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Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MARCH 1994
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment rebounded sharply in March from weather-
related weakness in the prior 2 months, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The unemployment rate, at 6.5
percent, was the same as it had been in February.
 
     The March increase of 456,000 in the number of payroll jobs brought
growth in the first quarter back in line with that for the fourth quarter
of last year.  The average workweek also expanded markedly following
February's weather-induced declines.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     The unemployment rate was 6.5 percent in March, the same as in
February, and the number of unemployed persons remained at 8.5 million.
Unemployment rates for most worker groups were little changed from February
to March.
 
     Changes over the month in several measures partially reversed
unusually large movements in February.  The number of persons jobless for
less than 5 weeks rose by 184,000 in March, while the number who were
jobless from 5 to 14 weeks fell by 178,000.  (See table A-5.)  The number
of persons employed part time for economic reasons--often referred to as
the "partially unemployed"--rose by 349,000 to a total of 5.0 million in
March (table A-3).  It is important to note that data from the household
survey continue to reflect the transition to a revised questionnaire and
new collection method which were implemented in January.
 
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    |     Data from the household survey for 1994 are not directly   |
    |comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years because of the  |
    |implementation in January 1994 of a major redesign of the survey|
    |and the introduction of 1990 census-based population controls,  |
    |adjusted for the estimated undercount.  In addition, the 1994   |
    |data may be affected by the transition to the redesigned survey.|
    |For example, seasonal factors, of necessity, have been computed |
    |based on data collected in the survey prior to its revision,    |
    |and these factors may not fully capture the pattern of          |
    |seasonality in the current data.  Hence, over-the-month         |
    |comparisons of unemployment and other labor force estimates     |
    |should be made with caution.  For additional information on     |
    |the redesign, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey   |
    |Effective January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of           |
    |Employment and Earnings.                                        |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Feb.-
      Category        |  1993  |  1994  |          1994            |Mar.
                      |________|________|__________________________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 128,713| 130,674| 130,667| 130,776| 130,580|   -196
  Employment..........| 120,311| 122,088| 121,971| 122,258| 122,037|   -221
  Unemployment........|   8,402|   8,586|   8,696|   8,518|   8,543|     25
Not in labor force....|  65,602|  65,411|  65,286|  65,314|  65,633|    319
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     6.5|     6.6|     6.7|     6.5|     6.5|     .0
  Adult men...........|     6.0|     5.9|     5.9|     6.0|     5.8|   -0.2
  Adult women.........|     5.7|     5.9|     6.0|     5.7|     6.0|     .3
  Teenagers...........|    18.3|    18.0|    18.4|    17.9|    17.8|    -.1
  White...............|     5.8|     5.7|     5.8|     5.6|     5.7|     .1
  Black...............|    12.0|    12.8|    13.1|    12.9|    12.5|    -.4
  Hispanic origin.....|    10.7|    10.2|    10.6|    10.0|    10.0|     .0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA  |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 110,885|p111,363| 111,079|p111,277|p111,733|   p456
  Goods-producing 1/..|  22,979| p23,048|  23,024| p23,018| p23,101|    p83
    Construction......|   4,653|  p4,671|   4,653|  p4,643|  p4,717|    p74
    Manufacturing.....|  17,727| p17,776|  17,769| p17,774| p17,786|    p12
  Service-producing 1/|  87,906| p88,315|  88,055| p88,259| p88,632|   p373
    Retail trade......|  19,883| p19,990|  19,923| p19,986| p20,060|    p74
    Services..........|  30,631| p30,830|  30,683| p30,792| p31,015|   p223
    Government........|  18,920| p18,939|  18,929| p18,927| p18,961|    p34
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|   p34.6|    34.8|   p34.3|   p34.7|   p0.4
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|   p41.7|    41.8|   p41.2|   p42.2|   p1.0
    Overtime..........|     4.3|    p4.6|     4.4|    p4.6|    p4.8|    p.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $10.93| p$11.03|  $11.02| p$11.03| p$11.04| p$0.01
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  377.20| p381.64|  383.50| p378.33| p383.09|  p4.76
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Household data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for
1993 and earlier years.  For additional information, see "Revisions in the
Current Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the February 1994
issue of Employment and Earnings.
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Total Employment and the Labor Force
 
     Total employment was 122.0 million in March, little changed from
February.  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of the working-
age population with jobs--also was about unchanged at 62.2 percent.  (See
table A-1.)  A total of 7.2 million workers (not seasonally adjusted), or
5.9 percent of all employed persons, held two or more jobs in March
(table A-8).
 
     The labor force participation rate in March was 66.6 percent
(seasonally adjusted), and there were 130.6 million people in the labor
force, about the same as in February.  (See table A-1.)
 
Discouraged Workers (Household Survey Data)
 
     The number of discouraged workers--those who wanted a job but gave up
searching for work because they believed there were no jobs to be found--
totaled about 530,000 in March (not seasonally adjusted).  (See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment climbed by 456,000 in March, as several
industries rebounded from depressed levels related to severe winter weather
in January and February.  Monthly job growth for the first quarter averaged
208,000, about the same healthy advance as in the last quarter of 1993.
(See table B-1.)
 
     The construction industry added 74,000 jobs in March on a seasonally
adjusted basis.  After 2 months of weather-related declines totaling
22,000, construction again showed the strength it exhibited in late 1993.
Mining employment was down slightly in March, as oil and gas extraction
continued to lose jobs.
 
     Manufacturing employment edged up by 12,000 in March, for the sixth
straight month of growth, during which time 88,000 jobs have been added.
Over-the-month gains were recorded in fabricated metals, industrial
machinery, and electronic equipment; employment in each of these industries
has been trending upward since last summer.  There were job losses,
however, in lumber and wood products, transportation equipment, and
instruments.
 
     Employment in transportation and public utilities grew by 21,000, due
to an unusually large increase in the transportation component.  Total
transportation employment (3.6 million) has now surpassed the previous peak
level reached in December 1990.  The number of jobs in retail trade rose by
74,000 in March, with gains distributed across its component industries.
Eating and drinking establishments regained the jobs lost as a result of
the extreme winter weather, but their employment growth in the first
quarter was still below normal.  Wholesale trade employment rose slightly
(10,000); this industry has added about 150,000 jobs since September 1992.
 
     The services industry added 223,000 jobs in March, as many of its
weather-sensitive components bounced back.  Business, health, auto repair,
and educational services, as well as amusement and recreation and hotels
and other lodging places, all contributed to this increase.  The average
rise in services employment for the first 3 months of the year (about
100,000) is in line with the trend for 1993.  The finance industry added
 
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10,000 jobs in March.  In government, increases were registered at the
state and local level, while the Federal government continued to lose jobs.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls rebounded by 0.4 hour from February's large
weather-related decline, to 34.7 hours, seasonally adjusted.  The
manufacturing workweek not only reversed February's decline but rose by an
additional 0.4 hour, for a total over-the-month gain of 1.0 hour.  The
manufacturing workweek and overtime hours are at post-World War II highs of
42.2 and 4.8 hours, respectively.  (See table B-2.)
 
     The index of aggregate hours of private production or nonsupervisory
workers on nonfarm payrolls jumped 1.8 percent to 126.9 (1982=100) in
March.  The manufacturing index shot up 2.5 percent to 104.0.  (See table
B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers on nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 percent in March, after
seasonal adjustment.  Average weekly earnings rose by 1.3 percent,
reflecting the increase in the workweek.  Before seasonal adjustment,
average hourly earnings slipped 1 cent in March to $11.05, while average
weekly earnings were up $4.08 to $380.12.  Over the year, average hourly
earnings increased by 2.4 percent and average weekly earnings by 3.6
percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for April 1994 will be released on Friday,
May 6, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 192,959| 196,090| 196,213| 192,959| 194,321| 194,472| 195,953| 196,090| 196,213
  Civilian labor force............................| 126,682| 129,764| 129,718| 127,440| 128,662| 128,898| 130,667| 130,776| 130,580
        Participation rate........................|    65.7|    66.2|    66.1|    66.0|    66.2|    66.3|    66.7|    66.7|    66.6
    Employed......................................| 117,406| 120,503| 120,844| 118,562| 120,332| 120,661| 121,971| 122,258| 122,037
        Employment-population ratio...............|    60.8|    61.5|    61.6|    61.4|    61.9|    62.0|    62.2|    62.3|    62.2
      Agriculture.................................|   2,805|   2,915|   3,086|   3,099|   3,114|   3,096|   3,331|   3,391|   3,426
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 114,601| 117,584| 117,758| 115,463| 117,218| 117,565| 118,639| 118,867| 118,611
    Unemployed....................................|   9,276|   9,262|   8,874|   8,878|   8,330|   8,237|   8,696|   8,518|   8,543
        Unemployment rate.........................|     7.3|     7.1|     6.8|     7.0|     6.5|     6.4|     6.7|     6.5|     6.5
  Not in labor force..............................|  66,277|  66,325|  66,495|  65,519|  65,659|  65,574|  65,286|  65,314|  65,633
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  92,304|  93,982|  94,042|  92,304|  93,033|  93,116|  93,909|  93,982|  94,042
  Civilian labor force............................|  69,053|  69,998|  70,000|  69,502|  69,730|  69,813|  70,744|  70,644|  70,529
        Participation rate........................|    74.8|    74.5|    74.4|    75.3|    75.0|    75.0|    75.3|    75.2|    75.0
    Employed......................................|  63,370|  64,564|  64,936|  64,355|  65,144|  65,259|  65,963|  65,921|  65,940
        Employment-population ratio...............|    68.7|    68.7|    69.1|    69.7|    70.0|    70.1|    70.2|    70.1|    70.1
    Unemployed....................................|   5,683|   5,434|   5,064|   5,147|   4,586|   4,554|   4,781|   4,723|   4,589
        Unemployment rate.........................|     8.2|     7.8|     7.2|     7.4|     6.6|     6.5|     6.8|     6.7|     6.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  85,664|  86,820|  86,901|  85,664|  86,245|  86,373|  86,778|  86,820|  86,901
  Civilian labor force............................|  65,771|  66,483|  66,513|  65,916|  66,198|  66,321|  66,806|  66,764|  66,723
        Participation rate........................|    76.8|    76.6|    76.5|    76.9|    76.8|    76.8|    77.0|    76.9|    76.8
    Employed......................................|  60,821|  61,784|  62,180|  61,498|  62,315|  62,444|  62,842|  62,778|  62,857
        Employment-population ratio...............|    71.0|    71.2|    71.6|    71.8|    72.3|    72.3|    72.4|    72.3|    72.3
      Agriculture.................................|   2,077|   2,070|   2,165|   2,261|   2,334|   2,300|   2,352|   2,339|   2,358
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  58,744|  59,714|  60,015|  59,237|  59,981|  60,144|  60,490|  60,439|  60,499
    Unemployed....................................|   4,950|   4,699|   4,333|   4,418|   3,883|   3,877|   3,964|   3,986|   3,866
        Unemployment rate.........................|     7.5|     7.1|     6.5|     6.7|     5.9|     5.8|     5.9|     6.0|     5.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 100,654| 102,107| 102,171| 100,654| 101,288| 101,356| 102,044| 102,107| 102,171
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,630|  59,767|  59,718|  57,938|  58,932|  59,085|  59,923|  60,132|  60,051
        Participation rate........................|    57.3|    58.5|    58.4|    57.6|    58.2|    58.3|    58.7|    58.9|    58.8
    Employed......................................|  54,036|  55,939|  55,907|  54,207|  55,188|  55,402|  56,007|  56,336|  56,097
        Employment-population ratio...............|    53.7|    54.8|    54.7|    53.9|    54.5|    54.7|    54.9|    55.2|    54.9
    Unemployed....................................|   3,594|   3,828|   3,811|   3,731|   3,744|   3,683|   3,916|   3,795|   3,954
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.2|     6.4|     6.4|     6.4|     6.4|     6.2|     6.5|     6.3|     6.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,148|  95,159|  95,225|  94,148|  94,709|  94,764|  95,109|  95,159|  95,225
  Civilian labor force............................|  54,726|  56,480|  56,440|  54,759|  55,621|  55,783|  56,368|  56,611|  56,487
        Participation rate........................|    58.1|    59.4|    59.3|    58.2|    58.7|    58.9|    59.3|    59.5|    59.3
    Employed......................................|  51,668|  53,208|  53,165|  51,616|  52,423|  52,631|  53,014|  53,403|  53,121
        Employment-population ratio...............|    54.9|    55.9|    55.8|    54.8|    55.4|    55.5|    55.7|    56.1|    55.8
      Agriculture.................................|     567|     672|     712|     615|     597|     599|     744|     766|     773
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  51,101|  52,532|  52,453|  51,001|  51,826|  52,032|  52,270|  52,638|  52,348
    Unemployed....................................|   3,058|   3,272|   3,275|   3,143|   3,198|   3,152|   3,354|   3,208|   3,366
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.6|     5.8|     5.8|     5.7|     5.7|     5.7|     6.0|     5.7|     6.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  13,147|  14,111|  14,087|  13,147|  13,367|  13,335|  14,066|  14,111|  14,087
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,186|   6,802|   6,765|   6,765|   6,843|   6,794|   7,493|   7,401|   7,370
        Participation rate........................|    47.1|    48.2|    48.0|    51.5|    51.2|    50.9|    53.3|    52.4|    52.3
    Employed......................................|   4,917|   5,511|   5,499|   5,448|   5,594|   5,586|   6,115|   6,076|   6,059
        Employment-population ratio...............|    37.4|    39.1|    39.0|    41.4|    41.8|    41.9|    43.5|    43.1|    43.0
      Agriculture.................................|     160|     174|     209|     223|     183|     197|     236|     287|     295
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   4,757|   5,338|   5,290|   5,225|   5,411|   5,389|   5,879|   5,790|   5,764
    Unemployed....................................|   1,269|   1,291|   1,266|   1,317|   1,249|   1,208|   1,378|   1,325|   1,311
        Unemployment rate.........................|    20.5|    19.0|    18.7|    19.5|    18.3|    17.8|    18.4|    17.9|    17.8
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 163,543| 165,096| 165,168| 163,543| 164,421| 164,516| 165,014| 165,096| 165,168
  Civilian labor force............................| 108,322| 110,136| 109,985| 108,922| 109,804| 110,016| 110,802| 110,934| 110,633
      Participation rate..........................|    66.2|    66.7|    66.6|    66.6|    66.8|    66.9|    67.1|    67.2|    67.0
    Employed......................................| 101,269| 103,147| 103,335| 102,251| 103,662| 103,807| 104,355| 104,669| 104,314
      Employment-population ratio.................|    61.9|    62.5|    62.6|    62.5|    63.0|    63.1|    63.2|    63.4|    63.2
    Unemployed....................................|   7,052|   6,989|   6,649|   6,671|   6,142|   6,209|   6,447|   6,264|   6,319
      Unemployment rate...........................|     6.5|     6.3|     6.0|     6.1|     5.6|     5.6|     5.8|     5.6|     5.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  56,906|  57,043|  57,060|  57,036|  57,123|  57,280|  57,457|  57,333|  57,258
      Participation rate..........................|    77.4|    77.0|    77.0|    77.6|    77.2|    77.4|    77.6|    77.4|    77.2
    Employed......................................|  53,066|  53,420|  53,686|  53,649|  54,279|  54,283|  54,438|  54,344|  54,283
      Employment-population ratio.................|    72.2|    72.1|    72.4|    73.0|    73.4|    73.3|    73.5|    73.3|    73.2
    Unemployed....................................|   3,841|   3,623|   3,374|   3,387|   2,844|   2,997|   3,019|   2,989|   2,975
      Unemployment rate...........................|     6.7|     6.4|     5.9|     5.9|     5.0|     5.2|     5.3|     5.2|     5.2
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  46,090|  47,233|  47,084|  46,112|  46,768|  46,872|  47,025|  47,281|  47,085
      Participation rate..........................|    58.0|    59.2|    59.0|    58.0|    58.6|    58.7|    59.0|    59.3|    59.0
    Employed......................................|  43,795|  44,867|  44,769|  43,773|  44,392|  44,554|  44,631|  45,002|  44,724
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.1|    56.2|    56.1|    55.1|    55.6|    55.8|    56.0|    56.4|    56.0
    Unemployed....................................|   2,294|   2,366|   2,316|   2,339|   2,376|   2,318|   2,393|   2,279|   2,360
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.0|     5.0|     4.9|     5.1|     5.1|     4.9|     5.1|     4.8|     5.0
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   5,326|   5,860|   5,840|   5,774|   5,913|   5,864|   6,321|   6,319|   6,290
      Participation rate..........................|    50.5|    52.3|    52.1|    54.8|    55.6|    55.1|    56.5|    56.4|    56.1
    Employed......................................|   4,408|   4,859|   4,880|   4,829|   4,991|   4,970|   5,286|   5,323|   5,306
      Employment-population ratio.................|    41.8|    43.4|    43.5|    45.8|    46.9|    46.7|    47.3|    47.5|    47.3
    Unemployed....................................|     917|   1,001|     960|     945|     922|     894|   1,034|     996|     984
      Unemployment rate...........................|    17.2|    17.1|    16.4|    16.4|    15.6|    15.2|    16.4|    15.8|    15.6
        Men.......................................|    18.8|    18.7|    18.2|    17.1|    17.7|    16.9|    18.5|    16.7|    16.7
        Women.....................................|    15.5|    15.3|    14.5|    15.5|    13.3|    13.4|    14.0|    14.7|    14.6
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                      BLACK
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,217|  22,751|  22,774|  22,217|  22,475|  22,504|  22,723|  22,751|  22,774
  Civilian labor force............................|  13,687|  14,246|  14,363|  13,862|  14,057|  14,011|  14,368|  14,487|  14,573
      Participation rate..........................|    61.6|    62.6|    63.1|    62.4|    62.5|    62.3|    63.2|    63.7|    64.0
    Employed......................................|  11,810|  12,372|  12,560|  11,991|  12,297|  12,397|  12,482|  12,624|  12,749
      Employment-population ratio.................|    53.2|    54.4|    55.2|    54.0|    54.7|    55.1|    54.9|    55.5|    56.0
    Unemployed....................................|   1,877|   1,874|   1,803|   1,871|   1,760|   1,614|   1,887|   1,863|   1,824
      Unemployment rate...........................|    13.7|    13.2|    12.6|    13.5|    12.5|    11.5|    13.1|    12.9|    12.5
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,469|   6,614|   6,595|   6,489|   6,529|   6,469|   6,563|   6,697|   6,633
      Participation rate..........................|    72.0|    72.5|    72.3|    72.2|    71.8|    70.9|    72.1|    73.4|    72.7
    Employed......................................|   5,550|   5,737|   5,852|   5,644|   5,725|   5,787|   5,753|   5,884|   5,953
      Employment-population ratio.................|    61.8|    62.9|    64.1|    62.8|    63.0|    63.5|    63.2|    64.5|    65.2
    Unemployed....................................|     919|     877|     743|     845|     804|     682|     810|     813|     679
      Unemployment rate...........................|    14.2|    13.3|    11.3|    13.0|    12.3|    10.5|    12.3|    12.1|    10.2
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,547|   6,916|   7,045|   6,605|   6,766|   6,801|   6,917|   6,993|   7,117
      Participation rate..........................|    58.7|    60.5|    61.5|    59.2|    60.1|    60.3|    60.5|    61.1|    62.2
    Employed......................................|   5,903|   6,168|   6,253|   5,904|   6,111|   6,143|   6,121|   6,224|   6,253
      Employment-population ratio.................|    52.9|    53.9|    54.6|    53.0|    54.2|    54.5|    53.6|    54.4|    54.6
    Unemployed....................................|     644|     747|     792|     701|     655|     658|     796|     769|     865
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.8|    10.8|    11.2|    10.6|     9.7|     9.7|    11.5|    11.0|    12.1
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|     671|     716|     723|     768|     762|     741|     889|     796|     823
      Participation rate..........................|    32.2|    32.6|    32.9|    36.8|    35.9|    35.2|    40.5|    36.3|    37.5
    Employed......................................|     357|     466|     455|     443|     461|     467|     607|     515|     543
      Employment-population ratio.................|    17.1|    21.2|    20.7|    21.2|    21.7|    22.2|    27.7|    23.5|    24.7
    Unemployed....................................|     313|     250|     268|     325|     301|     274|     281|     281|     280
      Unemployment rate...........................|    46.7|    34.9|    37.0|    42.3|    39.5|    37.0|    31.7|    35.3|    34.0
        Men.......................................|    48.1|    41.6|    40.8|    44.1|    39.2|    38.8|    38.1|    40.1|    37.5
        Women.....................................|    44.9|    28.7|    32.8|    40.1|    39.7|    35.2|    25.5|    30.5|    30.2
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  15,585|  17,896|  17,942|  15,585|  15,967|  16,014|  17,849|  17,896|  17,942
  Civilian labor force............................|  10,324|  11,713|  11,887|  10,311|  10,575|  10,625|  11,746|  11,835|  11,871
      Participation rate..........................|    66.2|    65.5|    66.3|    66.2|    66.2|    66.3|    65.8|    66.1|    66.2
    Employed......................................|   9,111|  10,416|  10,638|   9,152|   9,476|   9,513|  10,495|  10,650|  10,680
      Employment-population ratio.................|    58.5|    58.2|    59.3|    58.7|    59.3|    59.4|    58.8|    59.5|    59.5
    Unemployed....................................|   1,212|   1,297|   1,250|   1,159|   1,099|   1,112|   1,251|   1,185|   1,190
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.7|    11.1|    10.5|    11.2|    10.4|    10.5|    10.6|    10.0|    10.0
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   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.
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|117,406 |120,503 |120,844 |118,562 |120,332 |120,661 |121,971 |122,258 |122,037
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 40,616 | 40,874 | 41,083 | 40,862 | 40,842 | 40,951 | 41,483 | 41,328 | 41,331
  Married women, spouse present...................| 30,700 | 31,582 | 31,435 | 30,583 | 30,872 | 31,051 | 31,579 | 31,709 | 31,310
  Women who maintain families.....................|  6,731 |  7,098 |  7,340 |  6,760 |  6,704 |  6,693 |  6,796 |  7,133 |  7,369
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 32,402 | 33,252 | 33,354 | 32,204 | 32,739 | 32,764 | 33,008 | 33,122 | 33,152
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 36,441 | 37,079 | 37,060 | 36,438 | 36,974 | 37,243 | 37,411 | 37,191 | 37,060
  Service occupations.............................| 16,370 | 16,951 | 17,059 | 16,432 | 16,688 | 16,734 | 16,796 | 17,087 | 17,111
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 12,520 | 13,085 | 13,023 | 12,999 | 13,597 | 13,445 | 13,494 | 13,644 | 13,551
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 16,735 | 17,093 | 17,183 | 17,136 | 16,958 | 17,209 | 17,685 | 17,645 | 17,581
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  2,938 |  3,036 |  3,165 |  3,385 |  3,389 |  3,325 |  3,598 |  3,693 |  3,651
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,413 |  1,382 |  1,523 |  1,592 |  1,719 |  1,724 |  1,641 |  1,677 |  1,719
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,275 |  1,487 |  1,525 |  1,384 |  1,311 |  1,269 |  1,590 |  1,633 |  1,661
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    117 |     45 |     38 |    126 |     89 |     92 |     78 |     55 |     41
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|105,666 |108,391 |108,626 |106,415 |107,975 |108,247 |109,526 |109,547 |109,365
      Government..................................| 18,684 | 18,279 | 18,648 | 18,517 | 18,493 | 18,503 | 18,163 | 18,152 | 18,481
      Private industries..........................| 86,982 | 90,112 | 89,979 | 87,898 | 89,482 | 89,744 | 91,364 | 91,395 | 90,883
        Private households........................|  1,064 |    972 |    978 |  1,127 |  1,103 |  1,104 |    928 |  1,074 |  1,035
        Other industries..........................| 85,918 | 89,140 | 89,001 | 86,771 | 88,379 | 88,640 | 90,436 | 90,321 | 89,849
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,700 |  9,061 |  8,999 |  8,842 |  9,011 |  9,053 |  8,990 |  9,312 |  9,146
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    235 |    132 |    132 |    208 |    223 |    217 |    142 |    143 |    117
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  6,250 |  4,857 |  4,987 |  6,248 |  6,126 |  6,217 |  5,167 |  4,643 |  4,992
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  3,246 |  2,603 |  2,665 |  3,083 |  3,037 |  3,099 |  2,561 |  2,301 |  2,538
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,738 |  1,951 |  2,046 |  2,863 |  2,810 |  2,828 |  2,171 |  2,028 |  2,138
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,583 | 18,328 | 18,290 | 14,908 | 15,290 | 15,373 | 17,744 | 17,674 | 17,519
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  6,043 |  4,612 |  4,771 |  6,029 |  5,904 |  5,934 |  4,842 |  4,384 |  4,762
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  3,095 |  2,468 |  2,541 |  2,926 |  2,905 |  2,922 |  2,439 |  2,169 |  2,411
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,684 |  1,891 |  2,013 |  2,789 |  2,719 |  2,739 |  2,075 |  1,944 |  2,089
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,149 | 17,782 | 17,687 | 14,446 | 14,858 | 14,909 | 17,056 | 17,081 | 16,893
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
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                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  8,878 |  8,518 |   8,543|   7.0  |   6.5  |   6.4  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.5
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  4,418 |  3,986 |   3,866|   6.7  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.9  |   6.0  |   5.8
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  3,143 |  3,208 |   3,366|   5.7  |   5.7  |   5.7  |   6.0  |   5.7  |   6.0
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,317 |  1,325 |   1,311|  19.5  |  18.3  |  17.8  |  18.4  |  17.9  |  17.8
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  2,003 |  1,877 |   1,786|   4.7  |   4.0  |   3.9  |   4.1  |   4.3  |   4.1
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,422 |  1,424 |   1,454|   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.4
   Women who maintain families....................|    672 |    764 |     780|   9.0  |   9.0  |  10.2  |   9.4  |   9.7  |   9.6
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   Full-time workers..............................|  7,266 |  7,008 |   6,956|   6.9  |   6.3  |   6.4  |   6.8  |   6.6  |   6.6
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,600 |  1,488 |   1,595|   7.2  |   6.9  |   6.6  |   6.2  |   5.9  |   6.3
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                             3/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|  1,034 |    983 |     933|   3.1  |   2.9  |   2.8  |   2.9  |   2.9  |   2.7
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  2,005 |  2,137 |   2,246|   5.2  |   5.2  |   5.1  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.7
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|  1,176 |    998 |   1,050|   8.3  |   6.7  |   7.4  |   7.0  |   6.8  |   7.2
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,958 |  1,849 |   1,706|  10.3  |   9.2  |   9.1  |  10.0  |   9.5  |   8.8
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    309 |    357 |     419|   8.4  |   7.8  |   8.7  |   8.4  |   8.8  |  10.3
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  6,813 |  6,706 |   6,624|   7.2  |   6.7  |   6.6  |   7.0  |   6.8  |   6.8
     Goods-producing industries...................|  2,453 |  2,106 |   2,101|   9.0  |   8.0  |   7.9  |   7.8  |   7.6  |   7.7
       Mining.....................................|     42 |     26 |      37|   6.1  |   7.2  |   6.9  |   5.1  |   4.0  |   5.5
       Construction...............................|    898 |    787 |     788|  15.3  |  12.2  |  12.7  |  13.9  |  13.3  |  13.5
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,513 |  1,292 |   1,277|   7.3  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.1  |   6.1  |   6.1
         Durable goods............................|    849 |    684 |     690|   7.2  |   6.5  |   6.3  |   5.3  |   5.5  |   5.7
         Nondurable goods.........................|    664 |    608 |     587|   7.6  |   7.0  |   6.8  |   7.3  |   7.1  |   6.8
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,360 |  4,600 |   4,523|   6.5  |   6.2  |   6.2  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.4
       Transportation and public utilities........|    340 |    355 |     320|   4.9  |   5.2  |   5.1  |   5.5  |   5.2  |   4.7
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,932 |  2,032 |   2,005|   7.9  |   7.7  |   7.4  |   8.1  |   8.0  |   7.9
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    314 |    267 |     217|   4.3  |   3.7  |   3.7  |   3.7  |   3.6  |   2.9
       Services...................................|  1,774 |  1,946 |   1,982|   6.1  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   6.6  |   6.3  |   6.5
   Government workers.............................|    677 |    603 |     752|   3.5  |   3.0  |   3.1  |   3.8  |   3.2  |   3.9
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    213 |    280 |     276|  11.8  |  10.3  |  11.3  |  13.6  |  14.3  |  13.8
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   3/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal components are small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular
components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                                  |                          |
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,832 |  2,499 |  2,477 |  3,148 |  2,946 |  3,063 |  3,349 |  2,574 |  2,758
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,897 |  3,368 |  2,855 |  2,583 |  2,401 |  2,247 |  2,336 |  2,727 |  2,549
 15 weeks and over................................|  3,546 |  3,395 |  3,543 |  3,110 |  2,971 |  2,864 |  3,027 |  3,103 |  3,110
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,659 |  1,539 |  1,645 |  1,275 |  1,216 |  1,150 |  1,314 |  1,359 |  1,264
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,888 |  1,856 |  1,898 |  1,835 |  1,755 |  1,714 |  1,713 |  1,744 |  1,847
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   18.5 |   18.9 |   20.0 |   17.7 |   18.9 |   18.2 |   18.3 |   18.7 |   19.2
 Median duration, in weeks........................|   10.4 |    9.8 |   11.2 |    8.4 |    8.5 |    8.2 |    8.5 |    9.0 |    9.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               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..............................|   30.5 |   27.0 |   27.9 |   35.6 |   35.4 |   37.5 |   38.4 |   30.6 |   32.8
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   31.2 |   36.4 |   32.2 |   29.2 |   28.9 |   27.5 |   26.8 |   32.5 |   30.3
   15 weeks and over..............................|   38.2 |   36.7 |   39.9 |   35.2 |   35.7 |   35.0 |   34.7 |   36.9 |   37.0
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   17.9 |   16.6 |   18.5 |   14.4 |   14.6 |   14.1 |   15.1 |   16.2 |   15.0
     27 weeks and over............................|   20.3 |   20.0 |   21.4 |   20.8 |   21.1 |   21.0 |   19.7 |   20.8 |   21.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |                       |
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Mar.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                           | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1994
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  5,437|  4,925|  4,522|  4,856|  4,444|  4,442|  4,442|  4,185|  4,037
  On temporary layoff......................................|  1,395|  1,517|  1,249|  1,096|    963|  1,060|  1,196|  1,109|    983
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  4,042|  3,408|  3,273|  3,760|  3,481|  3,382|  3,246|  3,075|  3,054
    Permanent job losers...................................|  (2)  |  2,560|  2,491|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|  (2)  |    848|    782|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
Job leavers................................................|  1,013|    890|    832|  1,061|    960|    932|    762|    888|    873
Reentrants.................................................|  2,018|  2,909|  2,993|  2,059|  2,084|  2,018|  2,831|  2,898|  3,054
New entrants...............................................|    808|    538|    528|    922|    833|    797|    651|    641|    643
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   58.6|   53.2|   51.0|   54.6|   53.4|   54.2|   51.1|   48.6|   46.9
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   15.0|   16.4|   14.1|   12.3|   11.6|   12.9|   13.8|   12.9|   11.4
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   43.6|   36.8|   36.9|   42.3|   41.8|   41.3|   37.4|   35.7|   35.5
 Job leavers...............................................|   10.9|    9.6|    9.4|   11.9|   11.5|   11.4|    8.8|   10.3|   10.1
 Reentrants................................................|   21.8|   31.4|   33.7|   23.1|   25.0|   24.6|   32.6|   33.7|   35.5
 New entrants..............................................|    8.7|    5.8|    5.9|   10.4|   10.0|    9.7|    7.5|    7.4|    7.5
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    4.3|    3.8|    3.5|    3.8|    3.5|    3.4|    3.4|    3.2|    3.1
 Job leavers...............................................|     .8|     .7|     .6|     .8|     .7|     .7|     .6|     .7|     .7
 Reentrants................................................|    1.6|    2.2|    2.3|    1.6|    1.6|    1.6|    2.2|    2.2|    2.3
 New entrants..............................................|     .6|     .4|     .4|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .5|     .5|     .5
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   2/  Not available.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Mar.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Mar.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  8,878 |  8,518 |  8,543 |   7.0  |   6.5  |   6.4  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.5
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,778 |  2,753 |  2,855 |  13.6  |  12.7  |  12.3  |  13.6  |  12.7  |  13.2
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,317 |  1,325 |  1,311 |  19.5  |  18.3  |  17.8  |  18.4  |  17.9  |  17.8
      16 to 17 years..............................|    641 |    656 |    586 |  23.7  |  20.5  |  19.0  |  21.2  |  21.8  |  19.9
      18 to 19 years..............................|    677 |    668 |    725 |  16.7  |  16.8  |  17.1  |  16.1  |  15.3  |  16.5
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,461 |  1,428 |  1,543 |  10.7  |   9.9  |   9.5  |  11.0  |  10.0  |  10.9
  25 years and over...............................|  6,070 |  5,738 |  5,680 |   5.7  |   5.3  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.2
    25 to 54 years................................|  5,428 |  5,075 |  4,993 |   5.9  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.3
    55 years and over.............................|    653 |    670 |    700 |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  5,147 |  4,723 |  4,589 |   7.4  |   6.6  |   6.5  |   6.8  |   6.7  |   6.5
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,562 |  1,530 |  1,559 |  14.5  |  13.6  |  13.2  |  14.7  |  13.3  |  13.8
      16 to 19 years..............................|    729 |    737 |    723 |  20.3  |  19.9  |  19.4  |  20.7  |  19.0  |  19.0
        16 to 17 years............................|    347 |    338 |    341 |  23.8  |  21.7  |  19.9  |  23.9  |  21.9  |  22.2
        18 to 19 years............................|    387 |    397 |    386 |  18.1  |  18.5  |  18.9  |  18.1  |  17.1  |  17.1
      20 to 24 years..............................|    833 |    793 |    835 |  11.5  |  10.4  |  10.1  |  11.5  |  10.5  |  11.1
    25 years and over.............................|  3,552 |  3,169 |  3,010 |   6.1  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.1
      25 to 54 years..............................|  3,127 |  2,782 |  2,625 |   6.3  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.2
      55 years and over...........................|    420 |    401 |    385 |   4.8  |   4.5  |   4.7  |   4.7  |   4.7  |   4.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,731 |  3,795 |  3,954 |   6.4  |   6.4  |   6.2  |   6.5  |   6.3  |   6.6
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,216 |  1,223 |  1,296 |  12.7  |  11.7  |  11.3  |  12.3  |  12.0  |  12.6
      16 to 19 years..............................|    588 |    588 |    588 |  18.5  |  16.5  |  16.1  |  15.8  |  16.7  |  16.5
        16 to 17 years............................|    294 |    318 |    245 |  23.4  |  19.2  |  18.1  |  18.2  |  21.7  |  17.4
        18 to 19 years............................|    290 |    272 |    339 |  15.1  |  14.9  |  15.1  |  13.8  |  13.2  |  15.8
      20 to 24 years..............................|    628 |    635 |    708 |   9.8  |   9.3  |   8.8  |  10.4  |   9.5  |  10.6
    25 years and over.............................|  2,518 |  2,568 |  2,670 |   5.2  |   5.3  |   5.2  |   5.4  |   5.1  |   5.4
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,301 |  2,293 |  2,369 |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.5
      55 years and over...........................|    233 |    269 |    316 |   3.5  |   3.8  |   3.6  |   4.5  |   3.8  |   4.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                                                                      |
                                                                                      |                 March 1994
                                       Category                                       |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |    Total     |     Men      |    Women
                                                                                      |              |              |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total not in the labor force..........................................................|    66,495    |    24,042    |    42,453
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................................|     6,257    |     2,443    |     3,815
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................................|     1,832    |       833    |       999
   Reason not currently looking:                                                      |              |              |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................................|       533    |       303    |       230
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................................|     1,299    |       529    |       769
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................................|     7,176    |     3,889    |     3,287
    Percent of total employed.........................................................|       5.9    |       6.0    |       5.9
                                                                                      |              |              |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................................|     4,261    |     2,562    |     1,699
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................................|     1,642    |       518    |     1,123
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................................|       222    |       171    |        51
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................................|     1,021    |       628    |       394
                                                                                      |              |              |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   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.
 
 
 
 
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)
 
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                          |                             |
                                          | Not seasonally adjusted1/   |                  Seasonally adjusted2/
                                          |                             |
                                           _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________
       State and employment status        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                          |  Mar.   |  Jan.   |  Mar.   |  Mar.   |  Nov.   |  Dec.   |  Jan.   |  Feb.   |  Mar.
                                          |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1993   |  1993   |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1994
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,239    23,390    23,398    23,239    23,354    23,367    23,380    23,390    23,398
  Civilian labor force....................   15,183    15,550    15,430    15,302    15,209    15,216    15,626    15,597    15,547
    Employed..............................   13,711    14,026    14,054    13,862    13,861    13,884    14,041    14,190    14,205
    Unemployed............................    1,472     1,525     1,376     1,439     1,348     1,332     1,585     1,407     1,342
    Unemployment rate.....................      9.7       9.8       8.9       9.4       8.9       8.8      10.1       9.0       8.6
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,646    10,778    10,787    10,646    10,744    10,756    10,767    10,778    10,787
  Civilian labor force....................    6,561     6,607     6,727     6,593     6,689     6,742     6,798     6,692     6,762
    Employed..............................    6,121     6,226     6,255     6,128     6,245     6,277     6,286     6,309     6,266
    Unemployed............................      440       381       471       465       445       464       512       383       496
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.7       5.8       7.0       7.1       6.6       6.9       7.5       5.7       7.3
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,813     8,864     8,866     8,813     8,852     8,857     8,861     8,864     8,866
  Civilian labor force....................    5,910     5,975     5,981     5,957     5,999     6,033     5,999     6,017     6,030
    Employed..............................    5,399     5,561     5,593     5,471     5,640     5,675     5,600     5,634     5,667
    Unemployed............................      511       414       388       486       359       358       399       383       362
    Unemployment rate.....................      8.6       6.9       6.5       8.2       6.0       5.9       6.6       6.4       6.0
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,662     4,665     4,664     4,662     4,665     4,666     4,666     4,665     4,664
  Civilian labor force....................    3,188     3,123     3,142     3,188     3,175     3,162     3,172     3,130     3,142
    Employed..............................    2,946     2,899     2,933     2,970     2,972     2,966     2,944     2,930     2,957
    Unemployed............................      243       223       209       218       204       196       228       200       185
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.6       7.1       6.7       6.8       6.4       6.2       7.2       6.4       5.9
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,121     7,155     7,156     7,121     7,147     7,150     7,153     7,155     7,156
  Civilian labor force....................    4,570     4,749     4,706     4,619     4,714     4,748     4,803     4,796     4,753
    Employed..............................    4,244     4,347     4,376     4,314     4,383     4,399     4,441     4,416     4,445
    Unemployed............................      327       402       330       305       331       349       363       380       308
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.1       8.5       7.0       6.6       7.0       7.3       7.5       7.9       6.5
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,098     6,125     6,126     6,098     6,119     6,121     6,123     6,125     6,126
  Civilian labor force....................    3,986     3,992     4,021     3,987     4,043     4,019     4,066     4,030     4,023
    Employed..............................    3,647     3,684     3,684     3,665     3,786     3,737     3,788     3,735     3,704
    Unemployed............................      340       308       337       322       257       282       278       295       319
    Unemployment rate.....................      8.5       7.7       8.4       8.1       6.3       7.0       6.8       7.3       7.9
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   14,024    14,054    14,054    14,024    14,049    14,052    14,054    14,054    14,054
  Civilian labor force....................    8,668     8,560     8,645     8,715     8,606     8,597     8,622     8,578     8,686
    Employed..............................    8,007     7,836     7,943     8,060     7,955     7,943     8,008     7,906     7,987
    Unemployed............................      661       725       702       655       651       654       614       672       699
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.6       8.5       8.1       7.5       7.6       7.6       7.1       7.8       8.1
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,266     5,340     5,346     5,266     5,321     5,328     5,334     5,340     5,346
  Civilian labor force....................    3,518     3,548     3,523     3,566     3,554     3,565     3,559     3,587     3,572
    Employed..............................    3,325     3,352     3,364     3,376     3,410     3,417     3,418     3,402     3,417
    Unemployed............................      193       196       159       190       144       148       141       185       156
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.5       5.5       4.5       5.3       4.1       4.1       4.0       5.2       4.4
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,386     8,421     8,422     8,386     8,413     8,416     8,419     8,421     8,422
  Civilian labor force....................    5,450     5,548     5,565     5,484     5,512     5,551     5,513     5,609     5,595
    Employed..............................    5,052     5,199     5,195     5,125     5,153     5,203     5,178     5,315     5,266
    Unemployed............................      399       349       370       359       359       348       335       294       329
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.3       6.3       6.6       6.6       6.5       6.3       6.1       5.2       5.9
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,276     9,299     9,299     9,276     9,295     9,297     9,298     9,299     9,299
  Civilian labor force....................    5,781     5,727     5,821     5,871     5,899     5,890     5,800     5,740     5,914
    Employed..............................    5,367     5,376     5,419     5,458     5,484     5,513     5,451     5,448     5,511
    Unemployed............................      414       351       403       413       415       377       349       292       402
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.2       6.1       6.9       7.0       7.0       6.4       6.0       5.1       6.8
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,227    13,461    13,479    13,227    13,400    13,421    13,442    13,461    13,479
  Civilian labor force....................    8,951     9,241     9,263     9,006     9,359     9,301     9,315     9,307     9,317
    Employed..............................    8,353     8,539     8,595     8,382     8,718     8,691     8,760     8,661     8,623
    Unemployed............................      598       702       668       624       641       611       555       646       694
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.7       7.6       7.2       6.9       6.8       6.6       6.0       6.9       7.4
 
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
   1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
 
   2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns.
   3/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Mar.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|108,672|109,467|109,933|110,792|109,565|110,880|111,110|111,079|111,277|111,733
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 89,502| 90,580| 90,711| 91,442| 90,777| 91,976| 92,156| 92,150| 92,350| 92,772
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries....................| 22,467| 22,468| 22,403| 22,564| 23,016| 22,994| 23,008| 23,024| 23,018| 23,101
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining1/....................................|    590|    592|    587|    586|    600|    595|    605|    602|    601|    598
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  330.3|  339.8|  334.7|  331.5|    334|    349|    344|    341|    339|    337
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction1/..............................|  4,109|  4,248|  4,193|  4,330|  4,481|  4,664|  4,665|  4,653|  4,643|  4,717
       General building contractors..............|  983.2|1,020.9|  997.4|1,019.0|  1,049|  1,078|  1,085|  1,083|  1,068|  1,090
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 17,768| 17,628| 17,623| 17,648| 17,935| 17,735| 17,738| 17,769| 17,774| 17,786
         Production workers......................| 12,092| 12,053| 12,070| 12,099| 12,231| 12,127| 12,139| 12,178| 12,203| 12,215
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,064|  9,996|  9,991| 10,018| 10,144| 10,013| 10,028| 10,061| 10,067| 10,074
         Production workers......................|  6,721|  6,730|  6,740|  6,766|  6,783|  6,725|  6,749|  6,786|  6,804|  6,812
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Lumber and wood products..................|  671.3|  688.4|  687.9|  689.0|    690|    694|    699|    705|    706|    703
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  477.4|  485.1|  483.7|  484.3|    480|    482|    485|    487|    486|    487
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  498.4|  497.6|  496.8|  504.2|    513|    513|    514|    517|    516|    518
       Primary metal industries..................|  678.9|  674.7|  675.2|  674.5|    682|    676|    675|    676|    678|    677
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  239.5|  236.5|  235.4|  233.1|    241|    238|    236|    237|    237|    234
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,307.9|1,317.2|1,315.0|1,320.5|  1,320|  1,313|  1,315|  1,325|  1,324|  1,330
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,908.1|1,903.2|1,908.2|1,915.1|  1,904|  1,897|  1,897|  1,901|  1,906|  1,911
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,515.6|1,515.6|1,517.3|1,523.1|  1,525|  1,515|  1,518|  1,516|  1,522|  1,528
       Transportation equipment..................|1,751.3|1,701.2|1,696.0|1,696.8|  1,771|  1,698|  1,703|  1,713|  1,713|  1,707
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  813.4|  847.3|  849.7|  851.9|    827|    827|    842|    875|    867|    863
         Aircraft and parts......................|  562.4|  501.2|  493.3|  488.9|    563|    514|    505|    499|    492|    488
       Instruments and related products..........|  894.6|  857.4|  854.6|  852.1|    896|    865|    861|    859|    856|    853
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  360.6|  355.3|  355.8|  358.2|    363|    360|    361|    362|    360|    360
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,704|  7,632|  7,632|  7,630|  7,791|  7,722|  7,710|  7,708|  7,707|  7,712
         Production workers......................|  5,371|  5,323|  5,330|  5,333|  5,448|  5,402|  5,390|  5,392|  5,399|  5,403
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Food and kindred products.................|1,601.6|1,597.6|1,597.3|1,597.3|  1,658|  1,649|  1,644|  1,642|  1,647|  1,652
       Tobacco products..........................|   46.0|   47.4|   44.8|   42.9|     48|     47|     46|     44|     44|     44
       Textile mill products.....................|  663.5|  659.0|  660.5|  660.4|    669|    662|    662|    662|    664|    666
       Apparel and other textile products........|  988.5|  939.4|  944.4|  942.9|    992|    959|    951|    950|    947|    945
       Paper and allied products.................|  679.5|  672.5|  671.7|  670.6|    684|    675|    676|    677|    676|    675
       Printing and publishing...................|1,501.5|1,508.0|1,507.1|1,508.9|  1,503|  1,505|  1,505|  1,508|  1,509|  1,510
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,074.8|1,054.0|1,050.1|1,047.9|  1,078|  1,066|  1,065|  1,059|  1,053|  1,051
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  152.9|  147.7|  147.2|  147.8|    156|    155|    153|    152|    151|    151
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  880.3|  892.0|  895.6|  899.1|    886|    889|    892|    898|    902|    904
       Leather and leather products..............|  115.6|  113.9|  112.9|  112.6|    117|    115|    116|    116|    114|    114
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries..................| 86,205| 86,999| 87,530| 88,228| 86,549| 87,886| 88,102| 88,055| 88,259| 88,632
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  5,662|  5,649|  5,650|  5,676|  5,724|  5,700|  5,697|  5,708|  5,716|  5,737
       Transportation............................|  3,464|  3,483|  3,487|  3,515|  3,513|  3,517|  3,521|  3,529|  3,540|  3,565
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,584.8|1,606.8|1,608.0|1,621.9|  1,627|  1,638|  1,629|  1,643|  1,653|  1,663
         Transportation by air...................|  726.7|  731.7|  729.9|  732.3|    735|    731|    739|    736|    737|    740
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,198|  2,166|  2,163|  2,161|  2,211|  2,183|  2,176|  2,179|  2,176|  2,172
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  6,055|  6,103|  6,112|  6,137|  6,103|  6,129|  6,133|  6,156|  6,174|  6,184
       Durable goods.............................|  3,465|  3,504|  3,511|  3,522|  3,482|  3,505|  3,512|  3,525|  3,536|  3,540
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,590|  2,599|  2,601|  2,615|  2,621|  2,624|  2,621|  2,631|  2,638|  2,644
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade1/..............................| 19,173| 19,604| 19,486| 19,619| 19,604| 19,853| 19,949| 19,923| 19,986| 20,060
       General merchandise stores................|2,298.6|2,373.7|2,281.7|2,274.1|  2,394|  2,361|  2,357|  2,332|  2,347|  2,366
       Food stores...............................|3,156.1|3,205.7|3,198.5|3,203.5|  3,198|  3,213|  3,218|  3,222|  3,234|  3,246
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|1,991.7|2,052.8|2,065.8|2,082.7|  2,018|  2,062|  2,075|  2,080|  2,097|  2,108
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,108.6|1,136.3|1,094.8|1,096.1|  1,143|  1,130|  1,147|  1,126|  1,126|  1,129
       Eating and drinking places................|6,607.9|6,689.2|6,717.1|6,839.0|  6,743|  6,950|  6,993|  6,990|  6,968|  7,000
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,533|  6,602|  6,607|  6,633|  6,574|  6,651|  6,660|  6,656|  6,664|  6,675
       Finance...................................|  3,179|  3,256|  3,266|  3,279|  3,185|  3,253|  3,262|  3,266|  3,276|  3,286
         Depository institutions.................|2,103.0|2,122.0|2,120.7|2,127.1|  2,111|  2,125|  2,126|  2,126|  2,127|  2,134
       Insurance.................................|  2,109|  2,103|  2,101|  2,101|  2,109|  2,114|  2,113|  2,105|  2,103|  2,101
       Real estate...............................|  1,245|  1,243|  1,240|  1,253|  1,280|  1,284|  1,285|  1,285|  1,285|  1,288
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services1/..................................| 29,612| 30,154| 30,453| 30,813| 29,756| 30,649| 30,709| 30,683| 30,792| 31,015
       Agricultural services.....................|  443.4|  452.3|  440.7|  466.1|    494|    535|    539|    540|    524|    520
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|1,503.9|1,507.7|1,510.9|1,538.2|  1,563|  1,586|  1,587|  1,594|  1,589|  1,602
       Personal services.........................|1,136.1|1,130.1|1,135.5|1,137.2|  1,086|  1,115|  1,110|  1,100|  1,094|  1,092
       Business services.........................|5,497.7|5,837.7|5,876.9|5,986.0|  5,598|  5,945|  5,976|  5,975|  6,028|  6,102
         Personnel supply services...............|1,797.4|2,030.2|2,048.0|2,132.4|  1,874|  2,108|  2,140|  2,148|  2,181|  2,224
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  902.5|  956.6|  970.1|  987.3|    906|    951|    962|    967|    977|    992
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|  347.4|  361.0|  362.7|  364.8|    352|    360|    361|    366|    369|    369
       Motion pictures...........................|  414.8|  422.5|  427.1|  433.1|    416|    422|    426|    424|    429|    435
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Mar.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Amusement and recreation services.........|1,079.0|1,016.0|1,044.6|1,094.5|  1,148|  1,174|  1,173|  1,134|  1,158|  1,190
       Health services...........................|8,766.7|8,999.3|9,015.0|9,059.7|  8,784|  8,985|  8,997|  9,017|  9,033|  9,078
         Hospitals...............................|3,807.6|3,815.6|3,811.7|3,816.4|  3,811|  3,818|  3,816|  3,816|  3,816|  3,820
       Legal services............................|  922.4|  927.4|  928.2|  927.5|    928|    933|    930|    932|    934|    932
       Educational services......................|1,841.5|1,738.6|1,873.3|1,896.7|  1,736|  1,770|  1,768|  1,760|  1,769|  1,786
       Social services...........................|2,044.0|2,104.0|2,122.5|2,142.0|  2,032|  2,099|  2,109|  2,112|  2,120|  2,131
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|   69.0|   70.5|   70.6|   73.3|     73|     78|     78|     77|     77|     78
       Membership organizations..................|1,938.8|1,937.2|1,951.5|1,965.3|  1,951|  1,969|  1,968|  1,971|  1,969|  1,981
       Engineering and management services.......|2,520.2|2,509.9|2,540.3|2,557.7|  2,503|  2,544|  2,542|  2,530|  2,538|  2,542
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 19,170| 18,887| 19,222| 19,350| 18,788| 18,904| 18,954| 18,929| 18,927| 18,961
       Federal...................................|  2,926|  2,877|  2,874|  2,874|  2,938|  2,896|  2,918|  2,897|  2,886|  2,880
       State.....................................|  4,563|  4,427|  4,589|  4,616|  4,443|  4,486|  4,498|  4,472|  4,490|  4,499
       Local.....................................| 11,681| 11,583| 11,759| 11,860| 11,407| 11,522| 11,538| 11,560| 11,551| 11,582
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      p/  = preliminary.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Mar.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Total private...........................|  34.0 |  34.3 |  34.0 |  34.4 |  34.2 |  34.5 |  34.5 |  34.8 |  34.3 |  34.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Mining........................................|  42.9 |  44.1 |  43.6 |  44.1 |  43.4 |  44.2 |  43.9 |  44.2 |  43.9 |  44.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Construction..................................|  37.4 |  37.0 |  36.0 |  38.2 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Manufacturing.................................|  40.9 |  41.5 |  40.9 |  41.9 |  41.2 |  41.7 |  41.7 |  41.8 |  41.2 |  42.2
        Overtime hours...........................|   3.7 |   4.2 |   4.1 |   4.5 |   4.0 |   4.3 |   4.4 |   4.4 |   4.6 |   4.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Durable goods...............................|  41.7 |  42.4 |  41.8 |  42.8 |  42.0 |  42.5 |  42.6 |  42.7 |  42.2 |  43.0
        Overtime hours...........................|   3.9 |   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.8 |   4.2 |   4.7 |   4.7 |   4.8 |   5.0 |   5.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Lumber and wood products...................|  40.2 |  40.9 |  39.7 |  41.2 |  40.6 |  41.5 |  41.3 |  41.6 |  40.3 |  41.5
      Furniture and fixtures.....................|  39.7 |  39.9 |  38.1 |  40.1 |  40.1 |  40.7 |  40.2 |  40.2 |  38.8 |  40.4
      Stone, clay, and glass products............|  41.4 |  42.0 |  41.1 |  42.8 |  42.2 |  43.3 |  43.0 |  43.6 |  42.2 |  43.7
      Primary metal industries...................|  43.5 |  44.2 |  43.9 |  44.4 |  43.9 |  44.1 |  44.3 |  44.2 |  44.2 |  44.7
        Blast furnaces and basic steel products..|  43.9 |  43.7 |  43.8 |  44.1 |  44.4 |  44.0 |  44.2 |  43.7 |  44.2 |  44.5
      Fabricated metal products..................|  41.5 |  42.4 |  41.9 |  42.6 |  41.9 |  42.5 |  42.6 |  42.7 |  42.3 |  43.0
      Industrial machinery and equipment.........|  42.8 |  43.5 |  43.0 |  43.9 |  42.8 |  43.2 |  43.3 |  43.4 |  43.1 |  43.9
      Electronic and other electrical equipment..|  41.4 |  42.1 |  41.4 |  42.3 |  41.6 |  41.9 |  41.8 |  42.1 |  41.6 |  42.5
      Transportation equipment...................|  42.5 |  43.7 |  43.6 |  44.3 |  42.7 |  43.8 |  44.2 |  44.0 |  44.0 |  44.5
        Motor vehicles and equipment.............|  43.9 |  45.4 |  45.7 |  46.4 |  44.3 |  45.9 |  46.4 |  46.3 |  46.5 |  46.7
      Instruments and related products...........|  41.1 |  41.5 |  41.0 |  41.8 |  41.1 |  40.9 |  41.1 |  41.6 |  40.9 |  41.8
      Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  39.8 |  39.6 |  38.6 |  40.2 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  40.1 |  39.0 |  40.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Nondurable goods............................|  39.9 |  40.4 |  39.6 |  40.8 |  40.3 |  40.7 |  40.7 |  40.6 |  40.0 |  41.2
        Overtime hours...........................|   3.5 |   3.8 |   3.7 |   4.0 |   3.8 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   4.1 |   4.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Food and kindred products..................|  39.8 |  40.3 |  40.2 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  40.8 |  40.7 |  40.6 |  40.9 |  41.2
      Tobacco products...........................|  36.0 |  37.5 |  35.2 |  38.1 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Textile mill products......................|  39.6 |  41.2 |  39.6 |  41.7 |  40.1 |  41.9 |  41.9 |  41.5 |  40.2 |  42.3
      Apparel and other textile products.........|  37.0 |  36.8 |  35.4 |  37.7 |  37.2 |  37.3 |  37.2 |  37.0 |  35.5 |  38.0
      Paper and allied products..................|  43.0 |  43.7 |  42.8 |  43.7 |  43.5 |  43.7 |  43.7 |  43.7 |  43.2 |  44.2
      Printing and publishing....................|  38.2 |  38.0 |  37.6 |  38.6 |  38.1 |  38.4 |  38.3 |  38.3 |  37.9 |  38.5
      Chemicals and allied products..............|  42.7 |  43.2 |  42.8 |  43.5 |  42.8 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  43.2 |  43.0 |  43.6
      Petroleum and coal products................|  43.3 |  44.1 |  43.4 |  44.5 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|  41.5 |  41.9 |  41.2 |  42.4 |  41.8 |  42.1 |  42.1 |  41.8 |  41.4 |  42.7
      Leather and leather products...............|  38.4 |  38.5 |  37.2 |  38.2 |  39.0 |  38.6 |  38.5 |  38.7 |  37.5 |  38.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Transportation and public utilities...........|  39.2 |  39.6 |  39.6 |  39.7 |  39.6 |  39.7 |  39.8 |  40.1 |  39.9 |  40.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Wholesale trade...............................|  37.8 |  38.2 |  37.9 |  38.1 |  38.0 |  38.2 |  38.1 |  38.5 |  38.1 |  38.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Retail trade..................................|  27.8 |  28.2 |  28.1 |  28.5 |  28.2 |  28.8 |  28.9 |  29.0 |  28.6 |  29.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Finance, insurance, and real estate...........|  35.5 |  36.3 |  35.8 |  35.7 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Services......................................|  32.3 |  32.6 |  32.3 |  32.4 |  32.4 |  32.5 |  32.5 |  32.9 |  32.3 |  32.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and                2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;               adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                   to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components and
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,             consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
   insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups             precision.
   account for approximately four-fifths of the total                    p = preliminary.
   employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
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                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Mar.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Mar.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                         | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$10.79 |$11.06 |$11.06 |$11.05 |$366.86|$379.36|$376.04|$380.12
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 10.78 | 11.02 | 11.03 | 11.04 | 368.68| 383.50| 378.33| 383.09
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Mining........................................| 14.71 | 15.05 | 14.84 | 14.85 | 631.06| 663.71| 647.02| 654.89
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Construction..................................| 14.27 | 14.38 | 14.43 | 14.42 | 533.70| 532.06| 519.48| 550.84
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Manufacturing.................................| 11.64 | 11.97 | 12.02 | 12.01 | 476.08| 496.76| 491.62| 503.22
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Durable goods...............................| 12.21 | 12.57 | 12.63 | 12.62 | 509.16| 532.97| 527.93| 540.14
              Lumber and wood products...................|  9.50 |  9.74 |  9.70 |  9.69 | 381.90| 398.37| 385.09| 399.23
              Furniture and fixtures.....................|  9.11 |  9.42 |  9.44 |  9.43 | 361.67| 375.86| 359.66| 378.14
              Stone, clay, and glass products............| 11.70 | 11.97 | 11.98 | 11.97 | 484.38| 502.74| 492.38| 512.32
              Primary metal industries...................| 13.82 | 14.17 | 14.25 | 14.16 | 601.17| 626.31| 625.58| 628.70
                Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 16.21 | 16.60 | 16.64 | 16.65 | 711.62| 725.42| 728.83| 734.27
              Fabricated metal products..................| 11.56 | 11.87 | 11.90 | 11.95 | 479.74| 503.29| 498.61| 509.07
              Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 12.59 | 12.92 | 12.95 | 12.96 | 538.85| 562.02| 556.85| 568.94
              Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 11.11 | 11.40 | 11.44 | 11.45 | 459.95| 479.94| 473.62| 484.34
              Transportation equipment...................| 15.63 | 16.31 | 16.43 | 16.46 | 664.28| 712.75| 716.35| 729.18
                Motor vehicles and equipment.............| 15.88 | 16.74 | 16.87 | 16.91 | 697.13| 760.00| 770.96| 784.62
              Instruments and related products...........| 12.15 | 12.44 | 12.46 | 12.47 | 499.37| 516.26| 510.86| 521.25
              Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  9.28 |  9.55 |  9.54 |  9.51 | 369.34| 378.18| 368.24| 382.30
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Nondurable goods............................| 10.90 | 11.17 | 11.20 | 11.20 | 434.91| 451.27| 443.52| 456.96
              Food and kindred products..................| 10.32 | 10.57 | 10.55 | 10.59 | 410.74| 425.97| 424.11| 428.90
              Tobacco products...........................| 17.14 | 16.96 | 18.10 | 18.60 | 617.04| 636.00| 637.12| 708.66
              Textile mill products......................|  8.75 |  9.04 |  9.04 |  9.02 | 346.50| 372.45| 357.98| 376.13
              Apparel and other textile products.........|  7.05 |  7.22 |  7.23 |  7.25 | 260.85| 265.70| 255.94| 273.33
              Paper and allied products..................| 13.22 | 13.56 | 13.59 | 13.62 | 568.46| 592.57| 581.65| 595.19
              Printing and publishing....................| 11.87 | 12.07 | 12.06 | 12.14 | 453.43| 458.66| 453.46| 468.60
              Chemicals and allied products..............| 14.73 | 15.00 | 15.05 | 15.03 | 628.97| 648.00| 644.14| 653.81
              Petroleum and coal products................| 18.67 | 18.86 | 19.28 | 19.53 | 808.41| 831.73| 836.75| 869.09
              Rubber and misc. plastics products.........| 10.49 | 10.73 | 10.75 | 10.72 | 435.34| 449.59| 442.90| 454.53
              Leather and leather products...............|  7.50 |  7.88 |  7.92 |  7.98 | 288.00| 303.38| 294.62| 304.84
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Transportation and public utilities...........| 13.63 | 13.84 | 13.87 | 13.88 | 534.30| 548.06| 549.25| 551.04
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Wholesale trade...............................| 11.59 | 11.94 | 11.92 | 11.86 | 438.10| 456.11| 451.77| 451.87
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Retail trade..................................|  7.28 |  7.45 |  7.45 |  7.44 | 202.38| 210.09| 209.35| 212.04
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 11.17 | 11.74 | 11.71 | 11.67 | 396.54| 426.16| 419.22| 416.62
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Services......................................| 10.81 | 11.09 | 11.08 | 11.06 | 349.16| 361.53| 357.88| 358.34
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Mar.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  |   from:
                                                      | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ |Feb. 1994-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Mar. 1994
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $10.78| $10.93| $10.95| $11.02| $11.03| $11.04|     0.1
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.40|   7.39|   7.39|   7.43|   7.42|  N.A. |    (3)
                   Mining.............................|  14.64|  14.49|  14.66|  14.92|  14.77|  14.78|      .1
                   Construction.......................|  14.28|  14.44|  14.38|  14.38|  14.55|  14.45|     -.7
                   Manufacturing......................|  11.66|  11.88|  11.95|  11.96|  12.04|  12.02|     -.2
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.13|  11.29|  11.34|  11.36|  11.43|  11.38|     -.4
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.64|  13.68|  13.72|  13.83|  13.84|  13.89|      .4
                   Wholesale trade....................|  11.59|  11.78|  11.78|  11.92|  11.87|  11.86|     -.1
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.27|   7.34|   7.37|   7.41|   7.44|   7.43|     -.1
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  11.11|  11.53|  11.55|  11.69|  11.61|  11.61|      .0
                   Services...........................|  10.76|  10.91|  10.91|  11.00|  10.99|  11.00|      .1
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    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 January
                 1994 to February 1994, the latest month
                 available.
                    4/  Derived by assuming that overtime
                 hours are paid at the rate of time and one-
                 half.
                    N.A.  = not available.
                    p/  = preliminary.
 
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
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                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Mar. |Jan. | Feb.  | Mar.  |Mar. |Nov. |Dec. |Jan. | Feb.  | Mar.
                                                       |1993 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/ |1993 |1993 |1993 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|119.3|122.1| 121.1 | 123.8 |122.2|125.1|125.4|126.3| 124.7 | 126.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods-producing industries....................| 97.9| 99.4|  97.4 | 101.5 |101.9|103.8|103.7|103.8| 102.2 | 105.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 50.6| 52.4|  51.2 |  51.7 | 52.5| 52.7| 53.8| 53.7|  53.2 |  53.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|104.7|107.4| 102.9 | 113.6 |118.8|127.9|126.9|125.5| 121.1 | 129.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................| 99.8|101.0|  99.5 | 102.3 |101.6|102.0|102.1|102.6| 101.5 | 104.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................| 97.8| 99.6|  98.3 | 101.1 | 99.3| 99.8|100.2|101.1| 100.1 | 102.3
            Lumber and wood products...................|117.0|122.7| 119.0 | 123.5 |122.1|125.5|125.8|128.0| 124.4 | 127.5
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|117.5|120.1| 114.5 | 120.8 |119.4|122.2|121.3|121.6| 117.4 | 122.2
            Stone, clay, and glass products............| 95.7| 96.7|  94.5 | 100.4 |101.3|103.7|103.2|105.4| 101.5 | 105.9
            Primary metal industries...................| 85.2| 86.6|  86.2 |  87.2 | 86.5| 86.3| 86.5| 86.6|  87.3 |  88.1
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 71.8| 71.0|  70.5 |  70.1 | 73.3| 71.9| 71.8| 71.0|  71.8 |  71.1
            Fabricated metal products..................| 99.2|102.7| 101.5 | 103.3 |101.3|102.6|103.2|104.1| 103.4 | 105.2
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 91.0| 93.7|  93.3 |  95.8 | 90.5| 92.1| 92.7| 93.3|  93.3 |  95.3
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 99.3|101.3|  99.8 | 102.7 |100.3|100.6|101.1|101.4| 100.9 | 103.7
            Transportation equipment...................|109.5|110.7| 110.7 | 112.7 |111.2|110.1|111.2|112.5| 112.4 | 113.7
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|132.5|142.7| 144.5 | 146.7 |136.6|139.8|144.2|151.1| 150.8 | 149.9
            Instruments and related products...........| 77.0| 74.4|  73.2 |  74.6 | 77.1| 73.6| 73.8| 74.5|  73.1 |  74.5
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................| 96.8| 93.9|  91.8 |  96.6 | 98.0| 96.5| 96.9| 97.4|  94.3 |  97.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|102.5|102.7| 101.0 | 104.0 |104.8|105.0|104.7|104.5| 103.3 | 106.3
            Food and kindred products..................|104.0|105.4| 105.1 | 106.1 |110.3|111.0|110.3|109.9| 111.2 | 112.4
            Tobacco products...........................| 60.9| 67.5|  59.0 |  60.9 | 65.4| 67.1| 62.0| 61.0|  58.8 |  65.2
            Textile mill products......................| 92.9| 96.0|  92.4 |  97.3 | 94.8| 97.8| 98.0| 97.2|  94.4 |  99.7
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 90.1| 84.7|  82.1 |  87.4 | 91.1| 88.1| 87.0| 86.3|  82.7 |  88.2
            Paper and allied products..................|107.4|108.1| 105.9 | 107.9 |109.6|108.7|108.7|108.9| 107.6 | 110.1
            Printing and publishing....................|122.5|121.7| 120.3 | 123.6 |122.4|122.7|122.3|122.6| 121.4 | 123.3
            Chemicals and allied products..............| 98.5|100.6|  99.3 | 101.0 | 98.8|100.9|101.3|101.1| 100.2 | 101.4
            Petroleum and coal products................| 82.1| 78.9|  77.9 |  80.0 | 85.4| 83.1| 82.2| 84.4|  81.4 |  83.7
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|128.0|131.0| 129.6 | 134.1 |129.9|131.0|131.6|131.8| 131.4 | 135.6
            Leather and leather products...............| 54.8| 53.8|  51.7 |  52.7 | 56.3| 54.6| 54.4| 54.7|  52.4 |  54.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service-producing industries..................|128.9|132.3| 131.8 | 133.8 |131.3|134.7|135.1|136.4| 134.8 | 136.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|113.6|114.5| 114.3 | 115.4 |116.1|116.0|115.9|117.1| 116.8 | 117.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|112.8|115.0| 114.2 | 115.4 |114.7|115.8|115.6|117.1| 116.4 | 117.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|115.5|119.5| 118.2 | 120.8 |119.9|123.8|124.7|125.0| 123.7 | 125.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|116.0|120.4| 118.6 | 118.9 |116.9|119.3|119.3|121.8| 119.6 | 120.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|151.5|155.4| 155.7 | 158.1 |152.9|158.0|158.3|160.1| 157.8 | 159.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            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:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  39.2 |  39.9 |  40.2 |  36.7 |  50.0 |  43.7 |  47.6 |  52.9 |  48.0 |  46.9 |  46.1 |  45.2
           1992..............|  41.9 |  45.6 |  51.1 |  55.9 |  52.5 |  45.2 |  52.2 |  45.5 |  52.7 |  52.4 |  52.0 |  54.8
           1993..............|  58.1 |  59.7 |  51.0 |  53.8 |  56.9 |  46.5 |  57.9 |  44.4 |  57.2 |  53.9 |  61.0 |  56.0
           1994..............|  55.8 |p/57.0 |p/61.9 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  33.8 |  32.4 |  32.0 |  39.0 |  38.9 |  43.8 |  48.0 |  49.4 |  50.3 |  44.5 |  42.6 |  40.3
           1992..............|  40.7 |  44.5 |  51.8 |  56.0 |  52.9 |  50.4 |  44.8 |  47.8 |  47.3 |  52.0 |  54.2 |  57.2
           1993..............|  61.8 |  60.8 |  58.7 |  56.2 |  52.4 |  55.1 |  46.5 |  52.8 |  51.8 |  61.9 |  60.0 |  60.3
           1994..............|p/59.1 |p/64.2 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  30.2 |  33.0 |  31.9 |  33.7 |  39.3 |  43.7 |  46.2 |  45.2 |  46.9 |  43.8 |  41.6 |  41.2
           1992..............|  45.4 |  47.1 |  47.5 |  51.7 |  51.3 |  48.9 |  47.3 |  45.6 |  48.9 |  51.8 |  57.7 |  56.6
           1993..............|  59.7 |  58.3 |  58.3 |  57.7 |  49.7 |  51.1 |  52.9 |  55.9 |  58.7 |  57.0 |p/61.0 |p/63.9
           1994..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  31.0 |  31.0 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  31.7 |  33.8 |  35.8 |  37.5 |  40.0 |  44.9 |  45.5 |  46.3
           1992..............|  47.8 |  43.0 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  45.8 |  47.2 |  49.3 |  54.2 |  53.1 |  51.3 |  52.1 |  51.5
           1993..............|  52.5 |  52.4 |  53.4 |  56.6 |  58.8 |  59.7 |  60.5 |p/59.6 |p/61.7 |       |       |
           1994..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  33.8 |  34.2 |  33.5 |  36.3 |  46.4 |  42.1 |  45.3 |  51.8 |  41.7 |  47.1 |  41.4 |  40.3
           1992..............|  37.4 |  41.4 |  47.8 |  49.6 |  45.7 |  41.0 |  50.4 |  37.1 |  46.8 |  39.6 |  50.4 |  47.1
           1993..............|  53.2 |  54.7 |  47.5 |  36.3 |  50.7 |  38.5 |  50.7 |  37.1 |  48.2 |  49.3 |  55.8 |  51.8
           1994..............|  54.7 |p/52.9 |p/53.2 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  23.7 |  22.3 |  19.8 |  33.5 |  35.6 |  38.8 |  45.7 |  46.0 |  48.6 |  38.8 |  37.4 |  33.1
           1992..............|  33.5 |  38.5 |  43.5 |  45.0 |  41.7 |  44.6 |  35.6 |  37.1 |  29.9 |  39.9 |  42.8 |  51.4
           1993..............|  55.0 |  57.6 |  45.7 |  42.1 |  34.2 |  44.2 |  32.4 |  39.2 |  38.8 |  54.0 |  55.4 |  56.5
           1994..............|p/54.0 |p/57.9 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  14.7 |  20.9 |  21.6 |  25.5 |  34.5 |  38.8 |  42.4 |  40.3 |  41.0 |  38.1 |  34.5 |  34.2
           1992..............|  34.9 |  34.5 |  36.0 |  42.8 |  39.6 |  36.0 |  30.2 |  31.7 |  34.2 |  37.4 |  48.6 |  49.6
           1993..............|  50.7 |  46.0 |  45.0 |  43.9 |  32.7 |  29.9 |  38.5 |  41.0 |  47.8 |  48.9 |p/55.4 |p/56.1
           1994..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  16.5 |  16.2 |  17.3 |  18.0 |  20.9 |  24.1 |  26.3 |  30.6 |  32.7 |  37.8 |  36.7 |  36.7
           1992..............|  41.0 |  33.5 |  31.3 |  27.7 |  31.3 |  34.5 |  35.6 |  41.4 |  41.7 |  37.1 |  38.1 |  36.3
           1993..............|  36.3 |  37.4 |  36.0 |  41.4 |  42.8 |  45.7 |  49.3 |p/47.5 |p/48.9 |       |       |
           1994..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
      and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month           with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
      span. Data are centered within the span.                         indicates an equal balance between industries with
         p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with