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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. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
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:  APRIL 1996
 
 
   Unemployment edged down in April, and nonfarm payroll employment was
essentially unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  The nations jobless rate was 5.4
percent in April, 0.2 percentage point lower than in March.  The number of
payroll jobs remained at 118.0 million in April.  Factory employment
continued to decline despite the return of auto workers who had been off
payrolls in March because of a strike.  Total employment, as measured by
the household survey, also was about unchanged at 126.1 million.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
   The number of unemployed persons fell by 238,000 to 7.3 million in
April, and the unemployment rate edged down from 5.6 to 5.4 percent.  The
jobless rate has remained in a narrow range between 5.4 and 5.8 percent
since October 1994.  Unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult
men (4.8 percent), adult women (4.7 percent), teenagers (16.7 percent),
whites (4.7 percent), blacks (10.5 percent), and Hispanics (9.7 percent)--
were little changed from their March levels.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
 
   The number of newly unemployed persons (less than 5 weeks duration) as
well as the number of reentrants (persons with work experience who had been
out of the labor force prior to beginning their job search) declined in
April.  (See tables A-5 and A-6.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force  (Household Survey Data)
 
   Total employment, at 126.1 million in April, was essentially unchanged
over the month, after rising by 1.2 million between December and March.
Similarly, the proportion of the population age 16 years and over that was
employed (the employment-population ratio), at 63.0 percent, was about the
same as in March.  About 4.5 million persons were working part time for
economic reasons, also unchanged in April.  (See tables A-1 and
A-3.)
 
   The number of persons who held more than one job totaled 7.5 million
(not seasonally adjusted) in April, about 200,000 fewer than a year
earlier.  These multiple jobholders made up 6.0 percent of all employed
persons.  (See table A-9.)
 
   Both the number of persons in the civilian labor force (133.4 million)
and the labor force participation rate (66.6 percent) fell slightly in
April. (See table A-1.)
 
                                   - 2 -
 
Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |   Quarterly     |       Monthly data       |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Mar.-
      Category        |  1995  |  1996  |          1996            |Apr.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 132,432| 133,192| 133,018| 133,655| 133,361|   -294
  Employment..........| 125,096| 125,680| 125,663| 126,151| 126,095|    -56
  Unemployment........|   7,336|   7,512|   7,355|   7,504|   7,266|   -238
Not in labor force....|  66,920|  66,584|  66,754|  66,266|  66,741|    475
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.5|     5.6|     5.5|     5.6|     5.4|   -0.2
  Adult men...........|     4.7|     4.9|     4.9|     5.0|     4.8|    -.2
  Adult women.........|     4.8|     4.9|     4.8|     4.8|     4.7|    -.1
  Teenagers...........|    17.6|    17.4|    16.6|    17.5|    16.7|    -.8
  White...............|     4.9|     4.9|     4.9|     4.8|     4.7|    -.1
  Black...............|     9.9|    10.7|    10.3|    11.1|    10.5|    -.6
  Hispanic origin.....|     9.3|     9.7|     9.7|    10.0|     9.7|    -.3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 117,190|p117,691| 117,842|p118,020|p118,022|     p2
  Goods-producing 1/..|  24,155| p24,197|  24,264| p24,210| p24,139|   p-71
    Construction......|   5,293|  p5,390|   5,426|  p5,431|  p5,378|   p-53
    Manufacturing.....|  18,293| p18,235|  18,265| p18,204| p18,187|   p-17
  Service-producing 1/|  93,034| p93,494|  93,578| p93,810| p93,883|    p73
    Retail trade......|  20,956| p21,018|  21,040| p21,080| p21,100|    p20
    Services..........|  33,170| p33,453|  33,505| p33,622| p33,642|    p20
    Government........|  19,314| p19,333|  19,334| p19,373| p19,375|     p2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.4|   p34.3|    34.5|   p34.5|   p34.3|  p-0.2
  Manufacturing.......|    41.4|   p41.0|    41.6|   p41.4|   p41.5|    p.1
    Overtime..........|     4.4|    p4.3|     4.5|    p4.3|    p4.4|    p.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.59| p$11.66|  $11.66| p$11.68| p$11.75| p$0.07
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  399.19| p399.67|  402.27| p402.96| p403.03|   p.07
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
p=preliminary.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    N.A.= not available.
 
                                   - 3 -
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force  (Household Survey Data)
 
   About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in April--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 403,000 in April.  Both figures were close to their levels of
a year earlier.  (See table A-9.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in April at 118.0
million, after seasonal adjustment.  This followed employment growth that
averaged 221,000 jobs per month in the first quarter of 1996.  In April,
small gains in the number of service-producing jobs just offset declines in
goods-producing employment.  (See table B-1.)
 
   Construction employment fell by 53,000 in April, as hiring fell short of
seasonal expectations.  The effects of volatile weather continued to show
up in the employment figures for construction.  Spring hiring was held down
in areas of the country where winter weather had been unusually favorable
and workers were already on payrolls.  In other areas, poor weather in the
April survey reference period probably led to delays in spring construction
activity.  Since October, construction employment has expanded by an
average of 15,000 jobs per month.
 
   Manufacturing employment declined by 17,000 in April.  This drop would
have been even larger had it not been for the return of workers from
strikes and directly related plant shutdowns in the motor vehicles and
equipment industry.  Since February, the month prior to the auto strike,
factory employment has fallen by 78,000.  In April, factory job declines
generally were small but were widespread among both durable and nondurable
goods industries.  Long-term declines continued in textiles and apparel
manufacturing.  Employment in electrical and electronic equipment edged
down for the second straight month, after showing steady increases for more
than 2 years.
 
   The services industry added only 20,000 jobs in April, after gaining an
average of 125,000 jobs per month during the first quarter of 1996.  Health
services added 19,000 jobs over the month, and employment growth continued
in computer and data processing services.  Less hiring than normal in some
seasonal industries, including amusement and recreation and help supply
services, led to seasonally adjusted monthly declines.  Employment in
engineering and management services, which had been expanding by about
13,000 jobs per month for more than a year, was about unchanged in April.
 
   Retail trade employment increased by 20,000 in April.  Employment in
eating and drinking places expanded by 32,000 over the month, and job
growth continued in automotive dealers and in home furnishings stores,
particularly those specializing in consumer electronics.  By contrast,
employment in general merchandise and food stores fell over the month,
after increasing in February and March.
 
   Employment in the finance industry was up 12,000 in April and has grown
by 78,000 since its low point in mid-1995.  Job growth has been
concentrated in mortgage banking and security and commodity brokerages.
                                   - 4 -
 
The real estate industry added 4,000 jobs in April.
 
   Transportation employment rose by 13,000 in April.  Air transportation
continued to show strength, increasing by 7,000 jobs.  Employment also was
up in trucking and warehousing, which has added 21,000 jobs thus far in
1996.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.2 hour in April, to 34.3 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The factory workweek and overtime each edged up 0.1 hour--to
41.5 and 4.4 hours, respectively--as workers in motor vehicles and parts
returned to work following strike-related shutdowns.  (See table B-2.)
 
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.5 percent over the
month to 133.9 (1982=100), after seasonal adjustment.  The manufacturing
index increased by 0.2 percent to 104.9.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers
on nonfarm payrolls were up by 7 cents in April, after seasonal adjustment.
Average weekly earnings were about unchanged at $403.03.  Over the year,
average hourly earnings increased by 3.1 percent and average weekly
earnings by 2.2 percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for May 1996 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, June 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
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  |       Revisions in the Establishment Survey Data      |
  |                                                             |
  |   The Employment Situation news release of May data will    |
  |introduce revisions in the establishment-based series on     |
  |nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and earnings to reflect   |
  |the regular annual benchmark adjustments for March 1995 and  |
  |updated seasonal adjustment factors.  Unadjusted data from   |
  |April 1994 forward are subject to revision.                  |
  |                                                             |
  |   BLS also will implement improved seasonal adjustment      |
  |procedures for the nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and    |
  |earnings series.  The new seasonal adjustment procedures     |
  |identify and control for the effects of varying time         |
  |intervals between surveys (also known as the 4- vs. 5-week   |
  |effect) and are based on X-12 ARIMA software newly developed |
  |by the Bureau of the Census.  Historical seasonally adjusted |
  |data series from January 1988 forward will be revised to     |
  |incorporate the new methodology.  Further information on the |
  |planned change in the seasonal adjustment procedures is      |
  |available upon request.  (Contact Patricia Getz at           |
  |202-606-6521.)                                               |
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |               Seasonally adjusted1/
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      TOTAL                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 198,148| 199,921| 200,101| 198,148| 199,508| 199,634| 199,773| 199,921| 200,101
  Civilian labor force............................| 131,657| 132,692| 132,513| 132,529| 132,352| 132,903| 133,018| 133,655| 133,361
        Participation rate........................|    66.4|    66.4|    66.2|    66.9|    66.3|    66.6|    66.6|    66.9|    66.6
    Employed......................................| 124,278| 124,992| 125,388| 124,973| 124,981| 125,226| 125,663| 126,151| 126,095
        Employment-population ratio...............|    62.7|    62.5|    62.7|    63.1|    62.6|    62.7|    62.9|    63.1|    63.0
      Agriculture.................................|   3,495|   3,243|   3,344|   3,528|   3,325|   3,529|   3,519|   3,487|   3,368
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 120,784| 121,750| 122,044| 121,445| 121,656| 121,698| 122,143| 122,664| 122,726
    Unemployed....................................|   7,378|   7,700|   7,124|   7,556|   7,371|   7,677|   7,355|   7,504|   7,266
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.6|     5.8|     5.4|     5.7|     5.6|     5.8|     5.5|     5.6|     5.4
  Not in labor force..............................|  66,492|  67,229|  67,589|  65,619|  67,156|  66,730|  66,754|  66,266|  66,741
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,952|  95,864|  95,955|  94,952|  95,661|  95,713|  95,786|  95,864|  95,955
  Civilian labor force............................|  71,054|  71,444|  71,450|  71,542|  71,182|  71,593|  71,743|  72,030|  71,935
        Participation rate........................|    74.8|    74.5|    74.5|    75.3|    74.4|    74.8|    74.9|    75.1|    75.0
    Employed......................................|  67,018|  66,961|  67,415|  67,533|  67,162|  67,501|  67,764|  67,856|  67,933
        Employment-population ratio...............|    70.6|    69.9|    70.3|    71.1|    70.2|    70.5|    70.7|    70.8|    70.8
    Unemployed....................................|   4,035|   4,483|   4,036|   4,009|   4,020|   4,092|   3,979|   4,174|   4,002
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.7|     6.3|     5.6|     5.6|     5.6|     5.7|     5.5|     5.8|     5.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  87,664|  88,366|  88,440|  87,664|  88,172|  88,223|  88,296|  88,366|  88,440
  Civilian labor force............................|  67,288|  67,753|  67,625|  67,479|  67,133|  67,563|  67,719|  67,980|  67,821
        Participation rate........................|    76.8|    76.7|    76.5|    77.0|    76.1|    76.6|    76.7|    76.9|    76.7
    Employed......................................|  63,953|  64,005|  64,296|  64,196|  63,879|  64,246|  64,425|  64,594|  64,555
        Employment-population ratio...............|    73.0|    72.4|    72.7|    73.2|    72.4|    72.8|    73.0|    73.1|    73.0
      Agriculture.................................|   2,360|   2,249|   2,283|   2,371|   2,252|   2,399|   2,382|   2,403|   2,292
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  61,593|  61,755|  62,014|  61,825|  61,627|  61,848|  62,044|  62,191|  62,263
    Unemployed....................................|   3,336|   3,749|   3,328|   3,283|   3,254|   3,317|   3,294|   3,386|   3,266
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.0|     5.5|     4.9|     4.9|     4.8|     4.9|     4.9|     5.0|     4.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,197| 104,058| 104,146| 103,197| 103,847| 103,921| 103,986| 104,058| 104,146
  Civilian labor force............................|  60,603|  61,248|  61,062|  60,987|  61,170|  61,310|  61,275|  61,625|  61,426
        Participation rate........................|    58.7|    58.9|    58.6|    59.1|    58.9|    59.0|    58.9|    59.2|    59.0
    Employed......................................|  57,260|  58,031|  57,973|  57,440|  57,819|  57,725|  57,899|  58,294|  58,161
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.5|    55.8|    55.7|    55.7|    55.7|    55.5|    55.7|    56.0|    55.8
    Unemployed....................................|   3,343|   3,217|   3,089|   3,547|   3,351|   3,585|   3,376|   3,331|   3,264
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.5|     5.3|     5.1|     5.8|     5.5|     5.8|     5.5|     5.4|     5.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  96,099|  96,798|  96,857|  96,099|  96,633|  96,717|  96,757|  96,798|  96,857
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,131|  57,811|  57,636|  57,273|  57,426|  57,591|  57,570|  57,903|  57,763
        Participation rate........................|    59.5|    59.7|    59.5|    59.6|    59.4|    59.5|    59.5|    59.8|    59.6
    Employed......................................|  54,369|  55,109|  55,081|  54,339|  54,715|  54,642|  54,790|  55,146|  55,060
        Employment-population ratio...............|    56.6|    56.9|    56.9|    56.5|    56.6|    56.5|    56.6|    57.0|    56.8
      Agriculture.................................|     892|     807|     834|     874|     816|     857|     851|     844|     813
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  53,477|  54,303|  54,247|  53,465|  53,899|  53,785|  53,938|  54,303|  54,247
    Unemployed....................................|   2,762|   2,701|   2,555|   2,934|   2,711|   2,949|   2,780|   2,757|   2,704
        Unemployment rate.........................|     4.8|     4.7|     4.4|     5.1|     4.7|     5.1|     4.8|     4.8|     4.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,385|  14,757|  14,805|  14,385|  14,703|  14,694|  14,719|  14,757|  14,805
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,237|   7,128|   7,252|   7,777|   7,793|   7,749|   7,729|   7,772|   7,776
        Participation rate........................|    50.3|    48.3|    49.0|    54.1|    53.0|    52.7|    52.5|    52.7|    52.5
    Employed......................................|   5,956|   5,879|   6,011|   6,438|   6,387|   6,338|   6,448|   6,411|   6,480
        Employment-population ratio...............|    41.4|    39.8|    40.6|    44.8|    43.4|    43.1|    43.8|    43.4|    43.8
      Agriculture.................................|     243|     187|     227|     283|     257|     273|     286|     240|     263
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,713|   5,692|   5,784|   6,155|   6,130|   6,065|   6,161|   6,171|   6,217
    Unemployed....................................|   1,281|   1,250|   1,241|   1,339|   1,406|   1,412|   1,282|   1,362|   1,296
        Unemployment rate.........................|    17.7|    17.5|    17.1|    17.2|    18.0|    18.2|    16.6|    17.5|    16.7
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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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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |               Seasonally adjusted1/
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      WHITE                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,613| 167,853| 167,973| 166,613| 167,545| 167,669| 167,757| 167,853| 167,973
  Civilian labor force............................| 111,338| 112,246| 111,965| 112,055| 111,987| 112,198| 112,747| 112,970| 112,613
      Participation rate..........................|    66.8|    66.9|    66.7|    67.3|    66.8|    66.9|    67.2|    67.3|    67.0
    Employed......................................| 105,886| 106,495| 106,724| 106,517| 106,445| 106,576| 107,244| 107,497| 107,319
      Employment-population ratio.................|    63.6|    63.4|    63.5|    63.9|    63.5|    63.6|    63.9|    64.0|    63.9
    Unemployed....................................|   5,452|   5,751|   5,241|   5,538|   5,542|   5,623|   5,502|   5,473|   5,294
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.9|     5.1|     4.7|     4.9|     4.9|     5.0|     4.9|     4.8|     4.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,578|  58,106|  58,003|  57,783|  57,693|  57,894|  58,162|  58,309|  58,202
      Participation rate..........................|    77.0|    77.2|    77.0|    77.3|    76.8|    77.0|    77.3|    77.5|    77.3
    Employed......................................|  55,004|  55,237|  55,499|  55,279|  55,206|  55,438|  55,688|  55,795|  55,778
      Employment-population ratio.................|    73.6|    73.4|    73.7|    74.0|    73.5|    73.7|    74.0|    74.1|    74.1
    Unemployed....................................|   2,574|   2,869|   2,504|   2,504|   2,487|   2,456|   2,475|   2,514|   2,424
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.5|     4.9|     4.3|     4.3|     4.3|     4.2|     4.3|     4.3|     4.2
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             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|  47,585|  48,056|  47,821|  47,699|  47,772|  47,727|  47,968|  48,136|  47,884
      Participation rate..........................|    59.1|    59.4|    59.1|    59.3|    59.1|    59.0|    59.3|    59.5|    59.2
    Employed......................................|  45,622|  46,095|  45,983|  45,608|  45,722|  45,604|  45,892|  46,141|  45,937
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.7|    57.0|    56.8|    56.7|    56.6|    56.4|    56.8|    57.0|    56.8
    Unemployed....................................|   1,963|   1,961|   1,838|   2,091|   2,050|   2,123|   2,076|   1,995|   1,947
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.1|     4.1|     3.8|     4.4|     4.3|     4.4|     4.3|     4.1|     4.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,175|   6,084|   6,141|   6,573|   6,522|   6,577|   6,616|   6,525|   6,527
      Participation rate..........................|    54.1|    52.0|    52.4|    57.6|    56.2|    56.6|    56.8|    55.8|    55.7
    Employed......................................|   5,260|   5,163|   5,242|   5,630|   5,517|   5,533|   5,665|   5,561|   5,604
      Employment-population ratio.................|    46.1|    44.2|    44.7|    49.3|    47.5|    47.6|    48.6|    47.6|    47.8
    Unemployed....................................|     915|     921|     899|     943|   1,005|   1,044|     951|     964|     923
      Unemployment rate...........................|    14.8|    15.1|    14.6|    14.3|    15.4|    15.9|    14.4|    14.8|    14.1
        Men.......................................|    15.8|    17.0|    15.8|    15.2|    16.0|    16.6|    15.2|    16.0|    15.2
        Women.....................................|    13.8|    13.1|    13.4|    13.4|    14.7|    15.1|    13.4|    13.4|    12.9
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                      BLACK                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  23,169|  23,485|  23,519|  23,169|  23,419|  23,424|  23,455|  23,485|  23,519
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,775|  14,899|  14,900|  14,861|  14,959|  14,993|  14,827|  15,030|  14,971
      Participation rate..........................|    63.8|    63.4|    63.4|    64.1|    63.9|    64.0|    63.2|    64.0|    63.7
    Employed......................................|  13,240|  13,282|  13,368|  13,278|  13,436|  13,409|  13,302|  13,358|  13,399
      Employment-population ratio.................|    57.1|    56.6|    56.8|    57.3|    57.4|    57.2|    56.7|    56.9|    57.0
    Unemployed....................................|   1,535|   1,617|   1,532|   1,583|   1,523|   1,584|   1,525|   1,673|   1,573
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.4|    10.9|    10.3|    10.7|    10.2|    10.6|    10.3|    11.1|    10.5
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              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,808|   6,785|   6,716|   6,786|   6,683|   6,748|   6,775|   6,790|   6,696
      Participation rate..........................|    73.5|    72.3|    71.5|    73.2|    71.5|    72.2|    72.3|    72.4|    71.3
    Employed......................................|   6,202|   6,049|   6,067|   6,188|   6,062|   6,141|   6,089|   6,049|   6,055
      Employment-population ratio.................|    66.9|    64.5|    64.6|    66.8|    64.9|    65.7|    65.0|    64.5|    64.5
    Unemployed....................................|     606|     735|     648|     598|     621|     607|     686|     741|     641
      Unemployment rate...........................|     8.9|    10.8|     9.7|     8.8|     9.3|     9.0|    10.1|    10.9|     9.6
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             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,171|   7,288|   7,308|   7,178|   7,317|   7,343|   7,193|   7,287|   7,300
      Participation rate..........................|    61.6|    61.8|    61.9|    61.6|    62.2|    62.4|    61.1|    61.8|    61.9
    Employed......................................|   6,526|   6,680|   6,707|   6,513|   6,751|   6,678|   6,630|   6,674|   6,687
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.0|    56.7|    56.8|    55.9|    57.4|    56.8|    56.3|    56.6|    56.7
    Unemployed....................................|     646|     608|     601|     665|     566|     665|     563|     613|     613
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.0|     8.3|     8.2|     9.3|     7.7|     9.1|     7.8|     8.4|     8.4
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|     795|     827|     877|     897|     959|     902|     860|     954|     976
      Participation rate..........................|    35.3|    35.6|    37.6|    39.8|    41.4|    39.1|    37.2|    41.1|    41.9
    Employed......................................|     512|     553|     594|     577|     623|     590|     583|     635|     657
      Employment-population ratio.................|    22.7|    23.8|    25.5|    25.6|    26.9|    25.6|    25.2|    27.4|    28.2
    Unemployed....................................|     283|     274|     283|     320|     336|     312|     276|     319|     319
      Unemployment rate...........................|    35.6|    33.1|    32.3|    35.7|    35.0|    34.6|    32.1|    33.5|    32.7
        Men.......................................|    37.1|    38.0|    35.0|    35.9|    39.0|    39.1|    30.6|    38.2|    34.1
        Women.....................................|    34.1|    28.2|    29.5|    35.5|    31.4|    30.4|    33.6|    28.4|    31.3
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  18,509|  19,025|  19,080|  18,509|  18,889|  18,929|  18,977|  19,025|  19,080
  Civilian labor force............................|  12,090|  12,524|  12,417|  12,177|  12,391|  12,655|  12,666|  12,571|  12,511
      Participation rate..........................|    65.3|    65.8|    65.1|    65.8|    65.6|    66.9|    66.7|    66.1|    65.6
    Employed......................................|  11,036|  11,229|  11,260|  11,066|  11,237|  11,493|  11,432|  11,308|  11,294
      Employment-population ratio.................|    59.6|    59.0|    59.0|    59.8|    59.5|    60.7|    60.2|    59.4|    59.2
    Unemployed....................................|   1,054|   1,295|   1,158|   1,111|   1,154|   1,162|   1,234|   1,262|   1,217
      Unemployment rate...........................|     8.7|    10.3|     9.3|     9.1|     9.3|     9.2|     9.7|    10.0|     9.7
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |                 Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                  CHARACTERISTIC                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total employed, 16 years and over.................|124,278 |124,992 |125,388 |124,973 |124,981 |125,226 |125,663 |126,151 |126,095
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 42,086 | 42,051 | 42,152 | 42,028 | 42,058 | 42,171 | 42,339 | 42,178 | 42,067
  Married women, spouse present...................| 32,301 | 32,277 | 32,123 | 32,040 | 32,072 | 32,078 | 32,101 | 32,053 | 31,868
  Women who maintain families.....................|  7,181 |  7,457 |  7,426 |  7,146 |  7,304 |  7,294 |  7,295 |  7,397 |  7,389
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                    OCCUPATION                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 34,948 | 36,186 | 36,094 | 34,952 | 35,712 | 35,682 | 35,866 | 36,149 | 36,115
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,306 | 37,631 | 37,450 | 37,466 | 36,999 | 37,057 | 37,328 | 37,782 | 37,638
  Service occupations.............................| 17,092 | 16,831 | 17,074 | 16,984 | 16,964 | 16,755 | 16,727 | 16,714 | 16,939
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,406 | 13,277 | 13,364 | 13,635 | 13,445 | 13,615 | 13,786 | 13,618 | 13,595
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,972 | 17,804 | 17,975 | 18,141 | 18,264 | 18,257 | 18,147 | 18,058 | 18,124
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,554 |  3,263 |  3,431 |  3,679 |  3,599 |  3,760 |  3,744 |  3,622 |  3,545
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                 CLASS OF WORKER                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,835 |  1,719 |  1,830 |  1,865 |  1,755 |  1,964 |  1,954 |  1,859 |  1,862
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,600 |  1,484 |  1,466 |  1,626 |  1,521 |  1,547 |  1,531 |  1,572 |  1,484
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     60 |     40 |     48 |     66 |     46 |     48 |     34 |     41 |     52
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|111,874 |112,648 |112,936 |112,469 |112,618 |112,568 |113,165 |113,461 |113,527
      Government..................................| 18,777 | 18,419 | 18,564 | 18,534 | 18,237 | 18,044 | 18,259 | 18,005 | 18,290
      Private industries..........................| 93,097 | 94,229 | 94,372 | 93,935 | 94,381 | 94,524 | 94,906 | 95,456 | 95,237
        Private households........................|    954 |    917 |    827 |    974 |    975 |    931 |    873 |    901 |    844
        Other industries..........................| 92,143 | 93,312 | 93,545 | 92,961 | 93,406 | 93,593 | 94,032 | 94,555 | 94,393
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,795 |  8,992 |  9,008 |  8,874 |  8,877 |  8,913 |  8,953 |  9,092 |  9,081
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    114 |    109 |    101 |    114 |    106 |     85 |    116 |    102 |    101
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,245 |  4,569 |  4,299 |  4,473 |  4,447 |  4,091 |  4,502 |  4,479 |  4,525
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,369 |  2,630 |  2,501 |  2,459 |  2,537 |  2,250 |  2,533 |  2,548 |  2,594
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,644 |  1,626 |  1,522 |  1,696 |  1,615 |  1,509 |  1,621 |  1,596 |  1,571
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,429 | 18,524 | 18,291 | 17,878 | 17,405 | 17,198 | 17,493 | 17,915 | 17,487
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,012 |  4,358 |  4,081 |  4,211 |  4,306 |  3,842 |  4,274 |  4,223 |  4,287
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,214 |  2,491 |  2,362 |  2,323 |  2,440 |  2,114 |  2,382 |  2,386 |  2,476
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,600 |  1,608 |  1,491 |  1,647 |  1,583 |  1,472 |  1,607 |  1,561 |  1,534
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,663 | 17,870 | 17,690 | 17,212 | 16,804 | 16,520 | 16,884 | 17,266 | 16,994
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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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                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                  CHARACTERISTIC                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  7,556 |  7,504 |   7,266|   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.4
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,283 |  3,386 |   3,266|   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.9  |   4.9  |   5.0  |   4.8
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  2,934 |  2,757 |   2,704|   5.1  |   4.7  |   5.1  |   4.8  |   4.8  |   4.7
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,339 |  1,362 |   1,296|  17.2  |  18.0  |  18.2  |  16.6  |  17.5  |  16.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,438 |  1,361 |   1,291|   3.3  |   3.2  |   3.3  |   3.0  |   3.1  |   3.0
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,362 |  1,165 |   1,231|   4.1  |   3.8  |   4.0  |   3.8  |   3.5  |   3.7
   Women who maintain families....................|    678 |    615 |     541|   8.7  |   6.8  |   8.2  |   7.5  |   7.7  |   6.8
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   Full-time workers..............................|  6,036 |  6,014 |   5,843|   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.4
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,522 |  1,499 |   1,427|   6.1  |   5.9  |   6.0  |   6.2  |   6.0  |   5.8
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                   OCCUPATION2/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    885 |    869 |     839|   2.5  |   2.5  |   2.4  |   2.3  |   2.3  |   2.3
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  1,869 |  1,739 |   1,752|   4.8  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.4
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|    859 |    843 |     797|   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.3  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.5
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,595 |  1,693 |   1,585|   8.1  |   8.4  |   8.3  |   8.2  |   8.6  |   8.0
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    334 |    309 |     308|   8.3  |   7.7  |   8.4  |   7.7  |   7.9  |   8.0
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                     INDUSTRY                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  5,825 |  5,855 |   5,716|   5.8  |   5.8  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.8  |   5.7
     Goods-producing industries...................|  1,780 |  1,843 |   1,706|   6.3  |   6.5  |   6.3  |   6.4  |   6.5  |   6.1
       Mining.....................................|     28 |     40 |      25|   4.3  |   8.1  |   5.2  |   6.5  |   6.8  |   4.4
       Construction...............................|    740 |    683 |     683|  11.5  |  11.5  |  10.7  |  11.2  |  10.0  |  10.2
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,012 |  1,120 |     998|   4.8  |   5.0  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   5.3  |   4.8
         Durable goods............................|    526 |    638 |     589|   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   5.3  |   5.1  |   4.8
         Nondurable goods.........................|    486 |    482 |     409|   5.4  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   4.4  |   5.7  |   4.8
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,045 |  4,011 |   4,010|   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.5
       Transportation and public utilities........|    318 |    293 |     300|   4.5  |   4.6  |   3.7  |   3.8  |   4.2  |   4.2
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,731 |  1,782 |   1,733|   6.7  |   6.4  |   6.8  |   6.3  |   6.9  |   6.6
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    248 |    189 |     172|   3.4  |   3.2  |   2.9  |   2.2  |   2.5  |   2.3
       Services...................................|  1,748 |  1,747 |   1,805|   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.6
   Government workers.............................|    579 |    515 |     547|   3.0  |   2.8  |   2.8  |   3.0  |   2.8  |   2.9
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    235 |    223 |     227|  11.2  |  12.6  |  10.5  |  10.7  |  10.7  |  10.9
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |                 Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,424 |  2,303 |  2,221 |  2,630 |  2,717 |  2,784 |  2,793 |  2,623 |  2,412
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,141 |  2,578 |  2,133 |  2,362 |  2,431 |  2,413 |  2,280 |  2,298 |  2,337
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,813 |  2,819 |  2,770 |  2,439 |  2,322 |  2,370 |  2,307 |  2,479 |  2,388
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,294 |  1,398 |  1,343 |  1,069 |  1,085 |  1,118 |  1,126 |  1,164 |  1,106
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,520 |  1,421 |  1,427 |  1,370 |  1,237 |  1,252 |  1,181 |  1,316 |  1,282
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   19.0 |   18.2 |   18.9 |   17.6 |   16.2 |   16.0 |   16.6 |   17.3 |   17.4
 Median duration, in weeks........................|   10.2 |    9.8 |   10.6 |    8.4 |    8.1 |    8.3 |    8.0 |    8.3 |    8.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               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..............................|   32.9 |   29.9 |   31.2 |   35.4 |   36.4 |   36.8 |   37.8 |   35.4 |   33.8
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   29.0 |   33.5 |   29.9 |   31.8 |   32.5 |   31.9 |   30.9 |   31.1 |   32.7
   15 weeks and over..............................|   38.1 |   36.6 |   38.9 |   32.8 |   31.1 |   31.3 |   31.3 |   33.5 |   33.5
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   17.5 |   18.2 |   18.8 |   14.4 |   14.5 |   14.8 |   15.3 |   15.7 |   15.5
     27 weeks and over............................|   20.6 |   18.5 |   20.0 |   18.4 |   16.6 |   16.5 |   16.0 |   17.8 |   18.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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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                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Apr.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                           | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  3,479|  3,849|  3,610|  3,495|  3,484|  3,606|  3,595|  3,564|  3,625
  On temporary layoff......................................|  1,053|  1,266|  1,094|  1,088|  1,012|  1,132|  1,032|  1,027|  1,116
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  2,425|  2,583|  2,517|  2,407|  2,472|  2,474|  2,564|  2,537|  2,509
    Permanent job losers...................................|  1,780|  1,925|  1,828|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    645|    658|    689|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
Job leavers................................................|    797|    806|    694|    809|    881|    869|    747|    782|    702
Reentrants.................................................|  2,526|  2,534|  2,291|  2,651|  2,466|  2,458|  2,517|  2,588|  2,379
New entrants...............................................|    576|    511|    530|    599|    603|    641|    613|    591|    550
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   47.2|   50.0|   50.7|   46.3|   46.9|   47.6|   48.1|   47.4|   50.0
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   14.3|   16.4|   15.4|   14.4|   13.6|   14.9|   13.8|   13.6|   15.4
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   32.9|   33.6|   35.3|   31.9|   33.3|   32.7|   34.3|   33.7|   34.6
 Job leavers...............................................|   10.8|   10.5|    9.7|   10.7|   11.9|   11.5|   10.0|   10.4|    9.7
 Reentrants................................................|   34.2|   32.9|   32.2|   35.1|   33.2|   32.5|   33.7|   34.4|   32.8
 New entrants..............................................|    7.8|    6.6|    7.4|    7.9|    8.1|    8.5|    8.2|    7.9|    7.6
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    2.6|    2.9|    2.7|    2.6|    2.6|    2.7|    2.7|    2.7|    2.7
 Job leavers...............................................|     .6|     .6|     .5|     .6|     .7|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .5
 Reentrants................................................|    1.9|    1.9|    1.7|    2.0|    1.9|    1.8|    1.9|    1.9|    1.8
 New entrants..............................................|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .5|     .5|     .5|     .4|     .4
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   1/  Not available.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
 
(Percent)
 
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                                                                     |                    |
                                                                     |   Not seasonally   |           Seasonally adjusted
                               Measure                               |      adjusted      |
                                                                    ____________________ _________________________________________
                                                                     | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr.
                                                                     | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
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U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................|  2.1 |  2.1 |  2.1 |  1.8 |  1.8 |  1.8 |  1.7 |  1.9 |  1.8
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed                             |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian                         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
labor force..........................................................|  2.6 |  2.9 |  2.7 |  2.6 |  2.6 |  2.7 |  2.7 |  2.7 |  2.7
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the                            |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................|  5.6 |  5.8 |  5.4 |  5.7 |  5.6 |  5.8 |  5.5 |  5.6 |  5.4
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged                                |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus discouraged workers.............................................|  5.9 |  6.1 |  5.7 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent             |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
of the civilian labor force plus all marginally                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
attached workers.....................................................|  6.6 |  6.9 |  6.4 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached                   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
workers, plus total employed part time for economic                  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus all marginally attached workers.................................|  9.8 | 10.3 |  9.7 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
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   1/  Not available.
   NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7
range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers
are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they
want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.
Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related
reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle
for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of
alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
Review.
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  7,556 |  7,504 |  7,266 |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.4
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,568 |  2,659 |  2,517 |  11.8  |  12.5  |  13.0  |  12.4  |  12.4  |  11.8
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,339 |  1,362 |  1,296 |  17.2  |  18.0  |  18.2  |  16.6  |  17.5  |  16.7
      16 to 17 years..............................|    649 |    637 |    613 |  20.1  |  20.9  |  20.5  |  20.0  |  19.4  |  18.7
      18 to 19 years..............................|    704 |    722 |    689 |  15.4  |  16.1  |  16.9  |  14.3  |  16.1  |  15.3
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,229 |  1,298 |  1,221 |   8.8  |   9.2  |  10.0  |   9.9  |   9.5  |   9.0
  25 years and over...............................|  4,966 |  4,865 |  4,735 |   4.5  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.2
    25 to 54 years................................|  4,329 |  4,233 |  4,174 |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.3
    55 years and over.............................|    585 |    611 |    518 |   3.7  |   3.6  |   3.5  |   3.6  |   3.8  |   3.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,009 |  4,174 |  4,002 |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.8  |   5.6
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,383 |  1,508 |  1,441 |  12.0  |  13.0  |  12.9  |  13.1  |  13.4  |  12.8
      16 to 19 years..............................|    726 |    787 |    736 |  17.9  |  18.9  |  19.2  |  17.0  |  19.4  |  17.9
        16 to 17 years............................|    355 |    362 |    358 |  21.1  |  21.7  |  22.3  |  21.7  |  21.4  |  21.2
        18 to 19 years............................|    390 |    426 |    389 |  16.4  |  16.9  |  17.4  |  13.9  |  18.0  |  16.1
      20 to 24 years..............................|    657 |    720 |    706 |   8.8  |   9.6  |   9.3  |  10.9  |  10.0  |   9.9
    25 years and over.............................|  2,621 |  2,661 |  2,562 |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.4  |   4.2
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,264 |  2,330 |  2,299 |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.4
      55 years and over...........................|    358 |    315 |    267 |   4.1  |   3.5  |   3.5  |   3.5  |   3.5  |   3.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,547 |  3,331 |  3,264 |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.3
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,185 |  1,152 |  1,076 |  11.7  |  11.9  |  13.1  |  11.5  |  11.4  |  10.7
      16 to 19 years..............................|    613 |    574 |    561 |  16.5  |  17.1  |  17.1  |  16.1  |  15.4  |  15.3
        16 to 17 years............................|    294 |    275 |    255 |  19.0  |  20.1  |  18.7  |  18.1  |  17.3  |  16.1
        18 to 19 years............................|    314 |    296 |    300 |  14.5  |  15.1  |  16.2  |  14.7  |  14.0  |  14.4
      20 to 24 years..............................|    572 |    577 |    515 |   8.9  |   8.8  |  10.8  |   8.8  |   9.1  |   8.1
    25 years and over.............................|  2,345 |  2,205 |  2,172 |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.2
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,065 |  1,903 |  1,875 |   4.7  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.2
      55 years and over...........................|    227 |    296 |    251 |   3.3  |   3.7  |   3.4  |   3.8  |   4.2  |   3.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                                      |                   |                   |
                               Category                               |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                                                                       ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                      |  Apr.   |  Apr.   |  Apr.   |  Apr.   |  Apr.   |  Apr.
                                                                      |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996
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                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                        |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total not in the labor force..........................................|  66,492 |  67,589 |  23,898 |  24,504 |  42,594 |  43,084
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................|   5,433 |   5,378 |   2,324 |   2,265 |   3,109 |   3,113
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................|   1,390 |   1,516 |     719 |     749 |     671 |     767
   Reason not currently looking:                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................|     385 |     403 |     268 |     270 |     117 |     133
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................|   1,006 |   1,113 |     452 |     479 |     554 |     634
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                          |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................|   7,710 |   7,500 |   4,111 |   4,117 |   3,599 |   3,383
    Percent of total employed.........................................|     6.2 |     6.0 |     6.1 |     6.1 |     6.3 |     5.8
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................|   4,490 |   4,250 |   2,675 |   2,594 |   1,815 |   1,655
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................|   1,700 |   1,690 |     512 |     544 |   1,188 |   1,146
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................|     241 |     241 |     183 |     169 |      57 |      72
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................|   1,245 |   1,301 |     721 |     796 |     524 |     506
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|116,133|116,380|117,099|117,894|116,310|117,357|117,211|117,842|118,020|118,022
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 96,498| 96,738| 97,326| 98,141| 97,049| 98,029| 97,920| 98,508| 98,647| 98,647
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................| 24,057| 23,590| 23,668| 23,897| 24,331| 24,173| 24,116| 24,264| 24,210| 24,139
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    577|    558|    562|    566|    583|    569|    567|    573|    575|    574
       Metal mining..............................|   50.8|   50.5|   51.0|   51.4|     51|     51|     51|     51|     52|     52
       Coal mining...............................|  108.0|  103.0|  102.7|  102.5|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  313.6|  305.6|  306.4|  306.5|    319|    308|    307|    311|    313|    313
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|  104.7|   98.7|  102.0|  105.6|    105|    106|    106|    107|    107|    106
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  5,071|  4,882|  4,997|  5,218|  5,242|  5,297|  5,314|  5,426|  5,431|  5,378
       General building contractors..............|1,208.3|1,164.8|1,178.0|1,210.8|  1,255|  1,233|  1,234|  1,250|  1,251|  1,250
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  718.9|  624.1|  667.4|  729.0|    743|    736|    729|    755|    765|    752
       Special trade contractors.................|3,143.9|3,093.0|3,152.0|3,277.7|  3,244|  3,328|  3,351|  3,421|  3,415|  3,376
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 18,409| 18,150| 18,109| 18,113| 18,506| 18,307| 18,235| 18,265| 18,204| 18,187
         Production workers......................| 12,743| 12,513| 12,479| 12,488| 12,818| 12,650| 12,580| 12,604| 12,550| 12,540
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,606| 10,554| 10,527| 10,560| 10,632| 10,607| 10,581| 10,602| 10,558| 10,573
         Production workers......................|  7,280|  7,221|  7,198|  7,232|  7,296|  7,267|  7,237|  7,254|  7,216|  7,234
       Lumber and wood products..................|  748.9|  734.7|  733.6|  740.5|    761|    756|    749|    747|    745|    752
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  504.3|  492.5|  490.5|  486.5|    506|    497|    494|    493|    491|    487
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  543.1|  519.3|  526.6|  536.5|    546|    537|    534|    539|    540|    538
       Primary metal industries..................|  716.8|  713.2|  710.7|  709.1|    719|    714|    715|    715|    712|    711
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  239.1|  237.1|  236.5|  235.2|    240|    239|    238|    238|    237|    236
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,436.1|1,435.6|1,435.9|1,433.5|  1,442|  1,438|  1,441|  1,441|  1,439|  1,436
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,039.7|2,066.7|2,070.4|2,066.9|  2,036|  2,067|  2,066|  2,065|  2,066|  2,061
         Computer and office equipment...........|  336.3|  342.8|  344.8|  344.7|    337|    345|    345|    344|    346|    345
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,612.4|1,647.4|1,642.6|1,641.0|  1,616|  1,643|  1,645|  1,651|  1,646|  1,644
         Electronic components and accessories...|  569.7|  612.5|  611.4|  611.7|    571|    604|    608|    614|    613|    614
       Transportation equipment..................|1,767.3|1,717.2|1,687.6|1,719.9|  1,766|  1,724|  1,706|  1,719|  1,688|  1,716
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  939.9|  921.2|  888.8|  919.4|    938|    927|    919|    920|    889|    917
         Aircraft and parts......................|  453.6|  438.7|  439.7|  440.6|    455|    437|    439|    439|    440|    441
       Instruments and related products..........|  844.8|  837.6|  838.7|  836.8|    846|    837|    838|    838|    839|    838
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  392.6|  389.4|  390.5|  389.2|    394|    394|    393|    394|    392|    390
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      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,803|  7,596|  7,582|  7,553|  7,874|  7,700|  7,654|  7,663|  7,646|  7,614
         Production workers......................|  5,463|  5,292|  5,281|  5,256|  5,522|  5,383|  5,343|  5,350|  5,334|  5,306
       Food and kindred products.................|1,634.9|1,630.6|1,628.9|1,617.4|  1,687|  1,681|  1,671|  1,676|  1,678|  1,669
       Tobacco products..........................|   37.3|   39.7|   37.3|   36.0|     40|     38|     38|     39|     39|     38
       Textile mill products.....................|  668.6|  631.5|  630.6|  627.8|    669|    638|    631|    634|    632|    627
       Apparel and other textile products........|  937.3|  853.8|  844.5|  841.6|    940|    868|    854|    859|    846|    842
       Paper and allied products.................|  687.7|  674.6|  672.4|  668.7|    692|    682|    681|    678|    676|    672
       Printing and publishing...................|1,557.4|1,541.4|1,543.8|1,537.1|  1,557|  1,550|  1,544|  1,543|  1,544|  1,537
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,046.6|1,031.8|1,031.8|1,030.7|  1,051|  1,035|  1,036|  1,035|  1,035|  1,034
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  144.9|  135.4|  136.2|  137.8|    146|    139|    139|    140|    139|    139
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  978.6|  956.9|  956.6|  956.9|    981|    966|    959|    958|    956|    956
       Leather and leather products..............|  110.0|  100.3|  100.1|   99.4|    111|    103|    101|    101|    101|    100
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   Service_producing.............................| 92,076| 92,790| 93,431| 93,997| 91,979| 93,184| 93,095| 93,578| 93,810| 93,883
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     Transportation and public utilities.........|  6,138|  6,176|  6,197|  6,225|  6,184|  6,231|  6,231|  6,244|  6,253|  6,262
       Transportation............................|  3,885|  3,932|  3,952|  3,982|  3,919|  3,968|  3,969|  3,987|  3,996|  4,009
         Railroad transportation.................|  241.2|  230.7|  230.9|  231.4|    242|    237|    235|    235|    233|    231
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  448.5|  485.2|  490.9|  492.1|    437|    466|    467|    473|    477|    479
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,839.4|1,840.2|1,849.3|1,864.8|  1,879|  1,883|  1,882|  1,891|  1,897|  1,903
         Water transportation....................|  162.2|  144.7|  145.0|  149.0|    164|    154|    153|    151|    149|    149
         Transportation by air...................|  756.1|  789.4|  793.9|  802.1|    759|    786|    789|    793|    798|    805
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   16.8|   15.5|   15.5|   15.5|     17|     16|     16|     16|     16|     16
         Transportation services.................|  421.2|  426.3|  426.0|  426.7|    421|    426|    427|    428|    426|    426
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,253|  2,244|  2,245|  2,243|  2,265|  2,263|  2,262|  2,257|  2,257|  2,253
         Communications..........................|1,348.0|1,358.7|1,361.6|1,361.9|  1,355|  1,363|  1,368|  1,366|  1,368|  1,367
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  905.2|  885.1|  883.2|  881.5|    910|    900|    894|    891|    889|    886
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     Wholesale trade.............................|  6,277|  6,363|  6,398|  6,427|  6,300|  6,395|  6,401|  6,422|  6,439|  6,444
       Durable goods.............................|  3,643|  3,722|  3,745|  3,762|  3,650|  3,720|  3,730|  3,744|  3,756|  3,766
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,634|  2,641|  2,653|  2,665|  2,650|  2,675|  2,671|  2,678|  2,683|  2,678
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   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                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
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     Retail trade................................| 20,531| 20,542| 20,642| 20,873| 20,762| 20,981| 20,933| 21,040| 21,080| 21,100
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  855.2|  819.3|  842.5|  880.6|    852|    865|    869|    865|    873|    875
       General merchandise stores................|2,440.4|2,443.7|2,449.5|2,443.6|  2,539|  2,517|  2,499|  2,517|  2,554|  2,540
         Department stores.......................|2,128.9|2,148.1|2,154.3|2,147.6|  2,218|  2,207|  2,193|  2,210|  2,249|  2,235
       Food stores...............................|3,308.2|3,360.4|3,356.6|3,354.6|  3,345|  3,400|  3,395|  3,398|  3,401|  3,388
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,194.2|2,236.1|2,256.0|2,277.1|  2,205|  2,250|  2,255|  2,266|  2,276|  2,284
         New and used car dealers................|  995.4|1,020.7|1,028.8|1,037.3|  1,000|  1,018|  1,021|  1,026|  1,033|  1,040
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,077.0|1,042.2|1,043.4|1,045.0|  1,103|  1,071|  1,073|  1,073|  1,077|  1,071
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  936.1|  977.1|  981.7|  989.7|    945|    967|    975|    981|    989|    998
       Eating and drinking places................|7,163.3|7,052.2|7,128.9|7,291.6|  7,170|  7,279|  7,248|  7,308|  7,274|  7,306
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,556.4|2,611.3|2,583.5|2,590.8|  2,603|  2,632|  2,619|  2,632|  2,636|  2,638
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,898|  6,968|  7,000|  7,031|  6,924|  7,001|  7,007|  7,033|  7,043|  7,060
       Finance...................................|  3,297|  3,354|  3,365|  3,373|  3,305|  3,342|  3,354|  3,365|  3,370|  3,382
         Depository institutions.................|2,054.5|2,043.2|2,043.1|2,041.9|  2,063|  2,047|  2,051|  2,051|  2,049|  2,050
           Commercial banks......................|1,487.9|1,485.6|1,486.0|1,485.4|  1,494|  1,492|  1,493|  1,493|  1,492|  1,491
           Savings institutions..................|  287.0|  271.2|  269.8|  268.0|    288|    273|    272|    272|    270|    268
         Nondepository institutions..............|  475.0|  518.9|  524.2|  529.3|    473|    509|    513|    519|    522|    528
           Mortgage bankers and brokers..........|  222.2|  247.3|  249.5|  252.0|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  526.8|  535.8|  537.8|  542.1|    528|    535|    537|    538|    540|    544
         Holding and other investment offices....|  240.4|  256.2|  259.4|  259.6|    241|    251|    253|    257|    259|    260
       Insurance.................................|  2,238|  2,257|  2,264|  2,265|  2,239|  2,256|  2,259|  2,262|  2,265|  2,266
         Insurance carriers......................|1,536.0|1,544.1|1,549.7|1,552.3|  1,536|  1,544|  1,546|  1,547|  1,550|  1,552
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  701.8|  712.7|  714.5|  713.1|    703|    712|    713|    715|    715|    714
       Real estate...............................|  1,363|  1,357|  1,371|  1,393|  1,380|  1,403|  1,394|  1,406|  1,408|  1,412
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     Services3/..................................| 32,597| 33,099| 33,421| 33,688| 32,548| 33,248| 33,232| 33,505| 33,622| 33,642
       Agricultural services.....................|  595.2|  512.9|  547.4|  610.1|    589|    599|    601|    615|    613|    603
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|  1,569|  1,556|  1,584|  1,610|  1,611|  1,629|  1,629|  1,638|  1,651|  1,658
       Personal services.........................|  1,209|  1,229|  1,221|  1,220|  1,152|  1,140|  1,149|  1,165|  1,158|  1,160
       Business services.........................|  6,479|  6,741|  6,816|  6,865|  6,538|  6,803|  6,783|  6,907|  6,934|  6,941
         Services to buildings...................|    865|    894|    898|    907|    866|    896|    890|    909|    906|    909
         Personnel supply services...............|  2,325|  2,381|  2,430|  2,453|  2,368|  2,459|  2,442|  2,530|  2,521|  2,505
           Help supply services..................|  2,056|  2,102|  2,146|  2,168|  2,097|  2,175|  2,160|  2,240|  2,233|  2,219
         Computer and data processing services...|  1,027|  1,115|  1,126|  1,134|  1,026|  1,101|  1,101|  1,111|  1,122|  1,133
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  1,015|  1,060|  1,073|  1,079|  1,016|  1,053|  1,057|  1,067|  1,074|  1,079
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|    341|    342|    346|    348|    342|    347|    344|    346|    349|    349
       Motion pictures...........................|    578|    586|    597|    592|    580|    584|    589|    586|    593|    594
       Amusement and recreation services.........|  1,448|  1,310|  1,370|  1,472|  1,462|  1,469|  1,456|  1,470|  1,481|  1,472
       Health services...........................|  9,193|  9,417|  9,453|  9,472|  9,211|  9,403|  9,408|  9,445|  9,472|  9,491
         Offices and clinics of medical doctors..|  1,574|  1,613|  1,618|  1,625|  1,578|  1,616|  1,614|  1,620|  1,621|  1,630
         Nursing and personal care facilities....|  1,677|  1,716|  1,723|  1,725|  1,682|  1,716|  1,716|  1,719|  1,727|  1,730
         Hospitals...............................|  3,803|  3,840|  3,844|  3,840|  3,810|  3,838|  3,838|  3,847|  3,847|  3,844
         Home health care services...............|    598|    626|    631|    635|    597|    630|    625|    630|    632|    635
       Legal services............................|    927|    929|    932|    932|    932|    932|    931|    934|    936|    936
       Educational services......................|  1,983|  2,019|  2,033|  2,030|  1,866|  1,898|  1,888|  1,907|  1,914|  1,911
       Social services...........................|  2,275|  2,309|  2,328|  2,334|  2,265|  2,298|  2,296|  2,309|  2,316|  2,322
         Child day care services.................|    536|    539|    545|    547|    519|    527|    525|    528|    530|    531
         Residential care........................|    629|    645|    648|    651|    631|    642|    644|    647|    649|    653
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|     79|     76|     79|     82|     81|     83|     83|     84|     84|     84
       Membership organizations..................|  2,047|  2,042|  2,049|  2,048|  2,057|  2,063|  2,061|  2,062|  2,064|  2,060
       Engineering and management services.......|  2,688|  2,798|  2,822|  2,824|  2,674|  2,774|  2,785|  2,798|  2,811|  2,809
         Engineering and architectural services..|    791|    805|    813|    817|    799|    816|    813|    816|    821|    825
         Management and public relations.........|    785|    838|    843|    847|    785|    841|    843|    845|    846|    845
       Services, nec.............................|   40.9|   40.9|   40.8|   41.5|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
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     Government..................................| 19,635| 19,642| 19,773| 19,753| 19,261| 19,328| 19,291| 19,334| 19,373| 19,375
       Federal...................................|  2,820|  2,768|  2,768|  2,767|  2,826|  2,799|  2,780|  2,779|  2,776|  2,775
         Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,985.3|1,916.1|1,913.6|1,911.1|  1,987|  1,942|  1,928|  1,926|  1,919|  1,917
       State.....................................|  4,733|  4,698|  4,728|  4,729|  4,608|  4,591|  4,577|  4,599|  4,601|  4,602
         Education...............................|2,040.7|2,044.0|2,072.9|2,069.4|  1,905|  1,915|  1,904|  1,926|  1,930|  1,932
         Other State government..................|2,692.3|2,654.2|2,655.4|2,659.5|  2,703|  2,676|  2,673|  2,673|  2,671|  2,670
       Local.....................................| 12,082| 12,176| 12,277| 12,257| 11,827| 11,938| 11,934| 11,956| 11,996| 11,998
         Education...............................|6,957.6|7,026.9|7,093.3|7,064.0|  6,614|  6,683|  6,674|  6,686|  6,711|  6,715
         Other local government..................|5,124.3|5,148.8|5,184.1|5,192.7|  5,213|  5,255|  5,260|  5,270|  5,285|  5,283
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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
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Total private...........................|  34.3 |  34.2 |  34.2 |  34.2 |  34.6 |  34.3 |  33.8 |  34.5 |  34.5 |  34.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................|  39.9 |  40.6 |  40.6 |  40.6 |  40.7 |  40.6 |  39.6 |  41.3 |  40.8 |  41.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|  44.3 |  45.1 |  45.2 |  45.1 |  44.7 |  44.6 |  43.9 |  45.6 |  45.8 |  45.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  37.6 |  38.1 |  38.0 |  38.6 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................|  40.4 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  41.1 |  41.5 |  41.2 |  39.9 |  41.6 |  41.4 |  41.5
          Overtime hours.........................|   3.6 |   4.2 |   4.1 |   4.2 |   4.5 |   4.3 |   4.2 |   4.5 |   4.3 |   4.4
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       Durable goods.............................|  41.0 |  42.0 |  41.9 |  41.9 |  42.3 |  41.9 |  40.9 |  42.3 |  42.0 |  42.3
          Overtime hours.........................|   3.7 |   4.5 |   4.4 |   4.4 |   4.9 |   4.6 |   4.5 |   4.7 |   4.5 |   4.7
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        Lumber and wood products.................|  40.1 |  39.8 |  40.3 |  40.7 |  40.4 |  40.0 |  39.0 |  40.6 |  40.6 |  41.1
        Furniture and fixtures...................|  37.7 |  38.5 |  39.0 |  38.8 |  38.7 |  39.5 |  35.9 |  39.3 |  39.4 |  39.2
        Stone, clay, and glass products..........|  42.3 |  42.4 |  42.7 |  43.1 |  42.5 |  42.8 |  42.0 |  43.7 |  43.4 |  43.5
        Primary metal industries.................|  43.3 |  44.0 |  43.7 |  43.7 |  43.5 |  43.7 |  43.2 |  44.1 |  43.7 |  44.0
          Blast furnaces and basic steel products|  45.4 |  44.6 |  44.3 |  43.7 |  45.4 |  44.3 |  44.5 |  45.0 |  44.5 |  43.7
        Fabricated metal products................|  40.3 |  42.0 |  41.9 |  41.7 |  42.0 |  42.1 |  40.9 |  42.2 |  42.1 |  42.3
        Industrial machinery and equipment.......|  41.8 |  43.3 |  43.3 |  42.7 |  43.3 |  43.0 |  42.0 |  43.3 |  43.1 |  43.1
        Electronic and other electrical equipment|  40.2 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  40.8 |  41.5 |  41.1 |  40.1 |  41.8 |  41.6 |  41.3
        Transportation equipment.................|  42.1 |  43.2 |  42.0 |  43.5 |  44.3 |  42.8 |  42.3 |  43.3 |  41.7 |  43.5
          Motor vehicles and equipment...........|  42.9 |  44.1 |  41.9 |  44.5 |  43.1 |  44.4 |  43.5 |  44.0 |  41.4 |  44.4
        Instruments and related products.........|  40.5 |  41.8 |  41.8 |  41.2 |  41.5 |  41.2 |  40.2 |  41.9 |  41.7 |  41.5
        Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  38.9 |  39.2 |  39.9 |  39.4 |  40.1 |  39.4 |  37.8 |  39.6 |  39.9 |  39.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nondurable goods..........................|  39.6 |  40.1 |  40.3 |  40.0 |  40.4 |  40.2 |  38.7 |  40.6 |  40.6 |  40.4
          Overtime hours.........................|   3.4 |   3.8 |   3.8 |   3.8 |   4.0 |   3.9 |   3.8 |   4.2 |   4.0 |   4.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Food and kindred products................|  39.8 |  40.4 |  40.5 |  40.2 |  40.7 |  40.6 |  39.7 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  41.0
        Tobacco products.........................|  38.5 |  38.9 |  39.9 |  40.0 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Textile mill products....................|  39.9 |  40.1 |  40.7 |  40.0 |  41.0 |  40.2 |  36.2 |  40.7 |  41.0 |  40.3
        Apparel and other textile products.......|  35.6 |  36.7 |  37.0 |  36.5 |  37.0 |  36.8 |  33.5 |  37.0 |  37.1 |  37.2
        Paper and allied products................|  42.3 |  42.8 |  42.8 |  42.8 |  43.0 |  42.9 |  41.7 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  43.0
        Printing and publishing..................|  37.7 |  37.9 |  38.2 |  37.9 |  38.2 |  37.8 |  37.1 |  38.2 |  38.2 |  38.1
        Chemicals and allied products............|  43.3 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  42.9 |  43.4 |  43.2 |  42.5 |  43.4 |  43.2 |  43.0
        Petroleum and coal products..............|  43.9 |  42.9 |  42.4 |  43.7 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Rubber and misc. plastics products.......|  40.3 |  41.3 |  41.2 |  40.9 |  41.2 |  41.4 |  40.2 |  41.5 |  41.3 |  41.0
        Leather and leather products.............|  37.1 |  37.1 |  37.9 |  37.5 |  38.1 |  37.6 |  34.7 |  37.5 |  38.2 |  38.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service_producing.............................|  32.8 |  32.4 |  32.5 |  32.5 |  32.9 |  32.6 |  32.2 |  32.7 |  32.8 |  32.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  39.6 |  39.4 |  39.4 |  39.2 |  39.8 |  39.6 |  38.9 |  39.8 |  39.8 |  39.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  38.3 |  38.0 |  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.3 |  38.1 |  37.8 |  38.2 |  38.3 |  38.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................|  28.9 |  28.3 |  28.5 |  28.4 |  29.1 |  28.7 |  28.3 |  29.0 |  29.0 |  28.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  36.3 |  35.7 |  35.7 |  35.7 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services....................................|  32.5 |  32.2 |  32.2 |  32.2 |  (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                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                         | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$11.41 |$11.70 |$11.70 |$11.76 |$391.36|$400.14|$400.14|$402.19
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.40 | 11.66 | 11.68 | 11.75 | 394.44| 402.27| 402.96| 403.03
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Goods_producing...............................| 12.93 | 13.17 | 13.15 | 13.33 | 515.91| 534.70| 533.89| 541.20
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Mining......................................| 15.31 | 15.64 | 15.59 | 15.63 | 678.23| 705.36| 704.67| 704.91
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Construction................................| 14.88 | 15.09 | 15.08 | 15.13 | 559.49| 574.93| 573.04| 584.02
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Manufacturing...............................| 12.29 | 12.56 | 12.52 | 12.70 | 496.52| 517.47| 515.82| 521.97
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Durable goods.............................| 12.80 | 13.08 | 13.00 | 13.21 | 524.80| 549.36| 544.70| 553.50
                Lumber and wood products.................|  9.98 | 10.23 | 10.29 | 10.35 | 400.20| 407.15| 414.69| 421.25
                Furniture and fixtures...................|  9.75 |  9.94 | 10.02 | 10.10 | 367.58| 382.69| 390.78| 391.88
                Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.43 | 12.55 | 12.59 | 12.76 | 525.79| 532.12| 537.59| 549.96
                Primary metal industries.................| 14.72 | 14.68 | 14.72 | 14.88 | 637.38| 645.92| 643.26| 650.26
                  Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.50 | 17.51 | 17.62 | 17.94 | 794.50| 780.95| 780.57| 783.98
                Fabricated metal products................| 12.03 | 12.28 | 12.28 | 12.42 | 484.81| 515.76| 514.53| 517.91
                Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.05 | 13.39 | 13.33 | 13.41 | 545.49| 579.79| 577.19| 572.61
                Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.51 | 11.85 | 11.90 | 12.01 | 462.70| 491.78| 492.66| 490.01
                Transportation equipment.................| 16.48 | 16.89 | 16.55 | 17.02 | 693.81| 729.65| 695.10| 740.37
                  Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.03 | 17.42 | 16.92 | 17.62 | 730.59| 768.22| 708.95| 784.09
                Instruments and related products.........| 12.69 | 12.96 | 12.99 | 13.10 | 513.95| 541.73| 542.98| 539.72
                Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  9.95 | 10.22 | 10.21 | 10.29 | 387.06| 400.62| 407.38| 405.43
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Nondurable goods..........................| 11.58 | 11.82 | 11.84 | 11.96 | 458.57| 473.98| 477.15| 478.40
                Food and kindred products................| 10.93 | 11.05 | 11.11 | 11.23 | 435.01| 446.42| 449.96| 451.45
                Tobacco products.........................| 20.12 | 18.50 | 19.60 | 20.23 | 774.62| 719.65| 782.04| 809.20
                Textile mill products....................|  9.36 |  9.55 |  9.55 |  9.68 | 373.46| 382.96| 388.69| 387.20
                Apparel and other textile products.......|  7.61 |  7.80 |  7.83 |  7.97 | 270.92| 286.26| 289.71| 290.91
                Paper and allied products................| 14.27 | 14.45 | 14.45 | 14.56 | 603.62| 618.46| 618.46| 623.17
                Printing and publishing..................| 12.21 | 12.47 | 12.51 | 12.52 | 460.32| 472.61| 477.88| 474.51
                Chemicals and allied products............| 15.72 | 16.02 | 16.05 | 16.22 | 680.68| 692.06| 693.36| 695.84
                Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.57 | 19.54 | 19.22 | 19.22 | 859.12| 838.27| 814.93| 839.91
                Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.77 | 11.15 | 11.16 | 11.23 | 434.03| 460.50| 459.79| 459.31
                Leather and leather products.............|  8.32 |  8.45 |  8.50 |  8.45 | 308.67| 313.50| 322.15| 316.88
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Service_producing.............................| 10.90 | 11.21 | 11.21 | 11.23 | 357.52| 363.20| 364.33| 364.98
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.14 | 14.44 | 14.38 | 14.49 | 559.94| 568.94| 566.57| 568.01
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Wholesale trade.............................| 12.45 | 12.63 | 12.63 | 12.72 | 476.84| 479.94| 481.20| 484.63
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Retail trade................................|  7.65 |  7.88 |  7.91 |  7.93 | 221.09| 223.00| 225.44| 225.21
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.32 | 12.71 | 12.75 | 12.79 | 447.22| 453.75| 455.18| 456.60
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Services....................................| 11.40 | 11.73 | 11.74 | 11.73 | 370.50| 377.71| 378.03| 377.71
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              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               | Apr.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |   from:
                                                      | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ |Mar. 1996-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Apr. 1996
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $11.40| $11.61| $11.65| $11.66| $11.68| $11.75|     0.6
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.40|   7.44|   7.43|   7.42|   7.40|  N.A. |    (3)
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Goods_producing......................|  12.94|  13.16|  13.31|  13.26|  13.22|  13.35|     1.0
                   Mining.............................|  15.17|  15.55|  15.49|  15.50|  15.51|  15.49|     -.1
                   Construction.......................|  14.95|  15.09|  15.28|  15.17|  15.16|  15.22|      .4
                   Manufacturing......................|  12.28|  12.49|  12.61|  12.56|  12.52|  12.69|     1.4
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.72|  11.87|  12.00|  11.93|  11.92|  12.03|      .9
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Service_producing....................|  10.87|  11.09|  11.10|  11.11|  11.16|  11.20|      .4
                   Transportation and public utilities|  14.15|  14.39|  14.37|  14.40|  14.38|  14.49|      .8
                   Wholesale trade....................|  12.41|  12.57|  12.56|  12.59|  12.66|  12.67|      .1
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.63|   7.82|   7.86|   7.85|   7.89|   7.91|      .3
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  12.28|  12.53|  12.52|  12.61|  12.70|  12.73|      .2
                   Services...........................|  11.39|  11.61|  11.61|  11.63|  11.68|  11.72|      .3
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    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 -.3 percent from February
                 1996 to March 1996, the latest month
                 available.
                    4/  Derived by assuming that overtime
                 hours are paid at the rate of time and one-
                 half.
                    N.A.  = not available.
                    p/  = preliminary.
 
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             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                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Apr. |Feb. | Mar.  | Apr.  |Apr. |Dec. |Jan. |Feb. | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                       |1995 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1995 |1996 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|130.7|130.2| 131.4 | 132.5 |132.8|132.9|130.7|134.5| 134.6 | 133.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods_producing...............................|106.0|105.3| 105.6 | 107.1 |109.9|108.6|105.7|111.0| 109.5 | 109.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 52.9| 52.8|  53.5 |  53.8 | 54.3| 53.1| 52.2| 55.2|  55.8 |  55.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|133.1|127.4| 130.7 | 140.3 |140.0|142.2|142.4|152.9| 148.2 | 147.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|103.8|104.0| 103.7 | 103.5 |107.1|105.1|101.3|105.7| 104.7 | 104.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|104.1|105.9| 105.2 | 105.8 |107.6|106.3|103.1|107.1| 105.6 | 106.7
            Lumber and wood products...................|130.6|126.5| 128.2 | 130.6 |133.9|131.5|126.0|131.6| 131.6 | 134.3
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|118.4|117.9| 118.8 | 117.0 |121.7|122.0|110.3|120.5| 120.1 | 118.3
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|107.5|102.8| 105.4 | 109.0 |108.7|107.9|105.1|110.7| 110.2 | 109.9
            Primary metal industries...................| 91.4| 92.6|  91.7 |  91.3 | 92.2| 91.9| 90.9| 92.8|  91.6 |  92.1
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 74.4| 72.7|  72.0 |  70.5 | 74.6| 72.4| 72.7| 73.5|  72.7 |  70.6
            Fabricated metal products..................|108.1|112.0| 111.9 | 111.3 |113.2|112.6|109.6|113.1| 112.8 | 112.9
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 98.9|103.6| 103.6 | 101.9 |102.3|103.0|100.5|103.2| 102.8 | 102.4
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|103.8|108.5| 107.7 | 106.0 |107.2|106.9|104.4|109.5| 108.2 | 107.5
            Transportation equipment...................|115.5|115.6| 110.1 | 117.1 |121.1|114.9|112.3|115.9| 109.1 | 116.4
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|153.0|155.0| 142.0 | 156.4 |153.1|156.6|153.1|154.6| 140.1 | 155.2
            Instruments and related products...........| 72.3| 74.2|  74.4 |  73.5 | 74.2| 73.1| 71.2| 74.2|  73.8 |  74.0
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|101.6|101.4| 103.1 | 101.8 |105.3|103.5| 98.9|103.6| 103.6 | 102.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|103.4|101.5| 101.7 | 100.5 |106.6|103.5| 98.7|103.7| 103.4 | 102.4
            Food and kindred products..................|106.8|108.6| 109.0 | 107.2 |113.7|113.4|110.2|114.6| 114.8 | 113.6
            Tobacco products...........................| 53.3| 58.9|  56.1 |  53.7 | 59.0| 55.2| 52.2| 59.7|  61.2 |  59.0
            Textile mill products......................| 93.9| 89.0|  90.1 |  88.4 | 96.4| 89.9| 79.7| 90.6|  91.3 |  88.9
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 81.5| 75.6|  75.3 |  74.1 | 84.9| 77.1| 68.8| 76.6|  75.6 |  75.4
            Paper and allied products..................|107.7|106.6| 106.3 | 105.6 |110.3|108.1|105.1|108.5| 107.8 | 106.7
            Printing and publishing....................|124.4|122.9| 124.2 | 122.8 |125.5|123.6|120.6|124.2| 124.0 | 123.1
            Chemicals and allied products..............|102.6|101.6| 101.4 | 100.7 |103.0|102.6|100.9|102.5| 101.7 | 101.0
            Petroleum and coal products................| 78.4| 70.2|  70.0 |  73.4 | 78.6| 73.6| 74.3| 73.7|  72.5 |  73.3
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|139.2|138.5| 138.5 | 137.2 |142.6|140.5|135.5|139.3| 138.6 | 137.2
            Leather and leather products...............| 49.3| 44.5|  45.2 |  44.3 | 50.9| 46.2| 41.6| 45.5|  45.8 |  45.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service_producing.............................|141.8|141.4| 143.0 | 143.9 |143.0|143.8|141.9|145.0| 145.8 | 144.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|124.1|125.1| 125.6 | 125.6 |126.2|126.9|124.5|127.9| 128.3 | 127.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|119.2|119.6| 120.6 | 121.1 |119.6|120.8|120.0|121.5| 122.2 | 121.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|128.0|125.2| 127.1 | 128.1 |130.6|130.0|128.0|131.9| 132.4 | 130.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|125.7|125.1| 125.8 | 126.5 |126.7|125.8|123.8|126.4| 127.1 | 127.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|168.2|169.0| 171.0 | 172.3 |168.4|170.6|168.6|171.7| 172.9 | 172.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  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 |  57.9 |  57.2
           1996..............|  48.6 |  63.8 |p/55.8 |p/48.5 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           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 |  54.4 |  57.6 |  56.3
           1996..............|  59.1 |p/59.8 |p/55.3 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           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 |  56.0 |  53.2 |  53.7 |  56.9 |p/60.4
           1996..............|p/57.3 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  61.4 |  62.9 |  62.9
           1993..............|  64.9 |  63.9 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  67.0 |  67.6 |  67.6 |  67.0 |  70.2 |  69.4 |  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 |  56.6 |  55.9 |  53.8 |  56.2 |p/55.3 |p/53.5 |       |
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
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      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           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 |  43.9 |  48.6
           1996..............|  43.2 |  49.3 |p/42.4 |p/39.2 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           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 |  39.6 |  44.2 |  39.9
           1996..............|  39.9 |p/38.8 |p/34.2 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           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 |  32.7 |  33.5 |  35.6 |  34.5 |p/37.4
           1996..............|p/30.9 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  58.3 |  56.5
           1993..............|  56.8 |  57.9 |  55.8 |  58.6 |  57.2 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  59.0 |  61.2 |  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 |  34.9 |  33.5 |  28.1 |  29.9 |p/25.2 |p/22.3 |       |
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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