force....................   37,649   37,442   37,472   37,745   37,289   37,540   37,408   37,296   37,590
        Percent of population...............     65.4     65.6     65.2     65.5     64.8     65.1     65.3     65.3     65.4
      Employed..............................   35,867   36,066   35,928   36,249   35,783   36,056   35,947   35,873   36,291
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.3     63.1     62.5     62.9     62.1     62.5     62.8     62.8     63.1
      Unemployed............................    1,782    1,376    1,545    1,496    1,506    1,484    1,461    1,423    1,299
        Unemployment rate...................      4.7      3.7      4.1      4.0      4.0      4.0      3.9      3.8      3.5
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   41,718   43,022   43,154   41,718   41,769   42,573   42,863   43,022   43,154
    Civilian labor force....................   31,012   31,933   31,990   31,385   31,271   31,349   31,727   31,800   32,399
        Percent of population...............     74.3     74.2     74.1     75.2     74.9     73.6     74.0     73.9     75.1
      Employed..............................   29,911   31,080   30,966   30,383   30,343   30,423   30,825   30,911   31,470
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.7     72.2     71.8     72.8     72.6     71.5     71.9     71.8     72.9
      Unemployed............................    1,101      853    1,023    1,002      928      926      902      889      929
        Unemployment rate...................      3.5      2.7      3.2      3.2      3.0      3.0      2.8      2.8      2.9
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   41,974   43,484   43,516   41,974   43,669   43,520   43,408   43,484   43,516
    Civilian labor force....................   33,671   34,889   34,914   33,698   34,914   34,779   34,554   34,838   34,950
        Percent of population...............     80.2     80.2     80.2     80.3     80.0     79.9     79.6     80.1     80.3
      Employed..............................   33,007   34,323   34,257   33,067   34,335   34,108   33,922   34,205   34,325
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.6     78.9     78.7     78.8     78.6     78.4     78.1     78.7     78.9
      Unemployed............................      664      566      657      631      579      671      632      633      624
        Unemployment rate...................      2.0      1.6      1.9      1.9      1.7      1.9      1.8      1.8      1.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       1998    1998    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 128,882 132,732 131,339 130,943 131,818 131,858 132,113 132,526 133,396
    Married men, spouse present.....................  42,461  43,426  43,107  42,894  43,170  43,090  43,209  43,227  43,542
    Married women, spouse present...................  32,596  33,502  33,416  32,837  32,891  33,037  32,953  33,093  33,652
    Women who maintain families.....................   7,675   8,011   7,947   7,797   7,984   7,940   7,969   8,087   8,076
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  38,036  40,007  39,754  38,124  39,553  39,679  39,459  39,729  39,836
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,037  38,517  38,419  38,462  38,478  38,431  38,430  38,307  38,846
    Service occupations.............................  17,708  17,873  17,690  18,089  17,926  17,692  18,024  17,976  18,070
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,027  14,586  14,471  14,298  14,045  14,192  14,552  14,685  14,751
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,179  18,702  18,109  18,556  18,118  18,168  18,067  18,480  18,476
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   2,895   3,046   2,895   3,418   3,585   3,604   3,538   3,396   3,422
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,651   1,683   1,703   1,929   2,145   2,247   2,005   1,912   1,987
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,247   1,241   1,181   1,367   1,290   1,282   1,304   1,304   1,298
      Unpaid family workers.........................      40      29      27      44      40      33      40      34      30
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 117,028 120,917 119,627 118,491 119,148 119,275 119,718 120,380 121,115
        Government..................................  18,495  18,902  19,121  18,307  18,448  18,547  18,607  18,686  18,913
        Private industries..........................  98,533 102,015 100,505 100,184 100,700 100,728 101,111 101,694 102,202
          Private households........................     945     962     850     981     918     946     969     943     881
          Other industries..........................  97,588 101,053  99,655  99,203  99,782  99,782 100,142 100,751 101,321
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,803   8,745   8,680   8,958   9,096   9,030   8,929   8,814   8,830
      Unpaid family workers.........................     114     117     121     115      88      95     112     122     121
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   4,299   3,455   3,815   4,015   3,419   3,404   3,340   3,417   3,562
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,611   2,005   2,428   2,254   1,913   2,031   1,910   1,927   2,093
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,315   1,088   1,056   1,388   1,168   1,136   1,157   1,148   1,115
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,756  19,770  18,836  18,429  18,687  18,667  18,634  18,674  18,485
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   4,090   3,242   3,645   3,829   3,191   3,253   3,191   3,257   3,413
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,476   1,901   2,305   2,138   1,800   1,927   1,824   1,841   1,989
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,295   1,057   1,040   1,361   1,132   1,110   1,130   1,116   1,094
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,202  19,270  18,352  17,793  18,161  18,107  18,110  18,155  17,921

      NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  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. 
                                                       1998    1998    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   6,345   6,021   5,950    4.6     4.5     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,655   2,516   2,411    3.8     3.7     3.6     3.5     3.6     3.4 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,532   2,333   2,251    4.2     4.0     4.0     4.0     3.9     3.7 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,158   1,172   1,288   14.2    15.2    15.7    15.0    14.0    15.5 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,118   1,015   1,011    2.5     2.3     2.3     2.2     2.3     2.3 
     Married women, spouse present..................   1,016     942     987    3.0     2.7     2.8     2.9     2.8     2.8 
     Women who maintain families....................     640     547     527    7.6     7.6     6.9     6.9     6.3     6.1 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   5,048   4,781   4,708    4.5     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.1 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,325   1,263   1,272    5.4     5.3     5.5     5.4     5.2     5.2 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     758     728     750    1.9     1.8     1.9     1.8     1.8     1.8 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,649   1,473   1,520    4.1     3.9     3.9     3.7     3.7     3.8 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     688     491     537    4.6     4.3     4.0     3.8     3.2     3.5 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,204   1,318   1,149    6.1     7.0     6.8     6.7     6.7     5.9 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     247     276     284    6.7     7.0     5.4     6.3     7.5     7.7 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,953   4,727   4,586    4.7     4.8     4.6     4.5     4.4     4.3 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,403   1,322   1,318    4.8     5.1     4.6     4.6     4.6     4.6 
         Mining.....................................      24      24      44    3.7     3.0     2.4     2.2     4.3     7.4 
         Construction...............................     564     469     540    8.1     8.6     6.7     7.0     6.4     7.3 
         Manufacturing..............................     815     829     734    3.8     4.0     3.9     3.8     4.0     3.5 
           Durable goods............................     423     423     429    3.3     3.7     3.2     3.2     3.4     3.4 
           Nondurable goods.........................     392     406     305    4.6     4.6     5.1     4.8     4.9     3.8 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,550   3,405   3,268    4.7     4.6     4.7     4.5     4.4     4.2 
         Transportation and public utilities........     291     246     193    3.8     3.5     3.5     3.2     3.2     2.5 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,554   1,519   1,445    5.8     5.7     5.6     5.2     5.5     5.2 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     202     232     196    2.6     2.4     2.5     2.8     2.8     2.4 
         Services...................................   1,503   1,408   1,434    4.4     4.5     4.7     4.6     4.1     4.1 
     Government workers.............................     448     389     425    2.4     2.2     2.2     2.1     2.0     2.2 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     222     172     210   10.3     7.9     6.7     7.6     8.3     9.6 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       1998    1998    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   3,132   2,299   2,930   2,520   2,638   2,754   2,546   2,614   2,353
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,038   1,817   2,133   1,976   1,968   1,896   1,983   1,839   2,071
   15 weeks and over................................   1,898   1,449   1,541   1,811   1,636   1,598   1,611   1,578   1,469
      15 to 26 weeks................................     825     680     775     802     732     732     752     754     753
      27 weeks and over.............................   1,074     769     766   1,009     904     866     859     824     716
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    14.9    14.1    12.9    15.5    14.3    14.1    14.4    14.1    13.4
   Median duration, in weeks........................     6.9     6.7     6.5     7.3     6.6     5.9     6.7     6.7     6.9
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    44.3    41.3    44.4    40.0    42.3    44.1    41.5    43.3    39.9
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    28.8    32.7    32.3    31.3    31.5    30.3    32.3    30.5    35.1
     15 weeks and over..............................    26.9    26.0    23.3    28.7    26.2    25.6    26.2    26.2    24.9
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    11.7    12.2    11.7    12.7    11.7    11.7    12.2    12.5    12.8
       27 weeks and over............................    15.2    13.8    11.6    16.0    14.5    13.9    14.0    13.7    12.1

     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       1998    1998    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,556   2,849   3,394   2,826   2,865   2,813   2,758   2,754   2,696
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,362     934   1,364     862     909     857     850     841     864
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   2,195   1,915   2,030   1,964   1,956   1,956   1,908   1,913   1,832
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,485   1,382   1,376   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     709     533     655   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     811     628     721     792     727     730     677     709     699
  Reentrants........................................   2,253   1,706   2,027   2,215   2,161   2,142   2,130   2,031   1,993
  New entrants......................................     449     381     462     524     501     577     534     504     537
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    50.3    51.2    51.4    44.5    45.8    44.9    45.2    45.9    45.5
     On temporary layoff............................    19.3    16.8    20.7    13.6    14.5    13.7    13.9    14.0    14.6
     Not on temporary layoff........................    31.0    34.4    30.7    30.9    31.3    31.2    31.3    31.9    30.9
   Job leavers......................................    11.5    11.3    10.9    12.5    11.6    11.7    11.1    11.8    11.8
   Reentrants.......................................    31.9    30.6    30.7    34.8    34.6    34.2    34.9    33.9    33.6
   New entrants.....................................     6.3     6.9     7.0     8.2     8.0     9.2     8.8     8.4     9.1
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.6     2.1     2.5     2.1     2.1     2.0     2.0     2.0     1.9
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .5      .5      .6      .5      .5      .5      .5      .5
   Reentrants.......................................     1.7     1.2     1.5     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.5     1.5     1.4
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .3      .4      .4      .4      .4      .4      .4

    1 Not available.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  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. 
                                                                1998   1998   1999   1998   1998   1998   1998   1998   1999 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
     the civilian                                                                                                            
     labor force..............................................    1.4    1.0    1.1    1.3    1.2    1.2    1.2    1.1    1.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
     a percent of the                                                                                                        
     civilian labor force.....................................    2.6    2.1    2.5    2.1    2.1    2.0    2.0    2.0    1.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
     force                                                                                                                   
     (official unemployment rate).............................    5.2    4.0    4.8    4.6    4.5    4.5    4.4    4.3    4.3
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
     of the civilian                                                                                                         
      labor force plus discouraged workers....................    5.5    4.3    5.0   (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........................................    6.2    4.8    5.7   (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.........................    9.3    7.3    8.5   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.





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  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. 
                                                       1998    1998    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   6,345   6,021   5,950    4.6     4.5     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,375   2,153   2,240   10.8    10.9    10.5     9.9     9.8    10.1 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,158   1,172   1,288   14.2    15.2    15.7    15.0    14.0    15.5 
        16 to 17 years..............................     584     573     619   17.2    17.6    18.2    18.0    16.9    18.4 
        18 to 19 years..............................     559     611     653   11.8    13.5    14.0    13.0    12.1    13.1 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,217     981     952    8.8     8.2     7.3     6.9     7.2     6.9 
    25 years and over...............................   4,011   3,864   3,743    3.5     3.4     3.4     3.3     3.3     3.2 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,576   3,340   3,257    3.6     3.5     3.5     3.4     3.4     3.3 
      55 years and over.............................     457     517     509    2.7     2.7     2.7     3.0     3.0     2.9 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,332   3,233   3,140    4.5     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.2 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,285   1,247   1,241   11.2    11.9    10.9    10.3    10.8    10.7 
        16 to 19 years..............................     677     717     729   16.2    17.4    16.7    16.5    16.4    16.9 
          16 to 17 years............................     322     349     349   18.2    20.2    20.9    20.0    19.9    19.7 
          18 to 19 years............................     350     364     375   14.5    15.1    13.7    14.4    14.0    14.7 
        20 to 24 years..............................     608     530     512    8.4     8.6     7.5     6.6     7.3     7.1 
      25 years and over.............................   2,049   1,987   1,900    3.3     3.2     3.2     3.1     3.2     3.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,789   1,688   1,646    3.4     3.2     3.3     3.1     3.2     3.1 
        55 years and over...........................     279     300     273    3.0     3.0     2.9     3.1     3.1     2.8 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   3,013   2,788   2,810    4.7     4.5     4.7     4.6     4.3     4.3 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,090     906     999   10.4     9.8    10.1     9.5     8.7     9.5 
        16 to 19 years..............................     481     455     559   12.1    12.9    14.8    13.3    11.3    13.9 
          16 to 17 years............................     262     224     270   16.2    14.9    15.4    15.9    13.8    16.9 
          18 to 19 years............................     209     247     278    8.9    11.9    14.3    11.4    10.2    11.5 
        20 to 24 years..............................     609     451     440    9.4     7.8     7.1     7.1     7.1     6.7 
      25 years and over.............................   1,962   1,877   1,842    3.7     3.6     3.6     3.6     3.5     3.4 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,787   1,652   1,611    3.9     3.7     3.8     3.8     3.6     3.5 
        55 years and over...........................     178     217     236    2.4     2.3     2.5     2.9     2.8     3.1 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  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.  
                                                                        1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   68,287    68,776    25,426    25,562    42,861    43,214 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    5,026     4,800     2,190     1,910     2,836     2,890 
       Searched for work and vailable to work now(1)................    1,479     1,358       734       635       745       723 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      374       339       232       206       142       133 
               Reasons other than discouragement(3).................    1,105     1,019       502       428       603       590 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,702     7,897     3,995     4,143     3,707     3,754 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      6.0       6.0       5.8       5.9       6.2       6.1 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,236     4,342     2,446     2,518     1,790     1,824 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,644     1,597       469       496     1,175     1,101 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      269       326       200       186        69       140 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,514     1,614       861       928       653       686 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                1998    1998   1998p   1999p    1998    1998    1998    1998   1998p   1999p 
                                                                                                                             
               Total......................... 122,577 127,840 127,916 125,187 124,640 126,363 126,527 126,804 127,102 127,347
                                                                                                                             
            Total private.................... 102,963 107,384 107,529 105,219 104,954 106,435 106,579 106,818 107,082 107,291
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  24,692  25,367  25,173  24,635  25,297  25,241  25,209  25,184  25,262  25,255
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................     580     562     555     535     592     568     564     560     555     546
         Metal mining........................    51.1    49.9    49.9    49.6      52      50      50      50      50      50
         Coal mining.........................    93.4    89.8    88.7    87.7      94      89      89      90      89      88
         Oil and gas extraction..............   336.2   313.4   309.3   297.8     338     321     317     312     307     299
         Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..    98.8   109.3   106.6   100.1     108     108     108     108     109     109
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   5,407   6,183   6,039   5,672   5,881   5,981   6,012   6,051   6,150   6,165
         General building contractors........ 1,300.3 1,438.4 1,424.0 1,372.5   1,365   1,410   1,419   1,414   1,433   1,444
         Heavy construction, except building.   677.6   868.2   810.6   713.3     817     820     825     834     861     859
         Special trade contractors........... 3,429.5 3,876.1 3,804.8 3,586.2   3,699   3,751   3,768   3,803   3,856   3,862
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  18,705  18,622  18,579  18,428  18,824  18,692  18,633  18,573  18,557  18,544
           Production workers................  12,918  12,813  12,783  12,665  13,023  12,865  12,821  12,765  12,761  12,757
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  11,104  11,036  11,020  10,936  11,154  11,090  11,059  11,011  10,995  10,985
           Production workers................   7,623   7,548   7,543   7,475   7,669   7,584   7,566   7,522   7,519   7,512
         Lumber and wood products............   784.6   812.7   812.0   806.3     800     805     806     809     813     821
         Furniture and fixtures..............   517.7   526.6   530.3   528.3     517     524     524     524     528     528
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   541.1   570.9   565.0   546.8     562     564     564     568     570     567
         Primary metal industries............   720.2   701.1   701.5   697.6     719     712     706     699     698     697
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   236.0   226.9   227.7   226.1   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
         Fabricated metal products........... 1,493.5 1,486.0 1,484.8 1,481.7   1,496   1,487   1,486   1,481   1,479   1,484
         Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,201.1 2,157.3 2,152.8 2,137.0   2,200   2,185   2,175   2,162   2,151   2,136
           Computer and office equipment.....   380.0   368.8   366.5   361.9     381     374     371     370     367     363
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................ 1,719.5 1,672.9 1,670.4 1,659.2   1,719   1,688   1,680   1,668   1,665   1,659
           Electronic components and                                                                                         
              accessories....................   680.0   649.0   647.0   645.9     680     659     654     649     646     646
         Transportation equipment............ 1,874.2 1,881.3 1,883.3 1,868.2   1,882   1,883   1,887   1,877   1,871   1,875
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   995.0   998.6   999.7   989.0   1,002     995   1,000     998     989     995
           Aircraft and parts................   521.2   521.9   520.9   517.9     521     524     523     519     519     518
         Instruments and related products....   868.7   845.0   842.2   837.5     870     855     850     845     842     839
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   383.2   382.3   377.4   373.5     389     387     381     378     378     379
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   7,601   7,586   7,559   7,492   7,670   7,602   7,574   7,562   7,562   7,559
           Production workers................   5,295   5,265   5,240   5,190   5,354   5,281   5,255   5,243   5,242   5,245
         Food and kindred products........... 1,664.6 1,719.2 1,704.7 1,688.3   1,702   1,704   1,702   1,710   1,717   1,725
         Tobacco products....................    42.5    41.8    42.0    42.0      40      39      40      40      39      40
         Textile mill products...............   605.5   584.4   581.3   575.6     608     593     589     584     581     578
         Apparel and other textile products..   793.9   740.1   732.1   716.3     805     761     746     736     733     725
         Paper and allied products...........   685.6   674.2   673.7   668.4     688     679     677     674     673     670
         Printing and publishing............. 1,560.8 1,570.6 1,572.2 1,562.0   1,564   1,568   1,569   1,566   1,563   1,566
         Chemicals and allied products....... 1,029.7 1,033.6 1,033.0 1,026.9   1,035   1,036   1,034   1,035   1,035   1,032
         Petroleum and coal products.........   131.6   135.6   133.5   128.8     136     135     134     134     136     133
         Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,001.3 1,006.8 1,009.2 1,007.9   1,006   1,007   1,004   1,005   1,008   1,013
         Leather and leather products........    85.5    79.2    77.6    76.1      86      80      79      78      77      77
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................  97,885 102,473 102,743 100,552  99,343 101,122 101,318 101,620 101,840 102,092
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   6,413   6,647   6,678   6,586   6,473   6,579   6,595   6,604   6,629   6,651
         Transportation......................   4,101   4,293   4,319   4,224   4,148   4,237   4,247   4,249   4,264   4,277
           Railroad transportation...........   227.9   232.3   232.1   231.5     231     234     234     231     233     235
           Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
              transit........................   465.3   483.5   483.5   476.9     456     466     467     468     468     467
           Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,645.7 1,735.4 1,730.3 1,699.6   1,684   1,716   1,721   1,721   1,729   1,741
           Water transportation..............   168.6   189.5   185.6   182.9     177     191     191     193     191     192
           Transportation by air............. 1,138.9 1,183.5 1,218.3 1,166.1   1,142   1,166   1,167   1,167   1,172   1,170
           Pipelines, except natural gas.....    14.2    14.1    14.1    14.0      14      14      14      14      14      14
           Transportation services...........   439.9   454.7   455.5   453.3     444     450     453     455     457     458
         Communications and public utilities.   2,312   2,354   2,359   2,362   2,325   2,342   2,348   2,355   2,365   2,374
           Communications.................... 1,456.5 1,504.3 1,509.1 1,514.3   1,466   1,490   1,498   1,502   1,512   1,523
           Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
              services.......................   855.6   850.1   850.2   847.2     859     852     850     853     853     851
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   6,702   6,889   6,884   6,855   6,759   6,862   6,864   6,877   6,884   6,912
         Durable goods.......................   3,994   4,100   4,103   4,090   4,017   4,094   4,096   4,102   4,105   4,113
         Nondurable goods....................   2,708   2,789   2,781   2,765   2,742   2,768   2,768   2,775   2,779   2,799
       Retail trade..........................  21,885  23,023  23,383  22,337  22,280  22,592  22,589  22,672  22,711  22,741
         Building materials and garden                                                                                       
            supplies.........................   902.6   983.0   983.1   954.8     954     984     987     991     999   1,012
         General merchandise stores.......... 2,766.0 3,044.1 3,139.1 2,797.6   2,771   2,800   2,812   2,842   2,828   2,798
           Department stores................. 2,430.6 2,693.0 2,764.4 2,460.8   2,439   2,466   2,481   2,504   2,495   2,464
         Food stores......................... 3,513.5 3,594.6 3,625.7 3,543.4   3,528   3,557   3,554   3,558   3,562   3,557
         Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
            stations......................... 2,300.9 2,368.4 2,367.2 2,356.4   2,331   2,361   2,367   2,370   2,378   2,387
           New and used car dealers.......... 1,049.6 1,069.3 1,069.2 1,066.9   1,056   1,065   1,067   1,069   1,073   1,073
         Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,112.8 1,155.1 1,201.4 1,114.7   1,108   1,109   1,101   1,105   1,099   1,109
         Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
            stores........................... 1,046.3 1,107.7 1,132.4 1,100.7   1,039   1,071   1,076   1,082   1,082   1,092
         Eating and drinking places.......... 7,362.6 7,738.9 7,809.7 7,528.7   7,685   7,790   7,778   7,807   7,854   7,860
         Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,880.2 3,031.5 3,124.8 2,941.0   2,864   2,920   2,914   2,917   2,909   2,926
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,157   7,418   7,436   7,421   7,213   7,393   7,417   7,441   7,459   7,481
         Finance.............................   3,478   3,597   3,613   3,617   3,485   3,578   3,598   3,605   3,614   3,625
           Depository institutions........... 2,034.5 2,038.3 2,045.2 2,044.5   2,037   2,038   2,043   2,043   2,045   2,047
             Commercial banks................ 1,461.7 1,452.7 1,457.3 1,455.4   1,463   1,456   1,456   1,455   1,456   1,457
             Savings institutions............   262.2   263.2   263.8   265.1     262     264     265     265     264     266
           Nondepository institutions........   587.9   645.7   652.4   654.7     589     630     640     649     652     656
             Mortgage bankers and brokers....   262.6   307.4   311.9   312.6     264     298     305     310     313     314
           Security and commodity brokers....   622.8   662.7   664.7   665.4     625     662     666     663     666     668
           Holding and other investment                                                                                      
              offices........................   233.0   250.2   250.8   252.8     234     248     249     250     251     254
         Insurance...........................   2,287   2,356   2,360   2,356   2,293   2,346   2,350   2,357   2,362   2,362
           Insurance carriers................ 1,553.4 1,605.8 1,609.6 1,608.1   1,558   1,599   1,601   1,606   1,612   1,613
           Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
              service........................   733.2   750.0   750.5   747.9     735     747     749     751     750     749
         Real estate.........................   1,392   1,465   1,463   1,448   1,435   1,469   1,469   1,479   1,483   1,494
                                                                                                                             
       Services2.............................  36,114  38,040  37,975  37,385  36,932  37,768  37,905  38,040  38,137  38,251
         Agricultural services...............   585.3   736.5   687.4   629.0     696     719     722     737     750     749
         Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,656.8 1,707.7 1,699.0 1,673.0   1,762   1,781   1,783   1,777   1,776   1,779
         Personal services................... 1,216.8 1,151.3 1,160.8 1,217.8   1,176   1,179   1,178   1,180   1,181   1,179
         Business services................... 8,135.1 8,834.8 8,821.3 8,576.7   8,351   8,605   8,677   8,715   8,757   8,805
           Services to buildings.............   943.8   990.6   987.6   982.9     960     986     987     989     993   1,000
           Personnel supply services......... 2,954.5 3,286.1 3,251.9 3,022.0   3,139   3,152   3,161   3,177   3,199   3,211
             Help supply services............ 2,627.6 2,939.3 2,902.2 2,687.0   2,804   2,818   2,829   2,840   2,854   2,862
           Computer and data processing                                                                                      
              services....................... 1,509.0 1,679.8 1,692.7 1,706.5   1,507   1,643   1,661   1,680   1,690   1,707
         Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,133.4 1,172.1 1,172.8 1,168.1   1,147   1,168   1,169   1,175   1,178   1,182
         Miscellaneous repair services.......   375.6   391.2   392.8   390.1     381     388     389     391     393     396
         Motion pictures.....................   561.4   557.5   570.0   563.0     563     568     567     563     566     565
         Amusement and recreation services... 1,394.9 1,563.9 1,555.0 1,493.2   1,633   1,717   1,718   1,744   1,733   1,746
         Health services..................... 9,812.3 9,963.6 9,977.0 9,938.8   9,837   9,937   9,947   9,955   9,957   9,963
           Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
              doctors........................ 1,780.0 1,847.4 1,851.7 1,850.3   1,784   1,835   1,843   1,849   1,845   1,854
           Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
              facilities..................... 1,753.2 1,756.2 1,754.6 1,745.4   1,759   1,758   1,755   1,753   1,750   1,752
           Hospitals......................... 3,910.3 3,979.8 3,984.4 3,975.9   3,916   3,971   3,977   3,978   3,982   3,981
           Home health care services.........   702.5   666.0   664.8   651.5     706     667     662     661     662     655
         Legal services......................   959.6   993.2   995.7   992.7     964     991     995     994     996     998
         Educational services................ 2,122.2 2,423.4 2,371.5 2,202.3   2,169   2,218   2,238   2,245   2,253   2,250
         Social services..................... 2,551.8 2,682.4 2,688.8 2,673.8   2,570   2,652   2,659   2,672   2,684   2,694
           Child day care services...........   580.7   600.8   599.3   597.0     575     583     583     586     588     591
           Residential care..................   731.5   762.5   765.3   763.3     736     758     762     764     766     768
         Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
           gardens...........................    82.7    91.1    91.2    86.0      91      92      92      94      94      94
         Membership organizations............ 2,222.4 2,265.1 2,270.5 2,248.5   2,260   2,276   2,281   2,279   2,283   2,286
         Engineering and management services. 3,109.0 3,307.7 3,322.8 3,333.3   3,137   3,280   3,293   3,321   3,338   3,365
           Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
              services.......................   887.6   930.8   931.3   930.2     897     926     927     932     934     940
           Management and public relations...   990.2 1,090.8 1,095.8 1,093.2   1,004   1,066   1,075   1,092   1,097   1,109
         Services, nec.......................    50.6    54.7    54.5    55.0   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                             
       Government............................  19,614  20,456  20,387  19,968  19,686  19,928  19,948  19,986  20,020  20,056
         Federal.............................   2,654   2,717   2,740   2,682   2,670   2,687   2,713   2,725   2,707   2,707
           Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,799.7 1,828.9 1,802.8 1,793.2   1,822   1,813   1,834   1,845   1,819   1,816
         State...............................   4,547   4,811   4,768   4,619   4,613   4,680   4,671   4,674   4,686   4,687
           Education......................... 1,881.9 2,105.4 2,064.9 1,909.1   1,924   1,960   1,949   1,945   1,955   1,953
           Other State government............ 2,664.8 2,705.8 2,703.3 2,709.6   2,689   2,720   2,722   2,729   2,731   2,734
         Local...............................  12,413  12,928  12,879  12,667  12,403  12,561  12,564  12,587  12,627  12,662
           Education......................... 7,122.4 7,488.8 7,480.0 7,302.0   6,980   7,088   7,083   7,114   7,136   7,161
           Other local government............ 5,290.3 5,439.1 5,398.5 5,365.3   5,423   5,473   5,481   5,473   5,491   5,501

       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. 
                                                1998    1998   1998p   1999p    1998    1998    1998    1998   1998p   1999p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................   34.2    34.7    34.7    34.0    34.8    34.4    34.6    34.5    34.6    34.5 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   40.9    41.2    41.7    40.4    41.6    40.8    41.1    41.0    41.2    41.0 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   45.0    43.9    43.6    42.5    45.4    43.2    43.8    43.5    43.3    42.8 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   37.4    38.5    39.0    37.7    39.8    38.4    39.1    38.8    39.5    39.6 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   41.9    42.1    42.6    41.3    42.1    41.6    41.7    41.7    41.7    41.5 
           Overtime hours....................    4.7     4.8     4.9     4.3     4.9     4.5     4.5     4.5     4.5     4.5 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   42.6    42.7    43.3    41.8    42.8    42.2    42.3    42.3    42.3    42.1 
           Overtime hours....................    5.0     4.9     5.1     4.4     5.2     4.7     4.6     4.6     4.5     4.6 
                                                                                                                             
         Lumber and wood products............   40.2    41.5    41.7    40.5    41.2    40.6    41.1    41.2    41.6    41.6 
         Furniture and fixtures..............   40.6    40.8    41.6    40.2    41.0    40.1    40.4    40.1    40.3    40.6 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   42.3    43.7    43.7    42.4    43.7    43.3    43.4    43.5    43.8    44.0 
         Primary metal industries............   45.4    44.2    44.7    43.8    45.2    43.7    43.7    43.9    43.8    43.7 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   46.2    43.7    44.2    44.1    46.0    44.2    43.9    43.7    43.7    44.0 
         Fabricated metal products...........   42.6    42.8    43.4    41.8    42.7    42.3    42.3    42.1    42.2    41.9 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   43.6    42.7    43.2    42.0    43.6    42.7    42.7    42.4    42.1    41.9 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   41.8    42.1    42.2    40.9    41.8    41.5    41.5    41.4    41.0    41.0 
         Transportation equipment............   43.8    44.6    45.8    43.7    43.9    43.7    43.7    44.1    44.7    43.7 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   43.7    45.2    47.0    44.7    43.9    44.3    43.8    44.7    45.4    44.8 
         Instruments and related products....   41.9    41.5    42.0    41.0    41.9    41.0    41.1    41.0    41.0    41.0 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.9    40.0    40.2    38.6    40.4    39.6    39.7    39.3    39.4    39.1 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   40.9    41.3    41.6    40.5    41.1    40.8    40.9    40.8    40.9    40.7 
           Overtime hours....................    4.2     4.6     4.6     4.2     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.3     4.4 
                                                                                                                             
         Food and kindred products...........   41.4    42.4    42.8    41.5    41.8    41.7    41.5    41.7    42.0    41.9 
         Tobacco products....................   37.8    38.8    37.4    34.7    38.3    37.7    38.5    38.3    36.3    35.4 
         Textile mill products...............   41.6    41.2    41.5    40.7    41.8    40.4    41.1    40.7    41.0    40.9 
         Apparel and other textile products..   37.3    37.6    37.9    36.5    37.4    37.3    37.3    37.3    37.3    36.7 
         Paper and allied products...........   43.7    43.9    44.2    43.7    43.6    43.6    43.5    43.5    43.3    43.6 
         Printing and publishing.............   38.0    38.7    38.7    37.7    38.5    38.1    38.2    38.2    38.1    38.3 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   43.5    43.3    43.5    42.7    43.5    43.2    43.3    43.0    42.6    42.7 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   44.5    43.9    44.7    43.4    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.9    42.1    42.7    41.3    42.0    41.7    41.8    41.6    41.7    41.3 
         Leather and leather products........   37.8    38.0    38.1    36.8    38.3    37.4    37.4    37.6    37.5    37.2 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   32.5    33.0    32.9    32.3    33.0    32.8    32.9    32.9    32.8    32.8 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   39.3    39.7    39.1    38.8    40.0    39.3    39.3    39.3    39.1    39.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   38.1    38.7    38.4    38.0    38.5    38.2    38.3    38.5    38.4    38.4 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................   28.1    28.9    29.2    28.0    29.0    29.0    29.1    29.0    28.9    28.9 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.1    36.9    36.1    36.0    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   32.4    32.8    32.6    32.3    32.8    32.5    32.7    32.6    32.7    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 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       p = preliminary.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
     industry
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                      Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                 Jan.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.      Jan.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.  
                                                 1998      1998     1998p     1999p      1998      1998     1998p     1999p  
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  $12.60    $12.99    $12.99    $13.10    $430.92   $450.75   $450.75   $445.40 
             Seasonally adjusted.............   12.54     12.94     12.98     13.04     436.39    446.43    449.11    449.88 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   14.10     14.49     14.55     14.46     576.69    596.99    606.74    584.18 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   16.65     17.34     17.39     17.35     749.25    761.23    758.20    737.38 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   16.25     16.79     16.85     16.73     607.75    646.42    657.15    630.72 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   13.40     13.60     13.68     13.67     561.46    572.56    582.77    564.57 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   13.96     14.08     14.16     14.12     594.70    601.22    613.13    590.22 
         Lumber and wood products............   10.90     11.25     11.35     11.31     438.18    466.88    473.30    458.06 
         Furniture and fixtures..............   10.75     10.98     11.09     11.07     436.45    447.98    461.34    445.01 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.39     13.66     13.72     13.68     566.40    596.94    599.56    580.03 
         Primary metal industries............   15.47     15.35     15.36     15.38     702.34    678.47    686.59    673.64 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   18.33     18.31     18.11     18.37     846.85    800.15    800.46    810.12 
         Fabricated metal products...........   12.99     13.23     13.36     13.31     553.37    566.24    579.82    556.36 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   14.34     14.62     14.68     14.64     625.22    624.27    634.18    614.88 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   13.00     13.19     13.28     13.33     543.40    555.30    560.42    545.20 
         Transportation equipment............   17.75     17.55     17.57     17.45     777.45    782.73    804.71    762.57 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.24     17.75     17.74     17.59     797.09    802.30    833.78    786.27 
         Instruments and related products....   13.64     13.87     13.98     13.96     571.52    575.61    587.16    572.36 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   10.79     11.01     11.13     11.12     430.52    440.40    447.43    429.23 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   12.56     12.89     12.97     12.99     513.70    532.36    539.55    526.10 
         Food and kindred products...........   11.67     11.96     12.01     11.98     483.14    507.10    514.03    497.17 
         Tobacco products....................   18.49     17.45     17.13     16.44     698.92    677.06    640.66    570.47 
         Textile mill products...............   10.26     10.51     10.55     10.63     426.82    433.01    437.83    432.64 
         Apparel and other textile products..    8.41      8.63      8.67      8.67     313.69    324.49    328.59    316.46 
         Paper and allied products...........   15.18     15.63     15.76     15.66     663.37    686.16    696.59    684.34 
         Printing and publishing.............   13.27     13.55     13.66     13.66     504.26    524.39    528.64    514.98 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   16.89     17.28     17.31     17.29     734.72    748.22    752.99    738.28 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   20.63     20.95     21.17     21.07     918.04    919.71    946.30    914.44 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   11.74     11.97     12.09     12.22     491.91    503.94    516.24    504.69 
         Leather and leather products........    9.32      9.45      9.44      9.63     352.30    359.10    359.66    354.38 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   12.10     12.51     12.49     12.67     393.25    412.83    410.92    409.24 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  $15.27    $15.53    $15.53    $15.59    $600.11   $616.54   $607.22   $604.89 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   13.77     14.28     14.27     14.36     524.64    552.64    547.97    545.68 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................    8.63      8.87      8.90      9.03     242.50    256.34    259.88    252.84 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   13.70     14.42     14.40     14.46     494.57    532.10    519.84    520.56 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   12.66     13.15     13.18     13.30     410.18    431.32    429.67    429.59 

       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               1998     1998     1998     1998     1998p    1999p     from:   
                                                                                                        Dec. 1998-
                                                                                                        Jan. 1999 
                                                                                                                  
                Total private:                                                                                    
                   Current dollars..............   $12.54   $12.87   $12.90   $12.94   $12.98   $13.04      0.5   
                   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.66     7.79     7.79     7.80     7.81     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                                  
                  Goods-producing...............    14.16    14.39    14.43    14.46    14.49    14.52       .2   
                    Mining......................    16.47    17.15    17.20    17.37    17.30    17.16      -.8   
                    Construction................    16.27    16.57    16.69    16.75    16.83    16.75      -.5   
                    Manufacturing...............    13.38    13.57    13.57    13.58    13.57    13.64       .5   
                      Excluding overtime4.......    12.66    12.90    12.88    12.89    12.89    12.93       .3   
                                                                                                                  
                  Service-producing.............    12.00    12.38    12.41    12.45    12.49    12.57       .6   
                    Transportation and public                                                                     
                       utilities................    15.21    15.42    15.42    15.45    15.52    15.53       .1   
                    Wholesale trade.............    13.75    14.14    14.19    14.23    14.26    14.35       .6   
                    Retail trade................     8.56     8.86     8.85     8.85     8.91     8.97       .7   
                    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
                       estate...................    13.72    14.17    14.24    14.35    14.43    14.48       .3   
                    Services....................    12.54    12.99    13.03    13.06    13.09    13.18       .7   

                  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
                  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
                deflate this series.
                  3 Change was .1 percent from November 1998 to December 1998, 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.  
                                               1998   1998    1998p    1999p   1998    1998    1998   1998    1998p    1999p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  139.0  147.4   147.4    140.8   144.6  144.9   145.8   145.7   146.2    146.2 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  111.5  116.0   116.2    109.5   117.1  114.1   114.6   114.1   115.3    114.7 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   56.2   53.5    52.2     48.5    58.3   53.1    53.5    52.6    52.1     50.1 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................  139.6  168.0   165.3    147.0   165.0  160.9   164.8   164.4   171.0    170.6 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  109.2  108.9   109.8    105.5   110.6  108.0   107.8   107.3   107.4    106.8 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  113.4  112.6   113.8    109.1   114.6  111.7   111.6   110.9   111.0    110.3 
         Lumber and wood products............  137.2  146.6   147.1    141.6   143.8  141.9   143.9   144.6   146.9    148.5 
         Furniture and fixtures..............  131.7  134.5   138.3    133.2   132.8  131.4   132.4   131.4   133.3    134.3 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....  107.6  118.2   116.8    109.1   116.5  115.4   115.7   116.8   118.1    118.1 
         Primary metal industries............   97.4   91.9    92.9     90.5    96.6   92.3    91.6    90.9    90.7     89.9 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   75.6   68.7    69.8     69.0    75.6   71.0    70.1    68.6    69.0     69.1 
         Fabricated metal products...........  119.3  119.0   120.7    115.9   119.8  117.7   117.5   116.6   116.7    116.3 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..  112.0  107.3   108.6    104.6   111.7  108.7   108.4   106.9   105.7    104.2 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................  113.0  109.0   109.1    105.3   112.8  108.9   108.0   106.6   105.3    105.3 
         Transportation equipment............  128.8  128.8   132.5    124.8   130.0  126.5   127.1   126.9   128.3    125.4 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......  164.5  165.7   172.9    161.2   166.8  161.9   161.1   162.2   164.6    162.4 
         Instruments and related products....   77.1   75.2    76.2     74.4    77.4   75.2    75.0    74.5    74.3     74.3 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  100.5  100.3    99.1     93.5   103.8  100.3    98.6    96.9    97.5     96.4 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................  103.4  103.9   104.2    100.5   105.2  103.0   102.6   102.3   102.4    102.1 
         Food and kindred products...........  114.8  122.4   122.1    117.0   119.2  118.9   118.2   119.5   120.8    121.1 
         Tobacco products....................   64.2   63.5    61.1     56.9    60.7   57.9    59.1    58.8    53.9     54.3 
         Textile mill products...............   88.7   84.4    84.5     82.2    89.6   84.3    85.2    83.4    83.5     83.1 
         Apparel and other textile products..   70.4   65.3    65.1     61.1    71.6   67.0    65.2    64.3    64.2     62.2 
         Paper and allied products...........  111.5  109.7   110.4    108.2   111.6  109.9   109.2   108.6   107.9    108.4 
         Printing and publishing.............  124.2  125.9   126.3    121.7   126.3  124.1   124.5   123.9   123.1    124.2 
         Chemicals and allied products.......  102.5  102.6   103.2    101.3   103.1  102.7   102.8   102.1   101.3    101.7 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   71.7   75.0    74.9     70.2    75.0   73.9    73.6    74.1    77.3     71.6 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..  147.4  148.8   151.3    146.4   148.4  147.3   147.1   146.8   147.5    147.0 
         Leather and leather products........   37.6   34.5    33.8     31.9    38.3   33.9    33.9    34.1    33.4     32.6 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................  151.3  161.5   161.5    154.8   156.9  158.7   159.7   159.9   160.1    160.3 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  127.9  134.2   132.8    130.0   131.5  131.2   131.6   131.8   131.6    133.6 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................  125.3  130.9   129.8    127.6   128.0  128.7   129.1   130.0   129.8    130.2 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................  132.8  144.0   148.0    134.5   139.8  141.5   142.0   141.9   141.6    141.7 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...  130.4  138.6   135.9    135.2   132.5  135.6   136.6   137.4   136.9    137.2 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................  185.2  197.7   196.0    190.5   192.1  194.6   196.4   196.3   197.3    196.9 

       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:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   62.5    60.0    54.9    55.6    47.8    55.6    54.8    59.0    58.0    55.8    54.5    58.8 
           1996..............   50.8    64.6    59.6    56.6    62.8    61.0    57.3    61.5    56.0    62.5    62.2    60.7 
           1997..............   58.0    61.4    59.8    63.6    60.1    54.6    61.1    59.1    60.0    64.3    62.4    64.9 
           1998..............   63.8    58.7    59.6    56.9    56.6    59.0    55.1    53.9    53.5    52.4    54.8   p56.7 
           1999..............  p56.9                                                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   63.6    61.4    59.4    53.1    55.2    53.2    59.7    60.1    59.1    58.0    56.6    54.6 
           1996..............   61.9    62.8    64.0    63.8    63.5    64.9    64.2    61.5    63.9    64.2    67.0    66.6 
           1997..............   64.9    63.3    65.6    66.2    63.9    61.2    60.1    65.9    67.4    68.1    70.8    71.9 
           1998..............   68.4    67.3    64.2    61.7    60.4    58.4    57.2    56.7    56.0    53.7   p57.4   p59.6 
           1999..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   66.4    60.1    59.1    57.3    59.0    60.1    57.6    60.4    59.7    59.3    61.1    63.2 
           1996..............   62.8    65.4    64.7    65.7    66.2    65.0    66.4    66.0    66.2    67.6    66.9    66.3 
           1997..............   67.6    67.0    65.3    64.9    65.6    67.3    68.0    67.3    70.6    72.3    73.3    72.6 
           1998..............   72.1    70.9    69.4    63.5    64.5    61.8    59.0    58.1   p59.1   p60.3                 
           1999..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1995..............   63.6    62.4    62.6    63.3    61.7    61.9    58.7    62.2    62.2    61.5    63.5    65.4 
           1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    69.1    68.3 
           1997..............   69.8    67.6    69.2    70.1    69.8    69.8    71.2    71.2    71.1    73.0    72.9    72.3 
           1998..............   71.2    69.5    69.5    66.6    65.2   p64.2   p63.3                                         
           1999..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
                              
                                                          Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                              
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   54.7    54.3    46.4    53.2    42.4    44.2    46.4    49.6    48.6    52.2    45.3    48.2 
           1996..............   42.8    54.7    48.2    42.1    55.4    50.7    47.1    55.4    47.8    52.9    54.3    55.4 
           1997..............   49.3    54.3    50.0    56.8    51.4    52.2    50.4    48.9    56.5    57.2    56.1    60.8 
           1998..............   55.8    51.8    52.5    48.6    45.0    47.8    39.6    47.5    43.2    38.8    37.1   p46.0 
           1999..............  p43.5                                                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   56.8    50.0    47.8    42.1    43.2    38.8    40.6    43.5    48.2    47.1    45.3    39.9 
           1996..............   43.9    46.8    46.0    47.5    46.4    49.3    51.4    50.0    53.6    51.1    57.6    54.7 
           1997..............   54.3    49.3    54.3    54.0    55.4    50.4    47.5    52.2    57.9    62.6    64.7    65.5 
           1998..............   60.1    59.0    50.7    46.4    43.2    38.8    36.7    34.2    41.4    30.9   p35.6   p38.1 
           1999..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   55.4    46.4    42.8    40.3    41.4    42.4    41.0    41.0    43.9    43.2    43.2    45.3 
           1996..............   42.1    45.3    46.4    47.1    48.2    48.6    51.1    50.4    52.9    52.9    53.2    52.2 
           1997..............   54.3    54.3    51.4    52.9    51.4    55.0    56.8    57.6    60.4    64.4    67.6    65.8 
           1998..............   61.5    56.8    52.2    39.2    40.6    34.5    30.9    28.1   p32.0   p39.2                 
           1999..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1995..............   46.0    44.2    46.0    47.8    41.0    41.7    38.5    38.8    36.3    38.5    39.9    44.6 
           1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.0    51.8 
           1997..............   57.2    52.5    54.7    56.5    57.9    57.6    58.6    58.6    60.4    60.4    59.4    58.3 
           1998..............   50.7    51.1    50.4    41.7    38.5   p36.7   p32.7                                         
           1999..............                                                                                                

        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.