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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
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:  DECEMBER 1995
 
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment increased in December and the unemployment
rate was unchanged at 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The release of these data was
delayed by the recent federal government shutdown.  The collection and
processing of the survey data also were impacted.  There is no evidence
that the estimates were appreciably affected.  (See box note on page 4.)
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     Both the number of unemployed persons, at 7.4 million, and the
unemployment rate, at 5.6 percent, were unchanged in December and have
remained within a narrow range over the past year.  December jobless rates
for the major worker groups--adult men (4.9 percent), adult women (4.6
percent), teenagers (18.3 percent), whites (5.0 percent),  blacks (10.2
percent), and Hispanics (9.3 percent)--showed little or no change from the
November levels.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     Total employment, at 124.9 million in December, was essentially
unchanged over the month.  The number of employed persons was little
different from its year-earlier level, after showing substantial growth in
the prior 3 years.  The proportion of the working-age population that was
 
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
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                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Nov.-
      Category        |      1995       |           1995           |Dec.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   III  |   IV   |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 132,440| 132,458| 132,648| 132,442| 132,284|   -158
  Employment..........| 124,960| 125,104| 125,399| 125,010| 124,904|   -106
  Unemployment........|   7,480|   7,354|   7,249|   7,432|   7,380|    -52
Not in labor force....|  66,367|  66,894|  66,544|  66,913|  67,224|    311
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.6|     5.6|     5.5|     5.6|     5.6|     .0
  Adult men...........|     4.8|     4.8|     4.5|     4.9|     4.9|     .0
  Adult women.........|     5.0|     4.8|     5.0|     4.8|     4.6|   -0.2
  Teenagers...........|    17.8|    17.8|    17.1|    17.9|    18.3|     .4
  White...............|     4.8|     4.9|     4.8|     5.0|     5.0|     .0
  Black...............|    11.2|     9.8|     9.9|     9.4|    10.2|     .8
  Hispanic origin.....|     9.2|     9.3|     9.4|     9.4|     9.3|    -.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA  |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 116,782|p117,159| 116,998|p117,164|p117,315|   p151
  Goods-producing 1/..|  24,159| p24,160|  24,159| p24,128| p24,194|    p66
    Construction......|   5,240|  p5,293|   5,287|  p5,289|  p5,303|    p14
    Manufacturing.....|  18,344| p18,298|  18,301| p18,271| p18,323|    p52
  Service-producing 1/|  92,622| p92,999|  92,839| p93,036| p93,121|    p85
    Retail trade......|  20,862| p20,936|  20,897| p20,979| p20,931|   p-48
    Services..........|  32,951| p33,162|  33,076| p33,170| p33,239|    p69
    Government........|  19,316| p19,311|  19,313| p19,296| p19,325|    p29
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|   p34.5|    34.6|   p34.5|   p34.4|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.5|   p41.5|    41.5|   p41.5|   p41.4|   p-.1
    Overtime..........|     4.4|    p4.4|     4.4|    p4.4|    p4.3|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |___________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.51| p$11.60|  $11.58| p$11.58| p$11.63| p$0.05
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  396.98| p400.08|  400.67| p399.51| p400.07|   p.56
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
p=preliminary.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    N.A.= not available
 
 
 
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employed (the employment-population ratio) was 62.6 percent in December,
somewhat below the levels that prevailed at the end of 1994.   The number
of persons working part time for economic reasons was about unchanged in
December at 4.4 million.  (See tables A-1 and A-3.)
 
     The number of workers who held more than one job in December was 7.7
million (not seasonally adjusted).  These multiple jobholders comprised 6.2
percent of all employed persons, about the same as a year earlier.  (See
table A-8.)
 
     The civilian labor force, at a seasonally adjusted level of 132.3
million in December, was about unchanged from the previous month.  The
labor force participation rate also was little changed at 66.3 percent.
(See table A-1.)
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     About 1.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in December--that is, they wanted and were
available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior
12 months.  The number of discouraged workers--persons who had stopped
looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available
to them--was 425,000 in December.  (See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 151,000 in December to 117.3
million.  The largest job gains occurred in services and manufacturing; the
increase in factory jobs was largely the result of workers returning from
strikes and from temporary layoffs in transportation equipment.  Nonfarm
employment increased by 1.7 million during all of 1995.  (See table B-1.)
 
     Employment in the services industry rose by 69,000 in December,
continuing its recent pattern of slower job growth.  Over the month,
employment continued to increase in health, engineering and management, and
business services.  Within business services, there were continued gains in
computer services, although personnel supply showed no growth
for the third straight month.  In amusement and recreation services,
employment fell by 35,000 in December;  job losses since August have erased
much of the strong growth of last spring and summer.
Employment in transportation and public utilities rose by 15,000,
primarily due to larger-than-usual hiring in the transportation industry to
help with holiday travel and package delivery.  Following an increase of
82,000 in November, employment in retail trade fell by 48,000 in December.
Some of the holiday period job growth normally registered in December was
picked up in November this year due to the timing of the November and
December surveys.  In addition, weak seasonal hiring resulted in job losses
in department stores and apparel and accessory stores over the October to
December period, after seasonal adjustment.  In contrast, wholesale trade
added 11,000 jobs in December; gains were divided between the distribution
of durable and nondurable goods.  Government employment increased by 29,000
in December, as growth in local government more than offset declines at the
state and federal levels.
 
 
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     Manufacturing employment increased by 52,000 in December, following
three consecutive monthly declines; however, much of the increase reflected
special factors.  The job gain in aircraft and parts (31,000) resulted from
the return of workers who had been on strike, and the increase in motor
vehicles and parts (10,000) included workers who had been on temporary
layoff for inventory adjustment.  Over-the-month employment increases
continued in industrial machinery and electronic components, while
textiles, apparel, and printing and publishing again experienced job
losses.
 
     Employment in the construction industry was little changed in
December for the second straight month, in part because of severe weather
conditions in some areas of the country.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in December to 34.4 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime also
edged down by 0.1 hour to 41.4 and 4.3 hours, respectively. (See table B-
2.)
 
     The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.2 percent, on a
seasonally adjusted basis, to 133.1 (1982=100) in December.  The
manufacturing index was up 0.2 percent to 105.9.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers were up 5 cents in December to $11.63, seasonally adjusted, and
average weekly earnings edged up by 0.1 percent to $400.07.  Over the past
year, average hourly earnings rose by 3.2 percent and average weekly
earnings increased by 2.3 percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
_______________________
 
The Employment Situation for January 1996 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, February 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
 
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|       The collection period for the December data presented in this release |
|  overlapped the recent shutdown of many federal agencies, including the     |
|  Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Bureau of the Census, which       |
|  collects the household survey data for BLS.  Census Bureau interviewers    |
|  stopped collecting data a day or 2 before operations normally would have   |
|  ceased.  As a result of the early stoppage, the percentage of sampled      |
|  households that were interviewed was somewhat smaller than usual.  We have |
|  no evidence, however, that the estimates were appreciably affected by the  |
|  shortened collection period.  The establishment survey data are collected  |
|  by state agencies for BLS, and the delay in the release of the data meant  |
|  that they received more returns than usual, enhancing the reliability of   |
|  the preliminary estimates.                                                 |
|                                                                             |
|       The shutdown and weather-related closing also shortened the time      |
|  available for processing of the data.  To expedite the release of the      |
|  December data, the preliminary establishment survey estimates for November |
|  were not revised as typically would have been done.  Therefore, the        |
|  November data presented in this release are the same as those released on  |
|  December 8, 1995.  Final estimates for November will be published along    |
|  with the preliminary January 1996 data scheduled for release on February 2.|
|  Final estimates for October are presented in this release.                 |
|                                                                             |
|       The shortened processing period also delayed the annual revisions     |
|  in the seasonally adjusted household survey estimates and the planned      |
|  revisions of the unadjusted series for 1990-93 to reflect 1990 census-based|
|  population controls, adjusted for the estimated undercount.  These         |
|  revisions have been rescheduled for introduction with the release of       |
|  February data on March 8.                                                  |
|                                                                             |
|       Effective with the data for January 1996, scheduled for release on    |
|  February 2, BLS will discontinue publishing table A-9, "Employment status  |
|  of the civilian population for 11 large states."  Because of budget        |
|  reductions, the Current Population Survey sample is no longer of sufficient|
|  size to provide data for all of these 11 states directly from the survey.  |
|  Estimates for these states, based on the method currently used for each of |
|  the other states and the District of Columbia, will be included in the news|
|  release, "State and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment," usually|
|  issued about 4 weeks after "The Employment Situation" news release.        |
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HOUSEHOLD DATA#\#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          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 197,765| 199,355| 199,508| 197,765| 198,801| 199,005| 199,192| 199,355| 199,508
  Civilian labor force............................| 131,418| 132,622| 132,008| 131,725| 132,211| 132,591| 132,648| 132,442| 132,284
        Participation rate........................|    66.5|    66.5|    66.2|    66.6|    66.5|    66.6|    66.6|    66.4|    66.3
    Employed......................................| 124,729| 125,599| 125,136| 124,570| 124,779| 125,140| 125,399| 125,010| 124,904
        Employment-population ratio...............|    63.1|    63.0|    62.7|    63.0|    62.8|    62.9|    63.0|    62.7|    62.6
      Agriculture.................................|   3,285|   3,242|   3,072|   3,532|   3,362|   3,273|   3,455|   3,276|   3,306
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 121,444| 122,357| 122,064| 121,038| 121,417| 121,867| 121,944| 121,734| 121,598
    Unemployed....................................|   6,690|   7,024|   6,872|   7,155|   7,431|   7,451|   7,249|   7,432|   7,380
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.1|     5.3|     5.2|     5.4|     5.6|     5.6|     5.5|     5.6|     5.6
  Not in labor force..............................|  66,347|  66,733|  67,500|  66,040|  66,590|  66,414|  66,544|  66,913|  67,224
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,851|  95,580|  95,661|  94,851|  95,287|  95,397|  95,492|  95,580|  95,661
  Civilian labor force............................|  71,060|  71,015|  70,936|  71,379|  71,109|  71,437|  71,291|  71,156|  71,228
        Participation rate........................|    74.9|    74.3|    74.2|    75.3|    74.6|    74.9|    74.7|    74.4|    74.5
    Employed......................................|  67,292|  67,219|  67,049|  67,483|  67,108|  67,408|  67,494|  67,090|  67,155
        Employment-population ratio...............|    70.9|    70.3|    70.1|    71.1|    70.4|    70.7|    70.7|    70.2|    70.2
    Unemployed....................................|   3,767|   3,796|   3,887|   3,896|   4,001|   4,029|   3,797|   4,065|   4,073
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.3|     5.3|     5.5|     5.5|     5.6|     5.6|     5.3|     5.7|     5.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  87,617|  88,046|  88,172|  87,617|  87,905|  87,940|  88,027|  88,046|  88,172
  Civilian labor force............................|  67,388|  67,203|  67,164|  67,450|  67,077|  67,343|  67,251|  67,138|  67,190
        Participation rate........................|    76.9|    76.3|    76.2|    77.0|    76.3|    76.6|    76.4|    76.3|    76.2
    Employed......................................|  64,263|  64,103|  63,961|  64,281|  63,871|  64,061|  64,243|  63,837|  63,888
        Employment-population ratio...............|    73.3|    72.8|    72.5|    73.4|    72.7|    72.8|    73.0|    72.5|    72.5
      Agriculture.................................|   2,291|   2,243|   2,121|   2,410|   2,288|   2,266|   2,363|   2,223|   2,233
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  61,972|  61,860|  61,840|  61,871|  61,583|  61,795|  61,880|  61,614|  61,655
    Unemployed....................................|   3,125|   3,100|   3,203|   3,169|   3,206|   3,282|   3,008|   3,301|   3,302
        Unemployment rate.........................|     4.6|     4.6|     4.8|     4.7|     4.8|     4.9|     4.5|     4.9|     4.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 102,913| 103,775| 103,847| 102,913| 103,514| 103,608| 103,700| 103,775| 103,847
  Civilian labor force............................|  60,359|  61,608|  61,072|  60,346|  61,102|  61,154|  61,357|  61,286|  61,056
        Participation rate........................|    58.7|    59.4|    58.8|    58.6|    59.0|    59.0|    59.2|    59.1|    58.8
    Employed......................................|  57,437|  58,380|  58,087|  57,087|  57,672|  57,732|  57,905|  57,920|  57,749
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.8|    56.3|    55.9|    55.5|    55.7|    55.7|    55.8|    55.8|    55.6
    Unemployed....................................|   2,922|   3,228|   2,986|   3,259|   3,430|   3,422|   3,452|   3,367|   3,308
        Unemployment rate.........................|     4.8|     5.2|     4.9|     5.4|     5.6|     5.6|     5.6|     5.5|     5.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  95,873|  96,555|  96,633|  95,873|  96,327|  96,409|  96,487|  96,555|  96,633
  Civilian labor force............................|  56,871|  58,026|  57,506|  56,725|  57,346|  57,392|  57,618|  57,527|  57,330
        Participation rate........................|    59.3|    60.1|    59.5|    59.2|    59.5|    59.5|    59.7|    59.6|    59.3
    Employed......................................|  54,404|  55,374|  55,049|  54,037|  54,498|  54,600|  54,710|  54,790|  54,671
        Employment-population ratio...............|    56.7|    57.3|    57.0|    56.4|    56.6|    56.6|    56.7|    56.7|    56.6
      Agriculture.................................|     824|     790|     771|     882|     809|     753|     821|     800|     824
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  53,580|  54,584|  54,278|  53,155|  53,688|  53,847|  53,889|  53,990|  53,848
    Unemployed....................................|   2,467|   2,652|   2,456|   2,688|   2,849|   2,792|   2,908|   2,737|   2,658
        Unemployment rate.........................|     4.3|     4.6|     4.3|     4.7|     5.0|     4.9|     5.0|     4.8|     4.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,274|  14,754|  14,703|  14,274|  14,569|  14,657|  14,678|  14,754|  14,703
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,159|   7,393|   7,338|   7,550|   7,787|   7,856|   7,779|   7,778|   7,764
        Participation rate........................|    50.2|    50.1|    49.9|    52.9|    53.5|    53.6|    53.0|    52.7|    52.8
    Employed......................................|   6,062|   6,121|   6,125|   6,252|   6,411|   6,479|   6,446|   6,384|   6,345
        Employment-population ratio...............|    42.5|    41.5|    41.7|    43.8|    44.0|    44.2|    43.9|    43.3|    43.2
      Agriculture.................................|     171|     209|     180|     240|     265|     253|     272|     254|     249
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,891|   5,913|   5,946|   6,012|   6,146|   6,225|   6,174|   6,130|   6,096
    Unemployed....................................|   1,097|   1,272|   1,213|   1,298|   1,377|   1,378|   1,332|   1,394|   1,420
        Unemployment rate.........................|    15.3|    17.2|    16.5|    17.2|    17.7|    17.5|    17.1|    17.9|    18.3
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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                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,175| 167,441| 167,545| 166,175| 167,058| 167,200| 167,327| 167,441| 167,545
  Civilian labor force............................| 111,385| 112,089| 111,616| 111,715| 111,971| 112,247| 112,232| 111,978| 111,848
      Participation rate..........................|    67.0|    66.9|    66.6|    67.2|    67.0|    67.1|    67.1|    66.9|    66.8
    Employed......................................| 106,427| 106,828| 106,490| 106,352| 106,567| 106,851| 106,815| 106,331| 106,296
      Employment-population ratio.................|    64.0|    63.8|    63.6|    64.0|    63.8|    63.9|    63.8|    63.5|    63.4
    Unemployed....................................|   4,958|   5,261|   5,126|   5,363|   5,404|   5,396|   5,417|   5,648|   5,551
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.5|     4.7|     4.6|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8|     5.0|     5.0
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              Men, 20 years and over
 
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,730|  57,739|  57,675|  57,836|  57,559|  57,790|  57,707|  57,673|  57,694
      Participation rate..........................|    77.4|    76.9|    76.7|    77.5|    76.8|    77.0|    76.9|    76.8|    76.8
    Employed......................................|  55,334|  55,361|  55,256|  55,384|  55,126|  55,318|  55,395|  55,086|  55,201
      Employment-population ratio.................|    74.2|    73.7|    73.5|    74.2|    73.6|    73.8|    73.8|    73.3|    73.4
    Unemployed....................................|   2,396|   2,378|   2,419|   2,452|   2,433|   2,472|   2,312|   2,587|   2,494
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.1|     4.1|     4.2|     4.2|     4.2|     4.3|     4.0|     4.5|     4.3
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             Women, 20 years and over
 
  Civilian labor force............................|  47,507|  48,196|  47,764|  47,440|  47,881|  47,958|  48,003|  47,821|  47,652
      Participation rate..........................|    59.2|    59.7|    59.1|    59.1|    59.4|    59.4|    59.5|    59.2|    59.0
    Employed......................................|  45,747|  46,250|  45,934|  45,475|  45,824|  45,988|  45,871|  45,792|  45,615
      Employment-population ratio.................|    57.0|    57.3|    56.9|    56.7|    56.8|    57.0|    56.8|    56.7|    56.5
    Unemployed....................................|   1,760|   1,946|   1,829|   1,965|   2,057|   1,970|   2,131|   2,030|   2,037
      Unemployment rate...........................|     3.7|     4.0|     3.8|     4.1|     4.3|     4.1|     4.4|     4.2|     4.3
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,148|   6,154|   6,177|   6,439|   6,532|   6,499|   6,522|   6,484|   6,501
      Participation rate..........................|    54.3|    53.2|    53.2|    56.9|    56.8|    56.4|    56.5|    56.0|    56.0
    Employed......................................|   5,346|   5,217|   5,300|   5,493|   5,617|   5,544|   5,549|   5,453|   5,481
      Employment-population ratio.................|    47.2|    45.1|    45.7|    48.5|    48.8|    48.1|    48.0|    47.1|    47.2
    Unemployed....................................|     802|     937|     878|     946|     914|     955|     973|   1,031|   1,021
      Unemployment rate...........................|    13.0|    15.2|    14.2|    14.7|    14.0|    14.7|    14.9|    15.9|    15.7
        Men.......................................|    15.2|    16.3|    15.4|    16.0|    15.7|    16.0|    17.6|    16.8|    16.0
        Women.....................................|    10.8|    14.1|    13.0|    13.2|    12.1|    13.3|    12.0|    15.0|    15.4
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                      BLACK
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  23,052|  23,389|  23,419|  23,052|  23,284|  23,323|  23,357|  23,389|  23,419
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,470|  15,022|  14,888|  14,541|  14,715|  14,823|  14,883|  15,071|  15,017
      Participation rate..........................|    62.8|    64.2|    63.6|    63.1|    63.2|    63.6|    63.7|    64.4|    64.1
    Employed......................................|  13,154|  13,660|  13,489|  13,119|  13,049|  13,147|  13,413|  13,662|  13,481
      Employment-population ratio.................|    57.1|    58.4|    57.6|    56.9|    56.0|    56.4|    57.4|    58.4|    57.6
    Unemployed....................................|   1,316|   1,363|   1,399|   1,422|   1,666|   1,676|   1,470|   1,409|   1,536
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.1|     9.1|     9.4|     9.8|    11.3|    11.3|     9.9|     9.4|    10.2
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              Men, 20 years and over
 
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,723|   6,656|   6,681|   6,722|   6,666|   6,729|   6,688|   6,663|   6,715
      Participation rate..........................|    72.7|    71.7|    71.5|    72.7|    71.6|    72.4|    71.8|    71.8|    71.9
    Employed......................................|   6,199|   6,118|   6,080|   6,165|   6,039|   6,083|   6,158|   6,118|   6,050
      Employment-population ratio.................|    67.0|    66.0|    65.1|    66.7|    64.9|    65.4|    66.1|    66.0|    64.7
    Unemployed....................................|     524|     537|     602|     557|     627|     646|     530|     544|     666
      Unemployment rate...........................|     7.8|     8.1|     9.0|     8.3|     9.4|     9.6|     7.9|     8.2|     9.9
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             Women, 20 years and over
 
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,001|   7,423|   7,327|   7,002|   7,105|   7,116|   7,284|   7,414|   7,338
      Participation rate..........................|    60.5|    63.2|    62.3|    60.5|    60.7|    60.7|    62.1|    63.1|    62.4
    Employed......................................|   6,443|   6,871|   6,815|   6,420|   6,468|   6,442|   6,645|   6,857|   6,808
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.7|    58.5|    58.0|    55.5|    55.3|    55.0|    56.6|    58.4|    57.9
    Unemployed....................................|     558|     552|     512|     582|     636|     674|     638|     558|     530
      Unemployment rate...........................|     8.0|     7.4|     7.0|     8.3|     9.0|     9.5|     8.8|     7.5|     7.2
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
 
  Civilian labor force............................|     746|     944|     880|     817|     945|     978|     911|     994|     964
      Participation rate..........................|    33.5|    39.9|    38.0|    36.6|    41.5|    42.4|    39.4|    42.0|    41.6
    Employed......................................|     513|     671|     594|     534|     542|     622|     610|     687|     623
      Employment-population ratio.................|    23.0|    28.3|    25.7|    23.9|    23.8|    27.0|    26.4|    29.0|    26.9
    Unemployed....................................|     234|     273|     286|     283|     403|     356|     301|     307|     341
      Unemployment rate...........................|    31.3|    28.9|    32.5|    34.6|    42.6|    36.4|    33.1|    30.9|    35.3
        Men.......................................|    31.0|    28.4|    37.7|    34.3|    46.3|    32.7|    33.6|    32.0|    40.6
        Women.....................................|    31.7|    29.5|    27.5|    35.0|    38.9|    39.7|    32.6|    29.8|    30.4
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  18,385|  18,845|  18,889|  18,385|  18,702|  18,752|  18,800|  18,845|  18,889
  Civilian labor force............................|  12,078|  12,369|  12,374|  12,224|  12,383|  12,456|  12,504|  12,437|  12,444
      Participation rate..........................|    65.7|    65.6|    65.5|    66.5|    66.2|    66.4|    66.5|    66.0|    65.9
    Employed......................................|  11,005|  11,246|  11,267|  11,105|  11,158|  11,351|  11,333|  11,269|  11,289
      Employment-population ratio.................|    59.9|    59.7|    59.6|    60.4|    59.7|    60.5|    60.3|    59.8|    59.8
    Unemployed....................................|   1,073|   1,123|   1,108|   1,119|   1,225|   1,105|   1,171|   1,168|   1,155
      Unemployment rate...........................|     8.9|     9.1|     9.0|     9.2|     9.9|     8.9|     9.4|     9.4|     9.3
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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.
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|124,729 |125,599 |125,136 |124,570 |124,779 |125,140 |125,399 |125,010 |124,904
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,775 | 42,133 | 42,129 | 41,608 | 42,060 | 42,257 | 42,393 | 42,049 | 42,045
  Married women, spouse present...................| 32,103 | 32,562 | 32,366 | 31,723 | 32,226 | 32,175 | 32,234 | 32,176 | 32,014
  Women who maintain families.....................|  6,960 |  7,317 |  7,209 |  7,074 |  7,268 |  7,100 |  7,055 |  7,295 |  7,341
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 34,776 | 35,986 | 35,856 | 34,576 | 35,775 | 35,602 | 35,827 | 35,730 | 35,647
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 38,143 | 37,484 | 37,474 | 37,797 | 37,435 | 37,606 | 37,365 | 37,334 | 36,993
  Service occupations.............................| 16,631 | 16,757 | 16,730 | 16,704 | 17,025 | 16,818 | 17,084 | 16,909 | 16,831
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,685 | 13,526 | 13,484 | 13,677 | 13,296 | 13,506 | 13,463 | 13,274 | 13,497
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 18,069 | 18,395 | 18,328 | 18,030 | 17,758 | 17,974 | 17,995 | 18,264 | 18,323
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,424 |  3,452 |  3,264 |  3,839 |  3,511 |  3,567 |  3,699 |  3,581 |  3,618
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,660 |  1,715 |  1,618 |  1,738 |  1,772 |  1,744 |  1,844 |  1,743 |  1,753
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,583 |  1,494 |  1,422 |  1,714 |  1,542 |  1,491 |  1,541 |  1,500 |  1,549
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     42 |     33 |     32 |     49 |     45 |     43 |     48 |     34 |     39
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|112,389 |113,374 |113,084 |111,960 |112,350 |112,674 |112,950 |112,802 |112,570
      Government..................................| 18,454 | 18,441 | 18,274 | 18,340 | 18,326 | 18,196 | 18,193 | 18,295 | 18,201
      Private industries..........................| 93,935 | 94,933 | 94,811 | 93,620 | 94,023 | 94,478 | 94,756 | 94,507 | 94,369
        Private households........................|  1,004 |    953 |    973 |  1,023 |    886 |    982 |    980 |    994 |    996
        Other industries..........................| 92,931 | 93,980 | 93,838 | 92,597 | 93,138 | 93,495 | 93,776 | 93,513 | 93,374
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,944 |  8,884 |  8,883 |  8,959 |  8,869 |  9,017 |  8,943 |  8,822 |  8,883
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    111 |     99 |     97 |    121 |    103 |    121 |    100 |    104 |    106
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,408 |  4,335 |  4,410 |  4,422 |  4,526 |  4,589 |  4,400 |  4,410 |  4,445
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,463 |  2,489 |  2,609 |  2,384 |  2,586 |  2,535 |  2,515 |  2,519 |  2,538
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,621 |  1,591 |  1,485 |  1,734 |  1,567 |  1,738 |  1,636 |  1,647 |  1,593
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,972 | 18,698 | 18,477 | 17,576 | 18,113 | 17,959 | 17,683 | 17,265 | 17,220
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,157 |  4,165 |  4,218 |  4,254 |  4,316 |  4,451 |  4,255 |  4,272 |  4,326
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,313 |  2,382 |  2,491 |  2,272 |  2,448 |  2,432 |  2,441 |  2,418 |  2,452
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,584 |  1,574 |  1,464 |  1,690 |  1,533 |  1,716 |  1,582 |  1,631 |  1,567
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,311 | 18,113 | 17,882 | 16,917 | 17,473 | 17,389 | 17,044 | 16,648 | 16,603
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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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                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  7,155 |  7,432 |   7,380|   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.6
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,169 |  3,301 |   3,302|   4.7  |   4.8  |   4.9  |   4.5  |   4.9  |   4.9
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  2,688 |  2,737 |   2,658|   4.7  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.6
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,298 |  1,394 |   1,420|  17.2  |  17.7  |  17.5  |  17.1  |  17.9  |  18.3
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,358 |  1,428 |   1,354|   3.2  |   3.3  |   3.5  |   3.1  |   3.3  |   3.1
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,213 |  1,256 |   1,244|   3.7  |   4.1  |   3.9  |   3.9  |   3.8  |   3.7
   Women who maintain families....................|    684 |    610 |     516|   8.8  |   7.0  |   8.0  |   7.9  |   7.7  |   6.6
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   Full-time workers..............................|  5,677 |  6,018 |   5,902|   5.3  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.5
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,478 |  1,436 |   1,460|   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.9  |   6.0
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                             2/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    805 |    942 |     903|   2.3  |   2.6  |   2.4  |   2.3  |   2.6  |   2.5
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  1,699 |  1,604 |   1,732|   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.5  |   4.5  |   4.1  |   4.5
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|    830 |    953 |     820|   5.7  |   6.8  |   6.1  |   6.0  |   6.7  |   5.7
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,610 |  1,660 |   1,688|   8.2  |   8.5  |   8.4  |   7.9  |   8.3  |   8.4
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    323 |    300 |     298|   7.8  |   6.6  |   7.1  |   8.3  |   7.7  |   7.6
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  5,594 |  5,789 |   5,832|   5.6  |   5.8  |   5.9  |   5.7  |   5.8  |   5.8
     Goods-producing industries...................|  1,734 |  1,949 |   1,857|   6.2  |   6.5  |   6.6  |   6.4  |   6.9  |   6.5
       Mining.....................................|     28 |     42 |      54|   3.9  |   4.1  |   3.3  |   8.8  |   7.1  |   8.3
       Construction...............................|    682 |    774 |     740|  10.9  |  12.2  |  12.7  |  11.7  |  12.2  |  11.4
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,024 |  1,134 |   1,064|   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   5.3  |   5.0
         Durable goods............................|    550 |    600 |     553|   4.6  |   4.0  |   4.0  |   4.2  |   4.8  |   4.5
         Nondurable goods.........................|    474 |    533 |     511|   5.4  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.3  |   6.1  |   5.7
     Service-producing industries.................|  3,860 |  3,839 |   3,976|   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.5
       Transportation and public utilities........|    297 |    278 |     344|   4.2  |   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.2  |   4.0  |   4.9
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,729 |  1,625 |   1,680|   6.7  |   6.4  |   7.2  |   6.3  |   6.2  |   6.5
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    218 |    197 |     236|   2.9  |   3.4  |   2.9  |   3.3  |   2.8  |   3.3
       Services...................................|  1,616 |  1,740 |   1,716|   5.2  |   5.7  |   5.1  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.4
   Government workers.............................|    587 |    564 |     504|   3.1  |   3.0  |   2.7  |   2.8  |   3.0  |   2.7
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    217 |    233 |     265|  11.1  |   8.3  |  11.6  |  12.2  |  11.8  |  13.2
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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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
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                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,249 |  2,629 |  2,327 |  2,587 |  2,713 |  2,868 |  2,740 |  2,812 |  2,712
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,156 |  2,247 |  2,405 |  2,149 |  2,434 |  2,272 |  2,348 |  2,376 |  2,434
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,285 |  2,147 |  2,140 |  2,456 |  2,380 |  2,352 |  2,296 |  2,297 |  2,307
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,019 |    969 |  1,014 |  1,088 |  1,150 |  1,071 |  1,068 |  1,048 |  1,082
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,266 |  1,179 |  1,126 |  1,368 |  1,230 |  1,281 |  1,228 |  1,249 |  1,224
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   17.7 |   16.3 |   16.2 |   17.8 |   16.3 |   16.3 |   16.2 |   16.5 |   16.2
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    8.7 |    7.7 |    8.2 |    8.7 |    8.7 |    8.0 |    8.1 |    7.9 |    8.2
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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..............................|   33.6 |   37.4 |   33.9 |   36.0 |   36.0 |   38.3 |   37.1 |   37.6 |   36.4
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   32.2 |   32.0 |   35.0 |   29.9 |   32.3 |   30.3 |   31.8 |   31.7 |   32.7
   15 weeks and over..............................|   34.2 |   30.6 |   31.1 |   34.1 |   31.6 |   31.4 |   31.1 |   30.7 |   31.0
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   15.2 |   13.8 |   14.8 |   15.1 |   15.3 |   14.3 |   14.5 |   14.0 |   14.5
     27 weeks and over............................|   18.9 |   16.8 |   16.4 |   19.0 |   16.3 |   17.1 |   16.6 |   16.7 |   16.4
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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                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Dec.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                           | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995
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                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  3,514|  3,355|  3,533|  3,442|  3,426|  3,367|  3,452|  3,516|  3,495
  On temporary layoff......................................|  1,050|    935|  1,090|    930|  1,036|    874|    972|  1,062|  1,001
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  2,464|  2,419|  2,443|  2,512|  2,390|  2,492|  2,480|  2,455|  2,494
    Permanent job losers...................................|  1,699|  1,661|  1,716|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    765|    758|    727|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
Job leavers................................................|    616|    842|    795|    704|    871|    887|    753|    856|    937
Reentrants.................................................|  2,180|  2,349|  2,098|  2,525|  2,537|  2,578|  2,502|  2,509|  2,431
New entrants...............................................|    380|    478|    446|    555|    574|    614|    550|    573|    609
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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
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|   52.5|   47.8|   51.4|   47.6|   46.2|   45.2|   47.6|   47.2|   46.8
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   15.7|   13.3|   15.9|   12.9|   14.0|   11.7|   13.4|   14.2|   13.4
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   36.8|   34.4|   35.6|   34.8|   32.3|   33.5|   34.2|   32.9|   33.4
 Job leavers...............................................|    9.2|   12.0|   11.6|    9.7|   11.8|   11.9|   10.4|   11.5|   12.5
 Reentrants................................................|   32.6|   33.4|   30.5|   34.9|   34.2|   34.6|   34.5|   33.7|   32.5
 New entrants..............................................|    5.7|    6.8|    6.5|    7.7|    7.8|    8.3|    7.6|    7.7|    8.1
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              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    2.7|    2.5|    2.7|    2.6|    2.6|    2.5|    2.6|    2.7|    2.6
 Job leavers...............................................|     .5|     .6|     .6|     .5|     .7|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .7
 Reentrants................................................|    1.7|    1.8|    1.6|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.8
 New entrants..............................................|     .3|     .4|     .3|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .4|     .4|     .5
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   1/  Not available.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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Total, 16 years and over..........................|  7,155 |  7,432 |  7,380 |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.6
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,513 |  2,551 |  2,655 |  11.6  |  12.7  |  12.8  |  12.3  |  12.1  |  12.5
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,298 |  1,394 |  1,420 |  17.2  |  17.7  |  17.5  |  17.1  |  17.9  |  18.3
      16 to 17 years..............................|    573 |    628 |    666 |  18.1  |  21.2  |  19.8  |  20.3  |  19.8  |  21.0
      18 to 19 years..............................|    728 |    767 |    749 |  16.6  |  15.0  |  15.8  |  14.9  |  16.7  |  16.4
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,215 |  1,157 |  1,236 |   8.6  |   9.9  |  10.1  |   9.5  |   8.7  |   9.2
  25 years and over...............................|  4,717 |  4,912 |  4,790 |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.4  |   4.3
    25 to 54 years................................|  4,130 |  4,275 |  4,213 |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.5  |   4.4
    55 years and over.............................|    539 |    608 |    542 |   3.5  |   3.8  |   3.6  |   3.4  |   3.8  |   3.5
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  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  3,896 |  4,065 |  4,073 |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.3  |   5.7  |   5.7
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,411 |  1,421 |  1,478 |  12.2  |  13.8  |  12.9  |  13.0  |  12.7  |  13.1
      16 to 19 years..............................|    727 |    764 |    770 |  18.5  |  19.7  |  18.3  |  19.5  |  19.0  |  19.1
        16 to 17 years............................|    313 |    353 |    357 |  18.8  |  23.1  |  20.2  |  21.6  |  22.0  |  21.6
        18 to 19 years............................|    411 |    420 |    407 |  18.2  |  17.0  |  16.8  |  17.9  |  17.4  |  17.1
      20 to 24 years..............................|    684 |    657 |    708 |   9.0  |  10.5  |   9.8  |   9.3  |   9.2  |   9.8
    25 years and over.............................|  2,551 |  2,674 |  2,626 |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.3  |   3.9  |   4.5  |   4.4
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,217 |  2,314 |  2,314 |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.0  |   4.5  |   4.5
      55 years and over...........................|    306 |    331 |    290 |   3.5  |   3.6  |   4.0  |   3.2  |   3.7  |   3.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,259 |  3,367 |  3,308 |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.4
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,102 |  1,130 |  1,177 |  10.9  |  11.5  |  12.8  |  11.5  |  11.3  |  11.9
      16 to 19 years..............................|    571 |    630 |    649 |  15.8  |  15.5  |  16.8  |  14.5  |  16.8  |  17.4
        16 to 17 years............................|    260 |    275 |    310 |  17.4  |  19.2  |  19.3  |  19.0  |  17.6  |  20.2
        18 to 19 years............................|    317 |    347 |    342 |  14.9  |  12.8  |  14.8  |  11.6  |  15.9  |  15.6
      20 to 24 years..............................|    531 |    500 |    528 |   8.1  |   9.2  |  10.4  |   9.7  |   8.0  |   8.5
    25 years and over.............................|  2,166 |  2,238 |  2,163 |   4.3  |   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.2
      25 to 54 years..............................|  1,913 |  1,961 |  1,900 |   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.7  |   4.4  |   4.3
      55 years and over...........................|    233 |    277 |    252 |   3.4  |   4.1  |   3.0  |   3.7  |   4.0  |   3.7
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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
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                                      |                   |                   |
                               Category                               |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                                                                       ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                      |  Dec.   |  Dec.   |  Dec.   |  Dec.   |  Dec.   |  Dec.
                                                                      |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995
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                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total not in the labor force..........................................|  66,347 |  67,500 |  23,792 |  24,725 |  42,555 |  42,775
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................|   5,604 |   5,466 |   2,260 |   2,318 |   3,344 |   3,147
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................|   1,810 |   1,619 |     829 |     809 |     982 |     811
   Reason not currently looking:                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................|     445 |     425 |     265 |     261 |     180 |     164
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................|   1,366 |   1,194 |     564 |     547 |     802 |     647
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                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................|   7,539 |   7,700 |   4,032 |   3,965 |   3,507 |   3,735
    Percent of total employed.........................................|     6.0 |     6.2 |     6.0 |     5.9 |     6.1 |     6.4
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................|   4,366 |   4,295 |   2,618 |   2,466 |   1,748 |   1,829
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................|   1,751 |   1,741 |     582 |     514 |   1,170 |   1,227
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................|     232 |     234 |     144 |     156 |      88 |      78
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................|   1,149 |   1,403 |     671 |     809 |     478 |     594
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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.
 
 
 
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
                                          |                             |
                                           ____________________________ ___________________________________________________________
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       State and employment status
                                          |  Dec.   |  Nov.   |  Dec.   |  Dec.   |  Aug.   |  Sept.  |  Oct.   |  Nov.   |  Dec.
                                          |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,524    23,638    23,648    23,524    23,599    23,614    23,628    23,638    23,648
  Civilian labor force....................   15,338    15,527    15,449    15,432    15,500    15,638    15,736    15,555    15,531
    Employed..............................   14,259    14,223    14,368    14,247    14,288    14,507    14,503    14,191    14,334
    Unemployed............................    1,078     1,304     1,080     1,185     1,213     1,131     1,232     1,364     1,197
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.0       8.4       7.0       7.7       7.8       7.2       7.8       8.8       7.7
 
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,973    11,127    11,140    10,973    11,080    11,097    11,112    11,127    11,140
  Civilian labor force....................    6,896     6,882     6,984     6,935     6,800     6,872     6,835     6,862     6,990
    Employed..............................    6,524     6,476     6,599     6,492     6,485     6,485     6,379     6,428     6,554
    Unemployed............................      372       406       385       443       315       388       457       434       436
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.4       5.9       5.5       6.4       4.6       5.6       6.7       6.3       6.2
 
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,883     8,942     8,946     8,883     8,928     8,933     8,938     8,942     8,946
  Civilian labor force....................    5,967     6,112     6,052     5,969     6,067     6,101     6,141     6,132     6,073
    Employed..............................    5,714     5,853     5,742     5,688     5,703     5,771     5,844     5,825     5,730
    Unemployed............................      253       259       310       281       364       330       297       307       344
    Unemployment rate.....................      4.2       4.2       5.1       4.7       6.0       5.4       4.8       5.0       5.7
 
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,688     4,673     4,674     4,688     4,669     4,671     4,673     4,673     4,674
  Civilian labor force....................    3,194     3,151     3,146     3,194     3,136     3,109     3,155     3,161     3,146
    Employed..............................    3,026     2,999     2,995     3,014     2,970     2,944     2,988     2,998     2,982
    Unemployed............................      168       152       152       180       166       165       167       162       164
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.2       4.8       4.8       5.6       5.3       5.3       5.3       5.1       5.2
 
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,152     7,182     7,184     7,152     7,173     7,177     7,180     7,182     7,184
  Civilian labor force....................    4,709     4,700     4,663     4,720     4,669     4,661     4,694     4,703     4,673
    Employed..............................    4,515     4,501     4,445     4,504     4,429     4,437     4,486     4,469     4,424
    Unemployed............................      194       199       218       216       240       223       207       234       249
    Unemployment rate.....................      4.1       4.2       4.7       4.6       5.1       4.8       4.4       5.0       5.3
 
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,070     6,134     6,136     6,070     6,125     6,129     6,132     6,134     6,136
  Civilian labor force....................    4,017     4,047     4,033     3,999     4,063     4,028     4,079     4,052     4,026
    Employed..............................    3,785     3,816     3,757     3,750     3,795     3,799     3,841     3,805     3,732
    Unemployed............................      232       232       276       249       267       229       238       247       295
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.8       5.7       6.8       6.2       6.6       5.7       5.8       6.1       7.3
 
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,985    13,989    13,988    13,985    13,987    13,989    13,990    13,989    13,988
  Civilian labor force....................    8,511     8,421     8,382     8,565     8,621     8,611     8,520     8,462     8,441
    Employed..............................    8,059     7,951     7,885     8,080     8,013     8,024     7,986     7,951     7,903
    Unemployed............................      452       470       497       485       608       587       534       512       539
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.3       5.6       5.9       5.7       7.1       6.8       6.3       6.0       6.4
 
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,425     5,487     5,494     5,425     5,462     5,471     5,479     5,487     5,494
  Civilian labor force....................    3,672     3,636     3,673     3,681     3,652     3,626     3,605     3,605     3,678
    Employed..............................    3,564     3,497     3,507     3,556     3,486     3,456     3,466     3,455     3,491
    Unemployed............................      108       140       166       125       166       170       139       150       187
    Unemployment rate.....................      2.9       3.8       4.5       3.4       4.6       4.7       3.9       4.2       5.1
 
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,434     8,466     8,468     8,434     8,454     8,459     8,463     8,466     8,468
  Civilian labor force....................    5,543     5,614     5,619     5,572     5,586     5,585     5,619     5,619     5,637
    Employed..............................    5,308     5,319     5,344     5,322     5,284     5,297     5,356     5,295     5,348
    Unemployed............................      235       295       275       250       303       288       264       324       290
    Unemployment rate.....................      4.2       5.3       4.9       4.5       5.4       5.2       4.7       5.8       5.1
 
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,284     9,280     9,281     9,284     9,275     9,278     9,279     9,280     9,281
  Civilian labor force....................    5,780     5,807     5,787     5,792     5,795     5,844     5,805     5,803     5,810
    Employed..............................    5,473     5,466     5,459     5,445     5,475     5,468     5,508     5,438     5,442
    Unemployed............................      308       340       328       347       320       377       297       365       368
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.3       5.9       5.7       6.0       5.5       6.4       5.1       6.3       6.3
 
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,668    13,911    13,933    13,668    13,841    13,866    13,889    13,911    13,933
  Civilian labor force....................    9,418     9,654     9,655     9,437     9,558     9,631     9,630     9,631     9,684
    Employed..............................    8,876     9,081     9,064     8,869     8,919     9,039     9,031     9,053     9,068
    Unemployed............................      542       573       591       569       639       592       599       578       615
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.8       5.9       6.1       6.0       6.7       6.1       6.2       6.0       6.4
 
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   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)
 
 
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
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              Total..............................|116,415|117,963|118,110|118,117|115,624|116,838|116,932|116,998|117,164|117,315
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 96,858| 98,371| 98,394| 98,446| 96,405| 97,492| 97,612| 97,685| 97,868| 97,990
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................| 24,147| 24,526| 24,329| 24,112| 24,230| 24,165| 24,157| 24,159| 24,128| 24,194
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    593|    578|    574|    569|    592|    575|    573|    571|    568|    568
       Metal mining..............................|   49.5|   51.2|   50.7|   50.7|     50|     52|     51|     51|     51|     51
       Coal mining...............................|  111.5|  105.4|  105.5|  104.0|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  329.9|  313.7|  311.2|  311.5|    326|    313|    311|    309|    307|    308
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|  101.7|  108.1|  106.7|  102.9|    104|    104|    105|    105|    105|    105
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  5,073|  5,554|  5,427|  5,212|  5,166|  5,233|  5,262|  5,287|  5,289|  5,303
       General building contractors..............|1,236.0|1,272.0|1,247.8|1,222.3|  1,241|  1,231|  1,229|  1,230|  1,226|  1,226
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  698.1|  825.6|  780.0|  705.2|    739|    744|    750|    749|    744|    746
       Special trade contractors.................|3,139.0|3,456.7|3,399.0|3,284.4|  3,186|  3,258|  3,283|  3,308|  3,319|  3,331
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 18,481| 18,394| 18,328| 18,331| 18,472| 18,357| 18,322| 18,301| 18,271| 18,323
         Production workers......................| 12,784| 12,723| 12,670| 12,670| 12,785| 12,684| 12,659| 12,634| 12,621| 12,667
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,592| 10,597| 10,585| 10,634| 10,574| 10,587| 10,572| 10,565| 10,549| 10,614
         Production workers......................|  7,253|  7,251|  7,244|  7,292|  7,239|  7,244|  7,232|  7,220|  7,213|  7,276
       Lumber and wood products..................|  762.7|  762.8|  756.2|  754.0|    766|    751|    752|    755|    752|    756
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  509.1|  497.8|  497.0|  498.1|    507|    496|    495|    494|    494|    496
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  534.7|  547.4|  542.8|  532.6|    540|    539|    537|    538|    539|    538
       Primary metal industries..................|  716.4|  712.1|  714.4|  715.6|    715|    710|    710|    711|    713|    713
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  240.6|  237.3|  239.3|  239.9|    240|    239|    238|    238|    239|    239
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,425.3|1,438.9|1,438.4|1,439.1|  1,421|  1,433|  1,429|  1,433|  1,431|  1,435
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,010.1|2,049.0|2,056.6|2,068.6|  2,010|  2,048|  2,047|  2,055|  2,061|  2,069
         Computer and office equipment...........|  341.3|  342.2|  343.9|  344.8|    342|    339|    340|    344|    344|    345
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,608.4|1,637.0|1,642.8|1,649.8|  1,603|  1,624|  1,631|  1,635|  1,636|  1,643
         Electronic components and accessories...|  560.2|  595.0|  599.3|  605.7|    560|    586|    591|    596|    599|    605
       Transportation equipment..................|1,776.6|1,712.9|1,699.8|1,745.2|  1,764|  1,751|  1,738|  1,713|  1,693|  1,733
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  935.4|  933.5|  924.7|  939.9|    926|    942|    932|    933|    920|    930
         Aircraft and parts......................|  465.3|  414.6|  411.9|  444.0|    462|    440|    439|    413|    410|    441
       Instruments and related products..........|  854.0|  839.5|  837.4|  837.3|    853|    843|    842|    840|    836|    836
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  394.3|  399.3|  399.9|  394.1|    395|    392|    391|    391|    394|    395
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      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,889|  7,797|  7,743|  7,697|  7,898|  7,770|  7,750|  7,736|  7,722|  7,709
         Production workers......................|  5,531|  5,472|  5,426|  5,378|  5,546|  5,440|  5,427|  5,414|  5,408|  5,391
       Food and kindred products.................|1,667.1|1,725.2|1,690.2|1,670.1|  1,684|  1,677|  1,680|  1,683|  1,682|  1,687
       Tobacco products..........................|   43.9|   41.2|   39.2|   40.7|     41|     40|     39|     39|     38|     38
       Textile mill products.....................|  673.0|  644.8|  643.3|  634.9|    673|    650|    644|    643|    642|    636
       Apparel and other textile products........|  959.5|  894.1|  882.7|  869.4|    960|    907|    898|    884|    877|    872
       Paper and allied products.................|  692.8|  684.4|  681.5|  682.7|    692|    688|    684|    684|    682|    683
       Printing and publishing...................|1,565.3|1,548.8|1,556.4|1,557.3|  1,556|  1,554|  1,552|  1,550|  1,552|  1,548
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,053.0|1,039.9|1,037.2|1,033.6|  1,054|  1,041|  1,040|  1,041|  1,039|  1,035
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  147.7|  143.1|  140.3|  137.8|    150|    142|    141|    141|    139|    139
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  973.9|  968.3|  966.4|  966.0|    975|    965|    966|    965|    966|    967
       Leather and leather products..............|  113.0|  107.0|  106.0|  104.0|    113|    106|    106|    106|    105|    104
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service_producing.............................| 92,268| 93,437| 93,781| 94,005| 91,394| 92,673| 92,775| 92,839| 93,036| 93,121
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     Transportation and public utilities.........|  6,183|  6,274|  6,279|  6,315|  6,121|  6,217|  6,206|  6,217|  6,233|  6,248
       Transportation............................|  3,934|  4,001|  4,004|  4,052|  3,870|  3,950|  3,938|  3,947|  3,960|  3,982
         Railroad transportation.................|  239.3|  237.2|  236.7|  235.9|    241|    238|    236|    236|    236|    237
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  440.0|  478.1|  480.1|  484.3|    425|    464|    457|    457|    462|    467
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,909.9|1,912.4|1,913.2|1,953.1|  1,857|  1,882|  1,872|  1,882|  1,885|  1,898
         Water transportation....................|  160.8|  156.1|  154.5|  151.7|    164|    159|    157|    155|    157|    155
         Transportation by air...................|  755.4|  773.5|  778.6|  786.3|    754|    764|    770|    774|    779|    784
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   17.5|   16.1|   15.9|   15.8|     18|     16|     16|     16|     16|     16
         Transportation services.................|  410.7|  428.0|  424.8|  424.8|    411|    427|    430|    427|    425|    425
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,249|  2,273|  2,275|  2,263|  2,251|  2,267|  2,268|  2,270|  2,273|  2,266
         Communications..........................|1,332.8|1,371.4|1,374.3|1,365.0|  1,331|  1,365|  1,366|  1,367|  1,370|  1,364
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  916.5|  901.7|  900.2|  898.4|    920|    902|    902|    903|    903|    902
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  6,226|  6,380|  6,381|  6,376|  6,229|  6,340|  6,346|  6,359|  6,368|  6,379
       Durable goods.............................|  3,598|  3,697|  3,707|  3,714|  3,599|  3,679|  3,686|  3,697|  3,707|  3,714
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,628|  2,683|  2,674|  2,662|  2,630|  2,661|  2,660|  2,662|  2,661|  2,665
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
   -Continued
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................| 21,344| 20,939| 21,270| 21,524| 20,759| 20,837| 20,899| 20,897| 20,979| 20,931
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  834.5|  855.5|  857.3|  856.9|    846|    850|    853|    853|    863|    868
       General merchandise stores................|2,866.9|2,589.4|2,741.1|2,779.1|  2,585|  2,530|  2,534|  2,556|  2,562|  2,501
         Department stores.......................|2,498.5|2,276.6|2,411.7|2,431.2|  2,256|  2,215|  2,220|  2,245|  2,248|  2,190
       Food stores...............................|3,376.1|3,375.6|3,409.0|3,437.1|  3,320|  3,371|  3,368|  3,372|  3,385|  3,380
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,160.0|2,237.5|2,237.4|2,240.6|  2,173|  2,214|  2,223|  2,231|  2,240|  2,254
         New and used car dealers................|  986.0|1,013.3|1,016.4|1,017.1|    989|  1,002|  1,005|  1,008|  1,015|  1,020
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,231.4|1,069.5|1,116.4|1,152.3|  1,126|  1,092|  1,078|  1,074|  1,076|  1,052
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  964.1|  961.7|  983.6|1,001.6|    927|    953|    959|    962|    962|    962
       Eating and drinking places................|7,134.7|7,221.3|7,205.6|7,252.8|  7,182|  7,222|  7,259|  7,236|  7,264|  7,289
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,776.5|2,628.6|2,719.2|2,803.4|  2,600|  2,605|  2,625|  2,613|  2,627|  2,625
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     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,915|  6,960|  6,969|  6,985|  6,931|  6,947|  6,957|  6,977|  6,990|  6,999
       Finance...................................|  3,315|  3,313|  3,330|  3,343|  3,317|  3,310|  3,316|  3,325|  3,337|  3,342
         Depository institutions.................|2,070.8|2,041.5|2,046.4|2,049.0|  2,070|  2,048|  2,049|  2,048|  2,051|  2,047
           Commercial banks......................|1,497.3|1,483.1|1,488.1|1,491.0|  1,498|  1,487|  1,487|  1,489|  1,493|  1,491
           Savings institutions..................|  295.5|  275.9|  274.8|  273.1|    295|    280|    279|    277|    275|    273
         Nondepository institutions..............|  479.7|  493.6|  501.3|  507.1|    481|    490|    491|    497|    503|    508
           Mortgage bankers and brokers..........|  231.2|  232.7|  237.8|  240.0|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  528.2|  530.5|  532.3|  534.8|    530|    529|    531|    532|    533|    536
         Holding and other investment offices....|  236.0|  247.7|  250.4|  251.6|    236|    243|    245|    248|    250|    251
       Insurance.................................|  2,231|  2,249|  2,249|  2,254|  2,232|  2,246|  2,249|  2,253|  2,252|  2,256
         Insurance carriers......................|1,536.2|1,539.8|1,541.1|1,542.3|  1,537|  1,540|  1,542|  1,543|  1,543|  1,544
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  694.9|  708.7|  707.9|  711.2|    695|    706|    707|    710|    709|    712
       Real estate...............................|  1,369|  1,398|  1,390|  1,388|  1,382|  1,391|  1,392|  1,399|  1,401|  1,401
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     Services3/..................................| 32,043| 33,292| 33,166| 33,134| 32,135| 32,986| 33,047| 33,076| 33,170| 33,239
       Agricultural services.....................|  538.9|  615.3|  586.2|  548.9|    588|    588|    588|    593|    591|    598
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|  1,555|  1,634|  1,573|  1,569|  1,612|  1,634|  1,635|  1,621|  1,635|  1,632
       Personal services.........................|  1,126|  1,112|  1,115|  1,125|  1,138|  1,142|  1,135|  1,138|  1,141|  1,136
       Business services.........................|  6,543|  6,894|  6,873|  6,856|  6,487|  6,681|  6,745|  6,752|  6,758|  6,788
         Services to buildings...................|    867|    890|    896|    896|    870|    884|    888|    889|    893|    899
         Personnel supply services...............|  2,435|  2,569|  2,528|  2,497|  2,386|  2,406|  2,458|  2,446|  2,438|  2,438
           Help supply services..................|  2,162|  2,281|  2,240|  2,209|  2,118|  2,129|  2,174|  2,170|  2,156|  2,157
         Computer and data processing services...|    993|  1,077|  1,090|  1,104|    991|  1,063|  1,072|  1,081|  1,089|  1,101
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|    994|  1,039|  1,043|  1,048|  1,000|  1,031|  1,029|  1,039|  1,045|  1,054
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|    336|    344|    344|    346|    338|    342|    343|    341|    344|    348
       Motion pictures...........................|    536|    586|    591|    596|    529|    592|    602|    596|    592|    590
       Amusement and recreation services.........|  1,254|  1,446|  1,312|  1,297|  1,375|  1,525|  1,501|  1,485|  1,476|  1,441
       Health services...........................|  9,128|  9,349|  9,390|  9,424|  9,121|  9,298|  9,324|  9,349|  9,390|  9,414
         Offices and clinics of medical doctors..|  1,564|  1,602|  1,607|  1,615|  1,562|  1,591|  1,599|  1,600|  1,608|  1,613
         Nursing and personal care facilities....|  1,669|  1,708|  1,718|  1,721|  1,667|  1,697|  1,704|  1,706|  1,715|  1,719
         Hospitals...............................|  3,788|  3,828|  3,836|  3,843|  3,790|  3,822|  3,827|  3,832|  3,836|  3,843
         Home health care services...............|    588|    624|    630|    632|    588|    619|    619|    622|    628|    631
       Legal services............................|    929|    926|    928|    929|    930|    930|    932|    930|    929|    931
       Educational services......................|  1,956|  2,017|  2,046|  2,018|  1,854|  1,906|  1,883|  1,892|  1,895|  1,913
       Social services...........................|  2,243|  2,295|  2,307|  2,312|  2,233|  2,269|  2,294|  2,291|  2,295|  2,301
         Child day care services.................|    526|    539|    541|    540|    512|    536|    529|    525|    524|    526
         Residential care........................|    620|    637|    641|    644|    620|    637|    640|    640|    641|    644
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|     78|     84|     80|     80|     80|     83|     81|     82|     83|     82
       Membership organizations..................|  2,051|  2,044|  2,052|  2,053|  2,062|  2,072|  2,056|  2,052|  2,062|  2,066
       Engineering and management services.......|  2,605|  2,734|  2,754|  2,762|  2,616|  2,722|  2,728|  2,743|  2,763|  2,773
         Engineering and architectural services..|    786|    811|    814|    814|    790|    804|    806|    810|    815|    818
         Management and public relations.........|    738|    827|    831|    835|    742|    814|    823|    826|    833|    839
       Services, nec.............................|   40.7|   41.8|   41.6|   41.2|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
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     Government..................................| 19,557| 19,592| 19,716| 19,671| 19,219| 19,346| 19,320| 19,313| 19,296| 19,325
       Federal...................................|  2,872|  2,790|  2,772|  2,805|  2,853|  2,825|  2,812|  2,804|  2,789|  2,786
         Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,998.1|1,944.3|1,922.1|1,910.1|  2,014|  1,982|  1,966|  1,954|  1,936|  1,927
       State.....................................|  4,685|  4,715|  4,737|  4,680|  4,598|  4,604|  4,601|  4,596|  4,601|  4,592
         Education...............................|2,005.4|2,045.0|2,074.4|2,022.9|  1,891|  1,923|  1,919|  1,913|  1,914|  1,908
         Other State government..................|2,679.8|2,669.6|2,662.7|2,657.4|  2,707|  2,681|  2,682|  2,683|  2,687|  2,684
       Local.....................................| 12,000| 12,087| 12,207| 12,186| 11,768| 11,917| 11,907| 11,913| 11,906| 11,947
         Education...............................|6,886.5|6,909.6|7,025.1|7,022.4|  6,557|  6,706|  6,683|  6,657|  6,672|  6,688
         Other local government..................|5,113.7|5,177.1|5,182.0|5,163.9|  5,211|  5,211|  5,224|  5,256|  5,234|  5,259
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      1/  These series are not published seasonally adjusted        because it has very little irregular movement.  Thus,
   because the seasonal component, which is small relative          the not seasonally adjusted series can be used
   to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot              for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends.
   be separated with sufficient precision.                             3/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
      2/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment           p = preliminary.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
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                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
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         Total private...........................|  34.8 |  34.7 |  34.4 |  34.5 |  34.7 |  34.4 |  34.5 |  34.6 |  34.5 |  34.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................|  42.0 |  41.4 |  41.1 |  41.3 |  41.5 |  40.9 |  41.1 |  41.0 |  41.0 |  40.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|  45.1 |  45.4 |  44.8 |  44.8 |  44.7 |  44.3 |  45.0 |  45.0 |  44.3 |  44.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  38.7 |  40.0 |  38.5 |  37.9 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
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     Manufacturing...............................|  42.9 |  41.7 |  41.9 |  42.2 |  42.1 |  41.5 |  41.7 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.4
          Overtime hours.........................|   5.1 |   4.6 |   4.6 |   4.7 |   4.8 |   4.3 |   4.5 |   4.4 |   4.4 |   4.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Durable goods.............................|  43.8 |  42.5 |  42.7 |  43.1 |  43.0 |  42.4 |  42.5 |  42.4 |  42.4 |  42.3
          Overtime hours.........................|   5.6 |   4.9 |   4.9 |   5.1 |   5.1 |   4.6 |   4.8 |   4.7 |   4.6 |   4.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Lumber and wood products.................|  41.6 |  41.2 |  40.8 |  40.4 |  41.2 |  40.7 |  40.7 |  40.9 |  40.7 |  40.0
        Furniture and fixtures...................|  41.6 |  40.0 |  40.2 |  40.9 |  40.4 |  39.8 |  39.6 |  39.5 |  39.7 |  39.7
        Stone, clay, and glass products..........|  43.3 |  43.8 |  43.3 |  42.7 |  43.5 |  43.1 |  43.2 |  43.1 |  43.0 |  42.9
        Primary metal industries.................|  45.6 |  43.7 |  44.1 |  44.2 |  45.0 |  43.6 |  43.7 |  43.9 |  43.8 |  43.5
          Blast furnaces and basic steel products|  45.9 |  44.0 |  44.0 |  44.1 |  45.6 |  43.8 |  43.7 |  44.4 |  44.1 |  43.8
        Fabricated metal products................|  44.0 |  42.6 |  42.9 |  45.3 |  43.0 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  42.3 |  42.3 |  44.2
        Industrial machinery and equipment.......|  44.8 |  43.1 |  43.6 |  44.0 |  43.8 |  43.5 |  43.4 |  43.1 |  43.5 |  43.0
        Electronic and other electrical equipment|  43.1 |  42.2 |  42.1 |  42.2 |  42.0 |  41.6 |  42.1 |  42.1 |  41.6 |  41.1
        Transportation equipment.................|  45.6 |  43.7 |  44.1 |  43.8 |  44.7 |  43.7 |  43.9 |  43.6 |  43.8 |  42.8
          Motor vehicles and equipment...........|  47.1 |  44.7 |  45.4 |  45.8 |  46.2 |  44.6 |  44.9 |  44.7 |  45.1 |  44.8
        Instruments and related products.........|  42.6 |  41.4 |  41.9 |  42.5 |  41.7 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  41.6 |  41.6
        Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  40.4 |  40.3 |  40.4 |  40.2 |  39.9 |  40.0 |  40.1 |  39.8 |  39.7 |  39.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nondurable goods..........................|  41.7 |  40.6 |  40.8 |  40.9 |  41.1 |  40.4 |  40.5 |  40.3 |  40.4 |  40.3
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.5 |   4.2 |   4.2 |   4.1 |   4.3 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   3.9 |   4.0 |   3.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Food and kindred products................|  42.2 |  41.3 |  41.4 |  41.3 |  41.5 |  41.2 |  41.1 |  40.9 |  40.7 |  40.6
        Tobacco products.........................|  41.2 |  40.4 |  39.9 |  37.7 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Textile mill products....................|  42.0 |  40.6 |  40.9 |  40.7 |  41.6 |  40.7 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  40.6 |  40.3
        Apparel and other textile products.......|  38.1 |  36.9 |  37.2 |  37.7 |  37.7 |  36.7 |  37.1 |  36.6 |  36.8 |  37.3
        Paper and allied products................|  44.8 |  43.1 |  43.7 |  43.9 |  44.0 |  42.9 |  42.9 |  42.8 |  43.4 |  43.1
        Printing and publishing..................|  39.3 |  38.3 |  38.8 |  38.5 |  38.7 |  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.0 |  38.3 |  37.9
        Chemicals and allied products............|  44.0 |  43.2 |  43.3 |  43.9 |  43.2 |  43.1 |  43.4 |  43.2 |  43.0 |  43.1
        Petroleum and coal products..............|  44.2 |  44.3 |  44.0 |  44.0 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Rubber and misc. plastics products.......|  43.0 |  41.5 |  41.8 |  42.2 |  42.3 |  41.2 |  41.6 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.5
        Leather and leather products.............|  39.0 |  38.3 |  37.9 |  37.7 |  38.6 |  38.6 |  38.4 |  38.1 |  37.6 |  37.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service_producing.............................|  32.8 |  32.8 |  32.6 |  32.7 |  32.8 |  32.5 |  32.7 |  32.9 |  32.7 |  32.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  39.6 |  39.7 |  39.7 |  39.7 |  39.6 |  39.4 |  39.5 |  39.5 |  39.7 |  39.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  38.5 |  38.5 |  38.2 |  38.4 |  38.4 |  38.2 |  38.3 |  38.4 |  38.2 |  38.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................|  29.3 |  28.8 |  28.6 |  29.1 |  28.9 |  28.7 |  28.8 |  28.9 |  28.8 |  28.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  35.7 |  36.4 |  35.6 |  35.8 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services....................................|  32.4 |  32.6 |  32.4 |  32.3 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      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, which is small
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   components, 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                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                         | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$11.28 |$11.61 |$11.60 |$11.64 |$392.54|$402.87|$399.04|$401.58
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.27 | 11.58 | 11.58 | 11.63 | 391.07| 400.67| 399.51| 400.07
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Goods_producing...............................| 12.88 | 13.18 | 13.18 | 13.23 | 540.96| 545.65| 541.70| 546.40
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Mining......................................| 15.09 | 15.36 | 15.33 | 15.55 | 680.56| 697.34| 686.78| 696.64
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Construction................................| 14.83 | 15.29 | 15.22 | 15.11 | 573.92| 611.60| 585.97| 572.67
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Manufacturing...............................| 12.26 | 12.41 | 12.48 | 12.61 | 525.95| 517.50| 522.91| 532.14
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Durable goods.............................| 12.87 | 12.94 | 13.00 | 13.14 | 563.71| 549.95| 555.10| 566.33
                Lumber and wood products.................|  9.97 | 10.27 | 10.21 | 10.31 | 414.75| 423.12| 416.57| 416.52
                Furniture and fixtures...................|  9.76 |  9.91 |  9.95 | 10.04 | 406.02| 396.40| 399.99| 410.64
                Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.21 | 12.52 | 12.51 | 12.47 | 528.69| 548.38| 541.68| 532.47
                Primary metal industries.................| 14.53 | 14.61 | 14.79 | 14.78 | 662.57| 638.46| 652.24| 653.28
                  Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.16 | 17.45 | 17.84 | 17.76 | 787.64| 767.80| 784.96| 783.22
                Fabricated metal products................| 12.09 | 12.17 | 12.24 | 12.60 | 531.96| 518.44| 525.10| 570.78
                Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.19 | 13.31 | 13.38 | 13.47 | 590.91| 573.66| 583.37| 592.68
                Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.59 | 11.77 | 11.84 | 11.95 | 499.53| 496.69| 498.46| 504.29
                Transportation equipment.................| 16.83 | 16.65 | 16.72 | 16.80 | 767.45| 727.61| 737.35| 735.84
                  Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.37 | 17.39 | 17.40 | 17.47 | 818.13| 777.33| 789.96| 800.13
                Instruments and related products.........| 12.63 | 12.78 | 12.89 | 12.93 | 538.04| 529.09| 540.09| 549.53
                Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  9.90 | 10.10 | 10.12 | 10.26 | 399.96| 407.03| 408.85| 412.45
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Nondurable goods..........................| 11.42 | 11.69 | 11.74 | 11.85 | 476.21| 474.61| 478.99| 484.67
                Food and kindred products................| 10.85 | 10.93 | 11.04 | 11.17 | 457.87| 451.41| 457.06| 461.32
                Tobacco products.........................| 18.64 | 18.49 | 19.54 | 17.63 | 767.97| 747.00| 779.65| 664.65
                Textile mill products....................|  9.31 |  9.49 |  9.55 |  9.58 | 391.02| 385.29| 390.60| 389.91
                Apparel and other textile products.......|  7.47 |  7.71 |  7.76 |  7.81 | 284.61| 284.50| 288.67| 294.44
                Paper and allied products................| 13.98 | 14.32 | 14.39 | 14.47 | 626.30| 617.19| 628.84| 635.23
                Printing and publishing..................| 12.26 | 12.42 | 12.40 | 12.54 | 481.82| 475.69| 481.12| 482.79
                Chemicals and allied products............| 15.42 | 15.85 | 15.92 | 16.04 | 678.48| 684.72| 689.34| 704.16
                Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.32 | 19.68 | 19.49 | 19.72 | 853.94| 871.82| 857.56| 867.68
                Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.79 | 11.02 | 11.00 | 11.11 | 463.97| 457.33| 459.80| 468.84
                Leather and leather products.............|  8.06 |  8.26 |  8.26 |  8.37 | 314.34| 316.36| 313.05| 315.55
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Service_producing.............................| 10.72 | 11.07 | 11.06 | 11.11 | 351.62| 363.10| 360.56| 363.30
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.04 | 14.45 | 14.48 | 14.45 | 555.98| 573.67| 574.86| 573.67
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Wholesale trade.............................| 12.21 | 12.52 | 12.49 | 12.61 | 470.09| 482.02| 477.12| 484.22
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Retail trade................................|  7.59 |  7.78 |  7.79 |  7.82 | 222.39| 224.06| 222.79| 227.56
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.05 | 12.53 | 12.48 | 12.58 | 430.19| 456.09| 444.29| 450.36
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Services....................................| 11.29 | 11.56 | 11.58 | 11.69 | 365.80| 376.86| 375.19| 377.59
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              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               | Dec.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  |   from:
                                                      | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ |Nov. 1995-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dec. 1995
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $11.27| $11.48| $11.54| $11.58| $11.58| $11.63|     0.4
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.40|   7.41|   7.44|   7.44|   7.44|  N.A. |    (3)
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Goods_producing......................|  12.83|  13.09|  13.12|  13.14|  13.17|  13.18|      .1
                   Mining.............................|  15.08|  15.48|  15.42|  15.50|  15.39|  15.53|      .9
                   Construction.......................|  14.81|  15.09|  15.14|  15.14|  15.19|  15.11|     -.5
                   Manufacturing......................|  12.18|  12.41|  12.43|  12.45|  12.48|  12.52|      .3
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.53|  11.79|  11.78|  11.84|  11.85|  11.90|      .4
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Service_producing....................|  10.71|  10.93|  10.99|  11.05|  11.04|  11.10|      .5
                   Transportation and public utilities|  14.01|  14.27|  14.31|  14.44|  14.45|  14.41|     -.3
                   Wholesale trade....................|  12.20|  12.42|  12.48|  12.53|  12.49|  12.60|      .9
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.60|   7.74|   7.76|   7.76|   7.78|   7.83|      .6
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  12.01|  12.37|  12.45|  12.56|  12.49|  12.54|      .4
                   Services...........................|  11.21|  11.40|  11.48|  11.56|  11.53|  11.61|      .7
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
                    2/  The Consumer Price Index for Urban
                 Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
                 used to deflate this series.
                    3/  Change was .0 percent from October
                 1995 to November 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                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Dec. |Oct. | Nov.  | Dec.  |Dec. |Aug. |Sept.|Oct. | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                       |1994 |1995 |1995p/ |1995p/ |1994 |1995 |1995 |1995 |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|133.2|135.0| 134.0 | 134.5 |132.0|132.3|133.0|133.8| 133.3 | 133.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods_producing...............................|112.2|112.9| 111.1 | 110.0 |111.4|109.5|109.9|109.7| 109.3 | 109.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 55.0| 55.2|  53.8 |  53.3 | 54.3| 53.2| 53.9| 53.7|  52.3 |  52.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|137.6|158.1| 147.8 | 138.0 |142.0|142.0|143.6|145.4| 143.9 | 142.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|110.5|107.0| 107.1 | 107.8 |108.6|106.2|106.3|105.7| 105.7 | 105.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|110.9|107.6| 108.0 | 109.8 |108.5|107.1|107.3|106.7| 106.7 | 107.3
            Lumber and wood products...................|138.6|136.7| 133.9 | 132.2 |137.9|133.0|133.0|134.1| 132.8 | 131.3
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|132.0|123.8| 123.9 | 126.4 |127.6|122.6|122.0|121.1| 121.7 | 122.0
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|108.1|112.7| 110.5 | 106.5 |109.9|108.7|108.6|108.9| 108.7 | 108.4
            Primary metal industries...................| 96.0| 91.5|  92.7 |  93.3 | 94.3| 91.2| 91.3| 91.7|  91.8 |  91.5
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 75.8| 71.5|  72.2 |  72.6 | 74.9| 71.6| 71.0| 72.1|  72.4 |  71.6
            Fabricated metal products..................|117.1|114.3| 114.9 | 121.4 |114.0|112.8|113.5|112.7| 112.7 | 117.9
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........|104.0|102.2| 103.8 | 105.6 |101.6|102.8|102.8|102.5| 103.8 | 103.1
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|111.6|109.8| 110.0 | 110.4 |108.1|107.3|108.9|109.0| 108.2 | 107.0
            Transportation equipment...................|124.3|115.0| 115.3 | 119.5 |120.9|118.8|118.4|115.0| 114.0 | 115.9
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|165.6|157.5| 158.7 | 164.4 |160.8|158.6|158.0|157.7| 156.7 | 158.7
            Instruments and related products...........| 76.8| 73.9|  74.7 |  75.9 | 74.9| 74.2| 74.0| 73.8|  74.0 |  74.2
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|105.9|107.0| 107.5 | 105.1 |105.1|103.5|103.8|103.4| 103.5 | 104.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|110.1|106.1| 105.9 | 105.2 |108.8|105.0|105.0|104.3| 104.4 | 103.9
            Food and kindred products..................|115.9|119.0| 116.2 | 114.1 |115.5|114.1|114.4|114.0| 113.5 | 113.6
            Tobacco products...........................| 70.3| 63.4|  59.1 |  58.7 | 63.9| 59.7| 57.5| 55.6|  57.2 |  53.1
            Textile mill products......................| 99.6| 91.9|  92.3 |  90.6 | 98.7| 92.8| 91.5| 91.0|  91.4 |  89.7
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 89.8| 80.0|  79.5 |  79.1 | 89.0| 80.7| 80.8| 78.5|  78.1 |  78.6
            Paper and allied products..................|114.6|109.2| 110.1 | 110.9 |112.6|109.2|108.6|108.3| 109.4 | 108.8
            Printing and publishing....................|130.4|124.8| 127.4 | 126.4 |127.4|125.3|125.0|124.2| 125.7 | 123.6
            Chemicals and allied products..............|104.0|103.1| 103.3 | 104.2 |102.4|102.5|103.2|103.3| 102.8 | 102.5
            Petroleum and coal products................| 79.2| 78.6|  75.2 |  73.5 | 82.1| 76.3| 75.6| 75.6|  73.9 |  75.8
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|147.9|141.7| 142.5 | 143.4 |145.6|140.1|141.3|141.0| 141.5 | 141.2
            Leather and leather products...............| 53.5| 49.1|  48.0 |  46.7 | 52.8| 49.8| 49.6| 48.6|  47.4 |  45.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service_producing.............................|142.6|145.0| 144.3 | 145.4 |141.2|142.6|143.4|144.6| 144.1 | 143.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|125.7|128.0| 127.7 | 128.6 |124.1|125.2|125.6|126.0| 126.7 | 127.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|118.6|122.0| 121.0 | 121.3 |118.5|120.3|120.8|121.2| 120.6 | 121.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|135.7|130.2| 131.9 | 135.6 |129.7|129.4|130.2|130.6| 130.4 | 129.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|124.0|127.4| 125.1 | 125.9 |124.2|125.0|125.2|128.4| 125.8 | 126.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|164.8|172.3| 170.4 | 170.0 |166.0|168.7|170.1|171.7| 171.2 | 170.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
 
 
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..............|  39.7 |  40.0 |  38.6 |  37.2 |  49.4 |  44.2 |  47.1 |  53.7 |  49.3 |  47.6 |  46.2 |  45.8
           1992..............|  42.3 |  45.2 |  50.1 |  57.3 |  53.7 |  48.2 |  53.5 |  49.6 |  53.4 |  57.0 |  52.2 |  58.1
           1993..............|  57.6 |  61.5 |  51.4 |  58.3 |  61.4 |  55.1 |  57.7 |  56.3 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  61.1 |  60.7
           1994..............|  60.0 |  63.3 |  65.9 |  62.4 |  58.0 |  63.8 |  60.5 |  61.5 |  60.7 |  61.1 |  65.3 |  61.1
           1995..............|  60.3 |  61.7 |  57.6 |  51.3 |  46.2 |  55.3 |  48.5 |  54.9 |  50.6 |  53.7 |p/54.2 |p/58.1
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  34.0 |  32.6 |  31.5 |  38.2 |  39.3 |  44.2 |  48.9 |  52.0 |  52.1 |  44.9 |  43.5 |  41.2
           1992..............|  40.2 |  42.6 |  50.7 |  56.3 |  56.3 |  54.6 |  50.6 |  51.3 |  52.5 |  54.9 |  58.7 |  59.1
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.2 |  61.8 |  58.8 |  61.4 |  61.8 |  59.3 |  61.8 |  62.6 |  66.7 |  65.7 |  63.6
           1994..............|  68.8 |  70.9 |  69.8 |  67.1 |  66.0 |  66.0 |  68.4 |  68.3 |  67.8 |  67.3 |  68.1 |  67.4
           1995..............|  66.4 |  64.9 |  57.9 |  49.3 |  50.6 |  47.9 |  52.8 |  50.3 |  52.5 |p/52.4 |p/55.5 |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  29.8 |  32.6 |  30.9 |  32.6 |  39.0 |  44.8 |  47.1 |  44.7 |  48.0 |  45.8 |  40.7 |  40.3
           1992..............|  43.4 |  46.2 |  46.3 |  50.8 |  55.1 |  55.3 |  52.7 |  52.2 |  56.7 |  55.9 |  63.6 |  63.2
           1993..............|  63.2 |  63.8 |  62.8 |  64.2 |  60.8 |  63.9 |  64.5 |  64.7 |  66.2 |  67.3 |  70.8 |  70.8
           1994..............|  71.2 |  70.2 |  70.5 |  69.5 |  69.8 |  69.1 |  70.5 |  70.9 |  69.0 |  69.0 |  67.4 |  67.0
           1995..............|  65.9 |  58.8 |  56.3 |  52.2 |  49.2 |  49.6 |  50.3 |p/54.2 |p/52.4 |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      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 |  61.4 |  62.9 |  62.9
           1993..............|  64.9 |  63.9 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  67.0 |  67.6 |  67.6 |  67.0 |  70.2 |  69.4 |  68.8 |  69.4
           1994..............|  68.4 |  70.8 |  71.9 |  70.2 |  69.5 |  69.7 |  70.4 |  70.8 |  70.4 |  70.2 |  66.0 |  64.0
           1995..............|  63.1 |  60.8 |  58.1 |  58.3 |p/55.5 |p/54.4 |       |       |       |       |       |
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                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
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                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  32.4 |  35.6 |  32.4 |  35.3 |  47.1 |  42.4 |  44.6 |  52.2 |  43.2 |  47.5 |  42.1 |  38.5
           1992..............|  37.1 |  40.3 |  46.0 |  57.2 |  48.2 |  46.0 |  56.1 |  42.8 |  50.7 |  47.5 |  51.4 |  52.5
           1993..............|  52.2 |  57.9 |  52.9 |  44.2 |  51.4 |  46.0 |  50.7 |  48.6 |  56.1 |  54.7 |  56.5 |  54.3
           1994..............|  59.4 |  61.2 |  59.4 |  56.5 |  55.0 |  59.0 |  54.0 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  59.4 |  59.0 |  57.6
           1995..............|  56.8 |  54.7 |  49.6 |  44.2 |  36.7 |  41.7 |  39.6 |  46.8 |  40.3 |  50.4 |p/42.4 |p/50.7
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  23.7 |  23.0 |  20.9 |  33.1 |  35.6 |  37.4 |  47.1 |  47.1 |  50.4 |  39.9 |  37.4 |  32.7
           1992..............|  29.9 |  36.0 |  45.0 |  51.4 |  52.2 |  54.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  43.9 |  49.6 |  51.4 |  53.6
           1993..............|  60.8 |  60.4 |  57.2 |  46.4 |  46.4 |  50.7 |  49.6 |  54.3 |  53.2 |  60.1 |  56.1 |  57.6
           1994..............|  65.1 |  66.5 |  64.4 |  59.0 |  58.6 |  58.3 |  61.5 |  59.0 |  61.5 |  60.4 |  64.0 |  62.2
           1995..............|  61.5 |  56.1 |  47.1 |  35.6 |  32.4 |  28.8 |  32.7 |  33.1 |  41.0 |p/38.1 |p/45.3 |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  14.7 |  20.5 |  21.6 |  24.8 |  34.9 |  38.5 |  42.8 |  40.6 |  41.4 |  39.2 |  31.7 |  33.1
           1992..............|  33.5 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  47.5 |  51.8 |  52.5 |  47.5 |  48.9 |  52.5 |  47.1 |  57.9 |  58.3
           1993..............|  57.6 |  56.5 |  56.1 |  55.0 |  49.3 |  52.2 |  55.4 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  57.6 |  65.1 |  62.9
           1994..............|  61.9 |  62.9 |  64.4 |  61.5 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  62.2 |  62.6 |  61.5 |  64.0 |  61.5 |  61.5
           1995..............|  57.2 |  47.1 |  40.3 |  32.7 |  26.6 |  25.9 |  29.9 |p/31.3 |p/34.2 |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      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 |  56.8 |  58.3 |  56.5
           1993..............|  56.8 |  57.9 |  55.8 |  58.6 |  57.2 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  59.0 |  61.2 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  59.4
           1994..............|  58.3 |  59.7 |  61.9 |  61.5 |  61.5 |  61.5 |  61.9 |  63.3 |  61.5 |  59.7 |  56.5 |  49.6
           1995..............|  46.8 |  43.2 |  40.6 |  37.1 |p/34.5 |p/32.0 |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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