Technical information:
   Household data: (202) 691-6378  USDL 02-570
          http://www.bls.gov/cps/

   Establishment data:   691-6555  Transmission of material in this release is
          http://www.bls.gov/ces/  embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT),
Media contact:           691-5902  Friday, October 4, 2002.
                                     
                                     
                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  SEPTEMBER 2002


   Both nonfarm payroll employment and the unemployment rate were essentially 
unchanged in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department 
of Labor reported today.  Job losses in manufacturing and transportation offset 
gains in finance and health services.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons (8.1 million) and the unemployment
rate (5.6 percent) were essentially unchanged in September.  The jobless
rates for the major worker groups--adult men (5.2 percent), adult women
(4.9 percent), teenagers (15.7 percent), whites (5.1 percent), blacks 
(9.6 percent), and Hispanics (7.4 percent)--showed no statistically signi-
ficant change in September.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment, as measured by the household survey, rose by 711,000
to 135.2 million in September, after seasonal adjustment.  Nearly half of
this increase was among teens, who experience large seasonal swings in
employment between August and September.  The total employment-population
ratio was up by 0.2 percentage point to 63.0 percent.  This ratio was 
0.6 percentage point lower than in September 2001 and 1.8 percentage points 
lower than its peak in April 2000.  (See table A-1.)
   
   The civilian labor force increased by 661,000 over the month to 143.3
million, seasonally adjusted, and the labor force participation rate rose
by 0.2 percentage point to 66.8 percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in September.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.4 percent of the
total employed.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in September, compared with 1.3 million a 
year earlier.  These individuals reported that they wanted and were 
available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 
months.  They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they had 
not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.

                                  - 2 -

Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Aug.-
      Category        |       2002      |           2002           | Sept.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   II   |   III  |  July  |  Aug.  |  Sept. |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 142,605| 142,761| 142,390| 142,616| 143,277|    661
  Employment..........| 134,149| 134,568| 134,045| 134,474| 135,185|    711
  Unemployment........|   8,456|   8,193|   8,345|   8,142|   8,092|    -50
Not in labor force....|  71,059|  71,465|  71,633|  71,609|  71,152|   -457
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.9|     5.7|     5.9|     5.7|     5.6|   -0.1
  Adult men...........|     5.3|     5.2|     5.2|     5.2|     5.2|     .0
  Adult women.........|     5.2|     5.0|     5.2|     4.9|     4.9|     .0
  Teenagers...........|    17.1|    16.9|    17.7|    17.2|    15.7|   -1.5
  White...............|     5.2|     5.1|     5.3|     5.1|     5.1|     .0
  Black...............|    10.7|     9.7|     9.9|     9.6|     9.6|     .0
  Hispanic origin.....|     7.4|     7.5|     7.6|     7.5|     7.4|    -.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 130,706|p130,847| 130,790|p130,897|p130,854|   p-43
  Goods-producing 1/..|  23,879| p23,783|  23,812| p23,787| p23,749|   p-38
    Construction......|   6,544|  p6,541|   6,519|  p6,553|  p6,552|    p-1
    Manufacturing.....|  16,776| p16,688|  16,742| p16,679| p16,644|   p-35
  Service-producing 1/| 106,827|p107,064| 106,978|p107,110|p107,105|    p-5
    Retail trade......|  23,327| p23,304|  23,339| p23,295| p23,279|   p-16
    Services..........|  41,090| p41,316|  41,215| p41,352| p41,380|    p28
    Government........|  21,201| p21,265|  21,228| p21,281| p21,285|     p4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.2|   p34.1|    34.0|   p34.1|   p34.3|   p0.2
  Manufacturing.......|    41.0|   p40.8|    40.7|   p40.9|   p40.9|    p.0
    Overtime..........|     4.2|    p4.1|     4.0|    p4.2|    p4.1|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   148.3|  p148.0|   147.5|  p148.0|  p148.6|   p0.6
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $14.71| p$14.82|  $14.78| p$14.82| p$14.87| p$0.05
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  503.58| p505.97|  502.52| p505.36| p510.04|  p4.68
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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The number of discouraged workers was 387,000 in September, up from 280,000
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.  (See table A-10.)
   
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-43,000) in
September at 130.9 million. In the prior 4 months, employment had increased
by 217,000, including a gain of 107,000 (as revised) in August.  (See table
B-1.)
   
   Manufacturing employment decreased by 35,000 in September.  Job losses
have accelerated over the last 2 months, following a moderation in
declines between March and July.  This trend is especially evident in
electronic equipment and industrial machinery, which lost 11,000 and 9,000
jobs in September, respectively.  Aircraft and parts and furniture and
fixtures lost 6,000 jobs each in September.  Aircraft manufacturers have
reduced payrolls by 65,000 workers over the year, primarily due to reduced
demand for passenger jets.
   
   Transportation employment fell by 26,000 in September.  Despite a
12,000 job loss over the month, air transportation has had no net
employment change so far this year.  This follows losses that totaled
132,000 in the last 4 months of 2001.  Employment in the trucking indus-
try had held steady for the first 7 months of this year, but since July 
has fallen by 22,000.  Employment in communications continued to decline 
in September; since April 2001, the industry has lost 145,000 jobs.
   
   Employment in the services industry was little changed in September
(+28,000), following a gain of 137,000 in August.  Health services added
21,000 jobs in September; employment in the industry has risen by 282,000
over the past 12 months.  Employment in engineering and management services
increased by 18,000 in September.  Amusement and recreation services lost
26,000 jobs, as seasonal layoffs were larger than usual.
   
   Finance employment grew by 9,000 over the month, with most of the gain
occurring among mortgage bankers (+6,000).  Over the past year, mortgage
banking has added 44,000 jobs.  Federal government employment (excluding
postal workers) was up in September, mainly due to the hiring of additional
airport security workers.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private 
nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 hour in September to 34.3 hours, seasonally 
adjusted.  This follows a rise of 0.1 hour in August.  These gains offset 
July's 0.3 hour loss.  The manufacturing workweek was unchanged at 40.9 hours.  
Manufacturing overtime edged down by 0.1 hour to 4.1 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.4 percent in September to
148.6 (1982=100).  The manufacturing index was down by 0.3 percent over 
the month to 92.1.  (See table B-5.)
   
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Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on pri-
vate nonfarm payrolls increased by 5 cents in September to $14.87, seasonally 
adjusted.  Average weekly earnings rose by 0.9 percent over the month to 
$510.04.  Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 3.0 percent, and 
average weekly earnings increased by 3.7 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                      ______________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for October 2002 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, November 1, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).

  ---------------------------------------------------------------
 |   In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey|
 | has completed preliminary tabulations of the universe counts  |
 | for the first quarter of this year.  The tabulations indicate |
 | that the estimate of overall payroll employment will require a|
 | downward revision of approximately 284,000, or two-tenths of  |
 | one percent, for the March 2002 reference month.  The histori-|
 | cal average for benchmark revisions over the last ten years   |
 | has been plus or minus three-tenths of one percent.           |
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  
  
  Upcoming Changes to Household and National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series
                                     
                                     
Household Data Series

   Effective with the release of November 2002 data, the Current Popula-
tion Survey (CPS) sample size will be decreased from about 60,000 to about 
55,000 eligible households as a cost savings measure.  The sample cut will 
occur in 31 states and the District of Columbia and will reduce by about half 
the number of households added to the CPS sample in the fall of 2000.  This 
decrease in the sample will have a negligible effect on the reliability of 
national labor force estimates.

   Effective with the release of January 2003 data, several changes to the
CPS will affect estimates contained in the Employment Situation news
release:
     
   --Population controls that reflect the results of Census 2000 will be
     used in the monthly CPS estimation process.  In addition, CPS data series
     from January 2000 through December 2002 will be revised to reflect the
     introduction of the Census 2000-based population controls.

   --The questions on race and Hispanic origin in the CPS will be modified
     to comply with the new standards for federal statistical agencies.  A 
     major change under those standards is that respondents may select more 
     than one race when answering the survey.  Respondents will continue to 
     be asked a separate question to determine if they are Hispanic.  The 
     Employment Situation news release will present data for persons who 
     report they are white and no other race, black or African American and 
     no other race, and Asian and no other race.  Data will continue to be 
     presented for Hispanics separately.

   --The CPS will adopt the Census industry and occupation classification
     systems derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification 
     System and the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system.  These 
     new classification systems represent complete breaks in the time series 
     for occupation and industry data.  As a result, seasonally adjusted oc-
     cupation and industry estimates from the household survey will not be 
     presented until sufficient time series become available for seasonal ad-
     justment.

                                 - 5 -

   --The CPS program will begin using the X-12 ARIMA software for seasonal
     adjustment of time series data.  Because of the other revisions being
     introduced with the January data, the annual revision of 5 years of
     seasonally adjusted data that typically occurs with the release of data 
     for December will be delayed until the release of data for January.

   Questions about upcoming changes to the CPS data series can be directed
to the Division of Labor Force Statistics at 202-691-6378.

National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series
   
   NAICS conversion.  The nonfarm payroll series, produced from the Current
Employment Statistics (CES) program, will be converted from the 1987
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis to the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis with the June 6, 2003, release
of May 2003 estimates.  The NAICS conversion involves major definitional
changes to many of the currently published SIC-based series.  After the
conversion to NAICS, SIC-based series will no longer be produced or
published.  Historical time series will be reconstructed as part of the
NAICS conversion process.  All published series will have a NAICS-based
history extending back to at least January 1990.  For total nonfarm and
other high-level aggregates, NAICS history will begin in January 1939, the
current starting date for these series.  For more detailed series, the
starting date will vary depending on the scope of the definitional changes
between SIC and NAICS.  The NAICS-based reconstruction effort will cover
all CES published data types:  all employees, women workers, production
workers, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and derivative
series (for example, indexes of aggregate weekly hours).

   Completion of the CES sample redesign.  June 6, 2003, also will mark the
completion of the CES sample redesign phase-in.  The redesign converts the
CES from a quota-based sample to a probability-based sample.  In June 2003,
the services industries will be converted to the new sample design; all
other private sector industries have already been converted.  The final
stage of sample redesign phase-in may result in level shifts for average
weekly hours, average hourly earnings, production worker, and women worker
series.  New levels for these series are being recomputed from the NAICS-
based probability sample.
   
   Concurrent seasonal adjustment.  Also beginning in June 2003, the CES
program will convert to concurrent seasonal adjustment, which uses all
available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in
developing seasonal factors.  Currently, the CES program projects seasonal
factors twice a year. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjust-
ment, BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CES national estimates.
   
   Change to federal government series.  Beginning in June 2003, the CES
series for federal government employment will be revised slightly in scope
and definition due to a change in source data and estimation methods.  The
current national series is an end-of-month federal employee count produced
by the Office of Personnel Management, and it excludes some workers, mostly
employees who work in Department of Defense-owned establishments such as
military base commissaries.  The CES national series will include these
workers.  Also, federal government employment will be estimated from a
sample of federal establishments, will be benchmarked annually to counts
from unemployment insurance tax records, and will reflect employee counts
as of the pay period including the 12th of the month, consistent with other
CES industry series.  The historical time series for federal government
employment will be revised to reflect these changes.

   Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is available
through the BLS public database on the Internet, via the CES homepage at
http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555.
 
 
 

                                  - 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
information 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 households 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.  In June 2002,
the sample included about 300,000 establishments employing about 37 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

                                  - 7 -
 
 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
292,000.  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 -192,000 to 392,000 (100,000 +/- 292,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 273,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .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
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-H of that
publication.
 
 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. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 212,357 214,225 214,429 212,357 213,658 213,842 214,023 214,225 214,429
    Civilian labor force............................ 141,576 143,176 142,745 142,068 142,769 142,476 142,390 142,616 143,277
          Participation rate........................    66.7    66.8    66.6    66.9    66.8    66.6    66.5    66.6    66.8
      Employed...................................... 134,868 135,028 135,063 135,004 134,417 134,053 134,045 134,474 135,185
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.5    63.0    63.0    63.6    62.9    62.7    62.6    62.8    63.0
        Agriculture.................................   3,371   3,479   3,501   3,181   3,097   3,110   3,282   3,188   3,298
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 131,497 131,549 131,562 131,823 131,320 130,942 130,763 131,286 131,887
      Unemployed....................................   6,708   8,148   7,683   7,064   8,351   8,424   8,345   8,142   8,092
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.7     5.7     5.4     5.0     5.8     5.9     5.9     5.7     5.6
    Not in labor force..............................  70,781  71,049  71,684  70,289  70,889  71,366  71,633  71,609  71,152
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,348   4,751   4,449   4,568   4,779   4,689   4,895   4,503   4,674
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 102,110 103,046 103,148 102,110 102,765 102,856 102,945 103,046 103,148
    Civilian labor force............................  75,689  76,669  76,201  75,951  76,415  76,189  76,041  76,088  76,480
          Participation rate........................    74.1    74.4    73.9    74.4    74.4    74.1    73.9    73.8    74.1
      Employed......................................  72,284  72,456  72,154  72,177  71,894  71,524  71,509  71,552  72,004
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.8    70.3    70.0    70.7    70.0    69.5    69.5    69.4    69.8
      Unemployed....................................   3,405   4,213   4,047   3,774   4,521   4,665   4,532   4,536   4,476
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.5     5.5     5.3     5.0     5.9     6.1     6.0     6.0     5.9
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  93,917  94,756  94,906  93,917  94,479  94,622  94,694  94,756  94,906
    Civilian labor force............................  71,750  72,418  72,416  71,805  72,428  72,288  72,172  72,203  72,473
          Participation rate........................    76.4    76.4    76.3    76.5    76.7    76.4    76.2    76.2    76.4
      Employed......................................  68,952  68,958  69,026  68,696  68,647  68,390  68,405  68,447  68,711
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.4    72.8    72.7    73.1    72.7    72.3    72.2    72.2    72.4
        Agriculture.................................   2,301   2,400   2,408   2,138   2,125   2,138   2,256   2,221   2,226
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,651  66,557  66,618  66,558  66,522  66,251  66,149  66,226  66,485
      Unemployed....................................   2,799   3,460   3,390   3,109   3,781   3,899   3,767   3,757   3,762
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.9     4.8     4.7     4.3     5.2     5.4     5.2     5.2     5.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 110,247 111,179 111,281 110,247 110,893 110,985 111,078 111,179 111,281
    Civilian labor force............................  65,887  66,507  66,545  66,117  66,354  66,287  66,349  66,527  66,797
          Participation rate........................    59.8    59.8    59.8    60.0    59.8    59.7    59.7    59.8    60.0
      Employed......................................  62,584  62,572  62,909  62,827  62,524  62,528  62,536  62,922  63,181
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.8    56.3    56.5    57.0    56.4    56.3    56.3    56.6    56.8
      Unemployed....................................   3,303   3,934   3,636   3,290   3,830   3,759   3,813   3,605   3,616
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     5.9     5.5     5.0     5.8     5.7     5.7     5.4     5.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 102,277 103,256 103,335 102,277 102,936 103,038 103,127 103,256 103,335
    Civilian labor force............................  62,230  62,448  62,919  62,222  62,597  62,481  62,590  62,783  62,929
          Participation rate........................    60.8    60.5    60.9    60.8    60.8    60.6    60.7    60.8    60.9
      Employed......................................  59,446  59,037  59,791  59,463  59,337  59,316  59,364  59,710  59,835
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.1    57.2    57.9    58.1    57.6    57.6    57.6    57.8    57.9
        Agriculture.................................     842     806     859     823     760     749     814     772     845
        Nonagricultural industries..................  58,604  58,231  58,932  58,640  58,577  58,567  58,550  58,938  58,991
      Unemployed....................................   2,784   3,411   3,128   2,759   3,260   3,165   3,226   3,073   3,094
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.5     5.5     5.0     4.4     5.2     5.1     5.2     4.9     4.9
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,163  16,212  16,189  16,163  16,243  16,182  16,202  16,212  16,189
    Civilian labor force............................   7,595   8,310   7,411   8,041   7,744   7,707   7,629   7,630   7,874
          Participation rate........................    47.0    51.3    45.8    49.7    47.7    47.6    47.1    47.1    48.6
      Employed......................................   6,469   7,033   6,246   6,845   6,434   6,347   6,276   6,318   6,639
          Employment-population ratio...............    40.0    43.4    38.6    42.3    39.6    39.2    38.7    39.0    41.0
        Agriculture.................................     228     272     234     220     213     223     213     196     227
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,242   6,761   6,012   6,625   6,221   6,124   6,064   6,122   6,411
      Unemployed....................................   1,126   1,277   1,165   1,196   1,310   1,360   1,352   1,312   1,236
          Unemployment rate.........................    14.8    15.4    15.7    14.9    16.9    17.6    17.7    17.2    15.7

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
 
 





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  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 176,220 177,486 177,628 176,220 177,087 177,217 177,345 177,486 177,628
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,853 119,117 118,576 118,274 118,742 118,530 118,678 118,919 119,021
        Participation rate..........................    66.9    67.1    66.8    67.1    67.1    66.9    66.9    67.0    67.0
      Employed...................................... 113,013 113,159 112,906 113,147 112,563 112,382 112,446 112,844 113,010
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.1    63.8    63.6    64.2    63.6    63.4    63.4    63.6    63.6
      Unemployed....................................   4,840   5,958   5,670   5,127   6,179   6,148   6,233   6,075   6,011
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.1     5.0     4.8     4.3     5.2     5.2     5.3     5.1     5.1
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,672  61,200  61,129  60,751  61,095  61,007  61,068  61,240  61,212
        Participation rate..........................    76.8    76.8    76.6    76.9    76.9    76.7    76.7    76.9    76.7
      Employed......................................  58,610  58,623  58,564  58,428  58,170  58,112  58,164  58,332  58,331
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.2    73.6    73.4    73.9    73.2    73.1    73.1    73.2    73.1
      Unemployed....................................   2,063   2,577   2,564   2,323   2,926   2,895   2,904   2,908   2,881
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.4     4.2     4.2     3.8     4.8     4.7     4.8     4.7     4.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,713  50,913  51,223  50,680  51,163  51,060  51,125  51,297  51,212
        Participation rate..........................    60.1    59.9    60.2    60.1    60.4    60.2    60.2    60.4    60.2
      Employed......................................  48,773  48,438  48,994  48,747  48,871  48,812  48,856  49,076  48,994
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.8    57.0    57.6    57.8    57.7    57.5    57.6    57.8    57.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,941   2,475   2,229   1,933   2,292   2,248   2,268   2,221   2,218
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.8     4.9     4.4     3.8     4.5     4.4     4.4     4.3     4.3
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,468   7,004   6,225   6,843   6,483   6,464   6,485   6,382   6,597
        Participation rate..........................    50.4    54.5    48.4    53.4    50.5    50.3    50.5    49.7    51.3
      Employed......................................   5,630   6,098   5,348   5,972   5,522   5,458   5,425   5,437   5,685
        Employment-population ratio.................    43.9    47.5    41.6    46.6    43.0    42.5    42.2    42.3    44.2
      Unemployed....................................     837     906     876     871     961   1,006   1,060     945     911
        Unemployment rate...........................    12.9    12.9    14.1    12.7    14.8    15.6    16.4    14.8    13.8
          Men.......................................    13.3    15.0    15.0    13.6    15.4    17.7    19.1    17.5    15.3
          Women.....................................    12.5    10.8    13.1    11.7    14.2    13.4    13.6    12.1    12.3
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,644  26,000  26,039  25,644  25,898  25,930  25,961  26,000  26,039
    Civilian labor force............................  16,719  16,829  16,922  16,827  16,887  16,822  16,618  16,753  17,053
        Participation rate..........................    65.2    64.7    65.0    65.6    65.2    64.9    64.0    64.4    65.5
      Employed......................................  15,269  15,149  15,347  15,339  15,168  15,027  14,976  15,142  15,420
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.5    58.3    58.9    59.8    58.6    58.0    57.7    58.2    59.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,450   1,680   1,575   1,488   1,718   1,794   1,642   1,611   1,633
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.7    10.0     9.3     8.8    10.2    10.7     9.9     9.6     9.6
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,436   7,489   7,572   7,486   7,573   7,543   7,472   7,492   7,652
        Participation rate..........................    72.3    71.7    72.4    72.8    72.8    72.4    71.6    71.7    73.1
      Employed......................................   6,897   6,841   6,923   6,905   6,925   6,760   6,800   6,834   6,944
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.1    65.5    66.2    67.1    66.6    64.9    65.2    65.4    66.4
      Unemployed....................................     538     648     649     581     648     783     673     658     708
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.2     8.7     8.6     7.8     8.6    10.4     9.0     8.8     9.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,433   8,384   8,477   8,431   8,401   8,363   8,348   8,414   8,465
        Participation rate..........................    65.5    64.2    64.8    65.5    64.6    64.3    64.1    64.5    64.8
      Employed......................................   7,764   7,642   7,792   7,783   7,606   7,628   7,602   7,719   7,799
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.3    58.5    59.6    60.5    58.5    58.6    58.3    59.1    59.7
      Unemployed....................................     669     742     685     648     794     735     746     695     665
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.9     8.8     8.1     7.7     9.5     8.8     8.9     8.3     7.9
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     851     956     873     910     913     916     798     847     936
        Participation rate..........................    34.2    38.2    34.9    36.6    36.6    36.6    31.9    33.9    37.4
      Employed......................................     608     666     633     651     637     639     575     589     677
        Employment-population ratio.................    24.4    26.6    25.3    26.2    25.5    25.6    23.0    23.5    27.0
      Unemployed....................................     243     290     240     259     276     276     223     258     259
        Unemployment rate...........................    28.5    30.4    27.5    28.5    30.2    30.2    28.0    30.5    27.7
          Men.......................................    29.8    32.0    33.7    30.8    36.8    30.0    20.5    30.5    34.7
          Women.....................................    27.1    28.7    21.4    26.1    22.3    30.4    34.8    30.4    20.8
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  23,288  23,999  24,065  23,288  23,797  23,867  23,935  23,999  24,065
    Civilian labor force............................  15,815  16,245  16,290  15,811  16,085  16,146  16,304  16,240  16,294
        Participation rate..........................    67.9    67.7    67.7    67.9    67.6    67.6    68.1    67.7    67.7
      Employed......................................  14,817  15,029  15,141  14,785  14,963  14,959  15,066  15,014  15,095
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.6    62.6    62.9    63.5    62.9    62.7    62.9    62.6    62.7
      Unemployed....................................     998   1,215   1,149   1,026   1,122   1,187   1,238   1,225   1,198
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.3     7.5     7.1     6.5     7.0     7.4     7.6     7.5     7.4

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  





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  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                Sept.    Aug.     Sept.    Sept.    May      June     July     Aug.     Sept. 
                                                2001     2002     2002     2001     2002     2002     2002     2002     2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   27,478   26,900   26,847   27,478   28,073   28,105   27,112   26,900   26,847
    Civilian labor force....................   12,126   11,817   11,946   11,981   12,356   12,254   11,770   11,752   11,808
        Percent of population...............     44.1     43.9     44.5     43.6     44.0     43.6     43.4     43.7     44.0
      Employed..............................   11,271   10,912   11,090   11,056   11,306   11,288   10,743   10,762   10,883
        Employment-population ratio.........     41.0     40.6     41.3     40.2     40.3     40.2     39.6     40.0     40.5
      Unemployed............................      855      905      856      925    1,051      966    1,028      991      925
        Unemployment rate...................      7.1      7.7      7.2      7.7      8.5      7.9      8.7      8.4      7.8
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,400   57,778   58,097   57,400   57,063   57,070   57,012   57,778   58,097
    Civilian labor force....................   36,712   36,916   37,333   36,923   36,648   36,737   37,149   37,203   37,533
        Percent of population...............     64.0     63.9     64.3     64.3     64.2     64.4     65.2     64.4     64.6
      Employed..............................   35,232   35,076   35,632   35,319   34,605   34,676   35,250   35,323   35,668
        Employment-population ratio.........     61.4     60.7     61.3     61.5     60.6     60.8     61.8     61.1     61.4
      Unemployed............................    1,479    1,840    1,701    1,604    2,042    2,061    1,898    1,880    1,865
        Unemployment rate...................      4.0      5.0      4.6      4.3      5.6      5.6      5.1      5.1      5.0
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,424   45,494   45,386   45,424   44,541   44,897   45,695   45,494   45,386
    Civilian labor force....................   33,585   33,264   33,407   33,759   32,786   32,962   33,162   33,184   33,599
        Percent of population...............     73.9     73.1     73.6     74.3     73.6     73.4     72.6     72.9     74.0
      Employed..............................   32,467   31,773   31,917   32,570   31,184   31,413   31,693   31,742   32,013
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.5     69.8     70.3     71.7     70.0     70.0     69.4     69.8     70.5
      Unemployed............................    1,117    1,490    1,491    1,189    1,602    1,550    1,469    1,443    1,586
        Unemployment rate...................      3.3      4.5      4.5      3.5      4.9      4.7      4.4      4.3      4.7
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   46,870   48,583   48,557   46,870   48,583   48,435   48,755   48,583   48,557
    Civilian labor force....................   36,998   37,779   38,061   36,918   38,359   38,084   37,850   37,996   37,997
        Percent of population...............     78.9     77.8     78.4     78.8     79.0     78.6     77.6     78.2     78.3
      Employed..............................   36,072   36,568   36,933   36,008   37,239   36,971   36,750   36,974   36,896
        Employment-population ratio.........     77.0     75.3     76.1     76.8     76.6     76.3     75.4     76.1     76.0
      Unemployed............................      926    1,211    1,128      910    1,121    1,113    1,100    1,021    1,101
        Unemployment rate...................      2.5      3.2      3.0      2.5      2.9      2.9      2.9      2.7      2.9

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.





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  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 134,868 135,028 135,063 135,004 134,417 134,053 134,045 134,474 135,185
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,436  43,458  43,528  43,099  43,548  43,140  43,273  43,371  43,225
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,597  33,183  33,963  33,604  33,371  33,362  33,361  33,723  33,997
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,381   8,494   8,474   8,274   8,397   8,465   8,521   8,419   8,357
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  41,899  41,813  42,444  41,813  41,901  41,675  41,978  42,152  42,385
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,645  38,698  38,391  38,891  38,346  38,740  38,458  38,892  38,623
    Service occupations.............................  18,210  18,921  18,657  18,402  18,909  18,889  18,752  18,771  18,884
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,866  14,541  14,532  14,857  14,365  14,375  14,073  14,242  14,503
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  17,730  17,340  17,436  17,654  17,468  17,152  17,327  17,142  17,345
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,517   3,714   3,603   3,281   3,265   3,285   3,501   3,340   3,361
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,003   2,110   2,183   1,882   1,911   1,909   2,031   1,927   2,054
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,342   1,337   1,292   1,278   1,156   1,158   1,227   1,231   1,221
      Unpaid family workers.........................      26      31      26      24      40      29      27      24      25
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 122,744 123,080 122,927 123,186 123,071 122,627 122,196 122,885 123,327
        Government..................................  19,222  19,008  19,403  19,290  19,811  19,630  19,709  19,596  19,442
        Private industries.......................... 103,522 104,072 103,524 103,896 103,260 102,997 102,486 103,289 103,885
          Private households........................     768     872     902     804     775     810     855     887     934
          Other industries.......................... 102,754 103,200 102,622 103,092 102,485 102,187 101,631 102,402 102,951
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,657   8,385   8,549   8,556   8,305   8,208   8,268   8,368   8,439
      Unpaid family workers.........................      95      84      86     101     105      95      99      87      91
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,765   4,190   3,854   4,148   3,996   3,899   4,177   4,325   4,217
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,561   2,658   2,483   2,796   2,626   2,588   2,723   2,880   2,687
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,005   1,107   1,139   1,064   1,064   1,031   1,096   1,159   1,202
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,994  16,500  19,041  18,798  18,887  19,170  19,138  19,120  18,833
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,648   3,991   3,726   4,015   3,818   3,758   3,949   4,060   4,068
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,480   2,522   2,398   2,704   2,515   2,472   2,609   2,715   2,596
        Could only find part-time work..............     988   1,080   1,113   1,045   1,033   1,022   1,074   1,131   1,174
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,406  16,004  18,483  18,232  18,350  18,739  18,572  18,609  18,300

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   7,064   8,142   8,092    5.0     5.8     5.9     5.9     5.7     5.6 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   3,109   3,757   3,762    4.3     5.2     5.4     5.2     5.2     5.2 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,759   3,073   3,094    4.4     5.2     5.1     5.2     4.9     4.9 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,196   1,312   1,236   14.9    16.9    17.6    17.7    17.2    15.7 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,229   1,529   1,602    2.8     3.6     4.1     3.5     3.4     3.6 
     Married women, spouse present..................   1,156   1,223   1,258    3.3     3.9     3.8     3.7     3.5     3.6 
     Women who maintain families....................     629     665     646    7.1     8.1     8.2     8.4     7.3     7.2 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   5,928   6,754   6,775    5.0     5.9     6.1     5.9     5.7     5.7 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,129   1,430   1,326    4.6     5.6     5.0     5.4     5.6     5.3 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........   1,035   1,343   1,373    2.4     3.2     3.2     3.1     3.1     3.1 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,807   2,125   2,141    4.4     5.2     5.3     5.3     5.2     5.3 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     766     936     885    4.9     5.9     5.9     6.4     6.2     5.8 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,471   1,542   1,609    7.7     8.9     9.3     8.6     8.3     8.5 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     254     344     299    7.2     6.3     6.1     8.8     9.3     8.2 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   5,749   6,584   6,598    5.2     6.3     6.3     6.2     6.0     6.0 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,753   1,942   2,024    6.2     7.4     7.5     7.4     7.2     7.4 
         Mining.....................................      28      31      44    5.0     4.4     7.9     3.8     6.0     8.0 
         Construction...............................     649     760     769    7.8     8.9     9.1    10.3     9.5     9.3 
         Manufacturing..............................   1,076   1,150   1,211    5.6     6.7     6.8     6.3     6.3     6.5 
           Durable goods............................     679     726     782    5.8     6.3     7.3     6.8     6.5     6.9 
           Nondurable goods.........................     397     424     429    5.4     7.5     6.1     5.6     5.9     5.9 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,996   4,643   4,575    4.9     5.9     5.9     5.9     5.6     5.5 
         Transportation and public utilities........     310     372     386    3.9     5.7     5.9     5.3     4.8     5.0 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,648   1,927   1,944    5.9     7.0     6.6     6.8     6.8     6.9 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     229     266     266    2.8     4.0     4.1     3.7     3.1     3.1 
         Services...................................   1,809   2,078   1,978    4.8     5.6     5.9     5.8     5.4     5.1 
     Government workers.............................     428     477     546    2.2     2.6     2.3     2.5     2.4     2.7 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     155     210     198    7.6     9.1     8.3     9.7     9.8     8.8 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,792   2,872   2,713   2,807   2,876   2,729   2,896   2,880   2,708
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,127   2,658   2,272   2,366   2,531   2,784   2,464   2,431   2,511
   15 weeks and over................................   1,790   2,618   2,697   1,907   2,952   3,103   2,883   2,783   2,900
      15 to 26 weeks................................   1,002   1,071   1,177   1,084   1,316   1,434   1,349   1,309   1,315
      27 weeks and over.............................     787   1,548   1,520     823   1,636   1,669   1,533   1,474   1,585
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    13.1    16.3    17.4    13.3    17.1    17.3    16.4    16.2    17.8
   Median duration, in weeks........................     7.2     8.9     9.4     7.3     9.8    11.7     8.6     8.4     9.5
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    41.6    35.2    35.3    39.6    34.4    31.7    35.1    35.6    33.4
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    31.7    32.6    29.6    33.4    30.3    32.3    29.9    30.0    30.9
     15 weeks and over..............................    26.7    32.1    35.1    26.9    35.3    36.0    35.0    34.4    35.7
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    14.9    13.1    15.3    15.3    15.7    16.6    16.4    16.2    16.2
       27 weeks and over............................    11.7    19.0    19.8    11.6    19.6    19.4    18.6    18.2    19.5
 




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,243   4,341   4,046   3,595   4,598   4,579   4,580   4,560   4,535
    On temporary layoff.............................     786   1,075     704   1,114   1,091   1,061   1,224   1,151     999
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   2,457   3,267   3,341   2,481   3,506   3,518   3,356   3,410   3,536
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,795   2,464   2,557   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     663     803     784   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     893     924     847     819     902     836     818     824     781
  Reentrants........................................   2,137   2,231   2,297   2,102   2,433   2,360   2,375   2,270   2,263
  New entrants......................................     434     651     493     466     499     584     571     619     526
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    48.4    53.3    52.7    51.5    54.5    54.8    54.9    55.1    56.0
     On temporary layoff............................    11.7    13.2     9.2    16.0    12.9    12.7    14.7    13.9    12.3
     Not on temporary layoff........................    36.6    40.1    43.5    35.5    41.6    42.1    40.2    41.2    43.6
   Job leavers......................................    13.3    11.3    11.0    11.7    10.7    10.0     9.8    10.0     9.6
   Reentrants.......................................    31.9    27.4    29.9    30.1    28.9    28.2    28.5    27.4    27.9
   New entrants.....................................     6.5     8.0     6.4     6.7     5.9     7.0     6.8     7.5     6.5
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.3     3.0     2.8     2.5     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.2
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.6     1.6     1.5     1.7     1.7     1.7     1.6     1.6
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .5      .3      .3      .3      .4      .4      .4      .4

    1 Not available.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 Sept.  Aug.   Sept.  Sept.  May    June   July   Aug.   Sept.
                                                                 2001   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002   2002   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.3    1.8    1.9    1.3    2.1    2.2    2.0    2.0    2.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.3    3.0    2.8    2.5    3.2    3.2    3.2    3.2    3.2
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.7    5.7    5.4    5.0    5.8    5.9    5.9    5.7    5.6
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.9    5.9    5.6   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.6    6.6    6.4   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    8.3    9.5    9.0   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
    NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   7,064   8,142   8,092    5.0     5.8     5.9     5.9     5.7     5.6 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,472   2,741   2,673   10.8    11.6    12.2    12.3    12.2    11.8 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,196   1,312   1,236   14.9    16.9    17.6    17.7    17.2    15.7 
        16 to 17 years..............................     508     561     575   16.6    20.7    20.8    20.9    19.7    19.3 
        18 to 19 years..............................     691     769     663   13.9    14.8    15.6    16.1    16.0    13.6 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,276   1,429   1,437    8.6     8.9     9.3     9.5     9.6     9.7 
    25 years and over...............................   4,587   5,441   5,421    3.8     4.8     4.8     4.6     4.5     4.5 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,955   4,642   4,630    3.9     5.0     4.9     4.8     4.6     4.6 
      55 years and over.............................     613     815     772    3.2     4.2     4.2     3.7     4.0     3.7 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,774   4,536   4,476    5.0     5.9     6.1     6.0     6.0     5.9 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,378   1,585   1,561   11.5    12.5    12.9    13.0    13.7    13.2 
        16 to 19 years..............................     665     780     714   16.0    18.6    19.6    19.8    20.1    17.8 
          16 to 17 years............................     294     342     316   18.7    23.7    23.2    23.9    24.5    21.5 
          18 to 19 years............................     372     443     401   14.5    15.6    17.4    17.4    17.8    15.9 
        20 to 24 years..............................     713     805     847    9.1     9.4     9.5     9.6    10.5    10.8 
      25 years and over.............................   2,398   2,943   2,923    3.7     4.8     4.9     4.7     4.6     4.5 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,068   2,513   2,494    3.8     4.9     5.0     4.8     4.7     4.7 
        55 years and over...........................     337     461     435    3.3     4.5     4.6     4.0     4.1     3.9 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   3,290   3,605   3,616    5.0     5.8     5.7     5.7     5.4     5.4 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,094   1,156   1,112   10.1    10.7    11.4    11.6    10.6    10.3 
        16 to 19 years..............................     531     532     522   13.6    15.2    15.6    15.6    14.2    13.5 
          16 to 17 years............................     214     219     259   14.3    17.4    18.3    17.9    15.1    17.2 
          18 to 19 years............................     319     326     262   13.3    14.1    13.7    14.8    14.1    11.1 
        20 to 24 years..............................     563     624     590    8.1     8.3     9.1     9.4     8.7     8.5 
      25 years and over.............................   2,189   2,498   2,497    4.0     4.8     4.6     4.6     4.5     4.5 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,887   2,129   2,137    4.0     5.1     4.8     4.8     4.6     4.6 
        55 years and over...........................     276     354     337    3.2     3.7     3.8     3.4     3.8     3.5 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. 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.  
                                                                        2001      2002      2001      2002      2001      2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   70,781    71,684    26,421    26,948    44,361    44,736 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,348     4,449     1,949     1,984     2,400     2,466 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,325     1,492       659       741       666       751 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      280       387       164       240       116       147 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................    1,045     1,105       495       501       550       605 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,246     7,232     3,825     3,736     3,421     3,496 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.4       5.4       5.3       5.2       5.5       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,897     3,839     2,244     2,182     1,653     1,657 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,576     1,578       516       501     1,060     1,077 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      265       303       165       222       100        81 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,484     1,494       888       824       596       670 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Sept.   July   Aug.    Sept.    Sept.   May     June    July   Aug.    Sept. 
                                           2001    2002   2002p   2002p    2001    2002    2002    2002   2002p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 132,135 130,589 130,673 131,151 131,819 130,702 130,736 130,790 130,897 130,854
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 111,285 110,494 110,563 110,059 110,776 109,496 109,525 109,562 109,616 109,569
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  24,988  24,159  24,207  24,055  24,675  23,870  23,861  23,812  23,787  23,749
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     578     559     565     561     571     558     555     551     555     553
    Metal mining........................    35.0    32.8    32.5    32.7      35      32      32      33      32      32
    Coal mining.........................    81.8    78.9    78.5    78.7      82      80      80      79      79      79
    Oil and gas extraction..............   346.5   332.7   337.9   334.2     343     334     333     329     333     331
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   114.7   114.5   115.7   115.2     111     112     110     110     111     111
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,916   6,851   6,863   6,785   6,674   6,541   6,549   6,519   6,553   6,552
    General building contractors........ 1,497.7 1,508.7 1,525.0 1,505.4   1,462   1,454   1,454   1,445   1,464   1,469
    Heavy construction, except building.   996.3   971.3   970.9   964.7     924     908     910     899     898     895
    Special trade contractors........... 4,422.3 4,371.3 4,367.2 4,314.9   4,288   4,179   4,185   4,175   4,191   4,188
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  17,494  16,749  16,779  16,709  17,430  16,771  16,757  16,742  16,679  16,644
      Production workers................  11,786  11,224  11,277  11,242  11,719  11,245  11,236  11,247  11,198  11,175
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  10,457   9,911   9,910   9,849  10,445   9,963   9,944   9,922   9,876   9,834
      Production workers................   6,985   6,580   6,599   6,560   6,971   6,619   6,603   6,609   6,578   6,544
    Lumber and wood products............   795.2   778.1   783.4   775.5     784     770     767     766     767     764
    Furniture and fixtures..............   506.1   492.8   494.9   488.4     507     494     495     495     495     489
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   573.8   564.2   565.8   563.7     566     549     552     554     556     556
    Primary metal industries............   644.5   586.0   590.0   589.6     643     597     593     589     589     588
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   206.6   187.1   188.8   188.8   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,467.0 1,418.0 1,418.5 1,415.3   1,465   1,428   1,425   1,428   1,416   1,413
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 1,950.3 1,823.0 1,806.8 1,794.7   1,957   1,834   1,829   1,826   1,810   1,801
      Computer and office equipment.....   331.1   303.1   296.9   293.8     331     308     304     301     296     294
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,561.9 1,421.2 1,404.5 1,393.7   1,565   1,437   1,428   1,426   1,407   1,396
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   621.3   559.9   552.0   547.2     628     567     566     563     555     554
    Transportation equipment............ 1,751.3 1,649.3 1,671.9 1,658.4   1,750   1,675   1,679   1,661   1,668   1,657
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   938.5   891.0   916.5   911.4     937     914     920     905     914     910
      Aircraft and parts................   463.8   408.7   404.3   399.1     463     416     411     409     404     398
    Instruments and related products....   830.6   807.6   801.7   795.5     832     807     805     803     798     796
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   376.4   371.0   372.7   373.8     376     372     371     374     370     374
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,037   6,838   6,869   6,860   6,985   6,808   6,813   6,820   6,803   6,810
      Production workers................   4,801   4,644   4,678   4,682   4,748   4,626   4,633   4,638   4,620   4,631
    Food and kindred products........... 1,735.0 1,709.7 1,736.7 1,738.8   1,690   1,687   1,691   1,687   1,683   1,694
    Tobacco products....................    35.1    32.8    37.1    38.1      34      34      34      35      38      37
    Textile mill products...............   467.5   428.0   430.6   428.4     464     434     432     429     427     425
    Apparel and other textile products..   553.5   520.6   522.2   517.3     551     520     522     525     523     515
    Paper and allied products...........   629.5   613.6   613.7   615.7     628     612     612     612     613     614
    Printing and publishing............. 1,468.1 1,407.2 1,402.0 1,400.4   1,471   1,407   1,405   1,406   1,401   1,403
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,015.4 1,011.4 1,009.9 1,006.9   1,019   1,006   1,008   1,008   1,007   1,011
    Petroleum and coal products.........   128.6   128.6   128.3   127.9     126     125     125     126     126     126
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   947.1   931.3   932.6   929.7     945     928     929     936     930     928
    Leather and leather products........    56.7    54.6    55.8    56.4      57      55      55      56      55      57
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 107,147 106,430 106,466 107,096 107,144 106,832 106,875 106,978 107,110 107,105
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   7,097   6,764   6,754   6,782   7,044   6,793   6,790   6,780   6,763   6,731
    Transportation......................   4,534   4,301   4,299   4,339   4,487   4,328   4,334   4,328   4,320   4,294
      Railroad transportation...........   232.6   227.9   227.0   228.0     232     228     229     227     226     228
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   486.5   415.6   406.1   476.4     477     475     472     471     464     467
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,871.3 1,847.9 1,858.9 1,841.7   1,841   1,827   1,829   1,834   1,829   1,812
      Water transportation..............   198.9   205.4   204.3   196.4     192     193     193     192     190     190
      Transportation by air............. 1,266.7 1,164.2 1,163.6 1,161.6   1,268   1,165   1,172   1,167   1,175   1,163
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    15.2    14.9    14.8    14.9      15      15      15      15      15      15
      Transportation services...........   463.0   424.8   423.9   420.2     462     425     424     422     421     419
    Communications and public utilities.   2,563   2,463   2,455   2,443   2,557   2,465   2,456   2,452   2,443   2,437
      Communications.................... 1,711.6 1,613.5 1,606.6 1,596.7   1,706   1,626   1,615   1,608   1,598   1,591
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   851.0   849.1   848.3   846.0     851     839     841     844     845     846
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,752   6,713   6,699   6,672   6,747   6,681   6,681   6,679   6,672   6,667
    Durable goods.......................   3,995   3,932   3,922   3,897   3,998   3,916   3,915   3,914   3,905   3,900
    Nondurable goods....................   2,757   2,781   2,777   2,775   2,749   2,765   2,766   2,765   2,767   2,767
  Retail trade..........................  23,545  23,463  23,460  23,317  23,509  23,327  23,308  23,339  23,295  23,279
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,053.1 1,105.3 1,086.6 1,066.0   1,051   1,068   1,066   1,067   1,065   1,063
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,865.0 2,821.9 2,808.6 2,811.5   2,902   2,897   2,884   2,885   2,851   2,848
      Department stores................. 2,535.3 2,486.1 2,473.8 2,476.4   2,567   2,560   2,542   2,544   2,513   2,506
    Food stores......................... 3,428.6 3,400.3 3,398.2 3,386.1   3,438   3,397   3,394   3,388   3,392   3,395
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,445.1 2,462.0 2,465.3 2,449.6   2,434   2,434   2,432   2,437   2,444   2,438
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,127.4 1,133.2 1,136.2 1,133.6   1,123   1,133   1,128   1,127   1,130   1,129
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,174.3 1,175.1 1,184.2 1,155.8   1,188   1,169   1,173   1,178   1,177   1,169
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,125.3 1,137.4 1,137.6 1,136.0   1,141   1,146   1,148   1,153   1,153   1,152
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,349.4 8,318.6 8,321.9 8,241.4   8,234   8,130   8,121   8,144   8,125   8,127
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,104.2 3,041.9 3,058.0 3,070.8   3,121   3,086   3,090   3,087   3,088   3,087
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,737   7,813   7,815   7,759   7,739   7,732   7,733   7,737   7,747   7,763
    Finance.............................   3,805   3,841   3,843   3,822   3,813   3,813   3,819   3,819   3,823   3,832
      Depository institutions........... 2,055.9 2,086.9 2,088.8 2,070.5   2,061   2,073   2,071   2,073   2,076   2,076
        Commercial banks................ 1,432.7 1,456.3 1,458.3 1,444.0   1,437   1,446   1,444   1,445   1,449   1,449
        Savings institutions............   256.4   263.8   264.0   262.3     258     264     264     263     263     264
      Nondepository institutions........   729.5   769.1   774.8   777.2     733     756     762     767     774     781
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   336.1   374.7   376.4   379.4     337     359     366     372     375     381
      Security and commodity brokers....   759.7   724.5   720.1   715.1     758     723     723     718     714     714
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   259.5   260.3   258.8   259.4     261     261     263     261     259     261
    Insurance...........................   2,372   2,374   2,372   2,365   2,375   2,369   2,366   2,365   2,367   2,368
      Insurance carriers................ 1,594.5 1,584.6 1,579.4 1,570.8   1,598   1,583   1,579   1,576   1,574   1,575
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   777.6   789.5   792.4   794.0     777     786     787     789     793     793
    Real estate.........................   1,560   1,598   1,600   1,572   1,551   1,550   1,548   1,553   1,557   1,563
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  41,166  41,582  41,628  41,474  41,062  41,093  41,152  41,215  41,352  41,380
    Agricultural services...............   898.1   948.2   934.6   916.3     857     856     857     862     862     874
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,910.0 1,954.9 1,942.9 1,834.9   1,852   1,789   1,801   1,795   1,788   1,779
    Personal services................... 1,238.5 1,233.1 1,240.8 1,249.8   1,274   1,279   1,285   1,282   1,286   1,286
    Business services................... 9,614.5 9,368.2 9,470.2 9,489.0   9,522   9,330   9,332   9,325   9,397   9,394
      Services to buildings............. 1,024.1 1,041.5 1,046.5 1,050.1   1,020   1,023   1,023   1,034   1,039   1,046
      Personnel supply services......... 3,483.0 3,226.7 3,320.5 3,342.0   3,383   3,198   3,205   3,196   3,256   3,235
        Help supply services............ 3,123.2 2,908.8 2,999.5 3,020.0   3,029   2,888   2,902   2,875   2,926   2,928
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,222.1 2,193.9 2,193.3 2,183.0   2,233   2,190   2,191   2,193   2,193   2,194
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,261.7 1,274.4 1,271.1 1,269.5   1,261   1,262   1,265   1,266   1,265   1,269
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   376.2   381.6   380.0   379.3     375     375     378     379     377     378
    Motion pictures.....................   570.4   598.3   608.1   582.5     580     578     581     584     592     593
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,772.5 1,949.3 1,937.7 1,706.4   1,700   1,621   1,631   1,649   1,664   1,638
    Health services..................... 10442.2 10714.5 10736.5 10724.0  10,452  10,626  10,660  10,687  10,713  10,734
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 2,013.8 2,071.2 2,082.4 2,077.2   2,016   2,050   2,061   2,067   2,075   2,080
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,857.9 1,892.1 1,899.1 1,897.0   1,858   1,883   1,887   1,888   1,893   1,897
      Hospitals......................... 4,125.2 4,245.9 4,248.5 4,246.0   4,129   4,207   4,221   4,233   4,243   4,249
      Home health care services.........   639.6   644.9   646.5   650.5     639     644     643     646     647     650
    Legal services...................... 1,039.1 1,082.5 1,073.3 1,065.0   1,046   1,066   1,065   1,065   1,066   1,071
    Educational services................ 2,408.1 2,222.2 2,203.5 2,488.8   2,452   2,518   2,511   2,529   2,535   2,533
    Social services..................... 3,081.2 3,131.7 3,154.1 3,179.8   3,097   3,164   3,165   3,181   3,203   3,203
      Child day care services...........   720.9   663.2   679.5   723.8     722     722     726     726     734     725
      Residential care..................   876.0   912.8   913.3   906.8     878     901     904     904     907     909
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   112.0   119.1   116.5   109.4     111     108     109     109     108     108
    Membership organizations............ 2,456.2 2,543.6 2,508.1 2,456.0   2,479   2,480   2,484   2,476   2,472   2,478
    Engineering and management services. 3,591.8 3,668.1 3,659.0 3,632.5   3,610   3,649   3,636   3,634   3,633   3,651
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,060.4 1,051.6 1,048.4 1,032.3   1,057   1,042   1,034   1,032   1,031   1,029
      Management and public relations... 1,171.9 1,222.4 1,217.3 1,214.5   1,175   1,209   1,204   1,214   1,210   1,218
    Services, nec.......................    49.5    48.6    47.7    46.6   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  20,850  20,095  20,110  21,092  21,043  21,206  21,211  21,228  21,281  21,285
    Federal.............................   2,620   2,629   2,625   2,626   2,622   2,600   2,601   2,607   2,616   2,627
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,776.4 1,816.1 1,813.2 1,817.9   1,774   1,777   1,783   1,790   1,799   1,815
    State...............................   4,913   4,683   4,696   4,930   4,938   4,945   4,935   4,950   4,944   4,956
      Education......................... 2,101.6 1,849.0 1,861.9 2,124.9   2,140   2,141   2,135   2,155   2,143   2,163
      Other State government............ 2,811.2 2,834.1 2,833.6 2,805.4   2,798   2,804   2,800   2,795   2,801   2,793
    Local...............................  13,317  12,783  12,789  13,536  13,483  13,661  13,675  13,671  13,721  13,702
      Education......................... 7,522.8 6,582.2 6,672.2 7,654.8   7,679   7,770   7,755   7,788   7,832   7,810
      Other local government............ 5,793.7 6,201.0 6,116.8 5,880.8   5,804   5,891   5,920   5,883   5,889   5,892

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
 
 
 

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Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Sept.   July   Aug.    Sept.    Sept.   May     June    July   Aug.    Sept. 
                                           2001    2002   2002p   2002p    2001    2002    2002    2002   2002p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.4    34.2    34.4    34.5    34.1    34.2    34.3    34.0    34.1    34.3 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.8    40.0    40.7    40.8    40.3    40.3    40.5    40.0    40.3    40.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   44.0    43.0    43.4    43.1    43.6    43.0    43.3    42.7    43.3    42.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   39.9    39.2    39.5    39.6    39.2    38.7    39.0    38.2    38.6    39.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.1    40.3    41.1    41.3    40.6    40.9    41.1    40.7    40.9    40.9 
      Overtime hours....................    4.3     4.0     4.5     4.5     3.9     4.2     4.3     4.0     4.2     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   41.3    40.5    41.4    41.6    40.9    41.3    41.5    41.0    41.2    41.3 
      Overtime hours....................    4.1     3.8     4.4     4.5     3.8     4.1     4.2     3.9     4.1     4.2 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   41.6    41.1    41.3    41.7    41.2    40.8    41.0    41.2    41.0    41.3 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   39.7    39.8    40.6    40.7    39.1    40.4    40.2    40.1    40.3    40.1 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   45.1    43.7    44.1    44.5    43.9    43.4    43.7    43.2    43.3    43.3 
    Primary metal industries............   44.3    43.7    44.3    44.4    43.7    44.1    44.6    44.1    44.3    43.7 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   45.9    45.8    45.8    46.3    45.3    45.6    46.1    45.5    45.8    45.7 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.5    41.0    41.8    41.8    41.2    41.9    42.0    41.7    41.7    41.5 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   40.4    40.0    40.6    40.7    40.3    40.7    40.9    40.3    40.8    40.6 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   39.4    38.0    38.8    39.3    39.1    39.4    39.4    38.7    38.7    39.0 
    Transportation equipment............   41.9    40.3    42.6    43.3    41.5    42.3    42.5    41.7    42.1    43.0 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   42.9    41.0    44.4    45.2    42.4    44.2    44.1    42.9    43.7    44.6 
    Instruments and related products....   41.2    40.0    40.7    40.7    41.1    40.4    40.9    40.4    40.8    40.7 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   37.8    38.1    38.7    38.6    37.7    38.8    39.6    38.4    38.5    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.7    40.0    40.6    40.8    40.2    40.4    40.6    40.2    40.5    40.2 
      Overtime hours....................    4.6     4.3     4.6     4.6     4.1     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   42.1    41.0    41.8    41.8    41.0    41.2    41.6    41.0    41.3    40.7 
    Tobacco products....................   40.4    42.1    40.3    40.7    39.7    41.6    41.1    42.1    40.3    40.0 
    Textile mill products...............   40.2    40.9    42.1    41.7    39.8    41.4    41.5    41.6    41.8    41.3 
    Apparel and other textile products..   36.7    36.6    36.7    36.9    36.9    37.0    37.0    36.8    36.7    37.1 
    Paper and allied products...........   42.2    41.1    41.6    42.2    41.7    41.9    41.6    41.2    41.7    41.6 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.5    37.1    37.8    37.8    38.0    37.5    37.7    37.3    37.7    37.3 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.3    41.9    42.5    43.1    42.1    42.3    42.5    42.1    42.6    42.9 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   42.9    41.8    41.1    42.3    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.2    40.3    41.1    41.3    40.8    41.2    41.5    41.0    41.2    40.9 
    Leather and leather products........   36.8    36.0    36.0    35.5    36.4    36.7    36.8    36.7    35.7    35.2 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.9    32.9    33.0    33.1    32.7    32.8    32.8    32.6    32.7    32.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.2    38.4    38.7    39.0    37.9    38.4    38.3    38.3    38.4    38.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.6    38.3    38.4    38.8    38.3    38.3    38.6    38.4    38.4    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.9    29.6    29.5    29.2    28.8    29.1    29.1    28.8    28.9    29.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.7    35.8    36.1    36.8    36.0    36.1    36.0    36.0    36.2    36.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.8    32.6    32.8    32.9    32.7    32.6    32.7    32.5    32.6    32.8 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 


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Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Sept.      July     Aug.      Sept.      Sept.     July     Aug.      Sept.  
                                           2001       2002     2002p     2002p      2001      2002     2002p     2002p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $14.50    $14.65    $14.70    $14.93    $498.80   $501.03   $505.68   $515.09 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   14.43     14.78     14.82     14.87     492.06    502.52    505.36    510.04 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   16.13     16.45     16.48     16.58     658.10    658.00    670.74    676.46 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.61     17.76     17.72     17.79     774.84    763.68    769.05    766.75 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   18.51     18.90     18.96     19.06     738.55    740.88    748.92    754.78 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   15.01     15.26     15.31     15.42     616.91    614.98    629.24    636.85 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   15.49     15.66     15.79     15.91     639.74    634.23    653.71    661.86 
    Lumber and wood products............   12.44     12.58     12.57     12.60     517.50    517.04    519.14    525.42 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   12.39     12.55     12.72     12.75     491.88    499.49    516.43    518.93 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   15.21     15.62     15.52     15.71     685.97    682.59    684.43    699.10 
    Primary metal industries............   17.23     17.60     17.46     17.65     763.29    769.12    773.48    783.66 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   20.90     21.07     20.90     21.03     959.31    965.01    957.22    973.69 
    Fabricated metal products...........   14.42     14.61     14.72     14.82     598.43    599.01    615.30    619.48 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   16.01     16.47     16.55     16.59     646.80    658.80    671.93    675.21 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   14.82     15.05     15.04     15.13     583.91    571.90    583.55    594.61 
    Transportation equipment............   19.36     19.37     19.80     20.04     811.18    780.61    843.48    867.73 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   19.73     19.76     20.54     20.77     846.42    810.16    911.98    938.80 
    Instruments and related products....   15.00     15.24     15.28     15.40     618.00    609.60    621.90    626.78 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   12.38     12.30     12.36     12.44     467.96    468.63    478.33    480.18 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   14.30     14.69     14.61     14.72     582.01    587.60    593.17    600.58 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.97     13.34     13.25     13.33     546.04    546.94    553.85    557.19 
    Tobacco products....................   20.71     23.34     20.98     20.50     836.68    982.61    845.49    834.35 
    Textile mill products...............   11.40     11.74     11.75     11.75     458.28    480.17    494.68    489.98 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.54      9.91      9.95     10.00     350.12    362.71    365.17    369.00 
    Paper and allied products...........   17.11     17.73     17.56     17.75     722.04    728.70    730.50    749.05 
    Printing and publishing.............   15.01     15.15     15.18     15.36     577.89    562.07    573.80    580.61 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.85     19.32     19.31     19.52     797.36    809.51    820.68    841.31 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   22.24     22.22     22.08     22.28     954.10    928.80    907.49    942.44 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   13.50     13.76     13.71     13.70     556.20    554.53    563.48    565.81 
    Leather and leather products........   10.24     10.37     10.27     10.03     376.83    373.32    369.72    356.07 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   14.01     14.15     14.19     14.46     460.93    465.54    468.27    478.63 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   16.91     17.33     17.30     17.48     645.96    665.47    669.51    681.72 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   16.08     16.10     16.18     16.40     620.69    616.63    621.31    636.32 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.86      9.98     10.01     10.15     284.95    295.41    295.30    296.38 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   15.96     16.25     16.31     16.55     585.73    581.75    588.79    609.04 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   14.85     15.02     15.04     15.37     487.08    489.65    493.31    505.67 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                        Percent  
                                    Sept.    May      June     July     Aug.     Sept.   change  
            Industry                2001     2002     2002     2002     2002p    2002p    from:   
                                                                                        Aug. 2002-
                                                                                        Sept. 2002
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $14.43   $14.70   $14.75   $14.78   $14.82   $14.87      0.3   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     8.01     8.12     8.14     8.14     8.14     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    16.02    16.35    16.39    16.38    16.43    16.47       .2   
    Mining......................    17.62    17.87    17.70    17.78    17.88    17.81      -.4   
    Construction................    18.39    18.77    18.81    18.87    18.89    18.94       .3   
    Manufacturing...............    14.95    15.27    15.31    15.28    15.33    15.36       .2   
      Excluding overtime4.......    14.28    14.53    14.56    14.57    14.59    14.64       .3   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.97    14.24    14.29    14.33    14.37    14.42       .3   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.87    17.31    17.37    17.33    17.34    17.44       .6   
    Wholesale trade.............    15.99    16.12    16.15    16.14    16.27    16.31       .2   
    Retail trade................     9.81     9.99    10.06    10.05    10.09    10.10       .1   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    15.93    16.17    16.27    16.38    16.43    16.52       .5   
    Services....................    14.83    15.16    15.19    15.26    15.29    15.35       .4   

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
deflate this series. 
  3 Change was .0 percent from July 2002 to August 2002, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Sept.  July    Aug.     Sept.   Sept.  May     June    July    Aug.     Sept. 
                                          2001   2002    2002p    2002p   2001   2002    2002    2002    2002p    2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  151.5  150.0   151.0    150.5   149.6  148.1   148.6   147.5   148.0    148.6 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  112.1  105.9   108.0    107.8   108.8  105.0   105.7   104.1   104.7    104.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   56.9   53.8    55.3     54.5    55.5   53.7    53.7    52.5    53.9     53.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  194.8  189.1   190.7    188.4   183.6  176.4   178.4   173.8   176.3    178.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   97.6   91.2    93.4     93.6    96.0   92.8    93.2    92.3    92.4     92.1 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  100.6   92.9    95.2     95.3    99.5   95.4    95.6    94.5    94.6     94.3 
    Lumber and wood products............  141.0  136.7   138.5    139.0   137.5  134.4   134.0   134.8   134.2    135.2 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  124.2  121.0   124.4    122.8   122.6  122.9   122.9   123.2   123.8    121.3 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  122.7  116.1   117.8    118.7   117.3  112.6   113.3   112.3   113.6    113.3 
    Primary metal industries............   83.8   74.1    76.0     76.1    82.5   76.4    76.6    75.4    75.9     74.7 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   65.8   59.0    59.7     60.3    64.7   58.9    59.2    58.4    59.6     59.1 
    Fabricated metal products...........  112.4  106.8   109.3    109.1   111.1  110.1   110.2   109.9   108.6    107.9 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   87.9   81.0    81.5     81.3    88.3   82.8    83.1    81.9    82.3     81.6 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   90.9   78.1    78.6     79.1    90.5   82.2    81.7    80.4    78.9     78.7 
    Transportation equipment............  110.2   98.7   106.5    107.0   108.9  105.6   106.4   103.7   105.3    106.1 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  144.7  130.2   146.4    147.2   142.8  144.0   144.7   139.6   144.3    145.1 
    Instruments and related products....   71.6   67.1    67.5     67.1    71.7   67.9    68.2    67.9    67.5     67.3 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   89.8   88.5    91.3     91.4    89.1   90.6    92.1    90.4    89.9     91.0 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   93.5   88.8    90.9     91.3    91.2   89.4    89.9    89.1    89.4     89.1 
    Food and kindred products...........  122.1  116.8   121.6    121.8   115.0  115.6   117.1   114.9   115.7    114.6 
    Tobacco products....................   53.0   49.6    55.8     58.2    49.2   51.5    52.9    54.2    57.9     55.5 
    Textile mill products...............   65.4   60.2    62.4     61.5    64.2   61.6    61.6    61.4    61.3     60.2 
    Apparel and other textile products..   45.9   42.8    43.0     43.5    45.9   43.4    43.5    43.5    43.2     43.6 
    Paper and allied products...........   98.5   93.5    94.5     96.3    96.8   95.0    94.5    93.4    94.5     94.5 
    Printing and publishing.............  114.7  105.2   106.8    106.9   113.2  106.2   106.8   105.7   106.2    105.4 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   95.7   94.0    95.4     96.3    95.6   95.1    95.7    94.8    95.6     96.2 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   74.0   74.2    72.1     74.2    71.6   70.9    70.7    71.6    70.5     72.0 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  136.7  131.7   134.6    134.9   135.1  133.8   135.2   135.0   134.4    133.2 
    Leather and leather products........   23.8   22.4    22.6     24.6    24.0   23.1    22.6    23.7    21.9     24.9 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  169.2  169.7   170.3    169.7   167.8  167.5   167.8   167.0   167.5    168.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  140.1  133.7   134.5    136.0   137.7  134.4   133.9   133.7   133.5    133.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  127.3  126.5   126.8    127.4   126.1  125.7   126.7   125.9   125.9    126.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  147.0  150.8   150.0    147.7   146.4  147.1   147.1   145.7   146.0    146.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  142.0  141.0   142.1    143.5   139.7  140.6   140.0   139.9   141.0    141.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  213.7  214.7   216.3    215.3   212.4  211.8   212.7   211.8   212.8    214.1 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 347 industries1
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   62.4    57.5    59.1    60.2    57.5    56.8    54.6    59.1    57.2    53.0    57.9    56.8 
     1999..............   55.3    58.6    53.6    58.4    55.5    57.8    57.1    54.8    57.1    57.2    60.4    58.1 
     2000..............   55.9    57.5    57.9    51.2    50.1    55.8    57.8    51.4    52.4    52.4    53.2    52.7 
     2001..............   49.4    45.7    50.3    42.4    47.3    43.2    44.5    42.5    42.4    40.5    39.3    44.1 
     2002..............   47.3    41.4    49.7    47.8    50.9    49.4    48.6   p46.7   p47.7                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   65.3    66.3    65.3    65.9    62.7    58.2    58.9    59.1    59.8    57.9    57.1    58.8 
     1999..............   59.2    57.6    59.5    55.2    60.2    57.2    59.4    59.2    59.7    58.9    61.2    60.7 
     2000..............   60.4    61.4    58.4    53.2    52.4    55.5    56.6    56.2    51.2    51.0    53.2    51.6 
     2001..............   45.5    46.1    40.8    43.4    37.8    43.2    39.3    38.0    35.3    33.7    36.3    38.9 
     2002..............   40.1    43.2    42.5    46.5    48.0    50.1   p46.0   p45.0                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   70.2    67.4    64.7    61.5    64.1    62.1    59.1    58.8    57.5    60.2    59.2    58.4 
     1999..............   60.2    58.9    58.5    59.7    57.2    60.8    61.2    62.5    62.7    61.8    61.2    62.8 
     2000..............   61.1    59.4    58.1    57.9    54.2    52.4    52.9    54.2    52.4    48.7    45.7    46.5 
     2001..............   44.7    42.7    39.5    40.1    40.8    35.6    37.0    32.4    34.3    33.1    34.1    35.6 
     2002..............   37.0    41.6    43.4    44.4   p46.3   p46.7                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1998..............   69.9    67.9    67.6    65.6    64.1    62.7    61.7    62.2    60.8    59.4    60.8    58.9 
     1999..............   61.2    60.1    58.2    61.0    60.7    61.5    62.2    61.1    63.8    62.2    59.7    60.5 
     2000..............   61.4    59.9    58.8    56.2    55.3    53.6    53.0    51.0    47.7    45.2    44.5    42.9 
     2001..............   41.5    41.5    38.9    37.5    37.3    36.2    34.1    33.6    34.4    33.9    33.3    34.0 
     2002..............   35.2   p36.5   p37.3                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   57.0    52.6    52.2    52.9    44.9    47.4    38.2    52.9    44.9    38.6    42.3    41.5 
     1999..............   47.4    41.2    42.6    46.0    46.3    43.4    50.0    42.6    46.0    45.6    51.5    49.3 
     2000..............   44.9    52.2    49.3    46.0    49.3    50.7    57.4    36.8    39.0    42.3    47.1    40.8 
     2001..............   34.9    26.8    38.2    29.0    28.3    30.5    34.9    25.7    31.6    31.3    25.0    30.9 
     2002..............   35.3    37.9    40.4    47.4    47.1    40.4    48.9   p38.6   p40.4                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   59.2    57.0    54.8    51.8    48.2    38.2    41.9    43.0    43.0    38.2    32.7    40.4 
     1999..............   39.3    39.3    39.7    40.1    41.2    43.8    44.1    46.3    42.3    44.1    47.8    45.2 
     2000..............   48.2    48.9    48.9    44.5    46.7    52.2    46.0    38.6    29.0    34.2    39.0    36.0 
     2001..............   21.3    21.3    18.4    23.5    19.9    23.2    17.3    19.1    16.2    18.0    18.4    18.0 
     2002..............   24.6    30.1    37.1    38.6    40.1    41.2   p36.0   p33.8                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   60.7    54.4    49.3    40.1    45.2    42.6    39.0    38.2    34.6    41.2    35.7    33.1 
     1999..............   36.4    36.0    37.5    40.4    37.5    42.3    43.0    44.5    48.2    43.0    44.5    47.4 
     2000..............   47.8    45.2    44.5    50.0    41.9    37.9    36.0    35.3    32.4    26.1    21.3    21.7 
     2001..............   20.2    16.9    14.0    16.2    16.5    13.2    14.7    11.8    14.0    13.2    17.6    16.5 
     2002..............   19.9    26.8    29.8    38.2   p36.0   p35.3                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1998..............   54.8    52.2    51.8    46.7    40.4    40.1    38.2    37.5    36.4    34.6    35.7    34.2 
     1999..............   38.6    34.6    32.4    36.0    37.9    39.0    40.1    40.4    44.5    44.5    43.4    44.5 
     2000..............   49.3    44.1    39.3    36.8    35.3    34.2    33.8    28.7    22.1    19.1    17.6    14.0 
     2001..............   13.6    13.6    13.6    15.4    12.1    11.0    11.0    11.0    12.9    12.9    14.0    13.6 
     2002..............   18.0   p18.0   p18.8                                                                         

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.