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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JUNE 1996
 
   Nonfarm payroll employment increased in June, and the unemployment rate
decreased to 5.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  The number of payroll jobs rose by
239,000 over the month, led by gains in the services and retail trade
industries.  There also were substantial gains in both average hourly
earnings and the length of the workweek.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
   The unemployment rate fell from 5.6 to 5.3 percent in June, and the
number of unemployed persons declined by 388,000.  The jobless rate had
ranged between 5.4 and 5.8 percent from October 1994 through May of this
year.  The rates for adult women and whites--both 4.6 percent--dropped in
June, while those for adult men (4.6 percent), teenagers (15.9 percent),
blacks (10.1 percent), and Hispanics (8.8 percent) were little changed.
(See tables A-1 and A-2.)
 
   Both the number of unemployed persons who were on temporary layoff and
the number who were reentering the labor force declined in June.  In
contrast, the number of unemployed job losers not on temporary layoff rose.
The proportion of the unemployed who had been jobless for 27 weeks or more
was 18.6 percent in June; this proportion has increased since February, and
has been unusually high for a period with a relatively low overall
unemployment rate.  (See tables A-5 and A-6.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
   Total employment was about unchanged in June at 126.6 million.  During
the first half of this year, however, total employment rose by 1.6 million
compared to only 386,000 during all of 1995.  Reflecting this greater
employment growth, the employment-population ratio--the share of the
population 16 years and over that is working--has increased 0.6 percentage
point since December to 63.2 percent.  The number of persons working part
time for economic reasons was about unchanged over the month; it had edged
down to 4.3 million in May, after fluctuating between 4.4 and 4.6 million
during most of the prior 2 years.  (See tables A-1 and A-3.)
 
   The number of multiple jobholders totaled 7.7 million (not seasonally
adjusted) in June.  These workers made up 6.0 percent of all employed
persons.  (See table A-9.)
 
                                   - 2 -
 
Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
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                      |   Quarterly     |       Monthly data       |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|May-
      Category        |       1996      |          1996            |June
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   I    |   II   |  Apr.  |  May   |  June  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 133,192| 133,647| 133,361| 133,910| 133,669|   -241
  Employment..........| 125,680| 126,389| 126,095| 126,462| 126,610|    148
  Unemployment........|   7,512|   7,258|   7,266|   7,448|   7,060|   -388
Not in labor force....|  66,584|  66,633|  66,741|  66,368|  66,790|    422
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.6|     5.4|     5.4|     5.6|     5.3|   -0.3
  Adult men...........|     4.9|     4.7|     4.8|     4.8|     4.6|    -.2
  Adult women.........|     4.9|     4.8|     4.7|     5.0|     4.6|    -.4
  Teenagers...........|    17.4|    16.3|    16.7|    16.4|    15.9|    -.5
  White...............|     4.9|     4.7|     4.7|     4.9|     4.6|    -.3
  Black...............|    10.7|    10.3|    10.5|    10.2|    10.1|    -.1
  Hispanic origin.....|     9.7|     9.2|     9.7|     9.2|     8.8|    -.4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 118,462|p119,251| 118,928|p119,293|p119,532|   p239
  Goods-producing 1/..|  24,187| p24,247|  24,209| p24,258| p24,274|    p16
    Construction......|   5,308|  p5,381|   5,353|  p5,383|  p5,406|    p23
    Manufacturing.....|  18,308| p18,291|  18,283| p18,299| p18,292|    p-7
  Service-producing 1/|  94,275| p95,004|  94,719| p95,035| p95,258|   p223
    Retail trade......|  21,317| p21,481|  21,422| p21,473| p21,548|    p75
    Services..........|  33,877| p34,251|  34,114| p34,270| p34,369|    p99
    Government........|  19,365| p19,436|  19,397| p19,450| p19,460|    p10
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.3|   p34.4|    34.3|   p34.2|   p34.7|   p0.5
  Manufacturing.......|    40.9|   p41.7|    41.5|   p41.7|   p41.8|    p.1
    Overtime..........|     4.2|    p4.6|     4.6|    p4.6|    p4.6|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.65| p$11.76|  $11.72| p$11.73| p$11.82| p$0.09
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  399.22| p404.44|  402.00| p401.17| p410.15|  p8.98
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
p=preliminary.
 
                                   - 3 -
 
   The civilian labor force was about unchanged in June at 133.7 million,
seasonally adjusted.  The labor force increased by 1.3 million during the
first half of the year, following sluggish growth in 1995.  The labor force
participation rate, 66.7 percent, was 0.4 percentage point higher than in
December.  (See table A-1.)
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
   The number of marginally attached workers was 1.7 million (not
seasonally adjusted) in June.  These persons want and are available to take
a job but had stopped looking for work sometime in the prior 12 months.  Of
this group, the number who said they had stopped looking for work because
of discouragement over job prospects was 414,000.  (See table A-9.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 239,000 in June to 119.5
million, after seasonal adjustment.  Job growth during the second quarter
of 1996 averaged 265,000 per month, somewhat above the average monthly
increase for the first quarter and well above the average in each of the
last three quarters of 1995.  Services and retail trade accounted for two-
thirds of June's growth, but most other major industries had job gains as
well.  Manufacturing employment was little changed over the month.  (See
table B-1.)
 
   Employment in the services industry rose by 99,000 in June.  Business
services continued to show strength, adding 38,000 jobs.  Most of the
growth was concentrated in help supply services, which has added 192,000
jobs over the year.  Engineering and management services continued its
strong growth trend in June.  Among the highly seasonal industries, hotels
and agricultural services both experienced robust job gains over the month,
while amusement and recreation employment declined, after seasonal
adjustment.  Job growth in health services was weak, reflecting a small
decline in hospital employment.
 
   Retail trade employment increased by 75,000 in June, the third straight
month of particularly large gains.  Nearly half of the June increase was in
eating and drinking places, which had shown little net growth this year
through May.  Auto dealers and service stations, retailers of building
materials and garden supplies, and furniture and home furnishings stores
all experienced substantial growth over the month.  Wholesale trade
continued to show modest job growth (12,000) in June, which was evenly
split between the durable and nondurable goods components.
 
   Transportation and public utilities showed a moderate employment gain
(16,000) in June, as strength in transportation (particularly air
transportation) slightly offset declines in both communications and public
utilities.  Finance, insurance, and real estate experienced modest job
growth (11,000) over the month.  Gains were concentrated in finance,
particularly commercial banks and savings institutions; finance has added
nearly 100,000 jobs over the past year.  Real estate establishments
recorded about average growth, while insurance employment was about
unchanged.
                                   - 4 -
 
   Construction employment rose by 23,000 in June; the strong winter and
spring hiring season yielded a net gain of 183,000 jobs over the first half
of the year.  Manufacturing employment was about unchanged in June.  During
the second quarter of the year, several industries experienced modest
growth, including transportation equipment, fabricated metals, lumber, and
rubber and miscellaneous plastics products.  In contrast, several
 
nondurable goods industries, particularly food, apparel, and chemicals
manufacturing, continued to reduce their payrolls during the quarter.
 
   Government employment was little changed over the month.  Federal
government employment continued its downward trend with a decline of 13,000
in June, and state government employment also fell slightly.  Employment in
local government education rose, after seasonal adjustment.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.5 hour in June to 34.7 hours.  The
manufacturing workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 41.8 hours, while factory
overtime was unchanged for the third straight month, at 4.6 hours.  (See
table B-2.)
 
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose by 1.8 percent in June to
137.7 (1982=100).  This large gain reflected both the employment growth and
the substantial increase in the length of the average workweek.  The
manufacturing index edged up by 0.3 percent to 106.5.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers
on nonfarm payrolls increased 9 cents in June to $11.82 (seasonally
adjusted), following a gain of 1 cent in May.  Average weekly earnings rose
by 2.2 percent to $410.15.  Over the past year, average hourly earnings
increased by 3.4 percent and average weekly earnings by 4.3 percent.  (See
table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for July 1996 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, August 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |               Seasonally adjusted1/
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  June  |  May   |  June  |  June  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      TOTAL                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 198,453| 200,278| 200,459| 198,453| 199,773| 199,921| 200,101| 200,278| 200,459
  Civilian labor force............................| 133,447| 133,558| 135,083| 131,962| 133,018| 133,655| 133,361| 133,910| 133,669
        Participation rate........................|    67.2|    66.7|    67.4|    66.5|    66.6|    66.9|    66.6|    66.9|    66.7
    Employed......................................| 125,720| 126,391| 127,706| 124,566| 125,663| 126,151| 126,095| 126,462| 126,610
        Employment-population ratio...............|    63.4|    63.1|    63.7|    62.8|    62.9|    63.1|    63.0|    63.1|    63.2
      Agriculture.................................|   3,872|   3,698|   3,793|   3,435|   3,519|   3,487|   3,368|   3,491|   3,382
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 121,848| 122,693| 123,912| 121,131| 122,143| 122,664| 122,726| 122,971| 123,228
    Unemployed....................................|   7,727|   7,166|   7,377|   7,396|   7,355|   7,504|   7,266|   7,448|   7,060
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.8|     5.4|     5.5|     5.6|     5.5|     5.6|     5.4|     5.6|     5.3
  Not in labor force..............................|  65,005|  66,721|  65,376|  66,491|  66,754|  66,266|  66,741|  66,368|  66,790
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  95,110|  96,048|  96,140|  95,110|  95,786|  95,864|  95,955|  96,048|  96,140
  Civilian labor force............................|  72,394|  72,125|  73,165|  71,341|  71,743|  72,030|  71,935|  72,241|  72,121
        Participation rate........................|    76.1|    75.1|    76.1|    75.0|    74.9|    75.1|    75.0|    75.2|    75.0
    Employed......................................|  68,384|  68,258|  69,298|  67,366|  67,764|  67,856|  67,933|  68,278|  68,283
        Employment-population ratio...............|    71.9|    71.1|    72.1|    70.8|    70.7|    70.8|    70.8|    71.1|    71.0
    Unemployed....................................|   4,010|   3,867|   3,868|   3,975|   3,979|   4,174|   4,002|   3,964|   3,837
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.5|     5.4|     5.3|     5.6|     5.5|     5.8|     5.6|     5.5|     5.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  87,750|  88,530|  88,570|  87,750|  88,296|  88,366|  88,440|  88,530|  88,570
  Civilian labor force............................|  67,600|  68,095|  68,439|  67,281|  67,719|  67,980|  67,821|  68,064|  68,118
        Participation rate........................|    77.0|    76.9|    77.3|    76.7|    76.7|    76.9|    76.7|    76.9|    76.9
    Employed......................................|  64,549|  64,963|  65,474|  64,039|  64,425|  64,594|  64,555|  64,818|  64,962
        Employment-population ratio...............|    73.6|    73.4|    73.9|    73.0|    73.0|    73.1|    73.0|    73.2|    73.3
      Agriculture.................................|   2,530|   2,482|   2,492|   2,331|   2,382|   2,403|   2,292|   2,337|   2,292
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  62,019|  62,480|  62,983|  61,708|  62,044|  62,191|  62,263|  62,480|  62,669
    Unemployed....................................|   3,051|   3,133|   2,964|   3,242|   3,294|   3,386|   3,266|   3,246|   3,157
        Unemployment rate.........................|     4.5|     4.6|     4.3|     4.8|     4.9|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8|     4.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,342| 104,230| 104,319| 103,342| 103,986| 104,058| 104,146| 104,230| 104,319
  Civilian labor force............................|  61,053|  61,433|  61,917|  60,621|  61,275|  61,625|  61,426|  61,669|  61,548
        Participation rate........................|    59.1|    58.9|    59.4|    58.7|    58.9|    59.2|    59.0|    59.2|    59.0
    Employed......................................|  57,336|  58,133|  58,408|  57,200|  57,899|  58,294|  58,161|  58,184|  58,326
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.5|    55.8|    56.0|    55.3|    55.7|    56.0|    55.8|    55.8|    55.9
    Unemployed....................................|   3,717|   3,300|   3,509|   3,421|   3,376|   3,331|   3,264|   3,485|   3,222
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.1|     5.4|     5.7|     5.6|     5.5|     5.4|     5.3|     5.7|     5.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  96,204|  96,925|  96,999|  96,204|  96,757|  96,798|  96,857|  96,925|  96,999
  Civilian labor force............................|  56,700|  57,735|  57,644|  56,896|  57,570|  57,903|  57,763|  57,915|  57,893
        Participation rate........................|    58.9|    59.6|    59.4|    59.1|    59.5|    59.8|    59.6|    59.8|    59.7
    Employed......................................|  53,799|  55,058|  54,903|  54,059|  54,790|  55,146|  55,060|  55,014|  55,211
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.9|    56.8|    56.6|    56.2|    56.6|    57.0|    56.8|    56.8|    56.9
      Agriculture.................................|     888|     875|     915|     813|     851|     844|     813|     831|     842
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  52,911|  54,183|  53,989|  53,246|  53,938|  54,303|  54,247|  54,183|  54,369
    Unemployed....................................|   2,900|   2,677|   2,741|   2,837|   2,780|   2,757|   2,704|   2,901|   2,682
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.1|     4.6|     4.8|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8|     4.7|     5.0|     4.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,498|  14,823|  14,890|  14,498|  14,719|  14,757|  14,805|  14,823|  14,890
  Civilian labor force............................|   9,148|   7,727|   9,000|   7,785|   7,729|   7,772|   7,776|   7,932|   7,658
        Participation rate........................|    63.1|    52.1|    60.4|    53.7|    52.5|    52.7|    52.5|    53.5|    51.4
    Employed......................................|   7,372|   6,371|   7,328|   6,468|   6,448|   6,411|   6,480|   6,630|   6,437
        Employment-population ratio...............|    50.8|    43.0|    49.2|    44.6|    43.8|    43.4|    43.8|    44.7|    43.2
      Agriculture.................................|     454|     341|     387|     291|     286|     240|     263|     323|     248
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   6,918|   6,030|   6,941|   6,177|   6,161|   6,171|   6,217|   6,308|   6,189
    Unemployed....................................|   1,776|   1,356|   1,672|   1,317|   1,282|   1,362|   1,296|   1,301|   1,221
        Unemployment rate.........................|    19.4|    17.6|    18.6|    16.9|    16.6|    17.5|    16.7|    16.4|    15.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |               Seasonally adjusted1/
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  June  |  May   |  June  |  June  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      WHITE                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,822| 168,098| 168,222| 166,822| 167,757| 167,853| 167,973| 168,098| 168,222
  Civilian labor force............................| 112,924| 112,854| 114,098| 111,738| 112,747| 112,970| 112,613| 113,109| 112,941
      Participation rate..........................|    67.7|    67.1|    67.8|    67.0|    67.2|    67.3|    67.0|    67.3|    67.1
    Employed......................................| 107,341| 107,536| 108,771| 106,311| 107,244| 107,497| 107,319| 107,612| 107,757
      Employment-population ratio.................|    64.3|    64.0|    64.7|    63.7|    63.9|    64.0|    63.9|    64.0|    64.1
    Unemployed....................................|   5,583|   5,317|   5,327|   5,427|   5,502|   5,473|   5,294|   5,497|   5,184
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.9|     4.7|     4.7|     4.9|     4.9|     4.8|     4.7|     4.9|     4.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,974|  58,367|  58,698|  57,682|  58,162|  58,309|  58,202|  58,340|  58,426
      Participation rate..........................|    77.5|    77.4|    77.8|    77.1|    77.3|    77.5|    77.3|    77.4|    77.5
    Employed......................................|  55,684|  56,026|  56,496|  55,215|  55,688|  55,795|  55,778|  55,914|  56,047
      Employment-population ratio.................|    74.4|    74.3|    74.9|    73.8|    74.0|    74.1|    74.1|    74.2|    74.3
    Unemployed....................................|   2,289|   2,341|   2,203|   2,467|   2,475|   2,514|   2,424|   2,426|   2,379
      Unemployment rate...........................|     3.9|     4.0|     3.8|     4.3|     4.3|     4.3|     4.2|     4.2|     4.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|  47,279|  47,939|  47,781|  47,434|  47,968|  48,136|  47,884|  48,103|  47,956
      Participation rate..........................|    58.7|    59.2|    59.0|    58.9|    59.3|    59.5|    59.2|    59.4|    59.2
    Employed......................................|  45,170|  45,976|  45,832|  45,386|  45,892|  46,141|  45,937|  45,976|  46,063
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.1|    56.8|    56.6|    56.4|    56.8|    57.0|    56.8|    56.8|    56.9
    Unemployed....................................|   2,110|   1,964|   1,949|   2,048|   2,076|   1,995|   1,947|   2,128|   1,894
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.5|     4.1|     4.1|     4.3|     4.3|     4.1|     4.1|     4.4|     3.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,671|   6,547|   7,618|   6,622|   6,616|   6,525|   6,527|   6,666|   6,558
      Participation rate..........................|    67.0|    55.6|    64.5|    57.8|    56.8|    55.8|    55.7|    56.6|    55.5
    Employed......................................|   6,487|   5,535|   6,443|   5,710|   5,665|   5,561|   5,604|   5,723|   5,647
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.6|    47.0|    54.5|    49.8|    48.6|    47.6|    47.8|    48.6|    47.8
    Unemployed....................................|   1,184|   1,012|   1,175|     912|     951|     964|     923|     943|     911
      Unemployment rate...........................|    15.4|    15.5|    15.4|    13.8|    14.4|    14.8|    14.1|    14.1|    13.9
        Men.......................................|    16.3|    16.1|    15.9|    15.0|    15.2|    16.0|    15.2|    15.2|    14.7
        Women.....................................|    14.4|    14.8|    14.9|    12.4|    13.4|    13.4|    12.9|    12.9|    13.0
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                      BLACK                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  23,221|  23,549|  23,579|  23,221|  23,455|  23,485|  23,519|  23,549|  23,579
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,990|  15,080|  15,228|  14,717|  14,827|  15,030|  14,971|  15,149|  14,955
      Participation rate..........................|    64.6|    64.0|    64.6|    63.4|    63.2|    64.0|    63.7|    64.3|    63.4
    Employed......................................|  13,257|  13,571|  13,542|  13,168|  13,302|  13,358|  13,399|  13,599|  13,451
      Employment-population ratio.................|    57.1|    57.6|    57.4|    56.7|    56.7|    56.9|    57.0|    57.7|    57.0
    Unemployed....................................|   1,733|   1,510|   1,686|   1,549|   1,525|   1,673|   1,573|   1,551|   1,504
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.6|    10.0|    11.1|    10.5|    10.3|    11.1|    10.5|    10.2|    10.1
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              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,752|   6,808|   6,778|   6,709|   6,775|   6,790|   6,696|   6,786|   6,728
      Participation rate..........................|    72.8|    72.4|    72.0|    72.3|    72.3|    72.4|    71.3|    72.2|    71.5
    Employed......................................|   6,154|   6,173|   6,165|   6,109|   6,089|   6,049|   6,055|   6,136|   6,110
      Employment-population ratio.................|    66.4|    65.7|    65.5|    65.9|    65.0|    64.5|    64.5|    65.3|    64.9
    Unemployed....................................|     598|     635|     613|     600|     686|     741|     641|     650|     617
      Unemployment rate...........................|     8.9|     9.3|     9.0|     8.9|    10.1|    10.9|     9.6|     9.6|     9.2
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             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,108|   7,331|   7,366|   7,106|   7,193|   7,287|   7,300|   7,373|   7,373
      Participation rate..........................|    60.9|    62.1|    62.3|    60.9|    61.1|    61.8|    61.9|    62.4|    62.4
    Employed......................................|   6,479|   6,751|   6,730|   6,485|   6,630|   6,674|   6,687|   6,758|   6,743
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.5|    57.2|    56.9|    55.6|    56.3|    56.6|    56.7|    57.2|    57.0
    Unemployed....................................|     629|     580|     636|     621|     563|     613|     613|     615|     630
      Unemployment rate...........................|     8.9|     7.9|     8.6|     8.7|     7.8|     8.4|     8.4|     8.3|     8.5
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   1,130|     941|   1,084|     902|     860|     954|     976|     990|     854
      Participation rate..........................|    49.7|    40.2|    46.2|    39.6|    37.2|    41.1|    41.9|    42.3|    36.4
    Employed......................................|     624|     647|     648|     574|     583|     635|     657|     705|     598
      Employment-population ratio.................|    27.4|    27.6|    27.6|    25.2|    25.2|    27.4|    28.2|    30.1|    25.4
    Unemployed....................................|     506|     295|     436|     328|     276|     319|     319|     286|     256
      Unemployment rate...........................|    44.8|    31.3|    40.3|    36.4|    32.1|    33.5|    32.7|    28.9|    30.0
        Men.......................................|    44.2|    33.1|    42.8|    37.7|    30.6|    38.2|    34.1|    27.4|    35.3
        Women.....................................|    45.4|    29.5|    37.7|    35.0|    33.6|    28.4|    31.3|    30.2|    25.0
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  18,604|  19,131|  19,184|  18,604|  18,977|  19,025|  19,080|  19,131|  19,184
  Civilian labor force............................|  12,336|  12,487|  12,660|  12,259|  12,666|  12,571|  12,511|  12,514|  12,576
      Participation rate..........................|    66.3|    65.3|    66.0|    65.9|    66.7|    66.1|    65.6|    65.4|    65.6
    Employed......................................|  11,242|  11,388|  11,575|  11,146|  11,432|  11,308|  11,294|  11,365|  11,472
      Employment-population ratio.................|    60.4|    59.5|    60.3|    59.9|    60.2|    59.4|    59.2|    59.4|    59.8
    Unemployed....................................|   1,094|   1,099|   1,084|   1,113|   1,234|   1,262|   1,217|   1,149|   1,104
      Unemployment rate...........................|     8.9|     8.8|     8.6|     9.1|     9.7|    10.0|     9.7|     9.2|     8.8
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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.
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |                 Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  June  |  May   |  June  |  June  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                  CHARACTERISTIC                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total employed, 16 years and over.................|125,720 |126,391 |127,706 |124,566 |125,663 |126,151 |126,095 |126,462 |126,610
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 42,040 | 42,618 | 42,629 | 41,988 | 42,339 | 42,178 | 42,067 | 42,406 | 42,587
  Married women, spouse present...................| 31,631 | 32,491 | 32,192 | 32,050 | 32,101 | 32,053 | 31,868 | 32,330 | 32,649
  Women who maintain families.....................|  7,165 |  7,372 |  7,345 |  7,184 |  7,295 |  7,397 |  7,389 |  7,314 |  7,360
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                    OCCUPATION                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 35,037 | 36,339 | 36,440 | 35,300 | 35,866 | 36,149 | 36,115 | 36,257 | 36,696
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,523 | 37,417 | 37,720 | 37,455 | 37,328 | 37,782 | 37,638 | 37,681 | 37,683
  Service occupations.............................| 17,146 | 17,329 | 17,490 | 16,862 | 16,727 | 16,714 | 16,939 | 17,312 | 17,215
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,688 | 13,372 | 13,748 | 13,489 | 13,786 | 13,618 | 13,595 | 13,439 | 13,572
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 18,203 | 18,181 | 18,338 | 17,980 | 18,147 | 18,058 | 18,124 | 18,282 | 18,137
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  4,122 |  3,752 |  3,968 |  3,589 |  3,744 |  3,622 |  3,545 |  3,560 |  3,472
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                 CLASS OF WORKER                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  2,091 |  2,130 |  2,169 |  1,830 |  1,954 |  1,859 |  1,862 |  2,026 |  1,900
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,720 |  1,517 |  1,578 |  1,587 |  1,531 |  1,572 |  1,484 |  1,456 |  1,457
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     60 |     51 |     46 |     46 |     34 |     41 |     52 |     46 |     35
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|112,892 |113,630 |114,693 |112,274 |113,165 |113,461 |113,527 |114,032 |114,130
      Government..................................| 18,074 | 18,567 | 18,017 | 18,376 | 18,259 | 18,005 | 18,290 | 18,256 | 18,329
      Private industries..........................| 94,818 | 95,063 | 96,676 | 93,898 | 94,906 | 95,456 | 95,237 | 95,776 | 95,801
        Private households........................|    963 |    873 |    863 |    901 |    873 |    901 |    844 |    918 |    812
        Other industries..........................| 93,855 | 94,190 | 95,813 | 92,997 | 94,032 | 94,555 | 94,393 | 94,858 | 94,989
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,844 |  8,940 |  9,083 |  8,823 |  8,953 |  9,092 |  9,081 |  8,878 |  9,073
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    112 |    123 |    137 |    111 |    116 |    102 |    101 |    124 |    136
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,740 |  4,175 |  4,577 |  4,463 |  4,502 |  4,479 |  4,525 |  4,277 |  4,301
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,325 |  2,150 |  2,299 |  2,342 |  2,533 |  2,548 |  2,594 |  2,216 |  2,322
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,036 |  1,705 |  1,854 |  1,732 |  1,621 |  1,596 |  1,571 |  1,719 |  1,569
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 16,112 | 17,920 | 16,408 | 17,864 | 17,493 | 17,915 | 17,487 | 17,620 | 18,211
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,545 |  4,003 |  4,428 |  4,263 |  4,274 |  4,223 |  4,287 |  4,068 |  4,146
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,201 |  2,057 |  2,208 |  2,200 |  2,382 |  2,386 |  2,476 |  2,092 |  2,215
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,983 |  1,658 |  1,815 |  1,691 |  1,607 |  1,561 |  1,534 |  1,663 |  1,542
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,453 | 17,277 | 15,825 | 17,189 | 16,884 | 17,266 | 16,994 | 17,038 | 17,623
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   NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
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                                                  |  June  |  May   |  June  |  June  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                  CHARACTERISTIC                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  7,396 |  7,448 |   7,060|   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.3
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,242 |  3,246 |   3,157|   4.8  |   4.9  |   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.8  |   4.6
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  2,837 |  2,901 |   2,682|   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   5.0  |   4.6
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,317 |  1,301 |   1,221|  16.9  |  16.6  |  17.5  |  16.7  |  16.4  |  15.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,466 |  1,289 |   1,300|   3.4  |   3.0  |   3.1  |   3.0  |   2.9  |   3.0
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,285 |  1,281 |   1,210|   3.9  |   3.8  |   3.5  |   3.7  |   3.8  |   3.6
   Women who maintain families....................|    652 |    695 |     603|   8.3  |   7.5  |   7.7  |   6.8  |   8.7  |   7.6
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   Full-time workers..............................|  5,887 |  5,969 |   5,672|   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.2
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,515 |  1,455 |   1,389|   6.2  |   6.2  |   6.0  |   5.8  |   5.9  |   5.6
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                   OCCUPATION2/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    889 |    867 |     921|   2.5  |   2.3  |   2.3  |   2.3  |   2.3  |   2.4
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  1,742 |  1,838 |   1,630|   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.7  |   4.1
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|    848 |    748 |     749|   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.3  |   5.2
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,645 |  1,663 |   1,561|   8.4  |   8.2  |   8.6  |   8.0  |   8.3  |   7.9
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    324 |    356 |     291|   8.3  |   7.7  |   7.9  |   8.0  |   9.1  |   7.7
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                     INDUSTRY                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  5,708 |  5,820 |   5,558|   5.7  |   5.7  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.7  |   5.5
     Goods-producing industries...................|  1,802 |  1,725 |   1,712|   6.5  |   6.4  |   6.5  |   6.1  |   6.2  |   6.1
       Mining.....................................|     27 |     11 |      26|   4.3  |   6.5  |   6.8  |   4.4  |   2.1  |   4.7
       Construction...............................|    702 |    656 |     622|  11.0  |  11.2  |  10.0  |  10.2  |  10.0  |   9.5
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,073 |  1,058 |   1,064|   5.1  |   4.9  |   5.3  |   4.8  |   5.1  |   5.1
         Durable goods............................|    518 |    590 |     580|   4.3  |   5.3  |   5.1  |   4.8  |   4.8  |   4.6
         Nondurable goods.........................|    555 |    468 |     484|   6.3  |   4.4  |   5.7  |   4.8  |   5.5  |   5.7
     Service-producing industries.................|  3,906 |  4,095 |   3,846|   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.2
       Transportation and public utilities........|    315 |    302 |     317|   4.5  |   3.8  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.5
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,609 |  1,745 |   1,696|   6.3  |   6.3  |   6.9  |   6.6  |   6.6  |   6.4
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    245 |    185 |     189|   3.3  |   2.2  |   2.5  |   2.3  |   2.5  |   2.6
       Services...................................|  1,737 |  1,862 |   1,644|   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.1
   Government workers.............................|    573 |    617 |     514|   3.0  |   3.0  |   2.8  |   2.9  |   3.3  |   2.7
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    238 |    225 |     193|  11.5  |  10.7  |  10.7  |  10.9  |  10.0  |   9.2
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |                 Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
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                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  June  |  May   |  June  |  June  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  3,475 |  2,767 |  3,218 |  2,694 |  2,793 |  2,623 |  2,412 |  2,815 |  2,485
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,055 |  1,932 |  1,892 |  2,341 |  2,280 |  2,298 |  2,337 |  2,334 |  2,160
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,198 |  2,467 |  2,267 |  2,353 |  2,307 |  2,479 |  2,388 |  2,336 |  2,435
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,008 |  1,119 |    965 |  1,152 |  1,126 |  1,164 |  1,106 |  1,020 |  1,116
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,189 |  1,348 |  1,302 |  1,201 |  1,181 |  1,316 |  1,282 |  1,317 |  1,319
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 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   14.8 |   17.5 |   16.2 |   16.0 |   16.6 |   17.3 |   17.4 |   16.8 |   17.6
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    5.9 |    8.5 |    6.1 |    7.7 |    8.0 |    8.3 |    8.8 |    8.3 |    8.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               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..............................|   45.0 |   38.6 |   43.6 |   36.5 |   37.8 |   35.4 |   33.8 |   37.6 |   35.1
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   26.6 |   27.0 |   25.6 |   31.7 |   30.9 |   31.1 |   32.7 |   31.2 |   30.5
   15 weeks and over..............................|   28.4 |   34.4 |   30.7 |   31.8 |   31.3 |   33.5 |   33.5 |   31.2 |   34.4
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   13.1 |   15.6 |   13.1 |   15.6 |   15.3 |   15.7 |   15.5 |   13.6 |   15.8
     27 weeks and over............................|   15.4 |   18.8 |   17.6 |   16.3 |   16.0 |   17.8 |   18.0 |   17.6 |   18.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |Not seasonally adjusted|              Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | June  |  May  | June  | June  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  | June
                                                           | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  3,160|  3,164|  3,116|  3,463|  3,595|  3,564|  3,625|  3,388|  3,431
  On temporary layoff......................................|    908|    868|    853|  1,053|  1,032|  1,027|  1,116|  1,154|    990
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  2,252|  2,297|  2,262|  2,410|  2,564|  2,537|  2,509|  2,234|  2,441
    Permanent job losers...................................|  1,563|  1,627|  1,670|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    688|    670|    593|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
Job leavers................................................|    813|    621|    660|    831|    747|    782|    702|    661|    676
Reentrants.................................................|  2,845|  2,834|  2,719|  2,527|  2,517|  2,588|  2,379|  2,784|  2,419
New entrants...............................................|    909|    547|    882|    546|    613|    591|    550|    532|    528
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   40.9|   44.2|   42.2|   47.0|   48.1|   47.4|   50.0|   46.0|   48.6
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   11.8|   12.1|   11.6|   14.3|   13.8|   13.6|   15.4|   15.7|   14.0
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   29.1|   32.0|   30.7|   32.7|   34.3|   33.7|   34.6|   30.3|   34.6
 Job leavers...............................................|   10.5|    8.7|    9.0|   11.3|   10.0|   10.4|    9.7|    9.0|    9.6
 Reentrants................................................|   36.8|   39.5|   36.9|   34.3|   33.7|   34.4|   32.8|   37.8|   34.3
 New entrants..............................................|   11.8|    7.6|   12.0|    7.4|    8.2|    7.9|    7.6|    7.2|    7.5
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    2.4|    2.4|    2.3|    2.6|    2.7|    2.7|    2.7|    2.5|    2.6
 Job leavers...............................................|     .6|     .5|     .5|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .5|     .5|     .5
 Reentrants................................................|    2.1|    2.1|    2.0|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.8|    2.1|    1.8
 New entrants..............................................|     .7|     .4|     .7|     .4|     .5|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .4
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   1/  Not available.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
 
(Percent)
 
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                                                                     |                    |
                                                                     |   Not seasonally   |           Seasonally adjusted
                               Measure                               |      adjusted      |
                                                                      ____________________ ________________________________________
                                                                     | June | May  | June | June | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May  | June
                                                                     | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
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U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................|  1.6 |  1.8 |  1.7 |  1.8 |  1.7 |  1.9 |  1.8 |  1.7 |  1.8
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed                             |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian                         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
labor force..........................................................|  2.4 |  2.4 |  2.3 |  2.6 |  2.7 |  2.7 |  2.7 |  2.5 |  2.6
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the                            |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................|  5.8 |  5.4 |  5.5 |  5.6 |  5.5 |  5.6 |  5.4 |  5.6 |  5.3
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged                                |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus discouraged workers.............................................|  6.0 |  5.6 |  5.7 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent             |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
of the civilian labor force plus all marginally                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
attached workers.....................................................|  6.9 |  6.4 |  6.6 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached                   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
workers, plus total employed part time for economic                  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus all marginally attached workers.................................| 10.4 |  9.5 | 10.0 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Not available.
   NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7
range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers
are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they
want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.
Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related
reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle
for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of
alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
Review.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  June  |  May   |  June  |  June  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May   |  June
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  7,396 |  7,448 |  7,060 |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.3
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,565 |  2,608 |  2,453 |  11.9  |  12.4  |  12.4  |  11.8  |  12.2  |  11.7
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,317 |  1,301 |  1,221 |  16.9  |  16.6  |  17.5  |  16.7  |  16.4  |  15.9
      16 to 17 years..............................|    637 |    639 |    627 |  19.0  |  20.0  |  19.4  |  18.7  |  19.4  |  19.0
      18 to 19 years..............................|    684 |    658 |    593 |  15.1  |  14.3  |  16.1  |  15.3  |  14.2  |  13.4
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,248 |  1,306 |  1,232 |   9.1  |   9.9  |   9.5  |   9.0  |   9.7  |   9.3
  25 years and over...............................|  4,837 |  4,822 |  4,614 |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.3  |   4.1
    25 to 54 years................................|  4,243 |  4,266 |  4,032 |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.4  |   4.2
    55 years and over.............................|    592 |    570 |    571 |   3.8  |   3.6  |   3.8  |   3.3  |   3.6  |   3.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  3,975 |  3,964 |  3,837 |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.8  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.3
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,406 |  1,468 |  1,372 |  12.3  |  13.1  |  13.4  |  12.8  |  12.9  |  12.4
      16 to 19 years..............................|    733 |    717 |    681 |  18.1  |  17.0  |  19.4  |  17.9  |  17.2  |  17.0
        16 to 17 years............................|    341 |    339 |    345 |  19.3  |  21.7  |  21.4  |  21.2  |  20.0  |  20.5
        18 to 19 years............................|    398 |    379 |    338 |  16.8  |  13.9  |  18.0  |  16.1  |  15.4  |  14.2
      20 to 24 years..............................|    673 |    750 |    691 |   9.1  |  10.9  |  10.0  |   9.9  |  10.4  |   9.7
    25 years and over.............................|  2,572 |  2,496 |  2,469 |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.1  |   4.0
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,230 |  2,201 |  2,134 |   4.3  |   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.1
      55 years and over...........................|    336 |    298 |    321 |   3.9  |   3.5  |   3.5  |   3.0  |   3.3  |   3.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,421 |  3,485 |  3,222 |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.7  |   5.2
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,159 |  1,140 |  1,081 |  11.5  |  11.5  |  11.4  |  10.7  |  11.4  |  11.0
      16 to 19 years..............................|    584 |    584 |    540 |  15.7  |  16.1  |  15.4  |  15.3  |  15.6  |  14.8
        16 to 17 years............................|    296 |    300 |    282 |  18.7  |  18.1  |  17.3  |  16.1  |  18.8  |  17.5
        18 to 19 years............................|    286 |    279 |    255 |  13.3  |  14.7  |  14.0  |  14.4  |  12.9  |  12.5
      20 to 24 years..............................|    575 |    556 |    541 |   9.1  |   8.8  |   9.1  |   8.1  |   8.8  |   8.7
    25 years and over.............................|  2,265 |  2,326 |  2,145 |   4.5  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.5  |   4.1
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,013 |  2,065 |  1,897 |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.6  |   4.2
      55 years and over...........................|    256 |    272 |    250 |   3.7  |   3.8  |   4.2  |   3.6  |   3.9  |   3.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                                      |                   |                   |
                               Category                               |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                                                                       ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                      |  June   |  June   |  June   |  June   |  June   |  June
                                                                      |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                        |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total not in the labor force..........................................|  65,005 |  65,376 |  22,716 |  22,974 |  42,289 |  42,402
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................|   6,005 |   6,043 |   2,325 |   2,400 |   3,680 |   3,644
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................|   1,574 |   1,684 |     718 |     718 |     856 |     967
   Reason not currently looking:                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................|     364 |     414 |     213 |     229 |     151 |     185
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................|   1,209 |   1,270 |     505 |     489 |     705 |     781
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                          |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................|   7,853 |   7,692 |   4,334 |   4,206 |   3,520 |   3,486
    Percent of total employed.........................................|     6.2 |     6.0 |     6.3 |     6.1 |     6.1 |     6.0
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................|   4,595 |   4,345 |   2,851 |   2,547 |   1,744 |   1,798
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................|   1,660 |   1,562 |     547 |     511 |   1,113 |   1,051
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................|     288 |     237 |     202 |     167 |      86 |      71
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................|   1,275 |   1,494 |     719 |     960 |     555 |     533
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | June  | Apr.  |  May  | June  | June  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  | June
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|118,168|118,765|119,842|120,555|117,100|118,579|118,737|118,928|119,293|119,532
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 98,787| 98,980| 99,990|101,033| 97,799| 99,214| 99,343| 99,531| 99,843|100,072
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................| 24,526| 23,968| 24,272| 24,584| 24,212| 24,254| 24,196| 24,209| 24,258| 24,274
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    587|    567|    572|    579|    580|    573|    574|    573|    576|    576
       Metal mining..............................|   51.7|   50.5|   51.4|   53.4|     51|     51|     51|     51|     52|     53
       Coal mining...............................|  105.4|  100.3|  100.2|   99.9|    105|    102|    101|    101|    101|    100
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  320.6|  308.5|  310.6|  313.9|    319|    313|    314|    314|    316|    315
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|  109.3|  107.2|  109.9|  111.5|    105|    107|    108|    107|    107|    108
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  5,351|  5,199|  5,435|  5,629|  5,139|  5,349|  5,340|  5,353|  5,383|  5,406
       General building contractors..............|1,231.3|1,188.0|1,226.0|1,270.0|  1,196|  1,218|  1,223|  1,227|  1,230|  1,233
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  801.6|  742.2|  791.8|  821.6|    747|    764|    769|    765|    761|    766
       Special trade contractors.................|3,318.4|3,268.4|3,417.1|3,537.5|  3,196|  3,367|  3,348|  3,361|  3,392|  3,407
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 18,588| 18,202| 18,265| 18,376| 18,493| 18,332| 18,282| 18,283| 18,299| 18,292
         Production workers......................| 12,878| 12,566| 12,611| 12,701| 12,808| 12,671| 12,617| 12,623| 12,628| 12,632
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,717| 10,639| 10,681| 10,747| 10,655| 10,659| 10,623| 10,654| 10,678| 10,695
         Production workers......................|  7,348|  7,288|  7,319|  7,374|  7,300|  7,298|  7,262|  7,290|  7,301|  7,328
       Lumber and wood products..................|  770.6|  748.8|  756.7|  770.7|    762|    756|    755|    761|    761|    763
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  508.9|  497.3|  500.3|  504.1|    509|    502|    500|    498|    501|    502
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  551.0|  533.0|  542.6|  549.1|    539|    536|    536|    534|    537|    537
       Primary metal industries..................|  714.6|  703.7|  705.4|  710.1|    711|    708|    706|    704|    705|    709
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  242.5|  237.4|  239.0|  240.2|    242|    240|    239|    238|    240|    240
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,444.7|1,437.8|1,444.1|1,457.8|  1,437|  1,443|  1,442|  1,440|  1,443|  1,450
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,068.7|2,088.5|2,093.0|2,097.0|  2,057|  2,083|  2,087|  2,086|  2,088|  2,086
         Computer and office equipment...........|  350.7|  356.7|  359.2|  359.3|    348|    357|    358|    358|    360|    358
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,628.5|1,646.4|1,646.5|1,651.9|  1,622|  1,652|  1,651|  1,650|  1,650|  1,647
         Electronic components and accessories...|  580.7|  613.0|  612.9|  614.7|    578|    614|    614|    615|    615|    613
       Transportation equipment..................|1,799.9|1,768.1|1,773.0|1,782.9|  1,791|  1,759|  1,726|  1,763|  1,773|  1,780
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  975.9|  961.0|  966.0|  970.5|    968|    957|    924|    958|    965|    965
         Aircraft and parts......................|  455.4|  447.9|  449.6|  453.0|    455|    446|    445|    447|    449|    454
       Instruments and related products..........|  839.3|  831.2|  833.8|  835.9|    837|    831|    832|    832|    834|    835
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  390.8|  384.6|  385.7|  387.9|    390|    389|    388|    386|    386|    386
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,871|  7,563|  7,584|  7,629|  7,838|  7,673|  7,659|  7,629|  7,621|  7,597
         Production workers......................|  5,530|  5,278|  5,292|  5,327|  5,508|  5,373|  5,355|  5,333|  5,327|  5,304
       Food and kindred products.................|1,690.7|1,613.2|1,628.3|1,647.2|  1,689|  1,675|  1,675|  1,666|  1,665|  1,647
       Tobacco products..........................|   38.4|   38.9|   37.7|   37.6|     42|     41|     41|     41|     41|     41
       Textile mill products.....................|  674.1|  636.9|  638.4|  639.1|    669|    644|    642|    636|    636|    635
       Apparel and other textile products........|  945.5|  857.5|  858.5|  856.6|    938|    873|    863|    859|    854|    847
       Paper and allied products.................|  698.6|  672.9|  675.4|  681.9|    693|    682|    681|    677|    678|    676
       Printing and publishing...................|1,547.0|1,525.1|1,522.4|1,525.6|  1,545|  1,531|  1,531|  1,527|  1,523|  1,526
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,041.3|1,021.0|1,020.1|1,027.2|  1,034|  1,025|  1,027|  1,024|  1,024|  1,020
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  147.7|  137.8|  140.3|  142.5|    145|    140|    140|    139|    140|    140
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  981.6|  962.4|  966.1|  973.7|    977|    963|    960|    962|    963|    968
       Leather and leather products..............|  106.5|   97.3|   96.8|   97.5|    106|     99|     99|     98|     97|     97
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   Service_producing.............................| 93,642| 94,797| 95,570| 95,971| 92,888| 94,325| 94,541| 94,719| 95,035| 95,258
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     Transportation and public utilities.........|  6,193|  6,257|  6,318|  6,367|  6,152|  6,270|  6,289|  6,294|  6,315|  6,331
       Transportation............................|  3,939|  3,987|  4,042|  4,078|  3,910|  3,994|  4,008|  4,015|  4,031|  4,052
         Railroad transportation.................|  240.9|  232.6|  233.6|  232.3|    238|    234|    233|    233|    232|    232
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  419.4|  455.1|  466.6|  455.7|    420|    439|    441|    442|    451|    456
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,884.3|1,847.3|1,877.2|1,907.6|  1,867|  1,879|  1,883|  1,882|  1,894|  1,893
         Water transportation....................|  179.2|  170.2|  172.7|  176.1|    175|    171|    171|    173|    166|    170
         Transportation by air...................|  786.4|  833.2|  839.9|  849.1|    784|    827|    834|    837|    837|    846
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   15.2|   13.9|   14.0|   14.3|     15|     14|     14|     14|     14|     14
         Transportation services.................|  413.1|  434.2|  438.2|  443.1|    411|    430|    432|    434|    437|    441
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,254|  2,270|  2,276|  2,289|  2,242|  2,276|  2,281|  2,279|  2,284|  2,279
         Communications..........................|1,331.8|1,373.4|1,378.6|1,386.3|  1,328|  1,371|  1,378|  1,378|  1,385|  1,383
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  921.8|  896.2|  897.7|  903.1|    914|    905|    903|    901|    899|    896
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     Wholesale trade.............................|  6,457|  6,530|  6,574|  6,622|  6,408|  6,529|  6,548|  6,550|  6,564|  6,576
       Durable goods.............................|  3,760|  3,838|  3,854|  3,879|  3,732|  3,826|  3,841|  3,844|  3,848|  3,854
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,697|  2,692|  2,720|  2,743|  2,676|  2,703|  2,707|  2,706|  2,716|  2,722
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
   -Continued
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | June  | Apr.  |  May  | June  | June  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  | June
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
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     Retail trade................................| 21,369| 21,170| 21,502| 21,747| 21,179| 21,340| 21,343| 21,422| 21,473| 21,548
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  910.0|  901.9|  942.0|  963.6|    870|    880|    887|    896|    908|    921
       General merchandise stores................|2,620.1|2,573.8|2,611.8|2,647.6|  2,685|  2,674|  2,681|  2,679|  2,713|  2,713
         Department stores.......................|2,294.5|2,264.3|2,301.6|2,339.1|  2,353|  2,354|  2,362|  2,358|  2,395|  2,397
       Food stores...............................|3,385.0|3,365.2|3,404.1|3,434.9|  3,362|  3,401|  3,402|  3,401|  3,413|  3,411
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,206.0|2,244.3|2,264.9|2,293.7|  2,186|  2,234|  2,242|  2,253|  2,257|  2,271
         New and used car dealers................|  995.1|1,022.0|1,027.3|1,033.7|    993|  1,015|  1,020|  1,025|  1,027|  1,031
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,118.9|1,070.4|1,074.4|1,082.8|  1,131|  1,099|  1,100|  1,098|  1,096|  1,092
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  934.4|  949.2|  952.7|  961.6|    945|    949|    951|    957|    961|    971
       Eating and drinking places................|7,580.9|7,449.3|7,606.3|7,722.0|  7,350|  7,440|  7,413|  7,469|  7,454|  7,488
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,614.0|2,616.2|2,646.1|2,641.2|  2,650|  2,663|  2,667|  2,669|  2,671|  2,681
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     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,877|  6,912|  6,957|  7,039|  6,810|  6,919|  6,932|  6,942|  6,963|  6,974
       Finance...................................|  3,242|  3,294|  3,309|  3,342|  3,225|  3,288|  3,293|  3,303|  3,316|  3,324
         Depository institutions.................|2,034.3|2,014.7|2,021.4|2,042.6|  2,023|  2,023|  2,020|  2,023|  2,026|  2,031
           Commercial banks......................|1,474.5|1,459.1|1,463.6|1,479.4|  1,464|  1,467|  1,464|  1,467|  1,468|  1,470
           Savings institutions..................|  275.4|  265.4|  266.6|  270.0|    274|    266|    266|    266|    267|    269
         Nondepository institutions..............|  457.9|  505.4|  507.2|  511.5|    456|    496|    501|    505|    507|    509
           Mortgage bankers and brokers..........|  201.7|  228.4|  229.7|  231.4|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  523.6|  532.4|  536.1|  543.5|    520|    531|    532|    534|    539|    541
         Holding and other investment offices....|  226.6|  241.5|  244.2|  244.2|    226|    238|    240|    241|    244|    243
       Insurance.................................|  2,244|  2,253|  2,258|  2,267|  2,235|  2,255|  2,258|  2,256|  2,261|  2,260
         Insurance carriers......................|1,544.0|1,546.9|1,550.5|1,557.2|  1,539|  1,547|  1,549|  1,549|  1,553|  1,552
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  700.0|  706.2|  707.9|  710.2|    696|    708|    709|    707|    708|    708
       Real estate...............................|  1,391|  1,365|  1,390|  1,430|  1,350|  1,376|  1,381|  1,383|  1,386|  1,390
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     Services3/..................................| 33,365| 34,143| 34,367| 34,674| 33,038| 33,902| 34,035| 34,114| 34,270| 34,369
       Agricultural services.....................|  642.8|  612.3|  658.8|  685.8|    575|    602|    603|    606|    605|    615
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|  1,763|  1,625|  1,695|  1,795|  1,660|  1,657|  1,662|  1,673|  1,682|  1,700
       Personal services.........................|  1,138|  1,238|  1,158|  1,143|  1,167|  1,174|  1,174|  1,179|  1,175|  1,171
       Business services.........................|  6,780|  6,999|  7,096|  7,196|  6,752|  7,026|  7,058|  7,085|  7,148|  7,186
         Services to buildings...................|    889|    896|    903|    903|    878|    899|    899|    900|    903|    894
         Personnel supply services...............|  2,452|  2,511|  2,578|  2,635|  2,445|  2,552|  2,565|  2,569|  2,618|  2,647
           Help supply services..................|  2,168|  2,217|  2,280|  2,337|  2,161|  2,254|  2,265|  2,272|  2,318|  2,353
         Computer and data processing services...|  1,076|  1,170|  1,181|  1,193|  1,078|  1,148|  1,155|  1,169|  1,184|  1,193
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  1,026|  1,072|  1,081|  1,097|  1,016|  1,059|  1,066|  1,072|  1,078|  1,086
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|    358|    362|    366|    368|    355|    359|    361|    363|    364|    365
       Motion pictures...........................|    486|    522|    527|    536|    486|    515|    520|    517|    525|    531
       Amusement and recreation services.........|  1,648|  1,498|  1,586|  1,728|  1,438|  1,505|  1,519|  1,517|  1,515|  1,496
       Health services...........................|  9,265|  9,500|  9,533|  9,588|  9,234|  9,463|  9,499|  9,520|  9,556|  9,567
         Offices and clinics of medical doctors..|  1,607|  1,654|  1,663|  1,676|  1,603|  1,644|  1,650|  1,659|  1,669|  1,672
         Nursing and personal care facilities....|  1,693|  1,727|  1,733|  1,747|  1,689|  1,722|  1,728|  1,733|  1,740|  1,746
         Hospitals...............................|  3,788|  3,837|  3,845|  3,859|  3,775|  3,833|  3,842|  3,844|  3,853|  3,849
         Home health care services...............|    626|    654|    658|    661|    623|    653|    655|    658|    658|    659
       Legal services............................|    937|    922|    923|    944|    919|    927|    927|    926|    929|    929
       Educational services......................|  1,785|  2,119|  2,028|  1,824|  1,961|  1,985|  1,991|  1,994|  1,990|  2,004
       Social services...........................|  2,332|  2,397|  2,415|  2,393|  2,330|  2,372|  2,377|  2,385|  2,394|  2,399
         Child day care services.................|    552|    585|    591|    564|    566|    568|    569|    569|    572|    578
         Residential care........................|    647|    658|    662|    670|    641|    654|    656|    661|    662|    665
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|     87|     82|     88|     91|     80|     83|     83|     84|     85|     84
       Membership organizations..................|  2,167|  2,125|  2,144|  2,183|  2,134|  2,137|  2,136|  2,137|  2,147|  2,149
       Engineering and management services.......|  2,760|  2,877|  2,877|  2,908|  2,740|  2,847|  2,867|  2,863|  2,884|  2,894
         Engineering and architectural services..|    824|    828|    838|    859|    812|    827|    829|    834|    838|    850
         Management and public relations.........|    820|    892|    898|    902|    815|    881|    894|    892|    898|    894
       Services, nec.............................|   44.6|   45.4|   45.5|   46.1|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)
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     Government..................................| 19,381| 19,785| 19,852| 19,522| 19,301| 19,365| 19,394| 19,397| 19,450| 19,460
       Federal...................................|  2,855|  2,767|  2,772|  2,789|  2,831|  2,780|  2,780|  2,777|  2,775|  2,762
         Federal, except Postal Service..........|2,015.1|1,914.2|1,919.5|1,933.2|  1,988|  1,926|  1,922|  1,920|  1,917|  1,908
       State.....................................|  4,499|  4,772|  4,707|  4,494|  4,646|  4,636|  4,640|  4,645|  4,651|  4,638
         Education...............................|1,750.5|2,095.4|2,019.9|1,774.9|  1,932|  1,945|  1,952|  1,956|  1,961|  1,955
         Other State government..................|2,748.2|2,677.0|2,687.1|2,719.4|  2,714|  2,691|  2,688|  2,689|  2,690|  2,683
       Local.....................................| 12,027| 12,246| 12,373| 12,239| 11,824| 11,949| 11,974| 11,975| 12,024| 12,060
         Education...............................|6,614.4|7,034.2|7,080.9|6,766.8|  6,589|  6,659|  6,675|  6,682|  6,688|  6,738
         Other local government..................|5,412.3|5,211.4|5,292.3|5,472.2|  5,235|  5,290|  5,299|  5,293|  5,336|  5,322
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      1/  This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment       the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
   because it has very little seasonal and irregular movement.      trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be
   Thus, the not seasonally adjusted series can be used for         separated with sufficient precision.
   analysis of cyclical and long-term trends.                          p = preliminary.
      2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
      3/ This series is not published seasonally adjusted because
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
 Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | June  | Apr.  |  May  | June  | June  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  | June
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Total private...........................|  34.6 |  34.1 |  34.3 |  34.9 |  34.4 |  34.5 |  34.5 |  34.3 |  34.2 |  34.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................|  41.2 |  40.7 |  41.0 |  41.4 |  40.9 |  41.1 |  40.8 |  41.0 |  40.9 |  41.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|  45.0 |  44.9 |  45.2 |  46.1 |  44.8 |  45.3 |  45.7 |  45.0 |  45.2 |  45.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  39.6 |  38.6 |  38.8 |  39.7 |  38.7 |  39.7 |  38.7 |  38.9 |  38.1 |  38.8
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     Manufacturing...............................|  41.6 |  41.2 |  41.6 |  41.9 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  41.4 |  41.5 |  41.7 |  41.8
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.3 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   4.5 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.6 |   4.6 |   4.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Durable goods.............................|  42.4 |  42.0 |  42.4 |  42.7 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.0 |  42.4 |  42.5 |  42.6
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.6 |   4.5 |   4.7 |   4.9 |   4.5 |   4.6 |   4.5 |   4.9 |   5.1 |   5.0
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        Lumber and wood products.................|  40.8 |  40.7 |  41.2 |  41.6 |  40.5 |  40.6 |  40.6 |  40.7 |  41.0 |  41.2
        Furniture and fixtures...................|  39.5 |  38.7 |  39.0 |  39.4 |  39.4 |  39.1 |  39.4 |  39.2 |  39.6 |  39.4
        Stone, clay, and glass products..........|  43.6 |  43.2 |  43.6 |  44.1 |  43.0 |  43.5 |  43.2 |  43.4 |  43.2 |  43.5
        Primary metal industries.................|  44.0 |  43.6 |  44.1 |  44.4 |  43.8 |  44.1 |  43.9 |  43.9 |  44.3 |  44.2
          Blast furnaces and basic steel products|  44.0 |  44.0 |  44.2 |  44.5 |  44.1 |  44.9 |  44.5 |  44.1 |  44.3 |  44.5
        Fabricated metal products................|  42.3 |  41.8 |  42.3 |  42.6 |  42.1 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  42.3 |  42.6 |  42.5
        Industrial machinery and equipment.......|  43.3 |  42.7 |  43.0 |  43.3 |  43.2 |  43.0 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  43.2 |  43.3
        Electronic and other electrical equipment|  41.5 |  40.6 |  41.1 |  41.6 |  41.4 |  41.6 |  41.4 |  41.0 |  41.3 |  41.6
        Transportation equipment.................|  43.9 |  44.1 |  44.4 |  44.3 |  43.7 |  43.1 |  42.2 |  44.6 |  44.4 |  44.2
          Motor vehicles and equipment...........|  44.9 |  45.4 |  45.8 |  45.6 |  44.5 |  43.7 |  42.1 |  46.1 |  46.4 |  45.6
        Instruments and related products.........|  41.3 |  41.3 |  41.5 |  42.1 |  41.3 |  41.8 |  41.7 |  41.4 |  41.6 |  42.0
        Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  40.0 |  39.4 |  39.6 |  39.7 |  39.9 |  39.5 |  39.7 |  39.6 |  39.9 |  39.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nondurable goods..........................|  40.5 |  40.0 |  40.4 |  40.8 |  40.4 |  40.5 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  40.6 |  40.8
          Overtime hours.........................|   3.9 |   3.8 |   3.8 |   4.1 |   3.9 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.0 |   4.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Food and kindred products................|  41.2 |  40.2 |  40.7 |  41.0 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  41.2
        Tobacco products.........................|  41.6 |  39.4 |  39.9 |  41.3 |  40.2 |  39.8 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  39.3 |  39.6
        Textile mill products....................|  40.8 |  40.1 |  40.6 |  41.3 |  40.4 |  40.5 |  40.8 |  40.3 |  40.6 |  40.9
        Apparel and other textile products.......|  37.2 |  36.4 |  37.3 |  38.0 |  36.8 |  36.8 |  36.9 |  36.5 |  37.2 |  37.7
        Paper and allied products................|  42.9 |  42.9 |  43.0 |  43.4 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  43.1 |  43.4 |  43.4 |  43.5
        Printing and publishing..................|  37.9 |  37.9 |  38.0 |  37.9 |  38.2 |  38.2 |  38.2 |  38.1 |  38.3 |  38.1
        Chemicals and allied products............|  43.3 |  42.8 |  42.9 |  43.5 |  43.3 |  43.2 |  43.1 |  42.9 |  43.1 |  43.5
        Petroleum and coal products..............|  43.7 |  43.4 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Rubber and misc. plastics products.......|  41.6 |  41.1 |  41.6 |  41.8 |  41.4 |  41.3 |  41.3 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  41.6
        Leather and leather products.............|  38.7 |  37.5 |  38.2 |  39.1 |  38.1 |  37.6 |  37.8 |  37.6 |  38.3 |  38.5
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   Service_producing.............................|  32.8 |  32.4 |  32.5 |  33.2 |  32.7 |  32.7 |  32.7 |  32.5 |  32.5 |  33.0
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     Transportation and public utilities.........|  39.6 |  39.2 |  39.3 |  40.2 |  39.5 |  39.8 |  39.9 |  39.4 |  39.2 |  40.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  38.3 |  38.1 |  38.2 |  38.9 |  38.2 |  38.3 |  38.3 |  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................|  29.1 |  28.4 |  28.7 |  29.4 |  28.8 |  28.8 |  28.9 |  28.6 |  28.8 |  29.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  35.6 |  35.6 |  35.6 |  36.3 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services....................................|  32.5 |  32.2 |  32.2 |  32.8 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             adjusted because the seasonal component, which is
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;               small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public            components, cannot be separated with sufficient
   utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance,         precision.
   and real estate; and services.  These groups account                  p = preliminary.
   for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on
   private nonfarm payrolls.
      2/  These series are not published seasonally
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
 Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | June  | Apr.  |  May  | June  | June  | Apr.  |  May  | June
                                                         | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$11.34 |$11.75 |$11.73 |$11.75 |$392.36|$400.68|$402.34|$410.08
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.43 | 11.72 | 11.73 | 11.82 | 393.19| 402.00| 401.17| 410.15
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Goods_producing...............................| 13.02 | 13.35 | 13.38 | 13.45 | 536.42| 543.35| 548.58| 556.83
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Mining......................................| 15.23 | 15.55 | 15.45 | 15.62 | 685.35| 698.20| 698.34| 720.08
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Construction................................| 15.03 | 15.19 | 15.27 | 15.32 | 595.19| 586.33| 592.48| 608.20
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Manufacturing...............................| 12.32 | 12.73 | 12.71 | 12.75 | 512.51| 524.48| 528.74| 534.23
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Durable goods.............................| 12.89 | 13.28 | 13.27 | 13.32 | 546.54| 557.76| 562.65| 568.76
                Lumber and wood products.................| 10.11 | 10.33 | 10.34 | 10.44 | 412.49| 420.43| 426.01| 434.30
                Furniture and fixtures...................|  9.78 | 10.06 | 10.08 | 10.09 | 386.31| 389.32| 393.12| 397.55
                Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.36 | 12.76 | 12.74 | 12.84 | 538.90| 551.23| 555.46| 566.24
                Primary metal industries.................| 14.61 | 15.00 | 14.79 | 14.95 | 642.84| 654.00| 652.24| 663.78
                  Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.34 | 17.92 | 17.45 | 17.72 | 762.96| 788.48| 771.29| 788.54
                Fabricated metal products................| 12.04 | 12.43 | 12.43 | 12.49 | 509.29| 519.57| 525.79| 532.07
                Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.17 | 13.44 | 13.46 | 13.52 | 570.26| 573.89| 578.78| 585.42
                Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.62 | 11.97 | 12.05 | 12.12 | 482.23| 485.98| 495.26| 504.19
                Transportation equipment.................| 16.72 | 17.26 | 17.25 | 17.29 | 734.01| 761.17| 765.90| 765.95
                  Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.29 | 17.97 | 17.94 | 17.98 | 776.32| 815.84| 821.65| 819.89
                Instruments and related products.........| 12.67 | 13.03 | 13.04 | 13.05 | 523.27| 538.14| 541.16| 549.41
                Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  9.99 | 10.35 | 10.36 | 10.35 | 399.60| 407.79| 410.26| 410.90
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Nondurable goods..........................| 11.53 | 11.93 | 11.89 | 11.93 | 466.97| 477.20| 480.36| 486.74
                Food and kindred products................| 10.92 | 11.21 | 11.20 | 11.24 | 449.90| 450.64| 455.84| 460.84
                Tobacco products.........................| 21.93 | 20.55 | 21.17 | 21.12 | 912.29| 809.67| 844.68| 872.26
                Textile mill products....................|  9.37 |  9.65 |  9.61 |  9.66 | 382.30| 386.97| 390.17| 398.96
                Apparel and other textile products.......|  7.61 |  7.94 |  7.94 |  7.99 | 283.09| 289.02| 296.16| 303.62
                Paper and allied products................| 14.14 | 14.61 | 14.59 | 14.66 | 606.61| 626.77| 627.37| 636.24
                Printing and publishing..................| 12.25 | 12.52 | 12.53 | 12.54 | 464.28| 474.51| 476.14| 475.27
                Chemicals and allied products............| 15.50 | 16.17 | 16.07 | 16.12 | 671.15| 692.08| 689.40| 701.22
                Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.15 | 19.30 | 18.95 | 19.07 | 836.86| 837.62| 809.17| 840.99
                Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.90 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 11.19 | 453.44| 459.91| 465.50| 467.74
                Leather and leather products.............|  8.09 |  8.41 |  8.43 |  8.50 | 313.08| 315.38| 322.03| 332.35
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Service_producing.............................| 10.76 | 11.22 | 11.17 | 11.18 | 352.93| 363.53| 363.03| 371.18
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.11 | 14.49 | 14.40 | 14.46 | 558.76| 568.01| 565.92| 581.29
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Wholesale trade.............................| 12.34 | 12.76 | 12.73 | 12.85 | 472.62| 486.16| 486.29| 499.87
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Retail trade................................|  7.65 |  7.92 |  7.92 |  7.93 | 222.62| 224.93| 227.30| 233.14
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.19 | 12.76 | 12.75 | 12.80 | 433.96| 454.26| 453.90| 464.64
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Services....................................| 11.22 | 11.72 | 11.68 | 11.66 | 364.65| 377.38| 376.10| 382.45
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              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               | June  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  | June  |   from:
                                                      | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | May 1996-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | June 1996
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $11.43| $11.65| $11.68| $11.72| $11.73| $11.82|     0.8
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.39|   7.42|   7.40|   7.40|   7.38|  N.A. |    (3)
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Goods_producing......................|  13.03|  13.26|  13.25|  13.40|  13.38|  13.45|      .5
                   Mining.............................|  15.32|  15.49|  15.46|  15.44|  15.47|  15.64|     1.1
                   Construction.......................|  15.12|  15.23|  15.24|  15.28|  15.31|  15.40|      .6
                   Manufacturing......................|  12.33|  12.56|  12.55|  12.74|  12.72|  12.77|      .4
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.72|  11.93|  11.92|  12.09|  12.06|  12.12|      .5
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Service_producing....................|  10.85|  11.11|  11.16|  11.15|  11.18|  11.28|      .9
                   Transportation and public utilities|  14.21|  14.43|  14.48|  14.49|  14.47|  14.55|      .6
                   Wholesale trade....................|  12.40|  12.63|  12.70|  12.71|  12.72|  12.91|     1.5
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.67|   7.85|   7.88|   7.90|   7.93|   7.96|      .4
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  12.30|  12.60|  12.68|  12.64|  12.76|  12.90|     1.1
                   Services...........................|  11.37|  11.62|  11.67|  11.65|  11.69|  11.78|      .8
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    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 -.3 percent from April 1996
                 to May 1996, the latest month available.
                    4/  Derived by assuming that overtime
                 hours are paid at the rate of time and one-
                 half.
                    N.A.  = not available.
                    p/  = preliminary.
 
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             1/
 Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |June |Apr. |  May  | June  |June |Feb. |Mar. |Apr. |  May  | June
                                                       |1995 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1996 |1996 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|135.4|133.6| 135.9 | 140.0 |133.2|135.5|135.5|135.2| 135.3 | 137.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods_producing...............................|112.4|107.7| 110.3 | 113.3 |109.8|110.8|109.4|109.9| 109.9 | 110.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 55.1| 53.7|  54.7 |  56.4 | 54.2| 54.9| 55.7| 54.6|  55.2 |  55.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|150.2|140.2| 148.9 | 158.5 |139.7|150.5|145.6|146.7| 144.3 | 147.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|108.0|104.3| 105.7 | 107.3 |107.1|105.9|105.2|105.7| 106.2 | 106.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|108.7|106.8| 108.3 | 109.8 |107.5|107.4|106.3|107.7| 108.3 | 108.8
            Lumber and wood products...................|136.6|132.2| 135.5 | 139.9 |133.6|133.1|133.1|134.5| 135.9 | 136.8
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|124.8|119.4| 121.4 | 123.5 |124.8|121.7|122.0|121.1| 123.9 | 122.9
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|112.7|108.2| 111.4 | 114.4 |108.4|109.7|108.9|109.1| 108.6 | 109.9
            Primary metal industries...................| 92.7| 90.5|  91.7 |  93.1 | 91.8| 91.9| 91.5| 91.0|  92.0 |  92.5
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 73.4| 71.8|  72.7 |  73.8 | 73.2| 73.8| 73.1| 72.4|  73.2 |  73.5
            Fabricated metal products..................|114.3|112.0| 113.8 | 116.0 |113.0|112.9|112.9|113.5| 114.5 | 115.2
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........|103.3|102.8| 103.6 | 104.2 |102.7|103.2|103.2|103.4| 103.7 | 103.8
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|107.5|105.8| 106.9 | 108.5 |106.9|108.7|108.0|107.0| 107.6 | 108.1
            Transportation equipment...................|122.8|122.4| 123.9 | 124.2 |121.5|118.6|113.1|122.9| 122.3 | 123.5
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|166.2|167.3| 169.8 | 169.1 |162.8|159.9|147.5|168.0| 171.5 | 168.6
            Instruments and related products...........| 73.3| 72.9|  73.5 |  74.7 | 73.1| 73.6| 73.6| 72.9|  73.6 |  74.3
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|104.2|100.5| 101.0 | 102.2 |103.6|102.2|102.4|101.4| 102.1 | 101.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|107.1|100.9| 102.2 | 103.9 |106.5|103.9|103.7|102.9| 103.2 | 103.3
            Food and kindred products..................|115.3|107.2| 109.8 | 112.1 |115.7|114.8|114.9|113.7| 114.2 | 112.9
            Tobacco products...........................| 58.3| 57.2|  55.2 |  57.7 | 63.7| 63.1| 64.2| 64.0|  60.3 |  62.8
            Textile mill products......................| 96.6| 89.7|  91.0 |  92.9 | 94.8| 91.7| 92.0| 90.1|  90.6 |  91.3
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 85.7| 75.4|  77.2 |  78.3 | 84.0| 77.5| 76.7| 75.5|  76.5 |  76.8
            Paper and allied products..................|110.9|106.6| 107.2 | 109.3 |110.1|108.6|108.4|108.5| 108.3 | 108.4
            Printing and publishing....................|124.1|122.2| 122.2 | 121.8 |125.0|123.4|123.6|122.7| 123.2 | 122.4
            Chemicals and allied products..............|103.0| 99.7|  99.3 | 101.4 |102.1|101.3|100.9|100.1| 100.2 | 100.8
            Petroleum and coal products................| 80.4| 73.0|  73.8 |  78.1 | 78.3| 73.6| 74.3| 72.8|  73.1 |  76.5
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|144.1|138.7| 140.8 | 143.2 |142.5|139.6|139.2|139.8| 139.9 | 141.1
            Leather and leather products...............| 49.7| 43.6|  44.0 |  45.2 | 48.6| 44.5| 44.1| 43.9|  44.1 |  44.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service_producing.............................|145.8|145.3| 147.4 | 151.9 |143.7|146.6|147.2|146.6| 146.7 | 149.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|125.6|126.0| 127.8 | 131.9 |124.4|128.4|129.1|127.6| 127.3 | 130.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|123.1|123.1| 124.5 | 127.9 |121.5|124.0|124.3|123.7| 123.9 | 126.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|134.8|129.9| 133.8 | 138.5 |132.0|133.1|133.7|132.7| 133.9 | 135.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|123.7|123.9| 124.7 | 129.3 |122.8|124.4|125.0|124.6| 124.2 | 128.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|172.4|174.4| 176.0 | 180.9 |170.1|174.5|175.2|175.1| 174.7 | 178.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
            p = preliminary.
 
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Time span       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  43.7 |  43.7 |  50.0 |  57.3 |  55.5 |  50.1 |  52.2 |  49.0 |  52.1 |  56.3 |  53.2 |  57.4
           1993..............|  60.0 |  60.8 |  51.3 |  58.6 |  61.7 |  55.2 |  57.7 |  57.0 |  61.8 |  59.7 |  61.8 |  59.6
           1994..............|  58.8 |  62.1 |  66.0 |  64.2 |  60.3 |  63.5 |  61.5 |  62.1 |  60.8 |  61.5 |  63.1 |  63.9
           1995..............|  63.2 |  59.3 |  54.9 |  54.6 |  51.4 |  55.1 |  54.1 |  57.4 |  51.8 |  54.8 |  56.3 |  59.4
           1996..............|  52.4 |  63.2 |  60.0 |  52.4 |p/61.7 |p/55.5 |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  39.7 |  41.9 |  49.7 |  57.0 |  58.4 |  55.8 |  50.6 |  50.1 |  52.8 |  54.4 |  57.6 |  61.2
           1993..............|  63.8 |  61.2 |  61.1 |  59.8 |  63.1 |  62.9 |  59.7 |  63.1 |  64.5 |  67.1 |  64.6 |  63.5
           1994..............|  67.1 |  69.5 |  70.4 |  68.7 |  66.4 |  66.0 |  68.5 |  69.5 |  65.3 |  65.6 |  68.0 |  67.8
           1995..............|  66.6 |  63.2 |  56.9 |  53.4 |  54.2 |  52.9 |  56.6 |  53.8 |  54.2 |  54.6 |  58.3 |  57.0
           1996..............|  60.7 |  61.8 |  61.2 |p/60.5 |p/59.0 |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  43.3 |  46.8 |  47.5 |  52.5 |  54.9 |  56.7 |  53.8 |  52.2 |  55.5 |  57.6 |  63.9 |  61.9
           1993..............|  63.3 |  65.2 |  63.8 |  64.2 |  62.4 |  65.9 |  65.7 |  63.9 |  66.3 |  67.3 |  70.6 |  69.5
           1994..............|  70.8 |  71.6 |  69.0 |  69.8 |  69.5 |  69.5 |  69.2 |  69.0 |  69.2 |  68.5 |  69.1 |  66.6
           1995..............|  66.3 |  60.8 |  58.7 |  54.4 |  53.5 |  54.1 |  53.1 |  56.3 |  55.9 |  54.1 |  56.2 |  61.8
           1996..............|  60.3 |p/62.8 |p/63.5 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  61.4 |  62.9 |  62.9
           1993..............|  64.9 |  63.9 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  67.0 |  67.6 |  67.6 |  67.0 |  70.2 |  69.5 |  69.2 |  70.1
           1994..............|  70.2 |  71.6 |  71.8 |  71.8 |  72.1 |  71.8 |  71.5 |  72.1 |  70.1 |  69.4 |  65.7 |  65.0
           1995..............|  62.6 |  60.8 |  60.1 |  61.2 |  58.1 |  57.7 |  54.5 |  58.7 |  58.6 |  57.3 |p/59.4 |p/60.4
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  37.4 |  39.9 |  43.9 |  56.8 |  50.0 |  48.9 |  52.2 |  44.6 |  47.5 |  47.8 |  51.4 |  54.7
           1993..............|  52.5 |  56.5 |  50.7 |  45.7 |  54.0 |  45.7 |  49.3 |  49.3 |  59.4 |  53.2 |  53.6 |  55.0
           1994..............|  56.5 |  60.1 |  59.7 |  58.6 |  53.2 |  57.9 |  57.6 |  53.6 |  55.8 |  54.7 |  57.2 |  59.4
           1995..............|  56.8 |  55.0 |  46.0 |  45.3 |  39.2 |  40.3 |  45.0 |  45.0 |  42.4 |  45.3 |  46.4 |  47.5
           1996..............|  42.1 |  48.2 |  48.2 |  39.6 |p/53.6 |p/48.2 |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  29.9 |  33.5 |  43.9 |  49.6 |  55.4 |  53.2 |  46.8 |  47.8 |  45.7 |  47.5 |  51.1 |  54.7
           1993..............|  60.8 |  58.3 |  53.2 |  47.8 |  48.9 |  54.0 |  50.4 |  58.3 |  57.6 |  59.7 |  54.7 |  57.6
           1994..............|  63.7 |  64.4 |  66.2 |  60.8 |  56.1 |  56.8 |  60.8 |  58.6 |  54.0 |  56.1 |  60.1 |  60.8
           1995..............|  60.4 |  51.8 |  43.5 |  34.9 |  33.1 |  32.0 |  33.1 |  35.6 |  38.8 |  39.6 |  40.6 |  38.8
           1996..............|  38.8 |  39.9 |  37.8 |p/43.5 |p/44.6 |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  32.4 |  34.9 |  39.9 |  46.8 |  52.2 |  54.3 |  48.2 |  47.8 |  51.1 |  51.1 |  56.8 |  56.5
           1993..............|  56.5 |  59.0 |  56.8 |  55.4 |  50.7 |  57.9 |  59.4 |  56.5 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  64.4 |  60.8
           1994..............|  62.2 |  64.4 |  60.4 |  61.5 |  59.0 |  56.8 |  56.5 |  57.2 |  60.1 |  55.8 |  59.7 |  55.8
           1995..............|  55.4 |  45.0 |  38.5 |  33.5 |  27.7 |  28.8 |  28.8 |  30.6 |  33.5 |  33.1 |  34.2 |  38.8
           1996..............|  32.0 |p/37.1 |p/38.1 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  58.3 |  56.5
           1993..............|  56.8 |  57.9 |  55.8 |  58.6 |  57.2 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  59.0 |  61.2 |  59.7 |  60.1 |  57.6
           1994..............|  57.9 |  58.6 |  60.8 |  60.8 |  60.8 |  63.3 |  59.4 |  60.1 |  57.2 |  55.8 |  49.6 |  47.5
           1995..............|  42.1 |  40.3 |  39.9 |  40.6 |  34.5 |  31.7 |  25.9 |  28.8 |  28.1 |  24.1 |p/27.0 |p/29.9
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and         with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates
      6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month               an equal balance between industries with increasing
      span.  Data are centered within the span.                        and decreasing employment.
         p = preliminary.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with
      employment increasing plus one-half of the industries