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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  AUGUST 1996
 
 
   Unemployment declined in August, and nonfarm payroll employment
continued to increase, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  The nation's jobless rate fell from
5.4 to 5.1 percent.  The number of jobs on nonfarm payrolls rose by 250,000
in August; private sector employment increased by 173,000.  Average hourly
earnings were up by 6 cents over the month.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
   Both the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate fell in
August. The number of persons who were unemployed, at 6.8 million, was
467,000 below July's level.  The unemployment rate, at 5.1 percent, was 0.3
percentage point lower than in July.  The August decline in unemployment
occurred primarily among workers 20 to 24 years old, whose jobless rate
fell from 9.7 to 8.3 percent, and among those 55 years and over, whose rate
declined from 3.8 to 3.1 percent.  (See tables A-1 and A-8.)
 
   Among the unemployed, both the number of persons who had been looking
for work for less than 5 weeks and the number who had been looking from 5
to 14 weeks fell in August.  Unemployment among persons who had lost their
job also declined substantially over the month.  (See tables A-5 and A-6.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
   Total employment was about unchanged in August at 127.1 million.  At
63.3 percent, the proportion of the population 16 years and over with jobs
(the employment-population ratio) also was little different from the July
figure.  Over the past year, total employment has increased by 2.2 million
and the employment-population ratio has risen by half a percentage point.
The civilian labor force edged down in August to 133.9 million, after
expanding by a half million in July.  (See table A-1.)
 
   The number of persons who held more than one job in August was 7.5
million (not seasonally adjusted).  These multiple jobholders comprised 5.9
percent of the total employed.  (See table A-9.)
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
   About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in August--that is, they wanted and were
available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior
12 months.  Of this total, discouraged workers--those who were no longer
looking specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them-
-numbered 415,000.  (See table A-9.)
 
                                   - 2 -
 
Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
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                      |   Quarterly     |       Monthly data       |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|July-
      Category        |       1996      |          1996            |Aug.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   I    |   II   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 133,192| 133,647| 133,669| 134,181| 133,885|   -296
  Employment..........| 125,680| 126,389| 126,610| 126,884| 127,055|    171
  Unemployment........|   7,512|   7,258|   7,060|   7,297|   6,830|   -467
Not in labor force....|  66,584|  66,633|  66,790|  66,460|  66,962|    502
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.6|     5.4|     5.3|     5.4|     5.1|   -0.3
  Adult men...........|     4.9|     4.7|     4.6|     4.7|     4.2|    -.5
  Adult women.........|     4.9|     4.8|     4.6|     4.9|     4.6|    -.3
  Teenagers...........|    17.4|    16.3|    15.9|    16.4|    17.2|     .8
  White...............|     4.9|     4.7|     4.6|     4.7|     4.4|    -.3
  Black...............|    10.7|    10.3|    10.1|    10.5|    10.5|     .0
  Hispanic origin.....|     9.7|     9.2|     8.8|     9.0|     8.7|    -.3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 118,462| 119,272| 119,554|p119,782|p120,032|   p250
  Goods-producing 1/..|  24,187|  24,249|  24,275| p24,266| p24,295|    p29
    Construction......|   5,308|   5,380|   5,403|  p5,426|  p5,432|     p6
    Manufacturing.....|  18,308|  18,294|  18,297| p18,270| p18,295|    p25
  Service-producing 1/|  94,275|  95,024|  95,279| p95,516| p95,737|   p221
    Retail trade......|  21,317|  21,499|  21,575| p21,663| p21,684|    p21
    Services..........|  33,877|  34,257|  34,383| p34,457| p34,538|    p81
    Government........|  19,365|  19,435|  19,451| p19,490| p19,567|    p77
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.3|    34.4|    34.7|   p34.3|   p34.4|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    40.9|    41.7|    41.8|   p41.6|   p41.7|    p.1
    Overtime..........|     4.2|     4.6|     4.6|    p4.4|    p4.4|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.65|  $11.76|  $11.83| p$11.81| p$11.87| p$0.06
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  399.22|  404.56|  410.50| p405.08| p408.33|  p3.25
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
p=preliminary.
 
                                   - 3 -
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 250,000 in August to 120.0 million,
seasonally adjusted, about in line with the average monthly gain so far
this year.  Employment in services rose by 81,000 in August, following a
gain of 74,000 in July.  During the first half of 1996, services added an
average of 120,000 jobs per month.  The recent slowdown was in part related
to weakness in health services.  Job growth in health services has averaged
just 8,000 per month since May, following an average monthly gain of 29,000
jobs during the first 5 months of the year.  Services employment in August
also was held down by a decline of 16,000 jobs in private educational
services.  This decline followed large gains in June and July.  In August,
strong job growth continued in business services, particularly help supply
and computer services, and in engineering and management services.  (See
table B-1.)
 
   Government employment rose by 77,000 in August.  Nearly two-thirds of
the gain took place in local education, which has had three consecutive
large employment increases, after seasonal adjustment.  The magnitude of
the seasonal swings in local education employment, the yearly variation in
the timing of school openings and closings, and the recent movement toward
more year-round education, all make precise seasonal adjustment of the job
count for local education difficult during the summer and autumn.  Federal
government employment continued to decline in August; since its most recent
peak in May 1992, job losses have totaled 236,000.
 
   Both finance and real estate continued to add jobs in August.
Transportation and public utilities employment rose by 15,000 over the
month, although there were unusual movements in some of the transportation
components.  Trucking lost 7,000 jobs, while air transportation had a large
increase of 9,000.  Communications also continued its strong growth
pattern, adding 7,000 jobs.
 
   Retail trade gained just 21,000 jobs in August, after having added an
average of 80,000 jobs per month over the April-July period.  Employment
growth in department and food stores was particularly strong, and most
other retail industries added workers as well.  These increases, however,
were partly offset by a decline of 28,000 in eating and drinking places,
which followed a gain of 70,000 over the prior 2 months.  Wholesale trade
added only 7,000 jobs over the month, continuing the trend toward slower
growth that began in March.
 
   Manufacturing employment increased by 25,000 in August, offsetting a
decline of similar magnitude in July.  The largest over-the-month increase
was in motor vehicle and equipment manufacturing, where workers returned
from unusually widespread July vacation shutdowns.  Continued gains in
fabricated metals and aircraft were nearly offset by losses in electronic
equipment.  Within nondurables, job growth continued in rubber and
miscellaneous plastics. Apparel experienced a large decline in August, and
has lost nearly 10 percent of its jobs over the past year.  Elsewhere in
the goods-producing sector, employment in construction was little changed
in August, after rising by 203,000 during the first 7 months of the year.
 
                                   - 4 -
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls inched up 0.1 hour in August to 34.4 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek also edged up 0.1 hour to 41.7 hours,
and factory overtime was unchanged at 4.4 hours.  (See table B-2.)
 
 
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose 0.6 percent, on a
seasonally adjusted basis, to 136.9 (1982=100) in August.  The
manufacturing index edged up 0.4 percent to 106.2.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers
on nonfarm payrolls rose 6 cents in August to $11.87, seasonally adjusted.
Average weekly earnings increased by 0.8 percent to $408.33.  Over the past
year, both average hourly earnings and average weekly earnings have risen
by 3.6 percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for September 1996 is scheduled to be
released on Friday, October 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |               Seasonally adjusted1/
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Aug.  |  July  |  Aug.  |  Aug.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      TOTAL                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 198,801| 200,641| 200,847| 198,801| 200,101| 200,278| 200,459| 200,641| 200,847
  Civilian labor force............................| 133,383| 136,272| 135,011| 132,298| 133,361| 133,910| 133,669| 134,181| 133,885
        Participation rate........................|    67.1|    67.9|    67.2|    66.5|    66.6|    66.9|    66.7|    66.9|    66.7
    Employed......................................| 125,926| 128,579| 128,143| 124,859| 126,095| 126,462| 126,610| 126,884| 127,055
        Employment-population ratio...............|    63.3|    64.1|    63.8|    62.8|    63.0|    63.1|    63.2|    63.2|    63.3
      Agriculture.................................|   3,697|   3,862|   3,706|   3,376|   3,368|   3,491|   3,382|   3,502|   3,421
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 122,229| 124,717| 124,437| 121,483| 122,726| 122,971| 123,228| 123,382| 123,635
    Unemployed....................................|   7,457|   7,693|   6,868|   7,439|   7,266|   7,448|   7,060|   7,297|   6,830
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.6|     5.6|     5.1|     5.6|     5.4|     5.6|     5.3|     5.4|     5.1
  Not in labor force..............................|  65,418|  64,369|  65,836|  66,503|  66,741|  66,368|  66,790|  66,460|  66,962
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  95,287|  96,230|  96,335|  95,287|  95,955|  96,048|  96,140|  96,230|  96,335
  Civilian labor force............................|  72,133|  73,801|  72,888|  71,259|  71,935|  72,241|  72,121|  72,375|  71,973
        Participation rate........................|    75.7|    76.7|    75.7|    74.8|    75.0|    75.2|    75.0|    75.2|    74.7
    Employed......................................|  68,326|  69,819|  69,533|  67,248|  67,933|  68,278|  68,283|  68,400|  68,442
        Employment-population ratio...............|    71.7|    72.6|    72.2|    70.6|    70.8|    71.1|    71.0|    71.1|    71.0
    Unemployed....................................|   3,807|   3,982|   3,355|   4,011|   4,002|   3,964|   3,837|   3,975|   3,531
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.3|     5.4|     4.6|     5.6|     5.6|     5.5|     5.3|     5.5|     4.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  87,905|  88,614|  88,650|  87,905|  88,440|  88,530|  88,570|  88,614|  88,650
  Civilian labor force............................|  67,446|  68,639|  68,390|  67,218|  67,821|  68,064|  68,118|  68,274|  68,114
        Participation rate........................|    76.7|    77.5|    77.1|    76.5|    76.7|    76.9|    76.9|    77.0|    76.8
    Employed......................................|  64,394|  65,618|  65,725|  63,982|  64,555|  64,818|  64,962|  65,094|  65,286
        Employment-population ratio...............|    73.3|    74.0|    74.1|    72.8|    73.0|    73.2|    73.3|    73.5|    73.6
      Agriculture.................................|   2,441|   2,529|   2,477|   2,297|   2,292|   2,337|   2,292|   2,381|   2,352
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  61,953|  63,090|  63,248|  61,685|  62,263|  62,480|  62,669|  62,713|  62,933
    Unemployed....................................|   3,052|   3,020|   2,665|   3,236|   3,266|   3,246|   3,157|   3,179|   2,829
        Unemployment rate.........................|     4.5|     4.4|     3.9|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8|     4.6|     4.7|     4.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,514| 104,411| 104,512| 103,514| 104,146| 104,230| 104,319| 104,411| 104,512
  Civilian labor force............................|  61,250|  62,471|  62,123|  61,039|  61,426|  61,669|  61,548|  61,806|  61,912
        Participation rate........................|    59.2|    59.8|    59.4|    59.0|    59.0|    59.2|    59.0|    59.2|    59.2
    Employed......................................|  57,600|  58,760|  58,610|  57,611|  58,161|  58,184|  58,326|  58,484|  58,613
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.6|    56.3|    56.1|    55.7|    55.8|    55.8|    55.9|    56.0|    56.1
    Unemployed....................................|   3,650|   3,711|   3,514|   3,428|   3,264|   3,485|   3,222|   3,322|   3,299
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.0|     5.9|     5.7|     5.6|     5.3|     5.7|     5.2|     5.4|     5.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  96,327|  97,064|  97,146|  96,327|  96,857|  96,925|  96,999|  97,064|  97,146
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,065|  57,933|  57,992|  57,291|  57,763|  57,915|  57,893|  58,102|  58,225
        Participation rate........................|    59.2|    59.7|    59.7|    59.5|    59.6|    59.8|    59.7|    59.9|    59.9
    Employed......................................|  53,963|  54,880|  55,026|  54,458|  55,060|  55,014|  55,211|  55,266|  55,522
        Employment-population ratio...............|    56.0|    56.5|    56.6|    56.5|    56.8|    56.8|    56.9|    56.9|    57.2
      Agriculture.................................|     865|     913|     880|     811|     813|     831|     842|     863|     829
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  53,098|  53,968|  54,146|  53,647|  54,247|  54,183|  54,369|  54,403|  54,693
    Unemployed....................................|   3,102|   3,052|   2,966|   2,833|   2,704|   2,901|   2,682|   2,837|   2,704
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.4|     5.3|     5.1|     4.9|     4.7|     5.0|     4.6|     4.9|     4.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,569|  14,963|  15,051|  14,569|  14,805|  14,823|  14,890|  14,963|  15,051
  Civilian labor force............................|   8,872|   9,701|   8,629|   7,789|   7,776|   7,932|   7,658|   7,805|   7,545
        Participation rate........................|    60.9|    64.8|    57.3|    53.5|    52.5|    53.5|    51.4|    52.2|    50.1
    Employed......................................|   7,569|   8,080|   7,392|   6,419|   6,480|   6,630|   6,437|   6,524|   6,248
        Employment-population ratio...............|    52.0|    54.0|    49.1|    44.1|    43.8|    44.7|    43.2|    43.6|    41.5
      Agriculture.................................|     390|     420|     349|     268|     263|     323|     248|     258|     240
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   7,179|   7,660|   7,043|   6,151|   6,217|   6,308|   6,189|   6,266|   6,008
    Unemployed....................................|   1,303|   1,620|   1,237|   1,370|   1,296|   1,301|   1,221|   1,280|   1,297
        Unemployment rate.........................|    14.7|    16.7|    14.3|    17.6|    16.7|    16.4|    15.9|    16.4|    17.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |               Seasonally adjusted1/
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Aug.  |  July  |  Aug.  |  Aug.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      WHITE                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 167,058| 168,345| 168,489| 167,058| 167,973| 168,098| 168,222| 168,345| 168,489
  Civilian labor force............................| 112,815| 114,808| 113,713| 111,939| 112,613| 113,109| 112,941| 113,076| 112,832
      Participation rate..........................|    67.5|    68.2|    67.5|    67.0|    67.0|    67.3|    67.1|    67.2|    67.0
    Employed......................................| 107,479| 109,338| 108,801| 106,512| 107,319| 107,612| 107,757| 107,772| 107,828
      Employment-population ratio.................|    64.3|    64.9|    64.6|    63.8|    63.9|    64.0|    64.1|    64.0|    64.0
    Unemployed....................................|   5,336|   5,470|   4,912|   5,427|   5,294|   5,497|   5,184|   5,304|   5,004
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.7|     4.8|     4.3|     4.8|     4.7|     4.9|     4.6|     4.7|     4.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,800|  58,789|  58,553|  57,614|  58,202|  58,340|  58,426|  58,456|  58,354
      Participation rate..........................|    77.1|    77.9|    77.5|    76.9|    77.3|    77.4|    77.5|    77.5|    77.3
    Employed......................................|  55,567|  56,584|  56,568|  55,171|  55,778|  55,914|  56,047|  56,079|  56,174
      Employment-population ratio.................|    74.2|    75.0|    74.9|    73.6|    74.1|    74.2|    74.3|    74.3|    74.4
    Unemployed....................................|   2,234|   2,205|   1,985|   2,443|   2,424|   2,426|   2,379|   2,376|   2,179
      Unemployment rate...........................|     3.9|     3.8|     3.4|     4.2|     4.2|     4.2|     4.1|     4.1|     3.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|  47,632|  47,926|  47,960|  47,790|  47,884|  48,103|  47,956|  47,981|  48,124
      Participation rate..........................|    59.1|    59.1|    59.1|    59.3|    59.2|    59.4|    59.2|    59.2|    59.3
    Employed......................................|  45,366|  45,779|  45,847|  45,741|  45,937|  45,976|  46,063|  46,009|  46,217
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.3|    56.5|    56.5|    56.7|    56.8|    56.8|    56.9|    56.8|    57.0
    Unemployed....................................|   2,266|   2,148|   2,113|   2,049|   1,947|   2,128|   1,894|   1,972|   1,907
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.8|     4.5|     4.4|     4.3|     4.1|     4.4|     3.9|     4.1|     4.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,383|   8,092|   7,200|   6,535|   6,527|   6,666|   6,558|   6,639|   6,354
      Participation rate..........................|    64.2|    68.3|    60.6|    56.8|    55.7|    56.6|    55.5|    56.0|    53.5
    Employed......................................|   6,546|   6,975|   6,387|   5,600|   5,604|   5,723|   5,647|   5,684|   5,437
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.9|    58.9|    53.7|    48.7|    47.8|    48.6|    47.8|    48.0|    45.7
    Unemployed....................................|     836|   1,117|     813|     935|     923|     943|     911|     955|     917
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.3|    13.8|    11.3|    14.3|    14.1|    14.1|    13.9|    14.4|    14.4
        Men.......................................|    12.3|    15.1|    12.1|    15.7|    15.2|    15.2|    14.7|    16.6|    15.6
        Women.....................................|    10.2|    12.3|    10.5|    12.8|    12.9|    12.9|    13.0|    12.0|    13.2
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                      BLACK                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  23,284|  23,611|  23,650|  23,284|  23,519|  23,549|  23,579|  23,611|  23,650
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,910|  15,590|  15,470|  14,781|  14,971|  15,149|  14,955|  15,279|  15,361
      Participation rate..........................|    64.0|    66.0|    65.4|    63.5|    63.7|    64.3|    63.4|    64.7|    65.0
    Employed......................................|  13,230|  13,785|  13,792|  13,159|  13,399|  13,599|  13,451|  13,671|  13,750
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.8|    58.4|    58.3|    56.5|    57.0|    57.7|    57.0|    57.9|    58.1
    Unemployed....................................|   1,680|   1,805|   1,677|   1,622|   1,573|   1,551|   1,504|   1,609|   1,611
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.3|    11.6|    10.8|    11.0|    10.5|    10.2|    10.1|    10.5|    10.5
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              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,704|   6,876|   6,888|   6,696|   6,696|   6,786|   6,728|   6,867|   6,890
      Participation rate..........................|    72.0|    73.0|    73.2|    71.9|    71.3|    72.2|    71.5|    72.9|    73.2
    Employed......................................|   6,081|   6,233|   6,320|   6,080|   6,055|   6,136|   6,110|   6,233|   6,326
      Employment-population ratio.................|    65.3|    66.2|    67.1|    65.3|    64.5|    65.3|    64.9|    66.2|    67.2
    Unemployed....................................|     623|     643|     568|     616|     641|     650|     617|     634|     564
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.3|     9.3|     8.2|     9.2|     9.6|     9.6|     9.2|     9.2|     8.2
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             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,112|   7,469|   7,478|   7,138|   7,300|   7,373|   7,373|   7,504|   7,511
      Participation rate..........................|    60.8|    63.1|    63.1|    61.0|    61.9|    62.4|    62.4|    63.4|    63.4
    Employed......................................|   6,449|   6,741|   6,749|   6,511|   6,687|   6,758|   6,743|   6,830|   6,824
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.1|    57.0|    57.0|    55.7|    56.7|    57.2|    57.0|    57.7|    57.6
    Unemployed....................................|     663|     727|     728|     627|     613|     615|     630|     674|     687
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.3|     9.7|     9.7|     8.8|     8.4|     8.3|     8.5|     9.0|     9.1
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   1,094|   1,245|   1,104|     947|     976|     990|     854|     908|     960
      Participation rate..........................|    48.0|    52.8|    46.2|    41.6|    41.9|    42.3|    36.4|    38.5|    40.2
    Employed......................................|     700|     810|     723|     568|     657|     705|     598|     607|     599
      Employment-population ratio.................|    30.7|    34.4|    30.3|    24.9|    28.2|    30.1|    25.4|    25.8|    25.1
    Unemployed....................................|     394|     435|     381|     379|     319|     286|     256|     301|     361
      Unemployment rate...........................|    36.0|    34.9|    34.5|    40.0|    32.7|    28.9|    30.0|    33.1|    37.6
        Men.......................................|    39.6|    41.9|    36.4|    43.0|    34.1|    27.4|    35.3|    43.3|    38.6
        Women.....................................|    32.1|    26.6|    32.4|    37.0|    31.3|    30.2|    25.0|    20.9|    36.5
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  18,702|  19,238|  19,292|  18,702|  19,080|  19,131|  19,184|  19,238|  19,292
  Civilian labor force............................|  12,453|  12,893|  12,989|  12,355|  12,511|  12,514|  12,576|  12,641|  12,877
      Participation rate..........................|    66.6|    67.0|    67.3|    66.1|    65.6|    65.4|    65.6|    65.7|    66.7
    Employed......................................|  11,270|  11,707|  11,844|  11,173|  11,294|  11,365|  11,472|  11,500|  11,750
      Employment-population ratio.................|    60.3|    60.9|    61.4|    59.7|    59.2|    59.4|    59.8|    59.8|    60.9
    Unemployed....................................|   1,183|   1,186|   1,145|   1,182|   1,217|   1,149|   1,104|   1,141|   1,127
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.5|     9.2|     8.8|     9.6|     9.7|     9.2|     8.8|     9.0|     8.7
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |                 Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Aug.  |  July  |  Aug.  |  Aug.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                  CHARACTERISTIC                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total employed, 16 years and over.................|125,926 |128,579 |128,143 |124,859 |126,095 |126,462 |126,610 |126,884 |127,055
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 42,060 | 42,521 | 42,622 | 42,086 | 42,067 | 42,406 | 42,587 | 42,478 | 42,622
  Married women, spouse present...................| 31,614 | 32,157 | 32,209 | 32,153 | 31,868 | 32,330 | 32,649 | 32,713 | 32,732
  Women who maintain families.....................|  7,202 |  7,157 |  7,276 |  7,205 |  7,389 |  7,314 |  7,360 |  7,230 |  7,291
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                    OCCUPATION                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 35,313 | 36,181 | 36,265 | 35,614 | 36,115 | 36,257 | 36,696 | 36,361 | 36,520
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,510 | 38,210 | 37,971 | 37,431 | 37,638 | 37,681 | 37,683 | 37,795 | 37,858
  Service occupations.............................| 17,144 | 17,801 | 17,571 | 16,959 | 16,939 | 17,312 | 17,215 | 17,418 | 17,397
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,722 | 13,721 | 14,029 | 13,387 | 13,595 | 13,439 | 13,572 | 13,439 | 13,701
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 18,195 | 18,540 | 18,344 | 17,879 | 18,124 | 18,282 | 18,137 | 18,392 | 18,075
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  4,041 |  4,126 |  3,962 |  3,577 |  3,545 |  3,560 |  3,472 |  3,594 |  3,500
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                 CLASS OF WORKER                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,983 |  2,109 |  1,991 |  1,779 |  1,862 |  2,026 |  1,900 |  1,863 |  1,802
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,660 |  1,686 |  1,635 |  1,550 |  1,484 |  1,456 |  1,457 |  1,564 |  1,528
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     54 |     66 |     79 |     45 |     52 |     46 |     35 |     52 |     65
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|113,145 |115,495 |115,358 |112,448 |113,527 |114,032 |114,130 |114,294 |114,634
      Government..................................| 17,758 | 17,781 | 17,737 | 18,314 | 18,290 | 18,256 | 18,329 | 18,294 | 18,286
      Private industries..........................| 95,387 | 97,714 | 97,620 | 94,134 | 95,237 | 95,776 | 95,801 | 96,000 | 96,348
        Private households........................|    970 |    985 |  1,030 |    933 |    844 |    918 |    812 |    935 |  1,009
        Other industries..........................| 94,417 | 96,729 | 96,590 | 93,201 | 94,393 | 94,858 | 94,989 | 95,065 | 95,339
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,975 |  9,088 |  8,956 |  8,883 |  9,081 |  8,878 |  9,073 |  8,998 |  8,876
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    109 |    134 |    124 |    106 |    101 |    124 |    136 |    130 |    121
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,553 |  4,646 |  4,407 |  4,467 |  4,525 |  4,277 |  4,301 |  4,366 |  4,354
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,462 |  2,553 |  2,388 |  2,546 |  2,594 |  2,216 |  2,322 |  2,589 |  2,477
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,658 |  1,755 |  1,615 |  1,634 |  1,571 |  1,719 |  1,569 |  1,494 |  1,610
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,070 | 15,551 | 15,459 | 17,894 | 17,487 | 17,620 | 18,211 | 17,814 | 18,229
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,316 |  4,441 |  4,218 |  4,291 |  4,287 |  4,068 |  4,146 |  4,159 |  4,205
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,311 |  2,437 |  2,242 |  2,414 |  2,476 |  2,092 |  2,215 |  2,457 |  2,350
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,614 |  1,701 |  1,586 |  1,610 |  1,534 |  1,663 |  1,542 |  1,479 |  1,600
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 14,468 | 14,910 | 14,866 | 17,251 | 16,994 | 17,038 | 17,623 | 17,157 | 17,613
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   NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
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                                                  |  Aug.  |  July  |  Aug.  |  Aug.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                  CHARACTERISTIC                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  7,439 |  7,297 |   6,830|   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.1
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,236 |  3,179 |   2,829|   4.8  |   4.8  |   4.8  |   4.6  |   4.7  |   4.2
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  2,833 |  2,837 |   2,704|   4.9  |   4.7  |   5.0  |   4.6  |   4.9  |   4.6
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,370 |  1,280 |   1,297|  17.6  |  16.7  |  16.4  |  15.9  |  16.4  |  17.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,433 |  1,309 |   1,258|   3.3  |   3.0  |   2.9  |   3.0  |   3.0  |   2.9
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,341 |  1,194 |   1,085|   4.0  |   3.7  |   3.8  |   3.6  |   3.5  |   3.2
   Women who maintain families....................|    560 |    721 |     704|   7.2  |   6.8  |   8.7  |   7.6  |   9.1  |   8.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Full-time workers..............................|  5,962 |  5,825 |   5,363|   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.2  |   5.3  |   4.9
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,487 |  1,505 |   1,476|   6.0  |   5.8  |   5.9  |   5.6  |   6.1  |   5.9
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                   OCCUPATION2/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    924 |    922 |     786|   2.5  |   2.3  |   2.3  |   2.4  |   2.5  |   2.1
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  1,704 |  1,842 |   1,685|   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.7  |   4.1  |   4.6  |   4.3
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|    920 |    776 |     754|   6.4  |   5.5  |   5.3  |   5.2  |   5.5  |   5.2
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,636 |  1,545 |   1,534|   8.4  |   8.0  |   8.3  |   7.9  |   7.7  |   7.8
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    259 |    242 |     216|   6.8  |   8.0  |   9.1  |   7.7  |   6.3  |   5.8
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                     INDUSTRY                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  5,820 |  5,635 |   5,418|   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.3
     Goods-producing industries...................|  1,817 |  1,646 |   1,582|   6.5  |   6.1  |   6.2  |   6.1  |   5.9  |   5.6
       Mining.....................................|     27 |     16 |      25|   4.4  |   4.4  |   2.1  |   4.7  |   2.8  |   4.4
       Construction...............................|    762 |    661 |     575|  12.0  |  10.2  |  10.0  |   9.5  |  10.1  |   8.8
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,028 |    970 |     981|   4.9  |   4.8  |   5.1  |   5.1  |   4.6  |   4.7
         Durable goods............................|    511 |    514 |     464|   4.2  |   4.8  |   4.8  |   4.6  |   4.2  |   3.8
         Nondurable goods.........................|    517 |    455 |     517|   5.9  |   4.8  |   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.3  |   6.0
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,003 |  3,989 |   3,836|   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.2  |   5.4  |   5.2
       Transportation and public utilities........|    310 |    308 |     303|   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.5  |   4.3  |   4.2
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,677 |  1,690 |   1,664|   6.5  |   6.6  |   6.6  |   6.4  |   6.3  |   6.3
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    240 |    211 |     177|   3.3  |   2.3  |   2.5  |   2.6  |   2.8  |   2.4
       Services...................................|  1,776 |  1,781 |   1,692|   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.1  |   5.5  |   5.2
   Government workers.............................|    556 |    606 |     500|   2.9  |   2.9  |   3.3  |   2.7  |   3.2  |   2.7
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    170 |    175 |     144|   8.7  |  10.9  |  10.0  |   9.2  |   8.6  |   7.4
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |                 Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Aug.  |  July  |  Aug.  |  Aug.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,578 |  2,941 |  2,364 |  2,715 |  2,412 |  2,815 |  2,485 |  2,701 |  2,486
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,668 |  2,540 |  2,402 |  2,373 |  2,337 |  2,334 |  2,160 |  2,322 |  2,129
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,211 |  2,212 |  2,102 |  2,371 |  2,388 |  2,336 |  2,435 |  2,319 |  2,248
    15 to 26 weeks................................|    975 |    822 |    835 |  1,129 |  1,106 |  1,020 |  1,116 |    958 |    978
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,237 |  1,391 |  1,268 |  1,242 |  1,282 |  1,317 |  1,319 |  1,361 |  1,270
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   16.2 |   16.1 |   17.3 |   16.3 |   17.4 |   16.8 |   17.6 |   16.8 |   17.4
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    8.4 |    7.7 |    8.6 |    8.4 |    8.8 |    8.3 |    8.1 |    8.6 |    8.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               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..............................|   34.6 |   38.2 |   34.4 |   36.4 |   33.8 |   37.6 |   35.1 |   36.8 |   36.2
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   35.8 |   33.0 |   35.0 |   31.8 |   32.7 |   31.2 |   30.5 |   31.6 |   31.0
   15 weeks and over..............................|   29.7 |   28.8 |   30.6 |   31.8 |   33.5 |   31.2 |   34.4 |   31.6 |   32.8
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   13.1 |   10.7 |   12.2 |   15.1 |   15.5 |   13.6 |   15.8 |   13.1 |   14.3
     27 weeks and over............................|   16.6 |   18.1 |   18.5 |   16.7 |   18.0 |   17.6 |   18.6 |   18.5 |   18.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |Not seasonally adjusted|              Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Aug.  | July  | Aug.  | Aug.  | Apr.  |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.
                                                           | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  3,331|  3,323|  2,932|  3,455|  3,625|  3,388|  3,431|  3,343|  3,054
  On temporary layoff......................................|    910|    974|    777|  1,032|  1,116|  1,154|    990|    953|    889
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  2,420|  2,349|  2,155|  2,423|  2,509|  2,234|  2,441|  2,391|  2,165
    Permanent job losers...................................|  1,697|  1,686|  1,459|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    724|    663|    696|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
Job leavers................................................|    896|    772|    808|    865|    702|    661|    676|    749|    773
Reentrants.................................................|  2,620|  2,716|  2,556|  2,525|  2,379|  2,784|  2,419|  2,529|  2,448
New entrants...............................................|    609|    882|    573|    581|    550|    532|    528|    623|    548
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   44.7|   43.2|   42.7|   46.5|   50.0|   46.0|   48.6|   46.1|   44.8
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   12.2|   12.7|   11.3|   13.9|   15.4|   15.7|   14.0|   13.1|   13.0
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   32.5|   30.5|   31.4|   32.6|   34.6|   30.3|   34.6|   33.0|   31.7
 Job leavers...............................................|   12.0|   10.0|   11.8|   11.6|    9.7|    9.0|    9.6|   10.3|   11.3
 Reentrants................................................|   35.1|   35.3|   37.2|   34.0|   32.8|   37.8|   34.3|   34.9|   35.9
 New entrants..............................................|    8.2|   11.5|    8.3|    7.8|    7.6|    7.2|    7.5|    8.6|    8.0
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    2.5|    2.4|    2.2|    2.6|    2.7|    2.5|    2.6|    2.5|    2.3
 Job leavers...............................................|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .7|     .5|     .5|     .5|     .6|     .6
 Reentrants................................................|    2.0|    2.0|    1.9|    1.9|    1.8|    2.1|    1.8|    1.9|    1.8
 New entrants..............................................|     .5|     .6|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .4
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   1/  Not available.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
 
(Percent)
 
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                                                                     |                    |
                                                                     |   Not seasonally   |           Seasonally adjusted
                               Measure                               |      adjusted      |
                                                                     ____________________ _________________________________________
                                                                     | Aug. | July | Aug. | Aug. | Apr. | May  | June | July | Aug.
                                                                     | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
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U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................|  1.7 |  1.6 |  1.6 |  1.8 |  1.8 |  1.7 |  1.8 |  1.7 |  1.7
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed                             |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian                         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
labor force..........................................................|  2.5 |  2.4 |  2.2 |  2.6 |  2.7 |  2.5 |  2.6 |  2.5 |  2.3
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the                            |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................|  5.6 |  5.6 |  5.1 |  5.6 |  5.4 |  5.6 |  5.3 |  5.4 |  5.1
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged                                |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus discouraged workers.............................................|  5.9 |  5.9 |  5.4 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent             |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
of the civilian labor force plus all marginally                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
attached workers.....................................................|  6.6 |  6.7 |  6.1 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached                   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
workers, plus total employed part time for economic                  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus all marginally attached workers.................................| 10.0 | 10.0 |  9.3 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
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   1/  Not available.
   NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7
range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers
are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they
want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.
Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related
reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle
for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of
alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
Review.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Aug.  |  July  |  Aug.  |  Aug.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  7,439 |  7,297 |  6,830 |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.1
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,658 |  2,563 |  2,380 |  12.4  |  11.8  |  12.2  |  11.7  |  12.2  |  11.5
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,370 |  1,280 |  1,297 |  17.6  |  16.7  |  16.4  |  15.9  |  16.4  |  17.2
      16 to 17 years..............................|    663 |    637 |    602 |  20.7  |  18.7  |  19.4  |  19.0  |  19.4  |  19.1
      18 to 19 years..............................|    701 |    640 |    698 |  15.3  |  15.3  |  14.2  |  13.4  |  14.1  |  16.0
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,288 |  1,283 |  1,083 |   9.5  |   9.0  |   9.7  |   9.3  |   9.7  |   8.3
  25 years and over...............................|  4,784 |  4,720 |  4,459 |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.3  |   4.1  |   4.2  |   3.9
    25 to 54 years................................|  4,181 |  4,105 |  3,945 |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.1
    55 years and over.............................|    582 |    607 |    493 |   3.7  |   3.3  |   3.6  |   3.6  |   3.8  |   3.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,011 |  3,975 |  3,531 |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.3  |   5.5  |   4.9
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,489 |  1,492 |  1,237 |  13.1  |  12.8  |  12.9  |  12.4  |  13.3  |  11.5
      16 to 19 years..............................|    775 |    795 |    702 |  19.2  |  17.9  |  17.2  |  17.0  |  19.4  |  18.2
        16 to 17 years............................|    366 |    408 |    341 |  22.2  |  21.2  |  20.0  |  20.5  |  24.2  |  22.0
        18 to 19 years............................|    404 |    389 |    362 |  16.9  |  16.1  |  15.4  |  14.2  |  16.1  |  15.9
      20 to 24 years..............................|    714 |    696 |    535 |   9.8  |   9.9  |  10.4  |   9.7  |   9.8  |   7.7
    25 years and over.............................|  2,526 |  2,466 |  2,307 |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.1  |   4.0  |   4.0  |   3.8
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,196 |  2,115 |  2,005 |   4.3  |   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.1  |   4.1  |   3.8
      55 years and over...........................|    315 |    345 |    291 |   3.7  |   3.0  |   3.3  |   3.5  |   3.8  |   3.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,428 |  3,322 |  3,299 |   5.6  |   5.3  |   5.7  |   5.2  |   5.4  |   5.3
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,169 |  1,071 |  1,144 |  11.6  |  10.7  |  11.4  |  11.0  |  10.9  |  11.6
      16 to 19 years..............................|    595 |    485 |    595 |  15.9  |  15.3  |  15.6  |  14.8  |  13.1  |  16.2
        16 to 17 years............................|    297 |    229 |    260 |  19.2  |  16.1  |  18.8  |  17.5  |  14.4  |  16.3
        18 to 19 years............................|    297 |    251 |    336 |  13.5  |  14.4  |  12.9  |  12.5  |  11.8  |  16.0
      20 to 24 years..............................|    574 |    586 |    548 |   9.1  |   8.1  |   8.8  |   8.7  |   9.5  |   8.9
    25 years and over.............................|  2,258 |  2,254 |  2,153 |   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.5  |   4.1  |   4.3  |   4.1
      25 to 54 years..............................|  1,985 |  1,989 |  1,940 |   4.5  |   4.2  |   4.6  |   4.2  |   4.4  |   4.3
      55 years and over...........................|    267 |    262 |    202 |   3.8  |   3.6  |   3.9  |   3.6  |   3.7  |   2.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                                      |                   |                   |
                               Category                               |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                                                                       ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                      |  Aug.   |  Aug.   |  Aug.   |  Aug.   |  Aug.   |  Aug.
                                                                      |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996
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                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                        |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total not in the labor force..........................................|  65,418 |  65,836 |  23,155 |  23,447 |  42,264 |  42,389
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................|   5,718 |   5,666 |   2,127 |   2,118 |   3,592 |   3,547
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................|   1,510 |   1,436 |     673 |     687 |     837 |     749
   Reason not currently looking:                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................|     410 |     415 |     241 |     256 |     169 |     159
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................|   1,101 |   1,021 |     433 |     432 |     668 |     590
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                          |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................|   7,565 |   7,525 |   4,189 |   4,089 |   3,376 |   3,436
    Percent of total employed.........................................|     6.0 |     5.9 |     6.1 |     5.9 |     5.9 |     5.9
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................|   4,390 |   4,252 |   2,655 |   2,528 |   1,736 |   1,724
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................|   1,626 |   1,514 |     575 |     513 |   1,051 |   1,001
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................|     278 |     245 |     195 |     192 |      83 |      53
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................|   1,222 |   1,477 |     743 |     848 |     479 |     630
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Aug.  | Apr.  |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|117,206|120,578|119,539|119,750|117,499|118,928|119,335|119,554|119,782|120,032
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 99,082|101,066|101,143|101,496| 98,130| 99,531| 99,877|100,103|100,292|100,465
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................| 24,629| 24,585| 24,549| 24,757| 24,179| 24,209| 24,262| 24,275| 24,266| 24,295
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    587|    578|    580|    579|    576|    573|    576|    575|    570|    568
       Metal mining..............................|   52.1|   53.0|   53.0|   53.2|     51|     51|     52|     52|     52|     52
       Coal mining...............................|  105.4|  100.6|  100.5|   97.5|    105|    101|    101|    101|    100|     97
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  319.5|  313.2|  314.2|  315.1|    314|    314|    316|    314|    310|    311
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|  109.9|  111.6|  112.5|  113.3|    106|    107|    107|    108|    108|    108
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  5,494|  5,626|  5,743|  5,776|  5,164|  5,353|  5,384|  5,403|  5,426|  5,432
       General building contractors..............|1,256.0|1,269.2|1,287.2|1,291.6|  1,194|  1,227|  1,229|  1,233|  1,230|  1,229
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  822.8|  823.9|  835.3|  842.6|    752|    765|    764|    768|    768|    770
       Special trade contractors.................|3,415.1|3,532.4|3,620.1|3,642.2|  3,218|  3,361|  3,391|  3,402|  3,428|  3,433
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 18,548| 18,381| 18,226| 18,402| 18,439| 18,283| 18,302| 18,297| 18,270| 18,295
         Production workers......................| 12,853| 12,702| 12,541| 12,720| 12,765| 12,623| 12,632| 12,635| 12,615| 12,631
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,657| 10,747| 10,632| 10,714| 10,653| 10,654| 10,679| 10,695| 10,682| 10,714
         Production workers......................|  7,291|  7,373|  7,253|  7,328|  7,300|  7,290|  7,302|  7,327|  7,318|  7,339
       Lumber and wood products..................|  773.3|  774.0|  774.7|  780.4|    761|    761|    762|    766|    764|    767
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  505.7|  501.9|  491.9|  501.8|    507|    498|    500|    500|    500|    501
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  548.0|  547.8|  544.6|  548.3|    536|    534|    537|    536|    535|    536
       Primary metal industries..................|  707.6|  709.3|  694.8|  703.3|    709|    704|    705|    708|    700|    703
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  241.0|  239.4|  238.3|  238.4|    241|    238|    239|    239|    237|    237
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,436.9|1,457.2|1,439.8|1,456.3|  1,438|  1,440|  1,443|  1,450|  1,453|  1,458
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,057.6|2,098.7|2,082.4|2,080.8|  2,067|  2,086|  2,087|  2,088|  2,087|  2,089
         Computer and office equipment...........|  351.2|  360.9|  359.9|  359.6|    351|    358|    360|    359|    357|    359
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,623.6|1,655.6|1,648.2|1,649.9|  1,625|  1,650|  1,652|  1,651|  1,658|  1,652
         Electronic components and accessories...|  587.0|  616.2|  615.9|  615.4|    586|    615|    615|    614|    616|    615
       Transportation equipment..................|1,778.5|1,778.5|1,744.6|1,773.1|  1,787|  1,763|  1,773|  1,775|  1,769|  1,791
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  968.4|  973.0|  934.9|  960.2|    972|    958|    965|    967|    955|    979
         Aircraft and parts......................|  445.7|  445.7|  450.6|  454.4|    449|    447|    449|    446|    454|    457
       Instruments and related products..........|  836.3|  836.5|  831.6|  834.1|    835|    832|    834|    835|    831|    833
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  389.6|  387.8|  378.9|  385.6|    388|    386|    386|    386|    385|    384
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,891|  7,634|  7,594|  7,688|  7,786|  7,629|  7,623|  7,602|  7,588|  7,581
         Production workers......................|  5,562|  5,329|  5,288|  5,392|  5,465|  5,333|  5,330|  5,308|  5,297|  5,292
       Food and kindred products.................|1,759.3|1,647.3|1,676.3|1,726.0|  1,676|  1,666|  1,664|  1,647|  1,640|  1,644
       Tobacco products..........................|   44.1|   37.7|   37.3|   40.0|     43|     41|     41|     41|     41|     39
       Textile mill products.....................|  663.8|  641.6|  630.9|  637.6|    662|    636|    637|    637|    637|    634
       Apparel and other textile products........|  926.9|  856.6|  828.1|  840.0|    922|    859|    853|    847|    848|    835
       Paper and allied products.................|  696.3|  681.6|  677.2|  680.1|    692|    677|    679|    676|    673|    674
       Printing and publishing...................|1,539.3|1,527.8|1,525.4|1,524.2|  1,541|  1,527|  1,525|  1,528|  1,527|  1,525
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,038.1|1,026.9|1,025.1|1,027.9|  1,031|  1,024|  1,025|  1,020|  1,019|  1,022
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  146.6|  142.3|  142.2|  142.7|    143|    139|    139|    140|    139|    139
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  971.6|  974.4|  959.2|  972.5|    972|    962|    963|    969|    967|    974
       Leather and leather products..............|  105.3|   97.3|   92.0|   96.9|    104|     98|     97|     97|     97|     95
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   Service_producing.............................| 92,577| 95,993| 94,990| 94,993| 93,320| 94,719| 95,073| 95,279| 95,516| 95,737
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     Transportation and public utilities.........|  6,170|  6,364|  6,324|  6,335|  6,187|  6,294|  6,311|  6,327|  6,333|  6,348
       Transportation............................|  3,904|  4,070|  4,026|  4,034|  3,936|  4,015|  4,028|  4,043|  4,051|  4,062
         Railroad transportation.................|  239.2|  231.8|  233.0|  232.4|    238|    233|    232|    231|    230|    230
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  366.5|  452.8|  393.8|  394.4|    432|    442|    450|    453|    459|    465
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,894.8|1,905.1|1,907.0|1,907.3|  1,872|  1,882|  1,891|  1,890|  1,887|  1,880
         Water transportation....................|  180.0|  177.3|  181.7|  179.5|    175|    173|    167|    171|    172|    173
         Transportation by air...................|  794.2|  846.6|  853.4|  861.4|    789|    837|    837|    844|    847|    856
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   14.9|   14.2|   14.3|   14.2|     15|     14|     14|     14|     14|     14
         Transportation services.................|  414.4|  441.7|  442.8|  445.2|    415|    434|    437|    440|    442|    444
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,266|  2,294|  2,298|  2,301|  2,251|  2,279|  2,283|  2,284|  2,282|  2,286
         Communications..........................|1,345.2|1,391.5|1,397.1|1,403.3|  1,339|  1,378|  1,384|  1,388|  1,391|  1,398
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  920.9|  902.8|  900.8|  897.5|    912|    901|    899|    896|    891|    888
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     Wholesale trade.............................|  6,472|  6,622|  6,630|  6,628|  6,437|  6,550|  6,567|  6,576|  6,586|  6,593
       Durable goods.............................|  3,767|  3,883|  3,885|  3,881|  3,752|  3,844|  3,850|  3,858|  3,861|  3,866
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,705|  2,739|  2,745|  2,747|  2,685|  2,706|  2,717|  2,718|  2,725|  2,727
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
   -Continued
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Aug.  | Apr.  |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
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     Retail trade................................| 21,388| 21,774| 21,786| 21,870| 21,225| 21,422| 21,499| 21,575| 21,663| 21,684
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  890.8|  959.5|  954.3|  948.2|    871|    896|    907|    917|    922|    925
       General merchandise stores................|2,638.9|2,660.3|2,676.8|2,702.3|  2,679|  2,679|  2,728|  2,726|  2,733|  2,745
         Department stores.......................|2,314.9|2,349.2|2,365.2|2,390.1|  2,349|  2,358|  2,409|  2,408|  2,415|  2,430
       Food stores...............................|3,390.6|3,445.9|3,451.9|3,460.4|  3,377|  3,401|  3,416|  3,422|  3,431|  3,445
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,220.8|2,294.8|2,312.1|2,319.5|  2,193|  2,253|  2,259|  2,272|  2,285|  2,294
         New and used car dealers................|1,000.9|1,033.0|1,038.4|1,041.7|    996|  1,025|  1,027|  1,030|  1,033|  1,037
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,127.0|1,091.1|1,092.0|1,098.5|  1,126|  1,098|  1,100|  1,101|  1,101|  1,098
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  936.5|  962.8|  971.2|  976.6|    947|    957|    963|    972|    982|    986
       Eating and drinking places................|7,569.4|7,719.3|7,688.5|7,707.1|  7,378|  7,469|  7,454|  7,485|  7,524|  7,496
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,613.6|2,640.1|2,638.7|2,657.5|  2,654|  2,669|  2,672|  2,680|  2,685|  2,695
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     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,906|  7,032|  7,073|  7,085|  6,833|  6,942|  6,964|  6,967|  6,987|  7,007
       Finance...................................|  3,252|  3,337|  3,354|  3,364|  3,235|  3,303|  3,315|  3,319|  3,329|  3,344
         Depository institutions.................|2,032.6|2,041.2|2,046.9|2,049.3|  2,020|  2,023|  2,026|  2,029|  2,031|  2,032
           Commercial banks......................|1,474.9|1,479.2|1,485.2|1,487.1|  1,464|  1,467|  1,469|  1,470|  1,471|  1,474
           Savings institutions..................|  272.4|  268.0|  266.7|  265.7|    271|    266|    267|    267|    265|    264
         Nondepository institutions..............|  466.1|  511.3|  514.4|  519.5|    466|    505|    507|    509|    513|    519
           Mortgage bankers and brokers..........|  207.3|  231.6|  232.5|  235.1|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  525.6|  543.1|  548.3|  550.7|    522|    534|    538|    541|    543|    548
         Holding and other investment offices....|  227.5|  241.6|  244.0|  244.9|    227|    241|    244|    240|    242|    245
       Insurance.................................|  2,248|  2,266|  2,272|  2,269|  2,241|  2,256|  2,261|  2,259|  2,261|  2,261
         Insurance carriers......................|1,547.6|1,555.4|1,560.7|1,559.7|  1,543|  1,549|  1,552|  1,551|  1,553|  1,554
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  700.0|  710.4|  711.5|  709.1|    698|    707|    709|    708|    708|    707
       Real estate...............................|  1,406|  1,429|  1,447|  1,452|  1,357|  1,383|  1,388|  1,389|  1,397|  1,402
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     Services2/..................................| 33,517| 34,689| 34,781| 34,821| 33,269| 34,114| 34,274| 34,383| 34,457| 34,538
       Agricultural services.....................|  633.1|  686.2|  685.1|  676.2|    580|    606|    605|    615|    618|    619
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|  1,791|  1,799|  1,828|  1,829|  1,662|  1,673|  1,681|  1,704|  1,689|  1,684
       Personal services.........................|  1,125|  1,148|  1,135|  1,139|  1,166|  1,179|  1,177|  1,175|  1,176|  1,182
       Business services.........................|  6,909|  7,199|  7,246|  7,354|  6,831|  7,085|  7,152|  7,189|  7,228|  7,275
         Services to buildings...................|    895|    903|    899|    901|    886|    900|    903|    895|    893|    891
         Personnel supply services...............|  2,541|  2,636|  2,674|  2,758|  2,477|  2,569|  2,622|  2,648|  2,670|  2,697
           Help supply services..................|  2,250|  2,337|  2,374|  2,449|  2,190|  2,272|  2,322|  2,353|  2,370|  2,393
         Computer and data processing services...|  1,097|  1,195|  1,206|  1,219|  1,098|  1,169|  1,184|  1,195|  1,206|  1,218
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  1,032|  1,096|  1,106|  1,112|  1,025|  1,072|  1,078|  1,085|  1,097|  1,105
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|    361|    369|    369|    369|    356|    363|    364|    366|    365|    365
       Motion pictures...........................|    501|    531|    537|    542|    491|    517|    525|    526|    531|    526
       Amusement and recreation services.........|  1,684|  1,737|  1,775|  1,768|  1,451|  1,517|  1,516|  1,504|  1,514|  1,518
       Health services...........................|  9,317|  9,587|  9,604|  9,609|  9,291|  9,520|  9,555|  9,566|  9,571|  9,580
         Offices and clinics of medical doctors..|  1,619|  1,678|  1,684|  1,688|  1,611|  1,659|  1,668|  1,674|  1,678|  1,678
         Nursing and personal care facilities....|  1,705|  1,746|  1,753|  1,756|  1,698|  1,733|  1,740|  1,744|  1,748|  1,749
         Hospitals...............................|  3,796|  3,857|  3,862|  3,855|  3,788|  3,844|  3,851|  3,847|  3,846|  3,846
         Home health care services...............|    636|    660|    656|    654|    637|    658|    658|    657|    655|    654
       Legal services............................|    929|    944|    946|    940|    922|    926|    929|    929|    932|    934
       Educational services......................|  1,694|  1,822|  1,754|  1,716|  1,976|  1,994|  1,987|  2,001|  2,016|  2,000
       Social services...........................|  2,305|  2,390|  2,381|  2,371|  2,336|  2,385|  2,395|  2,396|  2,403|  2,410
         Child day care services.................|    517|    555|    515|    517|    568|    569|    571|    570|    568|    571
         Residential care........................|    648|    671|    675|    676|    643|    661|    663|    665|    669|    670
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|     87|     92|     93|     91|     81|     84|     85|     85|     85|     85
       Membership organizations..................|  2,175|  2,182|  2,211|  2,183|  2,141|  2,137|  2,147|  2,148|  2,146|  2,148
       Engineering and management services.......|  2,781|  2,914|  2,917|  2,928|  2,769|  2,863|  2,885|  2,901|  2,893|  2,914
         Engineering and architectural services..|    829|    857|    858|    862|    816|    834|    838|    848|    844|    847
         Management and public relations.........|    839|    909|    913|    921|    833|    892|    897|    901|    903|    914
       Services, nec.............................|   44.7|   46.1|   46.2|   46.9|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 18,124| 19,512| 18,396| 18,254| 19,369| 19,397| 19,458| 19,451| 19,490| 19,567
       Federal...................................|  2,839|  2,783|  2,777|  2,767|  2,822|  2,777|  2,776|  2,756|  2,753|  2,748
         Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,998.2|1,931.1|1,926.9|1,916.9|  1,977|  1,920|  1,918|  1,906|  1,898|  1,894
       State.....................................|  4,380|  4,509|  4,412|  4,401|  4,638|  4,645|  4,655|  4,654|  4,665|  4,672
         Education...............................|1,639.3|1,786.9|1,677.5|1,681.7|  1,935|  1,956|  1,963|  1,968|  1,984|  1,981
         Other State government..................|2,741.0|2,721.9|2,734.4|2,719.1|  2,703|  2,689|  2,692|  2,686|  2,681|  2,691
       Local.....................................| 10,905| 12,220| 11,207| 11,086| 11,909| 11,975| 12,027| 12,041| 12,072| 12,147
         Education...............................|5,443.7|6,752.4|5,614.6|5,564.6|  6,664|  6,682|  6,690|  6,724|  6,777|  6,825
         Other local government..................|5,461.0|5,467.2|5,591.9|5,521.4|  5,245|  5,293|  5,337|  5,317|  5,295|  5,322
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      1/  This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment       the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
   because it has very little seasonal and irregular movement.      trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be
   Thus, the not seasonally adjusted series can be used for         separated with sufficient precision.
   analysis of cyclical and long-term trends.                          p = preliminary.
      2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
      3/ This series is not published seasonally adjusted because
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
 Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Aug.  | Apr.  |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         Total private...........................|  34.8 |  34.9 |  34.6 |  34.8 |  34.4 |  34.3 |  34.2 |  34.7 |  34.3 |  34.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................|  41.2 |  41.4 |  40.9 |  41.3 |  40.9 |  41.0 |  40.9 |  41.2 |  41.0 |  41.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|  44.7 |  46.0 |  44.7 |  45.0 |  44.4 |  45.0 |  45.2 |  45.8 |  44.8 |  44.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  39.8 |  39.6 |  39.8 |  39.8 |  38.7 |  38.9 |  38.1 |  38.7 |  38.7 |  38.7
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     Manufacturing...............................|  41.5 |  41.9 |  41.1 |  41.8 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.7 |  41.8 |  41.6 |  41.7
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.3 |   4.7 |   4.3 |   4.6 |   4.6 |   4.6 |   4.4 |   4.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Durable goods.............................|  42.3 |  42.7 |  41.7 |  42.5 |  42.3 |  42.4 |  42.5 |  42.6 |  42.3 |  42.5
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.7 |   4.9 |   4.4 |   4.9 |   4.6 |   4.9 |   5.1 |   5.0 |   4.7 |   4.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Lumber and wood products.................|  41.1 |  41.6 |  40.8 |  41.4 |  40.6 |  40.7 |  41.0 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  40.9
        Furniture and fixtures...................|  40.1 |  39.5 |  39.2 |  40.0 |  39.7 |  39.2 |  39.7 |  39.5 |  39.7 |  39.5
        Stone, clay, and glass products..........|  43.7 |  44.1 |  43.5 |  44.2 |  43.1 |  43.4 |  43.2 |  43.5 |  43.2 |  43.4
        Primary metal industries.................|  43.4 |  44.3 |  43.5 |  43.9 |  43.7 |  43.9 |  44.3 |  44.1 |  43.9 |  44.3
          Blast furnaces and basic steel products|  43.8 |  44.5 |  44.3 |  43.7 |  43.9 |  44.1 |  44.4 |  44.5 |  44.2 |  43.9
        Fabricated metal products................|  42.2 |  42.7 |  41.6 |  42.6 |  42.2 |  42.3 |  42.6 |  42.6 |  42.4 |  42.5
        Industrial machinery and equipment.......|  43.0 |  43.3 |  42.4 |  42.6 |  43.5 |  43.1 |  43.2 |  43.3 |  42.9 |  42.9
        Electronic and other electrical equipment|  41.4 |  41.6 |  40.5 |  41.4 |  41.6 |  41.0 |  41.3 |  41.6 |  41.2 |  41.5
        Transportation equipment.................|  43.5 |  44.5 |  42.7 |  44.2 |  43.6 |  44.6 |  44.5 |  44.4 |  44.0 |  44.6
          Motor vehicles and equipment...........|  44.3 |  45.7 |  43.3 |  45.2 |  44.5 |  46.1 |  46.5 |  45.7 |  45.4 |  46.1
        Instruments and related products.........|  41.2 |  42.0 |  41.0 |  41.6 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  41.6 |  41.9 |  41.4 |  41.8
        Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  39.9 |  39.7 |  38.9 |  40.0 |  39.9 |  39.6 |  39.9 |  39.8 |  39.7 |  39.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nondurable goods..........................|  40.6 |  40.8 |  40.3 |  40.9 |  40.4 |  40.4 |  40.6 |  40.7 |  40.5 |  40.5
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.2 |   4.1 |   4.1 |   4.4 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.1 |   4.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Food and kindred products................|  41.7 |  40.9 |  40.9 |  41.6 |  41.2 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  41.1 |  40.7 |  40.7
        Tobacco products.........................|  40.4 |  41.1 |  38.7 |  39.9 |  40.0 |  40.4 |  39.4 |  39.4 |  39.3 |  39.6
        Textile mill products....................|  41.0 |  41.4 |  40.2 |  41.2 |  40.7 |  40.3 |  40.6 |  41.0 |  40.8 |  40.8
        Apparel and other textile products.......|  37.0 |  37.9 |  36.8 |  37.5 |  36.8 |  36.5 |  37.2 |  37.6 |  37.1 |  37.3
        Paper and allied products................|  42.7 |  43.4 |  43.1 |  43.1 |  42.9 |  43.4 |  43.4 |  43.5 |  43.3 |  43.0
        Printing and publishing..................|  38.2 |  37.9 |  37.9 |  38.4 |  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.3 |  38.1 |  38.2 |  38.2
        Chemicals and allied products............|  42.8 |  43.4 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  43.1 |  42.9 |  43.2 |  43.4 |  43.3 |  43.5
        Petroleum and coal products..............|  43.2 |  44.7 |  44.5 |  44.3 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Rubber and misc. plastics products.......|  41.1 |  41.7 |  40.8 |  41.6 |  41.3 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  41.5 |  41.6 |  41.5
        Leather and leather products.............|  38.6 |  39.1 |  37.9 |  38.7 |  38.2 |  37.6 |  38.3 |  38.5 |  38.5 |  38.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service_producing.............................|  33.0 |  33.2 |  32.9 |  33.0 |  32.6 |  32.5 |  32.5 |  33.0 |  32.5 |  32.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  39.8 |  40.1 |  39.6 |  39.9 |  39.4 |  39.4 |  39.2 |  40.0 |  39.2 |  39.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  38.3 |  38.8 |  38.1 |  38.3 |  38.2 |  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.7 |  38.0 |  38.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................|  29.5 |  29.4 |  29.5 |  29.5 |  28.7 |  28.6 |  28.8 |  29.0 |  28.7 |  28.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  35.7 |  36.5 |  35.6 |  35.7 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services....................................|  32.7 |  32.8 |  32.5 |  32.7 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             adjusted because the seasonal component, which is
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;               small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public            components, cannot be separated with sufficient
   utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance,         precision.
   and real estate; and services.  These groups account                  p = preliminary.
   for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on
   private nonfarm payrolls.
      2/  These series are not published seasonally
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
 Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.
                                                         | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$11.37 |$11.76 |$11.74 |$11.77 |$395.68|$410.42|$406.20|$409.60
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.46 | 11.83 | 11.81 | 11.87 | 394.22| 410.50| 405.08| 408.33
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Goods_producing...............................| 13.10 | 13.44 | 13.55 | 13.58 | 539.72| 556.42| 554.20| 560.85
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Mining......................................| 15.29 | 15.57 | 15.54 | 15.47 | 683.46| 716.22| 694.64| 696.15
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Construction................................| 15.20 | 15.32 | 15.49 | 15.54 | 604.96| 606.67| 616.50| 618.49
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Manufacturing...............................| 12.35 | 12.75 | 12.80 | 12.84 | 512.53| 534.23| 526.08| 536.71
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Durable goods.............................| 12.92 | 13.32 | 13.36 | 13.46 | 546.52| 568.76| 557.11| 572.05
                Lumber and wood products.................| 10.20 | 10.45 | 10.47 | 10.51 | 419.22| 434.72| 427.18| 435.11
                Furniture and fixtures...................|  9.89 | 10.11 | 10.12 | 10.15 | 396.59| 399.35| 396.70| 406.00
                Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.47 | 12.81 | 12.93 | 12.93 | 544.94| 564.92| 562.46| 571.51
                Primary metal industries.................| 14.63 | 14.92 | 15.12 | 15.14 | 634.94| 660.96| 657.72| 664.65
                  Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.43 | 17.69 | 18.02 | 18.11 | 763.43| 787.21| 798.29| 791.41
                Fabricated metal products................| 12.10 | 12.49 | 12.48 | 12.60 | 510.62| 533.32| 519.17| 536.76
                Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.24 | 13.52 | 13.57 | 13.65 | 569.32| 585.42| 575.37| 581.49
                Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.73 | 12.16 | 12.24 | 12.25 | 485.62| 505.86| 495.72| 507.15
                Transportation equipment.................| 16.67 | 17.26 | 17.33 | 17.61 | 725.15| 768.07| 739.99| 778.36
                  Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.20 | 17.91 | 18.00 | 18.37 | 761.96| 818.49| 779.40| 830.32
                Instruments and related products.........| 12.70 | 13.09 | 13.20 | 13.22 | 523.24| 549.78| 541.20| 549.95
                Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  9.99 | 10.35 | 10.40 | 10.45 | 398.60| 410.90| 404.56| 418.00
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Nondurable goods..........................| 11.56 | 11.93 | 12.02 | 11.97 | 469.34| 486.74| 484.41| 489.57
                Food and kindred products................| 10.90 | 11.24 | 11.27 | 11.17 | 454.53| 459.72| 460.94| 464.67
                Tobacco products.........................| 18.56 | 21.52 | 21.13 | 19.66 | 749.82| 884.47| 817.73| 784.43
                Textile mill products....................|  9.44 |  9.67 |  9.67 |  9.69 | 387.04| 400.34| 388.73| 399.23
                Apparel and other textile products.......|  7.68 |  7.98 |  7.95 |  7.99 | 284.16| 302.44| 292.56| 299.63
                Paper and allied products................| 14.20 | 14.64 | 14.81 | 14.76 | 606.34| 635.38| 638.31| 636.16
                Printing and publishing..................| 12.36 | 12.53 | 12.64 | 12.70 | 472.15| 474.89| 479.06| 487.68
                Chemicals and allied products............| 15.57 | 16.15 | 16.18 | 16.24 | 666.40| 700.91| 695.74| 699.94
                Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.14 | 18.86 | 19.01 | 18.85 | 826.85| 843.04| 845.95| 835.06
                Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.93 | 11.16 | 11.25 | 11.26 | 449.22| 465.37| 459.00| 468.42
                Leather and leather products.............|  8.14 |  8.48 |  8.42 |  8.62 | 314.20| 331.57| 319.12| 333.59
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Service_producing.............................| 10.78 | 11.20 | 11.14 | 11.16 | 355.74| 371.84| 366.51| 368.28
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.24 | 14.47 | 14.55 | 14.56 | 566.75| 580.25| 576.18| 580.94
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Wholesale trade.............................| 12.40 | 12.85 | 12.80 | 12.81 | 474.92| 498.58| 487.68| 490.62
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Retail trade................................|  7.65 |  7.97 |  7.94 |  7.96 | 225.68| 234.32| 234.23| 234.82
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.28 | 12.76 | 12.69 | 12.70 | 438.40| 465.74| 451.76| 453.39
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Services....................................| 11.22 | 11.67 | 11.61 | 11.63 | 366.89| 382.78| 377.33| 380.30
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
              p = preliminary.
 
 
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
 Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Aug.  | Apr.  |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  |   from:
                                                      | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ |July 1996-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Aug. 1996
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $11.46| $11.72| $11.73| $11.83| $11.81| $11.87|     0.5
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.39|   7.40|   7.38|   7.44|   7.41|  N.A. |    (3)
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Goods_producing......................|  13.10|  13.40|  13.38|  13.45|  13.49|  13.59|      .7
                   Mining.............................|  15.43|  15.44|  15.46|  15.59|  15.59|  15.60|      .1
                   Construction.......................|  15.14|  15.28|  15.31|  15.40|  15.47|  15.48|      .1
                   Manufacturing......................|  12.42|  12.74|  12.72|  12.77|  12.80|  12.93|     1.0
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.79|  12.09|  12.06|  12.12|  12.16|  12.28|     1.0
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Service_producing....................|  10.91|  11.15|  11.18|  11.29|  11.25|  11.30|      .4
                   Transportation and public utilities|  14.27|  14.49|  14.50|  14.56|  14.56|  14.62|      .4
                   Wholesale trade....................|  12.46|  12.71|  12.71|  12.91|  12.81|  12.87|      .5
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.72|   7.90|   7.93|   8.00|   7.98|   8.02|      .5
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  12.37|  12.64|  12.76|  12.86|  12.77|  12.83|      .5
                   Services...........................|  11.40|  11.65|  11.69|  11.79|  11.77|  11.81|      .3
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
                    2/  The Consumer Price Index for Urban
                 Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
                 used to deflate this series.
                    3/  Change was -.4 percent from June 1996
                 to July 1996, the latest month available.
                    4/  Derived by assuming that overtime
                 hours are paid at the rate of time and one-
                 half.
                    N.A.  = not available.
                    p/  = preliminary.
 
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             1/
 Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Aug. |June | July  | Aug.  |Aug. |Apr. | May |June | July  | Aug.
                                                       |1995 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1996 |1996 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|136.5|139.9| 138.6 | 140.0 |133.4|135.2|135.4|137.7| 136.1 | 136.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods_producing...............................|113.0|113.3| 111.4 | 114.1 |109.7|109.9|110.0|110.7| 110.1 | 110.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 55.1| 56.6|  55.1 |  55.5 | 53.4| 54.6| 55.2| 55.9|  54.1 |  53.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|155.8|158.1| 163.0 | 163.8 |140.3|146.7|144.3|147.0| 147.6 | 147.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|107.6|107.3| 103.9 | 107.2 |106.9|105.7|106.2|106.5| 105.8 | 106.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|107.5|109.9| 105.5 | 108.6 |107.8|107.7|108.4|108.9| 108.1 | 108.9
            Lumber and wood products...................|138.4|140.4| 137.4 | 140.8 |134.2|134.5|135.9|137.2| 137.0 | 136.2
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|125.8|123.3| 119.4 | 124.9 |125.1|121.1|124.2|122.6| 123.9 | 123.2
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|112.7|114.2| 111.5 | 114.3 |108.4|109.1|108.6|109.7| 108.6 | 109.4
            Primary metal industries...................| 90.1| 93.0|  88.9 |  91.0 | 91.3| 91.0| 92.0| 92.3|  90.7 |  92.0
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 72.3| 73.8|  72.9 |  71.8 | 72.5| 72.4| 73.3| 73.5|  72.2 |  71.7
            Fabricated metal products..................|113.0|116.3| 111.4 | 115.6 |113.1|113.5|114.5|115.3| 115.1 | 115.8
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........|101.6|104.4| 101.1 | 101.4 |103.7|103.4|103.7|103.9| 102.9 | 103.2
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|106.7|108.7| 105.0 | 107.1 |107.6|107.0|107.8|108.3| 107.9 | 108.0
            Transportation equipment...................|120.1|124.6| 116.0 | 122.8 |121.4|122.9|122.5|123.8| 122.1 | 125.5
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|161.8|170.3| 153.3 | 164.8 |163.4|168.0|171.7|169.6| 165.2 | 171.3
            Instruments and related products...........| 73.0| 74.4|  71.5 |  73.3 | 73.5| 72.9| 73.6| 74.0|  72.6 |  73.5
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|103.2|102.5|  97.2 | 102.2 |102.9|101.4|102.1|102.3| 101.3 | 101.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|107.8|103.8| 101.8 | 105.3 |105.6|102.9|103.3|103.3| 102.6 | 102.5
            Food and kindred products..................|123.2|111.8| 114.4 | 120.9 |114.3|113.7|114.2|112.6| 111.1 | 111.2
            Tobacco products...........................| 67.9| 57.8|  52.6 |  60.9 | 63.4| 64.0| 60.5| 62.5|  60.3 |  56.9
            Textile mill products......................| 95.5| 93.2|  88.8 |  92.5 | 94.5| 90.1| 90.9| 91.6|  91.2 |  91.0
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 83.1| 78.2|  72.9 |  75.8 | 82.4| 75.5| 76.4| 76.7|  75.9 |  74.9
            Paper and allied products..................|110.2|109.3| 107.7 | 108.8 |109.6|108.5|108.5|108.4| 107.5 | 107.3
            Printing and publishing....................|124.6|121.9| 121.4 | 123.4 |124.4|122.7|123.2|122.7| 122.8 | 122.8
            Chemicals and allied products..............|101.9|101.2|  99.6 | 100.3 |102.0|100.1|100.4|100.6| 100.0 | 100.4
            Petroleum and coal products................| 78.5| 78.9|  78.6 |  78.9 | 77.1| 72.8| 72.9| 76.7|  76.3 |  77.3
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|140.8|142.9| 136.8 | 142.3 |141.4|139.8|140.1|141.0| 141.3 | 142.1
            Leather and leather products...............| 49.2| 45.2|  40.4 |  44.4 | 48.1| 43.9| 44.1| 44.4|  43.2 |  43.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service_producing.............................|147.0|151.9| 150.9 | 151.6 |144.1|146.6|146.8|149.8| 147.7 | 148.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|125.9|131.3| 128.9 | 129.9 |124.8|127.6|127.2|130.1| 127.6 | 128.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|123.3|127.3| 125.4 | 125.8 |122.1|123.7|124.0|126.1| 123.9 | 124.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|136.5|138.7| 139.1 | 139.6 |131.9|132.7|134.0|135.4| 134.6 | 135.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|124.5|129.9| 127.4 | 127.9 |123.2|124.6|124.3|128.9| 125.4 | 126.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|174.1|180.8| 179.8 | 180.9 |170.8|175.1|174.7|178.7| 176.3 | 178.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
            p = preliminary.
 
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  43.7 |  43.7 |  50.0 |  57.3 |  55.5 |  50.1 |  52.2 |  49.0 |  52.1 |  56.3 |  53.2 |  57.4
           1993..............|  60.0 |  60.8 |  51.3 |  58.6 |  61.7 |  55.2 |  57.7 |  57.0 |  61.8 |  59.7 |  61.8 |  59.6
           1994..............|  58.8 |  62.1 |  66.0 |  64.2 |  60.3 |  63.5 |  61.5 |  62.1 |  60.8 |  61.5 |  63.1 |  63.9
           1995..............|  63.2 |  59.3 |  54.9 |  54.6 |  51.4 |  55.1 |  54.1 |  57.4 |  51.8 |  54.8 |  56.3 |  59.4
           1996..............|  52.4 |  63.2 |  60.0 |  52.4 |  62.2 |  57.4 |p/55.2 |p/58.3 |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  39.7 |  41.9 |  49.7 |  57.0 |  58.4 |  55.8 |  50.6 |  50.1 |  52.8 |  54.4 |  57.6 |  61.2
           1993..............|  63.8 |  61.2 |  61.1 |  59.8 |  63.1 |  62.9 |  59.7 |  63.1 |  64.5 |  67.1 |  64.6 |  63.5
           1994..............|  67.1 |  69.5 |  70.4 |  68.7 |  66.4 |  66.0 |  68.5 |  69.5 |  65.3 |  65.6 |  68.0 |  67.8
           1995..............|  66.6 |  63.2 |  56.9 |  53.4 |  54.2 |  52.9 |  56.6 |  53.8 |  54.2 |  54.6 |  58.3 |  57.0
           1996..............|  60.7 |  61.8 |  61.2 |  60.0 |  61.0 |p/63.2 |p/60.4 |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  43.3 |  46.8 |  47.5 |  52.5 |  54.9 |  56.7 |  53.8 |  52.2 |  55.5 |  57.6 |  63.9 |  61.9
           1993..............|  63.3 |  65.2 |  63.8 |  64.2 |  62.4 |  65.9 |  65.7 |  63.9 |  66.3 |  67.3 |  70.6 |  69.5
           1994..............|  70.8 |  71.6 |  69.0 |  69.8 |  69.5 |  69.5 |  69.2 |  69.0 |  69.2 |  68.5 |  69.1 |  66.6
           1995..............|  66.3 |  60.8 |  58.7 |  54.4 |  53.5 |  54.1 |  53.1 |  56.3 |  55.9 |  54.1 |  56.2 |  61.8
           1996..............|  60.3 |  62.9 |  63.8 |p/63.8 |p/63.5 |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  61.4 |  62.9 |  62.9
           1993..............|  64.9 |  63.9 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  67.0 |  67.6 |  67.6 |  67.0 |  70.2 |  69.5 |  69.2 |  70.1
           1994..............|  70.2 |  71.6 |  71.8 |  71.8 |  72.1 |  71.8 |  71.5 |  72.1 |  70.1 |  69.4 |  65.7 |  65.0
           1995..............|  62.6 |  60.8 |  60.1 |  61.2 |  58.1 |  57.7 |  54.5 |  58.7 |  58.6 |  57.3 |  59.4 |  59.8
           1996..............|p/60.3 |p/62.6 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  37.4 |  39.9 |  43.9 |  56.8 |  50.0 |  48.9 |  52.2 |  44.6 |  47.5 |  47.8 |  51.4 |  54.7
           1993..............|  52.5 |  56.5 |  50.7 |  45.7 |  54.0 |  45.7 |  49.3 |  49.3 |  59.4 |  53.2 |  53.6 |  55.0
           1994..............|  56.5 |  60.1 |  59.7 |  58.6 |  53.2 |  57.9 |  57.6 |  53.6 |  55.8 |  54.7 |  57.2 |  59.4
           1995..............|  56.8 |  55.0 |  46.0 |  45.3 |  39.2 |  40.3 |  45.0 |  45.0 |  42.4 |  45.3 |  46.4 |  47.5
           1996..............|  42.1 |  48.2 |  48.2 |  39.6 |  53.2 |  49.6 |p/44.6 |p/51.1 |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  29.9 |  33.5 |  43.9 |  49.6 |  55.4 |  53.2 |  46.8 |  47.8 |  45.7 |  47.5 |  51.1 |  54.7
           1993..............|  60.8 |  58.3 |  53.2 |  47.8 |  48.9 |  54.0 |  50.4 |  58.3 |  57.6 |  59.7 |  54.7 |  57.6
           1994..............|  63.7 |  64.4 |  66.2 |  60.8 |  56.1 |  56.8 |  60.8 |  58.6 |  54.0 |  56.1 |  60.1 |  60.8
           1995..............|  60.4 |  51.8 |  43.5 |  34.9 |  33.1 |  32.0 |  33.1 |  35.6 |  38.8 |  39.6 |  40.6 |  38.8
           1996..............|  38.8 |  39.9 |  37.8 |  43.2 |  45.3 |p/48.2 |p/45.0 |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  32.4 |  34.9 |  39.9 |  46.8 |  52.2 |  54.3 |  48.2 |  47.8 |  51.1 |  51.1 |  56.8 |  56.5
           1993..............|  56.5 |  59.0 |  56.8 |  55.4 |  50.7 |  57.9 |  59.4 |  56.5 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  64.4 |  60.8
           1994..............|  62.2 |  64.4 |  60.4 |  61.5 |  59.0 |  56.8 |  56.5 |  57.2 |  60.1 |  55.8 |  59.7 |  55.8
           1995..............|  55.4 |  45.0 |  38.5 |  33.5 |  27.7 |  28.8 |  28.8 |  30.6 |  33.5 |  33.1 |  34.2 |  38.8
           1996..............|  32.0 |  37.4 |  37.1 |p/38.5 |p/43.9 |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  58.3 |  56.5
           1993..............|  56.8 |  57.9 |  55.8 |  58.6 |  57.2 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  59.0 |  61.2 |  59.7 |  60.1 |  57.6
           1994..............|  57.9 |  58.6 |  60.8 |  60.8 |  60.8 |  63.3 |  59.4 |  60.1 |  57.2 |  55.8 |  49.6 |  47.5
           1995..............|  42.1 |  40.3 |  39.9 |  40.6 |  34.5 |  31.7 |  25.9 |  28.8 |  28.1 |  24.1 |  27.0 |  29.1
           1996..............|p/32.4 |p/34.9 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and         with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates
      6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month               an equal balance between industries with increasing
      span.  Data are centered within the span.                        and decreasing employment.
         p = preliminary.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with
      employment increasing plus one-half of the industries