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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MARCH 2001


   Nonfarm employment fell in March, while the unemployment rate was little
changed at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today.  A decline in nonfarm payroll employment of 86,000
reflected losses in manufacturing, help supply services, and retail trade.
Employment rose in most services industries.  Average hourly earnings rose
by 6 cents over the month.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons, 6.1 million, and the unemployment
rate, 4.3 percent, were little changed in March.  The rate had been in the
range of 3.9 to 4.1 percent from the fall of 1999 until the end of 2000.
In March, the unemployment rate for adult men rose to 3.8 percent.  The
rate for blacks increased by 1.1 percentage points to 8.6 percent, but
this series can be very volatile.  The unemployment rates for adult women
(3.6 percent), teenagers (13.8 percent), whites (3.7 percent), and Hispanics
(6.3 percent) were essentially unchanged over the month.  (See tables A-1
and A-2.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
      
   Total employment, at 135.8 million, and the employment-population ratio,
at 64.3 percent, were essentially unchanged in March.  The civilian labor
force was little changed at 141.9 million, and the labor force participation
rate remained at 67.2 percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in March.  Multiple jobholders represented 5.6 percent of the employed,
about the same as a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
     
     About 1.1 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in March.  These were people who wanted and
were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior
12 months but were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched
for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of discouraged
workers was 350,000 in March, up from 257,000 a year earlier.  Discouraged
workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking
for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for
them.  (See table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Feb.-
      Category        |  2000  |  2001  |          2001            | Mar.
                      |________|________|________ _________________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 141,208| 141,858| 141,955| 141,751| 141,868|    117
  Employment..........| 135,593| 135,864| 135,999| 135,815| 135,780|    -35
  Unemployment........|   5,616|   5,994|   5,956|   5,936|   6,088|    152
Not in labor force....|  69,358|  69,171|  68,934|  69,275|  69,304|     29
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.0|     4.2|     4.2|     4.2|     4.3|    0.1
  Adult men...........|     3.4|     3.7|     3.6|     3.5|     3.8|     .3
  Adult women.........|     3.4|     3.6|     3.6|     3.7|     3.6|    -.1
  Teenagers...........|    12.9|    13.7|    13.8|    13.6|    13.8|     .2
  White...............|     3.5|     3.7|     3.6|     3.7|     3.7|     .0
  Black...............|     7.5|     8.1|     8.4|     7.5|     8.6|    1.1
  Hispanic origin.....|     5.6|     6.2|     6.0|     6.3|     6.3|     .0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 131,836|p132,232| 132,167|p132,307|p132,221|   p-86
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,623| p25,561|  25,641| p25,554| p25,487|   p-67
    Construction......|   6,732|  p6,883|   6,874|  p6,881|  p6,893|    p12
    Manufacturing.....|  18,350| p18,128|  18,220| p18,123| p18,042|   p-81
  Service-producing 1/| 106,213|p106,671| 106,526|p106,753|p106,734|   p-19
    Retail trade......|  23,225| p23,309|  23,272| p23,350| p23,304|   p-46
    Services..........|  40,752| p40,940|  40,917| p40,946| p40,957|    p11
    Government........|  20,435| p20,561|  20,510| p20,589| p20,585|    p-4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.3|   p34.3|    34.3|   p34.2|   p34.3|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.0|   p40.8|    40.9|   p40.7|   p40.7|    p.0
    Overtime..........|     4.2|    p3.9|     4.1|    p3.9|    p3.8|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   151.2|  p151.5|   151.9|  p151.3|  p151.4|   p0.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.95| p$14.10|  $14.02| p$14.11| p$14.17| p$0.06
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  478.13| p483.16|  480.89| p482.56| p486.03|  p3.47
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 86,000 in March, seasonally
adjusted.  Large losses continued in manufacturing and help supply, and
employment in retail trade also fell.  Employment grew in a number of
industries, including finance and many components of services.
(See table B-1.)
   
   In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing employment fell by 81,000
in March, following large losses in January and February.  Since last June,
employment losses in manufacturing have totaled 451,000, including 270,000
since December.  Manufacturing employment declines were widespread in March.
Large job losses continued in industrial machinery (16,000) and fabricated
metals (11,000); employment in these industries has declined by 36,000 and
37,000, respectively, so far this year.  Employment in electrical equipment,
which had added jobs throughout most of 2000, fell by 7,000 in March; this
industry has lost a total of 20,000 jobs since December.  A number of other
industries also experienced employment declines, including auto manufacturing
and rubber and miscellaneous plastics.
   
   Construction employment rose slightly in March, due to gains in heavy
construction and special trades.  Since last October, construction has
added 148,000 jobs.  Mining employment edged up in March.  Employment in
oil and gas extraction rose by 3,000 over the month; this industry has
added 13,000 jobs so far this year.
   
   In the service-producing sector, services employment was little changed
in March.  Job gains in health services (26,000), social services (15,000),
computer services (11,000), and several other industries were largely
offset by a sharp decline in help supply services (83,000).  Employment
in help supply, which primarily provides temporary workers to other
businesses, has declined for 6 consecutive months, losing 273,000 jobs
over the period.                                  

   Employment in retail trade decreased by 46,000 in March, offsetting much
of the February increase.  Within retail trade, employment in eating and
drinking places declined by 25,000 in March, following a gain of 21,000 in
February.  Employment in department stores fell by 19,000, also following
an increase in February.  Automotive dealers and service stations lost
6,000 jobs in March.  Wholesale trade employment was essentially unchanged;
this industry has lost 24,000 jobs since November.
   
   Employment in finance, insurance, and real estate rose by 17,000 in
March.  Since July, this industry has gained 120,000 jobs, following small
losses in the first half of 2000.  Mortgage banks added 3,000 jobs in
March, bringing its first quarter gain to 9,000 jobs.
   
   Transportation and public utilities employment edged up in March.  In
recent months, the trucking industry has resumed adding workers after
showing no net growth from April to November 2000.  Government employment
was little changed in March, after growing by 184,000 over the prior
3 months.

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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour in March to 34.3 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek was unchanged over the month at
40.7 hours, although it was a full hour lower than a year earlier.  Manu-
facturing overtime edged down by 0.1 hour in March to 3.8 hours and was
0.8 hour lower than in March 2000.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 percent over the month
to 151.4 (1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index fell by
0.5 percent to 100.9.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 6 cents in March to $14.17, seasonally adjusted.
This follows a 9-cent increase (as revised) in February.  Over the month,
average weekly earnings increased by 0.7 percent to $486.03.  Over the year,
average hourly earnings rose by 4.3 percent and average weekly earnings grew
by 3.7 percent.  (See table B-3.)

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   The Employment Situation for April 2001 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, May 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).

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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2000,
the sample included about 300,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 209,053 211,026 211,171 209,053 210,577 210,743 210,889 211,026 211,171
    Civilian labor force............................ 140,501 141,238 141,751 140,705 141,136 141,489 141,955 141,751 141,868
          Participation rate........................    67.2    66.9    67.1    67.3    67.0    67.1    67.3    67.2    67.2
      Employed...................................... 134,494 134,774 135,298 135,013 135,478 135,836 135,999 135,815 135,780
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.3    63.9    64.1    64.6    64.3    64.5    64.5    64.4    64.3
        Agriculture.................................   3,079   2,794   2,921   3,338   3,176   3,274   3,179   3,135   3,161
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 131,415 131,980 132,377 131,675 132,302 132,562 132,819 132,680 132,618
      Unemployed....................................   6,007   6,464   6,453   5,692   5,658   5,653   5,956   5,936   6,088
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.3     4.6     4.6     4.0     4.0     4.0     4.2     4.2     4.3
    Not in labor force..............................  68,552  69,788  69,421  68,348  69,441  69,254  68,934  69,275  69,304
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,461   4,500   4,103   4,539   4,351   4,532   4,417   4,455   4,174
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,405 101,428 101,504 100,405 101,175 101,260 101,357 101,428 101,504
    Civilian labor force............................  74,790  75,118  75,266  75,125  75,386  75,582  75,815  75,547  75,516
          Participation rate........................    74.5    74.1    74.2    74.8    74.5    74.6    74.8    74.5    74.4
      Employed......................................  71,613  71,430  71,607  72,246  72,354  72,534  72,589  72,359  72,201
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.3    70.4    70.5    72.0    71.5    71.6    71.6    71.3    71.1
      Unemployed....................................   3,177   3,687   3,659   2,879   3,032   3,048   3,226   3,187   3,315
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     4.9     4.9     3.8     4.0     4.0     4.3     4.2     4.4
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  92,145  93,227  93,285  92,145  93,061  93,117  93,184  93,227  93,285
    Civilian labor force............................  70,689  71,139  71,251  70,773  71,135  71,289  71,492  71,288  71,261
          Participation rate........................    76.7    76.3    76.4    76.8    76.4    76.6    76.7    76.5    76.4
      Employed......................................  68,057  68,114  68,171  68,445  68,683  68,848  68,916  68,761  68,534
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.9    73.1    73.1    74.3    73.8    73.9    74.0    73.8    73.5
        Agriculture.................................   2,073   1,906   1,987   2,240   2,122   2,232   2,122   2,154   2,150
        Nonagricultural industries..................  65,984  66,208  66,184  66,205  66,561  66,616  66,795  66,607  66,383
      Unemployed....................................   2,632   3,025   3,080   2,328   2,452   2,441   2,576   2,527   2,728
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.7     4.3     4.3     3.3     3.4     3.4     3.6     3.5     3.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,649 109,598 109,667 108,649 109,402 109,483 109,532 109,598 109,667
    Civilian labor force............................  65,711  66,120  66,484  65,580  65,750  65,907  66,140  66,204  66,352
          Participation rate........................    60.5    60.3    60.6    60.4    60.1    60.2    60.4    60.4    60.5
      Employed......................................  62,881  63,344  63,691  62,767  63,124  63,302  63,410  63,456  63,578
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.9    57.8    58.1    57.8    57.7    57.8    57.9    57.9    58.0
      Unemployed....................................   2,830   2,777   2,793   2,813   2,626   2,605   2,730   2,749   2,774
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.3     4.0     4.0     4.1     4.2     4.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,713 101,686 101,779 100,713 101,533 101,612 101,643 101,686 101,779
    Civilian labor force............................  61,892  62,335  62,731  61,573  61,625  61,819  62,126  62,220  62,412
          Participation rate........................    61.5    61.3    61.6    61.1    60.7    60.8    61.1    61.2    61.3
      Employed......................................  59,593  60,005  60,447  59,326  59,506  59,708  59,894  59,932  60,178
          Employment-population ratio...............    59.2    59.0    59.4    58.9    58.6    58.8    58.9    58.9    59.1
        Agriculture.................................     831     794     791     866     797     822     852     839     819
        Nonagricultural industries..................  58,762  59,211  59,656  58,460  58,709  58,886  59,042  59,093  59,359
      Unemployed....................................   2,298   2,329   2,285   2,247   2,119   2,111   2,232   2,288   2,233
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.7     3.7     3.6     3.6     3.4     3.4     3.6     3.7     3.6
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,196  16,113  16,108  16,196  15,983  16,014  16,063  16,113  16,108
    Civilian labor force............................   7,921   7,765   7,769   8,359   8,376   8,381   8,337   8,243   8,195
          Participation rate........................    48.9    48.2    48.2    51.6    52.4    52.3    51.9    51.2    50.9
      Employed......................................   6,844   6,655   6,680   7,242   7,289   7,280   7,188   7,122   7,067
          Employment-population ratio...............    42.3    41.3    41.5    44.7    45.6    45.5    44.7    44.2    43.9
        Agriculture.................................     175      94     143     232     257     220     205     143     191
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,669   6,561   6,537   7,010   7,032   7,060   6,983   6,980   6,876
      Unemployed....................................   1,077   1,110   1,088   1,117   1,087   1,101   1,149   1,121   1,127
          Unemployment rate.........................    13.6    14.3    14.0    13.4    13.0    13.1    13.8    13.6    13.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 173,983 175,326 175,416 173,983 175,034 175,145 175,246 175,326 175,416
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,451 117,883 118,166 117,592 117,640 117,945 118,276 118,287 118,243
        Participation rate..........................    67.5    67.2    67.4    67.6    67.2    67.3    67.5    67.5    67.4
      Employed...................................... 113,006 113,029 113,445 113,435 113,509 113,811 114,015 113,902 113,853
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.0    64.5    64.7    65.2    64.8    65.0    65.1    65.0    64.9
      Unemployed....................................   4,446   4,853   4,721   4,157   4,131   4,134   4,261   4,385   4,389
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.8     4.1     4.0     3.5     3.5     3.5     3.6     3.7     3.7
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,123  60,335  60,400  60,116  60,280  60,349  60,494  60,487  60,358
        Participation rate..........................    77.2    76.7    76.8    77.2    76.8    76.8    77.0    76.9    76.7
      Employed......................................  58,131  57,975  58,075  58,410  58,478  58,581  58,571  58,561  58,366
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.6    73.7    73.8    75.0    74.5    74.6    74.5    74.5    74.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,993   2,360   2,326   1,706   1,802   1,768   1,923   1,926   1,991
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.3     3.9     3.9     2.8     3.0     2.9     3.2     3.2     3.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,622  51,019  51,195  50,370  50,335  50,527  50,794  50,854  50,910
        Participation rate..........................    60.7    60.7    60.9    60.4    60.0    60.2    60.5    60.6    60.6
      Employed......................................  48,966  49,303  49,564  48,754  48,825  48,973  49,270  49,155  49,318
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.7    58.7    59.0    58.5    58.2    58.4    58.7    58.5    58.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,656   1,716   1,631   1,616   1,510   1,554   1,524   1,699   1,593
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.3     3.4     3.2     3.2     3.0     3.1     3.0     3.3     3.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,706   6,529   6,571   7,106   7,025   7,069   6,988   6,945   6,975
        Participation rate..........................    52.7    51.4    51.6    55.9    55.3    55.7    55.1    54.6    54.8
      Employed......................................   5,909   5,752   5,806   6,271   6,206   6,257   6,174   6,186   6,169
        Employment-population ratio.................    46.5    45.3    45.6    49.3    48.9    49.3    48.7    48.7    48.5
      Unemployed....................................     797     778     765     835     819     812     814     760     806
        Unemployment rate...........................    11.9    11.9    11.6    11.8    11.7    11.5    11.7    10.9    11.6
          Men.......................................    12.1    14.3    12.3    11.6    12.4    12.2    13.3    12.6    11.8
          Women.....................................    11.7     9.4    10.9    11.9    10.9    10.7     9.8     9.2    11.2
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,105  25,412  25,441  25,105  25,376  25,408  25,382  25,412  25,441
    Civilian labor force............................  16,466  16,511  16,699  16,550  16,732  16,742  16,773  16,691  16,789
        Participation rate..........................    65.6    65.0    65.6    65.9    65.9    65.9    66.1    65.7    66.0
      Employed......................................  15,231  15,192  15,264  15,312  15,485  15,470  15,372  15,440  15,348
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.7    59.8    60.0    61.0    61.0    60.9    60.6    60.8    60.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,236   1,319   1,435   1,238   1,247   1,272   1,401   1,251   1,441
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.5     8.0     8.6     7.5     7.5     7.6     8.4     7.5     8.6
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,252   7,317   7,349   7,301   7,397   7,437   7,430   7,374   7,404
        Participation rate..........................    72.2    71.8    72.0    72.6    72.6    72.9    73.0    72.4    72.6
      Employed......................................   6,762   6,770   6,722   6,815   6,888   6,897   6,918   6,887   6,776
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.3    66.4    65.9    67.8    67.6    67.6    68.0    67.6    66.4
      Unemployed....................................     490     547     627     486     509     540     512     487     628
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.8     7.5     8.5     6.7     6.9     7.3     6.9     6.6     8.5
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,333   8,305   8,450   8,298   8,325   8,333   8,340   8,336   8,418
        Participation rate..........................    66.2    65.1    66.2    66.0    65.4    65.4    65.4    65.3    65.9
      Employed......................................   7,815   7,799   7,916   7,781   7,808   7,861   7,731   7,854   7,885
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.1    61.1    62.0    61.9    61.3    61.7    60.6    61.5    61.7
      Unemployed....................................     518     506     534     517     517     472     609     482     533
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.2     6.1     6.3     6.2     6.2     5.7     7.3     5.8     6.3
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     881     889     900     951   1,010     972   1,002     981     968
        Participation rate..........................    35.6    36.1    36.5    38.4    41.0    39.5    40.8    39.8    39.2
      Employed......................................     653     623     626     716     789     712     723     699     688
        Employment-population ratio.................    26.4    25.3    25.4    28.9    32.1    28.9    29.4    28.4    27.9
      Unemployed....................................     228     266     274     235     221     260     280     282     280
        Unemployment rate...........................    25.9    29.9    30.5    24.7    21.9    26.7    27.9    28.8    28.9
          Men.......................................    22.6    31.3    27.5    22.8    22.5    30.1    26.9    31.7    27.7
          Women.....................................    29.3    28.6    33.3    26.7    21.3    23.4    28.9    25.7    30.2
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  22,166  22,830  22,889  22,166  22,687  22,749  22,769  22,830  22,889
    Civilian labor force............................  15,304  15,662  15,820  15,271  15,626  15,671  15,540  15,653  15,770
        Participation rate..........................    69.0    68.6    69.1    68.9    68.9    68.9    68.2    68.6    68.9
      Employed......................................  14,283  14,629  14,737  14,340  14,686  14,772  14,612  14,673  14,782
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.4    64.1    64.4    64.7    64.7    64.9    64.2    64.3    64.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,021   1,034   1,083     931     940     899     927     980     988
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.7     6.6     6.8     6.1     6.0     5.7     6.0     6.3     6.3

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. 






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                Mar.     Feb.     Mar.     Mar.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.  
                                                2000     2001     2001     2000     2000     2000     2001     2001     2001  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   27,523   27,191   27,564   27,523   27,851   27,693   27,957   27,191   27,564
    Civilian labor force....................   11,801   11,732   12,008   11,884   11,958   11,822   12,008   12,074   12,103
        Percent of population...............     42.9     43.1     43.6     43.2     42.9     42.7     43.0     44.4     43.9
      Employed..............................   10,896   10,706   11,053   11,092   11,171   11,077   11,193   11,140   11,267
        Employment-population ratio.........     39.6     39.4     40.1     40.3     40.1     40.0     40.0     41.0     40.9
      Unemployed............................      905    1,026      955      792      787      745      816      934      836
        Unemployment rate...................      7.7      8.7      8.0      6.7      6.6      6.3      6.8      7.7      6.9
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   58,033   57,617   57,660   58,033   57,562   57,899   58,092   57,617   57,660
    Civilian labor force....................   37,742   37,238   37,554   37,404   37,129   37,187   37,415   37,309   37,189
        Percent of population...............     65.0     64.6     65.1     64.5     64.5     64.2     64.4     64.8     64.5
      Employed..............................   36,364   35,644   35,996   36,130   35,830   35,906   35,986   35,895   35,746
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.7     61.9     62.4     62.3     62.2     62.0     61.9     62.3     62.0
      Unemployed............................    1,377    1,594    1,557    1,274    1,299    1,281    1,429    1,414    1,443
        Unemployment rate...................      3.6      4.3      4.1      3.4      3.5      3.4      3.8      3.8      3.9
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,225   45,263   45,182   44,225   44,770   44,596   44,313   45,263   45,182
    Civilian labor force....................   32,898   33,414   33,386   32,762   32,776   33,045   33,102   33,079   33,241
        Percent of population...............     74.4     73.8     73.9     74.1     73.2     74.1     74.7     73.1     73.6
      Employed..............................   31,929   32,423   32,424   31,876   31,897   32,141   32,121   32,197   32,360
        Employment-population ratio.........     72.2     71.6     71.8     72.1     71.2     72.1     72.5     71.1     71.6
      Unemployed............................      969      991      961      886      879      904      981      882      881
        Unemployment rate...................      2.9      3.0      2.9      2.7      2.7      2.7      3.0      2.7      2.7
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,838   46,167   45,979   44,838   45,706   45,839   45,790   46,167   45,979
    Civilian labor force....................   36,017   36,683   36,622   36,016   36,237   36,460   36,476   36,602   36,642
        Percent of population...............     80.3     79.5     79.7     80.3     79.3     79.5     79.7     79.3     79.7
      Employed..............................   35,446   36,104   35,916   35,429   35,674   35,894   35,909   36,032   35,916
        Employment-population ratio.........     79.1     78.2     78.1     79.0     78.1     78.3     78.4     78.0     78.1
      Unemployed............................      572      579      706      587      563      566      567      570      726
        Unemployment rate...................      1.6      1.6      1.9      1.6      1.6      1.6      1.6      1.6      2.0

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 134,494 134,774 135,298 135,013 135,478 135,836 135,999 135,815 135,780
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,081  43,080  43,125  43,341  43,251  43,293  43,134  43,340  43,385
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,915  34,059  34,216  33,765  33,633  33,635  34,249  34,059  34,080
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,187   8,348   8,113   8,119   8,495   8,501   8,426   8,373   8,049
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,717  41,701  42,029  40,687  41,083  41,078  41,430  41,770  42,023
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  39,549  39,781  39,551  39,435  39,616  39,853  40,086  39,781  39,433
    Service occupations.............................  18,636  18,301  18,325  18,609  18,471  18,550  18,158  18,283  18,289
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,491  14,746  14,776  14,603  14,748  14,848  14,889  14,970  14,895
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  17,965  17,439  17,637  18,336  18,184  18,171  18,092  17,889  17,999
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,135   2,806   2,979   3,498   3,238   3,357   3,372   3,252   3,321
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,841   1,587   1,725   2,037   2,005   2,019   1,983   1,839   1,910
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,202   1,187   1,165   1,272   1,180   1,198   1,182   1,291   1,231
      Unpaid family workers.........................      36      20      31      42      25      34      25      29      36
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 122,709 123,439 123,572 122,951 123,632 123,813 124,035 124,069 123,814
        Government..................................  19,677  19,523  19,363  19,451  19,146  19,352  18,843  19,103  19,134
        Private industries.......................... 103,032 103,916 104,208 103,500 104,486 104,461 105,192 104,966 104,680
          Private households........................   1,002     830     918     967     827     879     859     823     881
          Other industries.......................... 102,030 103,087 103,291 102,533 103,659 103,582 104,333 104,143 103,800
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,600   8,393   8,661   8,712   8,533   8,600   8,698   8,617   8,784
      Unpaid family workers.........................     106     147     145     101     128     121     110     142     138
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,306   3,424   3,338   3,139   3,416   3,234   3,327   3,273   3,164
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,955   2,209   2,040   1,836   2,183   1,964   2,035   2,043   1,914
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,029     947     961     972     886     896     954     933     907
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,540  20,010  19,467  18,723  18,896  18,993  18,568  19,021  18,647
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,169   3,291   3,182   3,002   3,285   3,088   3,227   3,143   3,007
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,888   2,129   1,954   1,770   2,082   1,882   1,971   1,970   1,828
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,008     932     940     942     871     877     945     910     877
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,002  19,583  18,966  18,159  18,323  18,437  18,040  18,509  18,132

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,692   5,936   6,088    4.0     4.0     4.0     4.2     4.2     4.3 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,328   2,527   2,728    3.3     3.4     3.4     3.6     3.5     3.8 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,247   2,288   2,233    3.6     3.4     3.4     3.6     3.7     3.6 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,117   1,121   1,127   13.4    13.0    13.1    13.8    13.6    13.8 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     866   1,007   1,102    2.0     2.2     2.2     2.3     2.3     2.5 
     Married women, spouse present..................     947     912     949    2.7     2.5     2.6     2.5     2.6     2.7 
     Women who maintain families....................     575     541     532    6.6     5.2     5.1     6.4     6.1     6.2 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,487   4,738   4,907    3.8     3.9     3.9     4.1     4.0     4.2 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,191   1,179   1,167    4.9     4.5     4.6     4.9     4.8     4.8 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     735     753     852    1.8     1.7     1.7     1.8     1.8     2.0 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,442   1,437   1,534    3.5     3.6     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.7 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     571     572     532    3.8     3.7     3.7     3.7     3.7     3.5 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,236   1,416   1,431    6.3     6.3     6.4     7.1     7.3     7.4 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     197     252     333    5.3     7.1     6.3     6.5     7.2     9.1 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,629   4,914   4,968    4.3     4.0     4.0     4.3     4.5     4.5 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,308   1,488   1,513    4.6     4.5     4.4     4.9     5.2     5.3 
         Mining.....................................      14      27      19    2.7     3.5     3.6     2.2     4.6     3.5 
         Construction...............................     493     558     488    6.6     6.9     6.5     6.8     7.0     6.2 
         Manufacturing..............................     801     903   1,006    3.9     3.6     3.6     4.2     4.5     5.0 
           Durable goods............................     397     501     606    3.2     3.5     3.4     4.2     4.2     5.0 
           Nondurable goods.........................     404     402     400    4.9     3.9     4.0     4.3     5.0     5.0 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,321   3,426   3,455    4.2     3.8     3.8     4.0     4.2     4.3 
         Transportation and public utilities........     248     228     246    3.1     2.6     3.2     2.8     2.9     3.1 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,455   1,412   1,471    5.3     4.7     4.8     5.0     5.1     5.3 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     193     210     212    2.4     1.9     2.1     2.3     2.5     2.6 
         Services...................................   1,425   1,575   1,525    4.0     3.7     3.6     4.0     4.2     4.1 
     Government workers.............................     359     295     408    1.8     2.3     2.2     2.2     1.5     2.1 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     131     186     244    6.0     9.4     8.9     9.0     9.2    11.3 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,527   2,732   2,447   2,764   2,531   2,440   2,613   2,797   2,674
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,003   2,115   2,282   1,743   1,796   1,852   1,977   1,669   1,992
   15 weeks and over................................   1,478   1,617   1,724   1,300   1,317   1,326   1,371   1,490   1,517
      15 to 26 weeks................................     815     891   1,002     655     713     675     731     793     814
      27 weeks and over.............................     663     726     721     645     604     651     640     697     703
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    13.2    12.8    13.5    12.7    12.4    12.6    12.6    12.9    13.0
   Median duration, in weeks........................     7.0     6.6     7.7     6.0     6.1     6.1     5.9     6.0     6.5
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Total unemployed.................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
     Less than 5 weeks..............................    42.1    42.3    37.9    47.6    44.8    43.4    43.8    47.0    43.2
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    33.3    32.7    35.4    30.0    31.8    33.0    33.2    28.0    32.2
     15 weeks and over..............................    24.6    25.0    26.7    22.4    23.3    23.6    23.0    25.0    24.5
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    13.6    13.8    15.5    11.3    12.6    12.0    12.3    13.3    13.2
       27 weeks and over............................    11.0    11.2    11.2    11.1    10.7    11.6    10.7    11.7    11.4






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,769   3,309   3,336   2,463   2,501   2,514   2,742   2,853   2,963
    On temporary layoff.............................     983   1,286   1,208     803     877     937   1,032     945     991
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,787   2,023   2,128   1,660   1,624   1,577   1,711   1,908   1,972
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,224   1,451   1,474   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     562     572     654   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     837     830     841     813     768     746     838     820     814
  Reentrants........................................   2,019   1,998   1,940   1,981   1,936   1,899   1,956   1,927   1,908
  New entrants......................................     382     327     336     428     429     466     446     372     386
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    46.1    51.2    51.7    43.3    44.4    44.7    45.8    47.8    48.8
     On temporary layoff............................    16.4    19.9    18.7    14.1    15.6    16.7    17.2    15.8    16.3
     Not on temporary layoff........................    29.7    31.3    33.0    29.2    28.8    28.0    28.6    32.0    32.5
   Job leavers......................................    13.9    12.8    13.0    14.3    13.6    13.3    14.0    13.7    13.4
   Reentrants.......................................    33.6    30.9    30.1    34.8    34.4    33.8    32.7    32.3    31.4
   New entrants.....................................     6.4     5.1     5.2     7.5     7.6     8.3     7.4     6.2     6.4
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.0     2.3     2.4     1.8     1.8     1.8     1.9     2.0     2.1
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5      .5      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.3     1.4     1.4     1.3
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .2      .2      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3

    1 Not available.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Mar.   Feb.   Mar.   Mar.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar. 
                                                                  2000   2001   2001   2000   2000   2000   2001   2001   2001 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.1    1.1    1.2     .9     .9     .9    1.0    1.1    1.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.0    2.3    2.4    1.8    1.8    1.8    1.9    2.0    2.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.3    4.6    4.6    4.0    4.0    4.0    4.2    4.2    4.3
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.5    4.8    4.8   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.1    5.5    5.3   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    7.4    7.9    7.6   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
    NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2000    2000    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,692   5,936   6,088    4.0     4.0     4.0     4.2     4.2     4.3 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,183   2,167   2,263    9.7     9.1     9.2     9.6     9.5    10.0 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,117   1,121   1,127   13.4    13.0    13.1    13.8    13.6    13.8 
        16 to 17 years..............................     511     555     502   15.3    15.4    15.8    17.4    17.2    16.0 
        18 to 19 years..............................     602     550     624   12.0    11.4    11.6    11.5    11.0    12.3 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,066   1,046   1,135    7.5     6.8     7.0     7.2     7.2     7.8 
    25 years and over...............................   3,523   3,766   3,844    3.0     3.0     3.0     3.2     3.2     3.2 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,042   3,262   3,373    3.0     3.0     3.0     3.2     3.2     3.4 
      55 years and over.............................     480     519     481    2.7     2.9     2.6     2.7     2.8     2.6 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   2,879   3,187   3,315    3.8     4.0     4.0     4.3     4.2     4.4 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,111   1,282   1,285    9.3     9.5     9.7    10.3    10.8    10.9 
        16 to 19 years..............................     551     660     587   12.7    13.6    14.1    15.0    15.5    13.8 
          16 to 17 years............................     275     306     250   15.6    17.5    18.4    20.5    18.5    15.6 
          18 to 19 years............................     275     343     338   10.6    11.3    11.7    11.8    13.1    12.7 
        20 to 24 years..............................     560     622     698    7.4     7.3     7.2     7.6     8.2     9.3 
      25 years and over.............................   1,777   1,891   2,046    2.8     3.0     3.0     3.1     3.0     3.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,497   1,619   1,745    2.8     2.9     2.9     3.1     3.0     3.3 
        55 years and over...........................     271     291     294    2.7     2.9     2.8     3.0     2.9     2.9 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,813   2,749   2,774    4.3     4.0     4.0     4.1     4.2     4.2 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,072     885     978   10.0     8.6     8.7     8.8     8.1     8.9 
        16 to 19 years..............................     566     460     540   14.1    12.3    12.1    12.4    11.6    13.7 
          16 to 17 years............................     236     250     252   15.0    13.4    13.2    14.1    15.7    16.4 
          18 to 19 years............................     327     208     285   13.4    11.5    11.6    11.3     8.7    11.9 
        20 to 24 years..............................     506     424     438    7.5     6.3     6.7     6.7     6.1     6.3 
      25 years and over.............................   1,746   1,875   1,798    3.2     3.1     3.0     3.2     3.4     3.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,545   1,643   1,628    3.3     3.2     3.1     3.4     3.5     3.5 
        55 years and over...........................     209     228     188    2.6     2.7     2.4     2.5     2.7     2.2 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.  
                                                                        2000      2001      2000      2001      2000      2001  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   68,552    69,421    25,614    26,238    42,938    43,183 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,461     4,103     1,977     1,878     2,484     2,225 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,209     1,104       663       592       546       512 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      257       350       149       217       108       134 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      952       754       514       375       438       378 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,707     7,609     4,010     3,917     3,697     3,692 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.7       5.6       5.6       5.5       5.9       5.8 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,241     4,134     2,476     2,396     1,765     1,739 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,733     1,746       534       558     1,198     1,188 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      318       334       194       225       123       109 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,390     1,351       795       713       595       638 

    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                                                                                                
                                           Mar.    Jan.   Feb.    Mar.     Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.   Feb.    Mar. 
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2000    2000    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 130,024 130,054 130,719 131,252 131,009 131,842 131,878 132,167 132,307 132,221
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 109,080 109,612 109,823 110,260 110,462 111,437 111,443 111,657 111,718 111,636
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,221  25,027  24,940  24,980  25,738  25,635  25,569  25,641  25,554  25,487
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     525     536     538     542     536     541     540     547     550     552
    Metal mining........................    44.1    43.1    42.0    40.4      45      43      44      43      42      41
    Coal mining.........................    80.0    79.0    78.8    79.2      80      78      78      79      79      79
    Oil and gas extraction..............   295.3   314.7   317.5   319.3     300     311     311     317     321     324
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   106.0    99.2    99.8   103.2     111     109     107     108     108     108
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,288   6,372   6,361   6,469   6,726   6,734   6,717   6,874   6,881   6,893
    General building contractors........ 1,436.7 1,475.9 1,473.6 1,476.5   1,508   1,523   1,527   1,545   1,546   1,543
    Heavy construction, except building.   800.3   773.1   773.4   814.3     905     882     867     902     910     919
    Special trade contractors........... 4,050.7 4,123.3 4,113.8 4,178.3   4,313   4,329   4,323   4,427   4,425   4,431
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,408  18,119  18,041  17,969  18,476  18,360  18,312  18,220  18,123  18,042
      Production workers................  12,640  12,362  12,301  12,249  12,683  12,564  12,515  12,442  12,364  12,296
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,077  10,909  10,867  10,819  11,094  11,058  11,037  10,952  10,900  10,841
      Production workers................   7,576   7,418   7,388   7,351   7,580   7,546   7,520   7,453   7,411   7,360
    Lumber and wood products............   817.9   786.2   778.4   776.8     830     807     802     796     793     788
    Furniture and fixtures..............   555.9   546.0   541.0   539.2     555     554     552     547     541     539
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   556.3   548.1   546.2   549.1     568     563     561     567     562     560
    Primary metal industries............   701.4   676.2   672.1   667.0     701     690     683     676     671     666
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   227.3   215.3   214.5   213.4   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,527.4 1,516.7 1,502.1 1,491.8   1,528   1,535   1,530   1,517   1,504   1,493
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,129.2 2,118.3 2,106.3 2,091.7   2,124   2,127   2,124   2,118   2,104   2,088
      Computer and office equipment.....   363.3   362.2   358.9   358.7     366     361     362     363     360     361
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,681.9 1,721.5 1,715.3 1,704.7   1,682   1,724   1,728   1,725   1,715   1,708
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   646.3   696.2   694.9   690.2     646     694     696     697     695     691
    Transportation equipment............ 1,868.0 1,756.5 1,767.7 1,763.7   1,865   1,814   1,813   1,760   1,768   1,761
      Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,026.5   938.5   948.2   942.0   1,028     989     988     942     951     942
      Aircraft and parts................   465.3   454.3   455.8   457.8     467     455     456     452     454     457
    Instruments and related products....   844.0   852.8   852.0   849.7     844     850     851     855     854     851
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   395.3   386.6   385.6   385.3     397     394     393     391     388     387
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,331   7,210   7,174   7,150   7,382   7,302   7,275   7,268   7,223   7,201
      Production workers................   5,064   4,944   4,913   4,898   5,103   5,018   4,995   4,989   4,953   4,936
    Food and kindred products........... 1,635.6 1,638.8 1,635.8 1,631.9   1,671   1,667   1,666   1,671   1,670   1,669
    Tobacco products....................    33.9    38.1    37.2    35.0      35      37      37      36      35      36
    Textile mill products...............   547.2   518.1   511.3   509.5     549     530     525     521     514     511
    Apparel and other textile products..   663.4   617.2   611.9   610.6     665     630     625     626     615     611
    Paper and allied products...........   659.6   652.5   647.7   645.2     662     657     656     654     649     648
    Printing and publishing............. 1,548.1 1,552.0 1,546.0 1,540.8   1,551   1,557   1,554   1,555   1,549   1,545
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,029.4 1,017.2 1,013.9 1,014.8   1,031   1,024   1,022   1,022   1,017   1,016
    Petroleum and coal products.........   128.6   122.5   123.6   124.6     132     130     128     127     128     128
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,010.1   983.7   977.7   970.1   1,010     998     991     986     977     969
    Leather and leather products........    75.4    69.6    68.5    67.6      76      72      71      70      69      68
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 104,803 105,027 105,779 106,272 105,271 106,207 106,309 106,526 106,753 106,734
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,901   7,019   7,030   7,057   6,953   7,060   7,086   7,077   7,108   7,113
    Transportation......................   4,446   4,520   4,526   4,553   4,492   4,563   4,581   4,572   4,596   4,603
      Railroad transportation...........   219.8   211.1   212.3   213.0     222     220     217     214     216     215
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   507.8   509.7   513.1   516.9     494     500     500     500     502     504
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,797.7 1,816.3 1,811.3 1,823.6   1,833   1,839   1,847   1,852   1,854   1,859
      Water transportation..............   189.7   195.0   194.8   198.2     197     206     206     205     205     206
      Transportation by air............. 1,254.8 1,300.9 1,307.7 1,313.2   1,268   1,310   1,321   1,312   1,329   1,328
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    12.4    12.4    12.2    12.1      12      13      12      12      12      12
      Transportation services...........   464.0   474.2   475.0   476.4     466     475     478     477     478     479
    Communications and public utilities.   2,455   2,499   2,504   2,504   2,461   2,497   2,505   2,505   2,512   2,510
      Communications.................... 1,599.5 1,648.2 1,654.1 1,656.4   1,602   1,644   1,653   1,651   1,658   1,659
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   855.8   851.0   849.4   847.7     859     853     852     854     854     851
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   7,001   7,022   7,022   7,037   7,033   7,093   7,085   7,074   7,071   7,069
    Durable goods.......................   4,171   4,174   4,173   4,174   4,185   4,206   4,201   4,192   4,192   4,188
    Nondurable goods....................   2,830   2,848   2,849   2,863   2,848   2,887   2,884   2,882   2,879   2,881
  Retail trade..........................  22,582  22,895  22,784  22,857  23,027  23,238  23,245  23,272  23,350  23,304
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,002.3   964.6   960.3   984.7   1,034   1,020   1,019   1,015   1,015   1,012
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,658.5 2,737.9 2,636.3 2,627.9   2,756   2,770   2,742   2,702   2,728   2,721
      Department stores................. 2,325.8 2,387.0 2,297.6 2,289.5   2,409   2,419   2,411   2,364   2,387   2,368
    Food stores......................... 3,455.5 3,516.8 3,506.4 3,495.4   3,502   3,516   3,523   3,533   3,544   3,543
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,387.1 2,396.5 2,397.3 2,406.8   2,407   2,430   2,428   2,426   2,427   2,421
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,102.2 1,114.2 1,116.0 1,119.7   1,105   1,120   1,121   1,122   1,122   1,122
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,149.5 1,227.3 1,186.3 1,185.2   1,188   1,211   1,217   1,224   1,230   1,226
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,101.1 1,142.5 1,125.1 1,127.1   1,111   1,130   1,137   1,136   1,134   1,137
    Eating and drinking places.......... 7,866.9 7,798.2 7,887.0 7,984.5   8,000   8,097   8,111   8,132   8,153   8,128
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,961.3 3,110.9 3,084.8 3,045.3   3,029   3,064   3,068   3,104   3,119   3,116
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,571   7,619   7,632   7,662   7,621   7,647   7,661   7,676   7,689   7,706
    Finance.............................   3,705   3,739   3,746   3,758   3,713   3,739   3,747   3,748   3,753   3,765
      Depository institutions........... 2,049.0 2,031.6 2,029.4 2,033.0   2,054   2,033   2,035   2,033   2,033   2,037
        Commercial banks................ 1,462.0 1,440.4 1,438.6 1,440.3   1,466   1,445   1,445   1,441   1,442   1,443
        Savings institutions............   243.2   236.5   235.9   235.8     243     237     237     237     236     236
      Nondepository institutions........   693.0   689.5   695.7   701.7     692     690     689     691     697     701
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   330.7   321.6   325.2   330.3     330     323     321     323     327     330
      Security and commodity brokers....   723.8   770.9   772.5   771.3     728     768     773     775     776     777
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   239.6   246.6   248.5   251.6     239     248     250     249     247     250
    Insurance...........................   2,367   2,364   2,369   2,374   2,373   2,362   2,362   2,369   2,376   2,377
      Insurance carriers................ 1,601.0 1,587.9 1,592.8 1,595.2   1,605   1,587   1,585   1,591   1,598   1,597
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   766.2   775.7   776.0   778.7     768     775     777     778     778     780
    Real estate.........................   1,499   1,516   1,517   1,530   1,535   1,546   1,552   1,559   1,560   1,564
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  39,804  40,030  40,415  40,667  40,090  40,764  40,797  40,917  40,946  40,957
    Agricultural services...............   724.4   698.8   697.7   736.9     812     810     810     826     823     825
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,806.1 1,835.1 1,849.9 1,875.2   1,885   1,939   1,948   1,949   1,955   1,959
    Personal services................... 1,328.7 1,337.0 1,364.3 1,359.7   1,265   1,288   1,292   1,285   1,285   1,293
    Business services................... 9,527.4 9,542.6 9,520.4 9,526.3   9,681   9,823   9,751   9,775   9,744   9,673
      Services to buildings.............   995.9 1,000.8 1,004.1 1,009.4   1,004   1,004   1,009   1,016   1,017   1,017
      Personnel supply services......... 3,691.4 3,546.0 3,504.0 3,498.6   3,817   3,845   3,744   3,722   3,688   3,612
        Help supply services............ 3,297.9 3,130.7 3,090.2 3,084.8   3,418   3,413   3,338   3,302   3,273   3,190
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,917.7 1,999.0 2,011.8 2,024.2   1,915   1,982   1,996   1,999   2,010   2,021
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,190.7 1,216.4 1,220.7 1,228.5   1,192   1,206   1,215   1,228   1,224   1,230
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   381.7   379.2   378.7   380.6     384     386     383     384     383     383
    Motion pictures.....................   627.9   632.0   636.3   633.6     630     631     639     640     638     635
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,577.8 1,552.9 1,586.5 1,644.3   1,729   1,793   1,787   1,809   1,806   1,807
    Health services..................... 10076.8 10237.3 10262.4 10298.3  10,091  10,208  10,229  10,260  10,287  10,313
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,914.9 1,963.5 1,966.4 1,972.4   1,920   1,953   1,960   1,966   1,973   1,976
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,787.1 1,795.6 1,799.3 1,806.2   1,791   1,793   1,796   1,801   1,803   1,809
      Hospitals......................... 4,000.2 4,060.6 4,069.6 4,084.0   4,004   4,045   4,053   4,063   4,074   4,087
      Home health care services.........   638.3   637.7   638.8   644.3     639     644     642     644     642     645
    Legal services...................... 1,001.5 1,013.8 1,015.2 1,018.0   1,007   1,014   1,015   1,018   1,021   1,024
    Educational services................ 2,473.9 2,324.2 2,541.0 2,564.1   2,329   2,365   2,389   2,388   2,409   2,421
    Social services..................... 2,940.9 3,044.1 3,075.8 3,103.1   2,929   3,032   3,054   3,062   3,073   3,088
      Child day care services...........   767.4   804.6   816.3   824.9     749     787     792     795     799     804
      Residential care..................   808.5   843.0   846.3   850.6     810     840     845     848     850     852
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................    95.3    95.2    96.4    99.4     101     104     104     104     105     105
    Membership organizations............ 2,426.6 2,413.8 2,428.1 2,440.5   2,440   2,450   2,450   2,450   2,448   2,453
    Engineering and management services. 3,379.0 3,463.0 3,496.4 3,514.3   3,369   3,471   3,486   3,494   3,500   3,503
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   975.9 1,016.4 1,018.4 1,019.2     985   1,015   1,021   1,030   1,033   1,030
      Management and public relations... 1,081.1 1,127.9 1,134.2 1,141.2   1,085   1,137   1,139   1,142   1,143   1,146
    Services, nec.......................    53.0    52.5    52.9    52.6   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  20,944  20,442  20,896  20,992  20,547  20,405  20,435  20,510  20,589  20,585
    Federal.............................   2,808   2,598   2,605   2,604   2,816   2,615   2,566   2,616   2,619   2,612
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,947.7 1,738.9 1,747.8 1,747.3   1,951   1,760   1,753   1,755   1,755   1,750
    State...............................   4,859   4,674   4,886   4,922   4,733   4,748   4,769   4,759   4,794   4,794
      Education......................... 2,125.6 1,924.2 2,122.9 2,151.8   1,982   1,977   1,990   1,982   2,008   2,007
      Other State government............ 2,733.8 2,750.0 2,762.9 2,770.2   2,751   2,771   2,779   2,777   2,786   2,787
    Local...............................  13,277  13,170  13,405  13,466  12,998  13,042  13,100  13,135  13,176  13,179
      Education......................... 7,759.6 7,576.8 7,789.8 7,826.7   7,373   7,377   7,387   7,406   7,432   7,431
      Other local government............ 5,517.6 5,593.4 5,615.2 5,638.9   5,625   5,665   5,713   5,729   5,744   5,748

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Mar.    Jan.   Feb.    Mar.     Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.   Feb.    Mar. 
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2000    2000    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.2    33.9    33.9    34.0    34.5    34.3    34.1    34.3    34.2    34.3 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.9    40.0    39.6    40.0    41.2    40.5    39.8    40.4    40.0    40.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   43.9    44.7    44.6    45.1    44.7    44.9    44.6    45.2    44.9    46.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   38.8    37.7    37.2    38.3    39.8    38.5    37.9    38.9    38.0    39.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.5    40.7    40.4    40.6    41.7    41.2    40.4    40.9    40.7    40.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     3.9     3.6     3.7     4.6     4.3     3.9     4.1     3.9     3.8 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   42.2    41.0    40.7    40.9    42.3    41.7    40.7    41.1    40.9    41.0 
      Overtime hours....................    4.7     3.9     3.7     3.7     4.8     4.4     3.9     4.0     3.8     3.8 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.5    39.3    39.4    40.0    40.9    40.6    39.8    39.7    40.3    40.4 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   39.9    39.0    38.5    38.4    40.2    39.4    38.8    39.1    39.2    38.7 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   42.5    41.2    41.1    41.8    43.4    42.7    41.7    42.4    42.2    42.6 
    Primary metal industries............   44.3    42.7    42.2    42.1    44.4    43.6    42.5    42.6    42.2    42.1 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.9    43.0    42.6    43.0    45.2    44.1    43.2    43.0    42.7    43.2 
    Fabricated metal products...........   42.2    41.3    40.9    41.0    42.5    41.7    40.6    41.4    41.2    41.2 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.4    42.0    41.4    41.5    42.3    42.0    41.2    41.9    41.4    41.4 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.7    40.6    40.2    40.0    41.8    40.9    40.4    40.6    40.4    40.1 
    Transportation equipment............   43.8    41.4    41.1    41.9    43.7    42.9    40.8    41.5    41.2    41.8 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   44.9    40.8    40.5    41.4    44.6    43.2    40.1    40.9    40.4    41.2 
    Instruments and related products....   41.2    40.8    40.8    40.7    41.2    41.0    40.4    40.7    40.6    40.7 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.5    38.9    38.9    39.0    39.4    39.1    38.8    39.3    39.1    38.9 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.6    40.3    39.9    40.1    40.9    40.4    40.0    40.5    40.2    40.3 
      Overtime hours....................    4.1     3.9     3.6     3.7     4.3     4.1     3.9     4.1     3.9     3.9 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   40.9    41.0    40.3    40.5    41.6    41.2    40.7    41.3    41.1    41.1 
    Tobacco products....................   38.8    37.9    37.9    37.1    40.0    38.6    38.6    38.8    39.1    38.0 
    Textile mill products...............   41.5    40.5    39.8    40.2    41.6    40.5    40.5    40.5    39.9    40.2 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.8    36.1    36.1    36.4    37.8    36.8    36.3    36.5    36.1    36.3 
    Paper and allied products...........   42.9    42.8    42.1    42.4    43.2    42.6    41.9    42.7    42.5    42.7 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.1    37.7    37.5    37.7    38.2    38.0    37.7    38.1    37.8    37.7 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.5    42.8    42.6    42.8    42.6    42.6    42.4    43.0    42.8    42.9 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.6    46.1    46.7    46.0    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.4    40.7    40.3    40.3    41.5    41.0    40.1    40.9    40.4    40.4 
    Leather and leather products........   37.9    37.3    37.3    37.5    38.0    38.1    37.1    38.0    37.5    37.6 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.6    32.4    32.6    32.5    32.8    32.8    32.7    32.8    32.8    32.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.0    38.2    38.2    37.9    38.3    38.5    38.7    38.7    38.4    38.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.2    38.0    38.0    38.1    38.6    38.6    38.4    38.5    38.3    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.6    28.2    28.4    28.4    29.0    28.9    28.7    29.1    28.9    28.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   35.9    36.0    36.2    36.0    36.1    36.1    36.2    36.2    36.2    36.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.5    32.3    32.6    32.5    32.7    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.7    32.7 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            Mar.      Jan.     Feb.      Mar.       Mar.      Jan.     Feb.      Mar.  
                                            2000      2001     2001p     2001p      2000      2001     2001p     2001p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.59    $14.09    $14.15    $14.18    $464.78   $477.65   $479.69   $482.12 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.58     14.02     14.11     14.17     468.51    480.89    482.56    486.03 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.14     15.61     15.65     15.72     619.23    624.40    619.74    628.80 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.28     17.22     17.27     17.31     758.59    769.73    770.24    780.68 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   17.54     18.21     18.26     18.30     680.55    686.52    679.27    700.89 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.22     14.62     14.65     14.69     590.13    595.03    591.86    596.41 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.76     15.16     15.20     15.27     622.87    621.56    618.64    624.54 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.62     11.93     11.92     11.94     470.61    468.85    469.65    477.60 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.59     11.99     12.03     12.05     462.44    467.61    463.16    462.72 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   14.03     14.48     14.54     14.56     596.28    596.58    597.59    608.61 
    Primary metal industries............   16.34     16.63     16.56     16.65     723.86    710.10    698.83    700.97 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   19.49     19.48     19.25     19.29     875.10    837.64    820.05    829.47 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.69     14.09     14.10     14.14     577.72    581.92    576.69    579.74 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.43     16.03     16.04     16.07     654.23    673.26    664.06    666.91 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.70     14.00     14.02     14.09     571.29    568.40    563.60    563.60 
    Transportation equipment............   18.70     19.30     19.44     19.58     819.06    799.02    798.98    820.40 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   19.17     19.81     20.02     20.19     860.73    808.25    810.81    835.87 
    Instruments and related products....   14.40     14.95     14.95     15.06     593.28    609.96    609.96    612.94 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.55     11.92     11.98     12.03     456.23    463.69    466.02    469.17 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.37     13.79     13.80     13.81     542.82    555.74    550.62    553.78 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.27     12.63     12.57     12.61     501.84    517.83    506.57    510.71 
    Tobacco products....................   19.10     18.16     18.79     19.98     741.08    688.26    712.14    741.26 
    Textile mill products...............   10.86     11.05     11.03     11.01     450.69    447.53    438.99    442.60 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.05      9.23      9.22      9.31     342.09    333.20    332.84    338.88 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.00     16.43     16.41     16.46     686.40    703.20    690.86    697.90 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.18     14.55     14.58     14.58     540.26    548.54    546.75    549.67 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.63     18.24     18.32     18.25     749.28    780.67    780.43    781.10 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   22.24     21.65     21.98     21.78     969.66    998.07   1026.47   1001.88 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.58     13.05     13.07     12.97     520.81    531.14    526.72    522.69 
    Leather and leather products........   10.01     10.28     10.18     10.34     379.38    383.44    379.71    387.75 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.11     13.64     13.71     13.72     427.39    441.94    446.95    445.90 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  $16.02    $16.56    $16.65    $16.63    $608.76   $632.59   $636.03   $630.28 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.83     15.57     15.65     15.61     566.51    591.66    594.70    594.74 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.37      9.68      9.71      9.72     267.98    272.98    275.76    276.05 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.97     15.45     15.63     15.67     537.42    556.20    565.81    564.12 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.77     14.35     14.42     14.43     447.53    463.51    470.09    468.98 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                     Mar.    Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     change  
            Industry                 2000    2000     2000     2001     2001p    2001p    from:   
                                                                                        Feb. 2001-
                                                                                        Mar. 2001 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.58   $13.96   $14.02   $14.02   $14.11   $14.17      0.4   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.84     7.91     7.93     7.89     7.92     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.25    15.66    15.63    15.71    15.76    15.83       .4   
    Mining......................    17.27    17.13    17.08    17.01    17.14    17.25       .6   
    Construction................    17.67    18.20    18.14    18.33    18.36    18.43       .4   
    Manufacturing...............    14.23    14.63    14.60    14.59    14.67    14.70       .2   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.47    13.90    13.93    13.89    13.99    14.04       .4   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.05    13.44    13.53    13.51    13.61    13.67       .4   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.04    16.42    16.51    16.51    16.63    16.66       .2   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.90    15.46    15.57    15.51    15.63    15.71       .5   
    Retail trade................     9.35     9.60     9.66     9.61     9.68     9.70       .2   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.95    15.27    15.34    15.43    15.57    15.64       .4   
    Services....................    13.69    14.12    14.20    14.21    14.31    14.36       .3   

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
deflate this series. 
  3 Change was .4 percent from January 2001 to February 2001, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Mar.   Jan.    Feb.     Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.   Jan.    Feb.     Mar.  
                                          2000   2001    2001p    2001p   2000    2000    2000   2001    2001p    2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  147.6  146.6   147.2    148.1   151.0  151.5   150.6   151.9   151.3    151.4 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  113.7  109.7   108.2    109.7   117.7  114.7   112.2   114.6   112.7    113.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   49.2   50.1    50.0     50.9    51.3   51.1    50.6    51.8    51.6     53.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  169.5  165.6   162.9    171.1   188.4  181.4   178.1   188.5   183.0    188.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  105.9  101.5   100.1    100.2   106.7  104.3   101.9   102.6   101.4    100.9 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  111.5  106.2   104.9    104.9   111.8  109.7   106.7   107.0   105.9    105.3 
    Lumber and wood products............  143.0  132.9   131.8    133.4   147.1  141.3   137.6   136.2   137.4    137.1 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  138.7  132.1   129.4    128.7   139.3  135.6   132.6   132.7   131.5    129.6 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  110.9  104.7   104.0    106.5   116.2  112.8   108.7   112.0   110.7    111.0 
    Primary metal industries............   92.4   85.6    84.0     83.1    92.4   89.4    86.2    85.3    83.8     83.0 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   71.5   64.9    63.9     63.8    71.8   68.9    66.7    64.8    64.4     64.4 
    Fabricated metal products...........  120.4  116.5   114.2    113.5   121.2  119.6   116.0   116.8   115.0    113.9 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  105.5  104.6   103.0    102.0   104.6  104.4   102.6   104.0   102.5    101.2 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  107.9  106.8   105.1    104.0   107.8  108.0   107.1   106.9   105.4    104.3 
    Transportation equipment............  126.6  111.9   112.0    114.3   125.7  120.4   113.7   112.8   112.2    113.3 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  170.3  141.3   141.6    144.0   168.6  157.0   144.4   142.1   141.2    142.8 
    Instruments and related products....   74.2   73.5    73.3     72.8    74.0   73.8    72.9    73.4    73.1     72.9 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  101.2   95.8    95.6     95.7   101.6   99.0    97.9    98.4    96.8     95.9 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   98.3   95.2    93.6     93.8    99.7   97.0    95.4    96.6    95.2     95.0 
    Food and kindred products...........  112.2  113.0   110.8    111.1   116.9  115.6   114.2   116.4   116.0    115.8 
    Tobacco products....................   43.4   49.3    47.4     43.2    45.6   47.8    47.8    46.1    44.5     45.2 
    Textile mill products...............   79.8   73.4    71.0     71.3    80.2   75.4    74.7    73.9    71.6     71.5 
    Apparel and other textile products..   58.6   52.0    51.5     51.9    58.8   54.0    52.8    53.5    51.8     51.7 
    Paper and allied products...........  104.6  103.4   101.1    101.4   105.9  103.4   101.3   103.5   102.4    102.6 
    Printing and publishing.............  121.3  119.8   118.6    118.8   121.8  121.5   120.2   121.5   119.8    119.0 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  102.2   99.9    98.9     99.5   102.4  100.3    99.4   100.5    99.3     99.6 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   62.8   58.4    59.3     60.6    65.2   61.0    58.2    61.5    62.5     63.0 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  147.5  140.2   137.9    137.0   147.9  143.6   139.3   140.8   138.0    137.1 
    Leather and leather products........   32.3   29.2    28.6     28.2    32.7   31.0    29.6    29.8    28.8     28.3 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  162.8  163.2   164.8    165.4   165.9  168.0   167.9   168.7   168.6    168.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  133.5  137.1   137.3    136.9   135.5  139.2   140.4   140.4   139.7    138.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  130.6  130.3   130.1    130.8   132.8  134.0   133.2   133.5   132.4    132.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  139.6  139.5   139.4    140.1   144.6  145.4   144.4   146.5   146.0    144.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  137.0  138.5   139.8    139.5   138.7  139.8   140.3   140.7   141.0    141.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  205.0  204.6   208.5    209.6   207.7  210.9   211.0   211.3   211.9    212.1 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   57.3    59.7    62.8    63.2    57.7    57.7    61.2    60.1    61.5    65.3    62.1    61.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.6    60.5    58.7    58.3    59.7    53.9    58.1    56.2    53.8    59.0    57.4 
     1999..............   54.1    58.8    53.9    59.6    52.8    57.9    58.8    53.8    57.3    60.7    60.8    59.0 
     2000..............   60.8    54.1    60.7    56.5    45.9    56.2    58.7    51.4    53.7    55.2    50.6    53.4 
     2001..............   52.4   p47.3   p45.1                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   62.6    64.0    66.3    66.7    63.2    62.1    61.5    66.2    67.4    69.4    69.0    69.1 
     1998..............   64.3    66.6    63.2    66.3    63.6    58.0    57.4    57.9    59.7    58.1    58.6    59.4 
     1999..............   58.3    57.3    58.4    54.4    57.3    58.8    58.1    60.7    59.6    63.5    64.3    63.1 
     2000..............   61.0    62.6    61.9    57.4    56.7    58.3    57.9    58.4    50.8    52.1    52.9    52.1 
     2001..............  p50.6   p46.5                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   66.3    67.0    66.6    66.3    65.6    67.1    66.3    68.5    69.0    70.4    69.7    70.4 
     1998..............   69.8    67.4    65.2    61.8    62.9    61.4    59.0    58.4    57.4    59.7    59.3    59.1 
     1999..............   60.0    58.0    57.6    58.6    54.4    59.7    60.4    62.1    64.0    62.8    65.2    64.6 
     2000..............   65.6    60.8    61.0    61.9    59.3    56.0    54.4    57.2    54.5    51.5   p50.7   p47.8 
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    70.1    69.4    70.4 
     1998..............   69.7    67.3    67.3    65.9    63.9    62.5    61.5    62.1    61.0    59.8    59.8    58.1 
     1999..............   60.3    58.3    57.6    59.4    59.6    60.5    61.9    61.0    62.6    62.9    62.5    63.2 
     2000..............   64.9    63.8    60.8    59.8    57.9    55.2    54.5   p54.4   p50.1                         
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   49.6    52.5    56.1    54.0    51.4    54.3    50.7    53.6    56.5    61.9    60.4    55.4 
     1998..............   57.9    50.7    53.6    50.7    47.1    50.0    37.8    50.0    45.7    39.9    41.7    43.9 
     1999..............   45.0    41.0    42.8    46.4    40.3    46.4    54.7    38.1    46.4    51.8    51.4    50.4 
     2000..............   52.2    47.8    51.1    51.1    45.7    51.1    57.6    36.3    38.8    45.7    42.8    40.6 
     2001..............   38.8   p29.9   p30.6                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   50.7    53.2    55.8    56.1    53.2    52.5    52.5    55.8    59.7    66.5    64.7    64.0 
     1998..............   56.8    56.8    52.2    52.2    48.6    41.4    39.2    40.3    43.2    37.1    36.7    40.6 
     1999..............   36.7    37.1    37.1    34.5    37.8    43.5    39.9    45.0    42.1    50.4    51.1    50.7 
     2000..............   47.8    52.5    49.3    48.9    49.6    53.6    44.2    36.3    28.8    35.3    36.0    32.7 
     2001..............  p25.2   p20.1                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   53.2    53.2    52.5    52.9    51.8    53.2    54.7    61.2    61.2    64.4    64.7    63.7 
     1998..............   60.1    54.3    50.4    39.9    43.5    42.1    38.8    36.7    36.0    39.9    34.5    32.7 
     1999..............   35.6    33.5    33.5    37.1    32.7    38.8    41.0    45.7    48.2    43.2    48.6    51.1 
     2000..............   51.4    47.5    50.4    53.6    45.0    38.1    33.5    35.3    29.9    24.5   p23.4   p21.2 
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.8    56.8    57.2 
     1998..............   55.0    51.8    51.8    46.8    40.6    39.9    37.8    38.1    37.1    36.0    34.2    33.5 
     1999..............   37.4    32.4    31.7    35.3    36.0    37.1    38.8    39.6    42.4    42.4    42.4    46.0 
     2000..............   47.8    44.6    39.2    39.2    34.2    29.9    29.1   p25.5   p20.5                         
     2001..............                                                                                                

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.