Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-14-1391 

8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, August 1, 2014 

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 — JULY 2014 

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 209,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was 

little changed at 6.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in 

professional and business services, manufacturing, retail trade, and construction. 

Changes to the Establishment Survey 

Effective with the release of July 2014 data in this news release, the establishment survey 

began implementing new sample units into production on a quarterly basis, replacing the 

practice of implementing new sample units annually. There was no change to the establishment 

survey sample design. More information about the quarterly sample implementation is 

available at www.bls.gov/ces/cesqsi.htm. 

 

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Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month 

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July 2012 – July 2014
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Household Survey Data 

Both the unemployment rate (6.2 percent) and the number of unemployed persons (9.7 million) 

changed little in July. Over the past 12 months, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed 

persons have declined by 1.1 percentage points and 1.7 million, respectively. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for adult women increased to 5.7 percent and 

the rate for blacks edged up to 11.4 percent in July, following declines for both groups in the prior 

month. The rates for adult men (5.7 percent), teenagers (20.2 percent), whites (5.3 percent), and 

Hispanics (7.8 percent) showed little or no change in July. The jobless rate for Asians was 4.5 percent 

(not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially unchanged 

at 3.2 million in July. These individuals accounted for 32.9 percent of the unemployed. Over the past 12 

months, the number of long-term unemployed has declined by 1.1 million. (See table A-12.) 

The civilian labor force participation rate, at 62.9 percent, changed little in July. The participation 

rate has been essentially unchanged since April. The employment-population ratio, at 59.0 percent, 

was unchanged over the month but has edged up by 0.3 percentage point over the past 12 months. (See 

table A-1.) 

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

involuntary part-time workers), at 7.5 million, was unchanged in July. 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.) 

In July, 2.2 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, down by 236,000 from 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 741,000 discouraged workers in July, down by 247,000 

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 1.4 

million persons marginally attached to the labor force in July had not searched for work for reasons such 

as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) 

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 209,000 in July, the same as its average monthly gain 

over the prior 12 months. In July, employment grew in professional and business services, 

manufacturing, retail trade, and construction. (See table B-1.) 

Professional and business services added 47,000 jobs in July and has added 648,000 jobs over the past 

12 months. In July, employment continued to trend up across much of the industry, including a gain of 

9,000 jobs in architectural and engineering services. Employment in temporary help services changed 

little over the month. 
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Manufacturing added 28,000 jobs in July. Job gains occurred in motor vehicles and parts (+15,000) 

and in furniture and related products (+3,000). Over the prior 12 months, manufacturing had added an 

average of 12,000 jobs per month, primarily in durable goods industries. 

In July, retail trade employment rose by 27,000. Employment continued to trend up in automobile 

dealers, food and beverage stores, and general merchandise stores. Over the past year, retail trade has 

added 298,000 jobs. 

Employment in construction increased by 22,000 in July. Within the industry, employment continued to 

trend up in residential building and in residential specialty trade contractors. Over the year, construction 

has added 211,000 jobs. 

Social assistance added 18,000 jobs over the month and 110,000 over the year. (The social assistance 

industry includes child day care and services for the elderly and persons with disabilities.) Employment 

in health care changed little over the month, with job gains in ambulatory health care services 

(+21,000) largely offset by losses in hospitals (-7,000) and nursing care facilities (-6,000). 

Mining added 8,000 jobs in July, with the bulk of the increase occurring in support activities for mining 

(+6,000). Over the year, mining employment has risen by 46,000. 

Employment in leisure and hospitality changed little in July but has added 375,000 jobs over the year, 

primarily in food services and drinking places. 

Employment in other major industries, including wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing,

information, financial activities, and government, showed little change in July. 

In July, the average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was 34.5 hours for the 

fifth straight month. The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.2 hour in July to 40.9 hours, and 

factory overtime edged down by 0.1 hour to 3.4 hours. The average workweek for production and 

nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls was 33.7 hours for the fifth consecutive month. 

(See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

In July, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 1 cent to 

$24.45. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have risen by 2.0 percent. In July, average 

hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees increased by 4 cents to 

$20.61. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for May was revised from +224,000 to +229,000, and 

the change for June was revised from +288,000 to +298,000. With these revisions, employment gains in 

May and June were 15,000 higher than previously reported. 

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The Employment Situation for August is scheduled to be released on Friday, September 5, 2014, 

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

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category July

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Change from:

June 2014-

July 2014

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population........................................... 245,756 247,622 247,814 248,023 209

Civilian labor force........................................................... 155,693 155,613 155,694 156,023 329

Participation rate.......................................................... 63.4 62.8 62.8 62.9 0.1

Employed................................................................... 144,285 145,814 146,221 146,352 131

Employment-population ratio.......................................... 58.7 58.9 59.0 59.0 0.0

Unemployed............................................................... 11,408 9,799 9,474 9,671 197

Unemployment rate.................................................... 7.3 6.3 6.1 6.2 0.1

Not in labor force............................................................ 90,062 92,009 92,120 92,001 -119

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over...................................................... 7.3 6.3 6.1 6.2 0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)............................................ 7.0 5.9 5.7 5.7 0.0

Adult women (20 years and over)......................................... 6.4 5.7 5.3 5.7 0.4

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................ 23.4 19.2 21.0 20.2 -0.8

White.......................................................................... 6.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 0.0

Black or African American.................................................. 12.6 11.5 10.7 11.4 0.7

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................ 5.7 5.3 5.1 4.5 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................................. 9.5 7.7 7.8 7.8 0.0

Total, 25 years and over...................................................... 6.0 5.2 5.0 5.0 0.0

Less than a high school diploma.......................................... 10.9 9.1 9.1 9.6 0.5

High school graduates, no college........................................ 7.6 6.5 5.8 6.1 0.3

Some college or associate degree........................................ 6.0 5.5 5.0 5.3 0.3

Bachelor’s degree and higher.............................................. 3.8 3.2 3.3 3.1 -0.2

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.................. 5,894 5,018 4,862 4,859 -3

Job leavers...................................................................... 970 875 854 862 8

Reentrants....................................................................... 3,234 2,857 2,707 2,848 141

New entrants.................................................................... 1,246 1,062 1,064 1,087 23

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks............................................................. 2,548 2,559 2,410 2,587 177

5 to 14 weeks................................................................... 2,826 2,390 2,416 2,431 15

15 to 26 weeks................................................................. 1,786 1,441 1,472 1,412 -60

27 weeks and over............................................................. 4,246 3,374 3,081 3,155 74

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons.............................................. 8,180 7,269 7,544 7,511 -33

Slack work or business conditions........................................ 5,155 4,453 4,525 4,609 84

Could only find part-time work............................................. 2,641 2,537 2,648 2,519 -129

Part time for noneconomic reasons.......................................... 19,099 19,040 19,880 19,662 -218

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force....................................... 2,414 2,130 2,028 2,178 –

Discouraged workers........................................................ 988 697 676 741 –

- 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 July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 229 298 209

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 228 270 198

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5 26 38 58

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 5 8

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 10 22

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -9 15 23 28

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6 21 21 30

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.8 9.9 10.0 14.6

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -3 -6 2 -2

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 202 232 140

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 6.0 14.2 2.7

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.4 12.0 41.2 26.7

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -8.2 16.6 14.8 7.9

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 -6 10 2

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8 17 7

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 57 73 47

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 14.5 13.9 8.5

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 59 45 17

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 58.1 32.7 25.4

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 45 23 21

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 4 -6 7

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -21 1 28 11

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4

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

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.6 82.7 82.7 82.7

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 34.5 34.5 34.5

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23.97 $24.38 $24.44 $24.45

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $824.57 $841.11 $843.18 $843.53

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.6 100.6 100.8 101.0

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

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.7 117.0 117.6 117.8

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.5 33.7 33.7 33.7

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.15 $20.54 $20.57 $20.61

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $675.03 $692.20 $693.21 $694.56

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.7 108.3 108.5 108.7

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.3 148.6 149.2 149.7

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

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (264 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.8 64.4 65.3 61.9

Manufacturing (81 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.6 63.0 63.0 53.7

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 

1. 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 self-employed workers 

whose businesses are unincorporated, 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. For more information on the differences 

between the two surveys, please visit www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ces_cps_trends.pdf. 

2. 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. Data on the foreign and native born are published each month in table A-7 of The 

Employment Situation news release. 

3. 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/empsit/cesbmart.htm. 

4. 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 statewide total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all states, size classes, and 

industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 

 
5. 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. 

6. 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. 

7. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who want a job but are not currently 

looking for work? 

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

including those who are not currently 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 table A-15 of The Employment Situation news release. For more information about these 

alternative measures, please visit www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm#altmeasures. 

8. 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. 

Typically, it is not possible to precisely quantify the effect of extreme weather on payroll 

employment estimates. In order for severe weather conditions to reduce employment estimates, 

employees have to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. Employees 

who receive pay for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll 

employment figures. For more information on how often employees are paid, please visit 

www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-3/how-frequently-do-private-businesses-pay-workers.htm. 

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 had a job but were not at work due to bad weather. It also provides a measure 

of the number of persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours due to bad weather. 

Current and historical data are available on the household survey's most requested statistics page, 

please visit http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln.
Technical Note 

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household 

survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey 

(CES; 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 eligible 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. Each month 

the CES program surveys about 144,000 businesses 

and government agencies, representing approximately 

554,000 individual worksites, in order to provide 

detailed industry data on employment, hours, and 

earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. 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 persons 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 

2012 version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

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

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, self-employed workers whose businesses

are unicorporated, 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 age-sex 

components; this differs from the unemployment estimate 

that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by 

combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age 

categories. 

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 

component of this difference that occurs because samples 

differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

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 

90,000. 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 -40,000 to +140,000 (50,000 +/- 90,000). 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 6.0 percent, 

the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change 

in unemployment as measured by the household survey is 

about +/- 300,000, and for the monthly change in the 

unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.2 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

July

2013

June

2014

July

2014

July

2013

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245,756 247,814 248,023 245,756 247,258 247,439 247,622 247,814 248,023

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,196 156,997 157,573 155,693 156,227 155,421 155,613 155,694 156,023

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.0 63.4 63.5 63.4 63.2 62.8 62.8 62.8 62.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,113 147,104 147,265 144,285 145,742 145,669 145,814 146,221 146,352

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 59.4 59.4 58.7 58.9 58.9 58.9 59.0 59.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,083 9,893 10,307 11,408 10,486 9,753 9,799 9,474 9,671

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 6.3 6.5 7.3 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,560 90,817 90,451 90,062 91,030 92,018 92,009 92,120 92,001

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,862 6,694 6,624 6,562 6,146 6,146 6,438 6,115 6,259

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,595 119,680 119,788 118,595 119,395 119,488 119,582 119,680 119,788

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,965 83,850 84,284 82,807 83,052 82,586 82,590 82,860 83,043

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.8 70.1 70.4 69.8 69.6 69.1 69.1 69.2 69.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,569 78,541 79,064 76,447 77,416 77,292 77,310 77,653 77,866

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 65.6 66.0 64.5 64.8 64.7 64.7 64.9 65.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,396 5,310 5,220 6,361 5,636 5,294 5,280 5,207 5,177

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 6.3 6.2 7.7 6.8 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,630 35,830 35,503 35,788 36,343 36,902 36,992 36,821 36,744

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,054 111,230 111,342 110,054 110,930 111,027 111,126 111,230 111,342

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,275 80,458 80,684 79,871 80,171 79,851 79,830 80,068 80,208

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.9 72.3 72.5 72.6 72.3 71.9 71.8 72.0 72.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,854 76,018 76,245 74,301 75,230 75,134 75,127 75,510 75,654

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.0 68.3 68.5 67.5 67.8 67.7 67.6 67.9 67.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,421 4,440 4,439 5,570 4,941 4,718 4,703 4,558 4,554

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 5.5 5.5 7.0 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,778 30,772 30,658 30,182 30,760 31,176 31,296 31,162 31,133

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,161 128,133 128,236 127,161 127,863 127,951 128,040 128,133 128,236

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,231 73,147 73,288 72,886 73,175 72,835 73,023 72,835 72,979

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.6 57.1 57.2 57.3 57.2 56.9 57.0 56.8 56.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,543 68,563 68,201 67,838 68,325 68,376 68,504 68,568 68,486

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

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,688 4,584 5,087 5,048 4,850 4,459 4,519 4,267 4,494

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 6.3 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.1 6.2 5.9 6.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,930 54,987 54,947 54,275 54,688 55,116 55,017 55,299 55,256

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,907 119,948 120,052 118,907 119,669 119,760 119,852 119,948 120,052

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,656 69,795 69,853 69,986 70,361 70,037 70,153 69,987 70,177

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 58.2 58.2 58.9 58.8 58.5 58.5 58.3 58.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,754 65,952 65,468 65,514 66,008 66,057 66,137 66,254 66,197

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.5 55.0 54.5 55.1 55.2 55.2 55.2 55.2 55.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,902 3,843 4,386 4,473 4,352 3,980 4,016 3,733 3,980

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 5.5 6.3 6.4 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,251 50,152 50,199 48,921 49,309 49,724 49,699 49,961 49,875

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,795 16,636 16,629 16,795 16,658 16,652 16,644 16,636 16,629

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,264 6,744 7,035 5,836 5,696 5,534 5,630 5,640 5,637

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 40.5 42.3 34.7 34.2 33.2 33.8 33.9 33.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,504 5,134 5,553 4,470 4,503 4,479 4,550 4,457 4,501

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 30.9 33.4 26.6 27.0 26.9 27.3 26.8 27.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,760 1,610 1,483 1,365 1,193 1,055 1,080 1,183 1,136

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 23.9 21.1 23.4 20.9 19.1 19.2 21.0 20.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,530 9,892 9,594 10,959 10,962 11,119 11,014 10,996 10,992

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

July

2013

June

2014

July

2014

July

2013

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,373 195,416 195,537 194,373 195,117 195,210 195,310 195,416 195,537

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,807 124,241 124,477 123,636 123,763 123,111 123,287 123,379 123,314

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.2 63.6 63.7 63.6 63.4 63.1 63.1 63.1 63.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,321 117,383 117,509 115,537 116,581 116,601 116,669 116,778 116,757

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.8 60.1 60.1 59.4 59.7 59.7 59.7 59.8 59.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,486 6,858 6,968 8,100 7,183 6,510 6,618 6,600 6,557

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 5.5 5.6 6.6 5.8 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,565 71,175 71,060 70,736 71,353 72,099 72,022 72,037 72,222

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,906 64,697 64,794 64,575 64,724 64,445 64,343 64,435 64,430

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 72.6 72.6 73.0 72.7 72.4 72.2 72.3 72.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,995 61,652 61,833 60,526 61,282 61,182 61,129 61,291 61,361

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.9 69.2 69.3 68.4 68.9 68.7 68.6 68.8 68.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,911 3,045 2,961 4,049 3,441 3,264 3,214 3,144 3,069

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 4.7 4.6 6.3 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.8

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,204 54,194 54,077 54,437 54,509 54,277 54,520 54,454 54,356

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.0 57.7 57.6 58.3 58.1 57.9 58.1 58.0 57.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,794 51,523 51,129 51,321 51,597 51,730 51,864 51,847 51,695

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.4 54.9 54.4 55.0 55.0 55.2 55.3 55.2 55.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,410 2,671 2,948 3,117 2,911 2,547 2,656 2,606 2,661

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 4.9 5.5 5.7 5.3 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,698 5,350 5,606 4,624 4,531 4,389 4,425 4,490 4,529

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.6 43.2 45.3 37.0 36.5 35.4 35.7 36.3 36.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,532 4,208 4,547 3,690 3,701 3,690 3,676 3,640 3,701

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.2 34.0 36.7 29.5 29.9 29.8 29.7 29.4 29.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,165 1,143 1,059 934 830 699 749 850 827

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.5 21.4 18.9 20.2 18.3 15.9 16.9 18.9 18.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,390 30,821 30,856 30,390 30,719 30,755 30,787 30,821 30,856

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,825 18,992 19,249 18,653 18,756 18,720 18,715 18,791 19,025

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.9 61.6 62.4 61.4 61.1 60.9 60.8 61.0 61.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,311 16,885 16,895 16,310 16,437 16,556 16,564 16,784 16,853

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.7 54.8 54.8 53.7 53.5 53.8 53.8 54.5 54.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,513 2,107 2,355 2,343 2,319 2,164 2,151 2,007 2,172

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 11.1 12.2 12.6 12.4 11.6 11.5 10.7 11.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,565 11,829 11,607 11,736 11,963 12,035 12,072 12,029 11,832

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,450 8,674 8,753 8,433 8,496 8,435 8,496 8,592 8,671

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.7 68.1 68.6 67.6 67.0 66.4 66.8 67.5 68.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,398 7,752 7,749 7,382 7,470 7,522 7,519 7,660 7,704

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 60.9 60.7 59.2 58.9 59.2 59.1 60.1 60.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052 922 1,003 1,051 1,026 913 977 932 967

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 10.6 11.5 12.5 12.1 10.8 11.5 10.9 11.1

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,444 9,563 9,696 9,487 9,614 9,583 9,521 9,566 9,720

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.5 61.4 62.2 61.8 62.0 61.7 61.2 61.4 62.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,382 8,670 8,639 8,493 8,554 8,590 8,564 8,702 8,736

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 55.7 55.4 55.3 55.1 55.3 55.1 55.9 56.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,063 893 1,056 994 1,060 993 957 864 984

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 9.3 10.9 10.5 11.0 10.4 10.0 9.0 10.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930 755 801 734 646 701 698 632 634

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3 30.1 32.0 28.6 25.6 27.9 27.8 25.2 25.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 463 506 435 413 443 481 421 413

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.7 18.4 20.2 17.0 16.4 17.6 19.1 16.8 16.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 292 295 298 233 258 217 211 221

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.9 38.7 36.8 40.7 36.1 36.8 31.1 33.4 34.9

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,298 13,807 13,765 – – – – – –

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

July

2013

June

2014

July

2014

July

2013

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,641 8,746 8,717 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.0 63.3 63.3 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,153 8,301 8,329 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3 60.1 60.5 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 445 389 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 5.1 4.5 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,657 5,061 5,047 – – – – – –

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

July

2013

June

2014

July

2014

July

2013

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population................ 37,548 38,352 38,430 37,548 38,126 38,203 38,277 38,352 38,430

Civilian labor force................................ 25,220 25,577 25,536 25,010 25,266 25,055 25,108 25,409 25,320

Participation rate............................... 67.2 66.7 66.4 66.6 66.3 65.6 65.6 66.3 65.9

Employed....................................... 22,822 23,589 23,529 22,644 23,264 23,232 23,162 23,433 23,345

Employment-population ratio............... 60.8 61.5 61.2 60.3 61.0 60.8 60.5 61.1 60.7

Unemployed.................................... 2,398 1,988 2,007 2,365 2,002 1,824 1,946 1,976 1,975

Unemployment rate......................... 9.5 7.8 7.9 9.5 7.9 7.3 7.7 7.8 7.8

Not in labor force................................. 12,328 12,775 12,895 12,538 12,859 13,148 13,169 12,943 13,110

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 13,847 14,127 14,086 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 81.7 81.4 81.0 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 12,784 13,229 13,240 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 75.5 76.3 76.1 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 1,063 898 847 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 7.7 6.4 6.0 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 9,930 10,193 10,123 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 58.6 58.8 58.2 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 9,041 9,458 9,348 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 53.3 54.5 53.8 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 889 735 775 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 9.0 7.2 7.7 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................ 1,443 1,257 1,326 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 39.5 34.4 36.2 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 997 902 941 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 27.3 24.6 25.7 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 446 355 385 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 30.9 28.3 29.0 – – – – – –

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

July

2013

June

2014

July

2014

July

2013

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................. 10,886 10,673 10,168 10,890 11,199 10,891 10,861 10,451 10,221

Participation rate.................................. 45.4 44.3 44.2 45.4 45.9 44.6 44.2 43.3 44.4

Employed.......................................... 9,723 9,795 9,210 9,700 10,128 9,925 9,869 9,497 9,243

Employment-population ratio................. 40.5 40.6 40.0 40.5 41.5 40.7 40.2 39.4 40.2

Unemployed....................................... 1,163 878 958 1,190 1,071 965 993 954 978

Unemployment rate............................ 10.7 8.2 9.4 10.9 9.6 8.9 9.1 9.1 9.6

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................. 36,722 36,137 36,239 36,721 36,392 36,089 36,096 36,112 36,146

Participation rate.................................. 59.0 57.9 57.9 59.0 58.8 58.0 57.9 57.8 57.7

Employed.......................................... 33,995 34,130 34,050 33,945 34,106 33,830 33,750 34,001 33,931

Employment-population ratio................. 54.6 54.7 54.4 54.5 55.1 54.3 54.1 54.5 54.2

Unemployed....................................... 2,727 2,007 2,189 2,776 2,286 2,258 2,346 2,112 2,216

Unemployment rate............................ 7.4 5.6 6.0 7.6 6.3 6.3 6.5 5.8 6.1

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................. 37,252 37,290 37,837 37,304 37,158 37,364 37,178 37,476 37,727

Participation rate.................................. 67.1 67.2 67.2 67.2 67.1 67.3 67.2 67.6 67.0

Employed.......................................... 34,931 35,393 35,767 35,057 34,904 35,218 35,131 35,598 35,716

Employment-population ratio................. 62.9 63.8 63.6 63.2 63.0 63.4 63.5 64.2 63.5

Unemployed....................................... 2,320 1,896 2,070 2,247 2,254 2,146 2,047 1,878 2,011

Unemployment rate............................ 6.2 5.1 5.5 6.0 6.1 5.7 5.5 5.0 5.3

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................. 48,831 50,047 49,891 49,137 49,908 49,934 50,208 50,383 50,355

Participation rate.................................. 75.0 74.7 74.0 75.4 74.7 75.1 75.4 75.2 74.7

Employed.......................................... 46,779 48,364 48,154 47,272 48,198 48,279 48,611 48,728 48,771

Employment-population ratio................. 71.8 72.1 71.5 72.6 72.2 72.6 73.0 72.7 72.4

Unemployed....................................... 2,051 1,683 1,738 1,865 1,711 1,655 1,596 1,654 1,584

Unemployment rate............................ 4.2 3.4 3.5 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.1

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

July

2013

July

2014

July

2013

July

2014

July

2013

July

2014

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,384 21,155 19,159 18,901 2,225 2,254

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,923 10,595 9,529 9,211 1,395 1,384

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1 50.1 49.7 48.7 62.7 61.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,221 9,956 8,918 8,670 1,303 1,286

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.8 47.1 46.5 45.9 58.6 57.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 638 610 541 92 97

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 6.0 6.4 5.9 6.6 7.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,461 10,560 9,630 9,690 830 870

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,728 3,107 2,197 2,446 530 661

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,155 2,481 1,800 2,015 355 465

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.0 79.9 81.9 82.4 67.0 70.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,989 2,253 1,661 1,838 328 416

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.9 72.5 75.6 75.2 61.8 62.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 228 138 178 27 50

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 9.2 7.7 8.8 7.7 10.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573 626 397 430 175 196

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,291 3,387 2,664 2,744 627 643

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,713 2,793 2,208 2,332 504 461

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 82.5 82.9 85.0 80.5 71.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,572 2,661 2,093 2,227 479 434

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.1 78.6 78.6 81.2 76.4 67.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 132 115 105 26 28

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 4.7 5.2 4.5 5.1 6.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 594 456 412 122 181

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,789 9,359 9,421 9,007 368 352

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,922 2,577 2,835 2,485 87 92

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 27.5 30.1 27.6 23.7 26.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,727 2,447 2,644 2,356 84 91

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.9 26.1 28.1 26.2 22.7 25.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 130 192 129 4 1

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 5.0 6.8 5.2 4.0 1.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,867 6,782 6,586 6,522 281 260

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,576 5,302 4,876 4,704 700 598

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,133 2,744 2,685 2,378 448 365

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.2 51.7 55.1 50.6 64.0 61.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,933 2,595 2,520 2,248 413 347

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.6 48.9 51.7 47.8 58.9 57.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 149 165 130 36 19

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 5.4 6.1 5.5 7.9 5.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,443 2,558 2,191 2,326 252 233

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215,592 218,179 94,951 96,506 120,641 121,673

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,519 144,380 73,049 73,773 70,470 70,607

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.6 66.2 76.9 76.4 58.4 58.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,021 135,385 67,722 69,436 65,299 65,949

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.7 62.1 71.3 71.9 54.1 54.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,498 8,995 5,327 4,337 5,171 4,658

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 6.2 7.3 5.9 7.3 6.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,072 73,799 21,902 22,733 50,171 51,065

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. Beginning with data for January 2014, estimates for veterans incorporate updated

weighting procedures.
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

July

2013

July

2014

July

2013

July

2014

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population...................................................... 28,406 29,116 217,349 218,908

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 5,778 5,648 151,418 151,924

Participation rate..................................................................... 20.3 19.4 69.7 69.4

Employed............................................................................. 4,926 4,962 140,186 142,303

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 17.3 17.0 64.5 65.0

Unemployed.......................................................................... 852 686 11,231 9,622

Unemployment rate............................................................... 14.7 12.1 7.4 6.3

Not in labor force....................................................................... 22,628 23,467 65,932 66,983

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,638 2,557 76,858 77,252

Participation rate..................................................................... 35.3 32.9 83.6 83.9

Employed............................................................................. 2,240 2,222 71,084 72,573

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 30.0 28.6 77.3 78.8

Unemployed.......................................................................... 398 335 5,774 4,679

Unemployment rate............................................................... 15.1 13.1 7.5 6.1

Not in labor force....................................................................... 4,841 5,207 15,073 14,788

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,188 2,133 67,576 67,415

Participation rate..................................................................... 28.3 27.5 71.0 70.6

Employed............................................................................. 1,778 1,844 62,468 62,831

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 23.0 23.7 65.7 65.8

Unemployed.......................................................................... 410 290 5,108 4,584

Unemployment rate............................................................... 18.7 13.6 7.6 6.8

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,556 5,637 27,574 28,033

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 953 958 6,984 7,258

Participation rate..................................................................... 7.2 7.1 23.1 23.1

Employed............................................................................. 908 896 6,634 6,900

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 6.9 6.6 21.9 22.0

Unemployed.......................................................................... 44 61 350 359

Unemployment rate............................................................... 4.7 6.4 5.0 4.9

Not in labor force....................................................................... 12,232 12,624 23,285 24,162

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

July

2013

July

2014

July

2013

July

2014

July

2013

July

2014

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 37,941 38,475 18,391 18,723 19,550 19,752

Civilian labor force.................................................. 25,382 25,411 14,634 14,809 10,748 10,602

Participation rate.................................................. 66.9 66.0 79.6 79.1 55.0 53.7

Employed.......................................................... 23,689 24,082 13,767 14,152 9,922 9,930

Employment-population ratio................................. 62.4 62.6 74.9 75.6 50.8 50.3

Unemployed....................................................... 1,693 1,329 867 657 825 672

Unemployment rate............................................ 6.7 5.2 5.9 4.4 7.7 6.3

Not in labor force.................................................... 12,559 13,064 3,757 3,914 8,802 9,150

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 207,815 209,549 100,204 101,065 107,611 108,484

Civilian labor force.................................................. 131,814 132,162 69,331 69,475 62,483 62,686

Participation rate.................................................. 63.4 63.1 69.2 68.7 58.1 57.8

Employed.......................................................... 121,424 123,183 63,803 64,913 57,621 58,271

Employment-population ratio................................. 58.4 58.8 63.7 64.2 53.5 53.7

Unemployed....................................................... 10,390 8,978 5,528 4,563 4,862 4,416

Unemployment rate............................................ 7.9 6.8 8.0 6.6 7.8 7.0

Not in labor force.................................................... 76,001 77,387 30,873 31,589 45,128 45,798

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

July

2013

June

2014

July

2014

July

2013

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................. 2,435 2,288 2,403 2,171 2,148 2,161 2,045 2,138 2,133

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 1,494 1,494 1,620 1,314 1,375 1,382 1,273 1,379 1,413

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 915 769 755 846 743 767 738 734 709

Unpaid family workers........................... 25 25 28 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries.......................... 142,678 144,815 144,862 142,081 143,543 143,531 143,843 144,159 144,274

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 133,606 136,186 136,203 133,220 134,745 134,860 135,355 135,687 135,823

Government..................................... 19,151 19,891 19,525 20,006 20,401 20,320 20,051 20,357 20,453

Private industries............................... 114,455 116,294 116,679 113,115 114,327 114,532 115,257 115,294 115,297

Private households.......................... 704 859 889 – – – – – –

Other industries.............................. 113,752 115,435 115,790 112,465 113,444 113,643 114,460 114,487 114,456

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 9,010 8,571 8,582 8,850 8,674 8,559 8,375 8,370 8,424

Unpaid family workers........................... 62 59 76 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 8,324 7,805 7,665 8,180 7,411 7,465 7,269 7,544 7,511

Slack work or business conditions............. 5,140 4,598 4,670 5,155 4,512 4,555 4,453 4,525 4,609

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,757 2,793 2,608 2,641 2,731 2,669 2,537 2,648 2,519

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 17,503 18,825 18,134 19,099 19,216 18,886 19,040 19,880 19,662

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 8,207 7,706 7,568 8,049 7,324 7,333 7,199 7,436 7,400

Slack work or business conditions............. 5,068 4,552 4,607 5,074 4,454 4,487 4,407 4,474 4,548

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,732 2,761 2,585 2,648 2,697 2,623 2,530 2,637 2,507

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 17,201 18,526 17,809 18,748 18,903 18,603 18,727 19,533 19,250

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

July

2013

June

2014

July

2014

July

2013

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,113 147,104 147,265 144,285 145,742 145,669 145,814 146,221 146,352

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,504 5,134 5,553 4,470 4,503 4,479 4,550 4,457 4,501

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,870 1,661 1,924 1,463 1,591 1,472 1,494 1,451 1,494

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,634 3,473 3,629 3,046 2,922 3,016 3,052 3,010 3,030

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,608 141,970 141,713 139,815 141,238 141,190 141,264 141,763 141,851

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,180 14,288 14,532 13,657 13,905 13,879 13,952 13,933 13,976

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,428 127,682 127,180 126,052 127,246 127,211 127,277 127,810 127,827

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,247 95,556 95,098 94,488 95,360 95,151 95,041 95,507 95,365

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,168 31,937 31,826 31,184 31,849 31,713 31,699 31,923 31,885

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,582 30,882 30,689 30,715 30,960 30,905 30,840 30,940 30,843

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,497 32,736 32,583 32,589 32,552 32,533 32,503 32,643 32,637

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,181 32,126 32,082 31,564 31,886 32,060 32,236 32,303 32,462

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,569 78,541 79,064 76,447 77,416 77,292 77,310 77,653 77,866

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,715 2,523 2,819 2,146 2,186 2,159 2,183 2,143 2,212

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929 764 959 684 706 644 689 648 700

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,786 1,759 1,861 1,462 1,481 1,516 1,492 1,500 1,514

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,854 76,018 76,245 74,301 75,230 75,134 75,127 75,510 75,654

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,412 7,460 7,651 7,038 7,223 7,206 7,194 7,227 7,250

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,442 68,558 68,594 67,216 67,961 67,875 67,915 68,263 68,357

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,882 51,442 51,507 50,567 51,101 50,909 50,837 51,146 51,178

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,971 17,416 17,423 16,846 17,340 17,185 17,110 17,322 17,306

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,680 16,775 16,793 16,592 16,706 16,657 16,676 16,762 16,713

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,231 17,251 17,291 17,129 17,055 17,066 17,052 17,062 17,159

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,560 17,116 17,087 16,648 16,860 16,966 17,079 17,117 17,179

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,543 68,563 68,201 67,838 68,325 68,376 68,504 68,568 68,486

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,789 2,611 2,733 2,325 2,317 2,320 2,367 2,314 2,289

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941 898 965 779 885 828 805 803 795

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,848 1,714 1,768 1,584 1,441 1,500 1,560 1,510 1,517

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,754 65,952 65,468 65,514 66,008 66,057 66,137 66,254 66,197

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,768 6,828 6,881 6,619 6,683 6,672 6,758 6,706 6,726

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,986 59,124 58,587 58,836 59,285 59,336 59,362 59,547 59,469

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,365 44,114 43,591 43,920 44,259 44,242 44,205 44,361 44,186

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,197 14,521 14,403 14,339 14,509 14,528 14,589 14,601 14,578

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,902 14,107 13,895 14,122 14,254 14,247 14,164 14,178 14,130

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,265 15,486 15,292 15,460 15,497 15,466 15,451 15,582 15,478

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,621 15,010 14,996 14,915 15,026 15,094 15,157 15,186 15,283

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,873 44,478 44,248 43,920 44,483 44,525 44,608 44,508 44,331

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,950 34,380 33,946 34,598 34,779 34,813 34,716 34,728 34,598

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,291 9,572 9,477 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,688 119,472 119,900 116,156 118,003 118,415 118,727 118,204 118,489

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,425 27,631 27,365 28,184 27,695 27,297 27,219 28,018 28,070

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,897 6,960 6,787 7,036 6,998 7,093 7,113 7,031 6,939

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.7

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,187 5,302 5,324 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,925 9,340 9,337 9,696 9,417 9,326 9,113 9,104 9,133

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

July

2013

June

2014

July

2014

July

2013

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over........................... 11,408 9,474 9,671 7.3 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.2

16 to 19 years..................................... 1,365 1,183 1,136 23.4 20.9 19.1 19.2 21.0 20.2

16 to 17 years.................................. 602 442 448 29.2 20.1 22.1 23.0 23.3 23.1

18 to 19 years.................................. 759 721 703 19.9 20.7 17.4 17.1 19.3 18.8

20 years and over................................ 10,043 8,291 8,535 6.7 6.2 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.7

20 to 24 years.................................. 1,952 1,629 1,772 12.5 12.2 10.6 11.1 10.5 11.3

25 years and over.............................. 8,113 6,695 6,780 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.0

25 to 54 years............................... 6,442 5,178 5,231 6.4 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.1 5.2

25 to 34 years............................. 2,533 2,234 2,239 7.5 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.6

35 to 44 years............................. 1,939 1,514 1,559 5.9 5.1 4.9 5.1 4.7 4.8

45 to 54 years............................. 1,971 1,430 1,433 5.7 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.2

55 years and over........................... 1,660 1,496 1,540 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5

Men, 16 years and over............................ 6,361 5,207 5,177 7.7 6.8 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.2

16 to 19 years..................................... 791 649 623 26.9 24.1 21.1 20.9 23.2 22.0

16 to 17 years.................................. 332 235 242 32.7 25.2 26.8 25.0 26.6 25.7

18 to 19 years.................................. 459 402 389 23.9 23.0 18.0 18.6 21.1 20.5

20 years and over................................ 5,570 4,558 4,554 7.0 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.7

20 to 24 years.................................. 1,144 962 1,039 14.0 13.2 12.0 11.9 11.7 12.5

25 years and over.............................. 4,412 3,617 3,502 6.2 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.0 4.9

25 to 54 years............................... 3,431 2,736 2,724 6.4 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.1 5.1

25 to 34 years............................. 1,404 1,226 1,204 7.7 6.4 6.6 6.9 6.6 6.5

35 to 44 years............................. 1,026 787 839 5.8 5.0 4.8 5.1 4.5 4.8

45 to 54 years............................. 1,000 723 681 5.5 5.0 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.8

55 years and over........................... 981 881 778 5.6 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.3

Women, 16 years and over........................ 5,048 4,267 4,494 6.9 6.6 6.1 6.2 5.9 6.2

16 to 19 years..................................... 575 534 513 19.8 17.7 17.1 17.5 18.7 18.3

16 to 17 years.................................. 270 207 206 25.7 15.4 18.0 21.2 20.5 20.6

18 to 19 years.................................. 300 319 313 15.9 18.3 16.7 15.7 17.5 17.1

20 years and over................................ 4,473 3,733 3,980 6.4 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.7

20 to 24 years.................................. 808 668 734 10.9 11.1 9.0 10.2 9.1 9.8

25 years and over.............................. 3,701 3,078 3,278 5.9 5.6 5.2 5.2 4.9 5.2

25 to 54 years............................... 3,011 2,443 2,507 6.4 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.4

25 to 34 years............................. 1,129 1,008 1,035 7.3 7.3 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.6

35 to 44 years............................. 913 728 720 6.1 5.3 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.8

45 to 54 years............................. 970 706 752 5.9 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.6

55 years and over........................... 659 647 741 4.2 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.1 4.6

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present...................... 1,974 1,572 1,548 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.4

Married women, spouse present.................. 1,666 1,359 1,432 4.6 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.0

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,095 847 949 10.5 9.0 8.5 8.4 8.1 9.1

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2................................... 9,592 7,878 8,113 7.6 7.0 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.4

Part-time workers3.................................. 1,875 1,626 1,651 6.2 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.6

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

July

2013

June

2014

July

2014

July

2013

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 5,934 4,670 4,867 5,894 5,489 5,236 5,018 4,862 4,859

On temporary layoff.............................. 1,337 1,002 1,131 1,197 1,051 1,021 1,003 1,029 996

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 4,597 3,668 3,737 4,697 4,438 4,215 4,015 3,833 3,863

Permanent job losers.......................... 3,548 2,695 2,622 3,589 3,295 3,077 2,946 2,806 2,718

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . .. 1,049 974 1,115 1,107 1,143 1,138 1,069 1,027 1,145

Job leavers........................................... 996 816 887 970 815 784 875 854 862

Reentrants............................................ 3,450 2,948 3,074 3,234 3,037 2,620 2,857 2,707 2,848

New entrants......................................... 1,703 1,459 1,479 1,246 1,169 1,043 1,062 1,064 1,087

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 49.1 47.2 47.2 52.0 52.2 54.1 51.1 51.2 50.3

On temporary layoff.............................. 11.1 10.1 11.0 10.6 10.0 10.5 10.2 10.8 10.3

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 38.0 37.1 36.3 41.4 42.2 43.5 40.9 40.4 40.0

Job leavers........................................... 8.2 8.3 8.6 8.5 7.8 8.1 8.9 9.0 8.9

Reentrants............................................ 28.6 29.8 29.8 28.5 28.9 27.1 29.1 28.5 29.5

New entrants......................................... 14.1 14.7 14.3 11.0 11.1 10.8 10.8 11.2 11.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 3.8 3.0 3.1 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1

Job leavers........................................... 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6

Reentrants............................................ 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8

New entrants......................................... 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

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

July

2013

June

2014

July

2014

July

2013

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 2,842 3,239 2,933 2,548 2,461 2,447 2,559 2,410 2,587

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 3,348 2,207 2,923 2,826 2,581 2,359 2,390 2,416 2,431

15 weeks and over.................................. 5,892 4,448 4,452 6,031 5,417 4,985 4,814 4,553 4,566

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 1,570 1,443 1,244 1,786 1,677 1,533 1,441 1,472 1,412

27 weeks and over............................... 4,322 3,005 3,207 4,246 3,739 3,452 3,374 3,081 3,155

Average (mean) duration, in weeks............... 35.3 31.4 30.8 36.7 35.6 35.1 34.5 33.5 32.4

Median duration, in weeks......................... 13.8 11.3 11.3 15.8 16.3 16.0 14.6 13.1 13.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 23.5 32.7 28.5 22.3 23.5 25.0 26.2 25.7 27.0

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 27.7 22.3 28.4 24.8 24.7 24.1 24.5 25.8 25.4

15 weeks and over.................................. 48.8 45.0 43.2 52.9 51.8 50.9 49.3 48.5 47.6

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 13.0 14.6 12.1 15.7 16.0 15.7 14.8 15.7 14.7

27 weeks and over............................... 35.8 30.4 31.1 37.2 35.8 35.3 34.6 32.8 32.9

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

July

2013

July

2014

July

2013

July

2014

July

2013

July

2014

Total, 16 years and over1............................................. 145,113 147,265 12,083 10,307 7.7 6.5

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 54,064 55,381 2,286 2,011 4.1 3.5

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 22,754 23,490 737 656 3.1 2.7

Professional and related occupations.......................... 31,309 31,891 1,549 1,355 4.7 4.1

Service occupations................................................ 26,768 26,369 2,573 2,076 8.8 7.3

Sales and office occupations...................................... 33,142 33,616 2,450 2,168 6.9 6.1

Sales and related occupations.................................. 15,840 15,616 1,170 1,034 6.9 6.2

Office and administrative support occupations............... 17,301 18,000 1,280 1,135 6.9 5.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations........................................................ 13,973 14,150 1,288 1,048 8.4 6.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................... 1,157 1,179 78 94 6.3 7.4

Construction and extraction occupations...................... 7,665 7,973 930 691 10.8 8.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........... 5,151 4,999 280 263 5.2 5.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations........................................................ 17,167 17,749 1,735 1,489 9.2 7.7

Production occupations.......................................... 8,337 8,505 857 714 9.3 7.7

Transportation and material moving occupations............ 8,830 9,244 878 774 9.0 7.7

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-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

July

2013

July

2014

July

2013

July

2014

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 12,083 10,307 7.7 6.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.................................. 8,683 7,366 7.1 5.9

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.................................... 57 34 5.1 3.0

Construction.......................................................................... 767 666 9.1 7.5

Manufacturing........................................................................ 1,082 825 6.9 5.2

Durable goods..................................................................... 619 510 6.3 5.2

Nondurable goods................................................................ 463 315 7.8 5.4

Wholesale and retail trade......................................................... 1,389 1,283 6.8 6.2

Transportation and utilities......................................................... 388 372 6.4 6.0

Information............................................................................ 172 128 5.8 4.5

Financial activities................................................................... 412 341 4.5 3.6

Professional and business services............................................... 1,265 1,066 8.1 6.7

Education and health services..................................................... 1,283 1,051 5.7 4.8

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 1,470 1,171 10.0 8.1

Other services........................................................................ 396 430 6.0 6.3

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers......................... 97 93 6.5 5.7

Government workers................................................................... 1,073 937 5.3 4.6

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............ 528 432 5.0 4.4

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

July

2013

June

2014

July

2014

July

2013

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,

as a percent of the civilian labor force......... 3.7 2.8 2.8 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.9

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force......................................... 3.8 3.0 3.1 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate)................................................ 7.7 6.3 6.5 7.3 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.2

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged

workers, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus discouraged workers................. 8.3 6.7 7.0 7.9 7.1 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.6

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. . . . . . . .. 9.1 7.5 7.8 8.7 8.0 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.5

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..................................... 14.3 12.4 12.6 13.9 12.7 12.3 12.2 12.1 12.2

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

July

2013

July

2014

July

2013

July

2014

July

2013

July

2014

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force........................................... 88,560 90,451 34,630 35,503 53,930 54,947

Persons who currently want a job................................ 6,862 6,624 3,113 2,851 3,749 3,773

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,414 2,178 1,260 1,069 1,154 1,108

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 988 741 572 444 416 297

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. .. 1,426 1,437 688 626 738 811

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4

............................................. 6,897 6,787 3,568 3,440 3,329 3,347

Percent of total employed.......................................... 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.9 4.9

Primary job full time, secondary job part time................... 3,689 3,606 2,061 2,028 1,627 1,578

Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,810 1,743 715 628 1,094 1,115

Primary and secondary jobs both full time....................... 289 288 174 204 115 84

Hours vary on primary or secondary job......................... 1,038 1,099 584 566 454 533

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

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

Change

from:

June2014

-

July2014p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,050 139,184 139,776 138,666 136,434 138,497 138,795 139,004 209

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,513 116,929 117,904 118,031 114,603 116,614 116,884 117,082 198

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,010 19,047 19,336 19,454 18,679 19,021 19,059 19,117 58

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 900 915 930 867 903 908 916 8

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3 52.4 55.1 56.9 51.7 54.1 54.9 55.2 0.3

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827.3 847.6 860.3 872.8 815.3 849.1 852.7 860.8 8.1

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.7 209.6 212.9 214.5 197.5 210.1 211.4 212.3 0.9

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.4 214.1 217.5 218.3 209.5 211.5 211.5 212.5 1.0

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.7 78.5 79.3 79.5 79.5 78.3 78.8 79.2 0.4

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.2 423.9 429.9 440.0 408.3 427.5 429.8 436.0 6.2

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,089 6,052 6,212 6,309 5,830 6,009 6,019 6,041 22

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,326.5 1,340.9 1,383.5 1,403.5 1,286.1 1,347.1 1,355.9 1,361.6 5.7

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635.7 656.4 678.9 691.6 612.8 655.9 661.1 667.2 6.1

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690.8 684.5 704.6 711.9 673.3 691.2 694.8 694.4 -0.4

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . 942.7 942.4 964.7 978.0 884.7 916.6 916.0 918.5 2.5

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,819.5 3,768.5 3,863.7 3,927.6 3,658.8 3,745.7 3,746.9 3,760.8 13.9

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . 1,635.8 1,618.6 1,672.8 1,700.7 1,556.5 1,606.1 1,610.8 1,617.7 6.9

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . 2,183.7 2,149.9 2,190.9 2,226.9 2,102.3 2,139.6 2,136.1 2,143.1 7.0

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,040 12,095 12,209 12,215 11,982 12,109 12,132 12,160 28

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,540 7,647 7,715 7,711 7,526 7,644 7,665 7,695 30

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357.1 367.8 372.2 374.7 351.6 367.2 367.6 369.0 1.4

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.9 390.2 395.8 395.1 373.4 385.2 386.3 384.9 -1.4

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391.8 398.9 400.8 401.3 391.9 398.1 399.8 401.5 1.7

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,435.9 1,454.8 1,463.1 1,461.8 1,428.9 1,452.5 1,453.2 1,455.8 2.6

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106.8 1,124.1 1,133.4 1,134.4 1,102.0 1,124.1 1,127.5 1,128.6 1.1

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,073.3 1,052.2 1,059.8 1,064.7 1,067.7 1,055.4 1,056.2 1,057.8 1.6

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . 161.2 162.8 166.3 169.0 159.5 164.0 165.5 166.7 1.2

Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.5 97.3 98.3 97.9 102.5 97.8 97.9 97.7 -0.2

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.3 367.2 368.6 369.5 374.5 368.2 367.7 367.4 -0.3

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394.5 386.3 387.4 389.2 392.7 386.8 386.2 387.1 0.9

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . 375.2 373.5 375.3 375.0 373.1 374.3 374.0 373.0 -1.0

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,474.2 1,538.4 1,562.0 1,548.7 1,499.4 1,540.2 1,553.8 1,573.0 19.2

Motor vehicles and parts2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794.3 852.1 869.5 859.7 818.6 854.7 864.7 879.3 14.6

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362.4 366.8 371.2 374.0 358.6 366.2 367.2 370.4 3.2

Miscellaneous durable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.4 580.0 581.8 581.3 579.7 580.8 579.8 580.9 1.1

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500 4,448 4,494 4,504 4,456 4,465 4,467 4,465 -2

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,490.7 1,458.4 1,478.8 1,489.9 1,465.6 1,476.2 1,473.2 1,469.6 -3.6

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.2 116.5 117.8 117.3 117.0 116.7 116.9 117.1 0.2

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.8 110.5 111.1 113.4 112.6 111.1 110.5 112.9 2.4

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.1 132.4 132.7 131.0 141.0 132.2 132.3 132.1 -0.2

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.0 375.7 378.8 377.2 379.5 376.3 375.9 374.8 -1.1

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . 448.8 441.4 443.3 441.5 447.4 441.3 441.5 440.5 -1.0

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.5 114.1 116.8 116.3 110.8 113.0 113.8 113.6 -0.2

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798.8 800.8 806.6 808.0 794.6 800.3 802.3 802.6 0.3

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661.1 663.9 668.7 667.2 657.5 662.8 664.3 664.2 -0.1

Miscellaneous nondurable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.5 234.1 239.7 242.6 229.8 234.7 236.2 237.5 1.3

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,503 97,882 98,568 98,577 95,924 97,593 97,825 97,965 140

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,851 26,258 26,441 26,429 25,862 26,329 26,399 26,438 39

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,784.2 5,871.7 5,915.1 5,912.0 5,749.1 5,859.5 5,873.7 5,876.4 2.7

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,891.9 2,940.4 2,962.7 2,960.3 2,873.9 2,938.5 2,943.3 2,941.9 -1.4

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,997.2 2,018.7 2,033.4 2,032.1 1,984.7 2,008.9 2,016.6 2,019.3 2.7

Electronic markets and agents and

brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895.1 912.6 919.0 919.6 890.5 912.1 913.8 915.2 1.4

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,089.5 15,232.2 15,352.4 15,393.3 15,088.8 15,318.5 15,359.7 15,386.4 26.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,812.6 1,854.5 1,875.9 1,878.7 1,794.0 1,846.5 1,858.7 1,859.4 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

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

Change

from:

June2014

-

July2014p

Motor vehicle and parts dealers - Continued

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145.5 1,174.0 1,183.4 1,186.0 1,138.5 1,171.8 1,176.5 1,178.6 2.1

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . 439.2 442.2 443.0 442.9 445.3 448.4 449.1 449.4 0.3

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 484.2 482.8 488.2 490.9 495.3 496.0 501.7 502.5 0.8

Building material and garden supply

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,243.2 1,297.2 1,293.6 1,272.3 1,209.0 1,225.9 1,233.6 1,236.2 2.6

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,957.3 2,995.3 3,030.8 3,040.6 2,936.1 3,002.1 3,010.8 3,018.4 7.6

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,009.7 1,013.1 1,017.0 1,018.8 1,013.7 1,018.5 1,018.9 1,021.9 3.0

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883.1 877.4 888.4 889.0 869.1 876.8 876.2 875.0 -1.2

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . 1,384.4 1,354.0 1,366.2 1,398.5 1,398.4 1,404.7 1,404.4 1,411.3 6.9

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579.6 577.9 576.9 572.4 593.0 593.7 591.4 588.0 -3.4

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,035.4 3,061.2 3,079.3 3,093.1 3,067.0 3,116.2 3,119.0 3,125.5 6.5

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317.2 1,299.2 1,304.7 1,313.4 1,344.0 1,339.7 1,339.6 1,339.3 -0.3

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809.8 805.2 811.4 817.3 805.0 804.7 805.4 808.9 3.5

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.0 471.4 481.7 478.8 462.9 485.0 490.5 489.9 -0.6

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,420.8 4,602.7 4,617.9 4,567.0 4,471.6 4,599.7 4,614.5 4,622.4 7.9

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.9 458.1 461.0 460.4 447.9 456.0 456.3 456.0 -0.3

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.4 237.2 237.3 237.1 231.9 235.9 236.2 236.4 0.2

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.9 68.1 69.5 70.6 65.7 68.0 68.3 68.3 0.0

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,398.5 1,405.8 1,422.7 1,427.6 1,379.6 1,402.5 1,406.4 1,408.7 2.3

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.2 468.7 443.2 382.0 430.9 450.5 449.6 449.5 -0.1

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 45.3 45.7 46.0 44.1 45.3 45.5 45.6 0.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . 37.3 32.5 36.6 38.0 28.8 30.1 29.4 29.6 0.2

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . 595.0 611.9 615.0 615.9 594.7 611.2 613.6 614.5 0.9

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521.1 544.3 551.5 548.0 538.1 561.9 567.2 569.4 2.2

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.1 730.8 735.4 741.4 709.9 738.3 742.0 744.4 2.4

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556.7 551.8 555.5 557.1 552.4 551.0 551.2 552.4 1.2

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,710 2,660 2,674 2,682 2,697 2,654 2,664 2,666 2

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . 736.9 723.9 727.7 728.8 733.5 727.4 728.1 725.7 -2.4

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368.1 316.5 312.5 311.6 357.6 302.9 304.8 301.3 -3.5

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.9 289.1 292.9 294.6 284.7 290.8 292.6 294.7 2.1

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854.9 855.3 860.3 860.8 856.2 857.8 860.1 860.9 0.8

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.4 269.5 270.5 274.3 270.0 268.7 270.2 273.9 3.7

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.7 205.8 210.2 211.9 194.8 206.8 208.6 209.8 1.2

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,967 7,919 7,997 8,022 7,901 7,927 7,944 7,951 7

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,912.0 5,869.7 5,905.4 5,927.2 5,891.9 5,885.1 5,894.2 5,902.4 8.2

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . 18.2 18.1 18.3 18.4 18.0 18.2 18.2 18.2 0.0

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,636.3 2,563.2 2,574.9 2,579.3 2,626.9 2,569.8 2,571.3 2,568.4 -2.9

Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . . 1,740.8 1,698.4 1,704.6 1,705.3 1,732.8 1,701.2 1,700.8 1,696.9 -3.9

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,314.2 1,272.1 1,275.0 1,275.6 1,308.8 1,275.0 1,272.6 1,269.9 -2.7

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments, and funds and trusts. . . . . . . . 872.1 871.4 876.8 884.9 867.1 874.3 873.9 879.6 5.7

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . 2,385.4 2,417.0 2,435.4 2,444.6 2,379.9 2,422.8 2,430.8 2,436.2 5.4

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,054.5 2,048.9 2,091.4 2,094.9 2,009.2 2,041.4 2,049.3 2,048.8 -0.5

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,492.7 1,479.9 1,506.5 1,508.0 1,465.5 1,478.3 1,483.2 1,481.1 -2.1

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.2 546.9 562.6 564.6 520.4 540.7 543.9 545.7 1.8

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . 23.6 22.1 22.3 22.3 23.3 22.4 22.2 22.0 -0.2

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,718 19,150 19,351 19,374 18,621 19,149 19,222 19,269 47

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 8,131.1 8,270.2 8,327.8 8,367.5 8,148.0 8,324.5 8,352.4 8,377.3 24.9

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,143.3 1,131.7 1,145.6 1,147.1 1,132.0 1,135.2 1,136.1 1,135.9 -0.2

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . 866.7 903.3 895.6 894.5 937.1 947.5 953.8 959.0 5.2

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . 1,372.6 1,395.8 1,418.1 1,433.6 1,354.6 1,398.5 1,406.2 1,415.0 8.8

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,712.1 1,758.6 1,761.2 1,774.9 1,703.7 1,760.0 1,763.2 1,767.1 3.9

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

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

Change

from:

June2014

-

July2014p

Professional and technical services -

Continued

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,190.7 1,219.1 1,236.0 1,241.6 1,185.7 1,221.4 1,232.1 1,234.8 2.7

Management of companies and enterprises. . . 2,114.8 2,129.7 2,149.1 2,157.9 2,101.4 2,133.2 2,136.5 2,142.9 6.4

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,471.8 8,749.9 8,874.0 8,849.0 8,371.4 8,691.3 8,732.8 8,748.9 16.1

Administrative and support services1. . . . . . . . 8,084.8 8,370.4 8,486.1 8,455.9 7,994.6 8,311.6 8,351.5 8,366.4 14.9

Employment services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,321.7 3,557.2 3,609.4 3,584.5 3,341.5 3,569.7 3,591.4 3,605.1 13.7

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,640.6 2,850.3 2,889.6 2,856.0 2,664.2 2,858.5 2,872.4 2,880.9 8.5

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842.3 849.1 853.9 851.8 855.4 860.2 864.6 864.8 0.2

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . 2,010.0 2,009.2 2,056.8 2,062.6 1,893.4 1,931.0 1,940.8 1,945.0 4.2

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.0 379.5 387.9 393.1 376.8 379.7 381.3 382.5 1.2

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,762 21,484 21,270 21,137 21,108 21,421 21,466 21,483 17

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,063.2 3,423.9 3,207.5 3,099.6 3,355.4 3,389.7 3,401.9 3,393.9 -8.0

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,698.3 18,059.7 18,062.4 18,037.5 17,753.0 18,031.2 18,063.9 18,089.3 25.4

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,522.5 14,702.6 14,742.4 14,748.2 14,504.1 14,703.6 14,723.8 14,730.8 7.0

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 6,487.8 6,650.8 6,675.9 6,693.0 6,489.7 6,652.0 6,670.2 6,691.5 21.3

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,434.8 2,480.7 2,490.5 2,499.7 2,436.4 2,487.2 2,492.3 2,499.8 7.5

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684.3 717.2 717.0 717.4 684.2 715.3 716.9 717.4 0.5

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,236.7 1,281.8 1,287.6 1,288.9 1,239.4 1,280.3 1,286.1 1,291.3 5.2

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,798.2 4,797.5 4,805.6 4,801.9 4,788.8 4,800.3 4,802.1 4,795.0 -7.1

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,236.5 3,254.3 3,260.9 3,253.3 3,225.6 3,251.3 3,251.5 3,244.3 -7.2

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,654.9 1,653.3 1,657.8 1,650.6 1,650.5 1,651.4 1,652.3 1,646.4 -5.9

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,175.8 3,357.1 3,320.0 3,289.3 3,248.9 3,327.6 3,340.1 3,358.5 18.4

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771.5 887.5 842.9 801.3 838.8 861.8 865.4 868.8 3.4

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,965 14,873 15,264 15,353 14,272 14,603 14,626 14,647 21

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,345.4 2,179.5 2,364.8 2,421.7 2,026.4 2,096.7 2,096.2 2,098.4 2.2

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . 432.5 464.8 466.7 465.8 409.3 440.6 443.0 441.9 -1.1

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.7 148.6 154.1 156.1 136.8 142.8 142.1 142.3 0.2

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . 1,762.2 1,566.1 1,744.0 1,799.8 1,480.3 1,513.3 1,511.1 1,514.2 3.1

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . 12,619.5 12,693.6 12,899.0 12,931.5 12,245.7 12,505.9 12,529.7 12,548.3 18.6

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,012.7 1,884.2 1,975.0 2,023.8 1,863.6 1,878.1 1,874.1 1,874.1 0.0

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . 10,606.8 10,809.4 10,924.0 10,907.7 10,382.1 10,627.8 10,655.6 10,674.2 18.6

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,530 5,538 5,571 5,580 5,463 5,510 5,504 5,511 7

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,213.6 1,227.9 1,223.6 1,221.2 1,207.2 1,217.5 1,215.3 1,214.6 -0.7

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,351.2 1,379.7 1,379.9 1,377.3 1,342.8 1,365.3 1,363.2 1,368.2 5.0

Membership associations and organizations. . . 2,965.6 2,930.3 2,967.6 2,981.0 2,913.2 2,927.5 2,925.6 2,928.3 2.7

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,537 22,255 21,872 20,635 21,831 21,883 21,911 21,922 11

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,772.0 2,715.0 2,727.0 2,729.0 2,756.0 2,712.0 2,714.0 2,714.0 0.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,180.6 2,126.7 2,138.0 2,138.9 2,165.5 2,122.8 2,122.8 2,124.4 1.6

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590.9 588.0 588.9 590.5 590.2 589.6 591.4 590.0 -1.4

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,711.0 5,087.0 4,828.0 4,748.0 5,025.0 5,062.0 5,067.0 5,066.0 -1.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,041.4 2,418.7 2,146.5 2,067.5 2,372.0 2,401.6 2,406.4 2,403.4 -3.0

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 2,669.4 2,668.2 2,681.4 2,680.0 2,652.6 2,660.4 2,660.4 2,662.9 2.5

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,054.0 14,453.0 14,317.0 13,158.0 14,050.0 14,109.0 14,130.0 14,142.0 12.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,549.9 8,143.0 7,826.0 6,593.2 7,779.1 7,793.4 7,813.9 7,816.0 2.1

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 6,504.1 6,309.5 6,490.6 6,564.3 6,270.7 6,315.4 6,315.9 6,326.1 10.2

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 July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 34.4 34.5 34.5 34.5

Goods-producing.................................................................... 40.3 40.6 40.6 40.5

Mining and logging................................................................ 44.0 44.4 44.9 44.4

Construction....................................................................... 38.9 39.1 39.1 39.3

Manufacturing..................................................................... 40.7 41.1 41.1 40.9

Durable goods.................................................................. 41.0 41.6 41.5 41.3

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 40.1 40.2 40.2 40.0

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.2 33.3 33.3 33.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 34.6 34.5 34.4 34.5

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.7 38.9 38.8 38.8

Retail trade...................................................................... 31.5 31.3 31.2 31.3

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.6 38.6 38.3 38.5

Utilities........................................................................... 42.1 42.3 42.2 42.5

Information......................................................................... 36.8 36.9 36.9 36.6

Financial activities................................................................ 37.0 37.3 37.2 37.1

Professional and business services............................................ 36.0 36.2 36.2 36.1

Education and health services.................................................. 32.7 32.8 32.7 32.8

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 25.9 26.1 26.1 26.2

Other services..................................................................... 31.7 31.8 31.7 31.7

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.4

Durable goods....................................................................... 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.5

Nondurable goods................................................................... 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.1

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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

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

Total private............................................... $23.97 $24.38 $24.44 $24.45 $824.57 $841.11 $843.18 $843.53

Goods-producing....................................... 25.16 25.63 25.75 25.77 1,013.95 1,040.58 1,045.45 1,043.69

Mining and logging.................................. 29.48 30.98 31.13 31.01 1,297.12 1,375.51 1,397.74 1,376.84

Construction.......................................... 26.17 26.63 26.73 26.71 1,018.01 1,041.23 1,045.14 1,049.70

Manufacturing........................................ 24.36 24.73 24.84 24.89 991.45 1,016.40 1,020.92 1,018.00

Durable goods.................................... 25.77 26.06 26.20 26.24 1,056.57 1,084.10 1,087.30 1,083.71

Nondurable goods................................ 21.92 22.38 22.44 22.48 878.99 899.68 902.09 899.20

Private service-providing.............................. 23.69 24.08 24.13 24.14 786.51 801.86 803.53 803.86

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 20.99 21.40 21.40 21.42 726.25 738.30 736.16 738.99

Wholesale trade.................................. 27.71 28.09 28.09 28.10 1,072.38 1,092.70 1,089.89 1,090.28

Retail trade........................................ 16.63 16.97 16.99 17.03 523.85 531.16 530.09 533.04

Transportation and warehousing............... 22.41 22.92 22.90 22.87 865.03 884.71 877.07 880.50

Utilities............................................. 35.20 35.47 35.43 35.45 1,481.92 1,500.38 1,495.15 1,506.63

Information........................................... 32.78 33.85 33.99 34.12 1,206.30 1,249.07 1,254.23 1,248.79

Financial activities................................... 30.28 30.58 30.76 30.80 1,120.36 1,140.63 1,144.27 1,142.68

Professional and business services.............. 28.50 29.11 29.16 29.20 1,026.00 1,053.78 1,055.59 1,054.12

Education and health services..................... 24.44 24.64 24.66 24.67 799.19 808.19 806.38 809.18

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 13.50 13.80 13.83 13.86 349.65 360.18 360.96 363.13

Other services....................................... 21.40 21.78 21.89 21.88 678.38 692.60 693.91 693.60

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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

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

Percent

change

from:

June

2014 -

July

2014p

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

Percent

change

from:

June

2014 -

July

2014p

Total private..................................... 98.6 100.6 100.8 101.0 0.2 112.7 117.0 117.6 117.8 0.2

Goods-producing............................. 85.8 88.0 88.2 88.2 0.0 97.5 101.9 102.6 102.7 0.1

Mining and logging........................ 119.9 126.0 128.1 127.8 -0.2 141.9 156.7 160.1 159.1 -0.6

Construction................................ 78.2 81.0 81.1 81.8 0.9 88.9 93.7 94.2 95.0 0.8

Manufacturing.............................. 87.7 89.5 89.7 89.5 -0.2 99.4 103.0 103.6 103.6 0.0

Durable goods........................... 86.9 89.5 89.6 89.5 -0.1 99.4 103.6 104.2 104.3 0.1

Nondurable goods...................... 89.2 89.6 89.6 89.1 -0.6 99.2 101.7 102.0 101.7 -0.3

Private service-providing.................... 101.9 104.0 104.2 104.4 0.2 117.1 121.4 122.0 122.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 97.3 98.8 98.8 99.2 0.4 109.9 113.8 113.8 114.4 0.5

Wholesale trade......................... 97.1 99.5 99.4 99.5 0.1 112.3 116.6 116.6 116.7 0.1

Retail trade.............................. 96.5 97.4 97.3 97.8 0.5 106.1 109.3 109.3 110.1 0.7

Transportation and warehousing...... 98.8 101.6 101.2 101.9 0.7 112.3 118.2 117.5 118.2 0.6

Utilities.................................... 100.6 100.8 100.6 101.6 1.0 117.0 118.2 117.8 119.0 1.0

Information................................. 90.6 89.4 89.8 89.1 -0.8 105.8 107.8 108.7 108.3 -0.4

Financial activities......................... 95.7 96.8 96.8 96.6 -0.2 113.1 115.5 116.1 116.1 0.0

Professional and business services..... 105.4 109.0 109.4 109.4 0.0 121.7 128.6 129.3 129.4 0.1

Education and health services........... 110.8 112.8 112.7 113.1 0.4 127.5 130.9 130.9 131.4 0.4

Leisure and hospitality.................... 105.5 108.7 108.9 109.5 0.6 114.9 121.1 121.5 122.4 0.7

Other services............................. 96.0 97.1 96.7 96.8 0.1 116.5 120.0 120.1 120.2 0.1

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

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

Total nonfarm............................................. 67,465 68,419 68,559 68,627 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4

Total private............................................ 55,029 55,928 56,052 56,110 48.0 48.0 48.0 47.9

Goods-producing.................................... 4,112 4,166 4,173 4,166 22.0 21.9 21.9 21.8

Mining and logging............................... 116 121 121 122 13.4 13.4 13.3 13.3

Construction....................................... 745 761 765 765 12.8 12.7 12.7 12.7

Manufacturing..................................... 3,251 3,284 3,287 3,279 27.1 27.1 27.1 27.0

Durable goods.................................. 1,737 1,761 1,763 1,758 23.1 23.0 23.0 22.8

Nondurable goods............................. 1,514 1,523 1,524 1,521 34.0 34.1 34.1 34.1

Private service-providing........................... 50,917 51,762 51,879 51,944 53.1 53.0 53.0 53.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............. 10,473 10,667 10,686 10,705 40.5 40.5 40.5 40.5

Wholesale trade................................ 1,703.9 1,732.5 1,737.1 1,737.3 29.6 29.6 29.6 29.6

Retail trade..................................... 7,579.0 7,714.5 7,726.2 7,737.6 50.2 50.4 50.3 50.3

Transportation and warehousing............. 1,053.5 1,086.3 1,089.4 1,094.8 23.6 23.6 23.6 23.7

Utilities........................................... 136.7 134.0 133.5 135.1 24.7 24.3 24.2 24.5

Information......................................... 1,074 1,066 1,072 1,073 39.8 40.2 40.2 40.2

Financial activities................................ 4,550 4,542 4,554 4,553 57.6 57.3 57.3 57.3

Professional and business services............ 8,315 8,552 8,582 8,593 44.7 44.7 44.6 44.6

Education and health services.................. 16,205 16,449 16,487 16,511 76.8 76.8 76.8 76.9

Leisure and hospitality........................... 7,430 7,593 7,604 7,612 52.1 52.0 52.0 52.0

Other services..................................... 2,870 2,893 2,894 2,897 52.5 52.5 52.6 52.6

Government............................................. 12,436 12,491 12,507 12,517 57.0 57.1 57.1 57.1

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

Total private............................................................................... 94,660 96,398 96,626 96,796

Goods-producing....................................................................... 13,417 13,707 13,739 13,789

Mining and logging.................................................................. 637 662 663 666

Construction.......................................................................... 4,397 4,535 4,540 4,556

Manufacturing........................................................................ 8,383 8,510 8,536 8,567

Durable goods..................................................................... 5,166 5,262 5,284 5,317

Nondurable goods................................................................ 3,217 3,248 3,252 3,250

Private service-providing.............................................................. 81,243 82,691 82,887 83,007

Trade, transportation, and utilities................................................. 21,874 22,244 22,303 22,320

Wholesale trade................................................................... 4,635.4 4,738.2 4,754.5 4,748.3

Retail trade........................................................................ 12,934.3 13,082.0 13,115.3 13,129.0

Transportation and warehousing................................................ 3,858.2 3,978.1 3,987.3 3,995.0

Utilities.............................................................................. 446.2 445.4 446.3 447.8

Information............................................................................ 2,196 2,155 2,162 2,167

Financial activities................................................................... 6,083 6,119 6,136 6,149

Professional and business services............................................... 15,400 15,883 15,945 15,992

Education and health services..................................................... 18,526 18,807 18,847 18,872

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 12,605 12,892 12,908 12,916

Other services........................................................................ 4,559 4,591 4,586 4,591

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 July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 33.5 33.7 33.7 33.7

Goods-producing.................................................................... 41.2 41.5 41.6 41.6

Mining and logging................................................................ 45.9 47.0 47.4 47.2

Construction....................................................................... 39.5 39.5 39.6 39.9

Manufacturing..................................................................... 41.7 42.2 42.2 42.0

Durable goods.................................................................. 42.1 42.7 42.6 42.5

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 41.1 41.3 41.4 41.2

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.2 32.4 32.4 32.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 33.5 33.6 33.5 33.5

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.6 38.7 38.6 38.5

Retail trade...................................................................... 30.0 29.9 29.9 29.9

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.3 38.5 38.3 38.4

Utilities........................................................................... 41.7 42.2 42.2 42.3

Information......................................................................... 35.9 36.1 36.0 36.0

Financial activities................................................................ 36.5 36.7 36.7 36.7

Professional and business services............................................ 35.2 35.5 35.4 35.5

Education and health services.................................................. 31.9 32.0 32.0 31.9

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 24.8 25.1 25.1 25.1

Other services..................................................................... 30.6 30.7 30.6 30.6

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.4

Durable goods....................................................................... 4.3 4.8 4.7 4.6

Nondurable goods................................................................... 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.1

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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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

Total private............................................... $20.15 $20.54 $20.57 $20.61 $675.03 $692.20 $693.21 $694.56

Goods-producing....................................... 21.22 21.55 21.57 21.63 874.26 894.33 897.31 899.81

Mining and logging.................................. 26.69 26.84 26.91 27.06 1,225.07 1,261.48 1,275.53 1,277.23

Construction.......................................... 24.24 24.65 24.66 24.65 957.48 973.68 976.54 983.54

Manufacturing........................................ 19.27 19.55 19.57 19.64 803.56 825.01 825.85 824.88

Durable goods.................................... 20.34 20.67 20.66 20.74 856.31 882.61 880.12 881.45

Nondurable goods................................ 17.51 17.68 17.74 17.77 719.66 730.18 734.44 732.12

Private service-providing.............................. 19.92 20.33 20.36 20.39 641.42 658.69 659.66 660.64

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 17.76 18.25 18.27 18.29 594.96 613.20 612.05 612.72

Wholesale trade.................................. 22.64 23.18 23.23 23.37 873.90 897.07 896.68 899.75

Retail trade........................................ 14.02 14.36 14.39 14.41 420.60 429.36 430.26 430.86

Transportation and warehousing............... 19.83 20.51 20.49 20.40 759.49 789.64 784.77 783.36

Utilities............................................. 32.24 32.82 32.81 32.71 1,344.41 1,385.00 1,384.58 1,383.63

Information........................................... 27.84 28.68 28.81 29.11 999.46 1,035.35 1,037.16 1,047.96

Financial activities................................... 23.97 24.61 24.67 24.69 874.91 903.19 905.39 906.12

Professional and business services.............. 23.72 24.18 24.23 24.23 834.94 858.39 857.74 860.17

Education and health services..................... 21.30 21.55 21.56 21.57 679.47 689.60 689.92 688.08

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 11.78 12.01 12.02 12.06 292.14 301.45 301.70 302.71

Other services....................................... 17.98 18.33 18.41 18.47 550.19 562.73 563.35 565.18

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

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

Percent

change

from:

June

2014 -

July

2014p

July

2013

May

2014

June

2014p

July

2014p

Percent

change

from:

June

2014 -

July

2014p

Total private..................................... 105.7 108.3 108.5 108.7 0.2 142.3 148.6 149.2 149.7 0.3

Goods-producing............................. 84.5 86.9 87.3 87.7 0.5 109.8 114.7 115.4 116.1 0.6

Mining and logging........................ 155.4 165.3 167.0 167.0 0.0 241.2 258.1 261.4 262.9 0.6

Construction................................ 87.0 89.7 90.0 91.0 1.1 113.8 119.4 119.9 121.1 1.0

Manufacturing.............................. 80.2 82.4 82.7 82.6 -0.1 101.1 105.4 105.8 106.1 0.3

Durable goods........................... 81.7 84.4 84.6 84.9 0.4 103.8 109.0 109.1 109.9 0.7

Nondurable goods...................... 77.9 79.0 79.3 78.9 -0.5 96.4 98.7 99.4 99.1 -0.3

Private service-providing.................... 111.4 114.1 114.4 114.6 0.2 152.2 159.1 159.7 160.2 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 102.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 0.0 129.4 135.6 135.8 136.0 0.1

Wholesale trade......................... 105.4 108.0 108.1 107.7 -0.4 140.5 147.5 147.9 148.2 0.2

Retail trade.............................. 98.2 99.0 99.3 99.4 0.1 118.0 121.9 122.4 122.7 0.2

Transportation and warehousing...... 111.2 115.3 115.0 115.5 0.4 139.9 150.0 149.4 149.4 0.0

Utilities.................................... 95.2 96.1 96.3 96.9 0.6 128.1 131.7 131.9 132.3 0.3

Information................................. 90.0 88.8 88.8 89.0 0.2 124.0 126.1 126.7 128.3 1.3

Financial activities......................... 104.5 105.7 106.0 106.2 0.2 154.1 160.1 160.9 161.4 0.3

Professional and business services..... 121.5 126.4 126.5 127.2 0.6 171.5 181.8 182.4 183.5 0.6

Education and health services........... 126.1 128.5 128.7 128.5 -0.2 177.3 182.6 183.1 182.9 -0.1

Leisure and hospitality.................... 114.5 118.5 118.7 118.7 0.0 153.2 161.7 162.0 162.6 0.4

Other services............................. 97.8 98.8 98.4 98.5 0.1 128.2 132.0 132.0 132.6 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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