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Technical information: 

Household data: (202) 691-6378 • cpsinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cps 

Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 • cesinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/ces 

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION – AUGUST 2011 

Nonfarm payroll employment was unchanged (0) in August, and the unemployment rate held at 9.1 

percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment in most major industries 

changed little over the month. Health care continued to add jobs, and a decline in information 

employment reflected a strike. Government employment continued to trend down, despite the return of 

workers from a partial government shutdown in Minnesota. 

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

August 2009 – August 2011

Household Survey Data 

The number of unemployed persons, at 14.0 million, was essentially unchanged in August, and the 

unemployment rate held at 9.1 percent. The rate has shown little change since April. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (8.9 percent), adult women 

(8.0 percent), teenagers (25.4 percent), whites (8.0 percent), blacks (16.7 percent), and Hispanics (11.3 

percent) showed little or no change in August. The jobless rate for Asians was 7.1 percent, not 

seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 
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The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was about unchanged at 

6.0 million in August and accounted for 42.9 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-12.) 

The labor force rose to 153.6 million in August. Both the civilian labor force participation rate, at 

64.0 percent, and the employment-population ratio, at 58.2 percent, were little changed. (See 

table A-1.) 

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as 

involuntary part-time workers) rose from 8.4 million to 8.8 million in August. These individuals were 

working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time 

job. (See table A-8.) 

About 2.6 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in August, up from 2.4 million 

a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, 

wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They 

were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the 

survey. (See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 977,000 discouraged workers in August, down by 133,000 

from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not 

currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.6 

million persons marginally attached to the labor force in August had not searched for work in the 4 

weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See 

table A-16.) 

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment, at 131.1 million, was unchanged (0) in August. Employment 

changed little in most major private-sector industries. (See table B-1.) 

Health care employment rose by 30,000 in August. Ambulatory health care services and hospitals 

added 18,000 and 8,000 jobs, respectively. Over the past 12 months, health care employment has grown 

by 306,000. 

Employment in mining continued to trend up in August (+6,000). Since reaching a trough in October 

2009, employment in mining has risen by 144,000, with mining support activities accounting for most of 

the gain. 

Within professional and business services, computer systems design and related services added 8,000 

jobs in August. Employment in temporary help services changed little over the month (+5,000) and has 

shown little movement on net so far this year. 

Employment in the information industry declined by 48,000 in August. About 45,000 workers in the 

telecommunications industry were on strike and thus off company payrolls during the survey reference 

period. 

Manufacturing employment was essentially unchanged in August (-3,000), following a gain of 36,000 

in July. For the past 4 months, manufacturing has added an average of 14,000 jobs per month, compared 

with an average of 35,000 jobs per month in the first 4 months of the year. 
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Elsewhere in the private sector, employment in construction; trade, transportation, and utilities; 

financial activities; and leisure and hospitality changed little over the month. 

Government employment continued to trend down over the month (-17,000). Despite the return of 

about 22,000 workers from a partial government shutdown in Minnesota, employment in state 

government changed little in August (+5,000). Employment in local government continued to decline. 

Since employment peaked in September 2008, local government has lost 550,000 jobs. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour over 

the month to 34.2 hours. The manufacturing workweek was 40.3 hours for the third consecutive month; 

factory overtime increased by 0.1 hour over the month to 3.2 hours. The average workweek for 

production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down to 33.5 hours in 

August, after holding at 33.6 hours for the prior 6 months. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

In August, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 3 

cents, or 0.1 percent, to $23.09. This decline followed an 11-cent gain in July. Over the past 12 months, 

average hourly earnings have increased by 1.9 percent. In August, average hourly earnings of privatesector production and nonsupervisory employees decreased by 2 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $19.47. (See 

tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for June was revised from +46,000 to +20,000, and the 

change for July was revised from +117,000 to +85,000. 

_____________ 

The Employment Situation for September is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 7, 2011, 

at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). 

2011 CES Preliminary Benchmark Revision to be released on 

September 29, 2011 

Each year, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey estimates are benchmarked to 

comprehensive counts of employment from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages 

(QCEW) for the month of March. These counts are derived from state unemployment insurance 

(UI) tax records that nearly all employers are required to file. On September 29, 2011, at 8:30 

a.m., the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the preliminary estimate of the 

upcoming annual benchmark revision to the establishment survey employment series. This is 

the same day the First Quarter 2011 data from the QCEW will be issued. Preliminary 

benchmark revisions for all major industry sectors, as well as total nonfarm and total private 

levels, will be available on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/ces/cesprelbmk.htm. 

The final benchmark revision will be issued on February 3, 2012, with the publication of the 

January 2012 Employment Situation news release. 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Change from:

July 2011-

Aug. 2011

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population............................................ 238,099 239,489 239,671 239,871 200

Civilian labor force............................................................ 154,117 153,421 153,228 153,594 366

Participation rate........................................................... 64.7 64.1 63.9 64.0 0.1

Employed.................................................................... 139,267 139,334 139,296 139,627 331

Employment-population ratio........................................... 58.5 58.2 58.1 58.2 0.1

Unemployed................................................................. 14,849 14,087 13,931 13,967 36

Unemployment rate..................................................... 9.6 9.2 9.1 9.1 0.0

Not in labor force............................................................. 83,983 86,069 86,443 86,278 -165

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over....................................................... 9.6 9.2 9.1 9.1 0.0

Adult men (20 years and over).............................................. 9.8 9.1 9.0 8.9 -0.1

Adult women (20 years and over).......................................... 8.0 8.0 7.9 8.0 0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................. 26.2 24.5 25.0 25.4 0.4

White........................................................................... 8.7 8.1 8.1 8.0 -0.1

Black or African American................................................... 16.2 16.2 15.9 16.7 0.8

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................. 7.2 6.8 7.7 7.1 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.................................................. 12.1 11.6 11.3 11.3 0.0

Total, 25 years and over....................................................... 8.3 8.0 7.8 7.8 0.0

Less than a high school diploma........................................... 14.2 14.3 15.0 14.3 -0.7

High school graduates, no college......................................... 10.2 10.0 9.3 9.6 0.3

Some college or associate degree......................................... 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.2 -0.1

Bachelor’s degree and higher............................................... 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.3 0.0

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs................... 9,285 8,261 8,215 8,203 -12

Job leavers....................................................................... 868 965 928 963 35

Reentrants........................................................................ 3,418 3,430 3,410 3,532 122

New entrants..................................................................... 1,260 1,222 1,270 1,241 -29

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks.............................................................. 2,756 3,076 2,689 2,755 66

5 to 14 weeks.................................................................... 3,604 2,972 3,088 3,050 -38

15 to 26 weeks.................................................................. 2,210 1,836 1,965 2,239 274

27 weeks and over.............................................................. 6,261 6,289 6,185 6,034 -151

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons............................................... 8,883 8,552 8,396 8,826 430

Slack work or business conditions.......................................... 6,357 5,806 5,687 5,833 146

Could only find part-time work.............................................. 2,379 2,401 2,517 2,736 219

Part time for noneconomic reasons........................................... 18,566 18,470 18,258 18,208 -50

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force........................................ 2,370 2,680 2,785 2,575 –

Discouraged workers......................................................... 1,110 982 1,119 977 –

- Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not

necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with

the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -59 20 85 0

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 75 156 17

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1 16 52 -3

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 9 5

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 -7 7 -5

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -29 14 36 -3

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -22 17 27 -3

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -20.2 1.2 11.0 -2.8

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -7 -3 9 0

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 59 104 20

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 4.7 2.0 1.6

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6.7 11.5 26.4 -7.8

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.7 9.2 -1.0 -2.4

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 -2 -3 -48

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 -16 -7 3

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 0 28 28

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.9 -7.0 1.2 4.7

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 18 46 34

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 18.8 32.9 35.5

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 27 12 2

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 1 9

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -169 -55 -71 -17

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 49.5 49.4 49.4

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.2 48.0 47.9 47.9

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.2 34.3 34.3 34.2

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22.67 $ 23.01 $ 23.12 $ 23.09

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 775.31 $789.24 $793.02 $789.68

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.1 93.7 93.8 93.6

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 -0.2 0.1 -0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.6 102.8 103.4 103.0

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 -0.3 0.6 -0.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.5 33.6 33.6 33.5

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19.13 $ 19.43 $ 19.49 $ 19.47

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 640.86 $652.85 $654.86 $652.25

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.1 100.8 101.0 100.7

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.3

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.7 130.9 131.5 131.0

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 0.1 0.5 -0.4

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.7 56.2 57.7 52.2

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 57.4 56.8 42.0

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing

industries.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours.

4 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average

aggregate weekly payrolls.

5 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.

p Preliminary
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment 

and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller 

margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of 

its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 100,000 is statistically 

significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the 

household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than 

the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural 

workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household 

survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. 

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However, neither the 

establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Therefore, it 

is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The establishment survey does not 

collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which identify 

the foreign and native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the foreign born. 

Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating 

additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. 

The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 

2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit 

www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. 

On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors 

estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. 

The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information 

on the annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. 

Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments with 

fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the 

total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled 

to achieve that goal. 

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? 

Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment 

change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that 

forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the 

net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The 
 

establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not 

immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth 

of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new 

businesses to the survey twice a year. 

Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance 

benefits? 

No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons who 

are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People 

on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or 

question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 

Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work? 

Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including 

those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In 

addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and 

other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment 

Situation news release. 

How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates? 

In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. 

Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on average weekly hours than on employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid time during the pay period, including pay for 

holidays, sick leave, or other time off. The impact of severe weather on hours estimates typically, but 

not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some employees may be off 

work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, while some workers, such as 

those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. 

In order for severe weather conditions to reduce the estimate of payroll employment, employees have to 

be off work without pay for the entire pay period. About half of all employees in the payroll survey have 

a 2-week, semi-monthly, or monthly pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of the pay 

period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll employment figures. It is not possible to quantify the 

effect of extreme weather on estimates of employment from the establishment survey. 

In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that includes the 12th of the 

month. Persons who miss the entire week’s work for weather-related events are counted as employed 

whether or not they are paid for the time off. The household survey collects data on the number of 

persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours, or had a job but were not at work the entire 

week, due to bad weather. Current and historical data are available on the household survey’s most 

requested statistics page at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln. 
Technical Note 

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) 

and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment 

that appears in the "A" tables, marked HOUSEHOLD 

DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households 

conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau 

of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of nonagricultural business establishments. The sample includes about 

140,000 businesses and government agencies representing 

approximately 440,000 worksites and is drawn from a sampling frame of roughly 9 million unemployment insurance 

tax accounts. The active sample includes approximately 

one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. 

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

particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the 

reference period 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. 

Additional information about the household survey can be 

found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm. 

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

offices, and stores, as well as from 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 

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and 

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

logging, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in private service-providing industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment's principal activity in accordance with the 2007 

version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

survey can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/#technical. 

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 are counted separately for each appearance. 

 
Seasonal adjustment 

Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor 

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such 

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a 

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal 

developments, such as declines in employment or increases 

in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to 

spot. For example, in the household survey, 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. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

declines by about 20 percent at the end of the spring term 

and later rises with the start of the fall term, obscuring the 

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more 

useful tool with which to analyze changes in month-tomonth economic activity. 

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, 

such as total payroll employment, employment in most 

major sectors, 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 agesex components; this differs from the unemployment 

estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the 

total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 

detailed age categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current 

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

used to adjust only the current month's data. In the 

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

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 nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

100,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment 

increases by 50,000 from one month to the next. The 90-

percent confidence interval on the monthly change would 

range from -50,000 to +150,000 (50,000 +/- 100,000). 

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 nonfarm 

employment had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, 

the reported nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, 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 nonfarm employment had, in fact, 

risen that month. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 

percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly 

change in unemployment as measured by the household 

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

the unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.19 percentage point. 

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the 

size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a 

small number of observations. The precision of estimates 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all 

respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely 

basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in 

the collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates 

for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete 

returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled 

preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive 

revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample 

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered 

final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

estimation procedure with two components is used to 

account for business births. The first component excludes 
employment losses from business deaths from samplebased estimation in order to offset the missing employment 

gains from business births. This is incorporated into the 

sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting 

sample units going out of business, but imputing to them 

the same employment trend as the other firms in the 

sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net 

birth/death employment. 

The second component is an ARIMA time series 

model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death 

employment not accounted for by the imputation. The 

historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA 

model was derived from the unemployment insurance 

universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual 

residual net of births and deaths over the past 5 years. 

The sample-based estimates from the establishment 

survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to 

universe counts of payroll employment obtained from 

administrative records of the unemployment insurance 

program. The difference between the March sample-based 

employment estimates and the March universe counts is 

known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough 

proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also 

incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over 

the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total 

nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a 

range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Aug.

2010

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Apr.

2011

May

2011

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238,099 239,671 239,871 238,099 239,146 239,313 239,489 239,671 239,871

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,678 154,812 154,344 154,117 153,421 153,693 153,421 153,228 153,594

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.0 64.6 64.3 64.7 64.2 64.2 64.1 63.9 64.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,919 140,384 140,335 139,267 139,674 139,779 139,334 139,296 139,627

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 58.6 58.5 58.5 58.4 58.4 58.2 58.1 58.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,759 14,428 14,008 14,849 13,747 13,914 14,087 13,931 13,967

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 9.3 9.1 9.6 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.1 9.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,421 84,859 85,528 83,983 85,725 85,620 86,069 86,443 86,278

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,083 6,810 6,493 6,039 6,539 6,227 6,537 6,575 6,493

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,317 116,347 116,453 115,317 116,067 116,156 116,250 116,347 116,453

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,685 82,871 82,612 82,266 81,684 81,989 81,966 81,751 81,975

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.7 71.2 70.9 71.3 70.4 70.6 70.5 70.3 70.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,592 75,208 75,190 73,600 73,973 74,177 74,014 73,908 74,122

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 64.6 64.6 63.8 63.7 63.9 63.7 63.5 63.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,093 7,664 7,422 8,666 7,712 7,811 7,952 7,844 7,853

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 9.2 9.0 10.5 9.4 9.5 9.7 9.6 9.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,632 33,476 33,842 33,051 34,382 34,168 34,284 34,596 34,478

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,761 107,773 107,884 106,761 107,469 107,566 107,668 107,773 107,884

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,426 79,322 79,362 79,295 78,856 79,193 79,104 78,906 79,043

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.4 73.6 73.6 74.3 73.4 73.6 73.5 73.2 73.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,215 72,588 72,795 71,505 71,939 72,137 71,937 71,836 72,015

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 67.4 67.5 67.0 66.9 67.1 66.8 66.7 66.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,211 6,734 6,567 7,789 6,917 7,056 7,167 7,070 7,028

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 8.5 8.3 9.8 8.8 8.9 9.1 9.0 8.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,335 28,451 28,522 27,467 28,612 28,373 28,564 28,867 28,841

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,783 123,324 123,418 122,783 123,079 123,157 123,239 123,324 123,418

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,993 71,941 71,732 71,851 71,737 71,704 71,455 71,476 71,619

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 58.3 58.1 58.5 58.3 58.2 58.0 58.0 58.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,327 65,176 65,145 65,667 65,702 65,602 65,320 65,388 65,505

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 52.8 52.8 53.5 53.4 53.3 53.0 53.0 53.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,666 6,764 6,587 6,183 6,035 6,102 6,134 6,088 6,114

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 9.4 9.2 8.6 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,789 51,383 51,686 50,932 51,342 51,453 51,784 51,847 51,800

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,481 115,138 115,238 114,481 114,868 114,954 115,045 115,138 115,238

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,766 68,512 68,617 68,883 68,896 68,908 68,618 68,666 68,771

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.1 59.5 59.5 60.2 60.0 59.9 59.6 59.6 59.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,845 62,603 62,746 63,379 63,479 63,402 63,098 63,216 63,300

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 54.4 54.4 55.4 55.3 55.2 54.8 54.9 54.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,921 5,909 5,870 5,504 5,417 5,505 5,520 5,450 5,472

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.0 7.9 8.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,715 46,626 46,622 45,598 45,972 46,047 46,427 46,472 46,467

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,857 16,760 16,749 16,857 16,809 16,792 16,776 16,760 16,749

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,486 6,978 6,365 5,939 5,669 5,592 5,698 5,656 5,779

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.5 41.6 38.0 35.2 33.7 33.3 34.0 33.7 34.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,859 5,193 4,794 4,383 4,255 4,240 4,299 4,244 4,312

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 31.0 28.6 26.0 25.3 25.2 25.6 25.3 25.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,627 1,785 1,571 1,556 1,413 1,352 1,399 1,412 1,467

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1 25.6 24.7 26.2 24.9 24.2 24.5 25.0 25.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,371 9,782 10,384 10,918 11,140 11,201 11,078 11,104 10,970

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Aug.

2010

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Apr.

2011

May

2011

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192,245 193,106 193,236 192,245 192,771 192,877 192,989 193,106 193,236

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,710 125,659 125,146 125,358 124,650 124,811 124,493 124,503 124,563

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 65.1 64.8 65.2 64.7 64.7 64.5 64.5 64.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,941 115,350 115,268 114,457 114,652 114,785 114,358 114,420 114,631

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.8 59.7 59.7 59.5 59.5 59.5 59.3 59.3 59.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,769 10,309 9,878 10,901 9,998 10,026 10,135 10,083 9,932

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 8.2 7.9 8.7 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,535 67,448 68,090 66,887 68,122 68,066 68,496 68,603 68,673

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,602 65,396 65,335 65,571 65,032 65,335 65,203 65,099 65,105

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 74.1 74.0 74.8 73.9 74.2 74.0 73.8 73.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,221 60,555 60,714 59,720 59,903 60,168 59,943 59,929 60,108

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.7 68.6 68.8 68.2 68.1 68.3 68.0 67.9 68.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,381 4,841 4,622 5,850 5,129 5,167 5,261 5,170 4,997

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 7.4 7.1 8.9 7.9 7.9 8.1 7.9 7.7

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,751 54,464 54,525 54,878 54,971 54,912 54,633 54,696 54,655

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.7 59.1 59.2 59.8 59.8 59.7 59.4 59.4 59.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,548 50,345 50,405 50,989 51,138 50,999 50,775 50,866 50,826

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 54.7 54.7 55.6 55.6 55.5 55.2 55.2 55.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,203 4,119 4,119 3,889 3,833 3,914 3,858 3,830 3,828

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.1 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,357 5,798 5,286 4,910 4,646 4,563 4,657 4,708 4,803

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.7 45.3 41.3 38.2 36.2 35.6 36.3 36.8 37.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,173 4,450 4,149 3,747 3,610 3,619 3,640 3,625 3,697

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.5 34.7 32.4 29.2 28.1 28.2 28.4 28.3 28.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,184 1,348 1,137 1,162 1,036 945 1,017 1,083 1,106

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1 23.3 21.5 23.7 22.3 20.7 21.8 23.0 23.0

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,755 29,123 29,158 28,755 29,035 29,063 29,093 29,123 29,158

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,991 17,895 18,083 17,876 17,849 17,750 17,733 17,582 17,930

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.6 61.4 62.0 62.2 61.5 61.1 61.0 60.4 61.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,052 14,890 15,011 14,972 14,966 14,870 14,855 14,786 14,941

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.3 51.1 51.5 52.1 51.5 51.2 51.1 50.8 51.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,939 3,004 3,072 2,904 2,882 2,880 2,877 2,796 2,989

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.3 16.8 17.0 16.2 16.1 16.2 16.2 15.9 16.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,764 11,229 11,075 10,879 11,186 11,313 11,360 11,541 11,229

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,131 8,105 8,207 8,080 8,113 8,056 8,111 8,044 8,151

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.8 68.2 68.9 69.3 68.6 68.0 68.3 67.7 68.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,813 6,748 6,790 6,691 6,731 6,645 6,736 6,680 6,682

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.5 56.8 57.0 57.4 56.9 56.1 56.7 56.2 56.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318 1,357 1,417 1,389 1,382 1,411 1,375 1,364 1,469

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.2 16.7 17.3 17.2 17.0 17.5 17.0 17.0 18.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,123 9,050 9,189 9,114 9,054 9,056 8,953 8,945 9,153

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 61.8 62.7 63.1 62.0 62.0 61.2 61.1 62.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,835 7,709 7,858 7,911 7,836 7,847 7,718 7,745 7,923

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.2 52.6 53.6 54.7 53.7 53.7 52.8 52.9 54.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,288 1,341 1,331 1,203 1,217 1,210 1,235 1,200 1,230

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1 14.8 14.5 13.2 13.4 13.4 13.8 13.4 13.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737 740 687 682 682 638 669 594 626

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.8 28.5 26.6 25.7 26.2 24.5 25.8 22.9 24.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 433 363 370 398 378 402 361 335

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3 16.7 14.0 14.0 15.3 14.5 15.5 13.9 13.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 306 324 312 284 260 267 233 291

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.1 41.4 47.2 45.7 41.6 40.7 39.9 39.2 46.5

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,265 11,410 11,454 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Aug.

2010

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Apr.

2011

May

2011

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,311 7,405 7,305 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.9 64.9 63.8 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,783 6,838 6,788 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.2 59.9 59.3 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 568 517 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 7.7 7.1 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,955 4,004 4,149 – – – – – –

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

- Data not available.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced

annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Aug.

2010

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Apr.

2011

May

2011

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population.................. 33,836 34,470 34,555 33,836 34,233 34,311 34,391 34,470 34,555

Civilian labor force................................. 22,832 22,920 23,045 22,733 22,798 22,739 22,816 22,741 22,917

Participation rate................................. 67.5 66.5 66.7 67.2 66.6 66.3 66.3 66.0 66.3

Employed......................................... 20,116 20,325 20,484 19,991 20,110 20,025 20,164 20,171 20,332

Employment-population ratio................ 59.5 59.0 59.3 59.1 58.7 58.4 58.6 58.5 58.8

Unemployed...................................... 2,716 2,596 2,562 2,742 2,688 2,715 2,653 2,570 2,585

Unemployment rate........................... 11.9 11.3 11.1 12.1 11.8 11.9 11.6 11.3 11.3

Not in labor force................................... 11,004 11,549 11,510 11,102 11,435 11,571 11,574 11,728 11,638

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 13,049 13,088 13,118 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 82.8 82.0 82.0 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 11,694 11,882 11,949 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 74.2 74.5 74.7 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,355 1,206 1,169 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 10.4 9.2 8.9 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 8,718 8,722 8,919 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 58.8 57.8 58.9 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 7,708 7,735 7,903 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 52.0 51.2 52.2 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,010 987 1,015 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 11.6 11.3 11.4 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................. 1,065 1,110 1,009 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 32.8 32.6 29.6 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 714 708 631 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 22.0 20.8 18.5 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 351 402 378 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 33.0 36.2 37.4 – – – – – –

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

- Data not available.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release

of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2010

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Apr.

2011

May

2011

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................... 11,750 11,629 11,662 11,815 11,567 11,442 11,392 11,704 11,664

Participation rate.................................... 46.1 46.6 46.7 46.4 45.5 45.1 45.0 46.9 46.7

Employed............................................ 10,189 9,988 10,115 10,143 9,876 9,757 9,768 9,952 10,002

Employment-population ratio................... 40.0 40.0 40.5 39.8 38.9 38.5 38.6 39.9 40.0

Unemployed......................................... 1,562 1,641 1,547 1,673 1,691 1,685 1,624 1,752 1,663

Unemployment rate.............................. 13.3 14.1 13.3 14.2 14.6 14.7 14.3 15.0 14.3

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................... 38,156 37,113 36,862 38,266 37,506 37,653 37,612 37,505 36,956

Participation rate.................................... 61.7 59.9 59.9 61.9 60.4 60.4 60.6 60.6 60.0

Employed............................................ 34,458 33,750 33,536 34,352 33,881 34,072 33,836 34,006 33,425

Employment-population ratio................... 55.7 54.5 54.5 55.5 54.6 54.6 54.5 54.9 54.3

Unemployed......................................... 3,698 3,364 3,327 3,915 3,626 3,581 3,775 3,499 3,531

Unemployment rate.............................. 9.7 9.1 9.0 10.2 9.7 9.5 10.0 9.3 9.6

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................... 37,074 36,706 37,132 37,065 36,637 36,780 36,786 36,686 37,013

Participation rate.................................... 70.5 68.9 69.4 70.5 69.7 69.7 69.8 68.9 69.2

Employed............................................ 33,751 33,579 33,969 33,850 33,907 33,852 33,708 33,657 33,975

Employment-population ratio................... 64.2 63.0 63.5 64.4 64.5 64.1 63.9 63.2 63.5

Unemployed......................................... 3,323 3,128 3,163 3,215 2,730 2,928 3,079 3,028 3,038

Unemployment rate.............................. 9.0 8.5 8.5 8.7 7.5 8.0 8.4 8.3 8.2

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................... 45,733 46,621 46,800 45,677 46,897 46,925 46,963 46,680 46,813

Participation rate.................................... 75.9 76.0 76.0 75.8 77.0 77.5 76.8 76.1 76.0

Employed............................................ 43,460 44,435 44,648 43,574 44,789 44,807 44,894 44,677 44,808

Employment-population ratio................... 72.1 72.5 72.5 72.3 73.5 74.0 73.4 72.9 72.7

Unemployed......................................... 2,273 2,186 2,152 2,103 2,109 2,118 2,069 2,003 2,005

Unemployment rate.............................. 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3

1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service,

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,965 21,562 20,176 19,759 1,789 1,803

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,910 11,374 10,783 10,291 1,127 1,083

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.2 52.7 53.4 52.1 63.0 60.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,871 10,497 9,828 9,524 1,043 974

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 48.7 48.7 48.2 58.3 54.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039 877 955 767 84 109

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 7.7 8.9 7.5 7.4 10.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,055 10,188 9,393 9,468 662 720

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,181 2,394 1,780 1,981 401 412

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,854 1,951 1,576 1,655 278 296

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.0 81.5 88.5 83.5 69.4 71.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,679 1,759 1,428 1,512 252 247

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.0 73.5 80.2 76.3 62.8 59.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 192 149 143 26 49

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 9.8 9.4 8.6 9.4 16.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 443 204 327 123 116

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,954 3,006 2,515 2,561 439 445

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,518 2,494 2,194 2,175 323 319

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.2 83.0 87.2 84.9 73.7 71.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,333 2,312 2,031 2,012 302 300

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.0 76.9 80.7 78.6 68.9 67.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 182 164 163 21 19

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.5 6.5 5.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 512 321 386 116 126

World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,923 10,383 10,558 10,048 364 336

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,986 3,577 3,889 3,499 97 78

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.5 34.5 36.8 34.8 26.5 23.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,593 3,332 3,502 3,261 91 71

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.9 32.1 33.2 32.5 24.9 21.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 245 387 238 6 7

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 6.9 10.0 6.8 6.1 9.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,937 6,806 6,669 6,549 268 257

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,907 5,780 5,322 5,169 585 610

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,552 3,352 3,123 2,963 429 389

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.1 58.0 58.7 57.3 73.3 63.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,266 3,094 2,868 2,739 398 356

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 53.5 53.9 53.0 68.1 58.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 258 255 224 31 34

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 7.7 8.2 7.6 7.1 8.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,355 2,428 2,199 2,207 156 221

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207,255 209,844 90,634 92,331 116,621 117,513

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,472 140,818 70,744 71,295 69,728 69,523

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.8 67.1 78.1 77.2 59.8 59.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,411 128,265 63,956 64,906 63,455 63,359

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.5 61.1 70.6 70.3 54.4 53.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,061 12,553 6,788 6,389 6,273 6,164

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 8.9 9.6 9.0 9.0 8.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,783 69,026 19,890 21,036 46,892 47,989

NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S.

Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August

2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time

periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and

another period are classified only in the wartime period. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population....................................................... 26,045 27,431 212,054 212,441

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 5,738 5,774 148,940 148,570

Participation rate...................................................................... 22.0 21.0 70.2 69.9

Employed.............................................................................. 4,841 4,842 135,078 135,493

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 18.6 17.7 63.7 63.8

Unemployed........................................................................... 897 932 13,863 13,076

Unemployment rate................................................................ 15.6 16.1 9.3 8.8

Not in labor force........................................................................ 20,307 21,657 63,114 63,871

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,682 2,697 76,245 75,940

Participation rate...................................................................... 37.6 35.5 83.4 83.1

Employed.............................................................................. 2,243 2,253 68,885 69,215

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 31.4 29.7 75.4 75.8

Unemployed........................................................................... 439 443 7,360 6,725

Unemployment rate................................................................ 16.4 16.4 9.7 8.9

Not in labor force........................................................................ 4,456 4,894 15,134 15,406

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,225 2,216 66,775 66,511

Participation rate...................................................................... 30.7 29.3 71.4 71.1

Employed.............................................................................. 1,844 1,821 60,687 60,546

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 25.4 24.1 64.9 64.7

Unemployed........................................................................... 381 395 6,088 5,965

Unemployment rate................................................................ 17.1 17.8 9.1 9.0

Not in labor force........................................................................ 5,029 5,351 26,762 27,079

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 831 862 5,920 6,118

Participation rate...................................................................... 7.1 7.0 21.8 22.2

Employed.............................................................................. 754 768 5,506 5,731

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 6.5 6.3 20.3 20.8

Unemployed........................................................................... 77 94 415 386

Unemployment rate................................................................ 9.3 10.9 7.0 6.3

Not in labor force........................................................................ 10,823 11,412 21,217 21,387

NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing

even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition;

has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or

shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 36,347 36,531 18,237 18,198 18,110 18,334

Civilian labor force................................................... 24,644 24,377 14,616 14,410 10,028 9,967

Participation rate................................................... 67.8 66.7 80.1 79.2 55.4 54.4

Employed........................................................... 22,415 22,292 13,360 13,285 9,055 9,007

Employment-population ratio.................................. 61.7 61.0 73.3 73.0 50.0 49.1

Unemployed........................................................ 2,229 2,085 1,256 1,125 974 960

Unemployment rate............................................. 9.0 8.6 8.6 7.8 9.7 9.6

Not in labor force..................................................... 11,703 12,154 3,621 3,787 8,082 8,367

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 201,752 203,340 97,080 98,256 104,672 105,084

Civilian labor force................................................... 130,034 129,966 68,069 68,201 61,965 61,765

Participation rate................................................... 64.5 63.9 70.1 69.4 59.2 58.8

Employed........................................................... 117,504 118,043 61,232 61,905 56,272 56,138

Employment-population ratio.................................. 58.2 58.1 63.1 63.0 53.8 53.4

Unemployed........................................................ 12,530 11,923 6,837 6,297 5,693 5,627

Unemployment rate............................................. 9.6 9.2 10.0 9.2 9.2 9.1

Not in labor force..................................................... 71,718 73,374 29,011 30,055 42,708 43,319

NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or

one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are persons who were born in the

United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Updated

population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2010

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Apr.

2011

May

2011

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................... 2,327 2,484 2,531 2,187 2,087 2,243 2,217 2,245 2,355

Wage and salary workers1....................... 1,409 1,596 1,606 1,306 1,245 1,391 1,383 1,419 1,475

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 886 867 879 852 818 822 829 810 843

Unpaid family workers............................. 31 21 46 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries............................ 137,592 137,900 137,804 136,957 137,595 137,551 137,035 136,837 137,146

Wage and salary workers1

....................... 128,656 129,200 129,042 128,215 128,840 128,803 128,437 128,393 128,552

Government...................................... 20,062 19,661 19,709 20,564 20,726 20,309 20,318 20,302 20,286

Private industries................................ 108,595 109,538 109,333 107,709 108,186 108,505 108,209 108,070 108,275

Private households............................ 678 822 769 – – – – – –

Other industries............................... 107,916 108,716 108,564 107,057 107,510 107,727 107,511 107,319 107,556

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 8,884 8,618 8,695 8,715 8,650 8,655 8,543 8,525 8,551

Unpaid family workers............................. 52 82 66 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3................... 8,628 8,514 8,604 8,883 8,600 8,548 8,552 8,396 8,826

Slack work or business conditions............... 6,031 5,542 5,593 6,357 5,689 5,834 5,806 5,687 5,833

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,183 2,555 2,579 2,379 2,480 2,473 2,401 2,517 2,736

Part time for noneconomic reasons4.............. 16,888 16,680 16,535 18,566 18,282 18,468 18,470 18,258 18,208

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

................... 8,509 8,372 8,463 8,752 8,475 8,400 8,400 8,218 8,670

Slack work or business conditions............... 5,953 5,438 5,492 6,276 5,581 5,731 5,704 5,569 5,732

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,159 2,536 2,554 2,347 2,457 2,444 2,341 2,466 2,720

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 16,546 16,283 16,153 18,175 17,967 18,126 18,151 17,880 17,813

1 Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

2 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs for the

entire week.

3 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions,

inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand.

4 Refers to persons who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training,

retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during

the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.

- Data not available.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of

the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2010

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Apr.

2011

May

2011

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,919 140,384 140,335 139,267 139,674 139,779 139,334 139,296 139,627

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,859 5,193 4,794 4,383 4,255 4,240 4,299 4,244 4,312

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,637 1,714 1,573 1,413 1,247 1,249 1,358 1,343 1,341

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,223 3,478 3,222 2,979 2,989 2,982 2,945 2,890 2,981

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,060 135,191 135,541 134,885 135,419 135,539 135,035 135,052 135,315

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,202 13,440 13,273 12,838 12,978 12,970 12,911 12,860 12,895

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,858 121,751 122,268 122,110 122,423 122,641 122,175 122,228 122,447

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,027 93,333 93,608 94,060 93,690 93,919 93,505 93,550 93,568

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,429 30,431 30,789 30,341 30,354 30,627 30,416 30,322 30,635

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,612 30,157 30,021 30,598 30,441 30,302 30,197 30,249 30,017

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,986 32,745 32,798 33,120 32,895 32,989 32,892 32,979 32,916

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,831 28,418 28,660 28,051 28,733 28,722 28,670 28,677 28,880

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,592 75,208 75,190 73,600 73,973 74,177 74,014 73,908 74,122

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,377 2,619 2,395 2,095 2,033 2,040 2,077 2,072 2,107

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 888 760 671 582 594 646 652 629

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,569 1,731 1,635 1,437 1,441 1,446 1,451 1,429 1,492

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,215 72,588 72,795 71,505 71,939 72,137 71,937 71,836 72,015

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,857 7,127 7,053 6,573 6,712 6,756 6,754 6,711 6,747

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,358 65,461 65,742 64,976 65,193 65,448 65,193 65,163 65,289

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,750 50,329 50,480 50,345 50,107 50,358 50,096 50,018 50,019

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,689 16,665 16,917 16,495 16,557 16,747 16,607 16,481 16,674

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,725 16,447 16,342 16,603 16,428 16,421 16,365 16,371 16,226

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,336 17,217 17,221 17,247 17,123 17,189 17,124 17,167 17,118

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,608 15,133 15,261 14,630 15,087 15,090 15,097 15,146 15,271

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,327 65,176 65,145 65,667 65,702 65,602 65,320 65,388 65,505

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,482 2,573 2,399 2,288 2,222 2,200 2,222 2,172 2,205

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829 826 812 742 665 654 713 691 712

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,654 1,747 1,587 1,542 1,548 1,537 1,494 1,461 1,489

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,845 62,603 62,746 63,379 63,479 63,402 63,098 63,216 63,300

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,345 6,313 6,220 6,265 6,266 6,214 6,157 6,149 6,148

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,500 56,290 56,526 57,135 57,230 57,193 56,982 57,064 57,158

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,277 43,004 43,127 43,714 43,584 43,561 43,409 43,533 43,549

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,740 13,767 13,871 13,846 13,798 13,880 13,809 13,841 13,960

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,887 13,710 13,679 13,995 14,014 13,881 13,833 13,879 13,790

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,650 15,528 15,577 15,873 15,772 15,800 15,768 15,813 15,798

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,223 13,285 13,399 13,420 13,646 13,631 13,573 13,532 13,609

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,512 43,213 43,362 43,418 42,987 42,998 43,004 43,145 43,184

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,721 33,243 33,321 34,271 34,062 33,826 33,676 33,734 33,845

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,714 9,224 9,278 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,508 113,759 114,286 111,805 112,484 112,342 111,907 111,859 112,330

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,411 26,624 26,050 27,711 27,088 27,418 27,631 27,606 27,407

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,515 6,724 6,649 6,805 6,775 6,939 6,880 6,741 6,927

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.8 5.0

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,995 5,170 5,101 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,770 9,485 9,575 9,567 9,468 9,477 9,372 9,335 9,394

1 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.

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

- Data not available.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated

population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Aug.

2010

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Apr.

2011

May

2011

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over............................. 14,849 13,931 13,967 9.6 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.1 9.1

16 to 19 years...................................... 1,556 1,412 1,467 26.2 24.9 24.2 24.5 25.0 25.4

16 to 17 years.................................... 641 540 564 31.2 31.4 29.4 28.2 28.7 29.6

18 to 19 years.................................... 932 870 966 23.8 22.2 21.9 22.8 23.1 24.5

20 years and over.................................. 13,293 12,519 12,500 9.0 8.3 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.5

20 to 24 years.................................... 2,253 2,192 2,231 14.9 14.9 14.7 14.5 14.6 14.8

25 years and over............................... 11,071 10,314 10,297 8.3 7.6 7.8 8.0 7.8 7.8

25 to 54 years................................. 8,825 8,157 8,226 8.6 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.0 8.1

25 to 34 years.............................. 3,304 3,257 3,210 9.8 9.5 9.3 9.6 9.7 9.5

35 to 44 years.............................. 2,576 2,319 2,498 7.8 7.3 7.7 7.8 7.1 7.7

45 to 54 years.............................. 2,945 2,581 2,519 8.2 7.1 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.1

55 years and over............................. 2,205 2,123 2,053 7.3 6.5 6.8 7.0 6.9 6.6

Men, 16 years and over.............................. 8,666 7,844 7,853 10.5 9.4 9.5 9.7 9.6 9.6

16 to 19 years...................................... 876 774 825 29.5 28.1 27.0 27.4 27.2 28.1

16 to 17 years.................................... 328 278 252 32.8 32.7 31.3 30.7 29.9 28.6

18 to 19 years.................................... 553 491 607 27.8 26.4 25.2 25.7 25.6 28.9

20 years and over.................................. 7,789 7,070 7,028 9.8 8.8 8.9 9.1 9.0 8.9

20 to 24 years.................................... 1,374 1,254 1,329 17.3 16.1 15.7 15.5 15.7 16.5

25 years and over............................... 6,481 5,821 5,761 9.1 7.9 8.1 8.4 8.2 8.1

25 to 54 years................................. 5,123 4,608 4,618 9.2 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.4 8.5

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,926 1,866 1,816 10.5 9.9 9.7 10.0 10.2 9.8

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,485 1,318 1,428 8.2 7.2 7.5 8.1 7.5 8.1

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,711 1,423 1,374 9.0 7.7 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.4

55 years and over............................. 1,358 1,213 1,144 8.5 6.9 7.0 7.9 7.4 7.0

Women, 16 years and over.......................... 6,183 6,088 6,114 8.6 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.5

16 to 19 years...................................... 680 638 642 22.9 21.8 21.3 21.6 22.7 22.6

16 to 17 years.................................... 313 262 312 29.6 30.1 27.5 25.9 27.5 30.5

18 to 19 years.................................... 379 379 359 19.7 17.9 18.6 19.7 20.6 19.4

20 years and over.................................. 5,504 5,450 5,472 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.0 7.9 8.0

20 to 24 years.................................... 880 938 902 12.3 13.7 13.6 13.4 13.2 12.8

25 years and over............................... 4,590 4,493 4,536 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.4

25 to 54 years................................. 3,703 3,549 3,608 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.8 7.5 7.7

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,378 1,390 1,394 9.1 9.1 8.8 9.1 9.1 9.1

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,090 1,001 1,070 7.2 7.5 7.8 7.4 6.7 7.2

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,234 1,158 1,144 7.2 6.5 6.5 6.9 6.8 6.8

55 years and over1

........................... 977 1,042 1,018 6.9 5.4 6.0 6.3 7.3 7.1

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present....................... 3,172 2,819 2,710 6.8 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.1 5.9

Married women, spouse present.................... 2,146 2,019 2,072 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.8

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,346 1,270 1,257 13.4 11.7 12.7 12.8 12.1 11.9

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2.................................... 12,869 12,132 12,077 10.3 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.7

Part-time workers3................................... 2,005 1,781 1,904 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.7 6.1 6.5

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

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

3 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time

jobs.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of

the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2010

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Apr.

2011

May

2011

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 8,894 8,107 7,897 9,285 8,144 8,274 8,261 8,215 8,203

On temporary layoff................................ 1,359 1,294 1,136 1,505 1,251 1,214 1,251 1,268 1,247

Not on temporary layoff............................ 7,535 6,813 6,762 7,780 6,894 7,060 7,010 6,947 6,956

Permanent job losers............................ 6,214 5,509 5,399 6,411 5,480 5,653 5,606 5,567 5,545

Persons who completed temporary jobs...... 1,321 1,305 1,362 1,368 1,414 1,407 1,405 1,380 1,411

Job leavers............................................. 943 973 1,056 868 942 908 965 928 963

Reentrants............................................. 3,492 3,603 3,644 3,418 3,375 3,433 3,430 3,410 3,532

New entrants.......................................... 1,430 1,745 1,411 1,260 1,346 1,231 1,222 1,270 1,241

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 60.3 56.2 56.4 62.6 59.0 59.8 59.5 59.4 58.8

On temporary layoff................................ 9.2 9.0 8.1 10.1 9.1 8.8 9.0 9.2 8.9

Not on temporary layoff............................ 51.1 47.2 48.3 52.5 49.9 51.0 50.5 50.3 49.9

Job leavers............................................. 6.4 6.7 7.5 5.9 6.8 6.6 7.0 6.7 6.9

Reentrants............................................. 23.7 25.0 26.0 23.0 24.4 24.8 24.7 24.7 25.3

New entrants.......................................... 9.7 12.1 10.1 8.5 9.8 8.9 8.8 9.2 8.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 5.7 5.2 5.1 6.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.3

Job leavers............................................. 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Reentrants............................................. 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3

New entrants.......................................... 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2010

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Apr.

2011

May

2011

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 2,632 2,952 2,635 2,756 2,691 2,664 3,076 2,689 2,755

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 3,939 3,496 3,377 3,604 2,907 2,892 2,972 3,088 3,050

15 weeks and over.................................... 8,189 7,980 7,997 8,471 7,845 8,184 8,125 8,150 8,273

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 1,916 1,762 1,958 2,210 2,006 1,984 1,836 1,965 2,239

27 weeks and over................................. 6,273 6,218 6,038 6,261 5,839 6,200 6,289 6,185 6,034

Average (mean) duration, in weeks1

.............. 33.1 39.0 39.7 33.5 38.3 39.7 39.9 40.4 40.3

Median duration, in weeks........................... 19.6 19.7 20.6 20.6 20.7 22.0 22.5 21.2 21.8

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 17.8 20.5 18.8 18.6 20.0 19.4 21.7 19.3 19.6

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 26.7 24.2 24.1 24.3 21.6 21.0 21.0 22.2 21.7

15 weeks and over.................................... 55.5 55.3 57.1 57.1 58.4 59.6 57.3 58.5 58.8

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 13.0 12.2 14.0 14.9 14.9 14.4 13.0 14.1 15.9

27 weeks and over................................. 42.5 43.1 43.1 42.2 43.4 45.1 44.4 44.4 42.9

1 Beginning in January 2011, this series reflects a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see

www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Total, 16 years and over1

............................................. 139,919 140,335 14,759 14,008 9.5 9.1

Management, professional, and related occupations............ 50,879 51,997 2,762 2,671 5.1 4.9

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations...................................................... 20,741 21,632 1,067 1,037 4.9 4.6

Professional and related occupations........................... 30,138 30,365 1,695 1,634 5.3 5.1

Service occupations.................................................. 25,228 25,396 2,998 2,924 10.6 10.3

Sales and office occupations....................................... 33,429 33,023 3,345 3,182 9.1 8.8

Sales and related occupations................................... 15,367 15,193 1,519 1,424 9.0 8.6

Office and administrative support occupations................. 18,062 17,831 1,826 1,757 9.2 9.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations......................................................... 13,743 13,454 2,136 1,718 13.5 11.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 1,092 1,190 117 145 9.6 10.9

Construction and extraction occupations....................... 7,665 7,420 1,498 1,126 16.3 13.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations............. 4,985 4,844 522 447 9.5 8.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations......................................................... 16,640 16,464 2,046 2,077 10.9 11.2

Production occupations........................................... 8,243 8,130 1,078 984 11.6 10.8

Transportation and material moving occupations.............. 8,397 8,334 968 1,093 10.3 11.6

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

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2011 data, occupations reflect the

introduction of the 2010 Census occupational classification system into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is

derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2011 are not strictly comparable with

earlier years.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 14,759 14,008 9.5 9.1

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers................................... 11,285 10,524 9.4 8.8

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction..................................... 93 53 10.9 5.8

Construction........................................................................... 1,483 1,154 17.0 13.5

Manufacturing......................................................................... 1,463 1,365 9.5 8.9

Durable goods...................................................................... 984 876 10.0 9.1

Nondurable goods................................................................. 479 489 8.6 8.6

Wholesale and retail trade.......................................................... 1,909 1,851 9.3 9.1

Transportation and utilities.......................................................... 440 537 7.3 8.7

Information............................................................................ 302 204 9.7 6.9

Financial activities.................................................................... 606 565 6.7 6.2

Professional and business services................................................ 1,524 1,440 10.5 9.5

Education and health services...................................................... 1,430 1,371 6.7 6.3

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 1,507 1,399 10.8 10.5

Other services........................................................................ 530 585 8.3 9.0

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......................... 114 135 7.9 8.0

Government workers.................................................................... 1,292 1,271 6.0 6.0

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............. 638 668 6.1 6.4

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

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2010

July

2011

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Apr.

2011

May

2011

June

2011

July

2011

Aug.

2011

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as

a percent of the civilian labor force.............. 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.4

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force........................................... 5.7 5.2 5.1 6.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.3

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate).................................................. 9.5 9.3 9.1 9.6 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.1 9.1

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

discouraged workers............................... 10.2 10.0 9.6 10.3 9.5 9.5 9.8 9.8 9.7

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,

plus all other persons marginally attached to

the labor force, as a percent of the civilian

labor force plus all persons marginally attached

to the labor force................................... 10.9 10.9 10.6 11.0 10.4 10.3 10.7 10.7 10.6

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic reasons,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all

persons marginally attached to the labor

force.................................................. 16.4 16.3 16.1 16.7 15.9 15.8 16.2 16.1 16.2

NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those 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 past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a

job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-16. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2011

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force............................................. 83,421 85,528 32,632 33,842 50,789 51,686

Persons who currently want a job.................................. 6,083 6,493 2,785 2,946 3,298 3,547

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,370 2,575 1,292 1,333 1,078 1,242

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 1,110 977 704 570 405 407

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. . .. 1,260 1,598 587 763 673 835

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4............................................. 6,515 6,649 3,226 3,344 3,289 3,305

Percent of total employed........................................... 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.4 5.0 5.1

Primary job full time, secondary job part time.................... 3,431 3,599 1,855 1,956 1,576 1,643

Primary and secondary jobs both part time....................... 1,617 1,692 586 661 1,031 1,032

Primary and secondary jobs both full time........................ 267 241 173 149 94 92

Hours vary on primary or secondary job.......................... 1,167 1,061 603 557 563 504

1 Data refer to persons who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week,

but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks.

2 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling

or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.

3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation

problems, as well as a number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined.

4 Includes a small number of persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Change

from:

July2011 -

Aug.2011p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,624 132,144 130,788 130,906 129,873 131,047 131,132 131,132 0

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,396 110,064 110,055 110,140 107,461 108,997 109,153 109,170 17

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,204 18,325 18,424 18,520 17,790 18,035 18,087 18,084 -3

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 798 812 817 719 789 798 803 5

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.8 46.7 49.4 49.5 50.7 46.9 47.7 47.2 -0.5

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676.2 750.8 762.8 767.7 668.3 742.2 749.9 755.4 5.5

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.9 175.9 177.9 178.9 159.8 173.6 175.4 177.1 1.7

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.8 220.3 220.0 223.0 204.3 214.0 213.3 215.2 1.9

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.2 87.3 85.9 87.3 81.1 86.8 85.7 87.0 1.3

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.5 354.6 364.9 365.8 304.2 354.6 361.2 363.1 1.9

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,829 5,731 5,805 5,846 5,520 5,522 5,529 5,524 -5

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,277.6 1,255.3 1,264.9 1,274.5 1,221.5 1,219.9 1,220.6 1,218.0 -2.6

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591.9 582.0 582.6 580.8 564.3 559.2 558.3 554.7 -3.6

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685.7 673.3 682.3 693.7 657.2 660.7 662.3 663.3 1.0

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . 906.1 897.4 903.6 912.5 837.3 845.7 843.0 841.4 -1.6

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,645.0 3,578.7 3,636.6 3,659.0 3,461.1 3,456.5 3,465.7 3,464.1 -1.6

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . 1,531.4 1,519.1 1,538.4 1,547.5 1,449.3 1,457.0 1,457.0 1,463.8 6.8

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . . 2,113.6 2,059.6 2,098.2 2,111.5 2,011.8 1,999.5 2,008.7 2,000.3 -8.4

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,646 11,796 11,807 11,857 11,551 11,724 11,760 11,757 -3

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,133 7,333 7,324 7,357 7,092 7,288 7,315 7,312 -3

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.0 340.2 335.5 338.9 340.0 332.8 327.9 329.8 1.9

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381.6 382.8 383.4 381.4 370.7 372.0 371.9 370.4 -1.5

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.1 386.3 385.9 387.1 365.0 384.8 386.5 386.0 -0.5

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,304.7 1,365.3 1,369.6 1,372.7 1,296.1 1,360.8 1,366.3 1,360.9 -5.4

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999.0 1,050.7 1,053.1 1,054.8 997.6 1,046.1 1,048.6 1,052.5 3.9

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,106.2 1,129.4 1,131.8 1,132.5 1,103.0 1,125.6 1,128.9 1,130.0 1.1

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . . 162.6 171.7 172.9 172.6 162.4 172.0 172.5 172.5 0.0

Communication equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.4 119.0 117.3 117.1 119.2 117.9 117.4 116.8 -0.6

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374.8 385.4 387.9 390.6 373.2 384.3 387.3 389.7 2.4

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.6 404.9 404.8 403.9 404.3 403.4 403.4 402.7 -0.7

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . 364.1 371.9 373.8 373.0 362.3 370.8 371.7 370.9 -0.8

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,334.7 1,373.1 1,355.4 1,379.0 1,334.5 1,365.2 1,378.8 1,379.7 0.9

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676.2 703.0 686.0 705.7 675.7 698.7 709.7 706.9 -2.8

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361.4 354.4 357.2 356.7 356.9 351.1 354.6 352.0 -2.6

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566.2 578.8 578.0 580.9 566.0 579.2 579.8 580.1 0.3

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,513 4,463 4,483 4,500 4,459 4,436 4,445 4,445 0

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,486.7 1,447.5 1,469.4 1,478.0 1,449.2 1,443.0 1,447.3 1,442.1 -5.2

Beverages and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . 185.1 189.8 191.3 195.0 181.4 185.8 186.5 189.6 3.1

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.0 122.9 122.7 122.4 118.8 122.2 123.0 122.1 -0.9

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.3 117.5 116.6 115.5 118.8 116.5 116.0 115.6 -0.4

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.6 156.5 153.4 156.1 155.8 155.2 153.3 154.4 1.1

Leather and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.4 29.5 28.9 28.1 28.1 29.1 29.4 28.0 -1.4

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.1 399.6 400.5 402.0 396.7 397.9 398.5 400.1 1.6

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . 486.5 470.2 467.6 469.8 485.8 468.9 468.1 468.9 0.8

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.4 115.1 115.7 114.1 114.1 111.8 111.3 110.7 -0.6

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783.8 782.6 784.2 782.9 782.6 778.3 779.7 780.8 1.1

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632.3 631.4 633.0 636.1 627.8 626.9 631.8 632.5 0.7

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,192 91,739 91,631 91,620 89,671 90,962 91,066 91,086 20

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,608 24,995 24,970 24,943 24,601 24,919 24,946 24,938 -8

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,478.2 5,577.8 5,576.6 5,571.1 5,454.5 5,542.7 5,544.7 5,546.3 1.6

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,731.8 2,790.9 2,791.4 2,794.2 2,718.5 2,777.4 2,776.6 2,780.5 3.9

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,938.3 1,964.6 1,963.6 1,957.0 1,930.5 1,947.0 1,949.5 1,948.5 -1.0

Electronic markets and agents and brokers.. . 808.1 822.3 821.6 819.9 805.5 818.3 818.6 817.3 -1.3

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,422.6 14,570.2 14,604.4 14,582.2 14,412.6 14,550.6 14,577.0 14,569.2 -7.8

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,642.0 1,687.6 1,696.4 1,696.4 1,622.9 1,670.0 1,676.5 1,677.3 0.8

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,012.6 1,045.0 1,049.6 1,051.0 1,004.5 1,039.5 1,041.9 1,042.9 1.0

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . 427.0 428.9 431.9 430.5 432.8 435.7 436.8 436.1 -0.7

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Change

from:

July2011 -

Aug.2011p

Retail trade - Continued

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 489.2 493.8 493.7 484.7 497.5 500.4 501.6 493.7 -7.9

Building material and garden supply stores.. . 1,128.7 1,178.6 1,148.4 1,129.5 1,118.9 1,121.6 1,119.7 1,121.1 1.4

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,824.8 2,857.4 2,858.5 2,854.7 2,811.1 2,835.1 2,835.7 2,839.0 3.3

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 975.6 971.2 975.1 974.5 976.3 969.4 976.7 974.7 -2.0

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.4 831.3 832.7 838.2 816.6 822.6 820.9 823.2 2.3

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . 1,380.1 1,410.3 1,429.0 1,435.2 1,377.7 1,431.5 1,433.6 1,438.5 4.9

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595.7 578.5 583.4 591.5 599.0 596.9 598.8 595.5 -3.3

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,958.9 2,958.2 2,971.5 2,964.8 2,983.6 2,984.4 2,987.5 2,985.4 -2.1

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,474.8 1,465.7 1,479.6 1,477.3 1,496.9 1,494.6 1,499.2 1,496.8 -2.4

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762.0 770.2 778.4 772.1 757.9 766.3 772.0 766.8 -5.2

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.2 404.2 405.4 410.1 418.3 416.7 417.2 417.9 0.7

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,154.6 4,291.6 4,233.1 4,234.9 4,184.1 4,273.6 4,272.6 4,270.2 -2.4

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.0 479.5 481.2 479.9 462.8 476.9 478.5 474.9 -3.6

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.7 225.8 225.2 224.7 217.1 225.7 224.6 224.7 0.1

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.2 64.9 65.0 65.9 62.8 63.2 63.1 63.5 0.4

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272.0 1,298.7 1,300.2 1,305.7 1,248.4 1,282.2 1,283.2 1,282.3 -0.9

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.4 445.3 384.1 378.4 433.7 447.0 444.8 446.7 1.9

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.6 43.5 43.6 42.9 42.3 43.4 43.2 42.8 -0.4

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . . 35.5 36.4 37.8 37.2 27.5 29.6 28.6 28.8 0.2

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . . 545.2 557.9 556.9 555.3 543.2 554.9 554.4 552.7 -1.7

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515.4 515.4 510.1 515.0 518.9 522.5 522.4 523.8 1.4

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.6 624.2 629.0 629.9 627.4 628.2 629.8 630.0 0.2

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552.4 555.4 555.4 554.6 550.2 552.1 551.7 552.2 0.5

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,717 2,696 2,681 2,638 2,711 2,682 2,679 2,631 -48

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . 762.9 757.0 758.7 756.4 761.3 755.5 756.2 755.1 -1.1

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.4 376.1 368.7 372.6 378.2 365.7 366.4 365.8 -0.6

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.0 295.0 294.3 292.2 295.7 294.9 294.3 293.1 -1.2

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892.1 866.0 857.4 814.6 892.0 867.5 862.1 814.8 -47.3

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.5 240.7 238.7 238.1 240.4 239.6 239.7 239.8 0.1

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.6 160.9 162.7 163.6 143.0 158.6 160.6 162.0 1.4

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,658 7,656 7,667 7,651 7,616 7,609 7,602 7,605 3

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,688.9 5,683.6 5,682.4 5,668.9 5,684.0 5,668.5 5,660.9 5,660.9 0.0

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 21.3 21.7 22.0 20.6 21.2 21.5 21.8 0.3

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,543.4 2,547.7 2,552.5 2,545.3 2,542.6 2,542.7 2,542.8 2,541.9 -0.9

Depository credit intermediation1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,737.1 1,759.4 1,766.3 1,764.2 1,733.0 1,756.2 1,757.1 1,758.6 1.5

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,311.5 1,326.8 1,331.8 1,329.7 1,308.8 1,324.5 1,325.5 1,326.2 0.7

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801.9 812.4 806.9 803.3 801.2 809.9 804.3 802.2 -2.1

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . 2,235.6 2,215.9 2,213.0 2,211.0 2,232.6 2,208.6 2,204.5 2,207.9 3.4

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. . . 87.2 86.3 88.3 87.3 87.0 86.1 87.8 87.1 -0.7

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,969.3 1,972.2 1,984.6 1,982.5 1,931.5 1,940.5 1,940.9 1,944.5 3.6

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,410.1 1,419.2 1,428.3 1,426.5 1,389.5 1,403.4 1,404.3 1,405.6 1.3

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.2 527.3 530.5 530.1 517.2 511.4 511.1 513.2 2.1

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . . 25.0 25.7 25.8 25.9 24.8 25.7 25.5 25.7 0.2

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,849 17,297 17,250 17,351 16,711 17,155 17,183 17,211 28

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,391.0 7,607.2 7,616.4 7,623.7 7,430.6 7,628.1 7,640.7 7,656.8 16.1

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,117.8 1,121.6 1,124.7 1,118.7 1,113.8 1,109.7 1,113.8 1,113.9 0.1

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . . 815.8 866.2 850.0 852.5 887.6 928.0 923.2 922.4 -0.8

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . 1,292.7 1,310.9 1,317.2 1,318.6 1,276.4 1,295.8 1,297.4 1,300.9 3.5

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,450.3 1,503.8 1,513.3 1,523.2 1,445.9 1,505.6 1,510.6 1,518.3 7.7

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990.5 1,043.1 1,050.3 1,053.4 989.6 1,040.2 1,045.1 1,051.1 6.0

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . 1,875.4 1,894.0 1,894.9 1,895.6 1,864.9 1,882.5 1,884.8 1,884.1 -0.7

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,582.1 7,795.6 7,738.6 7,831.8 7,415.8 7,644.2 7,657.3 7,670.3 13.0

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Change

from:

July2011 -

Aug.2011p

Administrative and waste services - Continued

Administrative and support services1

. . . . . . . . 7,212.5 7,426.2 7,363.7 7,456.7 7,054.2 7,280.9 7,292.3 7,304.3 12.0

Employment services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,774.2 2,926.8 2,869.7 2,966.4 2,719.6 2,900.2 2,907.6 2,919.5 11.9

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,128.9 2,252.7 2,202.0 2,271.4 2,090.2 2,234.2 2,235.4 2,240.1 4.7

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797.8 795.7 790.9 794.2 809.1 804.8 803.9 804.0 0.1

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . 1,849.7 1,877.9 1,880.0 1,870.7 1,747.3 1,762.3 1,764.9 1,768.0 3.1

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369.6 369.4 374.9 375.1 361.6 363.3 365.0 366.0 1.0

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,275 19,762 19,664 19,688 19,612 19,944 19,990 20,024 34

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,846.7 3,002.9 2,925.2 2,899.7 3,160.3 3,203.5 3,216.7 3,215.1 -1.6

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,428.1 16,759.0 16,738.4 16,788.0 16,451.2 16,740.8 16,773.7 16,809.2 35.5

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,848.9 14,095.2 14,127.0 14,158.5 13,821.6 14,068.0 14,097.8 14,127.5 29.7

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 6,002.0 6,143.6 6,157.7 6,180.8 5,996.1 6,135.6 6,152.8 6,170.9 18.1

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,320.3 2,358.6 2,366.5 2,373.3 2,318.8 2,356.5 2,364.0 2,369.6 5.6

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.6 620.1 618.8 621.0 603.5 619.1 618.9 620.3 1.4

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083.7 1,123.4 1,126.3 1,133.7 1,084.4 1,123.0 1,127.3 1,133.6 6.3

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,697.3 4,751.8 4,768.8 4,771.7 4,686.5 4,741.9 4,752.9 4,760.6 7.7

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,149.6 3,199.8 3,200.5 3,206.0 3,139.0 3,190.5 3,192.1 3,196.0 3.9

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,668.7 1,690.1 1,688.1 1,689.5 1,663.4 1,686.3 1,685.2 1,685.2 0.0

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,579.2 2,663.8 2,611.4 2,629.5 2,629.6 2,672.8 2,675.9 2,681.7 5.8

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.8 834.7 789.6 803.7 851.5 850.8 853.3 853.5 0.2

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,673 13,815 13,881 13,843 13,051 13,202 13,214 13,216 2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,184.5 2,148.4 2,203.4 2,148.7 1,925.2 1,891.9 1,896.3 1,887.4 -8.9

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . . 452.6 426.7 430.7 423.5 423.2 402.4 399.9 395.0 -4.9

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks. . . 138.7 143.8 146.5 143.4 127.0 130.5 130.9 131.2 0.3

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . . 1,593.2 1,577.9 1,626.2 1,581.8 1,375.0 1,359.0 1,365.5 1,361.2 -4.3

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,488.4 11,666.8 11,677.6 11,694.0 11,125.3 11,310.1 11,317.2 11,328.7 11.5

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,916.8 1,899.0 1,963.1 1,956.3 1,781.4 1,806.2 1,811.7 1,813.9 2.2

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . 9,571.6 9,767.8 9,714.5 9,737.7 9,343.9 9,503.9 9,505.5 9,514.8 9.3

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,412 5,518 5,518 5,506 5,369 5,451 5,452 5,461 9

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146.5 1,166.0 1,160.5 1,160.3 1,139.6 1,152.8 1,152.8 1,152.8 0.0

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,263.8 1,300.1 1,294.0 1,295.3 1,258.2 1,284.1 1,286.8 1,288.5 1.7

Membership associations and organizations. . . . 3,001.4 3,051.4 3,063.5 3,050.0 2,970.8 3,013.7 3,012.6 3,019.9 7.3

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,228 22,080 20,733 20,766 22,412 22,050 21,979 21,962 -17

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,949.0 2,846.0 2,854.0 2,839.0 2,927.0 2,829.0 2,824.0 2,822.0 -2.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,300.0 2,224.1 2,223.3 2,221.7 2,275.7 2,202.2 2,198.1 2,201.2 3.1

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648.9 622.3 630.6 617.1 651.7 626.6 625.4 620.7 -4.7

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,856.0 4,869.0 4,770.0 4,798.0 5,132.0 5,091.0 5,074.0 5,079.0 5.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,080.0 2,143.9 2,076.9 2,087.1 2,378.1 2,387.0 2,389.3 2,387.9 -1.4

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 2,775.6 2,725.0 2,692.9 2,711.3 2,754.0 2,704.0 2,685.1 2,690.9 5.8

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,423.0 14,365.0 13,109.0 13,129.0 14,353.0 14,130.0 14,081.0 14,061.0 -20.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,890.6 7,933.6 6,627.7 6,694.4 8,004.1 7,866.6 7,823.8 7,810.1 -13.7

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 6,532.2 6,431.6 6,481.1 6,434.8 6,349.2 6,263.2 6,257.3 6,251.0 -6.3

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

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Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 34.2 34.3 34.3 34.2

Goods-producing..................................................................... 39.7 39.9 39.8 39.8

Mining and logging................................................................ 43.9 44.6 44.2 44.1

Construction........................................................................ 38.0 38.3 38.2 38.2

Manufacturing...................................................................... 40.2 40.3 40.3 40.3

Durable goods................................................................... 40.5 40.6 40.7 40.6

Nondurable goods............................................................... 39.9 39.8 39.7 39.8

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 34.3 34.5 34.4 34.4

Wholesale trade................................................................. 38.3 38.6 38.5 38.5

Retail trade....................................................................... 31.4 31.4 31.4 31.3

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 38.4 38.6 38.5 38.5

Utilities............................................................................ 41.4 41.6 41.6 41.5

Information.......................................................................... 36.7 36.6 36.5 36.4

Financial activities................................................................. 37.0 37.1 37.4 37.1

Professional and business services............................................. 35.5 35.7 35.8 35.7

Education and health services................................................... 32.8 32.8 32.9 32.7

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 25.9 25.8 25.9 25.8

Other services...................................................................... 31.9 31.7 31.7 31.5

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2

Durable goods........................................................................ 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3

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Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Total private................................................. $22.67 $23.01 $23.12 $23.09 $ 775.31 $ 789.24 $ 793.02 $ 789.68

Goods-producing........................................ 24.14 24.39 24.46 24.46 958.36 973.16 973.51 973.51

Mining and logging................................... 27.60 27.94 27.93 27.98 1,211.64 1,246.12 1,234.51 1,233.92

Construction........................................... 25.20 25.39 25.40 25.50 957.60 972.44 970.28 974.10

Manufacturing......................................... 23.43 23.67 23.78 23.73 941.89 953.90 958.33 956.32

Durable goods...................................... 24.91 25.21 25.32 25.28 1,008.86 1,023.53 1,030.52 1,026.37

Nondurable goods................................. 21.04 21.10 21.18 21.13 839.50 839.78 840.85 840.97

Private service-providing............................... 22.32 22.69 22.81 22.76 738.79 753.31 759.57 753.36

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 19.72 20.01 20.11 20.04 676.40 690.35 691.78 689.38

Wholesale trade.................................... 26.21 26.23 26.40 26.18 1,003.84 1,012.48 1,016.40 1,007.93

Retail trade.......................................... 15.60 15.78 15.92 15.80 489.84 495.49 499.89 494.54

Transportation and warehousing................. 21.02 21.71 21.74 21.94 807.17 838.01 836.99 844.69

Utilities............................................... 32.73 33.83 33.62 33.73 1,355.02 1,407.33 1,398.59 1,399.80

Information............................................. 30.66 31.49 31.40 31.52 1,125.22 1,152.53 1,146.10 1,147.33

Financial activities.................................... 27.28 27.73 27.67 27.77 1,009.36 1,028.78 1,034.86 1,030.27

Professional and business services................ 27.37 27.73 27.98 27.86 971.64 989.96 1,001.68 994.60

Education and health services...................... 23.06 23.52 23.69 23.62 756.37 771.46 779.40 772.37

Leisure and hospitality............................... 13.10 13.20 13.23 13.23 339.29 340.56 342.66 341.33

Other services......................................... 20.14 20.45 20.51 20.55 642.47 648.27 650.17 647.33

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Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Percent

change

from:

July

2011 -

Aug.

2011p

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Percent

change

from:

July

2011 -

Aug.

2011p

Total private....................................... 92.1 93.7 93.8 93.6 -0.2 99.6 102.8 103.4 103.0 -0.4

Goods-producing............................... 80.5 82.0 82.0 82.0 0.0 87.8 90.4 90.7 90.6 -0.1

Mining and logging.......................... 99.2 110.6 110.8 111.3 0.5 109.9 124.0 124.3 125.0 0.6

Construction.................................. 72.3 72.9 72.8 72.7 -0.1 79.2 80.4 80.3 80.6 0.4

Manufacturing................................ 83.5 85.0 85.3 85.2 -0.1 91.0 93.6 94.3 94.1 -0.2

Durable goods............................ 80.9 83.3 83.8 83.6 -0.2 89.5 93.3 94.3 93.8 -0.5

Nondurable goods........................ 88.8 88.1 88.1 88.3 0.2 94.8 94.3 94.7 94.7 0.0

Private service-providing...................... 95.3 97.0 97.4 96.8 -0.6 103.1 106.6 107.6 106.8 -0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 91.7 93.4 93.3 93.2 -0.1 97.3 100.6 100.9 100.6 -0.3

Wholesale trade........................... 91.1 93.3 93.1 93.2 0.1 99.7 102.2 102.6 101.8 -0.8

Retail trade................................ 91.9 92.8 93.0 92.6 -0.4 94.8 96.8 97.8 96.7 -1.1

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 92.0 94.4 94.1 94.1 0.0 98.1 104.0 103.9 104.8 0.9

Utilities..................................... 98.5 99.3 99.3 99.1 -0.2 106.5 111.0 110.3 110.5 0.2

Information................................... 90.9 89.6 89.3 87.5 -2.0 99.2 100.5 99.8 98.2 -1.6

Financial activities........................... 92.9 93.0 93.7 93.0 -0.7 98.9 100.7 101.2 100.8 -0.4

Professional and business services....... 93.3 96.3 96.8 96.6 -0.2 103.5 108.2 109.7 109.1 -0.5

Education and health services............. 104.7 106.5 107.0 106.6 -0.4 113.1 117.3 118.8 117.9 -0.8

Leisure and hospitality...................... 96.4 97.2 97.7 97.3 -0.4 101.9 103.5 104.2 103.8 -0.4

Other services............................... 94.9 95.7 95.8 95.3 -0.5 108.5 111.1 111.5 111.2 -0.3

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding

2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Total nonfarm............................................... 64,610 64,839 64,790 64,790 49.7 49.5 49.4 49.4

Total private.............................................. 51,840 52,278 52,315 52,324 48.2 48.0 47.9 47.9

Goods-producing...................................... 4,085 4,062 4,062 4,054 23.0 22.5 22.5 22.4

Mining and logging................................. 99 105 106 108 13.8 13.3 13.3 13.4

Construction........................................ 717 708 712 714 13.0 12.8 12.9 12.9

Manufacturing....................................... 3,269 3,249 3,244 3,232 28.3 27.7 27.6 27.5

Durable goods................................... 1,730 1,724 1,721 1,714 24.4 23.7 23.5 23.4

Nondurable goods............................... 1,539 1,525 1,523 1,518 34.5 34.4 34.3 34.2

Private service-providing............................. 47,755 48,216 48,253 48,270 53.3 53.0 53.0 53.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities............... 9,987 10,001 10,002 9,996 40.6 40.1 40.1 40.1

Wholesale trade................................. 1,637.2 1,665.2 1,669.9 1,671.0 30.0 30.0 30.1 30.1

Retail trade....................................... 7,208.4 7,192.8 7,193.2 7,189.7 50.0 49.4 49.3 49.3

Transportation and warehousing.............. 1,003.5 1,008.2 1,004.5 1,001.3 24.0 23.6 23.5 23.4

Utilities............................................ 137.6 134.9 134.4 133.9 25.0 24.4 24.4 24.2

Information.......................................... 1,104 1,087 1,088 1,076 40.7 40.5 40.6 40.9

Financial activities.................................. 4,481 4,444 4,439 4,433 58.8 58.4 58.4 58.3

Professional and business services............. 7,416 7,626 7,627 7,639 44.4 44.5 44.4 44.4

Education and health services................... 15,119 15,308 15,341 15,366 77.1 76.8 76.7 76.7

Leisure and hospitality............................. 6,808 6,874 6,879 6,876 52.2 52.1 52.1 52.0

Other services...................................... 2,840 2,876 2,877 2,884 52.9 52.8 52.8 52.8

Government.............................................. 12,770 12,561 12,475 12,466 57.0 57.0 56.8 56.8

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Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Total private................................................................................ 88,554 89,825 89,955 89,988

Goods-producing........................................................................ 12,793 12,994 13,035 13,036

Mining and logging................................................................... 538 593 599 602

Construction........................................................................... 4,161 4,176 4,183 4,175

Manufacturing......................................................................... 8,094 8,225 8,253 8,259

Durable goods...................................................................... 4,851 4,992 5,016 5,023

Nondurable goods................................................................. 3,243 3,233 3,237 3,236

Private service-providing............................................................... 75,761 76,831 76,920 76,952

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................................................. 20,841 21,086 21,102 21,111

Wholesale trade.................................................................... 4,372.8 4,443.2 4,444.7 4,448.7

Retail trade......................................................................... 12,406.9 12,528.3 12,544.5 12,546.5

Transportation and warehousing................................................. 3,620.4 3,673.5 3,672.1 3,675.3

Utilities............................................................................... 441.0 441.1 440.4 440.0

Information............................................................................ 2,174 2,156 2,153 2,107

Financial activities.................................................................... 5,870 5,819 5,818 5,814

Professional and business services................................................ 13,682 14,104 14,133 14,165

Education and health services...................................................... 17,193 17,468 17,516 17,540

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 11,507 11,644 11,641 11,652

Other services........................................................................ 4,494 4,554 4,557 4,563

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.5 33.6 33.6 33.5

Goods-producing..................................................................... 40.5 40.9 40.9 40.8

Mining and logging................................................................ 45.5 47.3 46.5 46.6

Construction........................................................................ 38.6 39.0 39.1 39.0

Manufacturing...................................................................... 41.1 41.4 41.4 41.3

Durable goods................................................................... 41.3 41.8 41.8 41.8

Nondurable goods............................................................... 40.9 40.7 40.8 40.6

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 33.4 33.7 33.7 33.5

Wholesale trade................................................................. 38.1 38.5 38.5 38.3

Retail trade....................................................................... 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.3

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 37.3 37.9 37.7 37.7

Utilities............................................................................ 42.3 42.0 41.8 41.7

Information.......................................................................... 36.4 36.3 36.2 35.9

Financial activities................................................................. 36.4 36.3 36.3 36.2

Professional and business services............................................. 35.1 35.2 35.1 35.1

Education and health services................................................... 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.2

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 24.9 24.7 24.8 24.7

Other services...................................................................... 30.8 30.8 30.7 30.8

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.1

Durable goods........................................................................ 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.2

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.0

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Total private................................................. $19.13 $19.43 $19.49 $19.47 $ 640.86 $ 652.85 $ 654.86 $ 652.25

Goods-producing........................................ 20.33 20.63 20.71 20.74 823.37 843.77 847.04 846.19

Mining and logging................................... 23.87 24.42 24.59 24.58 1,086.09 1,155.07 1,143.44 1,145.43

Construction........................................... 23.30 23.57 23.67 23.79 899.38 919.23 925.50 927.81

Manufacturing......................................... 18.63 18.91 18.98 18.96 765.69 782.87 785.77 783.05

Durable goods...................................... 19.79 20.08 20.17 20.13 817.33 839.34 843.11 841.43

Nondurable goods................................. 16.88 17.06 17.09 17.10 690.39 694.34 697.27 694.26

Private service-providing............................... 18.87 19.17 19.23 19.20 609.50 621.11 623.05 620.16

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 16.84 17.14 17.18 17.16 562.46 577.62 578.97 574.86

Wholesale trade.................................... 21.55 21.99 22.12 22.02 821.06 846.62 851.62 843.37

Retail trade.......................................... 13.25 13.44 13.46 13.44 401.48 408.58 410.53 407.23

Transportation and warehousing................. 19.19 19.46 19.54 19.57 715.79 737.53 736.66 737.79

Utilities............................................... 30.27 30.80 30.94 30.95 1,280.42 1,293.60 1,293.29 1,290.62

Information............................................. 25.91 26.33 26.38 26.31 943.12 955.78 954.96 944.53

Financial activities.................................... 21.57 21.67 21.75 21.68 785.15 786.62 789.53 784.82

Professional and business services................ 22.93 23.18 23.23 23.21 804.84 815.94 815.37 814.67

Education and health services...................... 20.20 20.68 20.78 20.77 650.44 667.96 673.27 668.79

Leisure and hospitality............................... 11.35 11.47 11.50 11.49 282.62 283.31 285.20 283.80

Other services......................................... 17.08 17.23 17.27 17.27 526.06 530.68 530.19 531.92

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Percent

change

from:

July

2011 -

Aug.

2011p

Aug.

2010

June

2011

July

2011p

Aug.

2011p

Percent

change

from:

July

2011 -

Aug.

2011p

Total private....................................... 99.1 100.8 101.0 100.7 -0.3 126.7 130.9 131.5 131.0 -0.4

Goods-producing............................... 79.2 81.2 81.5 81.3 -0.2 98.6 102.6 103.3 103.2 -0.1

Mining and logging.......................... 130.1 149.1 148.0 149.1 0.7 180.6 211.7 211.7 213.1 0.7

Construction.................................. 80.4 81.5 81.9 81.5 -0.5 101.2 103.8 104.7 104.7 0.0

Manufacturing................................ 76.3 78.2 78.4 78.3 -0.1 93.0 96.6 97.3 97.1 -0.2

Durable goods............................ 75.3 78.4 78.8 78.9 0.1 93.0 98.3 99.2 99.1 -0.1

Nondurable goods........................ 78.1 77.5 77.8 77.4 -0.5 93.2 93.5 94.0 93.5 -0.5

Private service-providing...................... 104.6 106.4 106.6 106.3 -0.3 135.4 139.9 140.5 139.9 -0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 97.0 99.1 99.1 98.6 -0.5 116.6 121.1 121.5 120.7 -0.7

Wholesale trade........................... 98.1 100.7 100.8 100.3 -0.5 124.6 130.5 131.3 130.2 -0.8

Retail trade................................ 95.2 96.4 96.8 96.2 -0.6 108.1 111.1 111.7 110.9 -0.7

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 101.7 104.8 104.2 104.3 0.1 123.7 129.4 129.2 129.5 0.2

Utilities..................................... 95.4 94.8 94.2 93.9 -0.3 120.6 121.8 121.6 121.2 -0.3

Information................................... 90.3 89.3 89.0 86.4 -2.9 115.9 116.5 116.2 112.5 -3.2

Financial activities........................... 102.3 101.1 101.1 100.7 -0.4 136.4 135.4 135.9 135.0 -0.7

Professional and business services....... 107.6 111.3 111.2 111.4 0.2 146.8 153.5 153.7 153.9 0.1

Education and health services............. 119.4 121.7 122.4 121.8 -0.5 158.6 165.5 167.2 166.4 -0.5

Leisure and hospitality...................... 105.0 105.4 105.8 105.5 -0.3 135.4 137.3 138.2 137.6 -0.4

Other services............................... 97.1 98.4 98.1 98.6 0.5 120.8 123.5 123.5 124.1 0.5

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding

2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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