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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  SEPTEMBER 2001
                                     

   Payroll employment fell by 199,000 in September, and the unemployment
rate was unchanged at 4.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Sharp job losses continued in
manufacturing, and employment also fell in services, wholesale trade, and
retail trade.
   
   The terrorist attacks of September 11 occurred during the reference
periods for the Bureau's monthly establishment and household surveys.  In
addition to the tragic loss of life, the attacks caused many businesses to
shut down for one or more days.  In the establishment survey, however,
persons paid for any part of the reference period are considered employed.
Similarly, in the household survey, persons working during any part of the
reference week, as well as those temporarily absent from their jobs, are
considered employed.  Thus, it is likely that the events of September 11
had little effect on the September employment and unemployment counts.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons was essentially unchanged at 7.0 million
in September, seasonally adjusted, and the unemployment rate remained at
4.9 percent.  The jobless rate had been about 4.5 percent from April through
July of this year and was 3.9 percent a year ago.  The unemployment rates for
each of the major worker groups--adult men (4.3 percent), adult women
(4.4 percent), teenagers (14.7 percent), whites (4.3 percent), blacks
(8.7 percent), and Hispanics (6.4 percent)--showed little or no change over
the month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment rose by about 800,000 in September to 135.2 million,
seasonally adjusted.  This follows a decline in August of even larger
magnitude.  Since January, employment has fallen by about 800,000, and the
employment-population ratio (63.7 percent in September) has declined by
0.8 percentage point.  (See table A-1.)
   
   The civilian labor force rose to 142.2 million in September, and the
labor force participation rate increased to 67.0 percent.
   
   The number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons rose by
about 860,000 in September to 4.2 million, seasonally adjusted.  These
persons indicated that they would like to work full time but worked part
time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to
find a full-time job.  Most of the September increase was among persons
whose hours were cut due to slack work or business conditions, and probably
reflects the effect of the terrorist attacks on September 11, as businesses
closed or were unable to operate at usual capacity.  (See table A-4.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in September, up from 1.2 million a year
earlier.  These were people who wanted and were available for work and had
looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months but were not counted as
unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding
the survey.  The number of discouraged workers was 280,000, essentially
unchanged from a year earlier.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the
marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically
because they believed no jobs were available for them.  (See table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Aug.-
      Category        |       2001      |          2001            | Sept.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   II   |  III   |  July  |  Aug.  |  Sept. |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 141,461| 141,771| 141,774| 141,350| 142,190|    840
  Employment..........| 135,130| 134,984| 135,379| 134,393| 135,181|    788
  Unemployment........|   6,331|   6,787|   6,395|   6,957|   7,009|     52
Not in labor force....|  70,072|  70,367|  70,147|  70,785|  70,167|   -618
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.5|     4.8|     4.5|     4.9|     4.9|     .0
  Adult men...........|     4.0|     4.2|     3.9|     4.4|     4.3|   -0.1
  Adult women.........|     3.8|     4.2|     3.9|     4.2|     4.4|     .2
  Teenagers...........|    14.0|    15.2|    14.8|    16.1|    14.7|   -1.4
  White...............|     3.9|     4.2|     4.0|     4.3|     4.3|     .0
  Black...............|     8.2|     8.6|     7.9|     9.1|     8.7|    -.4
  Hispanic origin.....|     6.5|     6.2|     6.0|     6.3|     6.4|     .1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 132,483|p132,327| 132,449|p132,365|p132,166|  p-199
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,310| p24,991|  25,122| p24,974| p24,877|   p-97
    Construction......|   6,866|  p6,863|   6,867|  p6,863|  p6,859|    p-4
    Manufacturing.....|  17,882| p17,560|  17,688| p17,542| p17,449|   p-93
  Service-producing 1/| 107,173|p107,336| 107,327|p107,391|p107,289|  p-102
    Retail trade......|  23,546| p23,570|  23,606| p23,574| p23,530|   p-44
    Services..........|  41,052| p41,080|  41,046| p41,117| p41,076|   p-41
    Government........|  20,782| p20,971|  20,932| p20,992| p20,989|    p-3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.2|   p34.1|    34.2|   p34.0|   p34.1|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    40.8|   p40.7|    40.8|   p40.7|   p40.5|   p-.2
    Overtime..........|     3.9|    p4.0|     4.0|    p4.0|    p3.9|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   151.4|  p150.2|   150.8|  p150.1|  p149.7|  p-0.4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $14.25| p$14.40|  $14.34| p$14.41| p$14.44| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  487.46| p490.92|  490.43| p489.94| p492.40|  p2.46
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 199,000 in September to 132.2 million,
seasonally adjusted.  This was the largest job loss since February 1991 and
followed a decline of 84,000 (as revised) in August.  Since March, net job
losses have totaled nearly half a million.  (See table B-1.)

   In the goods-producing sector, the downward trend in manufacturing
employment continued, as factories lost 93,000 jobs in September.  This was
the 14th consecutive month of factory job losses, bringing the decline in
employment since July 2000 to 1.1 million.  In durable goods manufacturing,
large employment declines continued in both industrial machinery (20,000)
and electrical equipment (18,000).  Since July 2000, employment in industrial
machinery has declined by 8 percent and employment in electrical equipment by
11 percent.  In nondurable goods manufacturing, employment continued to
decline in September in a number of industries including printing and pub-
lishing and apparel.
   
   Employment in construction was little changed over the month and has
shown no net growth in recent months.  Mining employment was unchanged in
September.  It had risen by 21,000--due largely to increases in oil and gas
extraction--during the prior 8 months.
   
   Reflecting the slowdown in manufacturing, wholesale trade employment
continued to decline, down by 21,000 in September.  Since its last peak in
November 2000, the industry has lost 80,000 jobs, with losses concentrated
in durable goods distribution in most of those months.  In September,
however, employment in nondurable goods distribution also experienced a
sizable decline.
   
   Retail trade employment declined for the second straight month; in
September, the largest losses were in eating and drinking places, apparel
stores, and food stores.  Both apparel stores and food stores have been on
a declining trend in recent months.  Employment in eating and drinking
places showed no net growth in the third quarter.
   
   The services industry lost 41,000 jobs in September.  A primary source
of job growth for several decades, services has shown no net gain in
employment since March.  Business services shed 39,000 jobs in September,
matching its average monthly decline so far in 2001; most of the decline
this year has been in help supply, which continued to reduce its payrolls
in September.  Following 2 months of declines, computer services posted a
small job gain.  Amusement and recreation services experienced a large
employment decline in September (26,000).  Job growth continued in health
services; the industry added 29,000 jobs in September, about half of which
was in hospitals.  Employment in health services has increased by 230,000
thus far this year.
   
   Employment in finance, insurance, and real estate increased by 14,000 in
September.  Job growth in security brokerages, insurance, and real estate,
however, reflects fewer seasonal reductions than usual following weak
hiring in these industries earlier in the year.
   
   Employment in transportation and public utilities edged down in September,
following a very large decline in August.  So far this year, the industry has
lost about 40,000 jobs.  Employment has been on a downward trend for much of
this year in trucking and air transportation and, in recent months, in com-
munications.  Employment in government was little changed over the month.

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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour in September to 34.1 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.2 hour to 40.5 hours.
Manufacturing overtime was down by 0.1 hour to 3.9 hours.  The weekly hours
series measure hours paid rather than hours actually worked.  Thus, the hours
missed due to the terrorist attacks would still be counted if the workers were
paid for those hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.3 percent in September to
149.7 (1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The index is down by 1.6 percent
since January.  The manufacturing index fell by 1.2 percent to 95.5 in
September and has fallen by 10.7 percent since July 2000.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 3 cents in September to $14.44,
seasonally adjusted.  This follows a gain of 7 cents (as revised) in
August.  Average weekly earnings rose by 0.5 percent in September to
$492.40.  Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 4.3 percent
and average weekly earnings grew by 3.4 percent.  (See table B-3.)


                       _____________________________


   The Employment Situation for October 2001 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, November 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households  conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2001,
the sample included about 350,000 establishments employing about 39 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
292,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -192,000 to 392,000 (100,000 +/- 292,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 273,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .19 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-H of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                      Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                      2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 210,161 212,135 212,357 210,161 211,525 211,725 211,921 212,135 212,357
    Civilian labor force............................ 140,357 141,862 141,576 140,847 141,272 141,354 141,774 141,350 142,190
          Participation rate........................    66.8    66.9    66.7    67.0    66.8    66.8    66.9    66.6    67.0
      Employed...................................... 135,033 134,905 134,868 135,310 135,103 134,932 135,379 134,393 135,181
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.3    63.6    63.5    64.4    63.9    63.7    63.9    63.4    63.7
        Agriculture.................................   3,510   3,419   3,371   3,356   3,193   2,995   3,045   3,117   3,220
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 131,523 131,487 131,497 131,954 131,910 131,937 132,334 131,276 131,961
      Unemployed....................................   5,324   6,956   6,708   5,537   6,169   6,422   6,395   6,957   7,009
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.8     4.9     4.7     3.9     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.9     4.9
    Not in labor force..............................  69,804  70,274  70,781  69,314  70,254  70,370  70,147  70,785  70,167
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,184   5,062   4,348   4,355   4,535   4,600   4,529   4,858   4,539
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,963 101,995 102,110 100,963 101,684 101,786 101,885 101,995 102,110
    Civilian labor force............................  74,983  76,102  75,689  75,305  75,344  75,462  75,719  75,518  76,058
          Participation rate........................    74.3    74.6    74.1    74.6    74.1    74.1    74.3    74.0    74.5
      Employed......................................  72,317  72,554  72,284  72,398  71,978  71,926  72,279  71,690  72,333
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.6    71.1    70.8    71.7    70.8    70.7    70.9    70.3    70.8
      Unemployed....................................   2,666   3,548   3,405   2,907   3,366   3,535   3,439   3,828   3,724
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.6     4.7     4.5     3.9     4.5     4.7     4.5     5.1     4.9
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  92,863  93,810  93,917  92,863  93,541  93,616  93,708  93,810  93,917
    Civilian labor force............................  70,954  71,713  71,750  71,053  71,351  71,346  71,555  71,514  71,894
          Participation rate........................    76.4    76.4    76.4    76.5    76.3    76.2    76.4    76.2    76.6
      Employed......................................  68,823  68,828  68,952  68,728  68,595  68,466  68,745  68,402  68,826
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.1    73.4    73.4    74.0    73.3    73.1    73.4    72.9    73.3
        Agriculture.................................   2,474   2,301   2,301   2,350   2,169   2,035   2,028   2,140   2,175
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,349  66,527  66,651  66,378  66,426  66,430  66,717  66,262  66,651
      Unemployed....................................   2,130   2,885   2,799   2,325   2,756   2,880   2,810   3,112   3,069
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.0     4.0     3.9     3.3     3.9     4.0     3.9     4.4     4.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 109,198 110,140 110,247 109,198 109,842 109,939 110,035 110,140 110,247
    Civilian labor force............................  65,374  65,759  65,887  65,542  65,928  65,893  66,055  65,833  66,132
          Participation rate........................    59.9    59.7    59.8    60.0    60.0    59.9    60.0    59.8    60.0
      Employed......................................  62,716  62,352  62,584  62,912  63,125  63,006  63,100  62,703  62,848
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.4    56.6    56.8    57.6    57.5    57.3    57.3    56.9    57.0
      Unemployed....................................   2,658   3,408   3,303   2,630   2,803   2,887   2,956   3,130   3,284
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     5.2     5.0     4.0     4.3     4.4     4.5     4.8     5.0
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,321 102,165 102,277 101,321 101,938 102,023 102,067 102,165 102,277
    Civilian labor force............................  61,552  61,743  62,230  61,486  62,119  61,890  62,145  62,172  62,242
          Participation rate........................    60.7    60.4    60.8    60.7    60.9    60.7    60.9    60.9    60.9
      Employed......................................  59,370  58,851  59,446  59,344  59,766  59,510  59,752  59,562  59,489
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.6    57.6    58.1    58.6    58.6    58.3    58.5    58.3    58.2
        Agriculture.................................     787     820     842     764     822     752     773     766     826
        Nonagricultural industries..................  58,583  58,032  58,604  58,580  58,943  58,759  58,978  58,796  58,663
      Unemployed....................................   2,182   2,892   2,784   2,142   2,353   2,380   2,394   2,610   2,754
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.5     4.7     4.5     3.5     3.8     3.8     3.9     4.2     4.4
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,977  16,161  16,163  15,977  16,046  16,086  16,145  16,161  16,163
    Civilian labor force............................   7,852   8,406   7,595   8,308   7,802   8,118   8,074   7,664   8,054
          Participation rate........................    49.1    52.0    47.0    52.0    48.6    50.5    50.0    47.4    49.8
      Employed......................................   6,840   7,226   6,469   7,238   6,742   6,956   6,883   6,429   6,867
          Employment-population ratio...............    42.8    44.7    40.0    45.3    42.0    43.2    42.6    39.8    42.5
        Agriculture.................................     249     299     228     242     201     209     244     211     219
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,591   6,928   6,242   6,996   6,541   6,748   6,638   6,218   6,648
      Unemployed....................................   1,012   1,180   1,126   1,070   1,060   1,162   1,191   1,236   1,187
          Unemployment rate.........................    12.9    14.0    14.8    12.9    13.6    14.3    14.8    16.1    14.7

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                      Sept.    Aug.   Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                      2000     2001   2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 174,745 176,069 176,220 174,745 175,653 175,789 175,924 176,069 176,220
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,237 118,065 117,853 117,553 117,688 117,733 117,982 117,726 118,290
        Participation rate..........................    67.1    67.1    66.9    67.3    67.0    67.0    67.1    66.9    67.1
      Employed...................................... 113,334 113,084 113,013 113,464 113,185 113,037 113,237 112,703 113,201
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.9    64.2    64.1    64.9    64.4    64.3    64.4    64.0    64.2
      Unemployed....................................   3,903   4,981   4,840   4,089   4,503   4,696   4,745   5,024   5,089
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.3     4.2     4.1     3.5     3.8     4.0     4.0     4.3     4.3
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,227  60,648  60,672  60,259  60,512  60,389  60,432  60,575  60,784
        Participation rate..........................    76.9    76.8    76.8    76.9    76.8    76.6    76.6    76.7    76.9
      Employed......................................  58,660  58,589  58,610  58,529  58,493  58,244  58,362  58,297  58,493
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.9    74.2    74.2    74.7    74.3    73.9    74.0    73.8    74.0
      Unemployed....................................   1,567   2,059   2,063   1,730   2,019   2,145   2,069   2,278   2,292
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.6     3.4     3.4     2.9     3.3     3.6     3.4     3.8     3.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,355  50,268  50,713  50,256  50,611  50,431  50,684  50,656  50,651
        Participation rate..........................    60.1    59.6    60.1    60.0    60.2    59.9    60.2    60.1    60.0
      Employed......................................  48,786  48,204  48,773  48,700  48,902  48,749  48,925  48,839  48,724
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.3    57.2    57.8    58.2    58.1    57.9    58.1    57.9    57.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,570   2,065   1,941   1,556   1,708   1,682   1,759   1,817   1,927
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.1     4.1     3.8     3.1     3.4     3.3     3.5     3.6     3.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,654   7,149   6,468   7,038   6,566   6,913   6,866   6,495   6,855
        Participation rate..........................    52.4    55.8    50.4    55.4    51.4    54.0    53.6    50.7    53.5
      Employed......................................   5,888   6,292   5,630   6,235   5,790   6,044   5,950   5,567   5,984
        Employment-population ratio.................    46.4    49.1    43.9    49.1    45.3    47.2    46.5    43.4    46.7
      Unemployed....................................     766     857     837     803     776     869     916     928     870
        Unemployment rate...........................    11.5    12.0    12.9    11.4    11.8    12.6    13.3    14.3    12.7
          Men.......................................    11.9    12.8    13.3    12.2    13.1    14.5    13.7    15.8    13.5
          Women.....................................    11.1    11.0    12.5    10.6    10.5    10.6    13.0    12.7    11.9
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,299  25,604  25,644  25,299  25,501  25,533  25,565  25,604  25,644
    Civilian labor force............................  16,426  16,788  16,719  16,489  16,639  16,756  16,693  16,712  16,792
        Participation rate..........................    64.9    65.6    65.2    65.2    65.2    65.6    65.3    65.3    65.5
      Employed......................................  15,244  15,215  15,269  15,304  15,311  15,343  15,374  15,195  15,327
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.3    59.4    59.5    60.5    60.0    60.1    60.1    59.3    59.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,182   1,572   1,450   1,185   1,328   1,413   1,320   1,517   1,466
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.2     9.4     8.7     7.2     8.0     8.4     7.9     9.1     8.7
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,285   7,418   7,436   7,307   7,275   7,317   7,395   7,424   7,468
        Participation rate..........................    71.8    72.3    72.3    72.0    71.2    71.5    72.1    72.3    72.6
      Employed......................................   6,826   6,772   6,897   6,832   6,723   6,744   6,808   6,752   6,904
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.3    66.0    67.1    67.3    65.8    65.9    66.4    65.8    67.1
      Unemployed....................................     458     646     538     475     552     573     586     672     564
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.3     8.7     7.2     6.5     7.6     7.8     7.9     9.0     7.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,239   8,387   8,433   8,231   8,421   8,491   8,409   8,424   8,424
        Participation rate..........................    64.9    65.3    65.5    64.9    65.8    66.3    65.5    65.6    65.4
      Employed......................................   7,740   7,756   7,764   7,750   7,882   7,917   7,903   7,842   7,772
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.0    60.4    60.3    61.1    61.6    61.8    61.6    61.0    60.4
      Unemployed....................................     499     631     669     481     539     573     506     582     652
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.1     7.5     7.9     5.8     6.4     6.8     6.0     6.9     7.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     902     982     851     951     942     948     890     864     901
        Participation rate..........................    36.6    39.5    34.2    38.6    38.0    38.2    35.8    34.8    36.2
      Employed......................................     677     687     608     722     706     681     663     601     651
        Employment-population ratio.................    27.5    27.7    24.4    29.3    28.5    27.5    26.7    24.2    26.2
      Unemployed....................................     225     295     243     229     236     267     227     263     250
        Unemployment rate...........................    24.9    30.0    28.5    24.1    25.1    28.2    25.5    30.4    27.7
          Men.......................................    25.8    32.7    29.8    26.7    30.0    30.7    26.9    32.5    30.5
          Women.....................................    24.1    27.2    27.1    21.7    20.3    26.0    24.3    28.1    24.8
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  22,555  23,222  23,288  22,555  23,021  23,090  23,157  23,222  23,288
    Civilian labor force............................  15,525  15,798  15,815  15,513  15,608  15,570  15,788  15,772  15,813
        Participation rate..........................    68.8    68.0    67.9    68.8    67.8    67.4    68.2    67.9    67.9
      Employed......................................  14,666  14,778  14,817  14,647  14,634  14,538  14,843  14,778  14,802
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.0    63.6    63.6    64.9    63.6    63.0    64.1    63.6    63.6
      Unemployed....................................     859   1,020     998     866     975   1,032     945     994   1,010
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.5     6.5     6.3     5.6     6.2     6.6     6.0     6.3     6.4

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. 






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                Sept.    Aug.     Sept.    Sept.    May      June     July     Aug.     Sept. 
                                                2000     2001     2001     2000     2001     2001     2001     2001     2001  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   28,346   27,468   27,478   28,346   28,350   28,504   27,679   27,468   27,478
    Civilian labor force....................   12,578   12,034   12,126   12,301   12,319   12,170   12,188   11,799   11,859
        Percent of population...............     44.4     43.8     44.1     43.4     43.5     42.7     44.0     43.0     43.2
      Employed..............................   11,872   11,239   11,271   11,542   11,523   11,338   11,380   10,943   10,932
        Employment-population ratio.........     41.9     40.9     41.0     40.7     40.6     39.8     41.1     39.8     39.8
      Unemployed............................      706      795      855      759      797      831      808      856      927
        Unemployment rate...................      5.6      6.6      7.1      6.2      6.5      6.8      6.6      7.3      7.8
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,244   57,513   57,400   57,244   57,456   57,099   56,947   57,513   57,400
    Civilian labor force....................   36,712   36,674   36,712   36,815   36,952   36,821   36,970   37,096   36,873
        Percent of population...............     64.1     63.8     64.0     64.3     64.3     64.5     64.9     64.5     64.2
      Employed..............................   35,534   35,105   35,232   35,574   35,507   35,391   35,468   35,460   35,303
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.1     61.0     61.4     62.1     61.8     62.0     62.3     61.7     61.5
      Unemployed............................    1,178    1,569    1,479    1,241    1,446    1,431    1,502    1,636    1,571
        Unemployment rate...................      3.2      4.3      4.0      3.4      3.9      3.9      4.1      4.4      4.3
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,191   45,339   45,424   44,191   44,576   44,812   45,444   45,339   45,424
    Civilian labor force....................   32,683   33,440   33,585   32,952   33,192   33,314   33,296   33,481   33,880
        Percent of population...............     74.0     73.8     73.9     74.6     74.5     74.3     73.3     73.8     74.6
      Employed..............................   31,866   32,310   32,467   32,093   32,188   32,263   32,301   32,407   32,696
        Employment-population ratio.........     72.1     71.3     71.5     72.6     72.2     72.0     71.1     71.5     72.0
      Unemployed............................      817    1,130    1,117      859    1,004    1,051      994    1,075    1,184
        Unemployment rate...................      2.5      3.4      3.3      2.6      3.0      3.2      3.0      3.2      3.5
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,863   46,734   46,870   45,863   46,271   46,348   46,784   46,734   46,870
    Civilian labor force....................   36,227   36,528   36,998   36,071   36,687   36,592   36,634   36,649   36,896
        Percent of population...............     79.0     78.2     78.9     78.6     79.3     78.9     78.3     78.4     78.7
      Employed..............................   35,531   35,547   36,072   35,397   35,915   35,796   35,859   35,870   36,000
        Employment-population ratio.........     77.5     76.1     77.0     77.2     77.6     77.2     76.6     76.8     76.8
      Unemployed............................      696      980      926      674      771      796      775      779      896
        Unemployment rate...................      1.9      2.7      2.5      1.9      2.1      2.2      2.1      2.1      2.4

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                      Sept.    Aug.   Sept.   Sept.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept. 
                                                      2000     2001   2001    2000     2001    2001    2001    2001   2001 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 135,033 134,905 134,868 135,310 135,103 134,932 135,379 134,393 135,181
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,627  43,215  43,436  43,321  43,733  43,428  43,294  43,172  43,091
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,503  33,129  33,597  33,491  33,686  33,380  33,603  33,805  33,664
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,633   8,389   8,381   8,516   8,319   8,529   8,567   8,323   8,240
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  41,106  41,465  41,899  40,938  41,996  41,987  41,917  41,750  41,775
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,810  38,625  38,645  39,093  38,743  38,998  39,067  38,664  39,114
    Service occupations.............................  18,019  18,287  18,210  18,190  18,224  18,576  18,642  18,052  18,357
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  15,005  15,200  14,866  15,083  14,962  14,794  14,997  15,050  14,941
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,482  17,780  17,730  18,472  17,904  17,564  17,571  17,655  17,679
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,612   3,548   3,517   3,390   3,251   3,136   3,166   3,154   3,306
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,141   2,032   2,003   2,018   1,958   1,775   1,786   1,850   1,884
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,328   1,349   1,342   1,274   1,201   1,166   1,256   1,239   1,290
      Unpaid family workers.........................      42      38      26      38      38      36      22      29      23
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 122,545 122,866 122,744 123,117 123,416 123,009 123,432 122,686 123,278
        Government..................................  18,827  18,566  19,222  19,003  19,067  18,812  18,919  19,219  19,397
        Private industries.......................... 103,718 104,301 103,522 104,114 104,349 104,197 104,513 103,467 103,881
          Private households........................     784     792     768     824     789     744     790     827     809
          Other industries.......................... 102,934 103,509 102,754 103,290 103,559 103,453 103,723 102,640 103,072
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,878   8,515   8,657   8,786   8,530   8,741   8,574   8,481   8,563
      Unpaid family workers.........................      99     106      95     108     103      94      88     113     102
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   2,854   3,289   3,765   3,188   3,371   3,637   3,466   3,326   4,188
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,837   1,946   2,561   2,051   2,215   2,299   2,120   2,086   2,861
        Could only find part-time work..............     784     913   1,005     831     900   1,025     999     935   1,081
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,751  16,434  18,994  18,595  18,581  18,472  18,845  19,153  18,825
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   2,724   3,177   3,648   3,030   3,197   3,532   3,336   3,196   4,045
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,747   1,874   2,480   1,940   2,089   2,234   2,059   2,004   2,759
        Could only find part-time work..............     769     888     988     817     876   1,024     985     911   1,070
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,147  15,886  18,406  18,024  18,061  18,039  18,309  18,580  18,278

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,537   6,957   7,009    3.9     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.9     4.9 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,325   3,112   3,069    3.3     3.9     4.0     3.9     4.4     4.3 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,142   2,610   2,754    3.5     3.8     3.8     3.9     4.2     4.4 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,070   1,236   1,187   12.9    13.6    14.3    14.8    16.1    14.7 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     916   1,220   1,197    2.1     2.6     2.6     2.6     2.7     2.7 
     Married women, spouse present..................     937   1,034   1,165    2.7     2.9     3.0     2.8     3.0     3.3 
     Women who maintain families....................     484     600     623    5.4     6.2     6.3     6.2     6.7     7.0 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,423   5,583   5,908    3.8     4.3     4.4     4.4     4.8     5.0 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,097   1,370   1,107    4.6     4.6     5.3     5.1     5.6     4.5 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     734   1,071   1,032    1.8     1.9     2.0     2.2     2.5     2.4 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,390   1,732   1,762    3.4     3.7     4.0     4.0     4.3     4.3 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     542     753     758    3.5     4.5     4.5     4.2     4.8     4.8 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,216   1,478   1,430    6.2     7.3     7.9     7.2     7.7     7.5 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     214     299     252    5.9     7.1     6.2     7.5     8.7     7.1 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,339   5,617   5,707    4.0     4.5     4.8     4.7     5.1     5.2 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,255   1,744   1,725    4.4     5.3     5.5     5.6     6.2     6.2 
         Mining.....................................      25      25      27    5.0     5.5     6.8     3.7     4.3     4.8 
         Construction...............................     516     626     642    6.4     6.6     6.7     6.8     7.5     7.6 
         Manufacturing..............................     714   1,092   1,056    3.6     4.8     5.0     5.1     5.7     5.6 
           Durable goods............................     381     689     659    3.2     4.9     5.0     4.7     5.8     5.6 
           Nondurable goods.........................     333     403     397    4.3     4.7     4.9     5.7     5.5     5.4 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,084   3,873   3,982    3.9     4.2     4.5     4.4     4.8     4.9 
         Transportation and public utilities........     265     286     311    3.2     3.8     4.4     3.3     3.5     3.9 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,316   1,537   1,643    4.8     5.3     5.3     5.2     5.6     5.9 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     163     222     228    2.1     2.3     2.6     3.2     2.7     2.8 
         Services...................................   1,340   1,828   1,800    3.7     3.9     4.4     4.3     4.9     4.8 
     Government workers.............................     399     410     423    2.1     2.0     2.0     2.1     2.1     2.1 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     172     210     143    7.9     8.2     9.6    10.9    10.2     7.1 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,547   2,926   2,792   2,498   2,679   2,809   2,612   3,004   2,764
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,583   2,333   2,127   1,750   2,028   2,084   2,150   2,100   2,361
   15 weeks and over................................   1,194   1,697   1,790   1,247   1,484   1,540   1,587   1,817   1,884
      15 to 26 weeks................................     571     843   1,002     618     852     804     935     982   1,089
      27 weeks and over.............................     623     854     787     629     632     737     652     835     795
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.1    13.2    13.1    12.1    12.2    13.0    12.5    13.3    13.1
   Median duration, in weeks........................     5.2     6.9     7.2     5.3     6.5     6.2     6.7     6.5     7.4
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    47.8    42.1    41.6    45.5    43.3    43.7    41.1    43.4    39.4
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    29.7    33.5    31.7    31.8    32.8    32.4    33.9    30.3    33.7
     15 weeks and over..............................    22.4    24.4    26.7    22.7    24.0    23.9    25.0    26.3    26.9
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    10.7    12.1    14.9    11.2    13.8    12.5    14.7    14.2    15.5
       27 weeks and over............................    11.7    12.3    11.7    11.4    10.2    11.4    10.3    12.1    11.3






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,258   3,334   3,243   2,502   3,159   3,291   3,252   3,409   3,600
    On temporary layoff.............................     595   1,000     786     837   1,084     940   1,003   1,079   1,118
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,662   2,334   2,457   1,665   2,075   2,351   2,249   2,330   2,482
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,104   1,704   1,795   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     558     630     663   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     853     977     893     756     820     810     774     894     800
  Reentrants........................................   1,832   2,129   2,137   1,798   1,801   1,906   1,912   2,166   2,108
  New entrants......................................     382     516     434     429     482     477     436     495     476
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    42.4    47.9    48.4    45.6    50.4    50.8    51.0    49.0    51.5
     On temporary layoff............................    11.2    14.4    11.7    15.3    17.3    14.5    15.7    15.5    16.0
     Not on temporary layoff........................    31.2    33.5    36.6    30.4    33.1    36.3    35.3    33.5    35.5
   Job leavers......................................    16.0    14.0    13.3    13.8    13.1    12.5    12.1    12.8    11.5
   Reentrants.......................................    34.4    30.6    31.9    32.8    28.8    29.4    30.0    31.1    30.2
   New entrants.....................................     7.2     7.4     6.5     7.8     7.7     7.4     6.8     7.1     6.8
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.6     2.4     2.3     1.8     2.2     2.3     2.3     2.4     2.5
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .7      .6      .5      .6      .6      .5      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.3     1.5     1.5     1.3     1.3     1.3     1.3     1.5     1.5
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .4      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .4      .3

    1 Not available.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 Sept.  Aug.   Sept.  Sept.  May    June   July   Aug.   Sept.
                                                                 2000   2001   2001   2000   2001   2001   2001   2001   2001 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................     .9    1.2    1.3     .9    1.1    1.1    1.1    1.3    1.3
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.6    2.4    2.3    1.8    2.2    2.3    2.3    2.4    2.5
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    3.8    4.9    4.7    3.9    4.4    4.5    4.5    4.9    4.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.0    5.1    4.9   (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........................................    4.6    5.8    5.6   (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.............................    6.6    8.1    8.3   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
    NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,537   6,957   7,009    3.9     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.9     4.9 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,023   2,544   2,448    8.9     9.9    10.4    10.1    11.5    10.7 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,070   1,236   1,187   12.9    13.6    14.3    14.8    16.1    14.7 
        16 to 17 years..............................     515     559     498   15.7    15.5    16.0    19.3    19.1    16.2 
        18 to 19 years..............................     559     701     694   11.1    12.2    13.1    11.8    14.7    13.9 
      20 to 24 years................................     953   1,308   1,262    6.6     7.9     8.2     7.5     9.0     8.5 
    25 years and over...............................   3,520   4,423   4,558    3.0     3.3     3.5     3.4     3.7     3.8 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,012   3,884   3,933    3.0     3.5     3.6     3.6     3.9     3.9 
      55 years and over.............................     488     573     628    2.7     2.6     2.8     2.8     3.0     3.3 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   2,907   3,828   3,724    3.9     4.5     4.7     4.5     5.1     4.9 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,125   1,435   1,353    9.5    11.0    11.8    10.4    12.4    11.3 
        16 to 19 years..............................     582     716     656   13.7    15.3    15.9    15.1    17.9    15.8 
          16 to 17 years............................     292     335     288   17.5    17.4    18.0    19.0    22.7    18.3 
          18 to 19 years............................     288     391     370   11.2    13.9    14.5    13.0    15.4    14.3 
        20 to 24 years..............................     543     720     697    7.1     8.7     9.5     7.9     9.5     8.9 
      25 years and over.............................   1,790   2,384   2,373    2.8     3.3     3.4     3.5     3.7     3.7 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,522   2,086   2,047    2.9     3.5     3.5     3.6     3.9     3.8 
        55 years and over...........................     259     345     343    2.6     2.9     3.0     3.0     3.3     3.3 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,630   3,130   3,284    4.0     4.3     4.4     4.5     4.8     5.0 
      16 to 24 years................................     898   1,108   1,096    8.2     8.8     8.9     9.7    10.4    10.1 
        16 to 19 years..............................     488     520     531   12.0    11.8    12.7    14.4    14.2    13.6 
          16 to 17 years............................     223     224     209   13.8    13.6    14.0    19.6    15.5    13.9 
          18 to 19 years............................     271     310     324   11.0    10.4    11.6    10.6    13.9    13.5 
        20 to 24 years..............................     410     588     565    6.0     7.1     6.7     7.1     8.4     8.2 
      25 years and over.............................   1,730   2,039   2,185    3.2     3.4     3.5     3.4     3.7     3.9 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,490   1,798   1,886    3.2     3.6     3.8     3.6     3.8     4.0 
        55 years and over...........................     229     229     285    2.8     2.2     2.5     2.5     2.7     3.3 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.  
                                                                        2000      2001      2000      2001      2000      2001  
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   69,804    70,781    25,980    26,421    43,824    44,361 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,184     4,348     1,863     1,949     2,321     2,400 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,158     1,325       594       659       564       666 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      250       280       168       164        81       116 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      908     1,045       425       495       483       550 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,471     7,246     3,930     3,825     3,541     3,421 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.5       5.4       5.4       5.3       5.6       5.5 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,072     3,897     2,338     2,244     1,734     1,653 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,566     1,576       527       516     1,039     1,060 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      336       265       239       165        96       100 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,447     1,484       805       888       642       596 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Sept.   July   Aug.    Sept.    Sept.   May     June    July   Aug.    Sept. 
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 132,411 132,300 132,181 132,511 132,046 132,530 132,431 132,449 132,365 132,166
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 112,019 112,495 112,408 111,737 111,463 111,760 111,603 111,517 111,373 111,177
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  26,014  25,464  25,431  25,205  25,696  25,324  25,186  25,122  24,974  24,877
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     556     575     578     576     547     564     565     567     569     569
    Metal mining........................    40.6    34.9    35.3    35.4      40      37      35      34      35      35
    Coal mining.........................    76.1    78.8    79.6    80.0      76      76      78      79      80      80
    Oil and gas extraction..............   319.8   344.4   346.3   344.9     316     339     340     341     342     343
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   119.3   117.1   116.8   115.6     115     112     112     113     112     111
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,973   7,213   7,200   7,101   6,728   6,881   6,864   6,867   6,863   6,859
    General building contractors........ 1,572.0 1,621.0 1,621.9 1,597.6   1,538   1,556   1,551   1,554   1,556   1,564
    Heavy construction, except building.   972.5 1,007.1 1,007.8 1,003.7     900     923     925     935     932     932
    Special trade contractors........... 4,428.7 4,584.9 4,569.9 4,499.6   4,290   4,402   4,388   4,378   4,375   4,363
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,485  17,676  17,653  17,528  18,421  17,879  17,757  17,688  17,542  17,449
      Production workers................  12,631  11,870  11,877  11,790  12,559  12,066  11,956  11,900  11,789  11,702
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,139  10,602  10,562  10,480  11,129  10,778  10,692  10,624  10,525  10,460
      Production workers................   7,583   7,069   7,048   6,990   7,568   7,235   7,157   7,102   7,024   6,966
    Lumber and wood products............   837.3   808.5   808.4   808.7     826     797     798     797     792     797
    Furniture and fixtures..............   560.6   523.9   522.8   517.7     560     540     532     531     521     516
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   586.5   580.2   577.5   575.2     579     574     572     569     568     567
    Primary metal industries............   694.0   645.3   644.4   640.0     695     660     654     648     643     640
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   222.1   208.5   208.3   207.2   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,540.9 1,465.7 1,472.2 1,464.0   1,540   1,488   1,478   1,478   1,468   1,460
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,116.0 2,004.6 1,981.0 1,958.1   2,121   2,054   2,031   2,007   1,983   1,963
      Computer and office equipment.....   364.6   355.4   351.7   345.1     364     366     357     353     350     344
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,735.0 1,588.8 1,567.3 1,547.4   1,736   1,656   1,624   1,589   1,565   1,547
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   697.0   636.1   620.2   609.0     698     670     650     634     618     610
    Transportation equipment............ 1,816.9 1,733.9 1,744.0 1,730.9   1,822   1,757   1,749   1,752   1,747   1,736
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   992.4   916.8   927.8   916.6     994     939     931     936     928     918
      Aircraft and parts................   463.9   465.3   464.9   465.2     464     465     465     466     465     466
    Instruments and related products....   857.5   866.9   861.9   854.2     858     865     865     865     859     854
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   394.4   384.1   382.3   383.3     392     387     389     388     379     380
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,346   7,074   7,091   7,048   7,292   7,101   7,065   7,064   7,017   6,989
      Production workers................   5,048   4,801   4,829   4,800   4,991   4,831   4,799   4,798   4,765   4,736
    Food and kindred products........... 1,716.3 1,704.1 1,731.9 1,726.1   1,674   1,684   1,685   1,680   1,675   1,676
    Tobacco products....................    33.1    31.1    33.5    33.3      33      33      33      33      35      33
    Textile mill products...............   526.5   469.3   467.7   463.6     523     480     472     471     464     461
    Apparel and other textile products..   625.4   562.9   557.4   554.2     620     579     567     571     556     550
    Paper and allied products...........   655.7   634.1   631.3   629.7     655     639     635     632     628     627
    Printing and publishing............. 1,546.9 1,490.0 1,484.5 1,473.4   1,547   1,502   1,495   1,489   1,484   1,476
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,035.8 1,040.2 1,037.3 1,027.8   1,037   1,033   1,033   1,039   1,035   1,030
    Petroleum and coal products.........   129.3   130.7   130.3   130.0     127     127     128     128     127     128
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,006.7   949.7   953.8   948.4   1,006     959     953     957     951     947
    Leather and leather products........    70.7    61.6    62.9    61.0      70      65      64      64      62      61
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 106,397 106,836 106,750 107,306 106,350 107,206 107,245 107,327 107,391 107,289
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   7,105   7,095   7,074   7,121   7,062   7,130   7,118   7,108   7,076   7,069
    Transportation......................   4,598   4,538   4,523   4,587   4,553   4,584   4,571   4,561   4,535   4,536
      Railroad transportation...........   236.6   227.3   227.8   228.1     235     230     227     226     226     227
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   490.4   422.2   423.7   503.9     478     483     483     485     486     491
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,889.9 1,886.3 1,876.1 1,873.2   1,861   1,867   1,867   1,863   1,844   1,843
      Water transportation..............   205.4   214.2   210.1   207.1     199     203     201     203     199     201
      Transportation by air............. 1,285.1 1,304.6 1,303.7 1,294.8   1,291   1,315   1,310   1,304   1,303   1,297
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.6    14.2    14.3    14.1      14      14      14      14      14      14
      Transportation services...........   477.2   469.6   466.9   465.3     475     472     469     466     463     463
    Communications and public utilities.   2,507   2,557   2,551   2,534   2,509   2,546   2,547   2,547   2,541   2,533
      Communications.................... 1,657.4 1,702.3 1,697.6 1,688.1   1,660   1,699   1,700   1,700   1,693   1,687
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   849.2   854.5   853.3   846.0     849     847     847     847     848     846
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   7,050   7,052   7,034   6,995   7,042   7,038   7,022   7,017   7,011   6,990
    Durable goods.......................   4,200   4,169   4,154   4,123   4,203   4,174   4,166   4,149   4,134   4,125
    Nondurable goods....................   2,850   2,883   2,880   2,872   2,839   2,864   2,856   2,868   2,877   2,865
  Retail trade..........................  23,403  23,715  23,724  23,556  23,371  23,546  23,561  23,606  23,574  23,530
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,010.6 1,042.7 1,032.5 1,012.4   1,012   1,006   1,014   1,008   1,015   1,014
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,786.9 2,740.3 2,747.0 2,758.8   2,834   2,821   2,818   2,810   2,799   2,805
      Department stores................. 2,444.8 2,397.7 2,407.4 2,418.1   2,487   2,473   2,471   2,458   2,449   2,456
    Food stores......................... 3,519.0 3,561.6 3,548.7 3,517.6   3,529   3,553   3,544   3,536   3,528   3,521
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,431.3 2,460.3 2,461.8 2,449.1   2,420   2,428   2,431   2,435   2,441   2,439
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,124.3 1,135.8 1,138.6 1,139.9   1,120   1,126   1,128   1,131   1,133   1,136
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,190.7 1,214.0 1,226.6 1,198.5   1,202   1,231   1,227   1,219   1,222   1,215
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,128.6 1,127.5 1,128.2 1,124.2   1,138   1,136   1,136   1,137   1,137   1,138
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,257.9 8,469.7 8,466.8 8,363.7   8,138   8,216   8,241   8,310   8,279   8,242
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,077.7 3,099.1 3,112.1 3,131.4   3,098   3,155   3,150   3,151   3,153   3,156
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,554   7,710   7,698   7,634   7,556   7,644   7,631   7,618   7,621   7,635
    Finance.............................   3,711   3,781   3,778   3,755   3,718   3,770   3,767   3,755   3,756   3,759
      Depository institutions........... 2,018.7 2,053.5 2,050.3 2,033.0   2,024   2,037   2,041   2,039   2,037   2,038
        Commercial banks................ 1,420.3 1,436.2 1,432.9 1,420.1   1,424   1,426   1,428   1,426   1,423   1,423
        Savings institutions............   252.4   256.9   256.8   255.2     253     255     256     255     255     256
      Nondepository institutions........   675.0   705.5   710.3   707.8     677     697     699     703     708     708
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   302.6   322.1   324.4   321.7     304     313     317     321     324     323
      Security and commodity brokers....   763.9   763.4   760.3   757.9     762     776     766     755     753     756
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   253.4   258.7   257.5   255.8     255     260     261     258     258     257
    Insurance...........................   2,330   2,368   2,363   2,355   2,335   2,358   2,356   2,357   2,357   2,361
      Insurance carriers................ 1,575.6 1,606.4 1,602.8 1,595.8   1,580   1,598   1,598   1,599   1,598   1,600
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   753.9   761.4   760.2   759.3     755     760     758     758     759     761
    Real estate.........................   1,513   1,561   1,557   1,524   1,503   1,516   1,508   1,506   1,508   1,515
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  40,893  41,459  41,447  41,226  40,736  41,078  41,085  41,046  41,117  41,076
    Agricultural services...............   844.8   918.8   906.5   880.0     804     834     833     834     837     840
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,977.7 2,089.3 2,076.6 1,970.8   1,924   1,935   1,920   1,922   1,911   1,913
    Personal services................... 1,221.3 1,231.7 1,238.4 1,245.4   1,257   1,277   1,279   1,281   1,285   1,282
    Business services................... 10092.7 9,629.5 9,695.6 9,676.4   9,965   9,702   9,666   9,592   9,584   9,545
      Services to buildings............. 1,000.3 1,005.3 1,003.9   996.1     995   1,013   1,008     998     997     992
      Personnel supply services......... 4,061.7 3,525.8 3,605.6 3,611.0   3,947   3,590   3,556   3,517   3,518   3,500
        Help supply services............ 3,641.7 3,140.9 3,208.4 3,215.8   3,547   3,198   3,161   3,127   3,109   3,100
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,115.8 2,204.5 2,196.0 2,187.9   2,124   2,200   2,205   2,202   2,193   2,197
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,260.3 1,319.0 1,314.7 1,306.7   1,260   1,309   1,303   1,312   1,308   1,307
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   365.4   363.5   364.8   363.7     366     363     361     360     362     363
    Motion pictures.....................   580.7   607.7   604.6   575.2     590     587     602     595     587     583
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,821.1 2,098.1 2,059.5 1,827.8   1,738   1,787   1,768   1,772   1,771   1,745
    Health services..................... 10121.3 10380.2 10404.5 10401.7  10,131  10,296  10,329  10,354  10,385  10,414
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,929.5 1,986.9 1,995.2 1,985.8   1,933   1,973   1,981   1,983   1,990   1,989
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,798.5 1,826.9 1,831.5 1,830.4   1,797   1,814   1,821   1,823   1,825   1,831
      Hospitals......................... 3,997.8 4,111.7 4,118.3 4,124.0   4,001   4,071   4,086   4,098   4,114   4,129
      Home health care services.........   644.6   647.6   652.0   654.6     645     645     648     647     653     655
    Legal services...................... 1,007.6 1,043.2 1,034.6 1,024.6   1,013   1,027   1,027   1,026   1,028   1,032
    Educational services................ 2,299.8 2,133.8 2,118.0 2,388.9   2,344   2,431   2,426   2,432   2,450   2,434
    Social services..................... 2,924.8 3,019.6 3,030.4 3,065.9   2,928   3,039   3,056   3,048   3,075   3,082
      Child day care services...........   724.6   690.8   701.2   747.0     719     745     756     760     763     747
      Residential care..................   809.1   853.8   856.4   850.1     813     842     845     847     850     853
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   107.6   121.3   119.4   111.9     107     110     111     111     111     111
    Membership organizations............ 2,458.6 2,562.3 2,540.2 2,482.8   2,482   2,496   2,501   2,493   2,503   2,506
    Engineering and management services. 3,438.4 3,566.7 3,564.5 3,529.2   3,455   3,512   3,529   3,540   3,545   3,544
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,032.2 1,082.5 1,084.0 1,072.1   1,030   1,057   1,059   1,064   1,067   1,070
      Management and public relations... 1,104.4 1,128.7 1,129.4 1,124.1   1,102   1,121   1,124   1,119   1,124   1,127
    Services, nec.......................    49.7    52.7    52.9    53.0   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  20,392  19,805  19,773  20,774  20,583  20,770  20,828  20,932  20,992  20,989
    Federal.............................   2,619   2,644   2,627   2,612   2,623   2,612   2,621   2,626   2,617   2,618
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,762.7 1,795.7 1,781.3 1,768.7   1,762   1,754   1,772   1,772   1,770   1,770
    State...............................   4,790   4,645   4,652   4,900   4,813   4,854   4,881   4,909   4,906   4,934
      Education......................... 2,017.2 1,809.6 1,821.2 2,088.6   2,051   2,066   2,089   2,117   2,115   2,134
      Other State government............ 2,772.9 2,835.4 2,831.0 2,811.3   2,762   2,788   2,792   2,792   2,791   2,800
    Local...............................  12,983  12,516  12,494  13,262  13,147  13,304  13,326  13,397  13,469  13,437
      Education......................... 7,281.1 6,377.8 6,447.5 7,457.2   7,439   7,512   7,515   7,575   7,650   7,629
      Other local government............ 5,701.7 6,137.7 6,046.7 5,804.8   5,708   5,792   5,811   5,822   5,819   5,808

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Sept.   July   Aug.    Sept.    Sept.   May     June    July   Aug.    Sept. 
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.5    34.6    34.4    34.3    34.4    34.2    34.2    34.2    34.0    34.1 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   41.3    40.4    40.7    40.6    40.7    40.5    40.4    40.5    40.3    40.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   43.8    43.7    43.7    44.2    43.0    43.9    43.3    43.3    43.5    43.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   40.1    40.4    40.2    39.7    38.9    39.7    39.4    39.4    39.3    39.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.8    40.3    40.8    40.9    41.4    40.7    40.7    40.8    40.7    40.5 
      Overtime hours....................    4.9     3.9     4.2     4.3     4.4     3.9     3.9     4.0     4.0     3.9 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   42.3    40.5    41.1    41.1    41.8    41.0    40.9    41.2    41.0    40.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.9     3.8     4.1     4.1     4.5     3.9     3.9     4.0     4.0     3.8 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   41.1    40.8    41.0    41.4    40.8    40.6    40.4    41.1    40.7    41.2 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   40.5    39.3    39.7    39.1    39.7    38.6    38.4    39.7    39.4    38.4 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.8    44.3    44.3    44.9    42.9    43.9    44.0    44.0    43.6    44.0 
    Primary metal industries............   44.9    43.4    43.7    44.6    44.7    43.5    43.9    44.1    43.8    44.1 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   45.8    44.9    44.9    46.8    45.8    44.6    45.1    44.7    44.9    46.3 
    Fabricated metal products...........   42.8    40.8    41.5    41.4    42.2    41.4    41.2    41.6    41.5    41.0 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.0    40.3    40.0    40.2    41.9    40.7    40.4    40.8    40.1    40.1 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.2    38.3    39.1    39.5    40.7    39.1    39.3    38.9    39.0    39.2 
    Transportation equipment............   43.8    40.7    42.6    41.4    42.9    42.4    41.9    42.2    42.7    40.8 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   45.0    41.0    44.2    42.4    43.8    43.6    43.0    43.0    44.5    41.6 
    Instruments and related products....   41.0    40.4    40.2    41.0    41.1    41.0    40.8    40.8    40.2    41.1 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.1    37.8    38.3    37.9    38.5    37.9    38.4    38.4    38.2    37.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   41.1    40.0    40.3    40.6    40.7    40.3    40.4    40.3    40.2    40.1 
      Overtime hours....................    4.8     4.1     4.4     4.6     4.3     4.0     3.9     4.0     4.1     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   42.5    40.9    41.6    42.0    41.6    41.1    41.2    40.9    41.1    40.9 
    Tobacco products....................   41.9    40.3    40.5    40.3    41.0    39.1    40.4    40.5    40.3    39.4 
    Textile mill products...............   41.2    39.1    40.2    40.3    40.8    40.3    40.4    39.7    39.9    39.9 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.7    37.2    37.1    36.5    37.6    37.8    37.5    37.7    36.9    36.5 
    Paper and allied products...........   42.7    41.7    41.3    42.2    42.4    41.6    41.7    41.9    41.3    41.7 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.6    38.0    38.2    38.4    38.2    38.0    38.0    38.2    38.0    38.0 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.4    42.3    42.1    42.3    42.4    42.4    42.2    42.7    42.2    42.1 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   42.2    43.3    42.9    42.8    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.7    40.0    40.4    41.0    41.3    40.6    40.7    40.6    40.4    40.7 
    Leather and leather products........   37.9    35.2    36.7    36.3    37.3    35.9    36.2    35.7    36.4    35.9 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.7    33.2    32.9    32.8    32.8    32.7    32.8    32.6    32.6    32.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.7    38.5    38.2    38.3    38.5    38.1    38.1    37.8    37.9    37.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.4    38.5    38.2    38.7    38.4    38.2    38.3    38.2    38.2    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.8    29.5    29.3    28.7    28.8    28.8    28.7    28.6    28.6    28.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.1    36.7    36.1    36.7    36.4    36.2    36.5    36.2    36.2    36.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.5    33.1    32.8    32.7    32.7    32.7    32.8    32.7    32.5    32.6 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            Sept.     July     Aug.      Sept.      Sept.     July     Aug.      Sept.  
                                            2000      2001     2001p     2001p      2000      2001     2001p     2001p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.89    $14.27    $14.28    $14.50    $479.21   $493.74   $491.23   $497.35 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.84     14.34     14.41     14.44     476.10    490.43    489.94    492.40 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.61     16.01     16.06     16.14     644.69    646.80    653.64    655.28 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.16     17.67     17.51     17.65     751.61    772.18    765.19    780.13 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   18.17     18.32     18.44     18.53     728.62    740.13    741.29    735.64 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.51     14.84     14.89     15.00     606.52    598.05    607.51    613.50 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.96     15.25     15.38     15.46     632.81    617.63    632.12    635.41 
    Lumber and wood products............   12.07     12.32     12.38     12.45     496.08    502.66    507.58    515.43 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.88     12.24     12.32     12.28     481.14    481.03    489.10    480.15 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   14.77     15.12     15.18     15.19     646.93    669.82    672.47    682.03 
    Primary metal industries............   16.54     17.11     17.07     17.27     742.65    742.57    745.96    770.24 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   19.83     20.48     20.64     20.81     908.21    919.55    926.74    973.91 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.99     14.27     14.35     14.42     598.77    582.22    595.53    596.99 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.69     15.90     15.95     16.05     658.98    640.77    638.00    645.21 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.91     14.59     14.71     14.86     573.09    558.80    575.16    586.97 
    Transportation equipment............   18.77     18.80     19.09     19.19     822.13    765.16    813.23    794.47 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   19.12     19.04     19.39     19.49     860.40    780.64    857.04    826.38 
    Instruments and related products....   14.58     14.98     15.01     15.07     597.78    605.19    603.40    617.87 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.66     12.12     12.25     12.36     455.91    458.14    469.18    468.44 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.80     14.23     14.17     14.32     567.18    569.20    571.05    581.39 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.59     12.93     12.87     12.98     535.08    528.84    535.39    545.16 
    Tobacco products....................   22.13     23.63     21.94     21.41     927.25    952.29    888.57    862.82 
    Textile mill products...............   11.30     11.37     11.37     11.41     465.56    444.57    457.07    459.82 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.36      9.40      9.44      9.51     352.87    349.68    350.22    347.12 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.37     16.99     16.86     17.05     699.00    708.48    696.32    719.51 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.56     14.83     14.88     15.00     562.02    563.54    568.42    576.00 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.32     18.69     18.53     18.94     776.77    790.59    780.11    801.16 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   22.06     22.02     22.20     22.20     930.93    953.47    952.38    950.16 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.96     13.38     13.43     13.54     540.43    535.20    542.57    555.14 
    Leather and leather products........   10.31     10.25     10.35     10.24     390.75    360.80    379.85    371.71 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.34     13.76     13.74     14.01     436.22    456.83    452.05    459.53 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   16.31     16.89     16.95     16.97     631.20    650.27    647.49    649.95 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   15.33     15.88     15.76     16.02     588.67    611.38    602.03    619.97 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.58      9.77      9.78      9.92     275.90    288.22    286.55    284.70 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   15.11     15.85     15.84     16.07     545.47    581.70    571.82    589.77 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   14.00     14.46     14.45     14.76     455.00    478.63    473.96    482.65 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                    Sept.    May      June     July     Aug.     Sept.    change  
            Industry                2000     2001     2001     2001     2001p    2001p    from:   
                                                                                        Aug. 2001-
                                                                                        Sept. 2001
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.84   $14.24   $14.31   $14.34   $14.41   $14.44      0.2   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.88     7.93     7.95     8.00     8.04     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.47    15.86    15.90    15.93    16.02    16.03       .1   
    Mining......................    17.24    17.54    17.73    17.74    17.67    17.59      -.5   
    Construction................    17.97    18.22    18.28    18.26    18.36    18.37       .1   
    Manufacturing...............    14.44    14.78    14.81    14.86    14.93    14.95       .1   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.73    14.09    14.13    14.18    14.24    14.28       .3   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.34    13.76    13.84    13.87    13.93    13.97       .3   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.31    16.76    16.91    16.88    16.93    16.92      -.1   
    Wholesale trade.............    15.33    15.70    15.86    15.84    15.82    15.97       .9   
    Retail trade................     9.54     9.79     9.83     9.84     9.86     9.86       .0   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    15.19    15.74    15.86    15.91    15.99    16.05       .4   
    Services....................    14.01    14.49    14.54    14.61    14.70    14.75       .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 .5 percent from July 2001 to August 2001, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Sept.  July    Aug.     Sept.   Sept.   May     June   July    Aug.     Sept. 
                                          2000   2001    2001p    2001p   2000    2001    2001   2001    2001p    2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  153.0  154.2   153.3    151.6   151.7  151.5   151.2   150.8   150.1    149.7 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  119.3  113.3   113.8    112.6   115.4  112.8   111.5   111.5   110.3    109.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   53.6   56.5    56.8     56.6    51.6   55.4    55.0    55.1    55.5     55.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  197.7  206.7   204.7    199.3   183.6  192.5   190.1   190.3   188.9    187.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  106.5   96.6    97.7     97.3   104.7   99.1    98.1    98.0    96.7     95.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  111.8  100.0   101.0    100.3   110.4  103.6   102.2   102.1   100.5     99.0 
    Lumber and wood products............  148.4  140.7   141.5    142.4   145.0  138.2   137.6   139.5   137.3    139.4 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  142.2  127.3   128.7    125.2   139.2  129.5   127.1   130.1   127.3    122.8 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  122.7  122.1   120.7    122.3   118.3  119.4   118.9   118.9   116.2    117.8 
    Primary metal industries............   92.4   81.6    82.2     83.4    92.0   84.4    84.4    83.4    82.4     82.4 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   71.2   64.8    64.7     67.2    71.5   65.6    65.6    64.2    64.5     66.1 
    Fabricated metal products...........  123.3  110.1   112.7    111.7   121.5  114.0   112.5   113.7   112.5    110.1 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  101.8   90.1    88.3     87.6   101.8   94.0    92.0    91.5    88.7     87.6 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  109.8   90.6    90.9     90.1   108.6   97.4    95.9    92.4    90.5     89.4 
    Transportation equipment............  121.3  105.3   111.4    107.7   119.2  112.8   110.0   111.2   112.4    106.3 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  163.1  134.1   147.3    139.8   159.2  147.7   143.2   145.1   149.3    137.7 
    Instruments and related products....   74.8   73.0    72.3     73.0    75.4   74.2    73.6    73.8    72.2     73.1 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   99.6   91.7    92.3     92.3    97.5   93.8    95.0    94.3    91.0     90.2 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   99.2   91.9    93.1     93.2    97.0   93.0    92.5    92.4    91.4     90.8 
    Food and kindred products...........  122.5  115.9   120.4    121.2   115.3  114.8   115.3   114.0   114.6    113.3 
    Tobacco products....................   50.2   44.1    49.6     48.9    48.7   46.5    48.0    48.1    51.9     46.9 
    Textile mill products...............   75.5   64.0    65.6     65.1    74.4   67.1    66.3    65.3    64.7     64.0 
    Apparel and other textile products..   54.1   47.2    46.6     45.7    53.5   49.5    48.0    48.6    46.0     45.3 
    Paper and allied products...........  103.9   97.8    96.7     98.6   102.7   98.4    97.8    97.8    95.8     96.8 
    Printing and publishing.............  121.5  114.2   114.5    114.4   120.3  115.4   114.6   114.7   113.8    113.2 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   99.0   97.9    97.0     96.4    99.4   98.1    97.4    99.1    97.3     96.3 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   71.3   74.4    73.9     74.7    69.8   70.1    71.6    71.8    72.3     72.8 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  148.5  132.8   135.2    136.2   147.0  137.0   136.4   136.4   134.9    134.9 
    Leather and leather products........   31.1   24.5    26.7     25.3    30.4   27.0    26.7    25.8    26.3     24.8 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  168.1  172.6   171.1    169.2   168.0  168.9   169.0   168.4   167.9    168.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  140.7  140.5   138.9    140.1   138.9  139.4   139.2   138.3   138.0    137.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  132.3  132.7   131.3    131.9   132.1  131.0   131.2   130.6   130.6    131.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  146.0  151.3   150.2    145.6   145.7  146.5   146.0   145.7   145.5    145.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  137.9  143.7   140.9    141.9   139.2  140.2   140.9   139.6   139.5    140.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  211.1  217.4   215.7    213.4   211.4  212.9   213.4   212.8   211.9    212.2 

  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, 353 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   57.2    58.6    62.5    63.2    59.8    57.2    59.8    59.2    62.7    65.2    61.6    62.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.2    59.3    60.2    58.9    57.1    55.4    58.4    54.8    55.0    58.2    56.4 
     1999..............   55.1    59.6    52.8    57.2    58.2    54.2    57.1    54.4    55.2    57.9    59.9    56.8 
     2000..............   55.7    59.3    61.0    54.2    47.7    60.5    57.8    55.1    52.0    54.8    55.1    54.2 
     2001..............   53.7    50.4    55.8    45.0    46.6    44.3    45.5   p43.5   p45.3                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   63.5    64.0    66.0    67.0    63.2    63.3    59.8    65.6    67.3    71.1    70.0    69.5 
     1998..............   65.3    66.1    64.6    65.7    62.2    57.9    57.5    58.4    59.1    59.2    59.3    59.2 
     1999..............   60.8    57.8    58.5    55.8    58.1    57.9    57.2    59.2    59.8    59.1    61.0    60.6 
     2000..............   61.6    63.3    61.9    56.2    55.1    57.9    61.5    56.4    54.1    53.3    55.7    53.3 
     2001..............   51.7    54.1    48.6    49.2    42.5    42.4   p40.7   p41.5                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   66.7    68.6    66.1    66.0    65.3    65.9    66.0    69.1    69.4    70.3    71.1    70.7 
     1998..............   70.4    67.4    65.0    62.5    63.6    60.5    59.2    58.6    57.9    59.6    60.6    59.9 
     1999..............   59.8    59.8    58.2    60.3    56.7    59.2    61.8    60.8    62.2    61.2    62.3    64.9 
     2000..............   63.5    60.6    62.6    63.7    61.5    55.5    56.1    58.6    54.2    54.8    51.8    54.2 
     2001..............   52.0    50.6    48.6    45.3   p43.5   p39.4                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   69.3    67.4    68.4    70.0    69.7    70.3    70.1    70.8    71.0    70.5    69.7    70.7 
     1998..............   69.7    67.6    67.4    66.0    64.0    62.7    61.9    62.0    60.9    59.3    60.8    58.8 
     1999..............   61.2    60.2    58.2    60.8    60.8    61.6    62.2    61.3    63.9    63.0    61.3    60.9 
     2000..............   62.5    63.0    61.8    59.5    58.4    56.8    55.7    56.5    54.2    53.4    53.0    51.7 
     2001..............   49.6   p47.5   p44.8                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   48.2    52.6    55.5    54.8    52.9    53.7    49.3    51.1    57.7    61.8    61.4    54.8 
     1998..............   57.4    51.5    53.7    53.3    43.8    48.2    38.2    51.5    41.9    41.5    41.2    43.4 
     1999..............   46.0    44.5    43.0    42.3    50.4    39.3    51.5    39.3    45.2    46.3    53.3    46.7 
     2000..............   44.9    56.6    55.5    46.7    41.2    54.8    53.7    38.6    34.6    41.5    43.8    44.1 
     2001..............   37.9    32.4    41.5    31.3    29.4    33.1    39.0   p28.3   p37.5                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   50.0    51.5    55.9    55.5    52.9    52.9    50.4    54.8    59.6    70.6    66.5    64.3 
     1998..............   59.6    59.6    55.9    50.4    46.7    37.9    41.5    41.5    41.9    38.2    36.8    40.8 
     1999..............   41.2    39.0    38.2    41.5    40.8    45.2    39.0    45.2    40.8    44.9    46.3    46.0 
     2000..............   50.0    54.0    52.9    42.3    43.0    48.5    48.2    33.8    28.7    30.5    39.0    35.7 
     2001..............   28.3    29.4    24.6    26.5    22.4    24.6   p21.3   p22.4                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   53.7    53.7    51.1    52.9    50.7    50.7    54.8    62.1    61.8    64.3    67.3    65.8 
     1998..............   63.2    54.4    50.4    40.4    44.5    40.1    37.5    36.4    34.9    40.1    37.1    34.2 
     1999..............   36.0    38.2    37.5    41.2    36.8    39.7    43.0    41.5    46.0    40.4    46.3    51.5 
     2000..............   51.5    44.5    48.5    55.1    43.8    34.9    33.5    34.6    30.1    29.4    25.0    27.9 
     2001..............   26.8    25.4    19.9    20.6   p20.6   p16.2                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   55.1    52.6    54.0    54.4    55.5    57.0    57.0    58.8    59.2    57.7    57.4    57.7 
     1998..............   54.8    52.2    51.8    46.7    40.4    40.1    38.2    37.5    36.4    34.6    35.7    34.2 
     1999..............   38.6    34.6    32.4    36.0    37.9    39.0    40.1    40.4    44.5    46.0    44.9    44.5 
     2000..............   46.3    45.2    41.2    37.9    33.8    31.3    31.3    31.3    27.6    25.4    24.3    21.0 
     2001..............   19.1   p16.9   p15.1                                                                         

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.