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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  OCTOBER 1996


   Nonfarm payroll employment increased in October, and unemployment was
unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  Payroll employment rose by 210,000, with the largest gains
occurring in services and retail trade.  Manufacturing employment was about
unchanged, following a large decline in September.  The unemployment rate
was 5.2 percent in October, in line with both the August and September
figures.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 6.9 million persons were unemployed in October, and the
unemployment rate was 5.2 percent.  Both measures were unchanged from
September.  Among the major worker groups, unemployment rates were
essentially unchanged for adult men (4.3 percent), adult women (4.7
percent), teenagers (16.1 percent), whites (4.4 percent), blacks (10.8
percent), and Hispanics (8.0 percent).  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment was 127.6 million in October, little different from the
September level.  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of the
population 16 years and over that was employed--was essentially unchanged
in October at 63.4 percent, but was half a percentage point higher than a
year earlier.  (See table A-1.)
   
   The number of persons who held more than one job was 8.4 million (not
seasonally adjusted) in October.  These multiple jobholders comprised 6.5
percent of the total employed.  (See table A-9.)
   
   The civilian labor force, at 134.6 million in October, was little
different from the previous month.  Since October 1995, the labor force has
grown by 2.1 million.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in October--that is, they wanted and were
available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior
12 months.  Of this total, 374,000 were discouraged workers--persons who
were not looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were
available for them.  (See table A-9.)
   
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |   Quarterly     |       Monthly data       |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Sept.-
      Category        |       1996      |          1996            |Oct.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   II   |  III   |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 133,647| 134,135| 133,885| 134,340| 134,574|    234
  Employment..........| 126,389| 127,102| 127,055| 127,368| 127,627|    259
  Unemployment........|   7,258|   7,033|   6,830|   6,971|   6,948|    -23
Not in labor force....|  66,633|  66,715|  66,962|  66,721|  66,699|    -22
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.4|     5.2|     5.1|     5.2|     5.2|     .0
  Adult men...........|     4.7|     4.5|     4.2|     4.5|     4.3|   -0.2
  Adult women.........|     4.8|     4.7|     4.6|     4.5|     4.7|     .2
  Teenagers...........|    16.3|    16.4|    17.2|    15.6|    16.1|     .5
  White...............|     4.7|     4.5|     4.4|     4.5|     4.4|    -.1
  Black...............|    10.3|    10.5|    10.5|    10.5|    10.8|     .3
  Hispanic origin.....|     9.2|     8.7|     8.7|     8.2|     8.0|    -.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 119,264|p119,947| 120,052|p120,017|p120,227|   p210
  Goods-producing 1/..|  24,249| p24,269|  24,298| p24,245| p24,262|    p17
    Construction......|   5,379|  p5,436|   5,437|  p5,445|  p5,455|    p10
    Manufacturing.....|  18,295| p18,263|  18,291| p18,232| p18,238|     p6
  Service-producing 1/|  95,015| p95,678|  95,754| p95,772| p95,965|   p193
    Retail trade......|  21,489| p21,681|  21,672| p21,699| p21,761|    p62
    Services..........|  34,260| p34,523|  34,532| p34,588| p34,707|   p119
    Government........|  19,433| p19,543|  19,606| p19,539| p19,499|   p-40
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.4|   p34.4|    34.4|   p34.7|   p34.3| p-0.4
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|   p41.7|    41.7|   p41.8|   p41.6|  p-.2
    Overtime..........|     4.6|    p4.5|     4.5|    p4.5|    p4.5|   p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.76| p$11.86|  $11.87| p$11.91| p$11.91| p$0.00
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  404.67| p408.50|  408.33| p413.28| p408.51| p-4.77
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
p=preliminary.
   
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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 210,000 in October to 120.2
million, after seasonal adjustment, following a small decline in September.
The increase was about in line with the average monthly gain so far this
year.  Employment in the private sector rose by 250,000 in October,
following a very small gain in September.  The October advance was well
above this year's monthly average of 194,000.  The October increase was
concentrated in the services and retail trade industries.  (See table B-1.)
   
   The services industry added 119,000 jobs in October, the largest gain
since May.  Amusement and recreation employment rose by 38,000; because of
weaker-than-usual summer hiring this year, October layoffs were relatively
light, resulting in a large gain, after seasonal adjustment.  There was an
increase of 21,000 jobs in private educational services, offsetting a
seasonally adjusted decline in September.  Health services employment was
strong in October, as it had been in September; hospitals have added 20,000
jobs since August.  Business services continued to show weakness in
October; computer and data processing services added 14,000 jobs over the
month, but employment in personnel supply services fell by a like amount.
   
   Following little growth in August and September, retail trade added
62,000 jobs in October, with gains fairly widespread.  Employment rose
markedly in food stores (19,000) and department stores (17,000), following
losses in the prior month.  Wholesale trade added 19,000 jobs; the increase
was heavily concentrated in the nondurable goods distribution component.
   
   Employment in both finance and real estate rose sharply over the month.
Within finance, job growth was strong in commercial banks.  Seasonal
declines in real estate were smaller than usual in October.  As a result,
the industry added 8,000 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis.
   
   Employment in transportation increased by 10,000, reversing a similar
decline in the previous month.  A job gain of 9,000 in air transportation
offset a decline in trucking and warehousing, which has shown a net decline
of 22,000 jobs in the past 4 months.
   
   Government employment fell by 40,000 in October, and has declined by
107,000 over the past 2 months.  These declines partially reversed a
combined increase in July and August of 160,000.  The fluctuations in
government employment are largely due to changing seasonal hiring patterns
in state and local education.  Federal employment continued its long-term
downward trend.
   
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   Manufacturing employment was about unchanged in October, following a
substantial decline in September.  Job losses continued in motor vehicles
and equipment.  Employment also continued to decline in electronic
equipment, where losses have totaled 10,000 over the past 3 months.  Over
the same period, apparel lost 18,000 jobs. These declines were offset by
increases in several industries.  Industrial machinery recovered half of
the jobs lost in September, but still shows no net gain for 1996.  An
increase of 6,000 jobs in aircraft in October primarily reflected the
return of workers from a strike.  Lumber, printing and publishing, and
chemicals also added jobs in October; all of these industries have had
fluctuating movements over the past several months.
   
   Construction employment increased by 10,000 in October.  Gains have
averaged 9,000 a month since July, compared with an average monthly gain of
about 29,000 during the first 7 months of this year.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.4 hour in October to 34.3 hours, seasonally
adjusted, nearly reversing increases of the prior 2 months.  The
manufacturing workweek fell by 0.2 hour, to 41.6 hours, and factory
overtime was unchanged at 4.5 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.9 percent, on a
seasonally adjusted basis, to 136.8 (1982=100) in October, as the decline
in the average workweek more than offset the employment increase.  The
manufacturing index fell by 0.4 percent to 105.7.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers
on nonfarm payrolls were unchanged in October at $11.91 (seasonally
adjusted) following a gain of 10 cents over the prior 2 months.  Average
weekly earnings decreased by 1.2 percent.  Over the past year, average
hourly earnings rose by 3.1 percent, and average weekly earnings rose by
2.5 percent.  (See table B-3.)

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 |  As announced last month, establishment survey data           |
 |from March through October 1996  have been seasonally          |
 |adjusted using corrected factors that differ slightly          |
 |from those announced last June.  This correction resulted      |
 |in minor, mostly offsetting, changes to previously published   |
 |seasonally adjusted estimates.                                 |
 |  Following usual practice of 6-month updates of seasonal      |
 |adjustment factors, new factors for the establishment survey   |
 |data for November 1996 through April 1997 will be developed    |
 |using data through October.  For the first time, revised       |
 |seasonal adjustment factors for September and October also     |
 |will be included in the 6-month updates and used in the        |
 |estimates published in next month's release.  With this        |
 |change, the most recent 3 months of data will be based on the  |
 |new seasonal factors, thus improving current trend analysis.   |
 |Seasonal adjustment factors for September 1996 through April   |
 |1997 will be published in the December 1996 issue of Employment|
 |and Earnings.  As a new service to users, these factors will be|
 |available on November 29, 1 week prior to the release of       |
 |November estimates, on the Internet                            |
 |(http://stats.bls.gov:80/ceshome.htm) or by calling FAXSTAT at |
 |(202) 606-6325 and requesting document 3030.                   |
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                         _________________________
                                     
   The Employment Situation for November 1996 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, December 6, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the Bureau of the Census  for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 1996,
the sample included about 390,000 establishments employing over 47 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

                                  - 6 -
 
 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in   "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.6 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $13.00 per issue or
$35.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-
H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-606-STAT; TDD phone:  202-606-
5897; TDD message referral phone:  1-800-326-2577.
         HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
         
         Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

         (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                                   
                  Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                              Oct.   Sept.    Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
                                                              1995    1996    1996    1995    1996    1996    1996    1996    1996 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                               TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                   
           Civilian noninstitutional population............ 199,192 201,060 201,273 199,192 200,459 200,641 200,847 201,060 201,273
             Civilian labor force.......................... 132,863 134,230 135,015 132,473 133,669 134,181 133,885 134,340 134,574
                   Participation rate......................    66.7    66.8    67.1    66.5    66.7    66.9    66.7    66.8    66.9
               Employed.................................... 125,979 127,529 128,439 125,244 126,610 126,884 127,055 127,368 127,627
                   Employment-population ratio.............    63.2    63.4    63.8    62.9    63.2    63.2    63.3    63.3    63.4
                 Agriculture...............................   3,479   3,607   3,515   3,434   3,382   3,502   3,421   3,535   3,457
                 Nonagricultural industries................ 122,500 123,922 124,924 121,810 123,228 123,382 123,635 123,833 124,169
               Unemployed..................................   6,884   6,700   6,577   7,229   7,060   7,297   6,830   6,971   6,948
                   Unemployment rate.......................     5.2     5.0     4.9     5.5     5.3     5.4     5.1     5.2     5.2
             Not in labor force............................  66,329  66,831  66,258  66,719  66,790  66,460  66,962  66,721  66,699
                                                                                                                                   
                       Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
           Civilian noninstitutional population............  95,492  96,447  96,556  95,492  96,140  96,230  96,335  96,447  96,556
             Civilian labor force..........................  71,324  72,028  72,436  71,238  72,121  72,375  71,973  72,102  72,375
                   Participation rate......................    74.7    74.7    75.0    74.6    75.0    75.2    74.7    74.8    75.0
               Employed....................................  67,850  68,614  69,099  67,416  68,283  68,400  68,442  68,319  68,669
                   Employment-population ratio.............    71.1    71.1    71.6    70.6    71.0    71.1    71.0    70.8    71.1
               Unemployed..................................   3,474   3,413   3,337   3,822   3,837   3,975   3,531   3,783   3,706
                   Unemployment rate.......................     4.9     4.7     4.6     5.4     5.3     5.5     4.9     5.2     5.1
                                                                                                                                   
                       Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
           Civilian noninstitutional population............  88,027  88,733  88,840  88,027  88,570  88,614  88,650  88,733  88,840
             Civilian labor force..........................  67,473  68,140  68,495  67,193  68,118  68,274  68,114  68,072  68,247
                   Participation rate......................    76.7    76.8    77.1    76.3    76.9    77.0    76.8    76.7    76.8
               Employed....................................  64,711  65,353  65,854  64,146  64,962  65,094  65,286  64,978  65,293
                   Employment-population ratio.............    73.5    73.7    74.1    72.9    73.3    73.5    73.6    73.2    73.5
                 Agriculture...............................   2,398   2,439   2,478   2,351   2,292   2,381   2,352   2,377   2,419
                 Nonagricultural industries................  62,313  62,914  63,376  61,795  62,669  62,713  62,933  62,601  62,873
               Unemployed..................................   2,762   2,788   2,641   3,047   3,157   3,179   2,829   3,094   2,954
                   Unemployment rate.......................     4.1     4.1     3.9     4.5     4.6     4.7     4.2     4.5     4.3
                                                                                                                                   
                      Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                   
           Civilian noninstitutional population............ 103,700 104,614 104,717 103,700 104,319 104,411 104,512 104,614 104,717
             Civilian labor force..........................  61,539  62,202  62,579  61,235  61,548  61,806  61,912  62,238  62,199
                   Participation rate......................    59.3    59.5    59.8    59.1    59.0    59.2    59.2    59.5    59.4
               Employed....................................  58,129  58,915  59,340  57,828  58,326  58,484  58,613  59,049  58,958
                   Employment-population ratio.............    56.1    56.3    56.7    55.8    55.9    56.0    56.1    56.4    56.3
               Unemployed..................................   3,410   3,287   3,240   3,407   3,222   3,322   3,299   3,189   3,242
                   Unemployment rate.......................     5.5     5.3     5.2     5.6     5.2     5.4     5.3     5.1     5.2
                                                                                                                                   
                      Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                   
           Civilian noninstitutional population............  96,487  97,226  97,290  96,487  96,999  97,064  97,146  97,226  97,290
             Civilian labor force..........................  57,978  58,548  58,902  57,516  57,893  58,102  58,225  58,356  58,372
                   Participation rate......................    60.1    60.2    60.5    59.6    59.7    59.9    59.9    60.0    60.0
               Employed....................................  55,113  55,776  56,179  54,661  55,211  55,266  55,522  55,711  55,657
                   Employment-population ratio.............    57.1    57.4    57.7    56.7    56.9    56.9    57.2    57.3    57.2
                 Agriculture...............................     847     890     823     816     842     863     829     881     794
                 Nonagricultural industries................  54,266  54,886  55,356  53,845  54,369  54,403  54,693  54,831  54,862
               Unemployed..................................   2,864   2,772   2,723   2,855   2,682   2,837   2,704   2,645   2,715
                   Unemployment rate.......................     4.9     4.7     4.6     5.0     4.6     4.9     4.6     4.5     4.7
                                                                                                                                   
                     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                   
           Civilian  noninstitutional population...........  14,678  15,101  15,143  14,678  14,890  14,963  15,051  15,101  15,143
             Civilian labor force..........................   7,412   7,541   7,618   7,764   7,658   7,805   7,545   7,911   7,956
                   Participation rate......................    50.5    49.9    50.3    52.9    51.4    52.2    50.1    52.4    52.5
               Employed....................................   6,154   6,401   6,406   6,437   6,437   6,524   6,248   6,679   6,677
                   Employment-population ratio.............    41.9    42.4    42.3    43.9    43.2    43.6    41.5    44.2    44.1
                 Agriculture...............................     233     278     214     267     248     258     240     278     244
                 Nonagricultural industries................   5,920   6,123   6,192   6,170   6,189   6,266   6,008   6,401   6,434
               Unemployed..................................   1,258   1,140   1,212   1,327   1,221   1,280   1,297   1,232   1,278
                   Unemployment rate.......................    17.0    15.1    15.9    17.1    15.9    16.4    17.2    15.6    16.1

           1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
         and seasonally adjusted columns.






         
         
         HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
         
         Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

         (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                                   
               Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                          Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                   
                                                              Oct.   Sept.    Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
                                                              1995    1996    1996    1995    1996    1996    1996    1996    1996 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                               WHITE                                                                                               
           Civilian noninstitutional population............ 167,327 168,639 168,788 167,327 168,222 168,345 168,489 168,639 168,788
             Civilian labor force.......................... 112,322 113,275 113,830 112,147 112,941 113,076 112,832 113,316 113,616
                 Participation rate........................    67.1    67.2    67.4    67.0    67.1    67.2    67.0    67.2    67.3
               Employed.................................... 107,294 108,495 109,162 106,761 107,757 107,772 107,828 108,256 108,603
                 Employment-population ratio...............    64.1    64.3    64.7    63.8    64.1    64.0    64.0    64.2    64.3
               Unemployed..................................   5,027   4,780   4,668   5,386   5,184   5,304   5,004   5,060   5,013
                 Unemployment rate.........................     4.5     4.2     4.1     4.8     4.6     4.7     4.4     4.5     4.4
                                                                                                                                   
                       Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
             Civilian labor force..........................  57,852  58,369  58,687  57,717  58,426  58,456  58,354  58,303  58,558
                 Participation rate........................    77.1    77.2    77.6    76.9    77.5    77.5    77.3    77.1    77.4
               Employed....................................  55,783  56,344  56,738  55,383  56,047  56,079  56,174  56,008  56,344
                 Employment-population ratio...............    74.3    74.6    75.0    73.8    74.3    74.3    74.4    74.1    74.5
               Unemployed..................................   2,069   2,024   1,949   2,334   2,379   2,376   2,179   2,295   2,215
                 Unemployment rate.........................     3.6     3.5     3.3     4.0     4.1     4.1     3.7     3.9     3.8
                                                                                                                                   
                      Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
             Civilian labor force..........................  48,254  48,536  48,734  47,909  47,956  47,981  48,124  48,286  48,337
                 Participation rate........................    59.8    59.8    60.0    59.4    59.2    59.2    59.3    59.5    59.5
               Employed....................................  46,192  46,591  46,847  45,820  46,063  46,009  46,217  46,406  46,429
                 Employment-population ratio...............    57.2    57.4    57.7    56.8    56.9    56.8    57.0    57.2    57.2
               Unemployed..................................   2,061   1,945   1,886   2,089   1,894   1,972   1,907   1,881   1,907
                 Unemployment rate.........................     4.3     4.0     3.9     4.4     3.9     4.1     4.0     3.9     3.9
                                                                                                                                   
                     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
             Civilian labor force..........................   6,216   6,370   6,409   6,521   6,558   6,639   6,354   6,726   6,721
                 Participation rate........................    53.8    53.4    53.6    56.5    55.5    56.0    53.5    56.4    56.2
               Employed....................................   5,319   5,560   5,576   5,558   5,647   5,684   5,437   5,842   5,830
                 Employment-population ratio...............    46.1    46.6    46.7    48.1    47.8    48.0    45.7    49.0    48.8
               Unemployed..................................     897     811     833     963     911     955     917     885     891
                 Unemployment rate.........................    14.4    12.7    13.0    14.8    13.9    14.4    14.4    13.2    13.3
                   Men.....................................    16.2    13.8    14.9    16.8    14.7    16.6    15.6    14.5    15.4
                   Women...................................    12.4    11.5    10.9    12.5    13.0    12.0    13.2    11.8    11.0
                                                                                                                                   
                               BLACK                                                                                               
           Civilian noninstitutional population............  23,357  23,690  23,728  23,357  23,579  23,611  23,650  23,690  23,728
             Civilian labor force..........................  14,943  15,132  15,370  14,856  14,955  15,279  15,361  15,167  15,291
                 Participation rate........................    64.0    63.9    64.8    63.6    63.4    64.7    65.0    64.0    64.4
               Employed....................................  13,520  13,547  13,796  13,370  13,451  13,671  13,750  13,569  13,644
                 Employment-population ratio...............    57.9    57.2    58.1    57.2    57.0    57.9    58.1    57.3    57.5
               Unemployed..................................   1,423   1,585   1,574   1,486   1,504   1,609   1,611   1,597   1,647
                 Unemployment rate.........................     9.5    10.5    10.2    10.0    10.1    10.5    10.5    10.5    10.8
                                                                                                                                   
                       Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
             Civilian labor force..........................   6,746   6,840   6,888   6,676   6,728   6,867   6,890   6,849   6,843
                 Participation rate........................    72.4    72.6    72.9    71.7    71.5    72.9    73.2    72.7    72.4
               Employed....................................   6,244   6,190   6,294   6,125   6,110   6,233   6,326   6,177   6,189
                 Employment-population ratio...............    67.0    65.7    66.6    65.7    64.9    66.2    67.2    65.6    65.5
               Unemployed..................................     502     651     594     551     617     634     564     672     654
                 Unemployment rate.........................     7.4     9.5     8.6     8.3     9.2     9.2     8.2     9.8     9.6
                                                                                                                                   
                      Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
             Civilian labor force..........................   7,333   7,429   7,578   7,259   7,373   7,504   7,511   7,417   7,491
                 Participation rate........................    62.5    62.6    63.8    61.9    62.4    63.4    63.4    62.5    63.0
               Employed....................................   6,699   6,767   6,905   6,637   6,743   6,830   6,824   6,794   6,830
                 Employment-population ratio...............    57.1    57.0    58.1    56.6    57.0    57.7    57.6    57.3    57.5
               Unemployed..................................     634     662     673     622     630     674     687     623     661
                 Unemployment rate.........................     8.6     8.9     8.9     8.6     8.5     9.0     9.1     8.4     8.8
                                                                                                                                   
                     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
             Civilian labor force..........................     864     863     904     921     854     908     960     901     957
                 Participation rate........................    37.4    35.9    37.6    39.9    36.4    38.5    40.2    37.5    39.9
               Employed....................................     578     591     597     608     598     607     599     598     625
                 Employment-population ratio...............    25.0    24.6    24.9    26.3    25.4    25.8    25.1    24.9    26.1
               Unemployed..................................     286     272     306     313     256     301     361     303     331
                 Unemployment rate.........................    33.1    31.5    33.9    34.0    30.0    33.1    37.6    33.6    34.6
                   Men.....................................    33.4    32.1    35.1    35.3    35.3    43.3    38.6    36.6    37.1
                   Women...................................    32.8    30.9    32.7    32.7    25.0    20.9    36.5    30.7    32.1
                          HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
           Civilian noninstitutional population............  18,800  19,346  19,398  18,800  19,184  19,238  19,292  19,346  19,398
             Civilian labor force..........................  12,504  12,912  13,109  12,410  12,576  12,641  12,877  12,822  12,986
                 Participation rate........................    66.5    66.7    67.6    66.0    65.6    65.7    66.7    66.3    66.9
               Employed....................................  11,378  11,895  12,097  11,251  11,472  11,500  11,750  11,766  11,942
                 Employment-population ratio...............    60.5    61.5    62.4    59.8    59.8    59.8    60.9    60.8    61.6
               Unemployed..................................   1,126   1,016   1,012   1,159   1,104   1,141   1,127   1,057   1,044
                 Unemployment rate.........................     9.0     7.9     7.7     9.3     8.8     9.0     8.7     8.2     8.0

           1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
         and seasonally adjusted columns.
             NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
         group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.






         
         
         HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
         
         
         
         
         Table A-3. Selected employment indicators

         (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                   
                              Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                              Oct.   Sept.    Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
                                                              1995    1996    1996    1995    1996    1996    1996    1996    1996 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                           CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                   
           Total employed, 16 years and over............... 125,979 127,529 128,439 125,244 126,610 126,884 127,055 127,368 127,627
             Married men, spouse present...................  42,647  42,603  42,964  42,281  42,587  42,478  42,622  42,265  42,623
             Married women, spouse present.................  32,460  32,798  32,800  32,185  32,649  32,713  32,732  32,765  32,507
             Women who maintain families...................   7,126   7,443   7,412   7,089   7,360   7,230   7,291   7,443   7,390
                                                                                                                                   
                             OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                   
             Managerial and professional specialty.........  36,031  36,759  37,212  35,758  36,696  36,361  36,520  36,741  36,911
             Technical, sales, and administrative support..  37,327  37,725  38,004  37,337  37,683  37,795  37,858  37,801  38,004
             Service occupations...........................  16,879  17,200  17,208  16,994  17,215  17,418  17,397  17,533  17,242
             Precision production, craft, and repair.......  13,665  13,881  13,779  13,459  13,572  13,439  13,701  13,717  13,602
             Operators, fabricators, and laborers..........  18,336  18,199  18,552  18,034  18,137  18,392  18,075  18,047  18,250
             Farming, forestry, and fishing................   3,740   3,766   3,684   3,692   3,472   3,594   3,500   3,576   3,619
                                                                                                                                   
                          CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                   
             Agriculture:                                                                                                          
               Wage and salary workers.....................   1,877   1,899   1,849   1,806   1,900   1,863   1,802   1,833   1,793
               Self-employed workers.......................   1,557   1,616   1,597   1,543   1,457   1,564   1,528   1,597   1,585
               Unpaid family workers.......................      44      92      69      49      35      52      65      97      75
             Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                           
               Wage and salary workers..................... 113,374 114,960 115,748 112,777 114,130 114,294 114,634 114,908 115,120
                 Government................................  18,394  18,052  18,270  18,244  18,329  18,294  18,286  18,088  18,107
                 Private industries........................  94,980  96,908  97,478  94,533  95,801  96,000  96,348  96,820  97,012
                   Private households......................     958     976   1,017     973     812     935   1,009   1,006   1,023
                   Other industries........................  94,022  95,932  96,462  93,560  94,989  95,065  95,339  95,814  95,989
               Self-employed workers.......................   9,023   8,825   9,035   8,913   9,073   8,998   8,876   8,763   8,928
               Unpaid family workers.......................     103     138     140     102     136     130     121     127     137
                                                                                                                                   
                     PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                   
             All industries:                                                                                                       
               Part time for economic reasons..............   4,092   4,012   3,973   4,433   4,301   4,366   4,354   4,309   4,300
                 Slack work or business conditions.........   2,324   2,215   2,053   2,520   2,322   2,589   2,477   2,426   2,217
                 Could only find part-time work............   1,504   1,531   1,602   1,652   1,569   1,494   1,610   1,616   1,746
               Part time for noneconomic reasons...........  18,673  18,223  18,636  17,678  18,211  17,814  18,229  17,710  17,631
                                                                                                                                   
             Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                           
               Part time for economic reasons..............   3,923   3,852   3,803   4,274   4,146   4,159   4,205   4,128   4,125
                 Slack work or business conditions.........   2,221   2,114   1,949   2,426   2,215   2,457   2,350   2,318   2,112
                 Could only find part-time work............   1,457   1,495   1,575   1,610   1,542   1,479   1,600   1,574   1,732
               Part time for noneconomic reasons...........  18,016  17,530  17,995  17,054  17,623  17,157  17,613  17,036  17,008

             NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
         reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
         work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
         weather.






         
         
         HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
         
         Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                   Number of                                                       
                                                               unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                                 (in thousands)                                                    
                              Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                   
                                                              Oct.   Sept.    Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
                                                              1995    1996    1996    1995    1996    1996    1996    1996    1996 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                           CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                   
            Total, 16 years and over.......................   7,229   6,971   6,948    5.5     5.3     5.4     5.1     5.2     5.2 
              Men, 20 years and over.......................   3,047   3,094   2,954    4.5     4.6     4.7     4.2     4.5     4.3 
              Women, 20 years and over.....................   2,855   2,645   2,715    5.0     4.6     4.9     4.6     4.5     4.7 
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years...................   1,327   1,232   1,278   17.1    15.9    16.4    17.2    15.6    16.1 
                                                                                                                                   
              Married men, spouse present..................   1,389   1,323   1,322    3.2     3.0     3.0     2.9     3.0     3.0 
              Married women, spouse present................   1,295   1,106   1,187    3.9     3.6     3.5     3.2     3.3     3.5 
              Women who maintain families..................     607     674     685    7.9     7.6     9.1     8.8     8.3     8.5 
                                                                                                                                   
              Full-time workers............................   5,846   5,611   5,664    5.4     5.2     5.3     4.9     5.1     5.1 
              Part-time workers............................   1,457   1,359   1,341    5.9     5.6     6.1     5.9     5.6     5.5 
                                                                                                                                   
                           OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                   
              Managerial and professional specialty........     867     883     797    2.4     2.4     2.5     2.1     2.3     2.1 
              Technical, sales, and administrative support.   1,745   1,767   1,796    4.5     4.1     4.6     4.3     4.5     4.5 
              Precision production, craft, and repair......     872     798     812    6.1     5.2     5.5     5.2     5.5     5.6 
              Operators, fabricators, and laborers.........   1,580   1,422   1,527    8.1     7.9     7.7     7.8     7.3     7.7 
              Farming, forestry, and fishing...............     334     269     256    8.3     7.7     6.3     5.8     7.0     6.6 
                                                                                                                                   
                              INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                   
              Nonagricultural private wage and salary                                                                              
              workers......................................   5,756   5,366   5,459    5.7     5.5     5.5     5.3     5.3     5.3 
                Goods-producing industries.................   1,821   1,514   1,643    6.5     6.1     5.9     5.6     5.4     5.8 
                  Mining...................................      54      31      36    8.7     4.7     2.8     4.4     5.1     6.1 
                  Construction.............................     752     593     626   11.7     9.5    10.1     8.8     9.1     9.6 
                  Manufacturing............................   1,015     890     981    4.8     5.1     4.6     4.7     4.3     4.7 
                    Durable goods..........................     530     497     544    4.3     4.6     4.2     3.8     4.0     4.4 
                    Nondurable goods.......................     485     394     436    5.6     5.7     5.3     6.0     4.6     5.1 
                Service-producing industries...............   3,935   3,852   3,817    5.5     5.2     5.4     5.2     5.2     5.1 
                  Transportation and public utilities......     303     285     323    4.3     4.5     4.3     4.2     4.0     4.5 
                  Wholesale and retail trade...............   1,638   1,579   1,643    6.3     6.4     6.3     6.3     6.0     6.2 
                  Finance, insurance, and real estate......     236     241     210    3.3     2.6     2.8     2.4     3.2     2.8 
                  Services.................................   1,758   1,747   1,640    5.5     5.1     5.5     5.2     5.3     4.9 
              Government workers...........................     536     552     540    2.9     2.7     3.2     2.7     3.0     2.9 
              Agricultural wage and salary workers.........     250     226     195   12.2     9.2     8.6     7.4    11.0     9.8 

           1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
           2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
         is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.






         
         
         HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
         
         Table A-5. Duration of unemployment

         (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                   
                              Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                   
                                                              Oct.   Sept.    Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
                                                              1995    1996    1996    1995    1996    1996    1996    1996    1996 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                        NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                   
            Less than 5 weeks..............................   2,529   2,581   2,291   2,744   2,485   2,701   2,486   2,446   2,487
            5 to 14 weeks..................................   2,257   1,998   2,174   2,348   2,160   2,322   2,129   2,245   2,269
            15 weeks and over..............................   2,099   2,122   2,112   2,281   2,435   2,319   2,248   2,279   2,306
               15 to 26 weeks..............................     952     935     982   1,010   1,116     958     978   1,054   1,076
               27 weeks and over...........................   1,147   1,187   1,130   1,271   1,319   1,361   1,270   1,225   1,230
                                                                                                                                   
            Average (mean) duration, in weeks..............    16.2    16.9    16.7    16.2    17.6    16.8    17.4    17.0    16.7
            Median duration, in weeks......................     7.9     8.5     8.1     8.1     8.1     8.6     8.5     8.9     8.3
                                                                                                                                   
                        PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                   
            Total unemployed...............................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
              Less than 5 weeks............................    36.7    38.5    34.8    37.2    35.1    36.8    36.2    35.1    35.2
              5 to 14 weeks................................    32.8    29.8    33.1    31.8    30.5    31.6    31.0    32.2    32.1
              15 weeks and over............................    30.5    31.7    32.1    30.9    34.4    31.6    32.8    32.7    32.6
                15 to 26 weeks.............................    13.8    14.0    14.9    13.7    15.8    13.1    14.3    15.1    15.2
                27 weeks and over..........................    16.7    17.7    17.2    17.2    18.6    18.5    18.5    17.6    17.4






          
          
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                             HOUSEHOLD DATA
          
          Table A-6. Reason for unemployment

          (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                        Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                           adjusted                                                
                                    Reason                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                      Oct.   Sept.  Oct.   Oct.   June   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct. 
                                                                      1995   1996   1996   1995   1996   1996   1996   1996   1996 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                             NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                   
            Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.....  3,104  2,812  2,757  3,457  3,431  3,343  3,054  3,225  3,098
              On temporary layoff...................................    719    674    649  1,018    990    953    889  1,059    938
              Not on temporary layoff...............................  2,384  2,138  2,108  2,439  2,441  2,391  2,165  2,167  2,160
                Permanent job losers................................  1,686  1,450  1,476   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                Persons who completed temporary jobs................    698    688    632   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
            Job leavers.............................................    799    892    848    762    676    749    773    807    809
            Reentrants..............................................  2,490  2,495  2,468  2,506  2,419  2,529  2,448  2,404  2,483
            New entrants............................................    492    500    504    559    528    623    548    545    575
                                                                                                                                   
                             PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                   
            Total unemployed........................................                                                               
             Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs....   45.1   42.0   41.9   47.5   48.6   46.1   44.8   46.2   44.5
               On temporary layoff..................................   10.5   10.1    9.9   14.0   14.0   13.1   13.0   15.2   13.5
               Not on temporary layoff..............................   34.6   31.9   32.1   33.5   34.6   33.0   31.7   31.0   31.0
             Job leavers............................................   11.6   13.3   12.9   10.5    9.6   10.3   11.3   11.6   11.6
             Reentrants.............................................   36.2   37.2   37.5   34.4   34.3   34.9   35.9   34.4   35.6
             New entrants...........................................    7.1    7.5    7.7    7.7    7.5    8.6    8.0    7.8    8.3
                                                                                                                                   
                        UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                             
                               CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                
                                                                                                                                   
             Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs....    2.3    2.1    2.0    2.6    2.6    2.5    2.3    2.4    2.3
             Job leavers............................................     .6     .7     .6     .6     .5     .6     .6     .6     .6
             Reentrants.............................................    1.9    1.9    1.8    1.9    1.8    1.9    1.8    1.8    1.8
             New entrants...........................................     .4     .4     .4     .4     .4     .5     .4     .4     .4

            1 Not available.






          
          
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                            HOUSEHOLD DATA
          
          Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

          (Percent)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                               Not seasonally          Seasonally adjusted        
                                                                                  adjusted                                        
                                       Measure                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                              Oct. Sept.  Oct.  Oct.  June  July  Aug. Sept.  Oct.
                                                                              1995  1996  1996  1995  1996  1996  1996  1996  1996
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
          U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,                                                                              
             as a percent of the civilian labor force.......................   1.6   1.6   1.6   1.7   1.8   1.7   1.7   1.7   1.7
                                                                                                                                  
          U-2 Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                
             temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian                                                                         
             labor force....................................................   2.3   2.1   2.0   2.6   2.6   2.5   2.3   2.4   2.3
                                                                                                                                  
          U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the                                                                               
             civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)..............   5.2   5.0   4.9   5.5   5.3   5.4   5.1   5.2   5.2
                                                                                                                                  
          U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged                                                                                   
             workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force                                                                    
             plus discouraged workers.......................................   5.5   5.3   5.1  (1)   (1)   (1)   (1)   (1)   (1) 
                                                                                                                                  
          U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other                                                          
             marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian                                                            
             labor force plus all marginally attached workers...............   6.3   6.1   5.9  (1)   (1)   (1)   (1)   (1)   (1) 
                                                                                                                                  
          U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus                                                        
             total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of                                                       
             the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers..   9.3   9.0   8.8  (1)   (1)   (1)   (1)   (1)   (1) 

            1 Not available.
              NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7
          of this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking
          for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. 
          Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently
          looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time
          work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of
          alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.






         
         
         HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
         
         Table A-8. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                   Number of                                                       
                                                               unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                                 (in thousands)                                                    
                            Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                              Oct.   Sept.    Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
                                                              1995    1996    1996    1995    1996    1996    1996    1996    1996 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
         Total, 16 years and over..........................   7,229   6,971   6,948    5.5     5.3     5.4     5.1     5.2     5.2 
           16 to 24 years..................................   2,594   2,386   2,456   12.2    11.7    12.2    11.5    11.2    11.5 
             16 to 19 years................................   1,327   1,232   1,278   17.1    15.9    16.4    17.2    15.6    16.1 
               16 to 17 years..............................     657     564     600   20.4    19.0    19.4    19.1    17.2    17.8 
               18 to 19 years..............................     687     675     698   15.1    13.4    14.1    16.0    14.5    15.1 
             20 to 24 years................................   1,267   1,153   1,178    9.4     9.3     9.7     8.3     8.7     8.8 
           25 years and over...............................   4,660   4,587   4,508    4.2     4.1     4.2     3.9     4.1     4.0 
             25 to 54 years................................   4,164   4,096   4,058    4.4     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.2 
             55 years and over.............................     558     528     497    3.5     3.6     3.8     3.1     3.3     3.1 
                                                                                                                                   
           Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,822   3,783   3,706    5.4     5.3     5.5     4.9     5.2     5.1 
             16 to 24 years................................   1,444   1,306   1,372   12.9    12.4    13.3    11.5    11.9    12.2 
               16 to 19 years..............................     775     689     752   19.2    17.0    19.4    18.2    17.1    18.2 
                 16 to 17 years............................     357     307     337   21.5    20.5    24.2    22.0    18.6    19.4 
                 18 to 19 years............................     414     383     416   17.4    14.2    16.1    15.9    16.1    17.3 
               20 to 24 years..............................     669     618     621    9.3     9.7     9.8     7.7     8.8     8.7 
             25 years and over.............................   2,399   2,466   2,347    4.0     4.0     4.0     3.8     4.0     3.8 
               25 to 54 years..............................   2,122   2,210   2,104    4.1     4.1     4.1     3.8     4.2     4.0 
               55 years and over...........................     296     287     259    3.4     3.5     3.8     3.2     3.2     2.9 
                                                                                                                                   
           Women, 16 years and over........................   3,407   3,189   3,242    5.6     5.2     5.4     5.3     5.1     5.2 
             16 to 24 years................................   1,150   1,079   1,083   11.5    11.0    10.9    11.6    10.6    10.7 
               16 to 19 years..............................     552     544     526   14.8    14.8    13.1    16.2    14.0    13.8 
                 16 to 17 years............................     300     256     263   19.2    17.5    14.4    16.3    15.7    16.2 
                 18 to 19 years............................     273     292     281   12.6    12.5    11.8    16.0    12.9    12.7 
               20 to 24 years..............................     598     535     557    9.5     8.7     9.5     8.9     8.5     8.9 
             25 years and over.............................   2,261   2,121   2,161    4.4     4.1     4.3     4.1     4.1     4.1 
               25 to 54 years..............................   2,042   1,886   1,954    4.6     4.2     4.4     4.3     4.2     4.3 
               55 years and over...........................     262     241     237    3.7     3.6     3.7     2.9     3.4     3.4 

           1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.






          
          
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                            HOUSEHOLD DATA
          
          Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

          (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                   Total              Men              Women      
                                                                                                                                  
                                       Category                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                               Oct.     Oct.     Oct.     Oct.     Oct.     Oct.  
                                                                               1995     1996     1995     1996     1995     1996  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
            Total not in the labor force....................................  66,329   66,258   24,168   24,120   42,161   42,138 
              Persons who currently want a job..............................   5,370    5,080    2,126    1,976    3,244    3,104 
                 Searched for work and available to work now(1).............   1,587    1,447      751      687      837      760 
                    Reason not currently looking:                                                                                 
                      Discouragement over job prospects(2)..................     412      374      248      238      164      137 
                         Reasons other than discouragement(3)...............   1,175    1,073      503      449      672      624 
                                                                                                                                  
                                 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  
            Total multiple jobholders(4)....................................   7,970    8,369    4,328    4,376    3,641    3,993 
                Percent of total employed...................................     6.3      6.5      6.4      6.3      6.3      6.7 
                                                                                                                                  
                Primary job full time, secondary job part time..............   4,505    4,532    2,709    2,603    1,796    1,929 
                Primary and secondary jobs both part time...................   1,860    1,878      603      564    1,257    1,314 
                Primary and secondary jobs both full time...................     291      277      227      193       64       84 
                Hours vary on primary or secondary job......................   1,274    1,640      769      984      504      656 

            1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during
          the reference week.
            2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or
          old, and other types of discrimination.
            3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and
          transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
            4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown
          separately.
     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                Oct.    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
                                                1995    1996   1996p   1996p    1995    1996    1996    1996   1996p   1996p 
                                                                                                                             
               Total......................... 118,664 119,781 120,508 121,168 117,749 119,537 119,772 120,052 120,017 120,227
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  99,042 101,492 101,235 101,379  98,410 100,091 100,288 100,446 100,478 100,728
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  24,510  24,759  24,678  24,628  24,151  24,274  24,264  24,298  24,245  24,262
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................     580     580     575     576     573     575     570     570     568     569
         Metal mining........................    50.6    53.1    52.0    51.7      51      52      52      52      52      52
         Coal mining.........................   104.2    99.3    98.5    98.6     104     101     100      99      98      99
         Oil and gas extraction..............   315.8   315.1   312.3   314.1     312     314     310     311     310     310
         Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   109.3   112.7   111.9   111.1     106     108     108     108     108     108
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   5,464   5,783   5,740   5,729   5,200   5,401   5,427   5,437   5,445   5,455
         General building contractors........ 1,235.7 1,295.6 1,277.5 1,272.6   1,198   1,232   1,231   1,232   1,233   1,234
         Heavy construction, except building.   833.8   843.0   845.8   839.5     755     768     769     770     764     761
         Special trade contractors........... 3,394.2 3,644.6 3,616.3 3,616.5   3,247   3,401   3,427   3,435   3,448   3,460
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  18,466  18,396  18,363  18,323  18,378  18,298  18,267  18,291  18,232  18,238
           Production workers................  12,790  12,718  12,714  12,677  12,707  12,634  12,614  12,626  12,588  12,595
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  10,662  10,712  10,712  10,702  10,631  10,696  10,680  10,711  10,676  10,674
           Production workers................   7,298   7,330   7,345   7,339   7,272   7,326   7,313   7,339   7,311   7,313
         Lumber and wood products............   769.8   782.3   778.5   777.1     762     767     764     769     766     770
         Furniture and fixtures..............   507.1   500.0   501.1   501.7     504     500     500     499     500     499
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   544.0   548.3   547.2   546.6     536     536     535     536     536     538
         Primary metal industries............   708.1   706.4   706.3   702.5     708     708     700     706     704     702
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   239.1   239.1   237.7   232.9     240     239     237     237     237     234
         Fabricated metal products........... 1,443.4 1,455.6 1,460.2 1,463.1   1,439   1,450   1,454   1,456   1,458   1,460
         Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,067.8 2,081.2 2,075.6 2,076.0   2,075   2,088   2,088   2,089   2,078   2,084
           Computer and office equipment.....   354.5   359.4   356.6   356.6     355     359     357     359     357     357
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................ 1,638.9 1,651.7 1,650.0 1,648.4   1,637   1,651   1,656   1,654   1,649   1,646
           Electronic components and                                                                                         
              accessories....................   595.6   615.3   611.4   609.7     596     614     616     615     611     610
         Transportation equipment............ 1,756.1 1,765.9 1,772.9 1,765.3   1,751   1,775   1,766   1,784   1,771   1,761
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   970.5   957.7   962.2   948.5     966     967     950     967     959     945
           Aircraft and parts................   422.0   451.1   455.2   462.5     421     446     453     454     456     462
         Instruments and related products....   832.2   834.0   832.5   831.9     832     835     832     833     831     832
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   394.7   386.4   387.2   389.1     387     386     385     385     383     382
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   7,804   7,684   7,651   7,621   7,747   7,602   7,587   7,580   7,556   7,564
           Production workers................   5,492   5,388   5,369   5,338   5,435   5,308   5,301   5,287   5,277   5,282
         Food and kindred products........... 1,720.5 1,721.4 1,708.1 1,680.1   1,676   1,647   1,640   1,641   1,633   1,637
         Tobacco products....................    44.1    39.8    42.5    42.6      42      41      40      39      40      40
         Textile mill products...............   655.9   637.4   633.1   632.5     655     637     637     633     631     632
         Apparel and other textile products..   908.9   842.3   844.5   838.1     901     847     849     837     836     831
         Paper and allied products...........   687.8   678.7   676.4   674.3     688     676     672     673     673     674
         Printing and publishing............. 1,535.8 1,525.9 1,520.4 1,526.1   1,538   1,528   1,527   1,527   1,524   1,528
         Chemicals and allied products....... 1,030.4 1,026.3 1,018.4 1,019.4   1,031   1,020   1,019   1,021   1,017   1,020
         Petroleum and coal products.........   144.0   142.4   140.2   139.2     142     140     139     139     138     137
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   972.4   974.1   972.6   974.3     971     969     968     976     971     972
         Leather and leather products........   104.5    95.5    94.8    94.8     103      97      96      94      93      93
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................  94,154  95,022  95,830  96,540  93,598  95,263  95,508  95,754  95,772  95,965
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   6,263   6,331   6,382   6,388   6,212   6,329   6,333   6,342   6,330   6,337
         Transportation......................   3,994   4,030   4,091   4,101   3,947   4,045   4,051   4,056   4,045   4,055
           Railroad transportation...........   237.2   232.6   233.4   232.1     236     231     229     230     232     231
           Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
              transit........................   449.5   393.1   468.7   476.5     431     454     458     463     454     457
           Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,900.9 1,909.4 1,899.8 1,897.4   1,872   1,891   1,888   1,882   1,875   1,869
           Water transportation..............   173.2   179.6   176.0   171.7     173     171     172     173     170     172
           Transportation by air.............   800.4   856.1   854.6   861.1     802     844     848     850     854     863
           Pipelines, except natural gas.....    14.5    14.1    13.8    13.7      14      14      14      14      14      14
           Transportation services...........   418.3   444.7   445.0   448.9     419     440     442     444     446     449
         Communications and public utilities.   2,269   2,301   2,291   2,287   2,265   2,284   2,282   2,286   2,285   2,282
           Communications.................... 1,357.0 1,403.8 1,401.2 1,401.7   1,352   1,388   1,391   1,398   1,398   1,397
           Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
              services.......................   912.2   897.4   889.5   884.8     913     896     891     888     887     885
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   6,483   6,638   6,630   6,650   6,465   6,575   6,585   6,603   6,613   6,632
         Durable goods.......................   3,775   3,886   3,871   3,875   3,778   3,857   3,862   3,871   3,874   3,878
         Nondurable goods....................   2,708   2,752   2,759   2,775   2,687   2,718   2,723   2,732   2,739   2,754
       Retail trade..........................  21,284  21,855  21,801  21,785  21,263  21,568  21,671  21,672  21,699  21,761
         Building materials and garden                                                                                       
            supplies.........................   873.8   946.2   935.9   935.1     873     917     922     923     930     934
         General merchandise stores.......... 2,738.0 2,699.1 2,714.2 2,786.3   2,700   2,721   2,732   2,745   2,738   2,746
           Department stores................. 2,410.8 2,386.9 2,401.7 2,467.4   2,376   2,408   2,413   2,422   2,415   2,432
         Food stores......................... 3,380.9 3,456.3 3,437.6 3,457.6   3,379   3,420   3,435   3,442   3,435   3,454
         Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
            stations......................... 2,211.6 2,316.5 2,313.9 2,310.7   2,206   2,272   2,285   2,291   2,299   2,305
           New and used car dealers.......... 1,005.4 1,041.5 1,043.3 1,046.1   1,002   1,030   1,034   1,037   1,037   1,043
         Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,101.1 1,099.0 1,082.3 1,089.3   1,109   1,101   1,103   1,098   1,099   1,097
         Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
            stores...........................   947.8   978.9   984.0   996.3     948     972     981     989     993     996
         Eating and drinking places.......... 7,361.8 7,700.5 7,647.9 7,482.0   7,391   7,485   7,528   7,489   7,502   7,514
         Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,669.3 2,658.4 2,684.8 2,727.4   2,657   2,680   2,685   2,695   2,703   2,715
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   6,839   7,079   7,014   7,009   6,859   6,967   6,987   6,999   7,003   7,029
         Finance.............................   3,235   3,360   3,335   3,338   3,248   3,319   3,329   3,339   3,337   3,352
           Depository institutions........... 2,011.2 2,045.6 2,026.9 2,027.8   2,019   2,029   2,030   2,028   2,026   2,036
             Commercial banks................ 1,457.9 1,484.3 1,471.3 1,472.5   1,464   1,469   1,472   1,471   1,472   1,478
             Savings institutions............   268.4   265.4   260.2   259.2     270     268     265     265     261     260
           Nondepository institutions........   470.2   519.4   519.7   520.1     473     509     514     519     521     523
             Mortgage bankers and brokers....   208.0   234.3   234.3   232.3   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
           Security and commodity brokers....   523.3   550.8   546.6   548.6     525     541     543     548     547     550
           Holding and other investment                                                                                      
              offices........................   230.5   244.1   242.2   241.8     231     240     242     244     243     243
         Insurance...........................   2,243   2,267   2,261   2,262   2,249   2,259   2,261   2,259   2,264   2,267
           Insurance carriers................ 1,541.9 1,557.1 1,551.3 1,552.8   1,546   1,551   1,553   1,551   1,553   1,556
           Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
              service........................   701.1   709.8   709.3   709.5     703     708     708     708     711     711
         Real estate.........................   1,361   1,452   1,418   1,409   1,362   1,389   1,397   1,401   1,402   1,410
                                                                                                                             
       Services2.............................  33,663  34,830  34,730  34,919  33,460  34,378  34,448  34,532  34,588  34,707
         Agricultural services...............   606.3   676.6   650.3   641.2     584     615     619     619     616     618
         Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,658.3 1,829.4 1,733.9 1,686.5   1,656   1,704   1,690   1,684   1,682   1,684
         Personal services................... 1,136.7 1,135.5 1,148.5 1,158.9   1,166   1,174   1,174   1,179   1,180   1,188
         Business services................... 7,050.3 7,348.6 7,384.9 7,438.4   6,900   7,188   7,225   7,269   7,277   7,279
           Services to buildings.............   888.2   901.5   892.0   891.8     887     895     893     893     888     891
           Personnel supply services......... 2,637.9 2,756.0 2,805.7 2,832.1   2,511   2,648   2,668   2,696   2,708   2,694
             Help supply services............ 2,339.6 2,449.2 2,494.5 2,520.1   2,221   2,352   2,368   2,393   2,402   2,391
           Computer and data processing                                                                                      
              services....................... 1,112.7 1,219.2 1,225.4 1,237.6   1,116   1,195   1,206   1,218   1,227   1,241
         Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,034.1 1,111.8 1,110.1 1,116.2   1,035   1,085   1,096   1,105   1,105   1,117
         Miscellaneous repair services.......   357.7   369.6   368.8   368.1     355     366     365     366     367     366
         Motion pictures.....................   491.7   539.2   525.6   523.8     503     529     532     524     543     535
         Amusement and recreation services... 1,420.7 1,765.1 1,589.8 1,492.4   1,472   1,504   1,514   1,515   1,506   1,544
         Health services..................... 9,349.4 9,619.8 9,614.3 9,646.8   9,347   9,565   9,576   9,591   9,621   9,645
           Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
              doctors........................ 1,623.3 1,690.4 1,687.4 1,693.1   1,623   1,674   1,677   1,681   1,687   1,693
           Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
              facilities..................... 1,709.0 1,756.0 1,752.7 1,757.5   1,707   1,744   1,747   1,749   1,750   1,755
           Hospitals......................... 3,799.7 3,858.2 3,857.5 3,866.4   3,802   3,847   3,849   3,849   3,863   3,869
           Home health care services.........   643.9   657.9   661.6   664.5     641     658     656     658     658     663
         Legal services......................   918.8   940.5   926.4   931.6     923     929     933     935     933     936
         Educational services................ 2,103.5 1,727.4 1,956.3 2,149.6   1,974   2,001   2,017   2,014   1,996   2,017
         Social services..................... 2,358.7 2,368.0 2,392.1 2,421.4   2,352   2,395   2,390   2,392   2,407   2,418
           Child day care services...........   580.3   523.0   574.8   590.0     567     570     568     577     569     577
           Residential care..................   643.6   677.3   667.8   670.5     646     665     669     672     671     673
         Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
           gardens...........................    82.2    91.7    86.2    87.1      81      85      85      85      84      86
         Membership organizations............ 2,116.7 2,189.4 2,134.3 2,142.3   2,126   2,148   2,146   2,154   2,151   2,151
         Engineering and management services. 2,786.2 2,922.9 2,913.9 2,922.0   2,795   2,897   2,893   2,906   2,926   2,931
           Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
              services.......................   823.1   862.7   857.3   858.4     821     848     844     848     854     856
           Management and public relations...   853.1   914.7   921.5   925.9     852     900     903     907     918     924
         Services, nec.......................    44.8    47.1    47.0    45.6   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
                                                                                                                             
       Government............................  19,622  18,289  19,273  19,789  19,339  19,446  19,484  19,606  19,539  19,499
         Federal.............................   2,787   2,758   2,740   2,720   2,801   2,756   2,752   2,739   2,741   2,733
           Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,942.0 1,910.6 1,891.7 1,867.3   1,953   1,906   1,897   1,888   1,885   1,878
         State...............................   4,756   4,402   4,603   4,769   4,636   4,654   4,659   4,674   4,677   4,648
           Education......................... 2,067.1 1,684.4 1,914.2 2,100.4   1,935   1,968   1,981   1,984   1,990   1,967
           Other State government............ 2,689.0 2,717.8 2,689.1 2,668.6   2,701   2,686   2,678   2,690   2,687   2,681
         Local...............................  12,079  11,129  11,930  12,300  11,902  12,036  12,073  12,193  12,121  12,118
           Education......................... 6,876.9 5,597.7 6,600.7 7,027.0   6,629   6,719   6,768   6,862   6,782   6,774
           Other local government............ 5,202.0 5,531.4 5,329.0 5,273.0   5,273   5,317   5,305   5,331   5,339   5,344

       1 This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment because it has very little seasonal and irregular movement. 
     Thus, the not seasonally adjusted series can be used for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends.
       2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       3 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       p = preliminary.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                Oct.    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
                                                1995    1996   1996p   1996p    1995    1996    1996    1996   1996p   1996p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................   34.7    34.8    34.9    34.5    34.5    34.7    34.2    34.4    34.7    34.3 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   41.4    41.4    41.7    41.5    41.0    41.1    41.0    41.1    41.1    41.0 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   45.4    45.3    45.9    46.0    44.9    45.9    44.9    44.8    45.1    45.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   40.1    39.8    39.7    39.8    39.1    38.7    38.7    38.7    38.4    38.8 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   41.7    41.8    42.3    41.9    41.4    41.8    41.6    41.7    41.8    41.6 
           Overtime hours....................    4.6     4.7     5.1     4.7     4.3     4.6     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.5 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   42.6    42.5    43.0    42.6    42.3    42.6    42.3    42.5    42.6    42.3 
           Overtime hours....................    4.9     5.0     5.3     5.0     4.6     5.0     4.7     4.8     4.8     4.8 
                                                                                                                             
         Lumber and wood products............   41.2    41.4    41.7    41.4    40.7    41.2    41.1    40.9    41.2    40.8 
         Furniture and fixtures..............   40.1    40.0    40.4    40.2    39.4    39.5    39.7    39.5    39.6    39.6 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.8    44.0    44.3    43.9    43.1    43.5    43.2    43.2    43.3    43.2 
         Primary metal industries............   43.7    44.1    44.8    44.4    43.8    44.2    44.0    44.5    44.5    44.5 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   44.0    44.0    44.5    44.5    44.2    44.5    44.3    44.2    44.1    44.7 
         Fabricated metal products...........   42.6    42.6    43.0    42.6    42.2    42.6    42.4    42.5    42.4    42.2 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   43.2    42.7    43.3    43.0    43.1    43.3    43.1    42.8    43.0    43.0 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   42.2    41.5    41.9    41.6    42.0    41.6    41.2    41.7    41.6    41.4 
         Transportation equipment............   43.8    44.3    45.1    44.1    43.4    44.4    43.9    44.7    44.7    43.7 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   44.8    45.5    46.3    45.0    44.3    45.7    45.5    46.4    45.9    44.5 
         Instruments and related products....   41.4    41.6    42.0    41.8    41.4    41.9    41.4    41.7    41.9    41.8 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   40.3    39.9    40.4    39.9    39.7    39.7    39.7    39.8    40.0    39.4 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   40.6    40.9    41.3    40.9    40.3    40.7    40.5    40.6    40.7    40.6 
           Overtime hours....................    4.2     4.4     4.7     4.4     3.9     4.2     4.1     4.0     4.1     4.1 
                                                                                                                             
         Food and kindred products...........   41.4    41.5    42.2    41.7    40.9    41.0    40.8    40.6    41.0    41.3 
         Tobacco products....................   40.4    40.1    42.1    41.0    38.9    39.4    39.4    39.8    40.9    39.4 
         Textile mill products...............   40.6    41.3    41.4    41.0    40.4    40.9    40.8    40.9    40.9    40.8 
         Apparel and other textile products..   36.9    37.7    37.5    37.4    36.7    37.6    37.1    37.4    37.4    37.2 
         Paper and allied products...........   43.1    43.4    44.0    43.8    42.8    43.5    43.4    43.3    43.6    43.5 
         Printing and publishing.............   38.3    38.6    38.8    38.5    38.0    38.1    38.2    38.4    38.4    38.2 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   43.2    42.9    43.3    43.0    43.2    43.4    43.3    43.3    43.1    43.0 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   44.3    43.9    44.3    44.1    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.5    41.6    42.0    41.5    41.4    41.5    41.5    41.7    41.7    41.3 
         Leather and leather products........   38.2    39.0    39.2    39.4    37.8    38.5    38.3    38.9    38.9    38.9 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   32.8    33.1    33.0    32.7    32.7    33.0    32.5    32.6    33.0    32.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   39.7    40.1    40.4    40.0    39.5    40.0    39.4    39.7    40.3    39.8 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   38.5    38.4    38.6    38.3    38.3    38.7    38.0    38.3    38.5    38.1 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................   28.8    29.5    29.1    28.8    28.8    29.0    28.6    28.8    29.0    28.8 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.4    35.7    36.5    35.4    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   32.6    32.7    32.6    32.3    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

       1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
     nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
     estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
     payrolls.
       2 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       p = preliminary.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
     industry
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                      Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                 Oct.      Aug.     Sept.      Oct.      Oct.      Aug.     Sept.      Oct.  
                                                 1995      1996     1996p     1996p      1995      1996     1996p     1996p  
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  $11.60    $11.77    $11.96    $11.95    $402.52   $409.60   $417.40   $412.28 
             Seasonally adjusted.............   11.55     11.87     11.91     11.91     398.48    408.33    413.28    408.51 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   13.20     13.55     13.67     13.63     546.48    560.97    570.04    565.65 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   15.34     15.51     15.72     15.52     696.44    702.60    721.55    713.92 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   15.34     15.55     15.75     15.74     615.13    618.89    625.28    626.45 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   12.43     12.79     12.90     12.84     518.33    534.62    545.67    538.00 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   12.97     13.38     13.51     13.41     552.52    568.65    580.93    571.27 
         Lumber and wood products............   10.27     10.53     10.56     10.53     423.12    435.94    440.35    435.94 
         Furniture and fixtures..............    9.92     10.19     10.27     10.28     397.79    407.60    414.91    413.26 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   12.53     12.91     13.00     12.95     548.81    568.04    575.90    568.51 
         Primary metal industries............   14.64     15.03     15.20     15.11     639.77    662.82    680.96    670.88 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   17.43     17.88     18.17     17.91     766.92    786.72    808.57    797.00 
         Fabricated metal products...........   12.17     12.51     12.63     12.51     518.44    532.93    543.09    532.93 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   13.33     13.64     13.77     13.72     575.86    582.43    596.24    589.96 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   11.76     12.26     12.33     12.25     496.27    508.79    516.63    509.60 
         Transportation equipment............   16.75     17.31     17.50     17.31     733.65    766.83    789.25    763.37 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   17.51     17.87     18.13     17.82     784.45    813.09    839.42    801.90 
         Instruments and related products....   12.77     13.18     13.27     13.23     528.68    548.29    557.34    553.01 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   10.14     10.39     10.52     10.54     408.64    414.56    425.01    420.55 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   11.67     11.96     12.02     12.03     473.80    489.16    496.43    492.03 
         Food and kindred products...........   10.92     11.18     11.21     11.21     452.09    463.97    473.06    467.46 
         Tobacco products....................   18.19     20.44     18.74     18.34     734.88    819.64    788.95    751.94 
         Textile mill products...............    9.48      9.71      9.77      9.72     384.89    401.02    404.48    398.52 
         Apparel and other textile products..    7.73      7.93      8.00      8.04     285.24    298.96    300.00    300.70 
         Paper and allied products...........   14.31     14.70     14.74     14.72     616.76    637.98    648.56    644.74 
         Printing and publishing.............   12.43     12.69     12.82     12.82     476.07    489.83    497.42    493.57 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   15.81     16.25     16.29     16.38     682.99    697.13    705.36    704.34 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   19.68     18.96     19.31     19.42     871.82    832.34    855.43    856.42 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   11.01     11.23     11.30     11.26     456.92    467.17    474.60    467.29 
         Leather and leather products........    8.23      8.63      8.71      8.70     314.39    336.57    341.43    342.78 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   11.04     11.16     11.38     11.38     362.11    369.40    375.54    372.13 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  $14.46    $14.55    $14.62    $14.60    $574.06   $583.46   $590.65   $584.00 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   12.55     12.82     12.99     12.89     483.18    492.29    501.41    493.69 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................    7.77      7.95      8.06      8.12     223.78    234.53    234.55    233.86 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   12.53     12.72     12.89     12.86     456.09    454.10    470.49    455.24 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   11.54     11.64     11.90     11.92     376.20    380.63    387.94    385.02 

       1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
       p = preliminary.




                ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA
                
                
                Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
                payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                         Percent  
                                                   Oct.     June     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.      change  
                            Industry               1995     1996     1996     1996     1996p    1996p     from:   
                                                                                                       Sept. 1996-
                                                                                                        Oct. 1996 
                                                                                                                  
                Total private:                                                                                    
                   Current dollars..............   $11.55   $11.83   $11.81   $11.87   $11.91   $11.91      0.0   
                   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.42     7.44     7.41     7.45     7.45     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                                  
                  Goods-producing...............    13.13    13.45    13.48    13.56    13.59    13.57      -.1   
                    Mining......................    15.45    15.59    15.62    15.63    15.70    15.63      -.4   
                    Construction................    15.18    15.40    15.46    15.49    15.58    15.57      -.1   
                    Manufacturing...............    12.46    12.77    12.79    12.89    12.90    12.87      -.2   
                      Excluding overtime4.......    11.83    12.12    12.15    12.22    12.21    12.21       .0   
                                                                                                                  
                  Service-producing.............    11.03    11.29    11.25    11.30    11.36    11.36       .0   
                    Transportation and public                                                                     
                       utilities................    14.40    14.55    14.52    14.61    14.57    14.55      -.1   
                    Wholesale trade.............    12.54    12.91    12.81    12.88    12.99    12.89      -.8   
                    Retail trade................     7.76     8.00     7.96     8.01     8.02     8.11      1.1   
                    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
                       estate...................    12.52    12.86    12.77    12.85    12.94    12.85      -.7   
                    Services....................    11.52    11.79    11.78    11.82    11.90    11.90       .0   

                  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
                  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
                deflate this series.
                  3 Change was .0 percent from August 1996 to September 1996, the latest month available.
                  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
                    N.A. = not available.
                  p = preliminary.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
     industry
     
     (1982=100)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                               Oct.   Aug.    Sept.    Oct.    Oct.    June    July   Aug.    Sept.    Oct.  
                                               1995   1996    1996p    1996p   1995    1996    1996   1996    1996p    1996p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  136.0  140.2   139.9    138.8   134.3  137.7   136.1   136.9   138.1    136.8 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  113.0  114.3   114.9    113.8   109.6  110.7   110.2   110.6   110.3    110.2 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   55.4   56.0    56.5     56.6    53.7   56.0    54.2    54.3    54.4     54.9 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................  155.9  164.5   162.5    162.6   142.7  147.1   147.8   148.0   146.9    148.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  107.6  107.3   108.4    107.1   106.2  106.5   105.8   106.3   106.1    105.7 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  108.4  108.8   110.3    109.1   107.3  108.9   108.0   108.9   108.7    108.0 
         Lumber and wood products............  138.0  141.3   141.5    140.5   134.7  137.2   136.7   136.9   137.0    136.8 
         Furniture and fixtures..............  126.1  124.4   126.2    125.5   123.2  122.6   124.2   122.9   123.6    122.9 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....  112.1  114.1   114.5    113.5   108.4  109.7   108.6   109.2   109.2    109.7 
         Primary metal industries............   91.1   91.9    93.5     92.2    91.1   92.5    90.9    92.9    92.6     92.4 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   71.9   72.6    73.1     71.6    72.6   73.5    72.8    72.6    72.0     72.2 
         Fabricated metal products...........  114.8  115.6   117.5    116.7   113.2  115.2   115.0   115.8   115.2    115.1 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..  102.9  101.8   103.2    102.4   103.2  103.9   103.4   102.8   102.5    102.9 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................  109.9  107.7   109.0    108.3   108.9  108.3   107.8   108.7   108.2    107.4 
         Transportation equipment............  118.6  122.3   125.2    121.4   117.5  123.8   121.4   125.0   124.1    120.2 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......  164.3  165.2   169.3    162.1   162.3  168.7   165.1   172.9   167.9    160.0 
         Instruments and related products....   73.3   73.4    74.2     74.5    73.3   74.0    72.6    73.5    74.0     74.3 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  106.1  102.0   104.1    103.2   102.0  102.0   101.3   101.1   101.3     99.8 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................  106.5  105.2   105.9    104.3   104.7  103.3   102.6   102.6   102.7    102.5 
         Food and kindred products...........  119.1  120.2   121.4    117.4   113.9  112.3   111.3   110.6   111.2    112.6 
         Tobacco products....................   68.4   60.8    69.8     69.0    61.7   62.5    60.5    57.2    62.8     60.5 
         Textile mill products...............   93.5   92.6    92.4     91.4    92.8   91.4    91.2    91.1    90.7     90.9 
         Apparel and other textile products..   81.4   76.4    76.3     75.5    80.1   76.7    76.0    75.3    75.2     74.1 
         Paper and allied products...........  109.7  109.5   110.7    110.0   108.9  108.4   107.7   107.9   108.8    109.2 
         Printing and publishing.............  124.2  124.0   124.3    123.1   123.5  122.7   123.0   123.6   123.3    122.7 
         Chemicals and allied products.......  102.4   99.7    99.8     99.0   102.4  100.6   100.0    99.8    99.2     99.1 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   78.8   77.9    77.5     76.3    76.3   76.7    75.8    75.8    75.6     73.3 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..  142.4  142.4   143.7    142.1   141.4  141.0   141.2   142.8   142.4    140.9 
         Leather and leather products........   48.0   44.1    44.0     44.7    46.5   44.4    43.5    43.0    43.0     43.6 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................  146.4  151.8   151.1    150.0   145.5  149.8   147.7   148.7   150.5    148.7 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  127.8  130.5   132.9    131.7   125.8  130.1   128.3   129.4   131.4    129.6 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................  124.1  126.4   126.7    126.1   122.9  126.0   123.9   125.3   126.0    125.0 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................  132.4  139.5   137.2    135.8   132.5  135.5   134.1   135.0   136.1    135.6 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...  125.2  127.9   129.0    125.0   124.7  128.9   125.1   126.3   129.5    124.4 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................  174.3  181.0   180.0    179.4   173.0  178.7   176.4   177.5   179.7    177.5 

       1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
       p = preliminary.




      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
      
      
      Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
      
      (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
             Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                             
                              
                                                         Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                              
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
           1992..............   43.7    43.7    50.0    57.3    55.5    50.1    52.2    49.0    52.1    56.3    53.2    57.4 
           1993..............   60.0    60.8    51.3    58.6    61.7    55.2    57.7    57.0    61.8    59.7    61.8    59.6 
           1994..............   58.8    62.1    66.0    64.2    60.3    63.5    61.5    62.1    60.8    61.5    63.1    63.9 
           1995..............   63.2    59.3    54.9    54.6    51.4    55.1    54.1    57.4    51.8    54.8    56.3    59.4 
           1996..............   52.4    63.2    60.0    52.4    62.2    57.4    55.8    57.3   p49.7   p60.1                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1992..............   39.7    41.9    49.7    57.0    58.4    55.8    50.6    50.1    52.8    54.4    57.6    61.2 
           1993..............   63.8    61.2    61.1    59.8    63.1    62.9    59.7    63.1    64.5    67.1    64.6    63.5 
           1994..............   67.1    69.5    70.4    68.7    66.4    66.0    68.5    69.5    65.3    65.6    68.0    67.8 
           1995..............   66.6    63.2    56.9    53.4    54.2    52.9    56.6    53.8    54.2    54.6    58.3    57.0 
           1996..............   60.7    61.8    61.2    60.0    61.0    63.6    60.3   p55.2   p58.8                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1992..............   43.3    46.8    47.5    52.5    54.9    56.7    53.8    52.2    55.5    57.6    63.9    61.9 
           1993..............   63.3    65.2    63.8    64.2    62.4    65.9    65.7    63.9    66.3    67.3    70.6    69.5 
           1994..............   70.8    71.6    69.0    69.8    69.5    69.5    69.2    69.0    69.2    68.5    69.1    66.6 
           1995..............   66.3    60.8    58.7    54.4    53.5    54.1    53.1    56.3    55.9    54.1    56.2    61.8 
           1996..............   60.3    62.9    63.8    63.8    62.6   p58.7   p64.5                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1992..............   47.2    42.3    42.7    44.1    48.0    52.5    55.8    60.7    59.7    61.4    62.9    62.9 
           1993..............   64.9    63.9    64.0    65.4    67.0    67.6    67.6    67.0    70.2    69.5    69.2    70.1 
           1994..............   70.2    71.6    71.8    71.8    72.1    71.8    71.5    72.1    70.1    69.4    65.7    65.0 
           1995..............   62.6    60.8    60.1    61.2    58.1    57.7    54.5    58.7    58.6    57.3    59.4    59.8 
           1996..............   61.0    61.7   p61.2   p60.8                                                                 
                                                                                                                             
                              
                                                          Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                              
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
           1992..............   37.4    39.9    43.9    56.8    50.0    48.9    52.2    44.6    47.5    47.8    51.4    54.7 
           1993..............   52.5    56.5    50.7    45.7    54.0    45.7    49.3    49.3    59.4    53.2    53.6    55.0 
           1994..............   56.5    60.1    59.7    58.6    53.2    57.9    57.6    53.6    55.8    54.7    57.2    59.4 
           1995..............   56.8    55.0    46.0    45.3    39.2    40.3    45.0    45.0    42.4    45.3    46.4    47.5 
           1996..............   42.1    48.2    48.2    39.6    53.2    49.6    43.9    50.0   p42.1   p54.0                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1992..............   29.9    33.5    43.9    49.6    55.4    53.2    46.8    47.8    45.7    47.5    51.1    54.7 
           1993..............   60.8    58.3    53.2    47.8    48.9    54.0    50.4    58.3    57.6    59.7    54.7    57.6 
           1994..............   63.7    64.4    66.2    60.8    56.1    56.8    60.8    58.6    54.0    56.1    60.1    60.8 
           1995..............   60.4    51.8    43.5    34.9    33.1    32.0    33.1    35.6    38.8    39.6    40.6    38.8 
           1996..............   38.8    39.9    37.8    43.2    45.3    47.5    45.7   p39.2   p49.3                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1992..............   32.4    34.9    39.9    46.8    52.2    54.3    48.2    47.8    51.1    51.1    56.8    56.5 
           1993..............   56.5    59.0    56.8    55.4    50.7    57.9    59.4    56.5    57.6    58.6    64.4    60.8 
           1994..............   62.2    64.4    60.4    61.5    59.0    56.8    56.5    57.2    60.1    55.8    59.7    55.8 
           1995..............   55.4    45.0    38.5    33.5    27.7    28.8    28.8    30.6    33.5    33.1    34.2    38.8 
           1996..............   32.0    37.4    37.1    38.1    42.4   p38.1   p46.8                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1992..............   42.4    36.7    36.3    36.0    39.6    45.7    50.0    55.8    57.9    56.8    58.3    56.5 
           1993..............   56.8    57.9    55.8    58.6    57.2    57.6    58.6    59.0    61.2    59.7    60.1    57.6 
           1994..............   57.9    58.6    60.8    60.8    60.8    63.3    59.4    60.1    57.2    55.8    49.6    47.5 
           1995..............   42.1    40.3    39.9    40.6    34.5    31.7    25.9    28.8    28.1    24.1    27.0    29.1 
           1996..............   33.1    33.1   p33.8   p33.8                                                                 

        1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
      centered within the span. 
        p = preliminary.
        NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
      unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
      employment.