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               THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  SEPTEMBER 1999
      
   Payroll employment was essentially unchanged in September, and the
unemployment rate remained at 4.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Employment declined in
manufacturing and retail trade, and the services industry added relatively
few jobs over the month.  Average hourly earnings rose by 7 cents in
September, following a 2-cent increase in August.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons, 5.8 million, was essentially unchanged
in September, and the unemployment rate held at 4.2 percent.  The rate has
been 4.2 or 4.3 percent each month since March.  The jobless rates for most
major demographic groups--adult men (3.4 percent), adult women (3.7 percent),
whites (3.6 percent), blacks (8.3 percent), and Hispanics (6.7 percent)--
showed little or no change from August.  The rate for teenagers rose to
15.0 percent in September.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The civilian labor force, at 139.4 million, was essentially unchanged in
September.  The labor force participation rate held at 66.9 percent.  Total
employment also was about unchanged, at 133.6 million, and the employment-
population ratio remained at 64.1 percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in September.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.7 percent of the
total employed, down from 6.0 percent a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in September, down from 1.4 million a year
earlier.  These were people who wanted and were available to 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--a subset of the marginally
attached who were not currently looking for work specifically because they
believed no jobs were available for them--was 289,000 in September.
(See table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Aug.-
      Category        |      1999       |           1999           | Sept.
                      |_________________|________ _________________|change
                      |   II   |  III   |  July  |  Aug.  |  Sept. |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 139,173| 139,301| 139,254| 139,264| 139,386|    122
  Employment..........| 133,242| 133,423| 133,307| 133,411| 133,550|    139
  Unemployment........|   5,931|   5,879|   5,947|   5,853|   5,836|    -17
Not in labor force....|  68,259|  68,743|  68,574|  68,774|  68,879|    105
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|    4.3 |     4.2|     4.3|     4.2|     4.2|     .0
  Adult men...........|    3.5 |     3.5|     3.5|     3.6|     3.4|   -0.2
  Adult women.........|    3.9 |     3.8|     4.0|     3.7|     3.7|     .0
  Teenagers...........|   13.4 |    13.7|    12.7|    13.5|    15.0|    1.5
  White...............|    3.8 |     3.7|     3.7|     3.7|     3.6|    -.1
  Black...............|    7.5 |     8.3|     8.8|     7.8|     8.3|     .5
  Hispanic origin.....|    6.8 |     6.5|     6.2|     6.5|     6.7|     .2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 128,246|p128,882| 128,816|p128,919|p128,911|    p-8
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,222| p25,176|  25,247| p25,140| p25,141|     p1
    Construction......|   6,258|  p6,260|   6,270|  p6,245|  p6,266|    p21
    Manufacturing.....|  18,433| p18,391|  18,449| p18,372| p18,351|   p-21
  Service-producing 1/| 103,024|p103,706| 103,569|p103,779|p103,770|    p-9
    Retail trade......|  22,756| p22,873|  22,903| p22,882| p22,833|   p-49
    Services..........|  38,810| p39,165|  39,055| p39,201| p39,240|    p39
    Government........|  20,094| p20,180|  20,153| p20,205| p20,182|   p-23
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.4|   p34.5|    34.5|   p34.5|   p34.4|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|   p41.8|    41.9|   p41.8|   p41.8|    p.0
    Overtime..........|     4.5|    p4.7|     4.7|    p4.7|    p4.7|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   147.3|  p148.1|   148.3|  p148.4|  p147.7|  p-0.7
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.19| p$13.32|  $13.28| p$13.30| p$13.37| p$0.07
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  454.06| p458.98|  458.16| p458.85| p459.93|  p1.08
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    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 was essentially unchanged in September at
128.9 million, seasonally adjusted.  For the third quarter, the average
monthly payroll employment increase was 156,000, compared with an average
monthly gain of 210,000 over the first half of the year.  The widespread
flooding and other serious problems caused by Hurricane Floyd during the
survey reference period negatively affected employment in some industries.
(In the establishment survey, persons who are on unpaid absence from work
for the entire reference period are not counted as employed.)  Still,
employment growth was relatively slow even in the areas of the country
and industries that appear to have been unaffected by the hurricane.
(See table B-1.)
  
   In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing lost 21,000 jobs in
September.  Employment declined, on average, 15,000 per month in the third
quarter of this year, compared with 36,000 per month during the first half
of the year.  In September, job losses continued in industrial machinery,
aircraft, apparel, and textiles.  Employment in food and kindred products
rose by 11,000, but this followed a decline of 17,000 in the previous month.
Since January, the food processing industry has lost 24,000 jobs.  In
contrast, employment in electrical equipment manufacturing increased by
6,000 in September and has had a net gain of 10,000 jobs since June. In
the first half of the year, the industry lost 12,000 jobs.
  
   Construction employment increased by 21,000 in September, seasonally
adjusted, following a decline of about the same magnitude in August.
Employment in mining was essentially unchanged over the month.  The number
of jobs in oil and gas extraction held steady in the third quarter,
following sharp losses in the first half of the year.
  
   In the service-producing sector, employment in the services industry
grew by only 39,000 in September, well below the average monthly gain of
126,000 for the prior 12 months.  The disruptions caused by Hurricane Floyd
may have contributed to employment declines or below-average growth in
personnel supply services, amusements and recreation, social services, and
membership organizations.  In some other services industries, below-average
growth in September appears to be unrelated to the hurricane.  These include
health services and engineering and management services.  In contrast,
computer services continued its rapid growth, adding 12,000 jobs.
  
   Employment in retail trade declined by 49,000 in September, the second
consecutive monthly decline; during the first 7 months of the year, the
average monthly employment gain in the industry was 54,000.  Some of the
employment declines in eating and drinking places and other retail establish-
ments may have been related to the hurricane.  For the fifth consecutive
month, department stores lost jobs; since April, employment in the industry
has fallen by 49,000.  Employment in wholesale trade was essentially unchanged
in September.

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   Transportation and public utilities added 20,000 jobs in September,
nearly all of which were in trucking and air transportation.  Employment
had been weak in both industries in August.
  
   In September, employment in finance, insurance, and real estate was
virtually unchanged.  Mortgage banking lost 6,000 jobs, the fourth monthly
decrease in a row after 4 years of growth.  Real estate employment was
little changed in September and has shown a net increase of just 3,000
since June.  In contrast, the industry added 25,000 jobs during the first
half of the year.
  
   State and local government employment declined in September, partly
offsetting gains in the prior month.  Federal government employment
continued its downward trend. 
  
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
  
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in September to 34.4 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  Both the manufacturing workweek and overtime were unchanged at
41.8 and 4.7 hours, respectively.  (See table B-2.)
  
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.5 percent to 147.7
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index declined by
0.2 percent in September to 106.2.  (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 7 cents in September to $13.37,
seasonally adjusted.  In each of the first 3 quarters of the year, average
hourly earnings increased by 13 cents.  In September, average weekly earnings
rose by 0.2 percent to $459.93, seasonally adjusted.  Over the year, average
hourly earnings increased by 3.8 percent, and average weekly earnings rose
by 3.5 percent.  (See table B-3.)
      
                         _________________________
                                     
     The Employment Situation for October 1999 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, November 5, 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
50,000 households  conducted by the Bureau of the Census  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 1999,
the sample included about 390,000 establishments employing about 48 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
376,000.  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 -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
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 +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 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 $16.00 per issue or
$40.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
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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-H 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-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-606-STAT; TDD phone:
202-606-5897; TDD message referral phone:  1-800-326-2577.
  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. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 205,699 208,038 208,265 205,699 207,427 207,632 207,828 208,038 208,265
    Civilian labor force............................ 137,903 140,090 139,217 138,081 139,019 139,408 139,254 139,264 139,386
          Participation rate........................    67.0    67.3    66.8    67.1    67.0    67.1    67.0    66.9    66.9
      Employed...................................... 131,864 134,264 133,555 131,818 133,224 133,432 133,307 133,411 133,550
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.1    64.5    64.1    64.1    64.2    64.3    64.1    64.1    64.1
        Agriculture.................................   3,671   3,525   3,342   3,470   3,295   3,354   3,292   3,219   3,137
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 128,193 130,739 130,214 128,348 129,929 130,078 130,015 130,192 130,413
      Unemployed....................................   6,039   5,826   5,661   6,263   5,795   5,975   5,947   5,853   5,836
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.4     4.2     4.1     4.5     4.2     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.2
    Not in labor force..............................  67,796  67,948  69,048  67,618  68,408  68,225  68,574  68,774  68,879
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,006  99,863  99,976  99,006  99,563  99,668  99,761  99,863  99,976
    Civilian labor force............................  73,954  75,190  74,393  74,202  74,316  74,420  74,500  74,400  74,634
          Participation rate........................    74.7    75.3    74.4    74.9    74.6    74.7    74.7    74.5    74.7
      Employed......................................  70,866  72,348  71,603  70,841  71,198  71,321  71,444  71,332  71,615
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.6    72.4    71.6    71.6    71.5    71.6    71.6    71.4    71.6
      Unemployed....................................   3,088   2,842   2,790   3,361   3,118   3,099   3,056   3,067   3,019
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     3.8     3.8     4.5     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.0
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  91,003  91,692  91,793  91,003  91,368  91,487  91,561  91,692  91,793
    Civilian labor force............................  69,817  70,509  70,286  69,869  69,932  70,127  70,164  70,179  70,326
          Participation rate........................    76.7    76.9    76.6    76.8    76.5    76.7    76.6    76.5    76.6
      Employed......................................  67,416  68,210  68,078  67,262  67,399  67,633  67,687  67,682  67,950
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.1    74.4    74.2    73.9    73.8    73.9    73.9    73.8    74.0
        Agriculture.................................   2,526   2,377   2,296   2,402   2,212   2,248   2,271   2,242   2,168
        Nonagricultural industries..................  64,890  65,833  65,782  64,860  65,186  65,385  65,416  65,440  65,782
      Unemployed....................................   2,401   2,299   2,208   2,607   2,534   2,494   2,477   2,496   2,376
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.4     3.3     3.1     3.7     3.6     3.6     3.5     3.6     3.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,693 108,175 108,289 106,693 107,864 107,964 108,067 108,175 108,289
    Civilian labor force............................  63,949  64,900  64,823  63,879  64,704  64,988  64,754  64,864  64,753
          Participation rate........................    59.9    60.0    59.9    59.9    60.0    60.2    59.9    60.0    59.8
      Employed......................................  60,998  61,917  61,952  60,977  62,026  62,112  61,863  62,079  61,935
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.2    57.2    57.2    57.2    57.5    57.5    57.2    57.4    57.2
      Unemployed....................................   2,951   2,984   2,871   2,902   2,677   2,876   2,891   2,786   2,817
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.6     4.6     4.4     4.5     4.1     4.4     4.5     4.3     4.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,994 100,285 100,385  98,994 100,008 100,131 100,203 100,285 100,385
    Civilian labor force............................  60,059  60,568  61,053  59,804  60,729  61,092  60,791  60,908  60,793
          Participation rate........................    60.7    60.4    60.8    60.4    60.7    61.0    60.7    60.7    60.6
      Employed......................................  57,610  58,093  58,753  57,426  58,520  58,719  58,373  58,654  58,572
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.2    57.9    58.5    58.0    58.5    58.6    58.3    58.5    58.3
        Agriculture.................................     834     840     833     767     831     869     797     764     767
        Nonagricultural industries..................  56,776  57,253  57,920  56,659  57,689  57,849  57,576  57,890  57,804
      Unemployed....................................   2,449   2,475   2,299   2,378   2,209   2,373   2,418   2,254   2,222
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     4.1     3.8     4.0     3.6     3.9     4.0     3.7     3.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,702  16,061  16,086  15,702  16,051  16,014  16,065  16,061  16,086
    Civilian labor force............................   8,027   9,014   7,878   8,408   8,358   8,189   8,300   8,177   8,267
          Participation rate........................    51.1    56.1    49.0    53.5    52.1    51.1    51.7    50.9    51.4
      Employed......................................   6,838   7,962   6,724   7,130   7,306   7,081   7,247   7,075   7,028
          Employment-population ratio...............    43.5    49.6    41.8    45.4    45.5    44.2    45.1    44.0    43.7
        Agriculture.................................     311     309     212     301     252     237     225     212     201
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,527   7,653   6,512   6,829   7,054   6,843   7,023   6,862   6,827
      Unemployed....................................   1,189   1,051   1,154   1,278   1,052   1,108   1,053   1,102   1,238
          Unemployment rate.........................    14.8    11.7    14.7    15.2    12.6    13.5    12.7    13.5    15.0

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, 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. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 171,804 173,275 173,432 171,804 172,859 172,999 173,133 173,275 173,432
    Civilian labor force............................ 115,599 117,093 116,243 115,751 116,254 116,578 116,393 116,602 116,409
        Participation rate..........................    67.3    67.6    67.0    67.4    67.3    67.4    67.2    67.3    67.1
      Employed...................................... 111,316 112,846 112,241 111,221 111,985 112,092 112,117 112,277 112,210
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.8    65.1    64.7    64.7    64.8    64.8    64.8    64.8    64.7
      Unemployed....................................   4,284   4,246   4,002   4,530   4,269   4,486   4,276   4,325   4,198
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.7     3.6     3.4     3.9     3.7     3.8     3.7     3.7     3.6
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  59,542  60,063  59,808  59,587  59,500  59,711  59,837  59,968  59,839
        Participation rate..........................    77.2    77.5    77.1    77.3    77.0    77.2    77.3    77.4    77.1
      Employed......................................  57,756  58,303  58,236  57,615  57,615  57,784  57,978  58,013  58,120
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.9    75.2    75.1    74.7    74.5    74.7    74.9    74.8    74.9
      Unemployed....................................   1,785   1,760   1,571   1,972   1,884   1,927   1,859   1,955   1,719
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.0     2.9     2.6     3.3     3.2     3.2     3.1     3.3     2.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,348  49,410  49,746  49,108  49,669  49,933  49,542  49,701  49,534
        Participation rate..........................    60.0    59.5    59.9    59.8    60.0    60.2    59.7    59.9    59.6
      Employed......................................  47,682  47,653  48,138  47,456  48,067  48,215  47,878  48,134  47,946
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.0    57.4    57.9    57.7    58.0    58.2    57.7    58.0    57.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,667   1,757   1,608   1,652   1,602   1,718   1,665   1,567   1,587
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.4     3.6     3.2     3.4     3.2     3.4     3.4     3.2     3.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,709   7,620   6,690   7,056   7,085   6,934   7,013   6,932   7,036
        Participation rate..........................    53.6    59.8    52.5    56.4    55.8    54.6    55.1    54.4    55.2
      Employed......................................   5,878   6,890   5,867   6,150   6,302   6,093   6,261   6,129   6,144
        Employment-population ratio.................    46.9    54.1    46.0    49.1    49.7    48.0    49.2    48.1    48.2
      Unemployed....................................     832     730     823     906     783     840     753     803     892
        Unemployment rate...........................    12.4     9.6    12.3    12.8    11.0    12.1    10.7    11.6    12.7
          Men.......................................    14.1     9.7    12.4    14.7    11.9    11.8    10.9    12.2    13.0
          Women.....................................    10.5     9.4    12.2    10.8    10.1    12.5    10.6    10.9    12.4
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,458  24,904  24,946  24,458  24,798  24,833  24,867  24,904  24,946
    Civilian labor force............................  15,996  16,474  16,494  16,027  16,303  16,300  16,384  16,279  16,534
        Participation rate..........................    65.4    66.2    66.1    65.5    65.7    65.6    65.9    65.4    66.3
      Employed......................................  14,552  15,156  15,113  14,584  15,079  15,103  14,949  15,005  15,154
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.5    60.9    60.6    59.6    60.8    60.8    60.1    60.3    60.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,444   1,318   1,381   1,443   1,224   1,197   1,434   1,274   1,380
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.0     8.0     8.4     9.0     7.5     7.3     8.8     7.8     8.3
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,024   7,183   7,216   6,999   7,206   7,152   7,132   7,151   7,200
        Participation rate..........................    72.0    72.2    72.4    71.7    72.8    72.1    71.8    71.9    72.3
      Employed......................................   6,534   6,760   6,711   6,499   6,727   6,712   6,601   6,706   6,684
        Employment-population ratio.................    66.9    68.0    67.3    66.6    68.0    67.7    66.5    67.4    67.1
      Unemployed....................................     490     424     506     500     479     440     531     445     516
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.0     5.9     7.0     7.1     6.6     6.1     7.4     6.2     7.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,932   8,239   8,361   7,948   8,177   8,214   8,318   8,229   8,383
        Participation rate..........................    64.8    66.1    66.9    64.9    65.8    66.0    66.8    66.0    67.1
      Employed......................................   7,277   7,627   7,774   7,320   7,653   7,671   7,663   7,658   7,821
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.4    61.1    62.2    59.8    61.6    61.7    61.5    61.4    62.6
      Unemployed....................................     655     613     587     628     524     544     654     571     562
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.3     7.4     7.0     7.9     6.4     6.6     7.9     6.9     6.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,040   1,052     917   1,080     920     934     934     899     951
        Participation rate..........................    42.3    42.3    36.9    44.0    37.1    37.7    37.6    36.2    38.3
      Employed......................................     742     770     628     765     699     721     685     642     649
        Employment-population ratio.................    30.2    31.0    25.3    31.1    28.2    29.0    27.6    25.8    26.1
      Unemployed....................................     299     282     289     315     222     214     249     257     302
        Unemployment rate...........................    28.7    26.8    31.5    29.2    24.1    22.9    26.7    28.6    31.7
          Men.......................................    30.5    27.8    28.7    32.7    26.2    26.7    30.8    29.4    30.6
          Women.....................................    26.9    25.9    34.2    25.7    22.0    19.6    22.9    27.9    32.9
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  21,224  21,752  21,820  21,224  21,548  21,618  21,684  21,752  21,820
    Civilian labor force............................  14,487  14,843  14,768  14,457  14,535  14,643  14,592  14,734  14,756
        Participation rate..........................    68.3    68.2    67.7    68.1    67.5    67.7    67.3    67.7    67.6
      Employed......................................  13,481  13,872  13,818  13,394  13,558  13,654  13,685  13,776  13,763
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.5    63.8    63.3    63.1    62.9    63.2    63.1    63.3    63.1
      Unemployed....................................   1,007     971     950   1,063     977     989     907     959     993
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.9     6.5     6.4     7.4     6.7     6.8     6.2     6.5     6.7

    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.  Beginning in January
  1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                               Sept.    Aug.     Sept.    Sept.    May      June     July     Aug.     Sept. 
                                               1998     1999     1999     1998     1999     1999     1999     1999     1999  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   29,290   28,568   28,583   29,290   28,298   28,515   28,015   28,568   28,583
    Civilian labor force....................   12,642   12,299   12,275   12,563   11,743   12,047   12,069   12,412   12,198
        Percent of population...............     43.2     43.1     42.9     42.9     41.5     42.2     43.1     43.4     42.7
      Employed..............................   11,845   11,507   11,506   11,692   10,959   11,238   11,244   11,530   11,358
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.4     40.3     40.3     39.9     38.7     39.4     40.1     40.4     39.7
      Unemployed............................      797      793      769      871      784      810      825      883      840
        Unemployment rate...................      6.3      6.4      6.3      6.9      6.7      6.7      6.8      7.1      6.9
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,589   57,195   57,518   57,589   57,931   57,963   57,162   57,195   57,518
    Civilian labor force....................   37,468   36,797   37,286   37,289   37,416   37,403   36,941   36,845   37,133
        Percent of population...............     65.1     64.3     64.8     64.8     64.6     64.5     64.6     64.4     64.6
      Employed..............................   36,050   35,550   36,022   35,783   36,058   35,961   35,629   35,550   35,807
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.6     62.2     62.6     62.1     62.2     62.0     62.3     62.2     62.3
      Unemployed............................    1,418    1,247    1,264    1,506    1,359    1,442    1,313    1,294    1,325
        Unemployment rate...................      3.8      3.4      3.4      4.0      3.6      3.9      3.6      3.5      3.6
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   41,769   43,130   42,955   41,769   42,742   42,780   43,610   43,130   42,955
    Civilian labor force....................   31,184   31,751   31,930   31,271   31,930   31,937   32,102   31,803   32,076
        Percent of population...............     74.7     73.6     74.3     74.9     74.7     74.7     73.6     73.7     74.7
      Employed..............................   30,276   30,765   31,086   30,343   31,043   31,130   31,097   30,795   31,211
        Employment-population ratio.........     72.5     71.3     72.4     72.6     72.6     72.8     71.3     71.4     72.7
      Unemployed............................      907      986      844      928      886      806    1,005    1,008      866
        Unemployment rate...................      2.9      3.1      2.6      3.0      2.8      2.5      3.1      3.2      2.7
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,669   45,086   45,081   43,669   44,442   44,464   45,042   45,086   45,081
    Civilian labor force....................   35,059   35,915   35,948   34,914   35,771   35,856   35,981   36,142   35,745
        Percent of population...............     80.3     79.7     79.7     80.0     80.5     80.6     79.9     80.2     79.3
      Employed..............................   34,453   35,223   35,333   34,335   35,107   35,128   35,317   35,579   35,157
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.9     78.1     78.4     78.6     79.0     79.0     78.4     78.9     78.0
      Unemployed............................      606      692      615      579      664      727      664      563      588
        Unemployment rate...................      1.7      1.9      1.7      1.7      1.9      2.0      1.8      1.6      1.6

    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.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  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. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 131,864 134,264 133,555 131,818 133,224 133,432 133,307 133,411 133,550
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,385  43,398  43,663  43,170  42,882  43,291  43,353  43,398  43,446
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,067  33,023  33,403  32,891  33,487  33,802  33,302  33,458  33,204
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,042   8,332   8,380   7,984   8,039   7,991   8,289   8,357   8,313
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  39,572  40,504  40,892  39,553  40,500  40,946  40,901  40,893  40,843
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,485  38,998  38,519  38,478  39,103  38,729  38,573  38,842  38,557
    Service occupations.............................  17,835  18,341  17,817  17,926  18,111  18,020  18,035  18,034  17,907
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,060  14,355  14,531  14,045  14,432  14,084  14,405  14,241  14,589
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,073  18,231  18,202  18,118  17,813  18,190  17,985  18,058  18,260
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,838   3,836   3,594   3,585   3,441   3,504   3,423   3,422   3,346
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,260   2,088   2,051   2,145   1,919   1,911   1,938   1,900   1,929
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,368   1,379   1,246   1,290   1,348   1,369   1,300   1,262   1,176
      Unpaid family workers.........................      43      58      44      40      33      37      47      48      41
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 118,974 121,595 121,255 119,148 121,168 121,005 121,157 121,163 121,498
        Government..................................  18,268  18,646  18,939  18,448  18,672  19,110  19,068  19,243  19,131
        Private industries.......................... 100,706 102,949 102,316 100,700 102,496 101,895 102,089 101,920 102,367
          Private households........................     887     923   1,006     918     910   1,001     943     871   1,039
          Other industries..........................  99,818 102,026 101,310  99,782 101,586 100,894 101,146 101,049 101,328
      Self-employed workers.........................   9,131   9,057   8,864   9,096   8,687   8,857   8,837   9,066   8,820
      Unpaid family workers.........................      88      87      95      88      60      87      74      91      98
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,112   3,238   2,948   3,419   3,422   3,418   3,299   3,248   3,269
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,721   1,759   1,689   1,913   1,946   2,092   1,983   1,871   1,895
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,113   1,068   1,031   1,168   1,137   1,014   1,044   1,057   1,087
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,989  16,455  19,069  18,687  18,632  18,666  19,122  19,359  18,787
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   2,928   3,102   2,814   3,191   3,247   3,232   3,130   3,105   3,096
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,619   1,677   1,596   1,800   1,838   1,944   1,846   1,791   1,789
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,072   1,046   1,015   1,132   1,111   1,010   1,028   1,041   1,080
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,378  15,870  18,490  18,161  18,098  18,016  18,618  18,781  18,288

      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.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  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. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   6,263   5,853   5,836    4.5     4.2     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.2 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,607   2,496   2,376    3.7     3.6     3.6     3.5     3.6     3.4 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,378   2,254   2,222    4.0     3.6     3.9     4.0     3.7     3.7 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,278   1,102   1,238   15.2    12.6    13.5    12.7    13.5    15.0 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,006   1,022     955    2.3     2.4     2.2     2.3     2.3     2.1 
     Married women, spouse present..................     921     921     885    2.7     2.5     2.7     2.9     2.7     2.6 
     Women who maintain families....................     653     567     574    7.6     6.0     6.6     6.4     6.4     6.5 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,916   4,756   4,553    4.3     4.0     4.0     4.1     4.1     4.0 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,298   1,118   1,247    5.3     5.1     5.4     4.9     4.5     5.1 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     711     733     744    1.8     2.0     2.0     1.9     1.8     1.8 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,550   1,448   1,390    3.9     3.3     3.6     4.0     3.6     3.5 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     628     682     586    4.3     4.1     4.9     3.8     4.6     3.9 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,357   1,187   1,277    7.0     6.5     6.0     6.3     6.2     6.5 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     269     228     172    7.0     8.0     7.5     6.4     6.2     4.9 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   5,024   4,536   4,663    4.8     4.2     4.4     4.4     4.3     4.4 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,474   1,383   1,375    5.1     4.4     4.7     4.4     5.0     4.9 
         Mining.....................................      18      25      44    3.0     5.9     4.7     6.4     4.0     7.1 
         Construction...............................     601     586     519    8.6     7.2     7.5     6.7     7.9     6.8 
         Manufacturing..............................     855     773     812    4.0     3.4     3.8     3.5     3.9     4.1 
           Durable goods............................     470     447     510    3.7     3.3     3.6     3.8     3.7     4.1 
           Nondurable goods.........................     385     326     302    4.6     3.6     4.0     3.0     4.2     3.9 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,550   3,153   3,288    4.6     4.1     4.3     4.4     4.0     4.2 
         Transportation and public utilities........     257     245     217    3.5     3.3     2.8     3.6     3.1     2.7 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,547   1,282   1,415    5.7     5.3     5.4     5.2     4.8     5.2 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     191     196     178    2.4     2.1     2.3     2.3     2.4     2.2 
         Services...................................   1,555   1,430   1,477    4.5     3.9     4.2     4.5     4.0     4.1 
     Government workers.............................     422     405     381    2.2     2.6     2.4     2.3     2.1     2.0 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     183     206     108    7.9    10.7     9.6     8.9     9.8     5.3 

    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.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,665   2,498   2,627   2,638   2,467   2,529   2,680   2,621   2,589
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,793   1,976   1,664   1,968   1,816   1,736   1,766   1,810   1,831
   15 weeks and over................................   1,581   1,352   1,370   1,636   1,523   1,668   1,505   1,449   1,392
      15 to 26 weeks................................     686     633     672     732     794     824     787     745     698
      27 weeks and over.............................     896     719     698     904     729     844     718     704     694
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    14.5    13.1    13.1    14.3    13.4    14.5    13.6    13.2    12.8
   Median duration, in weeks........................     6.8     6.7     6.0     6.6     6.7     6.2     5.7     6.5     5.8
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    44.1    42.9    46.4    42.3    42.5    42.6    45.0    44.6    44.5
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    29.7    33.9    29.4    31.5    31.3    29.3    29.7    30.8    31.5
     15 weeks and over..............................    26.2    23.2    24.2    26.2    26.2    28.1    25.3    24.6    23.9
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    11.4    10.9    11.9    11.7    13.7    13.9    13.2    12.7    12.0
       27 weeks and over............................    14.8    12.3    12.3    14.5    12.6    14.2    12.1    12.0    11.9

     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,534   2,559   2,299   2,865   2,663   2,683   2,740   2,662   2,586
    On temporary layoff.............................     628     784     620     909     821     892     850     929     890
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,905   1,775   1,678   1,956   1,842   1,791   1,890   1,734   1,696
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,237   1,250   1,158   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     668     525     520   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     854     866     871     727     789     864     755     797     737
  Reentrants........................................   2,223   1,925   2,028   2,161   2,040   2,057   2,011   1,896   1,965
  New entrants......................................     428     477     464     501     415     349     402     483     537
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    42.0    43.9    40.6    45.8    45.1    45.1    46.4    45.6    44.4
     On temporary layoff............................    10.4    13.5    11.0    14.5    13.9    15.0    14.4    15.9    15.3
     Not on temporary layoff........................    31.5    30.5    29.6    31.3    31.2    30.1    32.0    29.7    29.1
   Job leavers......................................    14.1    14.9    15.4    11.6    13.4    14.5    12.8    13.6    12.7
   Reentrants.......................................    36.8    33.0    35.8    34.6    34.5    34.6    34.0    32.5    33.7
   New entrants.....................................     7.1     8.2     8.2     8.0     7.0     5.9     6.8     8.3     9.2
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.8     1.8     1.7     2.1     1.9     1.9     2.0     1.9     1.9
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6      .6      .5      .6      .5
   Reentrants.......................................     1.6     1.4     1.5     1.6     1.5     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.4
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .3      .4      .3      .3      .3      .3      .4

    1 Not available.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  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.
                                                                1998   1999   1999   1998   1999   1999   1999   1999   1999 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.1    1.0    1.0    1.2    1.1    1.2    1.1    1.0    1.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.8    1.8    1.7    2.1    1.9    1.9    2.0    1.9    1.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.4    4.2    4.1    4.5    4.2    4.3    4.3    4.2    4.2
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.6    4.3    4.3   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.3    4.9    4.9   (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.............................    7.6    7.2    7.0   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.






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  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. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   6,263   5,853   5,836    4.5     4.2     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.2 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,400   2,126   2,245   10.9     9.4     9.9     9.6     9.6    10.1 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,278   1,102   1,238   15.2    12.6    13.5    12.7    13.5    15.0 
        16 to 17 years..............................     596     517     532   17.6    15.9    16.1    14.6    15.8    16.3 
        18 to 19 years..............................     679     592     706   13.5    10.6    11.8    11.4    12.1    14.1 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,122   1,023   1,007    8.2     7.5     7.7     7.7     7.3     7.2 
    25 years and over...............................   3,894   3,745   3,630    3.4     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.1 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,416   3,272   3,168    3.5     3.2     3.3     3.3     3.3     3.2 
      55 years and over.............................     464     472     458    2.7     2.6     3.0     3.0     2.6     2.6 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,361   3,067   3,019    4.5     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.0 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,374   1,126   1,162   11.9    10.2    10.7    10.2     9.8     9.9 
        16 to 19 years..............................     754     571     642   17.4    13.3    14.1    13.4    13.5    14.9 
          16 to 17 years............................     352     270     281   20.2    17.7    16.5    15.4    15.8    16.6 
          18 to 19 years............................     386     308     345   15.1    10.6    12.8    11.8    12.3    13.4 
        20 to 24 years..............................     620     555     519    8.6     8.3     8.7     8.3     7.6     7.0 
      25 years and over.............................   1,994   1,963   1,873    3.2     3.1     3.0     3.0     3.1     3.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,711   1,680   1,581    3.2     3.1     3.0     2.9     3.2     3.0 
        55 years and over...........................     286     286     296    3.0     2.7     2.6     3.2     2.9     3.0 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,902   2,786   2,817    4.5     4.1     4.4     4.5     4.3     4.4 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,026   1,000   1,083    9.8     8.6     9.0     8.9     9.4    10.2 
        16 to 19 years..............................     524     531     596   12.9    11.8    12.9    11.9    13.4    15.0 
          16 to 17 years............................     244     248     250   14.9    13.8    15.7    13.8    15.8    15.9 
          18 to 19 years............................     293     284     360   11.9    10.6    10.7    11.0    11.9    15.0 
        20 to 24 years..............................     502     469     487    7.8     6.7     6.7     7.1     7.0     7.3 
      25 years and over.............................   1,900   1,782   1,758    3.6     3.2     3.5     3.6     3.3     3.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,705   1,593   1,587    3.7     3.4     3.5     3.7     3.4     3.4 
        55 years and over...........................     178     185     161    2.3     2.6     3.5     2.9     2.3     2.0 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  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.  
                                                                        1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   67,796    69,048    25,051    25,582    42,744    43,466 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,753     4,196     1,951     1,797     2,801     2,398 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,377     1,172       634       578       743       594 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      317       289       188       158       129       131 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................    1,060       883       446       420       614       463 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,906     7,584     4,156     3,899     3,750     3,685 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      6.0       5.7       5.9       5.4       6.1       5.9 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,442     4,171     2,550     2,430     1,892     1,742 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,635     1,667       534       482     1,101     1,186 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      310       279       228       193        82        86 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,461     1,420       827       766       634       654 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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. 
                                           1998    1999   1999p   1999p    1998    1999    1999    1999   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 126,769 128,802 128,732 129,362 126,361 128,162 128,443 128,816 128,919 128,911
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 107,086 109,711 109,734 109,372 106,470 108,085 108,338 108,663 108,714 108,729
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,705  25,567  25,622  25,518  25,333  25,199  25,180  25,247  25,140  25,141
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     590     536     534     532     583     531     526     528     523     524
    Metal mining........................    50.3    49.0    47.4    47.0      50      49      48      48      46      47
    Coal mining.........................    89.7    84.2    83.5    82.4      90      86      84      85      83      82
    Oil and gas extraction..............   336.7   289.4   289.7   290.2     334     287     285     285     285     286
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   112.9   113.8   113.3   112.8     109     109     109     110     109     109
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,282   6,620   6,620   6,546   6,009   6,239   6,258   6,270   6,245   6,266
    General building contractors........ 1,417.7 1,504.7 1,494.7 1,464.7   1,382   1,427   1,430   1,432   1,424   1,429
    Heavy construction, except building.   917.8   927.8   932.7   932.4     837     854     857     857     852     851
    Special trade contractors........... 3,946.3 4,187.3 4,192.7 4,148.8   3,790   3,958   3,971   3,981   3,969   3,986
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,833  18,411  18,468  18,440  18,741  18,429  18,396  18,449  18,372  18,351
      Production workers................  12,980  12,615  12,678  12,688  12,893  12,662  12,623  12,691  12,613  12,607
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,176  10,967  10,983  10,974  11,159  10,971  10,960  11,015  10,971  10,954
      Production workers................   7,639   7,482   7,497   7,508   7,628   7,504   7,487   7,549   7,507   7,495
    Lumber and wood products............   825.4   838.5   841.5   837.1     815     824     824     826     828     828
    Furniture and fixtures..............   531.0   540.7   542.1   540.5     532     537     538     546     543     541
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   574.4   577.7   579.8   579.0     565     569     568     571     568     570
    Primary metal industries............   711.9   684.7   687.6   685.7     712     689     687     692     689     685
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   230.6   222.2   222.8   220.7   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,500.9 1,476.9 1,482.9 1,486.4   1,500   1,487   1,485   1,493   1,485   1,484
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,189.2 2,125.1 2,113.8 2,111.0   2,197   2,129   2,128   2,131   2,122   2,116
      Computer and office equipment.....   377.0   361.9   361.2   357.7     377     362     364     360     360     358
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,691.8 1,662.4 1,659.2 1,667.4   1,692   1,658   1,657   1,667   1,661   1,667
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   649.5   640.1   641.6   642.3     651     635     637     639     641     643
    Transportation equipment............ 1,892.7 1,834.7 1,850.5 1,842.2   1,891   1,853   1,849   1,863   1,852   1,841
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   997.7   986.8 1,009.9 1,006.9     996     996     998   1,014   1,011   1,006
      Aircraft and parts................   524.5   487.3   481.1   477.3     525     498     491     488     483     477
    Instruments and related products....   863.5   841.1   837.6   834.0     863     839     837     840     836     834
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   395.5   385.0   388.1   390.9     392     386     387     386     387     388
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,657   7,444   7,485   7,466   7,582   7,458   7,436   7,434   7,401   7,397
      Production workers................   5,341   5,133   5,181   5,180   5,265   5,158   5,136   5,142   5,106   5,112
    Food and kindred products........... 1,749.1 1,704.6 1,733.8 1,733.0   1,687   1,688   1,680   1,681   1,664   1,675
    Tobacco products....................    41.7    35.4    36.1    37.5      40      38      39      39      36      36
    Textile mill products...............   596.5   556.4   557.0   555.6     593     563     560     559     557     554
    Apparel and other textile products..   758.0   672.0   675.2   673.4     751     691     686     679     671     666
    Paper and allied products...........   673.6   660.8   660.6   657.6     672     661     659     659     658     658
    Printing and publishing............. 1,560.3 1,554.5 1,553.2 1,549.6   1,565   1,551   1,552   1,554   1,554   1,554
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,042.9 1,037.3 1,035.6 1,031.9   1,043   1,036   1,033   1,032   1,030   1,031
    Petroleum and coal products.........   142.2   141.1   139.9   138.4     140     138     137     138     137     136
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,011.4 1,012.2 1,021.1 1,015.9   1,010   1,018   1,016   1,021   1,021   1,014
    Leather and leather products........    80.8    69.6    72.8    73.0      81      74      74      72      73      73
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 101,064 103,235 103,110 103,844 101,028 102,963 103,263 103,569 103,779 103,770
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,681   6,784   6,794   6,868   6,637   6,758   6,781   6,799   6,808   6,828
    Transportation......................   4,356   4,410   4,415   4,500   4,313   4,402   4,423   4,438   4,441   4,459
      Railroad transportation...........   234.5   231.7   227.2   227.6     233     233     233     230     226     225
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   483.0   420.1   421.4   498.1     471     480     483     483     488     486
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,787.5 1,841.1 1,850.2 1,858.0   1,759   1,802   1,810   1,817   1,817   1,828
      Water transportation..............   188.0   192.1   189.9   187.8     183     180     181     182     182     184
      Transportation by air............. 1,191.5 1,238.1 1,239.2 1,243.0   1,196   1,226   1,234   1,240   1,243   1,250
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.9    13.4    13.2    13.0      14      13      13      13      13      13
      Transportation services...........   457.5   473.2   473.5   472.7     457     468     469     473     472     473
    Communications and public utilities.   2,325   2,374   2,379   2,368   2,324   2,356   2,358   2,361   2,367   2,369
      Communications.................... 1,473.4 1,523.7 1,529.5 1,525.7   1,472   1,513   1,513   1,519   1,524   1,526
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   851.8   850.5   849.3   842.1     852     843     845     842     843     843
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,880   7,062   7,064   7,050   6,871   6,977   6,993   7,012   7,033   7,040
    Durable goods.......................   4,060   4,183   4,186   4,166   4,066   4,124   4,139   4,154   4,171   4,171
    Nondurable goods....................   2,820   2,879   2,878   2,884   2,805   2,853   2,854   2,858   2,862   2,869
  Retail trade..........................  22,436  23,044  23,036  22,890  22,382  22,748  22,796  22,903  22,882  22,833
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies.........................   957.0 1,023.6 1,008.7   989.5     954     979     982     986     988     987
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,709.9 2,719.5 2,720.1 2,718.3   2,745   2,784   2,782   2,778   2,773   2,755
      Department stores................. 2,407.5 2,423.3 2,422.6 2,420.2   2,437   2,486   2,482   2,476   2,467   2,450
    Food stores......................... 3,482.3 3,503.4 3,503.9 3,477.8   3,486   3,487   3,479   3,478   3,489   3,486
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,364.2 2,439.5 2,438.6 2,426.9   2,349   2,400   2,403   2,407   2,410   2,412
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,052.9 1,090.4 1,092.2 1,093.8   1,050   1,077   1,080   1,085   1,088   1,091
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,131.2 1,185.0 1,192.1 1,170.8   1,150   1,172   1,178   1,192   1,189   1,184
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,021.7 1,080.9 1,083.3 1,085.5   1,033   1,084   1,091   1,090   1,094   1,097
    Eating and drinking places.......... 7,911.5 8,165.1 8,147.7 8,068.9   7,782   7,880   7,911   7,989   7,953   7,934
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,858.4 2,927.0 2,941.4 2,952.6   2,883   2,962   2,970   2,983   2,986   2,978
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,473   7,747   7,732   7,653   7,467   7,621   7,636   7,647   7,650   7,647
    Finance.............................   3,617   3,744   3,737   3,704   3,623   3,706   3,709   3,715   3,717   3,712
      Depository institutions........... 2,036.1 2,061.0 2,058.0 2,039.8   2,040   2,047   2,045   2,044   2,046   2,046
        Commercial banks................ 1,462.0 1,474.6 1,473.7 1,459.4   1,465   1,465   1,463   1,462   1,465   1,465
        Savings institutions............   256.4   258.4   256.4   254.1     258     256     256     256     255     255
      Nondepository institutions........   670.9   723.9   721.6   712.4     673     720     721     721     719     714
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   341.4   371.7   368.8   360.8     342     374     372     369     367     361
      Security and commodity brokers....   656.7   689.5   690.9   686.1     656     672     676     682     685     685
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   252.8   269.1   266.9   266.0     254     267     267     268     267     267
    Insurance...........................   2,359   2,417   2,414   2,403   2,362   2,399   2,402   2,404   2,406   2,407
      Insurance carriers................ 1,609.8 1,645.5 1,641.8 1,632.7   1,611   1,635   1,638   1,635   1,635   1,634
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   749.3   771.9   772.6   770.7     751     764     764     769     771     773
    Real estate.........................   1,497   1,586   1,581   1,546   1,482   1,516   1,525   1,528   1,527   1,528
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  37,911  39,507  39,486  39,393  37,780  38,782  38,952  39,055  39,201  39,240
    Agricultural services...............   750.6   841.6   826.3   803.7     712     751     757     760     756     762
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,836.0 1,952.6 1,946.5 1,854.2   1,785   1,786   1,797   1,807   1,808   1,807
    Personal services................... 1,160.1 1,164.4 1,164.7 1,176.6   1,195   1,189   1,200   1,207   1,207   1,214
    Business services................... 8,759.0 9,190.9 9,297.0 9,306.1   8,654   9,047   9,088   9,148   9,189   9,198
      Services to buildings.............   958.5   999.8 1,005.9 1,007.7     956     979     984     992     997   1,003
      Personnel supply services......... 3,334.7 3,423.9 3,507.8 3,500.5   3,230   3,366   3,387   3,422   3,420   3,420
        Help supply services............ 2,972.9 3,033.9 3,113.3 3,102.0   2,874   2,986   3,000   3,025   3,025   3,018
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,634.8 1,796.5 1,808.0 1,811.6   1,639   1,765   1,781   1,794   1,807   1,819
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,154.7 1,193.5 1,192.7 1,191.4   1,153   1,182   1,184   1,185   1,186   1,189
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   386.6   399.6   400.4   397.1     384     398     395     395     397     396
    Motion pictures.....................   569.3   618.8   621.0   608.6     577     604     611     609     608     616
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,707.4 2,006.6 1,981.9 1,793.1   1,622   1,675   1,695   1,694   1,712   1,697
    Health services..................... 9,862.3 10006.9 10011.7 9,996.8   9,873   9,954   9,964   9,975   9,996  10,004
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,816.7 1,875.9 1,882.4 1,872.5   1,818   1,860   1,864   1,868   1,876   1,874
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,761.2 1,759.8 1,760.1 1,755.9   1,761   1,755   1,755   1,754   1,755   1,754
      Hospitals......................... 3,937.7 3,984.3 3,980.5 3,975.3   3,943   3,966   3,969   3,968   3,973   3,978
      Home health care services.........   658.3   654.2   655.6   658.0     658     653     653     655     658     658
    Legal services......................   973.6 1,018.0 1,010.3 1,000.9     980     999   1,002   1,000   1,004   1,006
    Educational services................ 2,139.4 1,989.9 1,961.6 2,243.2   2,189   2,265   2,272   2,278   2,285   2,296
    Social services..................... 2,661.6 2,780.4 2,758.5 2,791.0   2,672   2,760   2,778   2,763   2,799   2,791
      Child day care services...........   613.9   579.5   580.0   631.5     610     629     633     632     631     622
      Residential care..................   750.5   787.1   789.1   785.7     753     775     777     781     785     788
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................    94.2   102.7   101.6    94.8      93      93      94      94      95      94
    Membership organizations............ 2,347.9 2,476.1 2,449.3 2,388.5   2,369   2,394   2,409   2,403   2,409   2,411
    Engineering and management services. 3,217.5 3,469.2 3,466.8 3,452.2   3,231   3,391   3,411   3,441   3,455   3,463
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   916.1   962.3   961.9   947.5     913     940     942     948     947     944
      Management and public relations... 1,058.8 1,177.9 1,182.2 1,185.2   1,058   1,143   1,153   1,165   1,176   1,178
    Services, nec.......................    52.8    58.2    57.7    57.7   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  19,683  19,091  18,998  19,990  19,891  20,077  20,105  20,153  20,205  20,182
    Federal.............................   2,685   2,668   2,658   2,642   2,689   2,666   2,664   2,656   2,652   2,649
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,818.0 1,803.6 1,795.3 1,776.2   1,815   1,788   1,789   1,779   1,780   1,775
    State...............................   4,603   4,458   4,447   4,663   4,647   4,677   4,675   4,682   4,705   4,695
      Education......................... 1,886.8 1,666.0 1,671.1 1,911.4   1,939   1,941   1,934   1,947   1,965   1,952
      Other State government............ 2,715.7 2,792.3 2,775.4 2,751.3   2,708   2,736   2,741   2,735   2,740   2,743
    Local...............................  12,395  11,965  11,893  12,685  12,555  12,734  12,766  12,815  12,848  12,838
      Education......................... 6,947.9 6,111.1 6,121.0 7,152.6   7,103   7,225   7,239   7,268   7,304   7,302
      Other local government............ 5,447.0 5,853.7 5,771.7 5,532.4   5,452   5,509   5,527   5,547   5,544   5,536

  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. 
                                           1998    1999   1999p   1999p    1998    1999    1999    1999   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.3    34.7    35.1    34.2    34.5    34.4    34.5    34.5    34.5    34.4 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.5    40.9    41.3    40.8    40.9    41.0    41.2    41.2    41.1    41.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   42.9    44.7    44.5    44.1    43.3    44.1    44.0    45.1    44.2    44.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   37.5    39.9    40.0    38.5    38.6    38.9    39.4    38.9    39.0    39.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.5    41.2    41.8    41.6    41.6    41.7    41.7    41.9    41.8    41.8 
      Overtime hours....................    4.7     4.4     4.8     4.9     4.5     4.6     4.7     4.7     4.7     4.7 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   41.8    41.6    42.4    42.0    42.2    42.2    42.3    42.5    42.5    42.5 
      Overtime hours....................    4.6     4.5     4.9     4.9     4.7     4.7     4.8     4.9     4.9     5.0 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.5    41.1    41.6    40.8    40.7    41.2    41.1    41.1    41.2    40.9 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   39.8    40.2    40.7    40.4    40.2    40.4    40.4    40.6    40.3    40.8 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.9    43.8    44.0    43.8    43.4    43.4    43.4    43.6    43.5    43.4 
    Primary metal industries............   43.8    43.6    44.1    44.4    43.9    44.3    44.3    44.5    44.4    44.7 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.4    44.7    44.8    45.2    44.2    44.8    45.2    45.2    45.0    45.2 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.6    41.5    42.3    41.8    42.2    42.1    42.1    42.3    42.4    42.5 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   41.8    41.7    42.2    41.8    42.6    42.1    42.0    42.4    42.6    42.7 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.0    40.9    41.6    41.1    41.4    41.5    41.5    41.7    41.7    41.5 
    Transportation equipment............   43.3    42.2    43.7    43.8    43.8    43.5    44.2    44.4    44.0    44.0 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   43.8    42.8    44.7    45.3    44.3    44.4    45.4    46.0    45.2    45.6 
    Instruments and related products....   40.6    41.0    41.3    41.2    41.1    41.6    41.5    41.7    41.5    41.8 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.3    39.3    40.1    39.6    39.5    40.2    40.0    40.1    40.2    39.9 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   41.0    40.7    41.0    40.9    40.8    41.0    41.0    41.1    40.9    40.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.7     4.4     4.6     4.8     4.3     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.4     4.4 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   42.5    41.8    41.9    41.9    41.7    41.8    41.8    42.0    41.6    41.3 
    Tobacco products....................   37.4    40.4    39.9    39.6    37.7    39.9    39.1    41.1    39.8    39.7 
    Textile mill products...............   40.5    40.6    41.0    40.6    40.4    41.0    40.6    41.3    40.8    40.5 
    Apparel and other textile products..   36.7    37.0    37.6    36.6    37.2    37.8    37.7    37.5    37.4    37.1 
    Paper and allied products...........   44.1    43.0    43.5    43.6    43.6    43.5    43.5    43.5    43.8    43.2 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.6    38.1    38.4    38.5    38.2    38.3    38.3    38.4    38.3    38.1 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   43.4    42.7    43.2    43.1    43.2    43.0    43.0    43.1    43.4    43.1 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.2    43.3    42.9    43.1    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.4    41.0    41.4    41.5    41.7    41.9    41.8    41.7    41.6    41.8 
    Leather and leather products........   37.3    37.4    38.8    37.9    37.4    38.4    37.9    37.9    38.4    37.8 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.7    33.2    33.5    32.5    32.8    32.8    32.8    32.9    32.9    32.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   39.3    38.9    39.4    38.5    39.3    38.8    38.9    38.7    38.9    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.1    38.4    38.8    38.2    38.3    38.3    38.4    38.4    38.5    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   29.1    29.8    29.9    28.7    29.0    29.1    29.1    29.1    29.0    28.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   35.9    36.2    36.9    36.0    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.3    32.8    33.2    32.3    32.5    32.5    32.6    32.6    32.7    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 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.
  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.  
                                            1998      1999     1999p     1999p      1998      1999     1999p     1999p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $12.90    $13.15    $13.20    $13.39    $442.47   $456.31   $463.32   $457.94 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   12.88     13.28     13.30     13.37     444.36    458.16    458.85    459.93 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   14.49     14.91     14.93     15.07     586.85    609.82    616.61    614.86 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.11     17.12     17.04     17.11     734.02    765.26    758.28    754.55 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   16.79     17.22     17.27     17.44     629.63    687.08    690.80    671.44 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   13.60     13.92     13.95     14.12     564.40    573.50    583.11    587.39 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.07     14.38     14.46     14.63     588.13    598.21    613.10    614.46 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.17     11.52     11.53     11.56     452.39    473.47    479.65    471.65 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   10.99     11.24     11.28     11.34     437.40    451.85    459.10    458.14 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.82     14.00     13.97     14.18     606.70    613.20    614.68    621.08 
    Primary metal industries............   15.61     16.03     15.94     16.17     683.72    698.91    702.95    717.95 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   18.76     19.12     18.90     19.05     832.94    854.66    846.72    861.06 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.16     13.45     13.48     13.61     547.46    558.18    570.20    568.90 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   14.55     15.07     15.12     15.28     608.19    628.42    638.06    638.70 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.23     13.49     13.49     13.64     542.43    551.74    561.18    560.60 
    Transportation equipment............   17.49     17.94     18.25     18.50     757.32    757.07    797.53    810.30 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   17.77     18.23     18.61     18.92     778.33    780.24    831.87    857.08 
    Instruments and related products....   13.88     14.25     14.27     14.34     563.53    584.25    589.35    590.81 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   10.98     11.32     11.32     11.45     431.51    444.88    453.93    453.42 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   12.93     13.22     13.18     13.37     530.13    538.05    540.38    546.83 
    Food and kindred products...........   11.95     12.15     12.07     12.24     507.88    507.87    505.73    512.86 
    Tobacco products....................   17.92     21.15     21.09     19.47     670.21    854.46    841.49    771.01 
    Textile mill products...............   10.48     10.71     10.72     10.82     424.44    434.83    439.52    439.29 
    Apparel and other textile products..    8.63      8.83      8.88      9.00     316.72    326.71    333.89    329.40 
    Paper and allied products...........   15.84     16.05     15.98     16.29     698.54    690.15    695.13    710.24 
    Printing and publishing.............   13.65     13.80     13.82     13.97     526.89    525.78    530.69    537.85 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.30     17.49     17.51     17.78     750.82    746.82    756.43    766.32 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   20.83     21.35     21.35     21.73     899.86    924.46    915.92    936.56 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   11.98     12.35     12.30     12.47     495.97    506.35    509.22    517.51 
    Leather and leather products........    9.35      9.61      9.74      9.88     348.76    359.41    377.91    374.45 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   12.38     12.60     12.66     12.85     404.83    418.32    424.11    417.63 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  $15.41    $15.66    $15.65    $15.76    $605.61   $609.17   $616.61   $606.76 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.16     14.55     14.66     14.71     539.50    558.72    568.81    561.92 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    8.88      9.02      9.04      9.19     258.41    268.80    270.30    263.75 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.10     14.53     14.63     14.64     506.19    525.99    539.85    527.04 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   12.97     13.20     13.25     13.50     418.93    432.96    439.90    436.05 

  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               1998     1999     1999     1999     1999p    1999p     from:   
                                                                                        Aug. 1999-
                                                                                        Sept. 1999
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $12.88   $13.18   $13.24   $13.28   $13.30   $13.37      0.5   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.80     7.85     7.89     7.88     7.87     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    14.41    14.75    14.85    14.90    14.91    14.97       .4   
    Mining......................    17.06    17.05    16.96    17.23    17.15    17.16       .1   
    Construction................    16.60    17.08    17.16    17.18    17.16    17.23       .4   
    Manufacturing...............    13.58    13.85    13.95    14.02    14.03    14.08       .4   
      Excluding overtime4.......    12.86    13.13    13.20    13.26    13.27    13.30       .2   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    12.38    12.68    12.73    12.77    12.79    12.87       .6   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    15.37    15.65    15.65    15.70    15.68    15.76       .5   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.18    14.48    14.56    14.61    14.64    14.73       .6   
    Retail trade................     8.84     9.04     9.06     9.10     9.13     9.17       .4   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.16    14.60    14.62    14.68    14.65    14.70       .3   
    Services....................    12.98    13.33    13.38    13.42    13.44    13.51       .5   

  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 -.1 percent from June 1999 to July 1999, 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. 
                                          1998   1999    1999p    1999p   1998    1999    1999   1999    1999p    1999p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  145.4  150.8   152.2    147.9   145.1  147.2   147.8   148.3   148.4    147.7 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  115.7  116.1   117.7    115.7   114.7  114.4   114.6   115.1   114.3    114.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   54.8   51.6    51.3     50.8    54.6   50.1    49.7    50.9    49.8     49.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  167.4  187.2   187.5    178.4   162.7  170.0   172.8   170.7   170.4    172.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  108.6  104.9   106.9    106.4   108.3  106.5   106.3   107.3   106.4    106.2 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  111.3  108.7   110.8    110.1   112.4  110.5   110.4   111.9   111.2    111.1 
    Lumber and wood products............  145.5  149.8   152.0    148.4   144.0  147.3   146.9   147.3   147.7    146.8 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  132.1  135.9   137.9    136.7   134.0  135.9   136.2   138.8   137.1    138.5 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  119.6  119.7   120.8    119.8   115.7  117.0   116.8   118.1   116.8    116.8 
    Primary metal industries............   92.5   88.2    89.5     90.1    92.7   90.3    89.8    91.1    90.4     90.7 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   70.9   69.2    69.4     69.5    70.6   69.2    69.4    69.8    69.5     69.4 
    Fabricated metal products...........  116.9  114.2   116.9    115.9   118.4  116.9   116.6   118.2   117.4    117.5 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  106.4  102.8   102.7    102.2   109.1  104.5   104.0   105.3   104.6    104.7 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  107.4  104.7   106.7    106.1   108.6  106.2   105.9   108.0   107.4    107.2 
    Transportation equipment............  125.4  118.1   124.1    124.1   127.2  123.4   125.0   127.1   126.0    125.0 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  160.0  154.3   166.2    168.3   162.3  162.4   165.9   172.1   169.9    170.1 
    Instruments and related products....   74.9   74.5    74.6     73.9    75.7   75.6    75.2    76.0    75.1     75.2 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  102.2   98.2   101.3    101.4   101.5  101.4   100.9   101.1   101.4    101.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................  104.8   99.7   101.5    101.3   102.7  101.1   100.5   100.9    99.9     99.5 
    Food and kindred products...........  125.7  120.0   123.0    123.1   117.7  118.5   117.9   119.1   116.1    116.1 
    Tobacco products....................   61.3   50.3    50.2     52.8    57.9   55.3    56.2    59.0    49.3     49.2 
    Textile mill products...............   85.1   79.3    80.3     79.5    84.3   81.1    79.8    81.3    79.8     79.1 
    Apparel and other textile products..   65.6   57.7    59.1     57.5    65.8   61.4    60.4    59.3    58.6     57.6 
    Paper and allied products...........  110.5  105.0   105.9    106.1   108.6  106.3   106.0   106.0   106.1    105.1 
    Printing and publishing.............  125.1  121.3   122.5    122.7   124.5  122.3   122.3   122.4   122.3    121.6 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  104.0  101.2   102.5    102.7   103.4  102.3   101.9   102.1   102.7    102.7 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   77.8   77.1    76.1     76.0    76.3   73.9    72.9    74.4    73.1     73.9 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  147.2  145.2   148.4    148.3   147.9  149.5   148.6   149.6   149.0    149.0 
    Leather and leather products........   34.4   29.2    32.3     31.4    34.5   32.4    32.0    30.9    31.9     31.4 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  158.7  166.4   167.8    162.4   158.8  161.9   162.7   163.2   163.7    162.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  133.4  133.6   135.5    134.2   132.5  133.0   133.7   133.2   134.1    133.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  129.1  133.4   134.6    132.1   129.3  131.5   132.0   132.3   132.8    132.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  141.1  149.0   149.1    142.1   140.2  143.3   143.6   144.4   143.7    141.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  136.1  142.6   144.7    139.1   137.5  138.8   139.4   141.2   140.7    140.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  193.9  205.0   207.0    200.8   194.7  199.3   200.7   201.1   202.4    202.1 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   63.8    58.0    54.6    56.5    47.5    54.8    55.6    59.1    57.9    56.9    55.2    57.7 
     1996..............   49.6    64.9    59.4    55.1    61.9    60.8    57.0    62.5    57.3    63.5    59.7    61.2 
     1997..............   56.2    61.0    61.9    62.8    58.8    56.3    60.7    61.0    59.4    65.4    63.6    62.1 
     1998..............   63.8    57.9    58.8    60.5    55.9    57.9    58.0    55.8    54.6    52.9    59.1    58.6 
     1999..............   54.4    58.3    52.1    58.8    51.5    57.0    57.6   p49.4   p52.5                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   63.8    62.9    58.0    53.5    53.9    52.7    59.3    61.0    59.4    58.6    57.3    55.3 
     1996..............   62.6    62.5    63.3    63.1    63.1    64.3    64.3    62.2    64.6    64.2    66.2    63.2 
     1997..............   63.8    63.6    67.7    67.3    62.6    61.7    61.4    66.2    67.3    69.9    70.8    71.2 
     1998..............   66.7    66.2    64.5    63.9    61.4    58.7    60.0    58.4    57.6    57.6    59.0    60.4 
     1999..............   60.7    55.9    59.6    54.6    56.3    56.2   p57.2   p55.6                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   66.7    59.7    58.6    56.5    59.0    60.0    57.7    61.0    60.5    59.3    61.7    63.2 
     1996..............   62.6    65.2    64.5    65.2    64.7    64.6    67.0    65.4    65.9    66.7    66.9    66.7 
     1997..............   67.4    68.3    65.6    67.0    65.6    64.9    66.3    68.4    69.7    71.3    71.3    71.9 
     1998..............   70.6    66.9    65.9    62.4    62.6    61.1    58.0    59.8    60.0    60.8    60.8    58.0 
     1999..............   61.1    58.8    57.3    59.0   p55.6   p54.8                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1995..............   63.6    62.4    62.6    63.3    61.7    61.9    58.7    62.2    62.2    61.5    63.5    65.4 
     1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    68.7    66.9 
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    69.7    69.8    71.3 
     1998..............   70.4    68.3    67.1    64.0    62.1    61.7    61.8    63.8    59.8    59.0    59.3    58.6 
     1999..............   60.1   p58.0   p57.3                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   57.2    50.4    47.1    52.9    41.4    45.3    45.0    51.1    48.6    51.1    45.3    48.2 
     1996..............   42.4    55.4    46.8    41.0    55.8    51.4    47.1    56.5    48.9    55.0    50.7    54.0 
     1997..............   50.0    52.9    53.6    56.1    52.2    53.2    51.1    55.4    53.6    62.2    61.2    55.4 
     1998..............   58.6    51.8    50.4    50.4    40.6    46.8    40.3    45.3    42.1    36.3    39.9    45.0 
     1999..............   40.3    42.4    39.6    44.6    36.3    45.3    57.2   p39.9   p42.4                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   55.4    51.4    44.2    41.7    43.5    37.4    42.1    43.9    48.2    46.8    44.6    41.4 
     1996..............   46.8    46.0    43.5    46.0    48.2    51.1    51.8    49.6    53.2    52.5    55.0    50.7 
     1997..............   51.8    51.4    57.6    56.8    54.3    51.8    53.6    55.4    59.7    68.3    65.8    64.4 
     1998..............   59.4    57.9    51.8    44.2    41.7    34.9    37.4    37.1    38.1    34.2    35.6    35.3 
     1999..............   37.4    31.7    37.1    30.2    33.8    43.9   p45.7   p45.7                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1995..............   55.4    45.7    43.2    38.1    41.7    42.8    41.0    42.1    43.5    43.2    44.2    45.0 
     1996..............   41.4    46.0    45.7    47.1    46.0    48.6    52.9    50.4    51.8    51.4    52.5    51.8 
     1997..............   54.7    54.0    51.4    54.3    52.5    52.2    55.4    61.2    61.5    64.7    66.2    65.1 
     1998..............   59.7    49.3    48.2    36.7    36.7    36.7    28.4    31.3    33.5    35.3    32.7    28.1 
     1999..............   33.1    29.1    28.1    36.0   p32.4   p33.5                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1995..............   46.0    44.2    46.0    47.8    41.0    41.7    38.5    38.8    36.3    38.5    39.9    44.6 
     1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.3    50.7 
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.5    55.4    57.2 
     1998..............   54.0    49.3    46.0    40.6    35.6    33.8    30.9    32.0    26.6    26.6    25.5    26.3 
     1999..............   32.7   p27.0   p27.0                                                                         

  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.