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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry-Continued
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MARCH 1995
 
     Employment continued to increase and unemployment was essentially
unchanged in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 203,000 over
the month, with substantial gains in services and construction.
Manufacturing employment was flat, following a 5-month period of solid
growth.  The unemployment rate for March was 5.5 percent.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     Both the level and rate of unemployment were virtually unchanged in
March at 7.2 million and 5.5 percent, respectively.  These measures are
about the same as they were at the end of 1994; they had fallen
substantially over the course of that year.  (See table A-1.)
 
     The jobless rates for adult men (4.7 percent), adult women (4.9
percent), whites (4.7 percent), blacks (9.8 percent), and Hispanics (9.1
percent) also showed little or no change in March.  The rate for teenagers
(16.1 percent) declined somewhat.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
 
     The number of persons unemployed for 27 weeks or more increased by
140,000 to 1.3 million in March.  This is about the same level as in
January, but substantially lower than the 1.8 million figure of a year ago.
This group comprises 19 percent of the total unemployed.  (See table A-5.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     Total employment in March, at 125.3 million, was little different than
in February (after seasonal adjustment).  The number of employed persons
has increased by 3.1 million over the past 12 months.  The employment-
population ratio--the proportion of the working-age population with jobs--
was 63.3 percent, 1 full percentage point higher than a year earlier.  (See
table  A-1.)
 
     A total of 7.6 million workers (not seasonally adjusted), or 6.1
percent of all employed persons, held two or more jobs in March.  A year
earlier, 5.9 percent of the employed held more than one job.  (See table
A-8.)
 
     At 132.5 million, seasonally adjusted, the civilian labor force was
little changed in March.  The labor force participation rate remained at
66.9 percent.  (See table A-1.)
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     The number of persons with a marginal attachment to the labor force--
those who wanted and were available for work, but were no longer actively
looking for jobs after having searched sometime in the past 12 months--was
1.7 million (not seasonally adjusted) in March.  Of that total, those who
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Feb.-
      Category        |  1994  |  1995  |          1995            |Mar.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 131,696| 132,318| 132,136| 132,308| 132,511|    203
  Employment..........| 124,371| 125,012| 124,639| 125,125| 125,274|    149
  Unemployment........|   7,325|   7,306|   7,498|   7,183|   7,237|     54
Not in labor force....|  65,904|  65,564|  65,617|  65,578|  65,496|    -82
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.6|     5.5|     5.7|     5.4|     5.5|    0.1
  Adult men...........|     4.9|     4.8|     5.0|     4.6|     4.7|     .1
  Adult women.........|     4.9|     4.9|     4.9|     4.8|     4.9|     .1
  Teenagers...........|    16.7|    16.8|    16.7|    17.6|    16.1|   -1.5
  White...............|     4.9|     4.8|     4.9|     4.7|     4.7|     .0
  Black...............|    10.4|    10.0|    10.2|    10.1|     9.8|    -.3
  Hispanic origin.....|     9.1|     9.4|    10.2|     8.9|     9.1|     .2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA  |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 114,781|p115,580| 115,282|p115,627|p115,830|   p203
  Goods-producing 1/..|  23,805| p23,963|  23,958| p23,938| p23,992|    p54
    Construction......|   5,023|  p5,088|   5,092|  p5,057|  p5,115|    p58
    Manufacturing.....|  18,184| p18,282|  18,271| p18,289| p18,285|    p-4
  Service-producing 1/|  90,976| p91,617|  91,324| p91,689| p91,838|   p149
    Retail trade......|  20,643| p20,823|  20,779| p20,850| p20,841|    p-9
    Services..........|  32,384| p32,753|  32,564| p32,781| p32,914|   p133
    Government........|  19,154| p19,150|  19,129| p19,165| p19,155|   p-10
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.7|   p34.6|    34.8|   p34.5|   p34.5|   p0.0
  Manufacturing.......|    42.1|   p42.1|    42.2|   p42.1|   p41.9|   p-.2
    Overtime..........|     4.8|    p4.8|     4.9|    p4.9|    p4.7|   p-.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.24| p$11.31|  $11.31| p$11.30| p$11.33| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  390.15| p391.44|  393.59| p389.85| p390.89|  p1.04
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
 
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were not looking because they believed that there were no jobs available
for them--discouraged workers--numbered 454,000, slightly lower than the
year-earlier level.  (See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment continued to expand, rising by 203,000 in
March to 115.8 million.  Although most of this increase was again
concentrated in the services industry, there also were notable job gains in
construction and in finance, insurance, and real estate.  (See table B-1.)
 
     Services industry employment rose by 133,000 in March.  This followed
February's unusually large increase of 217,000.  A number of component
industries showed strong growth in March, and there were some offsetting
declines.  Employment in amusements and recreation rose substantially,
boosted by warmer-than-normal temperatures.  Health services had its
largest monthly increase in a year, including a sizable gain in hospitals,
where growth had stalled over the past 2 years.  In contrast, employment in
the personnel supply component of business services, which had been on a
steady upward course, fell by 35,000 over the month.
 
     The construction industry added substantially more jobs than normal,
resulting in a seasonally adjusted employment gain of 58,000.  This
reflected unusually warm weather in March.  The bulk of this gain was
concentrated in industries that are most sensitive to weather conditions--
concrete, masonry, and roofing in special trades as well as heavy
construction.  The construction industry has added a total of 309,000 jobs
over the past year.
 
     Finance, insurance, and real estate employment was up by 17,000 in
March, recouping most of the job losses incurred since last August.  Job
growth was about equally distributed among the industry's three components.
Employment in insurance showed its first gain in nearly a year, while real
estate's modest growth contributed to gains totaling about 100,000 since
its recession-related low point 3 years ago.
 
     Factory employment was virtually unchanged over the month after
showing strong growth from October through January and a moderate gain in
February.  The apparel industry had the largest decline, but there also
were small losses in several other manufacturing industries.  Of the three
industries that have exhibited strong growth trends in recent months, only
industrial machinery continued this pattern, whereas gains in fabricated
metals and electronic equipment were much smaller in March.
 
     Following strong gains in February, employment in both retail and
wholesale trade was fairly flat in March.  Retail job declines occurred in
eating and drinking places and apparel stores; in contrast, auto dealers
and furniture stores experienced moderate gains.  Wholesale trade
employment was little changed over the month, following 3 months of healthy
increases.
 
     Government employment overall was little changed over the month, but
Federal employment continued on its downward trend.  Federal payrolls have
fallen by 165,000 since the most recent peak in April 1992.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
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     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged over the month at 34.5 hours
(seasonally adjusted).  The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.2 hour to
41.9 hours, still a very high level.  Factory overtime also declined by 0.2
hour to 4.7 hours.  (See table B-2.)
 
     The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.2 percent to 131.7
(1982=100) in March.  The manufacturing index fell 0.6 percent to 107.0.
(See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers rose by 3 cents in March to $11.33 (seasonally adjusted).  Average
weekly earnings edged up by 0.3 percent to $390.89.  Over the past year,
average hourly earnings increased by 2.8 percent and average weekly
earnings rose by 2.5 percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for April 1995 will be released on Friday,
May 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 196,213| 197,886| 198,007| 196,213| 197,607| 197,765| 197,753| 197,886| 198,007
  Civilian labor force............................| 129,718| 131,028| 131,423| 130,706| 131,718| 131,725| 132,136| 132,308| 132,511
        Participation rate........................|    66.1|    66.2|    66.4|    66.6|    66.7|    66.6|    66.8|    66.9|    66.9
    Employed......................................| 120,844| 123,343| 123,943| 122,160| 124,403| 124,570| 124,639| 125,125| 125,274
        Employment-population ratio...............|    61.6|    62.3|    62.6|    62.3|    63.0|    63.0|    63.0|    63.2|    63.3
      Agriculture.................................|   3,086|   3,171|   3,366|   3,396|   3,500|   3,532|   3,575|   3,656|   3,698
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 117,758| 120,172| 120,577| 118,764| 120,903| 121,038| 121,064| 121,469| 121,576
    Unemployed....................................|   8,874|   7,685|   7,480|   8,546|   7,315|   7,155|   7,498|   7,183|   7,237
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.8|     5.9|     5.7|     6.5|     5.6|     5.4|     5.7|     5.4|     5.5
  Not in labor force..............................|  66,495|  66,857|  66,584|  65,507|  65,889|  66,040|  65,617|  65,578|  65,496
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,042|  94,818|  94,879|  94,042|  94,768|  94,851|  94,749|  94,818|  94,879
  Civilian labor force............................|  70,000|  70,691|  70,961|  70,607|  71,168|  71,379|  71,476|  71,558|  71,673
        Participation rate........................|    74.4|    74.6|    74.8|    75.1|    75.1|    75.3|    75.4|    75.5|    75.5
    Employed......................................|  64,936|  66,333|  66,758|  65,981|  67,244|  67,483|  67,386|  67,709|  67,811
        Employment-population ratio...............|    69.1|    70.0|    70.4|    70.2|    71.0|    71.1|    71.1|    71.4|    71.5
    Unemployed....................................|   5,064|   4,358|   4,204|   4,626|   3,924|   3,896|   4,090|   3,849|   3,862
        Unemployment rate.........................|     7.2|     6.2|     5.9|     6.6|     5.5|     5.5|     5.7|     5.4|     5.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  86,901|  87,572|  87,622|  86,901|  87,529|  87,617|  87,528|  87,572|  87,622
  Civilian labor force............................|  66,513|  67,060|  67,312|  66,748|  67,345|  67,450|  67,539|  67,552|  67,643
        Participation rate........................|    76.5|    76.6|    76.8|    76.8|    76.9|    77.0|    77.2|    77.1|    77.2
    Employed......................................|  62,180|  63,445|  63,763|  62,877|  64,051|  64,281|  64,133|  64,478|  64,465
        Employment-population ratio...............|    71.6|    72.4|    72.8|    72.4|    73.2|    73.4|    73.3|    73.6|    73.6
      Agriculture.................................|   2,165|   2,224|   2,313|   2,357|   2,377|   2,410|   2,390|   2,512|   2,519
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  60,015|  61,222|  61,450|  60,520|  61,674|  61,871|  61,743|  61,965|  61,946
    Unemployed....................................|   4,333|   3,615|   3,550|   3,871|   3,294|   3,169|   3,406|   3,074|   3,178
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.5|     5.4|     5.3|     5.8|     4.9|     4.7|     5.0|     4.6|     4.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 102,171| 103,068| 103,128| 102,171| 102,839| 102,913| 103,004| 103,068| 103,128
  Civilian labor force............................|  59,718|  60,337|  60,462|  60,099|  60,550|  60,346|  60,660|  60,750|  60,838
        Participation rate........................|    58.4|    58.5|    58.6|    58.8|    58.9|    58.6|    58.9|    58.9|    59.0
    Employed......................................|  55,907|  57,011|  57,185|  56,179|  57,159|  57,087|  57,252|  57,416|  57,462
        Employment-population ratio...............|    54.7|    55.3|    55.5|    55.0|    55.6|    55.5|    55.6|    55.7|    55.7
    Unemployed....................................|   3,811|   3,327|   3,277|   3,920|   3,391|   3,259|   3,408|   3,334|   3,375
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.4|     5.5|     5.4|     6.5|     5.6|     5.4|     5.6|     5.5|     5.5
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             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  95,225|  96,020|  96,037|  95,225|  95,821|  95,873|  95,961|  96,020|  96,037
  Civilian labor force............................|  56,440|  56,952|  56,971|  56,511|  56,984|  56,725|  56,951|  57,096|  57,042
        Participation rate........................|    59.3|    59.3|    59.3|    59.3|    59.5|    59.2|    59.3|    59.5|    59.4
    Employed......................................|  53,165|  54,165|  54,221|  53,176|  54,129|  54,037|  54,134|  54,334|  54,242
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.8|    56.4|    56.5|    55.8|    56.5|    56.4|    56.4|    56.6|    56.5
      Agriculture.................................|     712|     782|     839|     775|     850|     882|     877|     898|     913
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  52,453|  53,382|  53,383|  52,401|  53,279|  53,155|  53,257|  53,436|  53,329
    Unemployed....................................|   3,275|   2,787|   2,749|   3,335|   2,855|   2,688|   2,817|   2,763|   2,800
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.8|     4.9|     4.8|     5.9|     5.0|     4.7|     4.9|     4.8|     4.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,087|  14,294|  14,348|  14,087|  14,257|  14,274|  14,263|  14,294|  14,348
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,765|   7,016|   7,140|   7,447|   7,389|   7,550|   7,646|   7,660|   7,826
        Participation rate........................|    48.0|    49.1|    49.8|    52.9|    51.8|    52.9|    53.6|    53.6|    54.5
    Employed......................................|   5,499|   5,734|   5,959|   6,107|   6,223|   6,252|   6,372|   6,313|   6,567
        Employment-population ratio...............|    39.0|    40.1|    41.5|    43.4|    43.6|    43.8|    44.7|    44.2|    45.8
      Agriculture.................................|     209|     166|     214|     264|     273|     240|     308|     245|     266
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,290|   5,568|   5,744|   5,843|   5,950|   6,012|   6,064|   6,068|   6,300
    Unemployed....................................|   1,266|   1,283|   1,182|   1,340|   1,166|   1,298|   1,274|   1,347|   1,260
        Unemployment rate.........................|    18.7|    18.3|    16.5|    18.0|    15.8|    17.2|    16.7|    17.6|    16.1
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 165,168| 166,444| 166,521| 165,168| 166,072| 166,175| 166,361| 166,444| 166,521
  Civilian labor force............................| 109,985| 110,915| 111,250| 110,641| 111,637| 111,715| 111,876| 111,830| 111,999
      Participation rate..........................|    66.6|    66.6|    66.8|    67.0|    67.2|    67.2|    67.2|    67.2|    67.3
    Employed......................................| 103,335| 105,142| 105,609| 104,412| 106,242| 106,352| 106,366| 106,604| 106,698
      Employment-population ratio.................|    62.6|    63.2|    63.4|    63.2|    64.0|    64.0|    63.9|    64.0|    64.1
    Unemployed....................................|   6,649|   5,774|   5,641|   6,229|   5,395|   5,363|   5,510|   5,226|   5,301
      Unemployment rate...........................|     6.0|     5.2|     5.1|     5.6|     4.8|     4.8|     4.9|     4.7|     4.7
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,060|  57,455|  57,631|  57,227|  57,726|  57,836|  57,848|  57,841|  57,868
      Participation rate..........................|    77.0|    76.9|    77.1|    77.2|    77.4|    77.5|    77.5|    77.5|    77.5
    Employed......................................|  53,686|  54,620|  54,838|  54,301|  55,242|  55,384|  55,289|  55,508|  55,448
      Employment-population ratio.................|    72.4|    73.1|    73.4|    73.3|    74.1|    74.2|    74.1|    74.3|    74.2
    Unemployed....................................|   3,374|   2,835|   2,793|   2,926|   2,484|   2,452|   2,559|   2,333|   2,420
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.9|     4.9|     4.8|     5.1|     4.3|     4.2|     4.4|     4.0|     4.2
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  47,084|  47,479|  47,490|  47,073|  47,631|  47,440|  47,443|  47,525|  47,494
      Participation rate..........................|    59.0|    59.1|    59.0|    59.0|    59.4|    59.1|    59.0|    59.1|    59.1
    Employed......................................|  44,769|  45,490|  45,515|  44,756|  45,569|  45,475|  45,419|  45,581|  45,515
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.1|    56.6|    56.6|    56.1|    56.8|    56.7|    56.5|    56.7|    56.6
    Unemployed....................................|   2,316|   1,989|   1,974|   2,317|   2,062|   1,965|   2,024|   1,944|   1,978
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.9|     4.2|     4.2|     4.9|     4.3|     4.1|     4.3|     4.1|     4.2
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   5,840|   5,982|   6,129|   6,341|   6,280|   6,439|   6,586|   6,464|   6,637
      Participation rate..........................|    52.1|    52.6|    53.8|    56.5|    55.5|    56.9|    58.1|    56.9|    58.3
    Employed......................................|   4,880|   5,032|   5,255|   5,355|   5,431|   5,493|   5,658|   5,515|   5,734
      Employment-population ratio.................|    43.5|    44.3|    46.2|    47.7|    48.0|    48.5|    49.9|    48.5|    50.4
    Unemployed....................................|     960|     950|     874|     986|     849|     946|     928|     949|     903
      Unemployment rate...........................|    16.4|    15.9|    14.3|    15.5|    13.5|    14.7|    14.1|    14.7|    13.6
        Men.......................................|    18.2|    17.7|    15.9|    16.8|    14.3|    16.0|    15.0|    16.1|    14.7
        Women.....................................|    14.5|    13.9|    12.5|    14.2|    12.6|    13.2|    13.1|    13.1|    12.4
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                      BLACK
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,774|  23,117|  23,142|  22,774|  23,023|  23,052|  23,089|  23,117|  23,142
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,363|  14,622|  14,660|  14,525|  14,578|  14,541|  14,697|  14,868|  14,818
      Participation rate..........................|    63.1|    63.3|    63.3|    63.8|    63.3|    63.1|    63.7|    64.3|    64.0
    Employed......................................|  12,560|  13,108|  13,219|  12,718|  13,054|  13,119|  13,192|  13,362|  13,370
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.2|    56.7|    57.1|    55.8|    56.7|    56.9|    57.1|    57.8|    57.8
    Unemployed....................................|   1,803|   1,514|   1,440|   1,807|   1,524|   1,422|   1,505|   1,505|   1,448
      Unemployment rate...........................|    12.6|    10.4|     9.8|    12.4|    10.5|     9.8|    10.2|    10.1|     9.8
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,595|   6,742|   6,800|   6,612|   6,702|   6,722|   6,796|   6,812|   6,828
      Participation rate..........................|    72.3|    72.9|    73.5|    72.4|    72.6|    72.7|    73.6|    73.7|    73.8
    Employed......................................|   5,852|   6,140|   6,234|   5,922|   6,085|   6,165|   6,172|   6,272|   6,297
      Employment-population ratio.................|    64.1|    66.4|    67.3|    64.9|    65.9|    66.7|    66.8|    67.8|    68.0
    Unemployed....................................|     743|     602|     566|     690|     617|     557|     624|     540|     531
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.3|     8.9|     8.3|    10.4|     9.2|     8.3|     9.2|     7.9|     7.8
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,045|   7,113|   7,115|   7,077|   7,012|   7,002|   7,127|   7,169|   7,131
      Participation rate..........................|    61.5|    61.2|    61.2|    61.8|    60.7|    60.5|    61.4|    61.7|    61.3
    Employed......................................|   6,253|   6,475|   6,488|   6,249|   6,390|   6,420|   6,521|   6,520|   6,482
      Employment-population ratio.................|    54.6|    55.7|    55.8|    54.6|    55.3|    55.5|    56.2|    56.1|    55.7
    Unemployed....................................|     792|     638|     627|     828|     622|     582|     606|     648|     649
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.2|     9.0|     8.8|    11.7|     8.9|     8.3|     8.5|     9.0|     9.1
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|     723|     768|     744|     836|     864|     817|     773|     887|     859
      Participation rate..........................|    32.9|    34.2|    33.1|    38.1|    38.8|    36.6|    34.6|    39.5|    38.2
    Employed......................................|     455|     493|     497|     547|     579|     534|     499|     570|     591
      Employment-population ratio.................|    20.7|    22.0|    22.1|    24.9|    26.0|    23.9|    22.3|    25.4|    26.3
    Unemployed....................................|     268|     275|     247|     289|     285|     283|     275|     317|     268
      Unemployment rate...........................|    37.0|    35.8|    33.2|    34.6|    33.0|    34.6|    35.5|    35.7|    31.2
        Men.......................................|    40.8|    40.2|    33.5|    38.6|    32.0|    34.3|    34.0|    38.7|    31.7
        Women.....................................|    32.8|    31.3|    32.9|    30.3|    34.1|    35.0|    37.1|    32.4|    30.7
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  17,942|  18,413|  18,458|  17,942|  18,339|  18,385|  18,368|  18,413|  18,458
  Civilian labor force............................|  11,887|  11,944|  12,067|  11,811|  12,324|  12,224|  12,036|  12,017|  12,001
      Participation rate..........................|    66.3|    64.9|    65.4|    65.8|    67.2|    66.5|    65.5|    65.3|    65.0
    Employed......................................|  10,638|  10,779|  10,925|  10,614|  11,236|  11,105|  10,811|  10,943|  10,903
      Employment-population ratio.................|    59.3|    58.5|    59.2|    59.2|    61.3|    60.4|    58.9|    59.4|    59.1
    Unemployed....................................|   1,250|   1,165|   1,143|   1,197|   1,088|   1,119|   1,224|   1,073|   1,098
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.5|     9.8|     9.5|    10.1|     8.8|     9.2|    10.2|     8.9|     9.1
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   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
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|120,844 |123,343 |123,943 |122,160 |124,403 |124,570 |124,639 |125,125 |125,274
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,083 | 41,726 | 41,879 | 41,329 | 41,530 | 41,608 | 41,601 | 42,190 | 42,132
  Married women, spouse present...................| 31,435 | 31,988 | 32,232 | 31,331 | 31,775 | 31,723 | 31,705 | 31,893 | 32,135
  Women who maintain families.....................|  7,340 |  7,095 |  7,163 |  7,274 |  7,141 |  7,074 |  7,199 |  7,067 |  7,071
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 33,354 | 34,982 | 34,985 | 33,225 | 34,382 | 34,576 | 34,423 | 34,905 | 34,846
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,060 | 37,275 | 37,259 | 37,083 | 37,767 | 37,797 | 37,267 | 37,313 | 37,297
  Service occupations.............................| 17,059 | 16,940 | 17,048 | 17,015 | 16,893 | 16,704 | 17,012 | 16,991 | 16,997
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,023 | 13,160 | 13,382 | 13,561 | 13,615 | 13,677 | 13,784 | 13,638 | 13,910
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,183 | 17,763 | 17,901 | 17,547 | 18,056 | 18,030 | 18,212 | 18,333 | 18,280
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,165 |  3,222 |  3,368 |  3,619 |  3,727 |  3,839 |  3,881 |  3,845 |  3,849
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
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  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,523 |  1,614 |  1,762 |  1,713 |  1,767 |  1,738 |  1,866 |  1,970 |  1,987
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,525 |  1,534 |  1,553 |  1,644 |  1,677 |  1,714 |  1,663 |  1,684 |  1,674
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     38 |     24 |     50 |     43 |     48 |     49 |     35 |     27 |     57
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|108,626 |111,245 |111,666 |109,491 |111,770 |111,960 |111,987 |112,461 |112,649
      Government..................................| 18,648 | 18,596 | 18,928 | 18,422 | 18,357 | 18,340 | 18,295 | 18,504 | 18,685
      Private industries..........................| 89,979 | 92,649 | 92,738 | 91,069 | 93,413 | 93,620 | 93,692 | 93,957 | 93,964
        Private households........................|    978 |  1,002 |  1,017 |  1,000 |    999 |  1,023 |  1,075 |  1,075 |  1,039
        Other industries..........................| 89,001 | 91,647 | 91,721 | 90,069 | 92,414 | 92,597 | 92,617 | 92,882 | 92,925
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,999 |  8,814 |  8,777 |  9,093 |  8,915 |  8,959 |  9,039 |  8,904 |  8,865
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    132 |    112 |    135 |    125 |    120 |    121 |     95 |    118 |    129
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
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  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,987 |  4,567 |  4,566 |  4,951 |  4,411 |  4,422 |  4,693 |  4,460 |  4,530
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,665 |  2,633 |  2,478 |  2,516 |  2,394 |  2,384 |  2,504 |  2,372 |  2,333
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,046 |  1,656 |  1,862 |  2,097 |  1,736 |  1,734 |  1,777 |  1,739 |  1,902
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,290 | 18,763 | 18,403 | 17,527 | 17,756 | 17,576 | 17,940 | 18,041 | 17,627
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,771 |  4,304 |  4,417 |  4,706 |  4,246 |  4,254 |  4,430 |  4,187 |  4,347
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,541 |  2,471 |  2,373 |  2,392 |  2,282 |  2,272 |  2,359 |  2,216 |  2,226
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,013 |  1,606 |  1,831 |  2,043 |  1,689 |  1,690 |  1,737 |  1,687 |  1,854
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,687 | 18,164 | 17,739 | 16,952 | 17,101 | 16,917 | 17,307 | 17,381 | 16,991
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   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
 
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
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                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  8,546 |  7,183 |   7,237|   6.5  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.5
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,871 |  3,074 |   3,178|   5.8  |   4.9  |   4.7  |   5.0  |   4.6  |   4.7
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  3,335 |  2,763 |   2,800|   5.9  |   5.0  |   4.7  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.9
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,340 |  1,347 |   1,260|  18.0  |  15.8  |  17.2  |  16.7  |  17.6  |  16.1
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,748 |  1,318 |   1,381|   4.1  |   3.2  |   3.2  |   3.4  |   3.0  |   3.2
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,430 |  1,193 |   1,293|   4.4  |   3.9  |   3.7  |   3.7  |   3.6  |   3.9
   Women who maintain families....................|    755 |    623 |     585|   9.4  |   8.7  |   8.8  |   8.9  |   8.1  |   7.6
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   Full-time workers..............................|  6,971 |  5,658 |   5,805|   6.6  |   5.6  |   5.3  |   5.5  |   5.3  |   5.4
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,594 |  1,507 |   1,443|   6.3  |   5.4  |   5.9  |   6.2  |   6.0  |   5.8
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                             2/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    933 |    791 |     897|   2.7  |   2.4  |   2.3  |   2.3  |   2.2  |   2.5
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  2,204 |  1,701 |   1,692|   5.6  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.3
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|  1,000 |    772 |     766|   6.9  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.8  |   5.4  |   5.2
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,750 |  1,513 |   1,488|   9.1  |   8.3  |   8.2  |   8.2  |   7.6  |   7.5
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    405 |    297 |     336|  10.1  |   7.5  |   7.8  |   7.8  |   7.2  |   8.0
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  6,556 |  5,461 |   5,512|   6.7  |   5.9  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.5
     Goods-producing industries...................|  2,069 |  1,628 |   1,686|   7.6  |   6.3  |   6.2  |   6.4  |   5.8  |   6.0
       Mining.....................................|     43 |     38 |      41|   6.3  |   4.5  |   3.9  |   5.1  |   5.2  |   6.1
       Construction...............................|    767 |    671 |     711|  13.0  |  10.7  |  10.9  |  11.7  |  10.5  |  10.8
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,259 |    919 |     934|   6.1  |   5.1  |   4.9  |   4.7  |   4.4  |   4.5
         Durable goods............................|    684 |    478 |     504|   5.6  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.2  |   3.9  |   4.2
         Nondurable goods.........................|    575 |    441 |     430|   6.7  |   6.0  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.0  |   4.9
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,487 |  3,834 |   3,825|   6.4  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.4
       Transportation and public utilities........|    335 |    333 |     319|   4.9  |   4.6  |   4.2  |   4.7  |   4.5  |   4.5
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,993 |  1,639 |   1,598|   7.8  |   7.0  |   6.7  |   6.6  |   6.4  |   6.2
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    231 |    259 |     243|   3.1  |   3.6  |   2.9  |   2.9  |   3.5  |   3.3
       Services...................................|  1,928 |  1,602 |   1,665|   6.3  |   5.4  |   5.2  |   5.2  |   5.2  |   5.3
   Government workers.............................|    724 |    537 |     521|   3.8  |   2.7  |   3.1  |   3.2  |   2.8  |   2.7
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    268 |    196 |     234|  13.5  |  10.4  |  11.1  |  10.7  |   9.1  |  10.5
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   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
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
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                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,477 |  2,431 |  2,278 |  2,749 |  2,599 |  2,587 |  2,937 |  2,600 |  2,523
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,855 |  2,717 |  2,569 |  2,574 |  2,163 |  2,149 |  2,122 |  2,165 |  2,319
 15 weeks and over................................|  3,543 |  2,537 |  2,633 |  3,056 |  2,661 |  2,456 |  2,386 |  2,298 |  2,266
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,645 |  1,257 |  1,199 |  1,264 |  1,187 |  1,088 |  1,033 |  1,090 |    920
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,898 |  1,280 |  1,434 |  1,792 |  1,474 |  1,368 |  1,353 |  1,207 |  1,347
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 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   20.0 |   16.9 |   18.2 |   19.2 |   18.2 |   17.8 |   16.7 |   16.9 |   17.5
 Median duration, in weeks........................|   11.2 |    8.6 |    9.8 |    9.1 |    9.1 |    8.7 |    7.9 |    7.8 |    7.9
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               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..............................|   27.9 |   31.6 |   30.5 |   32.8 |   35.0 |   36.0 |   39.4 |   36.8 |   35.5
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   32.2 |   35.4 |   34.3 |   30.7 |   29.1 |   29.9 |   28.5 |   30.7 |   32.6
   15 weeks and over..............................|   39.9 |   33.0 |   35.2 |   36.5 |   35.8 |   34.1 |   32.0 |   32.5 |   31.9
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   18.5 |   16.4 |   16.0 |   15.1 |   16.0 |   15.1 |   13.9 |   15.4 |   12.9
     27 weeks and over............................|   21.4 |   16.7 |   19.2 |   21.4 |   19.9 |   19.0 |   18.2 |   17.1 |   18.9
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |                       |
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Mar.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                           | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  4,522|  3,923|  3,718|  4,068|  3,495|  3,442|  3,658|  3,339|  3,352
  On temporary layoff......................................|  1,249|  1,426|  1,267|  1,011|    881|    930|  1,061|  1,025|  1,032
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  3,273|  2,497|  2,451|  3,057|  2,614|  2,512|  2,598|  2,314|  2,320
    Permanent job losers...................................|  2,491|  1,731|  1,765|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    782|    766|    686|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
Job leavers................................................|    832|    817|    819|    823|    710|    704|    694|    773|    811
Reentrants.................................................|  2,993|  2,459|  2,435|  2,989|  2,575|  2,525|  2,488|  2,474|  2,430
New entrants...............................................|    528|    486|    509|    630|    578|    555|    597|    582|    604
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Total unemployed...........................................|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|   51.0|   51.1|   49.7|   47.8|   47.5|   47.6|   49.2|   46.6|   46.6
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   14.1|   18.6|   16.9|   11.9|   12.0|   12.9|   14.3|   14.3|   14.3
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   36.9|   32.5|   32.8|   35.9|   35.5|   34.8|   34.9|   32.3|   32.2
 Job leavers...............................................|    9.4|   10.6|   10.9|    9.7|    9.6|    9.7|    9.3|   10.8|   11.3
 Reentrants................................................|   33.7|   32.0|   32.6|   35.1|   35.0|   34.9|   33.4|   34.5|   33.8
 New entrants..............................................|    5.9|    6.3|    6.8|    7.4|    7.9|    7.7|    8.0|    8.1|    8.4
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    3.5|    3.0|    2.8|    3.1|    2.7|    2.6|    2.8|    2.5|    2.5
 Job leavers...............................................|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .5|     .5|     .5|     .6|     .6
 Reentrants................................................|    2.3|    1.9|    1.9|    2.3|    2.0|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.8
 New entrants..............................................|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .4|     .5
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   1/  Not available.
 
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  8,546 |  7,183 |  7,237 |   6.5  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.5
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,823 |  2,525 |  2,531 |  13.1  |  11.4  |  11.6  |  11.4  |  11.7  |  11.6
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,340 |  1,347 |  1,260 |  18.0  |  15.8  |  17.2  |  16.7  |  17.6  |  16.1
      16 to 17 years..............................|    602 |    662 |    649 |  20.0  |  17.2  |  18.1  |  20.0  |  20.7  |  20.0
      18 to 19 years..............................|    718 |    680 |    591 |  16.3  |  14.7  |  16.6  |  14.2  |  15.3  |  13.0
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,483 |  1,178 |  1,272 |  10.5  |   9.1  |   8.6  |   8.5  |   8.5  |   9.1
  25 years and over...............................|  5,669 |  4,603 |  4,653 |   5.2  |   4.5  |   4.3  |   4.5  |   4.2  |   4.2
    25 to 54 years................................|  4,974 |  4,082 |  4,101 |   5.3  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.3
    55 years and over.............................|    702 |    532 |    555 |   4.6  |   3.9  |   3.5  |   3.9  |   3.4  |   3.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,626 |  3,849 |  3,862 |   6.6  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.4
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,579 |  1,391 |  1,350 |  13.9  |  11.8  |  12.2  |  12.0  |  12.1  |  11.7
      16 to 19 years..............................|    755 |    775 |    684 |  19.6  |  16.5  |  18.5  |  17.4  |  19.4  |  17.0
        16 to 17 years............................|    351 |    376 |    334 |  22.5  |  16.5  |  18.8  |  20.9  |  22.6  |  20.2
        18 to 19 years............................|    397 |    388 |    344 |  17.5  |  16.5  |  18.2  |  14.5  |  16.7  |  14.6
      20 to 24 years..............................|    824 |    616 |    665 |  11.0  |   9.5  |   9.0  |   9.1  |   8.2  |   8.9
    25 years and over.............................|  3,016 |  2,420 |  2,480 |   5.1  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.5  |   4.0  |   4.1
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,654 |  2,136 |  2,187 |   5.2  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.2  |   4.2
      55 years and over...........................|    387 |    309 |    319 |   4.6  |   4.0  |   3.5  |   4.0  |   3.6  |   3.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,920 |  3,334 |  3,375 |   6.5  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.5
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,244 |  1,133 |  1,182 |  12.2  |  10.9  |  10.9  |  10.7  |  11.2  |  11.5
      16 to 19 years..............................|    585 |    571 |    575 |  16.3  |  15.0  |  15.8  |  15.9  |  15.6  |  15.2
        16 to 17 years............................|    251 |    286 |    315 |  17.3  |  17.9  |  17.4  |  19.1  |  18.7  |  19.8
        18 to 19 years............................|    321 |    292 |    247 |  15.1  |  12.8  |  14.9  |  13.9  |  13.7  |  11.3
      20 to 24 years..............................|    659 |    562 |    606 |   9.9  |   8.7  |   8.1  |   7.8  |   8.7  |   9.4
    25 years and over.............................|  2,653 |  2,183 |  2,174 |   5.3  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.3
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,320 |  1,946 |  1,914 |   5.4  |   4.7  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.4
      55 years and over...........................|    315 |    223 |    236 |   4.5  |   3.8  |   3.4  |   3.7  |   3.2  |   3.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                                      |                   |                   |
                               Category                               |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                                                                       ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                      |  Mar.   |  Mar.   |  Mar.   |  Mar.   |  Mar.   |  Mar.
                                                                      |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995
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                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total not in the labor force..........................................|  66,495 |  66,584 |  24,042 |  23,918 |  42,453 |  42,666
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................|   6,257 |   5,715 |   2,443 |   2,362 |   3,815 |   3,352
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................|   1,832 |   1,732 |     833 |     821 |     999 |     911
   Reason not currently looking:                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................|     533 |     454 |     303 |     245 |     230 |     209
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................|   1,299 |   1,278 |     529 |     576 |     769 |     702
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................|   7,176 |   7,610 |   3,889 |   3,999 |   3,287 |   3,611
    Percent of total employed.........................................|     5.9 |     6.1 |     6.0 |     6.0 |     5.9 |     6.3
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................|   4,261 |   4,405 |   2,562 |   2,577 |   1,699 |   1,828
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................|   1,642 |   1,767 |     518 |     516 |   1,123 |   1,251
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................|     222 |     234 |     171 |     175 |      51 |      59
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................|   1,021 |   1,161 |     628 |     709 |     394 |     452
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   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.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                          |                             |
                                          |                        1/   |                                     2/
                                            Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted
                                          |                             |
                                           ___________________________ ___________________________________________________________
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       State and employment status
                                          |  Mar.   |  Feb.   |  Mar.   |  Mar.   |  Nov.   |  Dec.   |  Jan.   |  Feb.   |  Mar.
                                          |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1994   |  1994   |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,427    23,535    23,541    23,427    23,514    23,524    23,528    23,535    23,541
  Civilian labor force....................   15,449    15,345    15,251    15,512    15,489    15,432    15,371    15,332    15,307
    Employed..............................   14,071    14,097    14,067    14,153    14,275    14,247    14,110    14,209    14,140
    Unemployed............................    1,378     1,247     1,184     1,360     1,214     1,185     1,261     1,122     1,167
    Unemployment rate.....................      8.9       8.1       7.8       8.8       7.8       7.7       8.2       7.3       7.6
 
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,844    10,997    11,009    10,844    10,959    10,973    10,984    10,997    11,009
  Civilian labor force....................    6,762     6,699     6,781     6,789     6,948     6,935     6,860     6,762     6,809
    Employed..............................    6,288     6,412     6,496     6,304     6,480     6,492     6,460     6,461     6,513
    Unemployed............................      474       287       286       485       468       443       400       301       297
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.0       4.3       4.2       7.1       6.7       6.4       5.8       4.5       4.4
 
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,847     8,887     8,889     8,847     8,879     8,883     8,884     8,887     8,889
  Civilian labor force....................    5,968     6,060     6,065     6,015     5,991     5,969     6,015     6,111     6,114
    Employed..............................    5,581     5,701     5,771     5,652     5,684     5,688     5,697     5,790     5,846
    Unemployed............................      388       359       294       363       307       281       318       321       269
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.5       5.9       4.8       6.0       5.1       4.7       5.3       5.3       4.4
 
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,681     4,688     4,688     4,681     4,688     4,688     4,688     4,688     4,688
  Civilian labor force....................    3,153     3,183     3,170     3,164     3,181     3,194     3,221     3,202     3,182
    Employed..............................    2,943     2,987     3,005     2,974     3,005     3,014     3,028     3,030     3,035
    Unemployed............................      210       196       165       190       175       180       194       172       146
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.7       6.2       5.2       6.0       5.5       5.6       6.0       5.4       4.6
 
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,130     7,154     7,155     7,130     7,150     7,152     7,153     7,154     7,155
  Civilian labor force....................    4,689     4,669     4,672     4,748     4,742     4,720     4,721     4,720     4,735
    Employed..............................    4,360     4,377     4,371     4,436     4,517     4,504     4,463     4,457     4,449
    Unemployed............................      329       292       301       312       225       216       259       263       285
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.0       6.2       6.4       6.6       4.7       4.6       5.5       5.6       6.0
 
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,049     6,072     6,072     6,049     6,068     6,070     6,070     6,072     6,072
  Civilian labor force....................    3,970     3,975     4,031     3,964     4,009     3,999     4,009     4,006     4,026
    Employed..............................    3,638     3,714     3,768     3,659     3,748     3,750     3,720     3,762     3,791
    Unemployed............................      333       261       263       306       261       249       289       244       235
    Unemployment rate.....................      8.4       6.6       6.5       7.7       6.5       6.2       7.2       6.1       5.8
 
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,992    13,977    13,973    13,992    13,987    13,985    13,981    13,977    13,973
  Civilian labor force....................    8,606     8,493     8,470     8,622     8,541     8,565     8,438     8,522     8,479
    Employed..............................    7,907     7,909     7,894     7,941     8,005     8,080     7,934     7,998     7,921
    Unemployed............................      699       584       576       681       536       485       504       523       558
    Unemployment rate.....................      8.1       6.9       6.8       7.9       6.3       5.7       6.0       6.1       6.6
 
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,356     5,438     5,444     5,356     5,417     5,425     5,431     5,438     5,444
  Civilian labor force....................    3,530     3,608     3,619     3,576     3,655     3,681     3,655     3,646     3,665
    Employed..............................    3,370     3,428     3,472     3,420     3,506     3,556     3,515     3,478     3,522
    Unemployed............................      159       180       147       156       150       125       140       168       144
    Unemployment rate.....................      4.5       5.0       4.1       4.4       4.1       3.4       3.8       4.6       3.9
 
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,406     8,435     8,436     8,406     8,431     8,434     8,434     8,435     8,436
  Civilian labor force....................    5,554     5,515     5,524     5,567     5,570     5,572     5,495     5,568     5,533
    Employed..............................    5,185     5,245     5,281     5,234     5,305     5,322     5,274     5,344     5,325
    Unemployed............................      369       270       243       333       265       250       220       224       208
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.6       4.9       4.4       6.0       4.8       4.5       4.0       4.0       3.8
 
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,276     9,281     9,280     9,276     9,283     9,284     9,282     9,281     9,280
  Civilian labor force....................    5,807     5,749     5,864     5,895     5,714     5,792     5,792     5,804     5,953
    Employed..............................    5,405     5,382     5,503     5,496     5,365     5,445     5,452     5,479     5,594
    Unemployed............................      402       367       361       399       348       347       341       325       359
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.9       6.4       6.2       6.8       6.1       6.0       5.9       5.6       6.0
 
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,469    13,706    13,725    13,469    13,647    13,668    13,687    13,706    13,725
  Civilian labor force....................    9,256     9,423     9,423     9,313     9,474     9,437     9,464     9,512     9,482
    Employed..............................    8,588     8,884     8,901     8,629     8,937     8,869     8,919     9,030     8,945
    Unemployed............................      668       539       521       684       538       569       545       481       537
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.2       5.7       5.5       7.3       5.7       6.0       5.8       5.1       5.7
 
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
   1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
 
   2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Mar.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|111,394|113,507|114,127|114,806|112,298|114,882|115,113|115,282|115,627|115,830
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 92,062| 94,419| 94,664| 95,255| 93,357| 95,692| 95,962| 96,153| 96,462| 96,675
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries....................| 22,870| 23,350| 23,285| 23,428| 23,395| 23,827| 23,873| 23,958| 23,938| 23,992
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    596|    585|    577|    579|    609|    600|    597|    595|    592|    592
       Metal mining..............................|   49.3|   51.8|   51.9|   52.3|     50|     52|     52|     52|     53|     53
       Coal mining...............................|  114.1|  111.8|  110.3|  110.4|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  337.5|  326.9|  320.0|  318.1|    344|    332|    329|    328|    325|    325
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|   95.3|   94.0|   94.4|   98.2|    100|    102|    102|    103|    103|    103
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  4,413|  4,636|  4,561|  4,687|  4,806|  5,044|  5,050|  5,092|  5,057|  5,115
       General building contractors..............|1,077.1|1,139.0|1,116.6|1,129.0|  1,152|  1,194|  1,198|  1,207|  1,202|  1,205
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  618.6|  602.4|  597.2|  635.0|    710|    727|    722|    728|    723|    732
       Special trade contractors.................|2,717.6|2,894.6|2,846.7|2,923.4|  2,944|  3,123|  3,130|  3,157|  3,132|  3,178
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 17,861| 18,129| 18,147| 18,162| 17,980| 18,183| 18,226| 18,271| 18,289| 18,285
         Production workers......................| 12,265| 12,522| 12,544| 12,565| 12,358| 12,575| 12,607| 12,645| 12,667| 12,663
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,149| 10,375| 10,398| 10,421| 10,190| 10,371| 10,403| 10,435| 10,461| 10,466
         Production workers......................|  6,864|  7,093|  7,122|  7,152|  6,892|  7,094|  7,120|  7,142|  7,176|  7,186
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Lumber and wood products..................|  708.1|  732.5|  729.8|  728.7|    723|    743|    744|    749|    746|    744
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  490.9|  500.4|  500.4|  500.0|    493|    500|    501|    502|    503|    502
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  509.7|  518.3|  520.0|  528.5|    523|    535|    536|    539|    541|    543
       Primary metal industries..................|  677.6|  701.9|  701.8|  702.2|    680|    699|    701|    703|    704|    704
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  233.6|  234.4|  234.1|  233.8|    235|    235|    235|    234|    235|    235
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,342.7|1,401.1|1,406.0|1,410.0|  1,348|  1,388|  1,398|  1,407|  1,414|  1,416
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,932.8|1,976.5|1,985.1|1,993.1|  1,927|  1,963|  1,967|  1,977|  1,983|  1,989
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,530.2|1,586.8|1,590.0|1,590.8|  1,535|  1,574|  1,584|  1,588|  1,595|  1,596
       Transportation equipment..................|1,721.6|1,740.2|1,746.4|1,748.5|  1,723|  1,741|  1,744|  1,745|  1,750|  1,750
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  866.4|  912.9|  922.5|  927.2|    867|    911|    914|    927|    925|    929
         Aircraft and parts......................|  491.4|  459.1|  456.4|  454.2|    491|    464|    462|    458|    457|    454
       Instruments and related products..........|  863.0|  840.8|  840.2|  839.5|    864|    846|    845|    842|    841|    840
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  372.3|  376.7|  378.0|  380.0|    374|    382|    383|    383|    384|    382
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,712|  7,754|  7,749|  7,741|  7,790|  7,812|  7,823|  7,836|  7,828|  7,819
         Production workers......................|  5,401|  5,429|  5,422|  5,413|  5,466|  5,481|  5,487|  5,503|  5,491|  5,477
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Food and kindred products.................|1,618.5|1,633.2|1,628.8|1,627.6|  1,670|  1,670|  1,669|  1,679|  1,677|  1,680
       Tobacco products..........................|   39.5|   40.4|   38.6|   35.0|     41|     38|     38|     38|     38|     36
       Textile mill products.....................|  669.3|  666.8|  667.2|  664.3|    674|    674|    673|    671|    671|    668
       Apparel and other textile products........|  953.1|  929.9|  929.9|  925.5|    956|    948|    946|    943|    936|    929
       Paper and allied products.................|  679.9|  682.3|  680.4|  679.4|    684|    685|    685|    686|    685|    684
       Printing and publishing...................|1,519.3|1,544.7|1,545.3|1,549.7|  1,521|  1,538|  1,545|  1,545|  1,548|  1,551
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,054.6|1,042.7|1,042.9|1,043.5|  1,059|  1,046|  1,047|  1,048|  1,047|  1,048
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  144.0|  142.1|  142.1|  143.5|    147|    149|    149|    146|    146|    147
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  919.4|  959.6|  962.2|  960.8|    922|    951|    957|    966|    967|    964
       Leather and leather products..............|  114.4|  112.7|  111.6|  111.2|    116|    113|    114|    114|    113|    112
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries..................| 88,524| 90,157| 90,842| 91,378| 88,903| 91,055| 91,240| 91,324| 91,689| 91,838
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  5,758|  5,846|  5,853|  5,880|  5,816|  5,888|  5,911|  5,913|  5,930|  5,941
       Transportation............................|  3,591|  3,692|  3,693|  3,716|  3,638|  3,712|  3,734|  3,747|  3,757|  3,766
         Railroad transportation.................|  243.9|  241.3|  242.4|  242.4|    248|    248|    246|    246|    248|    246
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  394.7|  408.5|  411.5|  413.3|    382|    393|    396|    399|    400|    400
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,677.8|1,752.7|1,749.4|1,761.6|  1,721|  1,782|  1,794|  1,798|  1,804|  1,812
         Water transportation....................|  162.4|  161.1|  160.4|  161.3|    168|    165|    165|    169|    168|    166
         Transportation by air...................|  732.5|  733.2|  734.2|  739.1|    739|    732|    739|    737|    739|    744
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   17.5|   17.0|   16.8|   16.8|     18|     18|     17|     17|     17|     17
         Transportation services.................|  361.8|  377.7|  378.6|  381.0|    362|    374|    377|    381|    381|    381
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,167|  2,154|  2,160|  2,164|  2,178|  2,176|  2,177|  2,166|  2,173|  2,175
         Communications..........................|1,243.5|1,251.2|1,261.5|1,266.0|  1,248|  1,261|  1,264|  1,257|  1,268|  1,272
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  923.0|  903.2|  898.9|  897.8|    930|    915|    913|    909|    905|    903
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  5,973|  6,107|  6,123|  6,145|  6,013|  6,117|  6,136|  6,160|  6,185|  6,192
       Durable goods.............................|  3,420|  3,499|  3,509|  3,526|  3,434|  3,493|  3,504|  3,520|  3,534|  3,544
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,553|  2,608|  2,614|  2,619|  2,579|  2,624|  2,632|  2,640|  2,651|  2,648
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................| 19,591| 20,422| 20,303| 20,361| 20,026| 20,655| 20,751| 20,779| 20,850| 20,841
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  790.9|  825.0|  824.3|  841.8|    818|    859|    863|    872|    873|    873
       General merchandise stores................|2,344.4|2,587.9|2,464.0|2,440.5|  2,432|  2,557|  2,555|  2,545|  2,543|  2,542
       Food stores...............................|3,189.9|3,273.4|3,257.9|3,255.0|  3,232|  3,267|  3,289|  3,296|  3,294|  3,298
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,091.4|2,183.5|2,191.2|2,207.7|  2,117|  2,194|  2,204|  2,215|  2,222|  2,232
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,120.9|1,155.1|1,109.5|1,105.0|  1,154|  1,152|  1,147|  1,148|  1,144|  1,138
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  859.7|  953.6|  946.1|  951.4|    866|    936|    937|    947|    950|    959
       Eating and drinking places................|6,761.6|6,895.3|6,979.9|7,067.0|  6,928|  7,148|  7,212|  7,213|  7,271|  7,256
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
  Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry-Continued
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Mar.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,431.9|2,548.3|2,529.8|2,492.2|  2,479|  2,542|  2,544|  2,543|  2,553|  2,543
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,739|  6,721|  6,718|  6,749|  6,781|  6,791|  6,785|  6,779|  6,778|  6,795
       Finance...................................|  3,249|  3,229|  3,228|  3,235|  3,256|  3,246|  3,245|  3,239|  3,237|  3,243
         Depository institutions.................|2,037.6|2,025.8|2,019.9|2,023.4|  2,044|  2,036|  2,034|  2,030|  2,028|  2,032
         Nondepository institutions..............|  487.5|  455.7|  453.6|  455.5|    486|    462|    459|    456|    451|    453
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  493.7|  510.3|  512.1|  512.8|    496|    511|    513|    513|    515|    515
         Holding and other investment offices....|  230.6|  237.2|  241.9|  243.6|    230|    237|    239|    240|    243|    243
       Insurance.................................|  2,186|  2,164|  2,162|  2,170|  2,185|  2,175|  2,167|  2,167|  2,165|  2,170
         Insurance carriers......................|1,524.3|1,493.2|1,491.0|1,495.4|  1,524|  1,506|  1,498|  1,495|  1,492|  1,495
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  661.4|  670.6|  671.3|  674.1|    661|    669|    669|    672|    673|    675
       Real estate...............................|  1,304|  1,328|  1,328|  1,344|  1,340|  1,370|  1,373|  1,373|  1,376|  1,382
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services2/..................................| 31,131| 31,973| 32,382| 32,692| 31,326| 32,414| 32,506| 32,564| 32,781| 32,914
       Agricultural services.....................|  472.4|  467.0|  465.1|  494.7|    528|    569|    569|    555|    553|    556
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|1,543.4|1,509.1|1,515.0|1,536.4|  1,608|  1,588|  1,595|  1,599|  1,598|  1,602
       Personal services.........................|1,194.7|1,184.1|1,207.6|1,195.3|  1,138|  1,135|  1,131|  1,141|  1,148|  1,137
       Business services.........................|6,125.7|6,625.2|6,679.1|6,752.0|  6,244|  6,733|  6,770|  6,795|  6,872|  6,883
         Personnel supply services...............|2,138.4|2,393.8|2,415.0|2,448.7|  2,230|  2,498|  2,515|  2,549|  2,583|  2,548
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|1,011.9|1,087.4|1,098.5|1,109.8|  1,017|  1,083|  1,093|  1,101|  1,106|  1,114
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|  371.2|  386.6|  390.3|  391.9|    375|    387|    388|    391|    395|    396
       Motion pictures...........................|  448.8|  544.8|  561.8|  572.6|    450|    530|    536|    549|    566|    576
       Amusement and recreation services.........|1,179.4|1,103.4|1,142.5|1,203.9|  1,271|  1,272|  1,265|  1,233|  1,258|  1,300
       Health services...........................|8,941.2|9,139.4|9,165.0|9,210.3|  8,959|  9,118|  9,147|  9,167|  9,193|  9,229
         Hospitals...............................|3,786.9|3,790.0|3,787.9|3,796.8|  3,791|  3,790|  3,796|  3,794|  3,792|  3,801
       Legal services............................|  934.0|  945.2|  946.0|  948.6|    940|    949|    950|    950|    952|    954
       Educational services......................|1,836.0|1,732.1|1,889.6|1,905.5|  1,730|  1,770|  1,772|  1,760|  1,786|  1,794
       Social services...........................|2,198.3|2,321.7|2,339.8|2,359.9|  2,190|  2,313|  2,322|  2,333|  2,342|  2,355
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|   72.9|   72.8|   73.8|   76.0|     78|     80|     80|     80|     81|     81
       Membership organizations..................|2,034.0|2,026.1|2,040.4|2,048.4|  2,044|  2,065|  2,059|  2,061|  2,061|  2,061
       Engineering and management services.......|2,593.2|2,653.0|2,692.4|2,711.2|  2,580|  2,647|  2,654|  2,674|  2,695|  2,700
       Services, nec.............................|   39.8|   40.8|   40.9|   41.2|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 19,332| 19,088| 19,463| 19,551| 18,941| 19,190| 19,151| 19,129| 19,165| 19,155
       Federal...................................|  2,878|  2,820|  2,822|  2,815|  2,884|  2,854|  2,869|  2,834|  2,828|  2,818
       State.....................................|  4,643|  4,530|  4,696|  4,726|  4,520|  4,586|  4,585|  4,579|  4,602|  4,604
         Education...............................|1,984.6|1,841.7|2,005.8|2,034.3|  1,846|  1,878|  1,874|  1,864|  1,890|  1,894
         Other State government..................|2,658.3|2,687.9|2,690.2|2,691.5|  2,674|  2,708|  2,711|  2,715|  2,712|  2,710
       Local.....................................| 11,811| 11,738| 11,945| 12,010| 11,537| 11,750| 11,697| 11,716| 11,735| 11,733
         Education...............................|6,781.8|6,714.1|6,908.7|6,952.1|  6,410|  6,531|  6,536|  6,563|  6,580|  6,577
         Other local government..................|5,029.4|5,024.0|5,036.2|5,057.8|  5,127|  5,219|  5,161|  5,153|  5,155|  5,156
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      1/  These series are not published seasonally adjusted since the        precision.
   seasonal component is small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular   2/  Includes other industries, not shown separately
   components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient             p = preliminary
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Mar.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Total private...........................|  34.4 |  34.4 |  34.2 |  34.2 |  34.6 |  34.6 |  34.6 |  34.8 |  34.5 |  34.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Mining........................................|  44.0 |  44.9 |  44.5 |  44.1 |  44.4 |  45.0 |  44.7 |  45.0 |  45.0 |  44.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Construction..................................|  38.1 |  37.6 |  36.8 |  38.1 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Manufacturing.................................|  41.9 |  42.0 |  41.7 |  41.7 |  42.1 |  42.1 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.1 |  41.9
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.5 |   4.6 |   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.7 |   4.8 |   4.8 |   4.9 |   4.9 |   4.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Durable goods...............................|  42.8 |  42.9 |  42.6 |  42.6 |  43.0 |  43.0 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  43.0 |  42.7
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.8 |   5.0 |   4.9 |   4.9 |   5.0 |   5.1 |   5.1 |   5.3 |   5.3 |   5.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Lumber and wood products...................|  41.0 |  40.7 |  40.0 |  40.4 |  41.3 |  41.1 |  41.3 |  41.4 |  40.7 |  40.7
      Furniture and fixtures.....................|  40.3 |  40.5 |  39.6 |  39.5 |  40.6 |  40.7 |  40.4 |  40.8 |  40.6 |  39.8
      Stone, clay, and glass products............|  42.8 |  42.3 |  41.8 |  42.6 |  43.6 |  43.4 |  43.5 |  43.7 |  43.0 |  43.3
      Primary metal industries...................|  44.5 |  44.9 |  44.6 |  44.5 |  44.6 |  45.1 |  45.1 |  44.9 |  44.9 |  44.5
        Blast furnaces and basic steel products..|  44.3 |  45.5 |  44.9 |  44.7 |  44.7 |  45.5 |  45.5 |  45.8 |  45.4 |  45.0
      Fabricated metal products..................|  42.5 |  43.1 |  42.7 |  42.5 |  42.8 |  43.1 |  43.1 |  43.3 |  43.1 |  42.8
      Industrial machinery and equipment.........|  43.9 |  44.2 |  44.0 |  43.8 |  43.9 |  43.8 |  43.7 |  44.1 |  44.1 |  43.7
      Electronic and other electrical equipment..|  42.3 |  42.2 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  42.4 |  42.1 |  42.0 |  42.2 |  41.7 |  41.5
      Transportation equipment...................|  44.5 |  44.2 |  44.5 |  44.8 |  44.5 |  44.8 |  44.7 |  44.5 |  44.9 |  44.7
        Motor vehicles and equipment.............|  46.4 |  45.6 |  45.9 |  46.2 |  46.5 |  46.7 |  46.4 |  46.2 |  46.3 |  46.1
      Instruments and related products...........|  41.7 |  41.9 |  41.5 |  41.7 |  41.7 |  41.7 |  41.7 |  41.8 |  41.7 |  41.6
      Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  40.1 |  39.7 |  39.8 |  39.9 |  40.1 |  39.9 |  39.8 |  40.1 |  40.3 |  39.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Nondurable goods............................|  40.7 |  40.7 |  40.5 |  40.5 |  41.0 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  40.8
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.0 |   4.1 |   3.9 |   3.9 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.4 |   4.3 |   4.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Food and kindred products..................|  40.6 |  41.1 |  40.6 |  40.6 |  41.2 |  41.5 |  41.6 |  41.6 |  41.3 |  41.2
      Tobacco products...........................|  37.8 |  39.1 |  38.5 |  38.5 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Textile mill products......................|  41.7 |  41.5 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  42.2 |  41.5 |  41.6 |  41.8 |  42.0 |  41.7
      Apparel and other textile products.........|  37.4 |  37.2 |  37.3 |  37.3 |  37.6 |  37.6 |  37.7 |  37.4 |  37.8 |  37.5
      Paper and allied products..................|  43.6 |  44.0 |  43.3 |  43.1 |  44.1 |  43.9 |  44.0 |  44.0 |  43.9 |  43.6
      Printing and publishing....................|  38.5 |  38.1 |  38.2 |  38.3 |  38.4 |  38.7 |  38.7 |  38.4 |  38.5 |  38.3
      Chemicals and allied products..............|  43.3 |  43.3 |  43.2 |  43.3 |  43.3 |  43.4 |  43.2 |  43.3 |  43.5 |  43.3
      Petroleum and coal products................|  44.6 |  43.9 |  44.5 |  44.2 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|  42.4 |  42.1 |  41.9 |  41.7 |  42.6 |  42.3 |  42.4 |  42.1 |  42.2 |  41.9
      Leather and leather products...............|  38.2 |  37.8 |  37.9 |  38.0 |  38.6 |  38.6 |  38.4 |  37.8 |  38.4 |  38.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Transportation and public utilities...........|  39.5 |  39.4 |  39.3 |  39.4 |  39.8 |  39.8 |  39.5 |  39.9 |  39.7 |  39.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Wholesale trade...............................|  38.1 |  38.2 |  38.0 |  38.0 |  38.3 |  38.3 |  38.2 |  38.5 |  38.2 |  38.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Retail trade..................................|  28.5 |  28.2 |  28.1 |  28.2 |  28.9 |  28.9 |  28.9 |  29.0 |  28.7 |  28.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Finance, insurance, and real estate...........|  35.6 |  36.3 |  35.7 |  35.6 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Services......................................|  32.3 |  32.5 |  32.3 |  32.3 |  32.4 |  32.4 |  32.4 |  32.8 |  32.4 |  32.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;            adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
   finance,insurance, and real estate; and services.               precision.
   These groups account for approximately four-fifths                 p = preliminary.
   of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Mar.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                         | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$11.04 |$11.35 |$11.34 |$11.35 |$379.78|$390.44|$387.83|$388.17
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.02 | 11.31 | 11.30 | 11.33 | 381.29| 393.59| 389.85| 390.89
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Mining........................................| 14.84 | 15.25 | 15.27 | 15.41 | 652.96| 684.73| 679.52| 679.58
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Construction..................................| 14.44 | 14.65 | 14.80 | 14.79 | 550.16| 550.84| 544.64| 563.50
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Manufacturing.................................| 11.99 | 12.24 | 12.25 | 12.28 | 502.38| 514.08| 510.83| 512.08
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Durable goods...............................| 12.59 | 12.81 | 12.84 | 12.86 | 538.85| 549.55| 546.98| 547.84
              Lumber and wood products...................|  9.69 |  9.94 |  9.93 |  9.94 | 397.29| 404.56| 397.20| 401.58
              Furniture and fixtures.....................|  9.39 |  9.68 |  9.68 |  9.68 | 378.42| 392.04| 383.33| 382.36
              Stone, clay, and glass products............| 11.93 | 12.17 | 12.22 | 12.21 | 510.60| 514.79| 510.80| 520.15
              Primary metal industries...................| 14.20 | 14.52 | 14.41 | 14.42 | 631.90| 651.95| 642.69| 641.69
                Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 16.63 | 17.31 | 17.08 | 17.09 | 736.71| 787.61| 766.89| 763.92
              Fabricated metal products..................| 11.89 | 12.04 | 12.04 | 12.07 | 505.33| 518.92| 514.11| 512.98
              Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 12.94 | 13.14 | 13.14 | 13.15 | 568.07| 580.79| 578.16| 575.97
              Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 11.46 | 11.60 | 11.54 | 11.57 | 484.76| 489.52| 478.91| 480.16
              Transportation equipment...................| 16.36 | 16.61 | 16.72 | 16.74 | 728.02| 734.16| 744.04| 749.95
                Motor vehicles and equipment.............| 16.80 | 17.10 | 17.26 | 17.30 | 779.52| 779.76| 792.23| 799.26
              Instruments and related products...........| 12.41 | 12.54 | 12.64 | 12.68 | 517.50| 525.43| 524.56| 528.76
              Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  9.55 |  9.96 |  9.92 |  9.88 | 382.96| 395.41| 394.82| 394.21
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Nondurable goods............................| 11.18 | 11.45 | 11.44 | 11.49 | 455.03| 466.02| 463.32| 465.35
              Food and kindred products..................| 10.62 | 10.87 | 10.85 | 10.88 | 431.17| 446.76| 440.51| 441.73
              Tobacco products...........................| 18.40 | 18.29 | 19.26 | 19.78 | 695.52| 715.14| 741.51| 761.53
              Textile mill products......................|  9.03 |  9.36 |  9.31 |  9.30 | 376.55| 388.44| 383.57| 383.16
              Apparel and other textile products.........|  7.25 |  7.53 |  7.48 |  7.50 | 271.15| 280.12| 279.00| 279.75
              Paper and allied products..................| 13.61 | 14.00 | 14.01 | 14.04 | 593.40| 616.00| 606.63| 605.12
              Printing and publishing....................| 12.10 | 12.23 | 12.23 | 12.27 | 465.85| 465.96| 467.19| 469.94
              Chemicals and allied products..............| 15.03 | 15.43 | 15.46 | 15.61 | 650.80| 668.12| 667.87| 675.91
              Petroleum and coal products................| 19.36 | 19.23 | 19.60 | 19.73 | 863.46| 844.20| 872.20| 872.07
              Rubber and misc. plastics products.........| 10.68 | 10.82 | 10.77 | 10.81 | 452.83| 455.52| 451.26| 450.78
              Leather and leather products...............|  7.97 |  8.11 |  8.12 |  8.12 | 304.45| 306.56| 307.75| 308.56
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Transportation and public utilities...........| 13.80 | 14.11 | 14.04 | 14.04 | 545.10| 555.93| 551.77| 553.18
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Wholesale trade...............................| 11.87 | 12.26 | 12.24 | 12.19 | 452.25| 468.33| 465.12| 463.22
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Retail trade..................................|  7.45 |  7.64 |  7.64 |  7.63 | 212.33| 215.45| 214.68| 215.17
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 11.75 | 12.17 | 12.17 | 12.19 | 418.30| 441.77| 434.47| 433.96
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Services......................................| 11.02 | 11.41 | 11.39 | 11.37 | 355.95| 370.83| 367.90| 367.25
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Mar.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  |   from:
                                                      | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ |Feb. 1995-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Mar. 1995
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $11.02| $11.23| $11.25| $11.31| $11.30| $11.33|     0.3
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.40|   7.39|   7.39|   7.41|   7.38|  N.A. |    (3)
                   Mining.............................|  14.77|  15.05|  15.10|  15.07|  15.15|  15.32|     1.1
                   Construction.......................|  14.47|  14.82|  14.77|  14.68|  14.92|  14.83|     -.6
                   Manufacturing......................|  12.00|  12.17|  12.19|  12.22|  12.25|  12.28|      .2
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.37|  11.52|  11.52|  11.55|  11.61|  11.64|      .3
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.79|  14.09|  14.04|  14.08|  13.97|  14.04|      .5
                   Wholesale trade....................|  11.88|  12.11|  12.15|  12.24|  12.19|  12.20|      .1
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.43|   7.56|   7.60|   7.59|   7.61|   7.61|      .0
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  11.69|  11.98|  11.99|  12.11|  12.06|  12.14|      .7
                   Services...........................|  10.95|  11.17|  11.22|  11.31|  11.29|  11.30|      .1
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
                    2/  The Consumer Price Index for Urban
                 Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
                 used to deflate this series.
                    3/  Change was -.4 percent from January
                 1995 to February 1995, 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
 
                                                                                             1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Mar. |Jan. | Feb.  | Mar.  |Mar. |Nov. |Dec. |Jan. | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                       |1994 |1995 |1995p/ |1995p/ |1994 |1994 |1994 |1995 |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|124.5|127.8| 127.3 | 128.4 |127.3|130.7|131.0|132.3| 131.4 | 131.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods-producing industries....................|102.8|105.5| 104.2 | 105.7 |106.7|109.2|109.7|110.4| 109.7 | 109.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 52.7| 54.0|  52.8 |  52.6 | 54.5| 55.2| 54.7| 55.5|  55.3 |  54.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|115.3|119.9| 114.7 | 122.8 |131.0|137.1|138.9|140.9| 136.1 | 139.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|103.6|105.9| 105.4 | 105.7 |104.9|106.9|107.2|107.6| 107.6 | 107.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|102.5|106.1| 105.7 | 106.3 |103.3|106.5|106.7|107.4| 107.6 | 107.1
            Lumber and wood products...................|126.4|129.6| 126.8 | 127.9 |130.4|133.4|134.3|135.1| 132.3 | 131.9
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|123.1|126.4| 123.7 | 123.0 |124.8|127.0|126.1|127.6| 127.6 | 124.5
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|101.6|101.9| 101.0 | 105.0 |106.5|108.6|109.1|110.4| 108.9 | 110.2
            Primary metal industries...................| 87.7| 92.6|  92.0 |  91.9 | 88.1| 92.5| 92.8| 92.4|  92.9 |  92.3
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 70.7| 72.9|  72.1 |  71.5 | 71.6| 73.5| 73.1| 73.2|  72.9 |  72.3
            Fabricated metal products..................|105.4|112.6| 111.9 | 112.0 |106.7|111.5|112.2|113.7| 113.9 | 113.3
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 96.7|101.0| 101.2 | 101.3 | 96.1| 99.3| 99.3|100.7| 101.1 | 100.6
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|102.8|107.6| 106.2 | 106.1 |103.2|106.3|107.2|107.8| 107.2 | 106.6
            Transportation equipment...................|114.8|117.8| 119.8 | 121.2 |114.8|119.3|119.3|118.8| 121.1 | 121.0
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|149.2|156.2| 160.3 | 162.7 |150.3|159.8|159.2|160.3| 162.2 | 162.6
            Instruments and related products...........| 75.8| 74.0|  73.4 |  74.1 | 75.6| 73.8| 74.2| 74.0|  73.8 |  73.8
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|100.1| 99.5| 100.1 | 101.2 |100.8|102.1|101.5|103.0| 103.2 | 101.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|105.1|105.7| 105.0 | 104.8 |107.1|107.5|107.7|107.7| 107.7 | 106.8
            Food and kindred products..................|108.0|110.4| 108.6 | 108.6 |114.1|114.6|114.8|115.8| 114.7 | 114.7
            Tobacco products...........................| 55.7| 61.0|  56.5 |  50.7 | 58.3| 57.0| 60.5| 55.9|  57.5 |  54.1
            Textile mill products......................| 98.5| 97.4|  96.7 |  96.3 |100.6| 98.5| 98.5| 98.8|  99.1 |  97.9
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 87.9| 84.8|  85.0 |  84.5 | 88.4| 87.5| 87.5| 86.7|  86.8 |  85.0
            Paper and allied products..................|109.2|110.9| 109.0 | 108.4 |111.2|111.3|111.3|111.8| 111.1 | 110.5
            Printing and publishing....................|124.6|124.2| 124.6 | 125.9 |124.1|125.9|126.4|125.3| 125.9 | 125.7
            Chemicals and allied products..............|101.2|101.3| 101.2 | 101.5 |101.4|101.8|101.5|101.9| 102.2 | 101.7
            Petroleum and coal products................| 78.5| 75.6|  76.9 |  76.7 | 80.4| 81.1| 81.8| 80.6|  81.1 |  78.8
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|137.1|142.7| 142.4 | 141.3 |138.3|141.8|143.1|143.6| 144.3 | 142.3
            Leather and leather products...............| 53.6| 51.7|  51.2 |  51.2 | 54.6| 52.8| 53.1| 52.3|  52.5 |  51.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service-producing industries..................|134.3|137.8| 137.7 | 138.6 |136.6|140.3|140.5|142.1| 141.1 | 141.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|116.3|117.8| 117.6 | 118.4 |118.6|119.9|119.6|120.8| 120.3 | 121.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|112.3|115.4| 115.2 | 115.6 |113.9|115.9|116.1|117.5| 117.1 | 117.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|120.7|124.2| 123.0 | 123.6 |125.4|129.1|129.5|130.3| 129.3 | 129.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|120.7|122.5| 120.5 | 120.6 |121.5|121.4|121.3|123.7| 121.0 | 121.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|159.7|164.3| 165.7 | 167.1 |160.8|166.7|167.2|169.4| 168.4 | 169.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            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:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  39.6 |  39.6 |  38.5 |  38.2 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  48.3 |  52.0 |  48.9 |  46.8 |  46.5 |  46.1
           1992..............|  42.1 |  46.1 |  48.3 |  57.7 |  53.1 |  50.4 |  52.8 |  46.5 |  53.4 |  56.9 |  52.5 |  57.3
           1993..............|  57.9 |  61.7 |  49.0 |  56.0 |  57.0 |  51.1 |  58.8 |  50.0 |  56.7 |  57.4 |  61.0 |  57.4
           1994..............|  56.6 |  58.3 |  62.9 |  62.5 |  56.3 |  63.2 |  59.3 |  59.8 |  56.9 |  59.8 |  64.6 |  61.7
           1995..............|  61.0 |p/58.6 |p/55.6 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  34.3 |  32.0 |  31.6 |  38.2 |  39.3 |  44.2 |  49.4 |  50.7 |  50.8 |  44.9 |  43.7 |  40.9
           1992..............|  39.7 |  42.3 |  51.0 |  56.2 |  57.6 |  54.1 |  50.4 |  49.9 |  51.7 |  56.2 |  58.6 |  59.8
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  55.8 |  54.9 |  57.7 |  54.6 |  55.9 |  55.8 |  62.4 |  61.5 |  60.8
           1994..............|  62.1 |  64.5 |  65.2 |  65.0 |  65.4 |  64.6 |  66.7 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  65.3 |  70.1 |  68.4
           1995..............|p/65.4 |p/64.5 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  30.2 |  32.4 |  31.2 |  33.7 |  39.2 |  44.7 |  46.5 |  45.6 |  47.8 |  44.5 |  41.4 |  39.9
           1992..............|  43.5 |  46.3 |  47.2 |  52.0 |  54.2 |  56.6 |  52.8 |  53.1 |  55.8 |  56.3 |  64.2 |  62.2
           1993..............|  61.4 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  59.8 |  54.4 |  54.5 |  57.9 |  58.8 |  59.7 |  60.8 |  62.8 |  63.6
           1994..............|  67.0 |  65.9 |  68.8 |  66.0 |  67.8 |  66.3 |  68.1 |  70.1 |  68.1 |  69.4 |p/67.1 |p/69.7
           1995..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  31.0 |  31.0 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  31.7 |  33.8 |  35.8 |  37.5 |  40.0 |  45.2 |  45.6 |  45.4
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  60.7
           1993..............|  60.0 |  61.1 |  60.7 |  62.2 |  63.2 |  62.1 |  62.4 |  60.8 |  63.5 |  62.8 |  63.1 |  63.5
           1994..............|  64.2 |  65.7 |  66.0 |  66.4 |  68.1 |  69.0 |  69.5 |p/71.2 |p/69.9 |       |       |
           1995..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  32.7 |  35.6 |  31.3 |  37.4 |  45.7 |  43.5 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  47.8 |  41.4 |  39.6
           1992..............|  38.1 |  40.6 |  45.0 |  57.9 |  47.8 |  50.0 |  53.2 |  41.7 |  49.3 |  47.8 |  52.5 |  51.8
           1993..............|  52.5 |  57.6 |  47.8 |  41.7 |  46.0 |  40.3 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  46.8 |  50.0 |  55.4 |  51.1
           1994..............|  54.3 |  53.6 |  51.1 |  56.1 |  50.0 |  58.6 |  52.9 |  56.8 |  48.9 |  60.8 |  60.1 |  60.8
           1995..............|  58.3 |p/50.7 |p/46.4 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  24.5 |  21.9 |  20.5 |  32.7 |  36.3 |  39.6 |  47.1 |  46.0 |  48.2 |  39.9 |  36.7 |  33.5
           1992..............|  30.9 |  36.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  55.4 |  53.6 |  47.1 |  47.1 |  42.4 |  50.0 |  51.1 |  55.0
           1993..............|  60.1 |  58.3 |  51.4 |  40.6 |  37.1 |  43.5 |  40.3 |  41.0 |  43.2 |  52.9 |  54.7 |  56.1
           1994..............|  56.1 |  57.6 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  57.2 |  55.8 |  61.5 |  55.0 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  69.1 |  65.5
           1995..............|p/60.1 |p/52.5 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  15.8 |  20.9 |  21.2 |  26.3 |  34.9 |  39.2 |  42.1 |  40.3 |  40.3 |  37.1 |  32.4 |  32.7
           1992..............|  34.2 |  37.1 |  41.0 |  48.6 |  52.2 |  54.7 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  50.4 |  48.9 |  57.9 |  56.8
           1993..............|  54.0 |  51.8 |  48.6 |  47.1 |  37.1 |  34.2 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  47.8 |  50.4 |  54.3 |  55.8
           1994..............|  58.3 |  56.1 |  59.4 |  54.3 |  58.3 |  56.8 |  60.1 |  62.6 |  62.2 |  66.5 |p/61.9 |p/64.0
           1995..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  16.5 |  16.2 |  17.3 |  18.0 |  20.9 |  24.1 |  26.3 |  30.6 |  32.7 |  38.1 |  38.8 |  37.4
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  55.4 |  52.9 |  52.9
           1993..............|  50.0 |  52.5 |  48.6 |  49.3 |  50.7 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  50.7 |  51.4 |  51.4
           1994..............|  50.7 |  54.3 |  54.0 |  56.8 |  59.0 |  60.4 |  62.2 |p/63.3 |p/60.4 |       |       |
           1995..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
       and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month          with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
       span. Data are centered within the span.                        indicates an equal balance between industries with
         p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with