Technical information:
  Household data:   (202) 691-6378    USDL 05-1946
           http://www.bls.gov/cps/

  Establishment data:    691-6555     Transmission of material in this release
          http://www.bls.gov/ces/     is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT),
Media contact:           691-5902     Friday, October 7, 2005.
                                        
                                        
                    THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  SEPTEMBER 2005
                                        
                                        
   Nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (-35,000) in September, and
the unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The measures of employment and
unemployment reported in this news release reflect both the impact of Hurri-
cane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in late August, and ongoing labor
market trends.  Over the 12 months ending in August, payroll employment grew
by an average of 194,000 a month and the unemployment rate trended downward.


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    |                   Hurricanes Katrina and Rita                   |
    |                                                                 |
    |                                                                 |
    |    Data for September are the first from the household survey   |
    | (Current Population Survey or CPS) and the establishment survey |
    | (Current Employment Statistics survey or CES) to reflect the    |
    | impact of Hurricane Katrina.                                    |
    |                                                                 |
    |    In September, the CPS was conducted largely according to     |
    | standard procedures.  Efforts were made to contact households   |
    | in storm-affected areas with the exception of Orleans and       |
    | Jefferson parishes in Louisiana, which were under mandatory     |
    | evacuation orders when interviewer instructions were issued.    |
    |                                                                 |
    |    For the September CES estimates, several modifications to    |
    | the usual estimation procedures were adopted to better reflect  |
    | employment in Katrina-affected areas.  The changes included:    |
    | a) modification of procedures to impute employment counts for   |
    | survey nonrespondents in the most heavily impacted areas,       |
    | b) adjustments to sample weights for sample units in the more   |
    | broadly defined disaster area to compensate for lower-than-     |
    | average survey response rates, and c) modification of the       |
    | adjustment procedure for the business net birth/death estimator |
    | to reflect likely changes in business birth/death patterns in   |
    | the disaster areas.                                             |
    |                                                                 |
    |    Hurricane Rita made landfall during the September data col-  |
    | lection period.  As a result, response rates for both surveys   |
    | were lower than normal in some areas.  However, because the re- |
    | ference periods for both surveys occurred before Hurricane Rita |
    | struck, the impact of this storm on measures of employment and  |
    | unemployment was negligible.                                    |
    |                                                                 |
    |    For more information on household and establishment survey   |
    | procedures and estimates for September 2005, see http://www.bls.|
    | gov/katrina/cpscesquestions.htm.  Or, call (202) 691-6378 for   |
    | information about the household survey, and (202) 691-6555 for  |
    |information about the establishment survey.                      |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                         |_________________|__________________________| Aug.-
        Category         |      2005       |           2005           | Sept.
                         |_________________|__________________________|change
                         |   II   |  III   |  July  |  Aug.  |  Sept. |
 ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 149,003| 149,835| 149,573| 149,841| 150,093|    252
  Employment.............| 141,404| 142,319| 142,076| 142,449| 142,432|    -17
  Unemployment...........|   7,599|   7,516|   7,497|   7,391|   7,661|    270
Not in labor force.......|  76,671|  76,587|  76,580|  76,581|  76,600|     19
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     5.1|     5.0|     5.0|     4.9|     5.1|    0.2
  Adult men..............|     4.4|     4.4|     4.3|     4.3|     4.5|     .2
  Adult women............|     4.6|     4.6|     4.7|     4.4|     4.6|     .2
  Teenagers..............|    17.4|    16.1|    16.1|    16.5|    15.8|    -.7
  White..................|     4.4|     4.3|     4.3|     4.2|     4.5|     .3
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|    10.3|     9.5|     9.5|     9.6|     9.4|    -.2
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     6.1|     5.9|     5.5|     5.8|     6.5|     .7
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 133,429|p133,994| 133,865|p134,076|p134,041|   p-35
  Goods-producing(1).....|  22,134| p22,148|  22,134| p22,154| p22,155|     p1
    Construction.........|   7,217|  p7,261|   7,235|  p7,262|  p7,285|    p23
    Manufacturing........|  14,292| p14,255|  14,270| p14,261| p14,234|   p-27
  Service-providing(1)...| 111,295|p111,846| 111,731|p111,922|p111,886|   p-36
    Retail trade(2)......|  15,180| p15,230|  15,249| p15,265| p15,177|   p-88
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  16,867| p17,007|  16,964| p17,002| p17,054|    p52
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  17,289| p17,427|  17,377| p17,427| p17,476|    p49
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,741| p12,799|  12,801| p12,838| p12,758|   p-80
    Government...........|  21,753| p21,845|  21,817| p21,843| p21,874|    p31
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.7|   p33.7|    33.7|   p33.7|   p33.7|   p0.0
  Manufacturing..........|    40.4|   p40.5|    40.5|   p40.5|   p40.5|    p.0
    Overtime.............|     4.4|    p4.5|     4.5|    p4.5|    p4.4|   p-.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|   102.4|  p102.9|   102.8|  p103.0|  p102.8|  p-0.2
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $16.03| p$16.16|  $16.14| p$16.15| p$16.18| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  540.86| p544.48|  543.92| p544.26| p545.27|  p1.01
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______

   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
   3  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.7 million, and the unemployment
rate, 5.1 percent, rose in September.  They had been trending down in recent
months and remain lower than a year earlier.  (See table A-1.)

   The unemployment rates for most major worker groups--adult men (4.5 percent),
adult women (4.6 percent), whites (4.5 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (6.5
percent) rose in September.  The jobless rates for teenagers (15.8 percent) and
blacks (9.4 percent) showed little change.  The unemployment rate for Asians was
4.1 percent, not seasonally adjusted.  (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

   In September, the number of persons unemployed due to job loss rose by
234,000 to 3.7 million.  The number of newly unemployed--those who were
unemployed less than 5 weeks--grew by 193,000 to 2.7 million.  Both of these
numbers had been trending down in recent months.  (See tables A-8 and A-9.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment (142.4 million) and the employment-population ratio (62.8
percent) were little changed in September.  The labor force participation rate
(66.2 percent) was unchanged over the month.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In September, 1.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor
force, about the same as a year earlier.  These individuals wanted and were
available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months.
They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they did not actively
search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of discouraged
workers, at 362,000 in September, was little changed from a year earlier.
Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently
looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for
them.  The other 1.1 million persons marginally attached to the labor force had
not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family
responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment was little changed in September (-35,000),
seasonally adjusted.  This followed job gains of 277,000 in July and 211,000
in August (as revised).  Hurricane Katrina caused job losses in September
among many industries in the affected areas.  At the national level, these
storm-related losses may have been offset or exacerbated in some industries
by developments in the rest of the country.  (State and metropolitan area
payroll data, including information by industry, will be released by BLS on
October 21.)  (See table B-1.)
   
   Retail trade lost 88,000 jobs in September, with declines spread across
several component industries.  Over the prior 12 months, employment in retail
trade had increased by 18,000 per month on average.  In September, there were
job losses in clothing and accessories stores (-28,000), sporting goods stores
(-17,000), and building material and garden supply stores (-9,000).  Over the
month, food and beverage stores lost 30,000 jobs, much of which was due to
store closings unrelated to the hurricane.
   
   Employment in the leisure and hospitality industry fell by 80,000 in
September, partly due to the hurricane.  Employment in food services, which
includes restaurants and drinking places, decreased by 54,000 over the month,
after averaging monthly gains of 23,000 jobs during the 12 months ending in
August.  Amusements, gambling, and recreation lost 19,000 jobs in September.

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   In September, manufacturing employment was down by 27,000 and has declined
by 118,000 over the year.  The September job decline was concentrated in trans-
portation equipment, reflecting a strike of 18,000 workers in the aerospace
industry.  Employment declines in electrical equipment and appliances (-4,000)
and paper and paper products (-3,000) were offset by a gain in machinery manu-
facturing (7,000).
 
   Employment in transit and ground passenger transportation declined by
8,000 in September.  Air transportation lost 6,000 jobs over the month; about
half of the job loss was due to strike activity in the industry.  Truck trans-
portation employment was flat in September and has shown little change since
June.
   
   Professional and business services employment rose by 52,000 in September.
More than half of the employment increase was in temporary help services
(32,000), where hurricane recovery efforts may have boosted hiring.  Employ-
ment in architectural and engineering services rose by 8,000 over the month.
These increases were partly offset by a decline in legal services (-7,000).
   
   Health care employment continued to grow in September, rising by 37,000.
Ambulatory health care services, which include doctors' offices and outpatient
clinics, added 16,000 jobs.  Hospitals and nursing and residential care faci-
lities also contributed to the employment gain.
   
   Construction employment rose by 23,000 in September, about in line with the
industry's average monthly gain over the past year.  Job gains in September
were concentrated largely among residential specialty trade contractors.  Mining
employment continued to trend upward, adding 5,000 jobs over the month.  Support
activities for mining operations accounted for much of the increase.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.7 hours in September, sesonally adjusted.
The manufacturing workweek remained at 40.5 hours, and factory overtime was
down by 0.1 hour to 4.4 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.2 percent in September to
102.8 (2002=100).  The manufacturing index was down by 0.1 percent over the
month to 93.6.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls rose by 3 cents in September to $16.18, seasonally adjusted.
Average weekly earnings increased by 0.2 percent over the month to $545.27.
Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.6 percent, and average
weekly earnings grew by 2.3 percent.  (See table B-3.)


                         ______________________________


   The Employment Situation for October 2005 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, November 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).

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|                                                                         |
|                Benchmark Revisions of the Payroll Survey                |
|                                                                         |
|    In accordance with usual practice, the Bureau of Labor Statistics    |
| has completed preliminary tabulations of the universe counts for the    |
| first quarter of this year.  The tabulations indicate that the esti-    |
| mate of total nonfarm payroll employment will require a downward re-    |
| vision of 191,000, or one-tenth of one percent, for the March 2005      |
| reference month.  The historical average for benchmark revisions over   |
| the last 10 years has been plus or minus two-tenths of one percent.     |
| BLS will publish data revised to the March 2005 benchmark on February 3,|
| 2006, with the release of data for January 2006.                        |
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                                  - 6 -

Explanatory Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the 12th,
which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
   Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
   
   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro-
fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
   The civilian labor force  is the sum of employed and  unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the  labor
force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent
of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
                                  
                                  - 7 -
 
   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  Among these are:
 
   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.
The establishment survey does not.
 
   --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
   --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in-
dividuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes
in unemployment.
 
   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern
each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases
in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For
example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May,
making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen
or declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted
to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made
correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
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   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the en-
tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,
that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand-
ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
430,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 9 -
 
   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure
to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for
all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to
provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents,
and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
 
   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
   
   Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.5 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
   More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay-
able to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
 
 
 
 
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 223,941 226,421 226,693 223,941 225,670 225,911 226,153 226,421 226,693
    Civilian labor force............................ 147,186 150,469 149,838 147,531 149,122 149,123 149,573 149,841 150,093
          Participation rate........................    65.7    66.5    66.1    65.9    66.1    66.0    66.1    66.2    66.2
      Employed...................................... 139,641 143,142 142,579 139,527 141,475 141,638 142,076 142,449 142,432
          Employment-population ratio...............    62.4    63.2    62.9    62.3    62.7    62.7    62.8    62.9    62.8
      Unemployed....................................   7,545   7,327   7,259   8,005   7,647   7,486   7,497   7,391   7,661
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.1     4.9     4.8     5.4     5.1     5.0     5.0     4.9     5.1
    Not in labor force..............................  76,755  75,952  76,855  76,410  76,547  76,787  76,580  76,581  76,600
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,720   5,017   4,757   4,903   4,728   5,240   5,015   4,823   4,937
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,020 109,332 109,475 108,020 108,934 109,062 109,190 109,332 109,475
    Civilian labor force............................  78,844  81,079  80,130  79,041  80,048  80,063  80,199  80,409  80,327
          Participation rate........................    73.0    74.2    73.2    73.2    73.5    73.4    73.4    73.5    73.4
      Employed......................................  74,864  77,386  76,446  74,629  75,985  76,092  76,272  76,449  76,236
          Employment-population ratio...............    69.3    70.8    69.8    69.1    69.8    69.8    69.9    69.9    69.6
      Unemployed....................................   3,980   3,694   3,684   4,413   4,062   3,971   3,927   3,960   4,092
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     4.6     4.6     5.6     5.1     5.0     4.9     4.9     5.1
    Not in labor force..............................  29,176  28,252  29,345  28,979  28,886  28,998  28,991  28,923  29,148
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,776 101,004 101,136  99,776 100,634 100,754 100,874 101,004 101,136
    Civilian labor force............................  75,426  77,119  76,769  75,462  76,439  76,462  76,624  76,831  76,790
          Participation rate........................    75.6    76.4    75.9    75.6    76.0    75.9    76.0    76.1    75.9
      Employed......................................  72,044  74,061  73,637  71,701  73,100  73,174  73,363  73,527  73,318
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.2    73.3    72.8    71.9    72.6    72.6    72.7    72.8    72.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,382   3,058   3,132   3,761   3,339   3,288   3,261   3,304   3,471
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.5     4.0     4.1     5.0     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.3     4.5
    Not in labor force..............................  24,349  23,885  24,367  24,314  24,195  24,292  24,250  24,173  24,346
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 115,921 117,089 117,218 115,921 116,736 116,849 116,963 117,089 117,218
    Civilian labor force............................  68,342  69,390  69,708  68,490  69,075  69,060  69,374  69,431  69,765
          Participation rate........................    59.0    59.3    59.5    59.1    59.2    59.1    59.3    59.3    59.5
      Employed......................................  64,777  65,756  66,133  64,898  65,490  65,545  65,804  66,000  66,196
          Employment-population ratio...............    55.9    56.2    56.4    56.0    56.1    56.1    56.3    56.4    56.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,565   3,634   3,575   3,592   3,585   3,515   3,570   3,431   3,569
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.2     5.2     5.1     5.2     5.2     5.1     5.1     4.9     5.1
    Not in labor force..............................  47,579  47,700  47,509  47,431  47,661  47,789  47,589  47,658  47,453
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,920 108,996 109,114 107,920 108,672 108,776 108,880 108,996 109,114
    Civilian labor force............................  65,032  65,384  66,247  65,008  65,479  65,470  65,768  65,761  66,130
          Participation rate........................    60.3    60.0    60.7    60.2    60.3    60.2    60.4    60.3    60.6
      Employed......................................  61,952  62,306  63,153  61,939  62,464  62,451  62,690  62,867  63,077
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.4    57.2    57.9    57.4    57.5    57.4    57.6    57.7    57.8
      Unemployed....................................   3,081   3,078   3,095   3,069   3,015   3,019   3,078   2,894   3,053
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.7     4.7     4.7     4.7     4.6     4.6     4.7     4.4     4.6
    Not in labor force..............................  42,887  43,612  42,866  42,912  43,192  43,306  43,113  43,235  42,983
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  16,246  16,421  16,443  16,246  16,364  16,381  16,399  16,421  16,443
    Civilian labor force............................   6,727   7,966   6,822   7,062   7,204   7,192   7,182   7,249   7,173
          Participation rate........................    41.4    48.5    41.5    43.5    44.0    43.9    43.8    44.1    43.6
      Employed......................................   5,645   6,775   5,789   5,887   5,911   6,013   6,024   6,055   6,036
          Employment-population ratio...............    34.7    41.3    35.2    36.2    36.1    36.7    36.7    36.9    36.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,082   1,191   1,033   1,175   1,293   1,178   1,158   1,193   1,136
          Unemployment rate.........................    16.1    15.0    15.1    16.6    17.9    16.4    16.1    16.5    15.8
    Not in labor force..............................   9,519   8,455   9,621   9,184   9,160   9,190   9,217   9,172   9,271

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                               
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 183,022 184,669 184,851 183,022 184,167 184,328 184,490 184,669 184,851
    Civilian labor force............................ 120,782 123,166 122,614 120,995 122,177 121,985 122,383 122,668 122,817
        Participation rate..........................    66.0    66.7    66.3    66.1    66.3    66.2    66.3    66.4    66.4
      Employed...................................... 115,451 118,021 117,420 115,318 116,791 116,778 117,149 117,471 117,317
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.1    63.9    63.5    63.0    63.4    63.4    63.5    63.6    63.5
      Unemployed....................................   5,331   5,144   5,194   5,677   5,386   5,206   5,234   5,197   5,500
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.4     4.2     4.2     4.7     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.5
    Not in labor force..............................  62,240  61,503  62,237  62,027  61,989  62,343  62,107  62,001  62,034
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  62,919  64,133  63,841  62,859  63,747  63,691  63,700  63,894  63,824
        Participation rate..........................    76.0    76.6    76.2    75.9    76.4    76.3    76.2    76.4    76.2
      Employed......................................  60,528  61,946  61,567  60,149  61,336  61,371  61,353  61,510  61,248
        Employment-population ratio.................    73.1    74.0    73.5    72.6    73.5    73.5    73.4    73.5    73.1
      Unemployed....................................   2,390   2,187   2,274   2,710   2,410   2,320   2,346   2,384   2,576
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.8     3.4     3.6     4.3     3.8     3.6     3.7     3.7     4.0
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  52,246  52,408  53,021  52,243  52,455  52,325  52,757  52,762  52,973
        Participation rate..........................    59.6    59.4    60.0    59.6    59.6    59.4    59.8    59.8    59.9
      Employed......................................  50,114  50,263  50,841  50,141  50,399  50,284  50,674  50,781  50,850
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.2    56.9    57.5    57.2    57.2    57.0    57.4    57.5    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   2,132   2,145   2,180   2,102   2,056   2,041   2,083   1,981   2,123
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.0     3.9     3.9     3.9     3.8     4.0
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   5,618   6,624   5,751   5,893   5,976   5,968   5,926   6,012   6,020
        Participation rate..........................    44.6    52.2    45.2    46.7    47.2    47.1    46.7    47.3    47.3
      Employed......................................   4,809   5,812   5,012   5,028   5,056   5,123   5,121   5,181   5,219
        Employment-population ratio.................    38.1    45.8    39.4    39.9    39.9    40.4    40.4    40.8    41.0
      Unemployed....................................     809     812     739     865     920     845     805     832     801
        Unemployment rate...........................    14.4    12.3    12.9    14.7    15.4    14.2    13.6    13.8    13.3
                                                                                                                            
              BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                     
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  26,163  26,572  26,618  26,163  26,450  26,488  26,526  26,572  26,618
    Civilian labor force............................  16,705  17,252  17,113  16,711  17,050  17,147  17,190  17,154  17,087
        Participation rate..........................    63.9    64.9    64.3    63.9    64.5    64.7    64.8    64.6    64.2
      Employed......................................  15,057  15,573  15,574  14,981  15,329  15,378  15,561  15,499  15,480
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.5    58.6    58.5    57.3    58.0    58.1    58.7    58.3    58.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,649   1,679   1,539   1,730   1,721   1,769   1,628   1,655   1,607
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.9     9.7     9.0    10.4    10.1    10.3     9.5     9.6     9.4
    Not in labor force..............................   9,457   9,319   9,504   9,452   9,400   9,341   9,336   9,417   9,531
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,466   7,761   7,712   7,470   7,615   7,706   7,765   7,739   7,680
        Participation rate..........................    71.1    72.6    72.1    71.1    71.6    72.4    72.8    72.4    71.8
      Employed......................................   6,756   7,129   7,083   6,707   6,914   6,963   7,116   7,077   7,017
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.3    66.7    66.2    63.8    65.0    65.4    66.7    66.2    65.6
      Unemployed....................................     710     631     629     763     700     743     650     662     664
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.5     8.1     8.2    10.2     9.2     9.6     8.4     8.6     8.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,537   8,614   8,712   8,504   8,589   8,626   8,609   8,604   8,674
        Participation rate..........................    64.5    64.3    64.9    64.3    64.3    64.5    64.3    64.2    64.6
      Employed......................................   7,795   7,885   8,026   7,747   7,871   7,863   7,900   7,902   7,970
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.9    58.8    59.8    58.6    59.0    58.8    59.0    59.0    59.4
      Unemployed....................................     742     729     686     757     718     762     709     702     704
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.7     8.5     7.9     8.9     8.4     8.8     8.2     8.2     8.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     702     878     689     737     846     815     816     810     732
        Participation rate..........................    28.9    35.3    27.6    30.3    34.3    32.9    32.9    32.6    29.4
      Employed......................................     505     559     465     526     543     551     545     521     493
        Employment-population ratio.................    20.8    22.5    18.6    21.6    22.0    22.3    22.0    20.9    19.8
      Unemployed....................................     197     319     224     211     303     264     270     290     239
        Unemployment rate...........................    28.1    36.3    32.5    28.6    35.8    32.4    33.1    35.8    32.6
                                                                                                                            
                        ASIAN                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,563   9,900   9,956   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,276   6,538   6,553   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    65.6    66.0    65.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,006   6,300   6,284   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.8    63.6    63.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     270     238     270   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.3     3.6     4.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,287   3,362   3,403   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for
  all races.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  28,338  29,264  29,361  28,338  28,989  29,079  29,168  29,264  29,361
    Civilian labor force............................  19,420  19,986  19,915  19,444  19,761  19,777  19,794  19,914  19,941
        Participation rate..........................    68.5    68.3    67.8    68.6    68.2    68.0    67.9    68.0    67.9
      Employed......................................  18,143  18,840  18,688  18,079  18,578  18,623  18,698  18,761  18,644
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.0    64.4    63.6    63.8    64.1    64.0    64.1    64.1    63.5
      Unemployed....................................   1,276   1,146   1,227   1,366   1,183   1,154   1,096   1,153   1,297
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.6     5.7     6.2     7.0     6.0     5.8     5.5     5.8     6.5
    Not in labor force..............................   8,918   9,278   9,446   8,894   9,228   9,302   9,374   9,350   9,420
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  11,091  11,463  11,480   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    84.0    84.0    83.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................  10,550  10,991  10,925   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    79.9    80.5    79.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     541     472     555   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.9     4.1     4.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,343   7,378   7,372   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    58.7    57.1    56.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,787   6,900   6,881   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    54.2    53.4    53.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     556     478     491   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.6     6.5     6.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     986   1,146   1,062   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    37.6    42.4    39.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     806     949     881   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    30.7    35.1    32.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     179     197     181   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    18.2    17.2    17.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2005, data
  reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                Sept.    Aug.     Sept.    Sept.    May      June     July     Aug.     Sept. 
                                                2004     2005     2005     2004     2005     2005     2005     2005     2005  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   12,815   12,818   12,863   12,742   12,798   12,903   13,156   12,883   12,770
      Participation rate....................     45.6     45.9     45.7     45.3     45.3     45.6     47.5     46.1     45.3
    Employed................................   11,790   11,921   11,891   11,608   11,802   12,006   12,154   11,903   11,728
      Employment-population ratio...........     42.0     42.7     42.2     41.3     41.8     42.5     43.8     42.6     41.6
    Unemployed..............................    1,025      897      972    1,133      996      898    1,002      980    1,042
      Unemployment rate.....................      8.0      7.0      7.6      8.9      7.8      7.0      7.6      7.6      8.2
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   37,781   38,084   38,362   37,700   38,233   38,080   37,959   38,104   38,325
      Participation rate....................     63.3     63.4     63.9     63.2     63.2     63.2     63.6     63.4     63.9
    Employed................................   36,170   36,379   36,637   35,894   36,514   36,307   36,120   36,327   36,399
      Employment-population ratio...........     60.6     60.5     61.0     60.2     60.4     60.2     60.5     60.5     60.6
    Unemployed..............................    1,611    1,705    1,725    1,806    1,719    1,773    1,839    1,777    1,926
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.3      4.5      4.5      4.8      4.5      4.7      4.8      4.7      5.0
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   34,453   35,136   35,154   34,431   34,699   34,635   34,851   35,008   35,126
      Participation rate....................     72.2     72.3     72.4     72.2     73.1     72.3     71.2     72.0     72.3
    Employed................................   33,099   33,896   33,933   33,037   33,351   33,283   33,547   33,754   33,859
      Employment-population ratio...........     69.4     69.7     69.9     69.3     70.3     69.5     68.5     69.4     69.7
    Unemployed..............................    1,354    1,240    1,221    1,394    1,348    1,351    1,304    1,254    1,267
      Unemployment rate.....................      3.9      3.5      3.5      4.0      3.9      3.9      3.7      3.6      3.6
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   40,485   41,099   41,617   40,471   40,913   40,945   41,297   41,431   41,569
      Participation rate....................     77.8     77.5     78.2     77.8     77.4     77.5     77.8     78.1     78.1
    Employed................................   39,424   40,132   40,615   39,438   39,916   40,007   40,309   40,579   40,592
      Employment-population ratio...........     75.8     75.6     76.3     75.8     75.5     75.7     75.9     76.5     76.3
    Unemployed..............................    1,061      966    1,002    1,033      997      938      987      852      978
      Unemployment rate.....................      2.6      2.4      2.4      2.6      2.4      2.3      2.4      2.1      2.4

    1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
    2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                   
                  Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                              2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,374   2,386   2,284   2,221   2,220   2,336   2,334   2,178   2,142
    Wage and salary workers................   1,373   1,388   1,260   1,213   1,229   1,312   1,311   1,216   1,117
    Self-employed workers..................     966     967     986     970     959   1,004     987     926     981
    Unpaid family workers..................      34      31      38   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 137,267 140,756 140,296 137,460 139,294 139,237 139,668 140,345 140,461
    Wage and salary workers................ 127,562 131,246 130,755 127,829 129,494 129,707 130,056 131,021 130,994
      Government...........................  20,211  19,996  20,284  20,166  20,779  20,464  20,492  20,469  20,251
      Private industries................... 107,351 111,250 110,471 107,692 108,697 109,203 109,651 110,605 110,728
        Private households.................     787     950     861   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 106,564 110,300 109,610 106,910 107,908 108,399 108,834 109,705 109,887
    Self-employed workers..................   9,616   9,400   9,453   9,481   9,768   9,465   9,514   9,269   9,355
    Unpaid family workers..................      90     110      88   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,073   4,402   4,230   4,476   4,361   4,465   4,427   4,493   4,591
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,552   2,608   2,665   2,805   2,741   2,668   2,723   2,768   2,882
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,280   1,355   1,316   1,312   1,346   1,420   1,368   1,426   1,383
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,624  17,471  19,812  19,410  19,435  19,021  19,528  19,516  19,579
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,024   4,332   4,188   4,400   4,280   4,386   4,369   4,457   4,522
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,511   2,567   2,636   2,750   2,705   2,616   2,673   2,747   2,832
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,277   1,344   1,312   1,320   1,331   1,416   1,369   1,420   1,366
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,245  17,114  19,414  19,061  19,160  18,633  19,084  19,141  19,188

    1 Data not available.
    2 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.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because
  of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 139,641 143,142 142,579 139,527 141,475 141,638 142,076 142,449 142,432
    16 to 19 years..................................   5,645   6,775   5,789   5,887   5,911   6,013   6,024   6,055   6,036
      16 to 17 years................................   2,138   2,622   2,253   2,149   2,249   2,296   2,241   2,292   2,285
      18 to 19 years................................   3,507   4,153   3,536   3,730   3,662   3,712   3,769   3,789   3,752
    20 years and over............................... 133,996 136,367 136,790 133,640 135,564 135,625 136,052 136,394 136,395
      20 to 24 years................................  13,513  14,039  13,714  13,641  13,725  13,829  13,904  13,775  13,842
      25 years and over............................. 120,483 122,328 123,076 119,993 121,757 121,772 122,120 122,682 122,545
        25 to 54 years..............................  98,041  98,805  99,229  97,667  98,455  98,274  98,530  98,958  98,817
          25 to 34 years............................  30,686  30,692  30,854  30,508  30,660  30,482  30,606  30,709  30,671
          35 to 44 years............................  34,626  34,618  34,949  34,556  34,600  34,629  34,707  34,701  34,822
          45 to 54 years............................  32,730  33,495  33,426  32,604  33,195  33,163  33,217  33,548  33,324
        55 years and over...........................  22,442  23,523  23,847  22,326  23,302  23,498  23,590  23,725  23,728
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  74,864  77,386  76,446  74,629  75,985  76,092  76,272  76,449  76,236
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,820   3,325   2,809   2,927   2,885   2,919   2,910   2,923   2,918
      16 to 17 years................................   1,037   1,247   1,036   1,040   1,068   1,066   1,014   1,064   1,048
      18 to 19 years................................   1,783   2,077   1,773   1,874   1,813   1,851   1,895   1,882   1,863
    20 years and over...............................  72,044  74,061  73,637  71,701  73,100  73,174  73,363  73,527  73,318
      20 to 24 years................................   7,124   7,483   7,196   7,151   7,273   7,367   7,414   7,303   7,246
      25 years and over.............................  64,920  66,578  66,441  64,497  65,731  65,807  65,920  66,282  66,043
        25 to 54 years..............................  52,917  53,823  53,676  52,553  53,161  53,124  53,198  53,530  53,329
          25 to 34 years............................  17,057  17,266  17,164  16,917  16,972  16,921  16,988  17,119  17,025
          35 to 44 years............................  18,760  18,858  18,953  18,639  18,759  18,803  18,825  18,784  18,816
          45 to 54 years............................  17,100  17,699  17,560  16,998  17,431  17,400  17,385  17,627  17,489
        55 years and over...........................  12,003  12,755  12,765  11,943  12,569  12,682  12,722  12,753  12,714
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  64,777  65,756  66,133  64,898  65,490  65,545  65,804  66,000  66,196
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,825   3,450   2,980   2,959   3,026   3,095   3,114   3,133   3,119
      16 to 17 years................................   1,101   1,375   1,217   1,109   1,181   1,230   1,227   1,227   1,236
      18 to 19 years................................   1,724   2,075   1,763   1,856   1,849   1,860   1,873   1,908   1,889
    20 years and over...............................  61,952  62,306  63,153  61,939  62,464  62,451  62,690  62,867  63,077
      20 to 24 years................................   6,389   6,556   6,518   6,490   6,452   6,461   6,491   6,472   6,596
      25 years and over.............................  55,563  55,750  56,635  55,497  56,026  55,966  56,200  56,400  56,502
        25 to 54 years..............................  45,124  44,983  45,553  45,114  45,293  45,150  45,333  45,428  45,488
          25 to 34 years............................  13,629  13,427  13,690  13,591  13,688  13,561  13,618  13,591  13,646
          35 to 44 years............................  15,865  15,761  15,996  15,917  15,841  15,826  15,882  15,917  16,006
          45 to 54 years............................  15,630  15,795  15,866  15,606  15,764  15,763  15,832  15,920  15,836
        55 years and over...........................  10,439  10,768  11,082  10,383  10,733  10,816  10,867  10,972  11,014
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  45,269  45,823  45,573  45,093  45,725  45,357  45,486  45,700  45,438
  Married women, spouse present.....................  34,721  34,428  34,974  34,704  34,747  34,622  34,965  34,997  34,946
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,751   8,766   8,872   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 115,245 119,615 117,781 114,831 116,846 117,200 117,332 117,637 117,375
  Part-time workers (3).............................  24,396  23,527  24,798  24,729  24,662  24,464  24,749  24,873  25,014

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the
  independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates (1)            
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,005   7,391   7,661    5.4     5.1     5.0     5.0     4.9     5.1 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,175   1,193   1,136   16.6    17.9    16.4    16.1    16.5    15.8 
      16 to 17 years................................     522     523     529   19.6    20.0    18.3    18.7    18.6    18.8 
      18 to 19 years................................     651     676     606   14.9    16.3    15.2    14.4    15.1    13.9 
    20 years and over...............................   6,830   6,198   6,525    4.9     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.3     4.6 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,433   1,347   1,324    9.5     8.8     8.8     8.3     8.9     8.7 
      25 years and over.............................   5,395   4,872   5,192    4.3     4.0     3.9     4.0     3.8     4.1 
        25 to 54 years..............................   4,506   4,077   4,299    4.4     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.0     4.2 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,677   1,605   1,747    5.2     5.1     5.2     5.2     5.0     5.4 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,607   1,345   1,330    4.4     3.9     3.8     3.8     3.7     3.7 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,222   1,128   1,222    3.6     3.5     3.4     3.6     3.3     3.5 
        55 years and over...........................     859     788     874    3.7     3.2     3.1     3.5     3.2     3.6 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   4,413   3,960   4,092    5.6     5.1     5.0     4.9     4.9     5.1 
    16 to 19 years..................................     652     656     620   18.2    20.0    19.0    18.6    18.3    17.5 
      16 to 17 years................................     269     293     286   20.6    22.5    21.7    23.2    21.6    21.4 
      18 to 19 years................................     379     369     334   16.8    18.4    17.5    15.5    16.4    15.2 
    20 years and over...............................   3,761   3,304   3,471    5.0     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.3     4.5 
      20 to 24 years................................     838     821     801   10.5     9.2     9.3     8.7    10.1     9.9 
      25 years and over.............................   2,923   2,502   2,658    4.3     3.8     3.7     3.7     3.6     3.9 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,443   2,094   2,226    4.4     4.0     3.9     3.9     3.8     4.0 
          25 to 34 years............................     930     793     911    5.2     4.9     4.6     4.6     4.4     5.1 
          35 to 44 years............................     849     705     673    4.4     3.8     3.6     3.4     3.6     3.5 
          45 to 54 years............................     664     596     642    3.8     3.4     3.4     3.7     3.3     3.5 
        55 years and over...........................     480     408     432    3.9     3.0     3.1     3.2     3.1     3.3 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,592   3,431   3,569    5.2     5.2     5.1     5.1     4.9     5.1 
    16 to 19 years..................................     523     538     516   15.0    15.8    13.8    13.6    14.6    14.2 
      16 to 17 years................................     253     230     243   18.6    17.7    15.1    14.5    15.8    16.4 
      18 to 19 years................................     271     307     272   12.8    14.2    12.8    13.2    13.9    12.6 
    20 years and over...............................   3,069   2,894   3,053    4.7     4.6     4.6     4.7     4.4     4.6 
      20 to 24 years................................     595     526     524    8.4     8.4     8.1     7.7     7.5     7.4 
      25 years and over.............................   2,472   2,370   2,534    4.3     4.1     4.2     4.3     4.0     4.3 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,064   1,983   2,073    4.4     4.3     4.4     4.5     4.2     4.4 
          25 to 34 years............................     747     812     836    5.2     5.4     5.9     5.9     5.6     5.8 
          35 to 44 years............................     758     640     657    4.5     4.0     4.1     4.2     3.9     3.9 
          45 to 54 years............................     558     531     580    3.5     3.6     3.4     3.6     3.2     3.5 
        55 years and over (2).......................     384     422     453    3.5     3.2     3.3     4.1     3.8     3.9 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,386   1,348   1,296    3.0     2.7     2.6     2.6     2.9     2.8 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,120   1,157   1,226    3.1     3.1     3.3     3.4     3.2     3.4 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     780     678     730    8.2     7.9     8.2     8.8     7.2     7.6 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   6,733   6,038   6,260    5.5     5.0     4.9     4.9     4.9     5.1 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,295   1,348   1,396    5.0     5.6     5.4     5.5     5.1     5.3 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Not seasonally adjusted.
    3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or
  are on layoff from full-time jobs.
    4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week)
  or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
    NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of
  the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,644   3,297   3,373   4,014   3,646   3,680   3,633   3,490   3,724
    On temporary layoff.............................     615     813     670     919     864     975     959     880     982
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,029   2,484   2,703   3,094   2,782   2,705   2,674   2,610   2,742
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,157   1,711   1,836   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     872     773     867   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     876     911     932     830     942     844     826     839     876
  Reentrants........................................   2,373   2,441   2,378   2,417   2,353   2,219   2,394   2,451   2,422
  New entrants......................................     652     678     577     697     728     661     628     632     623
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    48.3    45.0    46.5    50.4    47.5    49.7    48.6    47.1    48.7
     On temporary layoff............................     8.2    11.1     9.2    11.6    11.3    13.2    12.8    11.9    12.8
     Not on temporary layoff........................    40.1    33.9    37.2    38.9    36.3    36.5    35.7    35.2    35.9
   Job leavers......................................    11.6    12.4    12.8    10.4    12.3    11.4    11.0    11.3    11.5
   Reentrants.......................................    31.4    33.3    32.8    30.4    30.7    30.0    32.0    33.1    31.7
   New entrants.....................................     8.6     9.3     7.9     8.8     9.5     8.9     8.4     8.5     8.1
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.5     2.2     2.3     2.7     2.4     2.5     2.4     2.3     2.5
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.5     1.6     1.6     1.6
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .5      .4      .5      .5      .4      .4      .4      .4

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,757   2,460   2,772   2,796   2,699   2,666   2,571   2,542   2,735
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,056   2,420   2,079   2,251   2,262   2,342   2,430   2,272   2,285
  15 weeks and over.................................   2,732   2,448   2,408   2,971   2,667   2,350   2,437   2,686   2,611
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,063   1,033     982   1,227   1,133   1,041   1,047   1,243   1,131
     27 weeks and over..............................   1,669   1,415   1,426   1,744   1,534   1,310   1,389   1,444   1,480
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    19.5    18.4    18.2    19.6    18.8    17.1    17.6    18.9    18.3
  Median duration, in weeks.........................     9.5     9.2     8.4     9.5     9.1     9.1     9.0     9.4     8.6
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Total unemployed..................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
    Less than 5 weeks...............................    36.5    33.6    38.2    34.9    35.4    36.2    34.6    33.9    35.8
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    27.3    33.0    28.6    28.1    29.7    31.8    32.7    30.3    29.9
    15 weeks and over...............................    36.2    33.4    33.2    37.1    35.0    31.9    32.8    35.8    34.2
      15 to 26 weeks................................    14.1    14.1    13.5    15.3    14.9    14.1    14.1    16.6    14.8
      27 weeks and over.............................    22.1    19.3    19.6    21.7    20.1    17.8    18.7    19.2    19.4

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                     Unemployment    
                                                                           Employed             Unemployed              rates        
                                                                                                                                     
                             Occupation                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                       Sept.      Sept.       Sept.      Sept.       Sept.      Sept.  
                                                                       2004       2005        2004       2005        2004       2005   
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   139,641    142,579      7,545      7,259        5.1        4.8 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    48,573     49,377      1,268      1,161        2.5        2.3 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    20,464     20,588        525        449        2.5        2.1 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    28,109     28,789        742        712        2.6        2.4 
  Service occupations..............................................    22,829     23,181      1,547      1,593        6.3        6.4 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    35,520     36,018      1,909      1,723        5.1        4.6 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    15,912     16,344        863        842        5.1        4.9 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,608     19,675      1,046        881        5.1        4.3 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    14,727     15,902        979        971        6.2        5.8 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................     1,098      1,041         93        118        7.8       10.2 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     8,734      9,454        669        659        7.1        6.5 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     4,895      5,407        217        194        4.2        3.5 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    17,992     18,100      1,162      1,189        6.1        6.2 
    Production occupations.........................................     9,424      9,273        597        692        6.0        6.9 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,569      8,828        565        498        6.2        5.3 

    1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed
  total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                    Number of                                                       
                                                                    unemployed                             Unemployment             
                                                                     persons                                  rates                 
                       Industry                                   (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                             Sept.               Sept.                Sept.               Sept.       
                                                             2004                2005                 2004                2005       
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         7,545               7,259                 5.1                 4.8      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         5,874               5,706                 5.2                 4.9      
    Mining..........................................             8                  12                 1.5                 2.0      
    Construction....................................           629                 572                 6.8                 5.7      
    Manufacturing...................................           852                 775                 5.0                 4.7      
      Durable goods.................................           512                 439                 4.8                 4.2      
      Nondurable goods..............................           339                 337                 5.4                 5.5      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,127               1,038                 5.5                 4.9      
    Transportation and utilities....................           208                 211                 3.9                 3.7      
    Information.....................................           178                 168                 5.4                 4.9      
    Financial activities............................           374                 260                 4.0                 2.7      
    Professional and business services..............           750                 862                 5.9                 6.7      
    Education and health services...................           593                 658                 3.3                 3.5      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................           854                 842                 7.5                 7.3      
    Other services..................................           301                 307                 4.9                 4.9      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................            88                 127                 6.4                 9.5      
  Government workers................................           568                 568                 2.7                 2.7      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           362                 282                 3.3                 2.6      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                               Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                      
                            Measure                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                                 2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
     the civilian labor force.................................    1.9     1.6     1.6     2.0     1.8     1.6     1.6     1.8     1.7 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
     a percent of the civilian labor force....................    2.5     2.2     2.3     2.7     2.4     2.5     2.4     2.3     2.5 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
     force (official unemployment rate).......................    5.1     4.9     4.8     5.4     5.1     5.0     5.0     4.9     5.1 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
     of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.....    5.4     5.1     5.1     5.7     5.4     5.3     5.3     5.2     5.3 
                                                                                                                                      
  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..................................................    6.1     5.9     5.7     6.4     6.0     6.0     6.0     5.9     6.0 
                                                                                                                                      
  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.........................................    8.9     8.8     8.5     9.4     8.9     9.0     8.9     8.9     9.0 

    NOTE:  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.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.  
                                                                        2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   76,755    76,855    29,176    29,345    47,579    47,509 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,720     4,757     2,062     2,024     2,658     2,733 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,561     1,438       848       704       713       734 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      412       362       264       201       148       161 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................    1,148     1,076       583       504       565       573 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    7,672     7,705     3,979     3,928     3,692     3,777 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.5       5.4       5.3       5.1       5.7       5.7 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,007     4,014     2,292     2,295     1,715     1,719 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,618     1,725       501       532     1,117     1,193 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      290       259       193       171        97        88 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,713     1,660       971       913       742       747 

    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 school or family responsibili-
  ties, ill health, 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.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Sept.    July    Aug.     Sept.     Sept.    May      June     July    Aug.     Sept.    from:
                                   2004     2005    2005p    2005p     2004     2005     2005     2005    2005p    2005p  Aug. 2005-
                                                                                                                          Sept. 2005p

          Total nonfarm......... 132,127  133,583  133,793  134,325  131,880  133,413  133,588  133,865  134,076  134,041      -35

        Total private........... 110,635  112,950  113,142  112,618  110,203  111,659  111,828  112,048  112,233  112,167      -66

    Goods-producing.............  22,241   22,486   22,568   22,447   21,947   22,138   22,134   22,134   22,154   22,155        1

Natural resources and mining....     608      640      644      647      597      624      628      629      631      636        5
   Logging......................    71.8     67.2     67.9     67.9     68.0     64.9     64.8     65.3     64.9     64.5      -.4
 Mining.........................   536.4    572.8    576.4    578.6    528.5    559.5    563.1    563.4    566.4    571.2      4.8
  Oil and gas extraction........   124.0    128.1    128.1    128.0    124.0    125.2    125.4    126.4    126.7    127.7      1.0
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   213.7    226.1    226.8    224.1    208.5    219.4    221.2    219.9    219.8    219.5      -.3
   Coal mining..................    73.6     78.7     78.4     78.4     72.9     76.6     77.2     77.8     77.5     78.0       .5
  Support activities for mining.   198.7    218.6    221.5    226.5    196.0    214.9    216.5    217.1    219.9    224.0      4.1

Construction....................   7,229    7,542    7,580    7,517    6,998    7,213    7,230    7,235    7,262    7,285       23
  Construction of buildings..... 1,683.3  1,743.5  1,754.0  1,740.3  1,647.8  1,693.9  1,696.2  1,699.2  1,705.7  1,708.3      2.6
   Residential building.........   922.6    974.9    973.3    968.4    905.5    941.7    943.8    946.8    949.5    953.7      4.2
   Nonresidential building......   760.7    768.6    780.7    771.9    742.3    752.2    752.4    752.4    756.2    754.6     -1.6
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   963.9  1,007.1  1,014.7  1,006.1    902.1    925.8    937.4    938.2    939.7    940.2       .5
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,582.0  4,791.8  4,811.7  4,770.9  4,447.8  4,593.7  4,596.4  4,597.8  4,616.7  4,636.6     19.9
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,178.8  2,283.0  2,286.5  2,284.0  2,113.9  2,190.5  2,192.7  2,189.9  2,198.9  2,216.7     17.8
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,403.2  2,508.7  2,525.2  2,486.8  2,333.9  2,403.2  2,403.7  2,407.9  2,417.8  2,419.9      2.1

Manufacturing...................  14,404   14,304   14,344   14,283   14,352   14,301   14,276   14,270   14,261   14,234      -27
   Production workers...........  10,169   10,086   10,150   10,124   10,117   10,092   10,080   10,081   10,081   10,070      -11

 Durable goods..................   8,965    8,936    8,976    8,932    8,957    8,961    8,947    8,940    8,945    8,924      -21
   Production workers...........   6,182    6,173    6,236    6,224    6,172    6,198    6,197    6,197    6,214    6,210       -4

  Wood products.................   554.7    556.1    558.2    554.6    550.1    548.4    550.7    549.5    549.7    549.4      -.3
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   518.8    510.9    510.0    507.1    508.8    501.6    501.3    499.4    498.7    496.8     -1.9
  Primary metals................   467.1    462.3    465.1    466.6    466.4    466.2    465.3    465.4    465.3    466.3      1.0
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,507.1  1,522.8  1,526.7  1,524.7  1,508.5  1,520.7  1,521.0  1,523.6  1,523.7  1,525.5      1.8
  Machinery..................... 1,144.3  1,159.9  1,155.9  1,163.1  1,148.7  1,156.2  1,156.2  1,160.5  1,160.5  1,167.6      7.1
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,330.6  1,340.9  1,338.9  1,331.3  1,332.5  1,329.5  1,333.4  1,333.9  1,334.4  1,332.5     -1.9
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   211.9    215.8    215.2    215.0    211.9    213.3    214.8    214.7    215.0    215.0       .0
   Communications equipment.....   151.2    155.3    154.7    154.4    151.0    154.2    154.3    154.4    154.3    154.7       .4
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   456.1    449.6    449.2    445.7    457.0    446.5    447.3    447.1    446.9    445.7     -1.2
   Electronic instruments.......   433.2    442.5    442.8    440.6    434.6    437.2    439.2    440.4    441.3    441.5       .2
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   447.5    440.4    439.5    434.8    447.0    443.6    440.1    439.4    439.2    435.2     -4.0
  Transportation equipment(1)... 1,770.3  1,725.7  1,763.3  1,737.0  1,768.5  1,779.5  1,764.3  1,752.5  1,758.6  1,736.6    -22.0
   Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,110.6  1,038.3  1,077.8  1,081.8  1,109.9  1,097.2  1,079.6  1,066.7  1,075.6  1,080.8      5.2
  Furniture and related products   571.4    558.9    561.5    555.8    572.1    561.8    561.0    558.5    558.6    556.8     -1.8
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   653.4    658.2    657.2    656.7    654.5    653.0    653.7    657.3    656.6    657.3       .7

 Nondurable goods...............   5,439    5,368    5,368    5,351    5,395    5,340    5,329    5,330    5,316    5,310       -6
   Production workers...........   3,987    3,913    3,914    3,900    3,945    3,894    3,883    3,884    3,867    3,860       -7

  Food manufacturing............ 1,526.4  1,510.2  1,518.3  1,506.3  1,494.3  1,490.7  1,488.4  1,486.8  1,483.1  1,478.7     -4.4
  Beverages and tobacco products   199.6    195.4    194.2    196.5    194.9    191.3    190.4    190.6    189.8    190.9      1.1
  Textile mills.................   238.3    222.1    221.8    222.7    237.3    225.1    223.9    223.0    221.7    221.4      -.3
  Textile product mills.........   176.1    179.3    178.0    177.3    177.8    178.4    176.9    177.9    177.9    178.7       .8
  Apparel.......................   283.9    256.0    256.9    256.8    281.0    259.2    257.0    258.6    255.3    253.9     -1.4
  Leather and allied products...    42.9     42.9     43.6     43.1     42.7     42.8     42.8     43.5     43.4     43.1      -.3
  Paper and paper products......   500.5    497.9    497.2    491.7    499.3    498.3    496.4    495.9    494.1    490.8     -3.3
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   663.5    657.2    654.7    654.1    661.6    656.5    655.6    653.9    652.7    652.6      -.1
  Petroleum and coal products...   115.0    119.8    120.2    118.7    113.2    117.1    116.9    116.9    117.2    116.9      -.3
  Chemicals.....................   883.5    884.9    879.9    878.4    885.5    877.8    878.4    879.9    878.3    879.5      1.2
  Plastics and rubber products..   809.3    802.1    803.4    805.2    807.1    803.0    802.3    803.2    802.2    803.2      1.0

    Service-providing........... 109,886  111,097  111,225  111,878  109,933  111,275  111,454  111,731  111,922  111,886      -36

     Private service-providing..  88,394   90,464   90,574   90,171   88,256   89,521   89,694   89,914   90,079   90,012      -67

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,514   25,903   25,937   25,811   25,555   25,842   25,854   25,922   25,944   25,850      -94

 Wholesale trade................ 5,677.9  5,761.8  5,759.9  5,744.3  5,672.4  5,719.0  5,722.3  5,729.8  5,735.7  5,738.2      2.5
  Durable goods................. 2,956.8  3,006.2  3,005.4  2,991.6  2,960.2  2,983.0  2,986.1  2,989.3  2,992.3  2,993.8      1.5
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,016.8  2,027.3  2,025.2  2,023.6  2,008.1  2,014.0  2,013.7  2,014.7  2,015.2  2,015.1      -.1
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   704.3    728.3    729.3    729.1    704.1    722.0    722.5    725.8    728.2    729.3      1.1

 Retail trade...................14,953.2 15,222.1 15,253.8 15,098.3 15,037.7 15,185.8 15,197.1 15,249.2 15,264.9 15,176.9    -88.0
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,908.4  1,941.6  1,941.3  1,935.5  1,898.4  1,917.3  1,916.4  1,923.5  1,925.7  1,925.8       .1
   Automobile dealers........... 1,251.8  1,263.0  1,262.8  1,262.9  1,247.3  1,254.7  1,252.6  1,257.3  1,257.4  1,258.6      1.2
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   555.2    561.0    564.4    565.3    561.9    569.1    566.1    568.4    568.9    571.1      2.2
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   504.2    516.5    525.0    529.3    513.6    521.9    524.5    529.2    533.3    535.5      2.2
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,229.2  1,314.4  1,293.7  1,263.2  1,232.5  1,267.6  1,272.8  1,276.9  1,276.3  1,267.0     -9.3
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,819.2  2,856.9  2,851.3  2,806.1  2,827.1  2,838.5  2,840.2  2,842.5  2,842.4  2,812.4    -30.0
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   938.4    955.2    958.5    950.1    942.1    958.0    956.7    956.1    959.7    954.2     -5.5
  Gasoline stations.............   881.7    890.8    894.6    887.5    878.0    876.6    874.0    880.0    881.7    882.1       .4
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,351.7  1,423.8  1,436.3  1,382.2  1,371.9  1,394.5  1,406.1  1,426.3  1,426.3  1,398.8    -27.5
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   640.7    618.9    627.1    624.1    638.7    637.2    636.3    637.2    638.3    621.5    -16.8
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,788.0  2,816.4  2,821.7  2,807.3  2,832.9  2,866.0  2,861.6  2,867.1  2,865.9  2,858.6     -7.3
   Department stores............ 1,570.5  1,592.6  1,598.2  1,595.8  1,603.3  1,629.5  1,628.7  1,637.1  1,635.1  1,630.7     -4.4
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   913.8    920.6    926.0    923.4    917.0    921.1    924.0    922.2    924.3    926.0      1.7
  Nonstore retailers............   422.7    406.0    413.9    424.3    423.6    418.0    418.4    419.8    422.1    423.9      1.8

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,311.4  4,339.6  4,342.5  4,392.8  4,274.1  4,361.4  4,359.9  4,367.6  4,367.0  4,359.0     -8.0
  Air transportation............   515.4    508.5    507.4    499.1    513.8    508.1    507.8    505.1    503.1    496.9     -6.2
  Rail transportation...........   226.4    224.9    223.4    224.3    225.5    224.3    223.9    223.9    223.1    223.2       .1
  Water transportation..........    58.3     65.1     66.2     64.8     57.2     61.5     62.2     62.3     63.0     63.7       .7
  Truck transportation.......... 1,380.8  1,412.2  1,417.7  1,414.3  1,358.5  1,392.9  1,396.3  1,395.5  1,393.4  1,393.8       .4
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   397.7    332.1    325.5    387.7    388.3    389.8    381.9    389.8    388.9    380.6     -8.3
  Pipeline transportation.......    39.0     39.5     40.0     39.9     39.0     39.3     39.3     39.2     39.7     39.9       .2
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    32.6     39.2     38.3     34.8     27.8     28.3     28.4     28.9     28.9     28.9       .0
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   540.1    558.2    558.1    559.0    537.7    557.2    554.5    556.0    553.7    557.4      3.7
  Couriers and messengers.......   559.8    579.6    581.9    578.2    563.8    582.4    582.3    582.4    586.0    584.8     -1.2
  Warehousing and storage.......   561.3    580.3    584.0    590.7    562.5    577.6    583.3    584.5    587.2    589.8      2.6

 Utilities......................   571.1    579.6    580.5    575.4    571.1    575.4    575.1    575.1    576.7    575.8      -.9

Information.....................   3,114    3,166    3,164    3,143    3,127    3,146    3,146    3,146    3,151    3,153        2
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   908.9    912.7    912.0    910.9    909.2    905.7    907.0    910.0    909.9    910.8       .9
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   379.4    404.8    408.0    398.0    389.7    394.2    393.1    392.2    399.1    403.3      4.2
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   328.1    333.6    333.4    329.1    328.1    330.8    331.6    332.8    333.0    329.4     -3.6
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    32.0     35.4     35.7     36.0     32.0     35.2     35.6     35.1     35.7     36.2       .5
  Telecommunications............ 1,028.4  1,037.2  1,033.1  1,028.2  1,028.4  1,036.2  1,034.8  1,033.5  1,031.0  1,029.8     -1.2
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   386.1    391.3    390.5    390.8    387.6    393.5    393.4    391.2    391.8    393.0      1.2
  Other information services....    51.4     51.3     51.0     49.9     51.5     50.2     50.6     50.9     50.4     50.1      -.3

Financial activities............   8,089    8,300    8,306    8,260    8,083    8,189    8,208    8,227    8,244    8,255       11
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,974.4  6,098.8  6,103.4  6,085.5  5,982.1  6,052.9  6,062.5  6,072.3  6,084.2  6,094.4     10.2
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    21.5     20.5     20.5     20.4     21.5     20.4     20.4     20.3     20.3     20.3       .0
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,835.6  2,937.1  2,940.1  2,928.5  2,841.0  2,906.7  2,915.4  2,922.5  2,929.0  2,936.6      7.6
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,761.1  1,816.4  1,817.6  1,806.9  1,765.1  1,797.8  1,802.1  1,804.2  1,809.3  1,812.2      2.9
    Commercial banking.......... 1,284.1  1,321.1  1,321.7  1,313.4  1,286.4  1,308.8  1,311.0  1,311.9  1,314.8  1,316.8      2.0
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   771.2    792.0    794.6    792.4    772.3    787.6    786.5    788.1    791.0    793.1      2.1
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,262.1  2,262.8  2,262.7  2,259.2  2,263.3  2,253.6  2,254.6  2,255.7  2,258.5  2,259.3       .8
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    84.0     86.4     85.5     85.0     84.0     84.6     85.6     85.7     85.4     85.1      -.3
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,114.6  2,201.3  2,202.2  2,174.5  2,101.3  2,136.4  2,145.0  2,154.6  2,159.3  2,160.2       .9
  Real estate................... 1,437.0  1,498.0  1,503.2  1,491.9  1,429.1  1,454.6  1,461.4  1,470.7  1,476.0  1,480.5      4.5
  Rental and leasing services...   652.7    677.4    672.4    655.9    647.6    655.8    658.1    658.1    657.3    653.3     -4.0
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    24.9     25.9     26.6     26.7     24.6     26.0     25.5     25.8     26.0     26.4       .4

Professional and business
 services.......................  16,635   17,078   17,197   17,182   16,514   16,851   16,906   16,964   17,002   17,054       52
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,732.7  6,953.5  6,963.9  6,929.3  6,805.4  6,929.1  6,950.9  6,974.3  6,990.9  7,005.5     14.6
   Legal services............... 1,162.8  1,180.1  1,168.3  1,151.4  1,166.8  1,163.3  1,163.0  1,163.8  1,162.2  1,155.3     -6.9
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   746.6    793.5    796.1    790.6    816.1    851.4    858.5    861.7    865.3    867.8      2.5
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,273.5  1,338.9  1,343.4  1,336.5  1,270.5  1,303.9  1,310.8  1,317.5  1,323.8  1,332.0      8.2
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,157.6  1,181.8  1,188.8  1,188.4  1,161.1  1,178.2  1,182.4  1,184.8  1,187.4  1,191.2      3.8
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   789.0    819.0    822.3    819.4    787.9    801.9    806.3    811.9    815.0    817.0      2.0
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,718.1  1,753.3  1,744.4  1,727.7  1,715.0  1,734.1  1,735.7  1,735.8  1,734.9  1,732.2     -2.7
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 8,183.9  8,371.3  8,488.8  8,524.8  7,993.2  8,187.9  8,219.5  8,254.1  8,275.7  8,316.4     40.7
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,854.1  8,038.4  8,157.7  8,200.0  7,667.3  7,866.8  7,895.7  7,927.4  7,951.3  7,994.7     43.4
   Employment services(1)....... 3,631.0  3,715.2  3,840.5  3,899.5  3,513.5  3,667.9  3,688.0  3,707.2  3,731.6  3,768.1     36.5
    Temporary help services..... 2,534.3  2,550.1  2,650.0  2,708.0  2,438.7  2,517.7  2,529.6  2,548.8  2,567.1  2,598.8     31.7
   Business support services....   744.7    743.9    745.9    745.0    752.6    753.3    751.4    751.7    752.4    753.2       .8
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,773.8  1,847.2  1,836.2  1,811.6  1,706.4  1,722.4  1,729.0  1,739.5  1,738.1  1,740.2      2.1
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   329.8    332.9    331.1    324.8    325.9    321.1    323.8    326.7    324.4    321.7     -2.7

Education and health services...  16,917   17,044   17,041   17,378   17,019   17,289   17,336   17,377   17,427   17,476       49
 Educational services........... 2,702.0  2,510.5  2,487.7  2,789.5  2,773.2  2,822.2  2,835.5  2,837.8  2,850.7  2,860.2      9.5
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,214.6 14,533.6 14,553.1 14,588.8 14,246.1 14,467.2 14,500.5 14,539.5 14,576.4 14,616.1     39.7
 Health care(3).................12,084.5 12,365.7 12,387.2 12,390.1 12,106.0 12,272.1 12,300.3 12,337.4 12,368.0 12,404.5     36.5
   Ambulatory health care
    services(1)................. 4,959.6  5,110.0  5,129.7  5,126.6  4,975.0  5,069.7  5,084.6  5,104.0  5,122.5  5,138.7     16.2
    Offices of physicians....... 2,058.1  2,126.4  2,136.8  2,132.7  2,064.5  2,114.4  2,119.5  2,124.2  2,132.5  2,137.7      5.2
    Outpatient care centers.....   446.6    462.4    463.0    466.1    448.7    455.3    456.7    461.2    462.7    466.9      4.2
    Home health care services...   777.6    806.2    809.1    812.0    779.5    798.8    804.1    807.3    810.2    814.8      4.6
   Hospitals.................... 4,303.1  4,401.2  4,400.8  4,400.8  4,306.0  4,362.6  4,374.5  4,384.2  4,393.2  4,403.6     10.4
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities(1)............... 2,821.8  2,854.5  2,856.7  2,862.7  2,825.0  2,839.8  2,841.2  2,849.2  2,852.3  2,862.2      9.9
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,577.9  1,577.2  1,580.1  1,583.6  1,576.6  1,572.7  1,573.2  1,575.9  1,577.0  1,580.4      3.4
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,130.1  2,167.9  2,165.9  2,198.7  2,140.1  2,195.1  2,200.2  2,202.1  2,208.4  2,211.6      3.2
   Child day care services......   768.3    750.8    749.2    789.6    767.9    788.0    793.2    792.7    791.3    791.3       .0

Leisure and hospitality.........  12,706   13,428   13,411   12,953   12,522   12,736   12,765   12,801   12,838   12,758      -80
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,906.1  2,129.6  2,108.9  1,907.3  1,836.2  1,824.9  1,830.6  1,834.8  1,844.9  1,825.8    -19.1
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   376.4    388.6    389.4    377.6    363.6    361.7    364.1    363.8    364.0    362.8     -1.2
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   118.2    129.6    127.1    120.1    118.3    117.3    117.5    117.6    117.6    119.0      1.4
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,411.5  1,611.4  1,592.4  1,409.6  1,354.3  1,345.9  1,349.0  1,353.4  1,363.3  1,344.0    -19.3
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,800.0 11,297.9 11,301.8 11,045.2 10,685.3 10,911.1 10,934.2 10,965.8 10,992.7 10,932.6    -60.1
  Accommodations................ 1,830.3  1,973.8  1,967.9  1,857.7  1,801.5  1,830.3  1,830.0  1,829.1  1,835.6  1,829.2     -6.4
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 8,969.7  9,324.1  9,333.9  9,187.5  8,883.8  9,080.8  9,104.2  9,136.7  9,157.1  9,103.4    -53.7

Other services..................   5,419    5,545    5,518    5,444    5,436    5,468    5,479    5,477    5,473    5,466       -7
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,226.5  1,255.9  1,244.8  1,232.4  1,226.9  1,241.4  1,244.1  1,244.3  1,239.0  1,233.9     -5.1
  Personal and laundry services. 1,270.8  1,287.4  1,286.8  1,278.5  1,271.5  1,284.4  1,283.2  1,280.1  1,281.1  1,282.5      1.4
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,921.4  3,001.6  2,985.9  2,933.0  2,937.9  2,942.4  2,951.7  2,952.2  2,952.8  2,949.2     -3.6

Government......................  21,492   20,633   20,651   21,707   21,677   21,754   21,760   21,817   21,843   21,874       31
 Federal........................   2,734    2,736    2,731    2,722    2,730    2,722    2,719    2,719    2,719    2,718       -1
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,953.4  1,957.3  1,952.0  1,943.7  1,946.8  1,940.8  1,937.6  1,937.5  1,937.3  1,937.1      -.2
  U.S. Postal Service...........   780.4    778.9    778.7    778.7    783.4    781.2    781.2    781.1    781.2    780.7      -.5
 State government...............   4,990    4,753    4,756    5,042    5,000    5,023    5,026    5,034    5,036    5,050       14
  State government education.... 2,253.1  1,976.0  1,983.9  2,290.6  2,263.7  2,277.6  2,278.2  2,283.5  2,287.3  2,298.3     11.0
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,737.1  2,777.3  2,771.6  2,751.3  2,736.4  2,745.5  2,747.6  2,750.9  2,749.1  2,751.4      2.3
 Local government...............  13,768   13,144   13,164   13,943   13,947   14,009   14,015   14,064   14,088   14,106       18
  Local government education.... 7,633.2  6,736.6  6,813.8  7,758.6  7,793.2  7,823.5  7,830.3  7,873.9  7,892.8  7,904.2     11.4
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,135.0  6,407.5  6,349.7  6,184.2  6,153.4  6,185.9  6,184.9  6,190.1  6,195.0  6,201.6      6.6


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Sept.  July   Aug.   Sept.   Sept.  May    June   July   Aug.   Sept.    from:
                                                 2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2005   2005   2005   2005p  2005p  Aug. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Sept. 2005p


        Total private.........................   33.6   33.8   33.9   33.8    33.8   33.7   33.7   33.7   33.7   33.7       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................   39.7   39.7   40.3   40.6    40.1   39.9   39.9   39.9   39.9   39.9        .0

Natural resources and mining..................   44.3   45.5   46.4   46.8    44.5   45.8   45.6   45.9   46.0   45.9       -.1

Construction..................................   37.6   38.8   39.3   39.4    38.3   38.5   38.5   38.2   38.3   38.2       -.1

Manufacturing.................................   40.6   39.9   40.6   41.0    40.8   40.4   40.4   40.5   40.5   40.5        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.7    4.3    4.7    4.8     4.6    4.4    4.4    4.5    4.5    4.4       -.1

 Durable goods................................   40.9   40.3   41.1   41.5    41.2   40.8   40.9   41.0   41.1   41.0       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.6    4.3    4.8    4.8     4.7    4.4    4.4    4.6    4.7    4.5       -.2

  Wood products...............................   39.7   39.6   39.9   40.0    40.4   39.6   39.5   39.6   39.4   39.5        .1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   43.0   41.6   42.3   43.1    42.4   41.8   41.7   41.6   41.6   42.1        .5
  Primary metals..............................   42.8   42.4   42.8   43.2    43.1   42.5   42.7   43.1   43.0   43.0        .0
  Fabricated metal products...................   40.7   40.3   40.7   41.1    41.2   40.7   40.7   40.8   40.7   40.6       -.1
  Machinery...................................   41.5   41.6   41.6   42.0    42.3   41.9   41.9   42.1   42.0   41.8       -.2
  Computer and electronic products............   40.1   39.7   39.8   40.7    40.3   39.9   39.8   40.1   39.9   40.2        .3
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.0   40.2   41.1   41.7    40.6   40.2   40.2   40.9   40.9   41.2        .3
  Transportation equipment....................   42.3   40.5   42.7   43.0    42.4   41.8   42.2   42.2   42.8   42.4       -.4
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   42.5   39.8   42.8   43.2    42.4   41.4   42.0   41.9   42.9   42.5       -.4
  Furniture and related products..............   38.8   39.2   39.6   39.6    39.3   39.1   39.3   39.3   39.2   39.2        .0
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.0   37.6   38.7   38.9    38.4   38.6   38.7   38.2   38.7   38.8        .1

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.1   39.4   39.8   40.2    40.1   39.7   39.7   39.7   39.7   39.7        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.8    4.3    4.5    4.7     4.4    4.3    4.3    4.3    4.3    4.3        .0

  Food manufacturing..........................   39.8   38.8   39.2   39.5    39.3   38.9   38.8   39.0   38.8   38.7       -.1
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   39.8   40.0   40.6   39.9    39.2   39.0   40.0   39.9   40.0   39.5       -.5
  Textile mills...............................   39.9   39.6   40.0   40.0    40.2   40.4   40.3   40.2   39.9   39.8       -.1
  Textile product mills.......................   38.7   37.8   38.4   38.7    39.1   38.7   38.1   38.2   38.5   38.3       -.2
  Apparel.....................................   35.5   34.9   35.8   35.0    36.2   35.1   35.4   35.3   35.6   35.2       -.4
  Leather and allied products.................   37.2   38.4   38.3   38.5    38.2   38.5   38.6   39.3   38.4   38.4        .0
  Paper and paper products....................   42.4   41.9   42.3   42.7    42.2   42.3   42.2   42.2   42.4   42.4        .0
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.4   38.1   38.3   38.9    38.3   38.4   38.2   38.4   38.3   38.4        .1
  Petroleum and coal products.................   45.8   45.5   44.6   47.9    46.0   45.6   45.6   45.4   45.2   46.9       1.7
  Chemicals...................................   42.7   41.6   41.5   42.0    42.8   42.3   42.1   42.0   41.7   42.0        .3
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.1   38.8   39.8   40.5    40.3   39.6   39.6   39.6   39.9   40.1        .2

     Private service-providing................   32.3   32.6   32.5   32.3    32.5   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.6   33.6   33.5   33.4    33.6   33.4   33.3   33.3   33.3   33.3        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   37.6   37.5   37.5   37.7    37.8   37.6   37.6   37.6   37.5   37.6        .1

 Retail trade.................................   30.9   31.0   30.9   30.6    30.8   30.6   30.5   30.5   30.5   30.5        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............   37.4   37.1   37.0   36.8    37.5   37.1   37.0   37.0   36.9   36.6       -.3

 Utilities....................................   41.5   41.1   41.1   42.4    41.4   40.9   41.2   41.2   41.3   41.9        .6

Information...................................   36.2   36.6   36.6   36.4    36.3   36.6   36.4   36.6   36.4   36.6        .2

Financial activities..........................   35.2   35.9   35.9   35.7    35.5   36.0   36.0   36.1   36.0   36.0        .0

Professional and business services............   34.0   34.2   34.3   34.3    34.7   34.1   34.1   34.3   34.2   34.3        .1

Education and health services.................   32.4   32.7   32.6   32.6    32.5   32.6   32.6   32.7   32.5   32.7        .2

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.3   26.4   26.4   25.3    25.6   25.8   25.8   25.7   25.7   25.6       -.1

Other services................................   30.8   31.2   31.2   30.9    31.0   30.9   31.0   31.0   31.0   30.9       -.1


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Sept.     July     Aug.      Sept.      Sept.     July     Aug.      Sept.
                                                   2004      2005     2005p     2005p      2004      2005     2005p     2005p

        Total private........................... $15.79    $16.05    $16.06    $16.22    $530.54   $542.49   $544.43   $548.24
         Seasonally adjusted....................  15.77     16.14     16.15     16.18     533.03    543.92    544.26    545.27

    Goods-producing.............................  17.40     17.63     17.70     17.76     690.78    699.91    713.31    721.06

Natural resources and mining....................  17.97     18.72     18.64     18.74     796.07    851.76    864.90    877.03

Construction....................................  19.42     19.56     19.59     19.73     730.19    758.93    769.89    777.36

Manufacturing...................................  16.35     16.49     16.60     16.63     663.81    657.95    673.96    681.83

 Durable goods..................................  17.06     17.21     17.42     17.43     697.75    693.56    715.96    723.35
  Wood products.................................  13.14     13.18     13.05     13.09     521.66    521.93    520.70    523.60
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.51     16.92     16.84     16.73     709.93    703.87    712.33    721.06
  Primary metals................................  18.89     18.94     18.96     19.09     808.49    803.06    811.49    824.69
  Fabricated metal products.....................  15.43     15.84     15.88     15.92     628.00    638.35    646.32    654.31
  Machinery.....................................  16.85     17.11     16.95     16.86     699.28    711.78    705.12    708.12
  Computer and electronic products..............  17.48     18.63     18.63     18.49     700.95    739.61    741.47    752.54
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.08     15.28     15.30     15.23     603.20    614.26    628.83    635.09
  Transportation equipment......................  21.91     21.48     22.29     22.44     926.79    869.94    951.78    964.92
  Furniture and related products................  13.39     13.45     13.47     13.58     519.53    527.24    533.41    537.77
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  13.97     14.24     14.14     14.11     530.86    535.42    547.22    548.88

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.23     15.33     15.24     15.30     610.72    604.00    606.55    615.06
  Food manufacturing............................  13.09     13.02     12.99     12.97     520.98    505.18    509.21    512.32
  Beverages and tobacco products................  19.17     19.01     18.48     18.61     762.97    760.40    750.29    742.54
  Textile mills.................................  12.25     12.44     12.46     12.44     488.78    492.62    498.40    497.60
  Textile product mills.........................  11.49     11.75     11.75     11.69     444.66    444.15    451.20    452.40
  Apparel.......................................   9.93     10.27     10.20     10.30     352.52    358.42    365.16    360.50
  Leather and allied products...................  11.56     11.54     11.58     11.70     430.03    443.14    443.51    450.45
  Paper and paper products......................  18.21     18.20     17.93     17.95     772.10    762.58    758.44    766.47
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.96     15.73     15.83     16.01     612.86    599.31    606.29    622.79
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.44     24.56     24.08     24.25    1119.35   1117.48   1073.97   1161.58
  Chemicals.....................................  19.44     19.71     19.73     19.87     830.09    819.94    818.80    834.54
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.75     14.91     14.89     14.91     591.48    578.51    592.62    603.86

     Private service-providing..................  15.35     15.63     15.61     15.79     495.81    509.54    507.33    510.02

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.69     15.00     14.95     15.02     493.58    504.00    500.83    501.67

 Wholesale trade................................  17.71     18.20     18.16     18.26     665.90    682.50    681.00    688.40

 Retail trade...................................  12.21     12.43     12.38     12.36     377.29    385.33    382.54    378.22

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.51     16.80     16.82     16.83     617.47    623.28    622.34    619.34

 Utilities......................................  25.89     26.84     26.55     27.15    1074.44   1103.12   1091.21   1151.16

Information.....................................  21.73     22.02     22.15     22.52     786.63    805.93    810.69    819.73

Financial activities............................  17.62     17.93     17.92     17.97     620.22    643.69    643.33    641.53

Professional and business services..............  17.47     17.93     17.86     17.97     593.98    613.21    612.60    616.37

Education and health services...................  16.30     16.77     16.73     16.84     528.12    548.38    545.40    548.98

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.94      9.01      9.04      9.26     226.18    237.86    238.66    234.28

Other services..................................  14.06     14.14     14.18     14.29     433.05    441.17    442.42    441.56


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Sept.    May      June     July    Aug.     Sept. change from:
                                                   2004     2005     2005     2005    2005p    2005p  Aug. 2005-
                                                                                                      Sept. 2005p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.77   $16.03   $16.07   $16.14   $16.15   $16.18      0.2
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.25     8.19     8.21     8.20     8.15     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  17.30    17.54    17.58    17.60    17.65    17.64      -.1

Natural resources and mining....................  18.06    18.59    18.66    18.74    18.77    18.83       .3

Construction....................................  19.27    19.36    19.43    19.52    19.50    19.56       .3

Manufacturing...................................  16.29    16.53    16.55    16.55    16.64    16.57      -.4
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  15.42    15.68    15.70    15.68    15.76    15.72      -.3

 Durable goods..................................  16.98    17.28    17.32    17.34    17.45    17.36      -.5

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.18    15.31    15.29    15.25    15.28    15.26      -.1

     Private service-providing..................  15.36    15.63    15.67    15.76    15.75    15.80       .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.66    14.91    14.91    15.04    15.01    15.00      -.1

 Wholesale trade................................  17.73    18.04    18.11    18.25    18.24    18.29       .3

 Retail trade...................................  12.16    12.38    12.35    12.47    12.43    12.33      -.8

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.53    16.67    16.69    16.76    16.81    16.83       .1

 Utilities......................................  25.82    26.49    26.37    27.00    26.82    27.02       .7

Information.....................................  21.62    21.97    22.08    22.18    22.24    22.35       .5

Financial activities............................  17.64    17.82    17.90    17.99    17.95    17.98       .2

Professional and business services..............  17.54    17.94    17.98    18.05    18.06    18.06       .0

Education and health services...................  16.28    16.60    16.67    16.73    16.75    16.80       .3

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.95     9.09     9.10     9.13     9.15     9.25      1.1

Other services..................................  14.05    14.20    14.22    14.25    14.27    14.28       .1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was -0.6 percent from July 2005 to Aug. 2005, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Sept.  July   Aug.   Sept.   Sept.  May    June   July   Aug.   Sept.  change from:
                                                2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2005   2005   2005   2005p  2005p   Aug. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Sept. 2005p

        Total private.........................  100.8  104.1  104.6  103.6   100.9  102.3  102.5  102.8  103.0  102.8      -0.2

    Goods-producing...........................   98.2   99.3  101.5  101.7    97.4   98.0   98.1   98.1   98.2   98.3        .1

Natural resources and mining..................  108.3  117.3  121.1  122.4   105.9  114.4  114.9  115.9  117.1  117.3        .2

Construction..................................  104.6  112.8  115.0  114.1   102.1  106.3  106.6  105.9  106.4  106.5        .1

Manufacturing.................................   94.8   92.4   94.6   95.3    94.7   93.6   93.5   93.7   93.7   93.6       -.1

 Durable goods................................   95.0   93.5   96.3   97.0    95.5   95.0   95.2   95.5   96.0   95.7       -.3
  Wood products...............................   99.6   99.6  100.7  100.7   100.6   98.0   98.2   98.3   97.9   98.5        .6
  Nonmetallic mineral products................  103.1   97.8   99.5  100.6    99.2   95.8   96.0   95.1   95.1   95.7        .6
  Primary metals..............................   92.8   90.7   92.1   93.9    93.3   91.7   92.0   93.1   92.7   93.3        .6
  Fabricated metal products...................   97.5   97.6   98.8  100.1    98.8   98.5   98.6   99.0   98.8   98.9        .1
  Machinery...................................   95.2   97.5   97.1   99.1    97.5   98.0   98.0   99.1   98.9   99.2        .3
  Computer and electronic products............   90.4   95.3   96.6   99.5    91.0   93.6   94.3   96.1   96.7   98.4       1.8
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   88.0   86.8   88.7   89.3    89.0   87.3   86.7   88.4   88.2   88.0       -.2
  Transportation equipment....................   96.3   88.8   97.4   96.5    96.3   96.0   95.9   95.0   97.2   94.9      -2.4
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   96.9   83.4   94.6   96.3    96.6   93.4   93.0   90.9   94.7   94.7        .0
  Furniture and related products..............   92.3   90.9   92.2   91.2    93.6   90.8   91.3   91.0   90.7   90.4       -.3
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   90.3   88.2   91.0   91.1    91.3   90.1   90.5   89.7   90.8   90.9        .1

 Nondurable goods.............................   94.2   90.8   91.7   92.3    93.2   91.0   90.8   90.8   90.4   90.3       -.1
  Food manufacturing..........................  101.2   97.7   99.3   99.4    97.4   96.5   96.0   96.5   95.6   95.2       -.4
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   94.9   98.6   99.3   99.1    89.7   91.8   94.6   94.8   94.6   94.1       -.5
  Textile mills...............................   78.6   71.2   71.8   72.0    78.8   74.2   73.3   72.8   71.6   71.2       -.6
  Textile product mills.......................   90.7   91.5   92.3   93.3    92.7   92.7   90.9   92.0   92.9   93.3        .4
  Apparel.....................................   74.3   64.2   65.8   64.4    74.6   65.4   65.4   65.8   65.0   63.8      -1.8
  Leather and allied products.................   81.9   84.0   86.6   87.6    84.4   84.3   85.3   87.8   86.9   86.9        .0
  Paper and paper products....................   90.8   89.0   90.1   90.3    90.0   90.1   89.4   89.4   89.8   89.3       -.6
  Printing and related support activities.....   93.4   91.7   91.6   93.2    93.1   92.4   91.6   91.9   91.4   91.8        .4
  Petroleum and coal products.................  110.6  109.1  106.0  111.2   108.6  108.1  107.0  105.5  104.2  106.8       2.5
  Chemicals...................................   98.7   95.7   94.6   94.8    99.5   96.6   96.2   95.9   94.7   95.0        .3
  Plastics and rubber products................   94.1   89.1   91.5   93.1    94.2   91.4   91.2   91.1   91.6   91.9        .3

     Private service-providing................  101.7  105.6  105.4  104.0   102.1  103.6  103.9  104.2  104.4  104.2       -.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   99.9  102.1  101.9  100.9   100.1  101.1  100.9  101.2  101.3  100.7       -.6

 Wholesale trade..............................   99.0  101.4  101.4  101.6    99.4  100.6  100.7  100.9  100.8  101.1        .3

 Retail trade.................................   99.3  101.9  101.8   99.4    99.6  100.2  100.1  100.5  100.6   99.7       -.9

 Transportation and warehousing...............  104.3  104.7  104.4  105.3   103.5  105.4  105.1  105.1  104.8  103.7      -1.0

 Utilities....................................   96.2   97.8   97.9   99.4    96.0   96.1   96.9   97.0   97.6   98.4        .8

Information...................................   98.9  103.9  103.7  102.7    99.9  103.1  102.6  103.3  102.8  104.0       1.2

Financial activities..........................  101.7  106.6  106.6  105.1   102.4  105.1  105.4  106.0  105.8  105.9        .1

Professional and business services............  103.2  107.3  108.6  108.3   104.5  105.2  105.7  106.7  106.8  107.3        .5

Education and health services.................  103.0  104.8  104.4  106.2   103.9  106.0  106.2  106.8  106.3  107.1        .8

Leisure and hospitality.......................  103.5  114.7  114.5  105.5   103.0  105.7  106.0  105.9  106.2  105.1      -1.0

Other services................................   95.9  100.1   99.4   97.0    96.8   97.7   98.1   98.1   97.9   97.5       -.4


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Sept.  July   Aug.   Sept.   Sept.  May    June   July   Aug.   Sept.  change from:
                                                2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2005   2005   2005   2005p  2005p   Aug. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Sept. 2005p

        Total private.........................  106.5  111.7  112.4  112.4   106.5  109.8  110.3  111.0  111.2  111.3       0.1

    Goods-producing...........................  104.6  107.3  110.0  110.6   103.1  105.3  105.6  105.7  106.2  106.2        .0

Natural resources and mining..................  113.2  127.7  131.2  133.4   111.3  123.7  124.6  126.3  127.8  128.5        .5

Construction..................................  109.6  119.1  121.6  121.5   106.2  111.2  111.9  111.6  112.1  112.5        .4

Manufacturing.................................  101.3   99.6  102.7  103.6   100.9  101.2  101.2  101.4  102.0  101.4       -.6

 Durable goods................................  101.2  100.4  104.7  105.6   101.3  102.5  103.0  103.3  104.5  103.7       -.8

 Nondurable goods.............................  101.3   98.4   98.8   99.8    99.9   98.5   98.1   97.9   97.6   97.3       -.3

     Private service-providing................  107.2  113.4  113.0  112.9   107.8  111.3  111.8  112.8  112.9  113.1        .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  104.7  109.2  108.6  108.1   104.7  107.5  107.4  108.6  108.5  107.8       -.6

 Wholesale trade..............................  103.3  108.7  108.5  109.2   103.8  106.9  107.5  108.5  108.3  108.9        .6

 Retail trade.................................  104.0  108.6  108.0  105.3   103.9  106.4  106.0  107.4  107.2  105.3      -1.8

 Transportation and warehousing...............  109.2  111.6  111.4  112.4   108.5  111.5  111.2  111.8  111.7  110.7       -.9

 Utilities....................................  103.9  109.5  108.4  112.6   103.5  106.2  106.7  109.3  109.3  111.0       1.6

Information...................................  106.4  113.3  113.7  114.5   106.9  112.1  112.2  113.4  113.2  115.1       1.7

Financial activities..........................  110.8  118.2  118.1  116.8   111.7  115.8  116.7  117.9  117.4  117.7        .3

Professional and business services............  107.3  114.5  115.4  115.8   109.0  112.3  113.0  114.6  114.7  115.3        .5

Education and health services.................  110.4  115.5  114.8  117.6   111.2  115.7  116.4  117.5  117.1  118.3       1.0

Leisure and hospitality.......................  107.8  120.5  120.7  114.0   107.5  112.1  112.5  112.8  113.3  113.4        .1

Other services................................   98.2  103.2  102.7  101.0    99.1  101.1  101.6  101.9  101.8  101.4       -.4


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)


       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2001 ..............   49.5     47.7     48.6     32.7     42.4     40.8     36.7     39.0     37.6     33.6     36.9     37.1
     2002 ..............   41.0     35.6     39.7     39.2     40.5     47.7     42.8     43.0     42.1     39.0     41.5     35.1
     2003 ..............   44.4     38.7     35.3     41.4     39.4     39.9     42.1     39.4     50.4     48.9     50.0     50.5
     2004 ..............   50.9     53.4     66.0     67.3     64.6     59.7     55.4     53.8     57.6     58.6     54.7     54.3
     2005 ..............   54.1     61.2     53.1     61.7     57.4     54.7     58.8    p54.9    p53.2


Over 3-month span:
     2001 ..............   53.2     49.8     49.8     42.3     38.1     34.2     37.8     37.6     34.7     35.4     30.8     32.0
     2002 ..............   35.3     37.9     36.5     34.2     34.4     39.4     40.6     44.1     37.8     37.1     35.8     36.7
     2003 ..............   38.3     35.4     33.3     33.5     36.5     41.7     37.8     37.4     43.2     46.4     48.6     50.2
     2004 ..............   52.5     53.8     56.7     69.4     75.4     71.2     63.5     56.8     57.4     59.9     59.7     56.3
     2005 ..............   58.5     60.3     63.7     62.4     59.4     64.2     61.3    p61.2    p55.9


Over 6-month span:
     2001 ..............   53.1     50.9     52.0     45.5     43.0     39.7     38.5     33.6     33.5     34.2     33.6     30.9
     2002 ..............   29.5     29.9     32.0     31.7     30.9     37.4     37.1     38.7     35.3     36.0     37.9     35.1
     2003 ..............   32.7     32.2     31.3     31.3     33.1     37.6     33.6     32.2     40.3     43.7     46.4     49.3
     2004 ..............   47.3     50.4     54.9     62.6     64.4     69.6     67.3     68.9     64.6     62.2     59.7     55.9
     2005 ..............   60.3     62.8     63.7     62.2     62.6     63.1     64.0    p61.9    p61.3


Over 12-month span:
     2001 ..............   59.5     59.5     53.4     49.3     48.6     45.0     43.3     43.9     39.9     37.8     37.1     34.9
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.4     30.2     29.1     32.0     31.3     30.0     29.5     32.9     34.7
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.7     52.0     56.7     57.4     57.6     60.3     62.1     64.6     64.0
     2005 ..............   61.2     64.7     64.2     65.8     63.8     60.4     63.8    p66.2    p62.9

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2001 ..............   22.0     17.3     22.0     17.9     16.1     22.6     13.1     15.5     18.5     17.3     14.9     11.9
     2002 ..............   19.0     19.6     22.0     32.1     26.2     31.0     35.7     23.2     28.6     15.5     18.5     16.7
     2003 ..............   35.1     19.0     19.0     11.9     19.6     20.8     22.6     24.4     32.7     35.1     39.9     42.9
     2004 ..............   39.3     49.4     50.0     65.5     60.1     51.8     60.7     48.8     42.9     42.3     46.4     44.6
     2005 ..............   42.3     44.6     41.1     47.6     44.0     33.9     50.0    p36.9    p48.2


Over 3-month span:
     2001 ..............   32.7     20.8     16.7     14.3     14.3     11.9     11.9      9.5      7.7     12.5     11.3      9.5
     2002 ..............   10.7     11.9     11.3     17.9     14.9     20.2     25.6     23.8     20.2     13.7      8.9      9.5
     2003 ..............   16.1     14.3     12.5      8.9     10.7     10.7     14.3     15.5     18.5     27.4     31.5     35.1
     2004 ..............   42.3     43.5     42.9     58.3     69.0     69.6     62.5     53.6     52.4     44.6     45.2     35.7
     2005 ..............   45.2     42.9     52.4     46.4     41.7     38.7     41.1    p44.0    p43.5


Over 6-month span:
     2001 ..............   22.6     24.4     21.4     19.6     14.3     11.9     13.1     11.3     10.7      7.1      7.7      5.4
     2002 ..............    6.0      8.3      8.3      9.5      7.1     13.1     12.5     11.3     14.3      8.3      8.3      7.7
     2003 ..............   12.5     10.1      7.1      8.3     11.3     10.7      4.8     10.1     13.1     16.7     19.6     26.8
     2004 ..............   27.4     29.8     33.3     47.0     52.4     57.1     60.1     58.9     58.9     50.6     45.2     42.9
     2005 ..............   43.5     44.0     42.3     39.3     38.7     36.9     36.9    p35.1    p39.9


Over 12-month span:
     2001 ..............   29.8     32.1     20.8     19.0     13.1     12.5     10.7     11.9     11.9     10.1      8.3      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      6.5      7.1      3.6      4.8      6.0      4.8      7.1      4.8      8.3
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     19.0     25.6     34.5     43.5     40.5     45.8     48.2     49.4     46.4
     2005 ..............   45.2     45.8     47.6     44.6     42.3     39.3     39.3    p38.1    p36.9


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.