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                      THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  APRIL 2004


   Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 288,000 in April, and the
unemployment rate was about unchanged at 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The April in-
crease in payroll employment follows a gain of 337,000 in March, and job 
growth again was widespread.  In April, employment rose substantially in 
several service-providing industries, construction continued to add jobs, 
and there was a noteworthy job gain in durable goods manufacturing.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the unemployment rate, 5.6 percent, and the number of unemployed
persons, 8.2 million, were essentially unchanged in April.  The unemployment
rate has been either 5.6 or 5.7 percent since last December.  The unemploy-
ment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (5.0 percent), adult women 
(5.0 percent), teenagers (16.9 percent), whites (4.9 percent), blacks (9.7 
percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.2 percent)--were little changed over 
the month.  The unemployment rate for Asians was 4.4 percent in April, not 
seasonally adjusted.  (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   
   The number of persons unemployed for 27 weeks or longer declined by 188,000 
to 1.8 million in April.  These long-term unemployed persons accounted for 22.1 
percent of the total unemployed.  (See table A-9.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment was 138.6 million in April, and the employment-population
ratio--the proportion of the population age 16 and over with jobs--was about
unchanged at 62.2 percent.  The civilian labor force held at 146.7 million in
April, and the civilian labor force participation rate was 65.9 percent for 
the third straight month.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force was 
1.5 million in April, about the same as a year earlier.  (Data are not sea-
sonally adjusted.)  These individuals wanted and were available to work and 
had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted 
as unemployed, however, because they did not actively search for work in the 
4 weeks preceding the survey.  There were 492,000 discouraged workers in 
April, also about the same as a year earlier.  Discouraged workers, a subset 
of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically 
because they believed no jobs were available for them.  The other 1.0 million 
marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school or 
family responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |        Monthly data      |
                         |_________________|__________________________| Mar.-
        Category         |  2003  | 2004 1/|           2004           | Apr.
                         |________|________|__________________________|change
                         |   IV   |   I    |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 146,986| 146,661| 146,471| 146,650| 146,741|     91
  Employment.............| 138,369| 138,388| 138,301| 138,298| 138,576|    278
  Unemployment...........|   8,616|   8,273|   8,170|   8,352|   8,164|   -188
Not in labor force.......|  75,290|  75,695|  75,886|  75,900|  76,016|    116
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     5.9|     5.6|     5.6|     5.7|     5.6|   -0.1
  Adult men..............|     5.5|     5.1|     5.1|     5.2|     5.0|    -.2
  Adult women............|     5.1|     5.0|     4.9|     5.1|     5.0|    -.1
  Teenagers..............|    16.3|    16.6|    16.6|    16.5|    16.9|     .4
  White..................|     5.1|     5.0|     4.9|     5.1|     4.9|    -.2
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|    10.7|    10.1|     9.8|    10.2|     9.7|    -.5
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     7.1|     7.4|     7.4|     7.4|     7.2|    -.2
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 130,002|p130,362| 130,277|p130,614|p130,902|   p288
  Goods-producing 2/.....|  21,676| p21,715|  21,684| p21,766| p21,808|    p42
    Construction.........|   6,766|  p6,820|   6,791|  p6,856|  p6,874|    p18
    Manufacturing........|  14,340| p14,322|  14,321| p14,330| p14,351|    p21
  Service-providing 2/...| 108,326|p108,646| 108,593|p108,848|p109,094|   p246
    Retail trade.........|  14,915| p14,972|  14,963| p15,009| p15,033| 3/ p23
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  16,114| p16,206|  16,196| p16,250| p16,373|   p123
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  16,705| p16,772|  16,764| p16,805| p16,836|    p31
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,172| p12,237|  12,229| p12,263| p12,299|    p36
    Government...........|  21,549| p21,544|  21,539| p21,566| p21,574|     p8
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work 4/
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.7|   p33.8|    33.8|   p33.7|   p33.7|   p0.0
  Manufacturing..........|    40.6|   p41.0|    41.0|   p40.9|   p40.6|   p-.3
    Overtime.............|     4.4|    p4.6|     4.6|    p4.6|    p4.5|   p-.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 4/
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    98.7|   p99.2|    99.2|   p99.2|   p99.5|   p0.3
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings 4/
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $15.45| p$15.52|  $15.52| p$15.54| p$15.59| p$0.05
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  520.55| p523.95|  524.58| p523.70| p525.38|  p1.68
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______

   1  Beginning in January 2004, household data reflect revised population
controls used in the Current Population Survey.
   2  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   3  Change calculated based on unrounded data.
   4  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 288,000 in April to 130.9
million, seasonally adjusted.  This followed a gain of 337,000 jobs (as re-
vised) in March.  Since August 2003, payroll employment has risen by 1.1 mil-
lion.  Over the month, job growth was widespread, including large gains in 
several service-providing industries, and smaller gains in both construction 
and manufacturing.  (See table B-1.)
   
   In April, employment growth in manufacturing was concentrated in durable
goods, which added 20,000 jobs.  Most of the gain in durable goods employment
occurred in fabricated metal products (10,000) and machinery (4,000).  Since
January, manufacturing employment has edged up by 37,000 (as revised).  Em-
ployment in this industry had declined each month from August 2000 through 
January 2004.
   
   Construction employment edged higher in April, after a substantial gain in
the prior month.  Since March 2003, the industry has added 213,000 jobs, bring-
ing construction employment slightly above its most recent peak in March 2001.
   
   Employment in a number of service-providing industries grew substantially
over the month.  Professional and business services employment rose by 
123,000 in April.  Within this sector, increases occurred in employment ser-
vices (60,000), services to buildings and dwellings (30,000), management and 
technical consulting services (8,000), and architectural and engineering ser-
vices (7,000).  Within employment services, temporary help services added 
35,000 jobs in April and 261,000 over the year.
   
   Retail trade employment edged up in April, with gains in building material
and garden supply stores, general merchandise stores, and motor vehicle and
parts dealers.  Over the year, retail trade has added 103,000 jobs, with much 
of the gain (72,000) occurring in building material and garden supply stores.
Wholesale trade employment was little changed in April, but has risen by 49,000
since October.
   
   Employment increased by 30,000 in health care and social assistance over 
the month.  Since April 2003, this industry has gained 252,000 jobs.  In com-
parison, the industry added 381,000 jobs from April 2002 to April 2003.  Over 
the month, employment rose in hospitals and in ambulatory health care services 
(such as doctors' offices and outpatient care centers).
   
   In the leisure and hospitality sector, food services added 34,000 jobs 
in April.  Since December, growth in food services employment has averaged 
28,000 per month, about twice the average monthly gain of 2003.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in April, at 33.7 hours, seasonally adjusted.
The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.3 hour to 40.6 hours.  Manufacturing
overtime edged down over the month to 4.5 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory work-
ers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.3 percent in April to 99.5
(2002=100).  The manufacturing index was down by 0.5 percent over the month 
to 93.8.  (See table B-5.)
                                  
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Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 5 cents in April to $15.59, seasonally adjusted.
Average weekly earnings increased by 0.3 percent over the month to $525.38.
Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 2.2 percent, and average weekly
earnings increased by 2.5 percent.  (See table B-3.)

                         ______________________________
   

   The Employment Situation for May 2004 is scheduled to be released on Friday,
June 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). 
 
 
 
 
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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.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
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.
                                  
                                  - 6 -
 
 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-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the
North American Industry Classification System.

 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
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.
 
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.
 
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   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to ad-
just only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
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
290,000.  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 -190,000 to 390,000 (100,000 +/- 290,000).
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.  At an unemployment rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
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.
 
                                  - 8 -
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.

 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 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 $27.00 per issue or
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   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
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  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                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004  
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 220,540 222,550 222,757 220,540 222,509 222,161 222,357 222,550 222,757
    Civilian labor force............................ 145,925 146,525 146,260 146,377 146,878 146,863 146,471 146,650 146,741
          Participation rate........................    66.2    65.8    65.7    66.4    66.0    66.1    65.9    65.9    65.9
      Employed...................................... 137,424 137,691 138,423 137,578 138,479 138,566 138,301 138,298 138,576
          Employment-population ratio...............    62.3    61.9    62.1    62.4    62.2    62.4    62.2    62.1    62.2
      Unemployed....................................   8,501   8,834   7,837   8,799   8,398   8,297   8,170   8,352   8,164
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.8     6.0     5.4     6.0     5.7     5.6     5.6     5.7     5.6
    Not in labor force..............................  74,615  76,025  76,497  74,163  75,631  75,298  75,886  75,900  76,016
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,373   4,667   4,598   4,462   4,714   4,747   4,746   4,843   4,744
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,123 107,281 107,392 106,123 107,123 107,072 107,177 107,281 107,392
    Civilian labor force............................  77,796  78,283  78,147  78,095  78,661  78,823  78,337  78,542  78,501
          Participation rate........................    73.3    73.0    72.8    73.6    73.4    73.6    73.1    73.2    73.1
      Employed......................................  72,905  73,244  73,774  73,150  74,085  74,343  73,901  74,006  74,053
          Employment-population ratio...............    68.7    68.3    68.7    68.9    69.2    69.4    69.0    69.0    69.0
      Unemployed....................................   4,891   5,039   4,373   4,945   4,576   4,480   4,436   4,536   4,448
          Unemployment rate.........................     6.3     6.4     5.6     6.3     5.8     5.7     5.7     5.8     5.7
    Not in labor force..............................  28,327  28,998  29,244  28,028  28,462  28,249  28,840  28,739  28,891
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  97,979  99,065  99,170  97,979  98,927  98,866  98,966  99,065  99,170
    Civilian labor force............................  74,504  74,991  74,806  74,510  75,044  75,171  74,797  75,018  74,871
          Participation rate........................    76.0    75.7    75.4    76.0    75.9    76.0    75.6    75.7    75.5
      Employed......................................  70,259  70,586  71,060  70,290  71,099  71,329  70,969  71,128  71,118
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.7    71.3    71.7    71.7    71.9    72.1    71.7    71.8    71.7
      Unemployed....................................   4,245   4,405   3,746   4,220   3,945   3,842   3,828   3,890   3,753
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.7     5.9     5.0     5.7     5.3     5.1     5.1     5.2     5.0
    Not in labor force..............................  23,475  24,074  24,364  23,469  23,882  23,694  24,168  24,047  24,299
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 114,417 115,269 115,365 114,417 115,386 115,089 115,180 115,269 115,365
    Civilian labor force............................  68,130  68,241  68,112  68,282  68,217  68,040  68,134  68,108  68,240
          Participation rate........................    59.5    59.2    59.0    59.7    59.1    59.1    59.2    59.1    59.2
      Employed......................................  64,519  64,447  64,649  64,427  64,394  64,223  64,400  64,292  64,523
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.4    55.9    56.0    56.3    55.8    55.8    55.9    55.8    55.9
      Unemployed....................................   3,610   3,794   3,464   3,854   3,823   3,817   3,734   3,816   3,717
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.3     5.6     5.1     5.6     5.6     5.6     5.5     5.6     5.4
    Not in labor force..............................  46,288  47,028  47,253  46,135  47,169  47,050  47,046  47,161  47,126
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,510 107,299 107,389 106,510 107,404 107,131 107,216 107,299 107,389
    Civilian labor force............................  64,696  65,036  64,853  64,632  64,846  64,515  64,629  64,687  64,785
          Participation rate........................    60.7    60.6    60.4    60.7    60.4    60.2    60.3    60.3    60.3
      Employed......................................  61,595  61,703  61,841  61,343  61,521  61,260  61,456  61,373  61,571
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.8    57.5    57.6    57.6    57.3    57.2    57.3    57.2    57.3
      Unemployed....................................   3,101   3,333   3,012   3,289   3,326   3,255   3,172   3,314   3,215
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.8     5.1     4.6     5.1     5.1     5.0     4.9     5.1     5.0
    Not in labor force..............................  41,814  42,264  42,536  41,878  42,558  42,617  42,587  42,613  42,604
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  16,051  16,186  16,198  16,051  16,178  16,164  16,175  16,186  16,198
    Civilian labor force............................   6,726   6,498   6,600   7,235   6,987   7,177   7,045   6,945   7,085
          Participation rate........................    41.9    40.1    40.7    45.1    43.2    44.4    43.6    42.9    43.7
      Employed......................................   5,570   5,402   5,522   5,945   5,859   5,977   5,875   5,797   5,888
          Employment-population ratio...............    34.7    33.4    34.1    37.0    36.2    37.0    36.3    35.8    36.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,155   1,096   1,078   1,290   1,128   1,200   1,170   1,148   1,197
          Unemployment rate.........................    17.2    16.9    16.3    17.8    16.1    16.7    16.6    16.5    16.9
    Not in labor force..............................   9,325   9,688   9,597   8,816   9,191   8,987   9,130   9,240   9,113

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


 
 
 
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                               
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004  
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 180,873 182,121 182,252 180,873 182,185 181,879 182,001 182,121 182,252
    Civilian labor force............................ 120,195 120,455 120,317 120,514 120,751 120,723 120,540 120,542 120,675       
        Participation rate..........................    66.5    66.1    66.0    66.6    66.3    66.4    66.2    66.2    66.2
      Employed...................................... 114,057 113,921 114,557 114,220 114,678 114,765 114,602 114,433 114,712
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.1    62.6    62.9    63.1    62.9    63.1    63.0    62.8    62.9
      Unemployed....................................   6,138   6,533   5,760   6,294   6,073   5,958   5,938   6,109   5,963
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.1     5.4     4.8     5.2     5.0     4.9     4.9     5.1     4.9
    Not in labor force..............................  60,679  61,666  61,935  60,359  61,434  61,156  61,460  61,579  61,577
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  62,432  62,622  62,620  62,438  62,752  62,799  62,603  62,672  62,660
        Participation rate..........................    76.5    76.1    76.0    76.5    76.2    76.4    76.1    76.1    76.0
      Employed......................................  59,263  59,245  59,787  59,296  59,794  59,969  59,763  59,736  59,831
        Employment-population ratio.................    72.6    72.0    72.6    72.6    72.6    73.0    72.6    72.6    72.6
      Unemployed....................................   3,168   3,377   2,833   3,141   2,957   2,830   2,840   2,936   2,829
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.1     5.4     4.5     5.0     4.7     4.5     4.5     4.7     4.5
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  52,151  52,388  52,097  52,080  52,199  51,954  51,993  52,016  52,035
        Participation rate..........................    60.1    60.1    59.7    60.1    59.8    59.6    59.7    59.6    59.6
      Employed......................................  50,013  50,053  50,020  49,845  49,941  49,668  49,797  49,710  49,839
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.7    57.4    57.3    57.5    57.2    57.0    57.1    57.0    57.1
      Unemployed....................................   2,137   2,335   2,077   2,235   2,258   2,286   2,197   2,306   2,196
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.1     4.5     4.0     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.2     4.4     4.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   5,612   5,445   5,600   5,997   5,800   5,970   5,944   5,854   5,981
        Participation rate..........................    44.9    43.3    44.5    48.0    46.1    47.5    47.3    46.5    47.5
      Employed......................................   4,780   4,623   4,749   5,079   4,942   5,128   5,042   4,987   5,042
        Employment-population ratio.................    38.2    36.7    37.7    40.6    39.3    40.8    40.1    39.6    40.0
      Unemployed....................................     832     822     851     918     857     842     902     867     939
        Unemployment rate...........................    14.8    15.1    15.2    15.3    14.8    14.1    15.2    14.8    15.7
                                                                                                                            
              BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                     
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,587  25,932  25,967  25,587  25,894  25,867  25,900  25,932  25,967
    Civilian labor force............................  16,417  16,531  16,374  16,521  16,365  16,602  16,404  16,595  16,485
        Participation rate..........................    64.2    63.7    63.1    64.6    63.2    64.2    63.3    64.0    63.5
      Employed......................................  14,726  14,793  14,856  14,739  14,679  14,866  14,804  14,909  14,878
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.6    57.0    57.2    57.6    56.7    57.5    57.2    57.5    57.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,691   1,738   1,518   1,782   1,686   1,736   1,600   1,686   1,607
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.3    10.5     9.3    10.8    10.3    10.5     9.8    10.2     9.7
    Not in labor force..............................   9,169   9,402   9,593   9,066   9,529   9,265   9,495   9,337   9,482
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,279   7,357   7,256   7,304   7,382   7,450   7,305   7,367   7,302
        Participation rate..........................    71.1    70.7    69.7    71.4    71.2    71.8    70.3    70.8    70.1
      Employed......................................   6,538   6,620   6,602   6,546   6,695   6,737   6,620   6,689   6,626
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.9    63.7    63.4    63.9    64.6    65.0    63.7    64.3    63.6
      Unemployed....................................     740     737     654     759     687     713     684     678     676
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.2    10.0     9.0    10.4     9.3     9.6     9.4     9.2     9.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,432   8,491   8,512   8,430   8,276   8,358   8,418   8,492   8,502
        Participation rate..........................    65.0    64.7    64.8    65.0    63.1    63.8    64.2    64.7    64.7
      Employed......................................   7,700   7,702   7,809   7,666   7,471   7,595   7,674   7,700   7,763
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.3    58.7    59.4    59.1    56.9    58.0    58.5    58.7    59.1
      Unemployed....................................     732     789     703     765     805     762     745     792     739
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.7     9.3     8.3     9.1     9.7     9.1     8.8     9.3     8.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     707     683     606     786     707     794     682     737     681
        Participation rate..........................    29.8    28.3    25.1    33.1    29.4    33.1    28.3    30.6    28.2
      Employed......................................     488     471     445     527     514     533     510     521     489
        Employment-population ratio.................    20.6    19.6    18.4    22.2    21.4    22.2    21.2    21.6    20.3
      Unemployed....................................     219     212     161     259     193     261     171     217     193
        Unemployment rate...........................    30.9    31.0    26.6    32.9    27.3    32.9    25.1    29.4    28.3
                                                                                                                            
                        ASIAN                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,086   9,395   9,444   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,029   6,235   6,230   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    66.4    66.4    66.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   5,681   5,971   5,956   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.5    63.6    63.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     348     264     274   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.8     4.2     4.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,057   3,160   3,214   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for
  all races.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
 
 
 
 
 
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004  
                                                                                                                            
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  27,291  27,791  27,879  27,291  28,116  27,619  27,705  27,791  27,879
    Civilian labor force............................  18,794  19,053  19,080  18,779  19,035  18,811  18,693  19,010  19,064
        Participation rate..........................    68.9    68.6    68.4    68.8    67.7    68.1    67.5    68.4    68.4
      Employed......................................  17,443  17,534  17,798  17,350  17,784  17,441  17,303  17,596  17,693
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.9    63.1    63.8    63.6    63.3    63.2    62.5    63.3    63.5
      Unemployed....................................   1,351   1,519   1,283   1,428   1,250   1,370   1,389   1,414   1,371
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.2     8.0     6.7     7.6     6.6     7.3     7.4     7.4     7.2
    Not in labor force..............................   8,497   8,738   8,798   8,512   9,082   8,807   9,012   8,781   8,815
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  10,786  10,857  10,963   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    85.1    84.0    84.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................  10,085  10,125  10,304   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    79.6    78.4    79.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     701     732     658   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.5     6.7     6.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,092   7,261   7,242   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    58.6    59.1    58.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,591   6,689   6,780   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    54.5    54.5    55.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     500     572     462   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.1     7.9     6.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     917     935     876   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    36.3    36.2    33.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     767     720     714   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    30.4    27.8    27.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     150     215     162   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    16.4    23.0    18.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2004, data
  reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                Apr.     Mar.     Apr.     Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.  
                                                2003     2004     2004     2003     2003     2004     2004     2004     2004  
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   13,005   12,397   12,258   12,665   12,712   12,356   12,526   12,390   12,019
      Participation rate....................     45.5     45.1     45.1     44.3     44.9     44.3     45.4     45.1     44.2
    Employed................................   11,974   11,155   11,271   11,594   11,678   11,271   11,455   11,302   10,977
      Employment-population ratio...........     41.9     40.6     41.5     40.5     41.2     40.4     41.5     41.1     40.4
    Unemployed..............................    1,031    1,242      987    1,072    1,034    1,085    1,071    1,088    1,042
      Unemployment rate.....................      7.9     10.0      8.1      8.5      8.1      8.8      8.5      8.8      8.7
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   37,913   37,778   37,627   37,960   37,958   37,662   37,898   37,749   37,724
      Participation rate....................     64.1     63.3     62.6     64.1     63.5     63.0     63.3     63.2     62.8
    Employed................................   35,763   35,576   35,651   35,800   35,868   35,829   35,998   35,765   35,745
      Employment-population ratio...........     60.4     59.6     59.3     60.5     60.0     59.9     60.1     59.9     59.5
    Unemployed..............................    2,150    2,202    1,976    2,160    2,090    1,832    1,900    1,984    1,979
      Unemployment rate.....................      5.7      5.8      5.3      5.7      5.5      4.9      5.0      5.3      5.2
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   33,910   34,475   34,446   34,200   33,932   33,810   34,026   34,354   34,580
      Participation rate....................     73.1     73.0     72.8     73.7     72.2     72.5     72.1     72.8     73.0
    Employed................................   32,304   32,794   33,051   32,583   32,400   32,276   32,536   32,726   33,152
      Employment-population ratio...........     69.6     69.5     69.8     70.2     69.0     69.2     68.9     69.3     70.0
    Unemployed..............................    1,606    1,681    1,394    1,617    1,532    1,535    1,489    1,628    1,428
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.7      4.9      4.0      4.7      4.5      4.5      4.4      4.7      4.1
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   39,652   40,535   40,359   39,422   40,515   40,450   39,917   40,371   40,185
      Participation rate....................     78.5     78.2     78.0     78.0     79.0     78.4     77.7     77.9     77.6
    Employed................................   38,511   39,414   39,265   38,198   39,291   39,277   38,748   39,197   39,006
      Employment-population ratio...........     76.2     76.1     75.8     75.6     76.6     76.1     75.5     75.6     75.3
    Unemployed..............................    1,142    1,120    1,094    1,224    1,224    1,173    1,169    1,174    1,179
      Unemployment rate.....................      2.9      2.8      2.7      3.1      3.0      2.9      2.9      2.9      2.9

    1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
    2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
 
 
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  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                   
                  Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                              2003    2004    2004    2003    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004  
                                                                                                                   
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,129   2,025   2,220   2,162   2,245   2,163   2,190   2,161   2,245
    Wage and salary workers................   1,182   1,125   1,252   1,203   1,294   1,220   1,246   1,234   1,268
    Self-employed workers..................     933     880     944     925     919     929     912     896     934
    Unpaid family workers..................      15      20      24   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 135,295 135,666 136,203 135,486 136,180 136,306 136,166 136,122 136,384
    Wage and salary workers................ 126,031 126,595 126,989 126,180 126,661 126,664 126,572 126,811 127,094
      Government...........................  19,760  20,137  20,117  19,589  19,694  19,681  19,497  19,936  19,917
      Private industries................... 106,271 106,458 106,872 106,599 107,110 107,019 107,008 106,833 107,142
        Private households.................     715     767     727   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 105,556 105,691 106,145 105,853 106,382 106,204 106,173 106,035 106,377
    Self-employed workers..................   9,161   8,955   9,139   9,184   9,477   9,501   9,498   9,210   9,228
    Unpaid family workers..................     103     116      75   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,609   4,868   4,411   4,758   4,788   4,714   4,437   4,733   4,574
      Slack work or business conditions....   3,119   3,163   2,745   3,172   3,205   2,996   2,865   3,011   2,819
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,233   1,430   1,429   1,255   1,295   1,380   1,347   1,427   1,439
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,785  19,616  19,568  18,933  18,561  18,905  18,900  19,006  19,000
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,518   4,750   4,325   4,643   4,727   4,613   4,328   4,622   4,471
      Slack work or business conditions....   3,055   3,081   2,687   3,098   3,144   2,911   2,778   2,927   2,756
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,224   1,423   1,419   1,249   1,279   1,399   1,340   1,414   1,431
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,431  19,276  19,263  18,571  18,367  18,636  18,691  18,693  18,664

    1 Data not available.
    2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week
  for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons
  who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
  illness, and bad weather.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because
  of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.



 

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004  
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 137,424 137,691 138,423 137,578 138,479 138,566 138,301 138,298 138,576
    16 to 19 years..................................   5,570   5,402   5,522   5,945   5,859   5,977   5,875   5,797   5,888
      16 to 17 years................................   2,087   1,944   2,032   2,310   2,292   2,367   2,330   2,191   2,256
      18 to 19 years................................   3,484   3,459   3,490   3,633   3,562   3,605   3,573   3,590   3,634
    20 years and over............................... 131,854 132,289 132,901 131,633 132,620 132,589 132,426 132,501 132,689
      20 to 24 years................................  13,302  13,350  13,662  13,431  13,413  13,609  13,582  13,602  13,767
      25 years and over............................. 118,552 118,939 119,239 118,212 119,168 118,930 118,869 118,832 118,886
        25 to 54 years..............................  97,483  96,855  97,387  97,230  97,436  97,161  96,982  96,871  97,124
          25 to 34 years............................  30,530  30,163  30,376  30,494  30,340  30,326  30,178  30,260  30,316
          35 to 44 years............................  35,143  34,460  34,606  34,955  34,819  34,506  34,486  34,425  34,421
          45 to 54 years............................  31,810  32,232  32,406  31,781  32,277  32,328  32,319  32,186  32,388
        55 years and over...........................  21,068  22,084  21,851  20,982  21,732  21,769  21,886  21,961  21,762
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  72,905  73,244  73,774  73,150  74,085  74,343  73,901  74,006  74,053
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,646   2,658   2,714   2,860   2,986   3,014   2,931   2,878   2,935
      16 to 17 years................................     952     871     925   1,064   1,153   1,157   1,105     999   1,044
      18 to 19 years................................   1,694   1,787   1,789   1,790   1,817   1,862   1,850   1,858   1,886
    20 years and over...............................  70,259  70,586  71,060  70,290  71,099  71,329  70,969  71,128  71,118
      20 to 24 years................................   7,022   7,027   7,171   7,101   7,048   7,198   7,155   7,202   7,235
      25 years and over.............................  63,237  63,559  63,889  63,205  64,061  64,167  63,903  63,879  63,839
        25 to 54 years..............................  51,994  51,795  52,288  51,997  52,441  52,416  52,179  52,107  52,283
          25 to 34 years............................  16,722  16,522  16,693  16,714  16,740  16,773  16,608  16,693  16,685
          35 to 44 years............................  18,763  18,529  18,680  18,737  18,857  18,712  18,683  18,632  18,656
          45 to 54 years............................  16,510  16,743  16,915  16,546  16,843  16,931  16,889  16,781  16,942
        55 years and over...........................  11,242  11,764  11,601  11,208  11,620  11,751  11,724  11,772  11,556
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  64,519  64,447  64,649  64,427  64,394  64,223  64,400  64,292  64,523
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,924   2,744   2,808   3,084   2,873   2,963   2,944   2,919   2,952
      16 to 17 years................................   1,135   1,073   1,106   1,246   1,139   1,210   1,225   1,192   1,212
      18 to 19 years................................   1,789   1,671   1,701   1,843   1,745   1,743   1,723   1,732   1,747
    20 years and over...............................  61,595  61,703  61,841  61,343  61,521  61,260  61,456  61,373  61,571
      20 to 24 years................................   6,280   6,322   6,491   6,329   6,365   6,411   6,427   6,400   6,532
      25 years and over.............................  55,315  55,380  55,350  55,007  55,107  54,763  54,966  54,953  55,047
        25 to 54 years..............................  45,489  45,061  45,100  45,233  44,996  44,745  44,803  44,764  44,841
          25 to 34 years............................  13,808  13,641  13,682  13,780  13,599  13,554  13,570  13,566  13,631
          35 to 44 years............................  16,381  15,931  15,926  16,218  15,962  15,794  15,803  15,793  15,765
          45 to 54 years............................  15,300  15,488  15,492  15,234  15,434  15,397  15,430  15,405  15,446
        55 years and over...........................   9,826  10,320  10,250   9,774  10,112  10,018  10,162  10,189  10,205
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  44,486  44,793  44,637  44,525  45,431  45,490  45,128  45,043  44,735
  Married women, spouse present.....................  34,817  34,533  34,488  34,634  35,034  34,585  34,502  34,256  34,339
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,590   8,768   8,765   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 112,470 112,756 113,386 113,155 114,597 113,976 114,037 113,951 114,094
  Part-time workers (3).............................  24,955  24,935  25,037  24,345  24,023  24,306  24,081  24,273  24,397

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the
  independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.



  

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates (1)            
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004  
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,799   8,352   8,164    6.0     5.7     5.6     5.6     5.7     5.6 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,290   1,148   1,197   17.8    16.1    16.7    16.6    16.5    16.9 
      16 to 17 years................................     539     529     573   18.9    18.3    18.2    17.6    19.4    20.2 
      18 to 19 years................................     760     608     624   17.3    14.7    15.7    15.7    14.5    14.7 
    20 years and over...............................   7,509   7,204   6,967    5.4     5.2     5.1     5.0     5.2     5.0 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,496   1,437   1,392   10.0     9.6     9.8     9.5     9.6     9.2 
      25 years and over.............................   6,043   5,758   5,578    4.9     4.7     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.5 
        25 to 54 years..............................   5,066   4,953   4,679    5.0     4.9     4.7     4.7     4.9     4.6 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,903   1,895   1,760    5.9     6.0     5.7     5.6     5.9     5.5 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,771   1,712   1,597    4.8     4.8     4.5     4.5     4.7     4.4 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,391   1,346   1,321    4.2     4.0     4.0     3.9     4.0     3.9 
        55 years and over...........................     908     859     851    4.1     3.9     3.7     3.8     3.8     3.8 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   4,945   4,536   4,448    6.3     5.8     5.7     5.7     5.8     5.7 
    16 to 19 years..................................     725     646     695   20.2    17.4    17.5    17.2    18.3    19.1 
      16 to 17 years................................     287     287     319   21.3    18.4    19.3    19.4    22.3    23.4 
      18 to 19 years................................     436     349     373   19.6    16.9    16.2    15.7    15.8    16.5 
    20 years and over...............................   4,220   3,890   3,753    5.7     5.3     5.1     5.1     5.2     5.0 
      20 to 24 years................................     850     809     800   10.7    10.4    10.5    10.0    10.1    10.0 
      25 years and over.............................   3,372   3,100   2,947    5.1     4.7     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.4 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,837   2,632   2,477    5.2     4.9     4.7     4.7     4.8     4.5 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,050   1,048     980    5.9     5.9     5.6     6.0     5.9     5.5 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,004     904     817    5.1     4.6     4.4     4.5     4.6     4.2 
          45 to 54 years............................     783     680     680    4.5     4.1     4.0     3.8     3.9     3.9 
        55 years and over...........................     535     468     470    4.6     4.0     3.6     3.7     3.8     3.9 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,854   3,816   3,717    5.6     5.6     5.6     5.5     5.6     5.4 
    16 to 19 years..................................     565     502     502   15.5    14.7    15.9    16.0    14.7    14.5 
      16 to 17 years................................     252     242     254   16.8    18.2    17.1    15.9    16.9    17.3 
      18 to 19 years................................     324     259     251   14.9    12.2    15.2    15.6    13.0    12.6 
    20 years and over...............................   3,289   3,314   3,215    5.1     5.1     5.0     4.9     5.1     5.0 
      20 to 24 years................................     646     628     592    9.3     8.8     8.9     8.9     8.9     8.3 
      25 years and over.............................   2,672   2,658   2,631    4.6     4.6     4.6     4.4     4.6     4.6 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,229   2,321   2,202    4.7     5.0     4.8     4.5     4.9     4.7 
          25 to 34 years............................     853     847     781    5.8     6.1     5.9     5.2     5.9     5.4 
          35 to 44 years............................     767     808     780    4.5     5.0     4.6     4.5     4.9     4.7 
          45 to 54 years............................     609     666     641    3.8     3.9     4.0     4.0     4.1     4.0 
        55 years and over (2).......................     344     372     349    3.4     3.5     4.1     3.9     3.5     3.3 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,746   1,509   1,445    3.8     3.3     3.3     3.4     3.2     3.1 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,312   1,311   1,322    3.7     3.9     3.7     3.6     3.7     3.7 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     795     800     710    8.5     8.4     8.3     8.1     8.4     7.5 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   7,401   6,961   6,775    6.1     5.8     5.7     5.6     5.8     5.6 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,391   1,376   1,368    5.4     5.3     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.3 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Not seasonally adjusted.
    3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or
  are on layoff from full-time jobs.
    4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week)
  or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
    NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of
  the various series.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


 
 
 
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004  
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   4,716   4,920   4,253   4,851   4,618   4,382   4,323   4,607   4,399
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,076   1,266     943   1,112   1,060   1,028   1,064   1,040     994
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,640   3,654   3,311   3,739   3,558   3,353   3,258   3,567   3,405
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,786   2,784   2,560   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     854     870     750   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     786     866     796     818     783     804     827     836     822
  Reentrants........................................   2,421   2,491   2,199   2,517   2,366   2,509   2,424   2,424   2,314
  New entrants......................................     578     556     589     633     694     681     676     627     645
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    55.5    55.7    54.3    55.0    54.6    52.3    52.4    54.2    53.8
     On temporary layoff............................    12.7    14.3    12.0    12.6    12.5    12.3    12.9    12.2    12.1
     Not on temporary layoff........................    42.8    41.4    42.2    42.4    42.0    40.0    39.5    42.0    41.6
   Job leavers......................................     9.2     9.8    10.2     9.3     9.3     9.6    10.0     9.8    10.1
   Reentrants.......................................    28.5    28.2    28.1    28.5    28.0    30.0    29.4    28.5    28.3
   New entrants.....................................     6.8     6.3     7.5     7.2     8.2     8.1     8.2     7.4     7.9
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     3.2     3.4     2.9     3.3     3.1     3.0     3.0     3.1     3.0
   Job leavers......................................      .5      .6      .5      .6      .5      .5      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.7     1.7     1.5     1.7     1.6     1.7     1.7     1.7     1.6
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .4      .4      .4      .5      .5      .5      .4      .4

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004  
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,443   2,413   2,439   2,815   2,627   2,612   2,468   2,589   2,792
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,408   2,666   2,159   2,625   2,450   2,394   2,412   2,414   2,369
  15 weeks and over.................................   3,650   3,754   3,239   3,318   3,403   3,365   3,274   3,320   2,969
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,644   1,683   1,363   1,399   1,513   1,467   1,403   1,332   1,170
     27 weeks and over..............................   2,005   2,071   1,876   1,919   1,890   1,898   1,871   1,988   1,800
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    20.6    20.8    21.0    19.4    19.6    19.8    20.3    20.1    19.7
  Median duration, in weeks.........................    12.0    11.8    11.0    10.1    10.4    10.7    10.3    10.3     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...............................    28.7    27.3    31.1    32.1    31.0    31.2    30.3    31.1    34.3
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    28.3    30.2    27.5    30.0    28.9    28.6    29.6    29.0    29.1
    15 weeks and over...............................    42.9    42.5    41.3    37.9    40.1    40.2    40.2    39.9    36.5
      15 to 26 weeks................................    19.3    19.1    17.4    16.0    17.8    17.5    17.2    16.0    14.4
      27 weeks and over.............................    23.6    23.4    23.9    21.9    22.3    22.7    22.9    23.9    22.1

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  
 
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                     Unemployment    
                                                                           Employed             Unemployed              rates        
                                                                                                                                     
                             Occupation                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                        Apr.       Apr.       Apr.       Apr.        Apr.       Apr.   
                                                                        2003       2004       2003       2004        2003       2004   
                                                                                                                                     
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   137,424    138,423      8,501      7,837        5.8        5.4 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    48,050     48,667      1,438      1,300        2.9        2.6 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    20,022     20,100        558        557        2.7        2.7 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    28,027     28,567        879        743        3.0        2.5 
  Service occupations..............................................    22,073     22,482      1,687      1,518        7.1        6.3 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    35,696     35,141      1,988      1,848        5.3        5.0 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    15,965     15,809        886        800        5.3        4.8 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,731     19,332      1,103      1,048        5.3        5.1 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    13,552     14,145      1,230      1,172        8.3        7.6 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................       922        977        133        114       12.6       10.5 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     7,761      8,170        829        844        9.6        9.4 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     4,870      4,998        268        214        5.2        4.1 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    18,054     17,988      1,562      1,397        8.0        7.2 
    Production occupations.........................................     9,771      9,487        817        709        7.7        6.9 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,283      8,501        745        689        8.3        7.5 

    1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed
  total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                    Number of                                                       
                                                                    unemployed                             Unemployment             
                                                                     persons                                  rates                 
                       Industry                                   (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                             Apr.                Apr.                 Apr.                Apr.       
                                                             2003                2004                 2003                2004       
                                                                                                                                    
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         8,501               7,837                 5.8                 5.4      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         7,082               6,466                 6.2                 5.7      
    Mining..........................................            41                  34                 7.7                 6.4      
    Construction....................................           772                 849                 9.3                 9.5      
    Manufacturing...................................         1,199               1,004                 6.7                 5.8      
      Durable goods.................................           799                 598                 7.3                 5.6      
      Nondurable goods..............................           400                 406                 5.8                 6.2      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,201               1,248                 6.0                 6.1      
    Transportation and utilities....................           274                 239                 5.0                 4.5      
    Information.....................................           268                 168                 7.3                 5.0      
    Financial activities............................           323                 312                 3.6                 3.4      
    Professional and business services..............         1,076                 752                 8.3                 6.0      
    Education and health services...................           611                 589                 3.4                 3.3      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................           986                 925                 8.5                 7.9      
    Other services..................................           331                 347                 5.5                 5.6      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................           154                 107                12.0                 8.3      
  Government workers................................           440                 433                 2.2                 2.1      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           248                 242                 2.4                 2.3      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


 
 

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                               Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                      
                            Measure                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                                 2003    2004    2004    2003    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004  
                                                                                                                                      
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
     the civilian labor force.................................    2.5     2.6     2.2     2.3     2.3     2.3     2.2     2.3     2.0 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
     a percent of the civilian labor force....................    3.2     3.4     2.9     3.3     3.1     3.0     3.0     3.1     3.0 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
     force (official unemployment rate).......................    5.8     6.0     5.4     6.0     5.7     5.6     5.6     5.7     5.6 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
     of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.....    6.1     6.4     5.7     6.3     6.0     5.9     5.9     6.0     5.9 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                            
     other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                           
     civilian labor force plus all marginally attached                                                                                
     workers..................................................    6.7     7.1     6.3     6.9     6.7     6.7     6.7     6.7     6.5 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                         
     plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a                                                                         
     percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                          
     attached workers.........................................    9.8    10.4     9.3    10.1     9.9     9.9     9.6     9.9     9.6 

    NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want
  and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
  attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
  reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further
  information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
  Review.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Apr.      Apr.      Apr.      Apr.      Apr.      Apr.  
                                                                        2003      2004      2003      2004      2003      2004  
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   74,615    76,497    28,327    29,244    46,288    47,253 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,373     4,598     1,953     2,131     2,421     2,466 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,399     1,526       695       782       704       743 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      437       492       254       313       183       179 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................      962     1,034       440       469       521       565 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    7,181     7,239     3,756     3,675     3,425     3,564 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.2       5.2       5.2       5.0       5.3       5.5 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,758     3,869     2,190     2,142     1,569     1,727 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,652     1,633       572       551     1,080     1,082 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      279       275       185       188        94        87 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,443     1,417       783       760       660       657 

    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.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
 
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Apr.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.     Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.     from:
                                   2003     2004    2004p    2004p    2003     2003     2004     2004     2004p    2004p  Mar. 2004-
                                                                                                                          Apr. 2004p

          Total nonfarm......... 129,781  128,786  129,820  130,929  129,901  130,035  130,194  130,277  130,614  130,902      288

        Total private........... 107,783  106,962  107,845  108,972  108,304  108,491  108,667  108,738  109,048  109,328      280

    Goods-producing.............  21,651   21,132   21,343   21,620   21,880   21,668   21,696   21,684   21,766   21,808       42

Natural resources and mining....     555      557      565      573      568      570      570      572      580      583        3
   Logging......................    61.8     62.2     61.5     60.4     68.4     65.9     65.1     64.2     66.2     66.4       .2
 Mining.........................   493.4    495.1    503.9    512.5    499.9    504.3    505.1    508.1    513.7    516.9      3.2
  Oil and gas extraction........   121.0    128.5    129.0    130.8    122.3    124.6    126.9    128.9    129.9    131.1      1.2
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   199.8    191.9    196.8    203.4    201.9    202.0    200.0    200.6    202.7    204.5      1.8
   Coal mining..................    70.2     69.6     70.1     71.1     70.8     69.8     69.6     70.2     70.5     71.4       .9
  Support activities for mining.   172.6    174.7    178.1    178.3    175.7    177.7    178.2    178.6    181.1    181.3       .2

Construction....................   6,530    6,356    6,510    6,737    6,689    6,774    6,812    6,791    6,856    6,874       18
  Construction of buildings..... 1,540.7  1,523.6  1,546.5  1,572.4  1,578.1  1,585.1  1,593.3  1,590.9  1,606.2  1,603.5     -2.7
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   868.9    806.3    841.7    904.3    900.0    920.7    928.0    924.0    926.8    928.2      1.4
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,120.6  4,025.9  4,122.0  4,260.2  4,211.3  4,268.4  4,290.2  4,276.5  4,322.8  4,342.6     19.8

Manufacturing...................  14,566   14,219   14,268   14,310   14,623   14,324   14,314   14,321   14,330   14,351       21
   Production workers...........  10,224    9,958   10,001   10,046   10,263   10,044   10,035   10,038   10,044   10,066       22

 Durable goods..................   9,010    8,836    8,866    8,907    9,025    8,868    8,869    8,882    8,889    8,909       20
   Production workers...........   6,181    6,054    6,080    6,117    6,188    6,079    6,081    6,088    6,091    6,109       18

  Wood products.................   534.3    528.8    529.9    534.3    537.8    536.6    536.3    538.4    538.2    538.1      -.1
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   489.9    472.0    480.8    492.5    494.1    487.5    492.7    490.5    492.3    494.2      1.9
  Primary metals................   485.7    461.5    461.3    462.6    485.8    464.6    462.2    462.4    461.6    462.1       .5
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,485.3  1,472.1  1,472.2  1,484.1  1,487.6  1,471.2  1,471.8  1,476.6  1,475.5  1,485.1      9.6
  Machinery..................... 1,162.2  1,141.7  1,146.5  1,149.3  1,161.2  1,140.4  1,138.7  1,141.2  1,144.9  1,148.9      4.0
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,374.8  1,332.5  1,333.8  1,332.6  1,377.5  1,332.2  1,333.2  1,333.9  1,334.6  1,334.8       .2
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   230.4    218.2    218.7    217.8    231.1    217.8    219.4    219.0    218.6    218.1      -.5
   Communications equipment.....   159.0    155.0    154.7    155.0    158.7    153.0    154.8    154.8    154.9    154.7      -.2
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   468.2    450.9    451.1    452.6    468.6    451.3    450.2    451.4    451.4    452.9      1.5
   Electronic instruments.......   430.0    423.5    424.4    422.0    430.9    425.3    423.7    423.3    424.4    423.1     -1.3
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   465.4    448.0    447.8    447.9    465.7    451.2    449.8    448.6    446.9    445.7     -1.2
  Transportation equipment...... 1,771.5  1,762.1  1,768.8  1,770.0  1,772.3  1,762.7  1,760.6  1,766.5  1,768.3  1,769.5      1.2
  Furniture and related products   572.7    567.8    574.0    577.8    574.6    569.3    571.3    571.2    574.7    577.1      2.4
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   668.1    649.7    651.2    655.9    668.7    651.9    652.0    653.0    652.3    653.0       .7

 Nondurable goods...............   5,556    5,383    5,402    5,403    5,598    5,456    5,445    5,439    5,441    5,442        1
   Production workers...........   4,043    3,904    3,921    3,929    4,075    3,965    3,954    3,950    3,953    3,957        4

  Food manufacturing............ 1,486.6  1,475.2  1,474.8  1,469.7  1,517.3  1,506.3  1,500.7  1,502.4  1,502.0  1,501.7      -.3
  Beverages and tobacco products   196.4    190.3    191.6    192.5    200.6    198.3    197.7    195.9    196.4    196.1      -.3
  Textile mills.................   271.6    235.2    237.9    238.1    270.4    241.0    239.2    237.3    237.2    236.1     -1.1
  Textile product mills.........   185.3    173.8    179.2    182.4    184.8    174.3    176.9    176.6    179.4    180.8      1.4
  Apparel.......................   320.1    292.8    297.2    295.9    321.7    297.7    296.1    297.1    296.8    296.6      -.2
  Leather and allied products...    46.6     44.3     45.0     46.4     46.3     44.3     44.6     44.8     45.0     45.3       .3
  Paper and paper products......   520.4    504.7    505.5    506.3    523.0    510.3    509.8    508.0    508.7    508.7       .0
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   681.0    661.4    661.0    659.3    683.7    670.1    667.6    665.0    662.5    660.6     -1.9
  Petroleum and coal products...   114.8    109.6    110.8    111.0    115.5    112.4    114.3    112.9    112.8    111.9      -.9
  Chemicals.....................   913.1    893.8    895.0    893.9    913.9    895.9    893.7    894.7    894.7    895.6       .9
  Plastics and rubber products..   819.9    801.6    804.0    807.7    820.7    805.8    804.8    803.9    805.9    808.1      2.2

    Service-providing........... 108,130  107,654  108,477  109,309  108,021  108,367  108,498  108,593  108,848  109,094      246

     Private service-providing..  86,132   85,830   86,502   87,352   86,424   86,823   86,971   87,054   87,282   87,520      238

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,076   24,955   25,090   25,224   25,326   25,211   25,312   25,331   25,408   25,436       28

 Wholesale trade................ 5,611.6  5,569.6  5,598.9  5,621.3  5,625.8  5,598.4  5,611.4  5,612.2  5,624.3  5,630.4      6.1
  Durable goods................. 2,951.3  2,938.1  2,951.9  2,962.2  2,958.1  2,945.8  2,954.9  2,953.8  2,962.5  2,966.5      4.0
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,007.7  1,971.4  1,982.5  1,991.2  2,013.1  1,991.8  1,993.7  1,994.5  1,995.4  1,995.0      -.4
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   652.6    660.1    664.5    667.9    654.6    660.8    662.8    663.9    666.4    668.9      2.5

 Retail trade...................14,720.3 14,672.8 14,749.0 14,848.9 14,929.4 14,876.0 14,944.8 14,963.0 15,009.2 15,032.6     23.4
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,869.8  1,876.2  1,893.7  1,909.3  1,875.9  1,893.7  1,895.4  1,900.9  1,908.4  1,914.3      5.9
   Automobile dealers........... 1,246.7  1,255.5  1,262.0  1,264.0  1,249.8  1,259.5  1,261.3  1,262.9  1,265.5  1,267.6      2.1
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   537.3    540.5    540.6    540.2    543.8    547.2    546.4    544.5    544.5    545.4       .9
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   506.8    508.7    509.4    510.7    513.3    511.9    509.3    508.2    511.8    514.4      2.6
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,198.9  1,166.0  1,209.1  1,272.6  1,180.5  1,209.5  1,221.4  1,231.4  1,242.1  1,252.5     10.4
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,822.8  2,808.2  2,803.4  2,795.3  2,853.2  2,813.9  2,826.3  2,831.3  2,835.2  2,829.6     -5.6
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   932.3    950.9    952.7    950.1    940.3    952.6    954.1    954.9    958.2    957.9      -.3
  Gasoline stations.............   877.0    860.0    862.7    862.7    884.7    871.1    875.1    871.8    872.3    870.1     -2.2
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,269.4  1,273.2  1,285.4  1,292.5  1,303.4  1,301.0  1,304.3  1,311.3  1,320.6  1,324.6      4.0
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   629.5    623.7    621.3    617.2    649.0    633.2    635.9    636.8    636.0    634.7     -1.3
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,734.5  2,729.1  2,744.0  2,767.2  2,816.8  2,793.4  2,822.7  2,822.5  2,828.5  2,838.9     10.4
   Department stores............ 1,559.2  1,545.5  1,550.5  1,563.2  1,618.8  1,601.3  1,603.4  1,602.7  1,606.8  1,613.2      6.4
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   922.2    913.8    905.9    913.4    938.7    924.4    929.6    924.6    926.2    924.8     -1.4
  Nonstore retailers............   419.8    422.5    420.8    417.7    429.8    424.1    424.3    424.8    425.4    425.4       .0

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,163.1  4,135.3  4,162.1  4,175.6  4,187.7  4,157.0  4,175.9  4,175.8  4,193.3  4,191.9     -1.4
  Air transportation............   532.7    506.8    510.1    515.1    537.1    512.9    510.2    511.6    513.3    515.2      1.9
  Rail transportation...........   215.3    213.8    214.5    216.4    215.4    215.5    215.4    215.7    216.0    216.1       .1
  Water transportation..........    52.1     46.3     47.4     49.6     52.7     50.0     50.6     48.8     49.0     50.1      1.1
  Truck transportation.......... 1,303.3  1,312.8  1,319.2  1,334.1  1,322.0  1,338.7  1,343.6  1,344.1  1,345.7  1,349.6      3.9
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   398.1    390.0    394.5    389.6    383.2    385.0    382.3    380.1    379.7    375.8     -3.9
  Pipeline transportation.......    40.8     37.9     37.7     37.9     40.9     38.8     38.3     38.2     38.0     38.0       .0
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    24.6     24.3     25.9     27.8     27.6     29.4     28.7     29.7     30.1     30.0      -.1
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   513.4    512.8    514.2    514.9    514.8    511.6    514.1    515.5    518.5    518.4      -.1
  Couriers and messengers.......   564.3    565.7    569.7    563.7    570.5    559.0    566.9    567.7    571.5    567.2     -4.3
  Warehousing and storage.......   518.5    524.9    528.9    526.5    523.5    516.1    525.8    524.4    531.5    531.5       .0

 Utilities......................   580.7    577.0    579.7    578.3    582.8    579.3    580.2    580.0    581.3    581.5       .2

Information.....................   3,203    3,156    3,160    3,160    3,214    3,175    3,163    3,169    3,169    3,171        2
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   929.2    913.3    914.7    913.4    932.4    917.4    914.0    915.1    916.0    916.3       .3
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   364.7    377.1    375.0    375.2    371.6    385.2    379.7    382.7    380.5    383.0      2.5
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   326.3    330.5    333.2    333.7    327.1    329.5    329.7    331.8    333.5    334.3       .8
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    29.8     31.7     31.8     32.5     29.9     30.4     30.8     31.9     32.0     32.5       .5
  Telecommunications............ 1,093.7  1,056.0  1,054.7  1,053.2  1,095.4  1,061.2  1,061.3  1,058.2  1,056.9  1,055.2     -1.7
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   410.3    399.6    401.8    402.6    408.6    402.6    400.1    401.1    401.4    400.8      -.6
  Other information services....    48.8     47.5     48.4     49.1     48.6     48.2     47.8     48.0     48.5     49.2       .7

Financial activities............   7,945    7,939    7,955    7,985    7,968    7,981    7,981    7,989    7,994    8,002        8
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,908.9  5,911.3  5,920.8  5,928.8  5,919.4  5,916.5  5,917.1  5,924.7  5,930.5  5,936.8      6.3
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    22.7     22.3     22.3     22.3     22.8     22.5     22.4     22.4     22.4     22.4       .0
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,771.5  2,778.2  2,786.5  2,790.7  2,777.0  2,783.3  2,785.3  2,787.2  2,794.5  2,798.4      3.9
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,744.2  1,757.8  1,759.9  1,761.1  1,748.0  1,757.1  1,758.7  1,762.6  1,763.8  1,764.6       .8
    Commercial banking.......... 1,277.1  1,279.3  1,280.5  1,283.4  1,280.0  1,278.9  1,280.4  1,283.5  1,284.5  1,286.2      1.7
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   759.8    777.1    778.9    777.9    762.6    771.9    773.8    778.2    781.0    780.1      -.9
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,272.4  2,254.1  2,254.0  2,258.9  2,274.2  2,258.1  2,255.8  2,257.4  2,253.4  2,256.9      3.5
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    82.5     79.6     79.1     79.0     82.8     80.7     79.8     79.5     79.2     79.0      -.2
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,036.2  2,027.2  2,034.5  2,056.0  2,048.8  2,064.0  2,063.6  2,064.5  2,063.0  2,064.9      1.9
  Real estate................... 1,374.8  1,377.0  1,385.0  1,401.4  1,382.2  1,395.7  1,397.7  1,400.2  1,401.9  1,405.6      3.7
  Rental and leasing services...   634.0    620.2    620.3    626.0    638.9    638.3    636.0    634.2    631.5    630.2     -1.3
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    27.4     30.0     29.2     28.6     27.7     30.0     29.9     30.1     29.6     29.1      -.5

Professional and business
 services.......................  15,850   15,881   16,044   16,353   15,897   16,159   16,172   16,196   16,250   16,373      123
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,692.1  6,727.0  6,754.4  6,760.8  6,631.3  6,669.3  6,657.9  6,658.1  6,688.3  6,701.5     13.2
   Legal services............... 1,130.5  1,132.3  1,132.3  1,135.4  1,138.3  1,140.5  1,138.7  1,139.2  1,138.8  1,141.4      2.6
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   911.2    944.0    927.3    907.3    818.1    826.6    815.2    813.3    820.0    820.6       .6
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,217.5  1,215.9  1,228.6  1,244.5  1,227.5  1,235.2  1,236.0  1,240.0  1,247.2  1,254.4      7.2
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,120.2  1,099.4  1,105.3  1,100.3  1,117.9  1,105.7  1,104.6  1,099.8  1,102.8  1,098.9     -3.9
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   737.3    760.1    768.9    777.7    741.5    764.0    765.4    767.9    774.2    781.9      7.7
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,670.7  1,658.6  1,663.4  1,675.0  1,679.1  1,670.2  1,675.1  1,675.6  1,675.6  1,681.0      5.4
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 7,487.4  7,495.1  7,625.9  7,917.6  7,586.6  7,819.2  7,838.5  7,862.4  7,886.1  7,990.3    104.2
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,165.7  7,180.1  7,308.9  7,595.2  7,262.8  7,496.3  7,517.5  7,539.6  7,562.9  7,665.4    102.5
   Employment services(1)....... 3,138.6  3,296.8  3,353.1  3,479.7  3,229.3  3,461.3  3,473.8  3,493.8  3,494.4  3,554.5     60.1
    Temporary help services..... 2,090.1  2,216.2  2,272.2  2,361.6  2,159.1  2,355.3  2,344.3  2,370.4  2,384.3  2,419.6     35.3
   Business support services....   747.2    738.7    747.7    750.7    746.8    745.1    739.0    739.8    744.7    747.5      2.8
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,622.6  1,492.4  1,544.9  1,684.8  1,621.5  1,635.9  1,637.1  1,639.5  1,649.0  1,678.8     29.8
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   321.7    315.0    317.0    322.4    323.8    322.9    321.0    322.8    323.2    324.9      1.7

Education and health services...  16,695   16,863   16,949   17,009   16,538   16,731   16,746   16,764   16,805   16,836       31
 Educational services........... 2,835.0  2,860.0  2,880.9  2,886.7  2,687.1  2,728.0  2,729.3  2,727.4  2,731.4  2,733.1      1.7
 Health care and social
  assistance....................13,860.4 14,002.6 14,068.0 14,122.0 13,851.0 14,003.2 14,017.1 14,036.8 14,073.2 14,103.2     30.0
  Ambulatory health care
   services(1).................. 4,747.0  4,835.4  4,857.9  4,883.9  4,751.8  4,831.0  4,840.3  4,855.3  4,868.0  4,884.8     16.8
   Offices of physicians........ 1,987.4  2,029.6  2,040.3  2,043.0  1,992.1  2,030.0  2,032.3  2,034.4  2,043.5  2,046.9      3.4
   Outpatient care centers......   423.3    431.0    430.7    434.4    422.4    425.0    427.8    431.1    429.9    432.7      2.8
   Home health care services....   723.6    732.5    739.3    748.7    722.9    739.9    740.2    741.5    743.9    747.9      4.0
  Hospitals..................... 4,237.3  4,276.4  4,292.3  4,294.6  4,244.1  4,283.9  4,287.8  4,284.1  4,296.0  4,299.7      3.7
  Nursing and residential care
   facilities(1)................ 2,777.8  2,779.3  2,792.6  2,798.7  2,781.4  2,793.0  2,792.1  2,791.1  2,797.8  2,802.6      4.8
   Nursing care facilities...... 1,580.1  1,572.6  1,579.2  1,580.7  1,582.3  1,581.7  1,580.3  1,578.7  1,582.0  1,583.9      1.9
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,098.3  2,111.5  2,125.2  2,144.8  2,073.7  2,095.3  2,096.9  2,106.3  2,111.4  2,116.1      4.7
   Child day care services......   777.7    783.5    788.6    795.0    757.9    770.0    766.3    772.2    773.4    773.0      -.4

Leisure and hospitality.........  11,971   11,699   11,927   12,225   12,084   12,192   12,218   12,229   12,263   12,299       36
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,748.3  1,609.0  1,656.0  1,747.9  1,792.9  1,795.2  1,801.4  1,796.7  1,795.0  1,790.3     -4.7
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   381.8    343.9    347.0    362.0    377.3    368.8    369.4    366.5    362.6    359.4     -3.2
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   111.1    104.6    108.0    114.2    113.3    113.1    113.4    113.7    114.1    115.1      1.0
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,255.4  1,160.5  1,201.0  1,271.7  1,302.3  1,313.3  1,318.6  1,316.5  1,318.3  1,315.8     -2.5
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,223.0 10,090.2 10,271.2 10,477.0 10,290.7 10,396.3 10,416.5 10,432.3 10,467.8 10,508.8     41.0
  Accommodations................ 1,716.0  1,672.7  1,694.9  1,722.3  1,759.4  1,763.0  1,752.1  1,754.4  1,756.7  1,763.8      7.1
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 8,507.0  8,417.5  8,576.3  8,754.7  8,531.3  8,633.3  8,664.4  8,677.9  8,711.1  8,745.0     33.9

Other services..................   5,392    5,337    5,377    5,396    5,397    5,374    5,379    5,376    5,393    5,403       10
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,238.1  1,224.4  1,239.5  1,239.3  1,235.9  1,228.5  1,233.5  1,230.5  1,238.9  1,238.5      -.4
  Personal and laundry services. 1,260.7  1,231.2  1,246.8  1,256.7  1,260.1  1,250.2  1,251.2  1,247.6  1,255.8  1,256.3       .5
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,892.8  2,881.4  2,890.9  2,900.1  2,901.0  2,895.7  2,894.5  2,898.3  2,898.3  2,908.0      9.7

Government......................  21,998   21,824   21,975   21,957   21,597   21,544   21,527   21,539   21,566   21,574        8
 Federal........................   2,758    2,699    2,703    2,707    2,768    2,720    2,715    2,716    2,717    2,717        0
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,944.4  1,909.3  1,916.1  1,922.4  1,952.5  1,928.9  1,921.5  1,923.8  1,927.2  1,929.7      2.5
  U.S. Postal Service...........   813.1    789.2    787.0    785.0    815.2    791.4    793.1    791.7    789.9    787.7     -2.2
 State government...............   5,164    5,119    5,164    5,169    5,020    5,027    5,007    5,018    5,026    5,030        4
  State government education.... 2,406.6  2,394.5  2,430.2  2,432.5  2,259.7  2,285.7  2,268.0  2,279.6  2,286.4  2,290.9      4.5
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,757.1  2,724.8  2,733.9  2,736.9  2,760.4  2,740.9  2,738.9  2,738.4  2,739.1  2,738.6      -.5
 Local government...............  14,076   14,006   14,108   14,081   13,809   13,797   13,805   13,805   13,823   13,827        4
  Local government education.... 8,035.6  7,992.0  8,076.0  8,039.0  7,700.6  7,687.1  7,692.2  7,694.3  7,708.6  7,711.2      2.6
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,040.3  6,014.2  6,031.6  6,042.0  6,107.9  6,109.7  6,112.7  6,110.8  6,114.1  6,115.8      1.7


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
 
 
 
 
 
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.     from:
                                                 2003   2004   2004p  2004p   2003   2003   2004   2004   2004p  2004p  Mar. 2004-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2004p


        Total private.........................   33.4   33.8   33.5   33.4    33.6   33.6   33.8   33.8   33.7   33.7       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................   39.3   39.8   40.1   39.7    39.4   39.9   40.2   40.3   40.2   40.0       -.2

Natural resources and mining..................   43.0   43.6   44.0   43.9    43.3   43.6   44.5   44.1   44.3   44.2       -.1

Construction..................................   37.5   37.3   38.4   37.7    37.8   38.1   38.5   38.5   38.7   38.3       -.4

Manufacturing.................................   39.9   40.8   40.8   40.5    40.1   40.6   41.0   41.0   40.9   40.6       -.3
   Overtime hours.............................    3.9    4.3    4.5    4.4     4.0    4.5    4.5    4.6    4.6    4.5       -.1

 Durable goods................................   40.2   41.3   41.4   41.1    40.3   41.2   41.5   41.5   41.3   41.1       -.2
   Overtime hours.............................    3.9    4.5    4.7    4.6     4.0    4.7    4.7    4.8    4.8    4.7       -.1

  Wood products...............................   39.9   40.4   40.6   40.8    40.0   41.0   40.9   41.1   40.9   40.9        .0
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   41.8   41.5   42.5   42.4    41.9   42.3   42.5   42.5   42.9   42.5       -.4
  Primary metals..............................   42.2   42.9   43.1   43.2    42.1   42.7   43.1   43.0   43.0   43.1        .1
  Fabricated metal products...................   40.1   41.1   41.0   40.8    40.3   40.8   41.2   41.2   41.0   41.0        .0
  Machinery...................................   40.4   41.9   41.8   41.5    40.5   41.1   41.8   41.8   41.6   41.4       -.2
  Computer and electronic products............   39.8   41.1   40.8   40.4    40.1   40.4   40.8   41.2   40.7   40.6       -.1
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.0   40.6   40.6   40.0    40.1   40.7   41.1   40.7   40.7   40.4       -.3
  Transportation equipment....................   41.3   42.9   43.0   42.3    41.1   42.7   42.8   42.9   42.8   42.3       -.5
  Furniture and related products..............   37.9   39.1   39.4   39.4    38.0   39.7   39.7   39.4   39.5   39.4       -.1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   37.9   38.8   38.7   38.2    38.0   38.5   39.0   38.7   38.5   38.2       -.3

 Nondurable goods.............................   39.5   40.0   40.0   39.7    39.7   39.9   40.2   40.3   40.1   39.9       -.2
   Overtime hours.............................    3.9    4.0    4.1    4.1     4.1    4.2    4.3    4.3    4.2    4.3        .1

  Food manufacturing..........................   38.8   38.8   38.7   38.2    39.3   39.1   39.5   39.4   39.2   38.9       -.3
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   39.3   39.3   39.1   39.4    39.5   39.1   39.6   40.3   39.6   39.6        .0
  Textile mills...............................   39.5   40.1   40.7   39.6    39.0   39.7   40.0   40.0   40.2   39.3       -.9
  Textile product mills.......................   38.6   39.5   38.8   38.6    38.5   39.8   39.4   39.9   38.8   38.4       -.4
  Apparel.....................................   35.6   36.1   36.5   36.4    35.6   35.8   35.7   36.2   36.2   36.1       -.1
  Leather and allied products.................   39.8   39.5   40.0   39.7    39.3   40.3   39.8   39.5   39.6   39.5       -.1
  Paper and paper products....................   41.3   41.7   41.7   41.7    41.5   41.8   41.9   42.0   41.9   41.8       -.1
  Printing and related support activities.....   37.8   38.4   38.6   38.3    37.9   38.2   38.6   38.6   38.4   38.4        .0
  Petroleum and coal products.................   44.0   44.2   43.5   43.1    44.0   44.2   43.8   44.1   43.6   43.5       -.1
  Chemicals...................................   42.2   43.3   43.1   42.6    42.3   42.5   42.9   43.2   43.0   43.0        .0
  Plastics and rubber products................   39.9   40.7   40.8   40.7    39.9   40.4   40.8   40.9   40.9   40.7       -.2

     Private service-providing................   32.1   32.6   32.1   32.1    32.3   32.2   32.4   32.4   32.3   32.4        .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.2   33.5   33.2   33.2    33.5   33.5   33.6   33.7   33.5   33.5        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   37.5   38.1   37.6   37.7    37.7   37.8   37.9   38.0   37.9   37.9        .0

 Retail trade.................................   30.6   30.6   30.4   30.4    30.9   30.8   31.0   30.9   30.8   30.8        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............   36.1   37.0   36.6   36.5    36.5   36.7   36.9   37.2   36.9   36.9        .0

 Utilities....................................   41.1   41.1   40.9   40.9    41.0   40.8   40.8   41.0   41.1   41.1        .0

Information...................................   35.9   36.5   35.9   35.9    36.2   36.2   36.2   36.3   36.2   36.2        .0

Financial activities..........................   35.2   36.1   35.2   35.3    35.5   35.3   35.7   35.5   35.5   35.6        .1

Professional and business services............   34.0   34.5   34.0   34.0    34.0   33.8   34.1   34.2   34.0   34.1        .1

Education and health services.................   32.1   32.6   32.2   32.2    32.3   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.3   25.8   25.4   25.4    25.6   25.6   25.7   25.8   25.7   25.7        .0

Other services................................   31.1   31.2   30.9   30.8    31.4   31.0   31.1   31.1   31.1   31.1        .0


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  p = preliminary.
 
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Apr.      Feb.     Mar.      Apr.       Apr.      Feb.     Mar.      Apr.
                                                   2003      2004     2004p     2004p      2003      2004     2004p     2004p

        Total private........................... $15.27    $15.60    $15.55    $15.59    $510.02   $527.28   $520.93   $520.71
         Seasonally adjusted....................  15.25     15.52     15.54     15.59     512.40    524.58    523.70    525.38

    Goods-producing.............................  16.66     16.95     17.00     17.09     654.74    674.61    681.70    678.47

Natural resources and mining....................  17.68     18.05     18.15     18.13     760.24    786.98    798.60    795.91

Construction....................................  18.84     19.07     19.06     19.14     706.50    711.31    731.90    721.58

Manufacturing...................................  15.63     15.99     16.01     16.07     623.64    652.39    653.21    650.84

 Durable goods..................................  16.32     16.68     16.69     16.72     656.06    688.88    690.97    687.19
  Wood products.................................  12.49     12.91     12.93     12.99     498.35    521.56    524.96    529.99
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  15.69     16.00     16.03     16.33     655.84    664.00    681.28    692.39
  Primary metals................................  18.05     18.36     18.34     18.54     761.71    787.64    790.45    800.93
  Fabricated metal products.....................  14.95     15.18     15.25     15.22     599.50    623.90    625.25    620.98
  Machinery.....................................  16.17     16.50     16.50     16.51     653.27    691.35    689.70    685.17
  Computer and electronic products..............  16.62     16.92     16.92     17.11     661.48    695.41    690.34    691.24
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  14.26     14.58     14.69     14.80     570.40    591.95    596.41    592.00
  Transportation equipment......................  20.95     21.37     21.34     21.33     865.24    916.77    917.62    902.26
  Furniture and related products................  12.89     12.92     12.95     13.06     488.53    505.17    510.23    514.56
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  13.20     13.75     13.77     13.59     500.28    533.50    532.90    519.14

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.55     14.88     14.90     15.02     574.73    595.20    596.00    596.29
  Food manufacturing............................  12.75     12.87     12.90     13.00     494.70    499.36    499.23    496.60
  Beverages and tobacco products................  17.86     18.76     19.24     19.90     701.90    737.27    752.28    784.06
  Textile mills.................................  11.95     12.13     12.09     12.21     472.03    486.41    492.06    483.52
  Textile product mills.........................  11.12     11.40     11.37     11.15     429.23    450.30    441.16    430.39
  Apparel.......................................   9.46      9.58      9.60      9.71     336.78    345.84    350.40    353.44
  Leather and allied products...................  11.72     11.76     11.68     11.73     466.46    464.52    467.20    465.68
  Paper and paper products......................  17.25     17.55     17.59     17.86     712.43    731.84    733.50    744.76
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.33     15.57     15.63     15.53     579.47    597.89    603.32    594.80
  Petroleum and coal products...................  23.86     24.32     24.83     24.69    1049.84   1074.94   1080.11   1064.14
  Chemicals.....................................  18.34     18.85     18.83     19.04     773.95    816.21    811.57    811.10
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.09     14.45     14.46     14.60     562.19    588.12    589.97    594.22

     Private service-providing..................  14.91     15.24     15.16     15.20     478.61    496.82    486.64    487.92

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.32     14.58     14.54     14.62     475.42    488.43    482.73    485.38

 Wholesale trade................................  17.29     17.60     17.48     17.61     648.38    670.56    657.25    663.90

 Retail trade...................................  11.89     12.04     12.04     12.08     363.83    368.42    366.02    367.23

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.17     16.58     16.52     16.74     583.74    613.46    604.63    611.01

 Utilities......................................  24.54     25.29     25.36     25.31    1008.59   1039.42   1037.22   1035.18

Information.....................................  20.89     21.28     21.19     21.35     749.95    776.72    760.72    766.47

Financial activities............................  16.96     17.47     17.38     17.48     596.99    630.67    611.78    617.04

Professional and business services..............  17.19     17.47     17.29     17.27     584.46    602.72    587.86    587.18

Education and health services...................  15.48     15.95     15.93     15.96     496.91    519.97    512.95    513.91

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.71      8.92      8.89      8.86     220.36    230.14    225.81    225.04

Other services..................................  13.82     13.90     13.85     13.87     429.80    433.68    427.97    427.20


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.  change from:
                                                   2003     2003     2004     2004    2004p    2004p  Mar. 2004-
                                                                                                      Apr. 2004p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.25   $15.45   $15.49   $15.52   $15.54   $15.59      0.3
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.23     8.30     8.27     8.27     8.24     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  16.71    16.97    17.00    17.06    17.09    17.14       .3

Natural resources and mining....................  17.60    17.91    17.95    18.01    18.07    18.06      -.1

Construction....................................  18.90    19.04    19.11    19.18    19.17    19.22       .3

Manufacturing...................................  15.64    15.93    15.94    15.99    16.02    16.08       .4
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  14.90    15.09    15.11    15.14    15.17    15.24       .5

 Durable goods..................................  16.35    16.64    16.63    16.68    16.70    16.76       .4

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.54    14.81    14.85    14.89    14.93    15.01       .5

     Private service-providing..................  14.86    15.05    15.08    15.10    15.13    15.17       .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.24    14.41    14.45    14.49    14.50    14.57       .5

 Wholesale trade................................  17.29    17.46    17.53    17.54    17.55    17.61       .3

 Retail trade...................................  11.81    11.95    11.95    11.98    11.99    12.02       .3

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.15    16.33    16.46    16.52    16.53    16.71      1.1

 Utilities......................................  24.44    25.13    25.32    25.35    25.38    25.42       .2

Information.....................................  20.89    20.99    21.15    21.24    21.27    21.38       .5

Financial activities............................  16.95    17.30    17.35    17.32    17.42    17.48       .3

Professional and business services..............  17.20    17.25    17.24    17.25    17.27    17.30       .2

Education and health services...................  15.45    15.81    15.87    15.90    15.94    15.95       .1

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.73     8.84     8.85     8.86     8.87     8.88       .1

Other services..................................  13.78    13.80    13.84    13.84    13.86    13.83      -.2


  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 -0.4 percent from Feb. 2004 to Mar. 2004, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
          
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                       Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   change from:
                                                 2003   2004   2004p  2004p   2003   2003   2004   2004   2004p  2004p   Mar. 2004-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2004p

        Total private.........................   97.1   97.3   97.3   98.2    98.3   98.4   99.1   99.2   99.2   99.5       0.3

    Goods-producing...........................   93.5   91.8   93.7   94.4    95.0   95.2   96.0   96.2   96.3   96.1       -.2

Natural resources and mining..................   93.0   94.1   97.3   98.4    96.0   97.1   99.1   98.2  100.8  101.5        .7

Construction..................................   92.8   88.4   93.8   96.1    96.5   98.2   99.7   99.6  100.9  100.0       -.9

Manufacturing.................................   93.6   93.2   93.6   93.4    94.5   93.6   94.4   94.5   94.3   93.8       -.5

 Durable goods................................   93.4   93.9   94.6   94.5    93.7   94.1   94.8   94.9   94.5   94.3       -.2
  Wood products...............................   95.9   96.3   96.8   98.2    96.8   99.2   98.7   99.7   99.0   99.0        .0
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   92.4   88.6   92.6   95.2    93.8   93.6   95.5   95.0   96.1   95.9       -.2
  Primary metals..............................   94.8   91.5   92.0   92.5    94.6   91.7   92.1   92.0   91.8   92.2        .4
  Fabricated metal products...................   94.3   96.0   95.8   96.4    95.0   95.0   96.1   96.5   96.0   96.9        .9
  Machinery...................................   94.0   95.7   95.9   95.3    93.8   93.5   94.9   95.1   95.0   94.8       -.2
  Computer and electronic products............   92.0   90.8   90.5   88.8    92.9   89.4   90.2   90.8   89.9   88.9      -1.1
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   92.4   88.6   88.8   87.4    92.4   90.0   90.6   89.0   88.6   87.6      -1.1
  Transportation equipment....................   93.6   97.5   98.1   96.9    93.1   96.8   97.3   97.7   97.4   96.6       -.8
  Furniture and related products..............   90.3   92.3   94.0   95.0    90.8   94.1   94.4   93.8   94.7   95.0        .3
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   93.7   91.4   91.6   91.3    93.9   91.6   92.4   91.9   91.3   90.8       -.5

 Nondurable goods.............................   94.1   92.0   92.4   91.9    95.3   93.2   93.6   93.8   93.4   93.0       -.4
  Food manufacturing..........................   94.9   94.2   94.0   92.5    98.4   97.1   97.7   97.6   97.2   96.5       -.7
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   86.7   83.4   83.4   85.8    89.1   87.4   88.8   88.5   87.4   87.6        .2
  Textile mills...............................   90.7   78.8   81.0   78.7    89.1   80.4   80.3   79.5   79.8   77.4      -3.0
  Textile product mills.......................   93.2   90.8   92.2   94.1    92.6   91.9   92.4   93.1   92.4   92.8        .4
  Apparel.....................................   84.5   77.1   79.4   79.2    84.8   77.6   77.2   78.8   78.6   78.4       -.3
  Leather and allied products.................   96.4   90.7   93.4   95.3    94.7   92.2   91.4   91.7   92.2   92.7        .5
  Paper and paper products....................   92.5   89.9   90.0   90.4    93.7   91.5   91.3   91.2   91.3   91.3        .0
  Printing and related support activities.....   94.4   92.8   93.4   92.4    94.9   93.6   94.2   93.9   93.1   92.9       -.2
  Petroleum and coal products.................   96.2   95.7   96.4   95.1    96.8   97.8   99.0   98.6   98.2   96.9      -1.3
  Chemicals...................................   99.5  100.2   99.7   98.7    99.5   98.6   99.0   99.9   99.3   99.4        .1
  Plastics and rubber products................   95.0   94.1   94.5   94.8    94.9   94.0   94.6   94.9   94.8   94.6       -.2

     Private service-providing................   98.1   99.0   98.4   99.4    99.1   99.1   99.9  100.0  100.0  100.6        .6

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   96.6   96.8   96.5   97.1    98.6   98.0   98.7   99.1   98.8   98.9        .1

 Wholesale trade..............................   97.3   97.4   96.7   97.4    98.1   97.4   97.7   98.0   98.0   98.1        .1

 Retail trade.................................   96.5   96.1   96.0   96.7    99.0   98.3   99.4   99.2   99.2   99.3        .1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   96.2   98.1   97.8   97.9    98.0   97.6   98.8   99.8   99.5   99.5        .0

 Utilities....................................   97.7   97.4   97.2   97.1    97.9   97.2   97.4   97.7   98.1   98.1        .0

Information...................................   96.2   98.0   96.9   97.3    97.1   97.5   97.1   97.8   97.7   98.2        .5

Financial activities..........................  100.1  102.0   99.6  100.0   101.3  100.7  101.7  101.0  100.9  101.1        .2

Professional and business services............   97.5   98.9   98.6  100.7    97.9   98.7   99.7  100.1  100.0  101.2       1.2

Education and health services.................  101.3  103.4  102.7  103.0   101.0  102.1  102.1  102.2  102.4  102.6        .2

Leisure and hospitality.......................   97.1   96.6   97.1   99.6    99.4  100.2  100.8  101.4  101.2  101.6        .4

Other services................................   96.4   95.2   95.1   95.3    97.4   95.4   95.8   95.7   96.1   96.3        .2


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.
 
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                       Apr.  Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   change from:
                                                 2003  2004   2004p  2004p   2003   2003   2004   2004   2004p  2004p   Mar. 2004-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2004p

        Total private.........................   99.3  101.5  101.3  102.4   100.3  101.7  102.7  103.0  103.1  103.7       0.6

    Goods-producing...........................   95.4   95.3   97.6   98.8    97.2   98.9   99.9  100.5  100.8  100.8        .0

Natural resources and mining..................   95.6   98.8  102.7  103.8    98.2  101.1  103.4  102.9  105.9  106.6        .7

Construction..................................   94.4   91.0   96.6   99.3    98.5  100.9  102.9  103.2  104.4  103.8       -.6

Manufacturing.................................   95.7   97.5   98.1   98.1    96.6   97.5   98.4   98.8   98.8   98.6       -.2

 Durable goods................................   95.1   97.8   98.5   98.6    95.6   97.8   98.4   98.9   98.5   98.7        .2

 Nondurable goods.............................   96.7   96.7   97.3   97.5    97.9   97.5   98.2   98.6   98.5   98.6        .1

     Private service-providing................  100.5  103.7  102.4  103.8   101.2  102.5  103.5  103.7  103.9  104.8        .9

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   98.7  100.7  100.1  101.3   100.2  100.7  101.7  102.4  102.2  102.8        .6

 Wholesale trade..............................   99.1  101.0   99.5  101.1    99.9  100.2  100.9  101.3  101.3  101.8        .5

 Retail trade.................................   98.4   99.2   99.0  100.1   100.3  100.7  101.8  101.9  102.0  102.3        .3

 Transportation and warehousing...............   98.7  103.2  102.5  104.0   100.4  101.1  103.2  104.6  104.3  105.5       1.2

 Utilities....................................  100.1  102.8  102.9  102.6    99.8  101.9  102.9  103.4  103.9  104.0        .1

Information...................................   99.5  103.3  101.6  102.9   100.4  101.3  101.6  102.8  102.8  104.0       1.2

Financial activities..........................  105.0  110.2  107.0  108.1   106.2  107.7  109.1  108.2  108.7  109.3        .6

Professional and business services............   99.8  102.8  101.5  103.5   100.2  101.3  102.3  102.8  102.8  104.2       1.4

Education and health services.................  103.1  108.4  107.5  108.0   102.6  106.1  106.5  106.8  107.3  107.6        .3

Leisure and hospitality.......................   98.6  100.5  100.6  102.9   101.1  103.3  104.0  104.7  104.7  105.2        .5

Other services................................   97.1   96.4   96.0   96.3    97.8   96.0   96.6   96.5   97.1   97.0       -.1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.
 
 
 
 
 
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)


       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2000 ..............   61.9     62.9     63.3     59.5     46.9     61.7     63.1     52.5     51.1     53.4     56.8     53.8
     2001 ..............   52.2     47.8     50.4     34.4     41.4     39.2     37.1     38.8     38.3     32.4     36.7     34.9
     2002 ..............   40.1     35.1     41.0     41.5     41.7     47.8     44.1     44.1     42.8     39.0     38.7     34.5
     2003 ..............   41.2     35.1     38.1     41.4     42.8     40.1     40.5     39.7     49.3     46.0     51.1     49.1
     2004 ..............   52.3     56.1    p64.0    p61.7


Over 3-month span:
     2000 ..............   69.2     66.2     67.8     68.3     60.1     58.1     56.3     61.5     56.5     53.2     52.9     56.8
     2001 ..............   52.7     50.4     50.4     43.5     38.8     34.9     36.2     37.9     34.7     35.3     30.8     32.0
     2002 ..............   34.0     37.4     35.1     36.2     36.7     39.4     39.9     40.8     38.7     37.1     34.4     34.7
     2003 ..............   36.5     32.6     36.3     35.1     40.5     42.6     37.4     35.4     40.1     45.5     50.5     51.1
     2004 ..............   54.0     55.2    p59.9    p64.0


Over 6-month span:
     2000 ..............   67.3     69.1     72.5     72.5     67.4     67.8     66.7     60.8     59.0     55.0     59.7     54.0
     2001 ..............   51.8     50.0     51.8     47.3     43.5     41.5     38.1     35.4     32.2     33.1     31.5     31.1
     2002 ..............   29.5     30.0     31.1     31.1     31.7     37.1     37.2     39.0     34.7     36.5     35.3     33.3
     2003 ..............   33.6     31.1     31.7     31.7     33.5     37.8     36.2     36.5     40.5     39.4     42.6     41.7
     2004 ..............   48.9     54.1    p58.5    p61.5


Over 12-month span:
     2000 ..............   70.9     69.2     73.2     71.0     69.8     71.0     70.0     70.3     70.3     65.6     63.8     62.1
     2001 ..............   59.5     59.5     53.4     49.3     48.6     45.0     43.3     43.9     39.9     37.8     37.1     34.9
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.4     30.2     29.1     32.0     31.3     30.0     29.5     32.9     34.7
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     36.2     34.4     34.7     33.1     37.6     37.4     33.1     35.4
     2004 ..............   37.8     43.2    p47.1    p51.3

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2000 ..............   48.2     58.3     50.0     50.0     41.1     57.1     60.7     28.6     25.0     35.1     39.9     41.1
     2001 ..............   22.6     22.0     21.4     16.1     15.5     23.2     13.7     14.3     19.0     17.9     14.9     10.1
     2002 ..............   21.4     18.5     23.8     35.1     29.8     32.7     40.5     28.0     31.0     11.9     15.5     17.9
     2003 ..............   26.2     15.5     22.6     13.7     26.2     25.0     28.0     26.2     27.4     28.6     51.2     45.8
     2004 ..............   42.9     55.4    p51.8    p55.4


Over 3-month span:
     2000 ..............   53.6     53.6     56.0     54.8     44.0     44.0     51.2     47.6     32.7     25.0     23.2     38.7
     2001 ..............   35.7     21.4     16.1     14.3     13.1     13.7     11.9      8.9      8.3     13.1      8.9     10.1
     2002 ..............    9.5     10.1     11.3     17.9     17.3     19.0     28.0     22.0     23.8     15.5      6.5      4.8
     2003 ..............   13.7     13.1     16.7     10.1     13.1     14.9     16.1     16.1     16.1     24.4     27.4     41.7
     2004 ..............   48.8     51.8    p53.6    p54.2


Over 6-month span:
     2000 ..............   44.0     52.4     55.4     57.7     47.6     51.8     56.0     45.2     39.3     34.5     32.1     27.4
     2001 ..............   22.0     23.8     22.0     20.8     14.3     13.7     14.3     10.1     10.7      5.4      7.1      4.8
     2002 ..............    6.5      8.9      7.7      8.3      7.7     14.3     14.9     10.7     12.5     10.1      8.9      8.9
     2003 ..............   11.3      9.5      6.0      7.1      8.9     13.1      8.9     13.1     13.1     16.7     19.0     19.6
     2004 ..............   28.6     36.9    p44.0    p52.4


Over 12-month span:
     2000 ..............   41.7     39.3     47.0     50.0     46.4     52.4     51.8     49.4     46.4     40.5     35.1     33.3
     2001 ..............   29.8     32.1     20.8     19.0     13.1     12.5     10.7     11.9     11.9     10.1      8.3      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      6.5      7.1      3.6      4.8      6.0      4.8      7.1      4.8      8.3
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      5.4      8.3      9.5      9.5      9.5     10.7     11.9      9.5     11.3
     2004 ..............    9.5     19.0    p17.3    p26.2


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.