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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  SEPTEMBER 1995
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment rose modestly in September and the
unemployment rate remained at 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The number of payroll jobs
increased by 121,000, although the number of factory jobs continued to
decline.  The jobless rate has shown little change over the past several
months.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     Both the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate were
essentially unchanged in September at 7.5 million and 5.6 percent,
respectively.  These measures have shown very little movement since the
spring.  In September, there was little or no change in the unemployment
rates for adult women and men (each at 4.9 percent), teenagers (17.5
percent), whites (4.8 percent), and blacks (11.3 percent).  The rate for
Hispanics fell back to 8.9 percent, about the same as the figures for June
and July.  The number of unemployed persons who were on temporary layoff in
September, 874,000, fell for the second straight month.  (See tables A-1,
A-2, and A-6.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     Total employment rose by 361,000 in September to 125.1 million.  The
employment-population ratio (the proportion of the population that was
employed), at 62.9 percent, remained about the same as in August.  (See
table A-1.)
 
     The number of workers who held more than one job was 7.7 million (not
seasonally adjusted) in September.  These workers comprised 6.1 percent of
the total employed, the same proportion as a year earlier.  (See table
A-8.)
 
     The civilian labor force grew by 380,000 to 132.6 million in
September, seasonally adjusted.  Over the past year, the labor force has
expanded by 1.3 million.  The labor force participation rate, at 66.6
percent in September, has fluctuated within a relatively narrow range since
last spring.  (See table A-1.)
 
                                   - 2 -
 
Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
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                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Aug.-
      Category        |       1995      |           1995           |Sept.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   II   |   III  |  July  |  Aug.  |  Sept. |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 132,139| 132,440| 132,518| 132,211| 132,591|    380
  Employment..........| 124,625| 124,960| 124,959| 124,779| 125,140|    361
  Unemployment........|   7,514|   7,480|   7,559|   7,431|   7,451|     20
Not in labor force....|  66,157|  66,367|  66,096|  66,590|  66,414|   -176
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.7|     5.6|     5.7|     5.6|     5.6|     .0
  Adult men...........|     4.9|     4.8|     4.7|     4.8|     4.9|    0.1
  Adult women.........|     5.0|     5.0|     5.1|     5.0|     4.9|    -.1
  Teenagers...........|    17.2|    17.8|    18.2|    17.7|    17.5|    -.2
  White...............|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8|     .0
  Black...............|    10.4|    11.2|    11.1|    11.3|    11.3|     .0
  Hispanic origin.....|     9.3|     9.2|     8.8|     9.9|     8.9|   -1.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 116,368|p116,790| 116,575|p116,837|p116,958|   p121
  Goods-producing 1/..|  24,266| p24,155|  24,156| p24,163| p24,145|   p-18
    Construction......|   5,221|  p5,235|   5,226|  p5,231|  p5,247|    p16
    Manufacturing.....|  18,463| p18,345|  18,353| p18,357| p18,325|   p-32
  Service-producing 1/|  92,102| p92,635|  92,419| p92,674| p92,813|   p139
    Retail trade......|  20,769| p20,860|  20,851| p20,840| p20,888|    p48
    Services..........|  32,654| p32,965|  32,820| p32,984| p33,090|   p106
    Government........|  19,262| p19,319|  19,282| p19,353| p19,323|   p-30
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.4|   p34.4|    34.6|   p34.3|   p34.4|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.5|   p41.5|    41.3|   p41.5|   p41.6|    p.1
    Overtime..........|     4.4|    p4.4|     4.3|    p4.3|    p4.5|    p.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.40| p$11.50|  $11.50| p$11.48| p$11.52| p$0.04
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  392.16| p395.98|  397.90| p393.76| p396.29|  p2.53
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
 
                                   - 3 -
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     About 1.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in September, that is, they wanted and were
available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior
12 months.  This was 275,000 fewer than a year earlier.  The number of
discouraged workers--persons who had stopped looking for work specifically
because they believed there were no jobs available for them--dropped by
180,000 over the year to 341,000.  (See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by a modest 121,000 in September
to 117.0 million, after seasonal adjustment.  Services and retail trade had
substantial job gains, while manufacturing experienced another employment
decline.  (See table B-1.)
 
     The services industry added 106,000 jobs in September, with business
services again providing the largest part of the increase (59,000).  Within
business services, the help supply component added 35,000 jobs.  This
increase, combined with that for August, more than recouped the job losses
the industry sustained earlier in the year.  Computer services, another
component of business services, continued to grow, adding 10,000 jobs in
September.  This industry has experienced uninterrupted growth over the
last decade, with employment nearly doubling to 1.1 million.  Elsewhere in
the services industry, employment rose in health services (25,000) and
social services (33,000) but declined in amusements and recreation and in
membership organizations.
 
     Retail trade employment rose by 48,000 in September.  Eating and
drinking establishments added 20,000 jobs, partially recouping large August
losses.  Auto dealers and service stations again had strong employment
growth, and miscellaneous retail and department stores also made gains.
Apparel and accessory stores continued its downward path, with a
particularly steep over-the-month loss (15,000).
 
     Elsewhere in the service-producing sector, finance, insurance, and
real estate continued a pattern of slow job growth.  Employment in each of
the three major components of this industry division has been on an upward
path over the last several months.  In transportation and public utilities
and in wholesale trade, employment was little changed over the month.
Government employment declined by 30,000 with losses concentrated in the
state and local education components where employment had risen
substantially in August.  The decline in employment on a seasonally
adjusted basis reflected the increasing trend for schools to be open in
August.  This change has shifted some of the seasonal employment buildup in
education from September to August.  The Federal government, excluding the
postal service, continued to downsize.
 
     Manufacturing employment declined by 32,000 in September, bringing
factory job losses since March to 200,000.  Over the month, job declines
were widespread.  The largest decreases occurred in apparel and textiles,
where job losses have accelerated in recent months, and in motor vehicles.
Electronic components and industrial machinery, industries which have shown
consistent strength in 1995, again added jobs in September.
                                   - 4 -
 
     Employment in construction rose by 16,000, after seasonal adjustment,
as weak hiring earlier this year resulted in fewer September layoffs than
expected, based on the seasonal factors.  Over the past year, construction
has added 170,000 workers, less than half as many as in the prior year.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to 34.4 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek also was up by 0.1 hour to 41.6
hours, and factory overtime rose by 0.2 hour to 4.5 hours.  (See table
B-2.)
 
     The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.5 percent to 132.9
(1982=100) in September, offsetting a similar decline in the prior month.
The manufacturing index was unchanged at 106.3, seasonally adjusted.  (See
table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers increased by 4 cents in September to $11.52, seasonally adjusted.
Average weekly earnings increased by 0.6 percent to $396.29, reflecting
increases in the workweek and hourly pay.  Over the past year, average
hourly and weekly earnings rose by 3.0 and 2.1 percent, respectively.  (See
table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for October 1995 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, November 3, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
 
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     |    Effective with the data for January 1996, scheduled  |
     |for release in February, BLS plans to discontinue        |
     |publishing table A-9, "Employment status of the civilian |
     |population for 11 large states."  Because of anticipated |
     |budget reductions, we expect that the Current Population |
     |Survey will no longer be of sufficient size to provide   |
     |data for these 11 states directly.  Estimates for these  |
     |states, based on the method currently used for all other |
     |states and the District of Columbia, will be included    |
     |in the news release, "State and Metropolitan Area        |
     |Employment and Unemployment," issued about 4 weeks       |
     |after "The Employment Situation" news release.           |
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
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         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 197,248| 198,801| 199,005| 197,248| 198,286| 198,453| 198,615| 198,801| 199,005
  Civilian labor force............................| 131,155| 133,383| 132,341| 131,291| 131,811| 131,869| 132,519| 132,211| 132,591
        Participation rate........................|    66.5|    67.1|    66.5|    66.6|    66.5|    66.4|    66.7|    66.5|    66.6
    Employed......................................| 123,775| 125,926| 125,173| 123,644| 124,319| 124,485| 124,959| 124,779| 125,140
        Employment-population ratio...............|    62.8|    63.3|    62.9|    62.7|    62.7|    62.7|    62.9|    62.8|    62.9
      Agriculture.................................|   3,575|   3,697|   3,430|   3,411|   3,357|   3,451|   3,409|   3,362|   3,273
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 120,201| 122,229| 121,744| 120,233| 120,962| 121,034| 121,550| 121,417| 121,867
    Unemployed....................................|   7,379|   7,457|   7,167|   7,647|   7,492|   7,384|   7,559|   7,431|   7,451
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.6|     5.6|     5.4|     5.8|     5.7|     5.6|     5.7|     5.6|     5.6
  Not in labor force..............................|  66,093|  65,418|  66,664|  65,957|  66,476|  66,583|  66,096|  66,590|  66,414
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,576|  95,287|  95,397|  94,576|  95,024|  95,110|  95,191|  95,287|  95,397
  Civilian labor force............................|  70,721|  72,133|  71,288|  70,791|  71,255|  71,345|  71,338|  71,109|  71,437
        Participation rate........................|    74.8|    75.7|    74.7|    74.9|    75.0|    75.0|    74.9|    74.6|    74.9
    Employed......................................|  66,997|  68,326|  67,646|  66,682|  67,110|  67,390|  67,383|  67,108|  67,408
        Employment-population ratio...............|    70.8|    71.7|    70.9|    70.5|    70.6|    70.9|    70.8|    70.4|    70.7
    Unemployed....................................|   3,724|   3,807|   3,642|   4,109|   4,145|   3,955|   3,955|   4,001|   4,029
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.3|     5.3|     5.1|     5.8|     5.8|     5.5|     5.5|     5.6|     5.6
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  87,321|  87,905|  87,940|  87,321|  87,691|  87,750|  87,818|  87,905|  87,940
  Civilian labor force............................|  66,996|  67,446|  67,374|  66,909|  67,250|  67,232|  67,258|  67,077|  67,343
        Participation rate........................|    76.7|    76.7|    76.6|    76.6|    76.7|    76.6|    76.6|    76.3|    76.6
    Employed......................................|  63,937|  64,394|  64,417|  63,517|  63,841|  63,994|  64,066|  63,871|  64,061
        Employment-population ratio...............|    73.2|    73.3|    73.3|    72.7|    72.8|    72.9|    73.0|    72.7|    72.8
      Agriculture.................................|   2,403|   2,441|   2,375|   2,293|   2,242|   2,344|   2,327|   2,288|   2,266
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  61,534|  61,953|  62,042|  61,224|  61,599|  61,649|  61,739|  61,583|  61,795
    Unemployed....................................|   3,059|   3,052|   2,957|   3,392|   3,410|   3,238|   3,192|   3,206|   3,282
        Unemployment rate.........................|     4.6|     4.5|     4.4|     5.1|     5.1|     4.8|     4.7|     4.8|     4.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 102,672| 103,514| 103,608| 102,672| 103,263| 103,342| 103,424| 103,514| 103,608
  Civilian labor force............................|  60,434|  61,250|  61,053|  60,500|  60,556|  60,524|  61,180|  61,102|  61,154
        Participation rate........................|    58.9|    59.2|    58.9|    58.9|    58.6|    58.6|    59.2|    59.0|    59.0
    Employed......................................|  56,779|  57,600|  57,527|  56,962|  57,208|  57,095|  57,576|  57,672|  57,732
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.3|    55.6|    55.5|    55.5|    55.4|    55.2|    55.7|    55.7|    55.7
    Unemployed....................................|   3,655|   3,650|   3,525|   3,538|   3,347|   3,429|   3,604|   3,430|   3,422
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.0|     6.0|     5.8|     5.8|     5.5|     5.7|     5.9|     5.6|     5.6
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             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  95,658|  96,327|  96,409|  95,658|  96,141|  96,204|  96,265|  96,327|  96,409
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,175|  57,065|  57,520|  57,031|  56,819|  56,773|  57,471|  57,346|  57,392
        Participation rate........................|    59.8|    59.2|    59.7|    59.6|    59.1|    59.0|    59.7|    59.5|    59.5
    Employed......................................|  54,039|  53,963|  54,586|  54,044|  54,097|  53,915|  54,519|  54,498|  54,600
        Employment-population ratio...............|    56.5|    56.0|    56.6|    56.5|    56.3|    56.0|    56.6|    56.6|    56.6
      Agriculture.................................|     893|     865|     793|     847|     828|     791|     787|     809|     753
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  53,146|  53,098|  53,793|  53,197|  53,268|  53,124|  53,732|  53,688|  53,847
    Unemployed....................................|   3,136|   3,102|   2,934|   2,987|   2,722|   2,857|   2,952|   2,849|   2,792
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.5|     5.4|     5.1|     5.2|     4.8|     5.0|     5.1|     5.0|     4.9
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,269|  14,569|  14,657|  14,269|  14,454|  14,498|  14,531|  14,569|  14,657
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,984|   8,872|   7,447|   7,351|   7,742|   7,864|   7,790|   7,787|   7,856
        Participation rate........................|    48.9|    60.9|    50.8|    51.5|    53.6|    54.2|    53.6|    53.5|    53.6
    Employed......................................|   5,800|   7,569|   6,170|   6,083|   6,381|   6,576|   6,375|   6,411|   6,479
        Employment-population ratio...............|    40.6|    52.0|    42.1|    42.6|    44.1|    45.4|    43.9|    44.0|    44.2
      Agriculture.................................|     279|     390|     262|     271|     287|     316|     295|     265|     253
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,521|   7,179|   5,908|   5,812|   6,094|   6,261|   6,080|   6,146|   6,225
    Unemployed....................................|   1,184|   1,303|   1,277|   1,268|   1,360|   1,288|   1,415|   1,377|   1,378
        Unemployment rate.........................|    17.0|    14.7|    17.1|    17.2|    17.6|    16.4|    18.2|    17.7|    17.5
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 165,832| 167,058| 167,200| 165,832| 166,708| 166,822| 166,931| 167,058| 167,200
  Civilian labor force............................| 111,191| 112,815| 112,039| 111,381| 111,568| 111,541| 112,197| 111,971| 112,247
      Participation rate..........................|    67.1|    67.5|    67.0|    67.2|    66.9|    66.9|    67.2|    67.0|    67.1
    Employed......................................| 105,775| 107,479| 106,886| 105,740| 105,935| 106,145| 106,770| 106,567| 106,851
      Employment-population ratio.................|    63.8|    64.3|    63.9|    63.8|    63.5|    63.6|    64.0|    63.8|    63.9
    Unemployed....................................|   5,416|   5,336|   5,152|   5,641|   5,633|   5,396|   5,427|   5,404|   5,396
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.9|     4.7|     4.6|     5.1|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,507|  57,800|  57,773|  57,478|  57,594|  57,592|  57,618|  57,559|  57,790
      Participation rate..........................|    77.3|    77.1|    77.0|    77.2|    77.0|    77.0|    76.9|    76.8|    77.0
    Employed......................................|  55,248|  55,567|  55,595|  54,926|  54,956|  55,133|  55,263|  55,126|  55,318
      Employment-population ratio.................|    74.2|    74.2|    74.1|    73.8|    73.5|    73.7|    73.8|    73.6|    73.8
    Unemployed....................................|   2,259|   2,234|   2,178|   2,552|   2,638|   2,459|   2,355|   2,433|   2,472
      Unemployment rate...........................|     3.9|     3.9|     3.8|     4.4|     4.6|     4.3|     4.1|     4.2|     4.3
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  47,787|  47,632|  48,074|  47,737|  47,432|  47,275|  47,965|  47,881|  47,958
      Participation rate..........................|    59.7|    59.1|    59.6|    59.6|    58.9|    58.7|    59.5|    59.4|    59.4
    Employed......................................|  45,491|  45,366|  45,988|  45,560|  45,403|  45,215|  45,873|  45,824|  45,988
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.8|    56.3|    57.0|    56.9|    56.4|    56.1|    56.9|    56.8|    57.0
    Unemployed....................................|   2,296|   2,266|   2,086|   2,177|   2,028|   2,060|   2,092|   2,057|   1,970
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.8|     4.8|     4.3|     4.6|     4.3|     4.4|     4.4|     4.3|     4.1
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   5,897|   7,383|   6,192|   6,166|   6,542|   6,674|   6,614|   6,532|   6,499
      Participation rate..........................|    52.2|    64.2|    53.7|    54.6|    57.2|    58.3|    57.6|    56.8|    56.4
    Employed......................................|   5,036|   6,546|   5,303|   5,254|   5,575|   5,797|   5,634|   5,617|   5,544
      Employment-population ratio.................|    44.6|    56.9|    46.0|    46.5|    48.8|    50.6|    49.1|    48.8|    48.1
    Unemployed....................................|     861|     836|     889|     912|     967|     877|     980|     914|     955
      Unemployment rate...........................|    14.6|    11.3|    14.4|    14.8|    14.8|    13.1|    14.8|    14.0|    14.7
        Men.......................................|    15.5|    12.3|    15.2|    16.2|    15.2|    14.5|    14.6|    15.7|    16.0
        Women.....................................|    13.6|    10.2|    13.4|    13.3|    14.3|    11.6|    15.0|    12.1|    13.3
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                      BLACK
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,955|  23,284|  23,323|  22,955|  23,192|  23,221|  23,249|  23,284|  23,323
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,472|  14,910|  14,786|  14,477|  14,803|  14,707|  14,656|  14,715|  14,823
      Participation rate..........................|    63.0|    64.0|    63.4|    63.1|    63.8|    63.3|    63.0|    63.2|    63.6
    Employed......................................|  12,982|  13,230|  13,173|  12,927|  13,336|  13,142|  13,033|  13,049|  13,147
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.6|    56.8|    56.5|    56.3|    57.5|    56.6|    56.1|    56.0|    56.4
    Unemployed....................................|   1,490|   1,680|   1,613|   1,550|   1,467|   1,565|   1,623|   1,666|   1,676
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.3|    11.3|    10.9|    10.7|     9.9|    10.6|    11.1|    11.3|    11.3
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,642|   6,704|   6,724|   6,637|   6,749|   6,721|   6,666|   6,666|   6,729
      Participation rate..........................|    72.1|    72.0|    72.3|    72.1|    73.0|    72.5|    71.7|    71.6|    72.4
    Employed......................................|   6,044|   6,081|   6,120|   5,989|   6,158|   6,117|   6,059|   6,039|   6,083
      Employment-population ratio.................|    65.6|    65.3|    65.8|    65.1|    66.6|    66.0|    65.2|    64.9|    65.4
    Unemployed....................................|     598|     623|     605|     648|     591|     604|     607|     627|     646
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.0|     9.3|     9.0|     9.8|     8.8|     9.0|     9.1|     9.4|     9.6
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,042|   7,112|   7,135|   7,001|   7,153|   7,067|   7,085|   7,105|   7,116
      Participation rate..........................|    61.1|    60.8|    60.9|    60.7|    61.4|    60.6|    60.6|    60.7|    60.7
    Employed......................................|   6,393|   6,449|   6,455|   6,368|   6,593|   6,453|   6,422|   6,468|   6,442
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.4|    55.1|    55.1|    55.2|    56.6|    55.3|    55.0|    55.3|    55.0
    Unemployed....................................|     648|     663|     681|     633|     559|     614|     663|     636|     674
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.2|     9.3|     9.5|     9.0|     7.8|     8.7|     9.4|     9.0|     9.5
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|     788|   1,094|     927|     839|     901|     918|     905|     945|     978
      Participation rate..........................|    35.5|    48.0|    40.2|    37.8|    39.4|    40.4|    39.8|    41.5|    42.4
    Employed......................................|     545|     700|     599|     570|     585|     571|     552|     542|     622
      Employment-population ratio.................|    24.5|    30.7|    26.0|    25.7|    25.6|    25.1|    24.3|    23.8|    27.0
    Unemployed....................................|     244|     394|     328|     269|     317|     347|     353|     403|     356
      Unemployment rate...........................|    30.9|    36.0|    35.4|    32.1|    35.1|    37.8|    39.0|    42.6|    36.4
        Men.......................................|    30.3|    39.6|    31.9|    30.8|    40.0|    38.7|    41.6|    46.3|    32.7
        Women.....................................|    31.6|    32.1|    38.6|    33.4|    30.5|    36.8|    36.3|    38.9|    39.7
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  18,244|  18,702|  18,752|  18,244|  18,554|  18,604|  18,653|  18,702|  18,752
  Civilian labor force............................|  12,008|  12,453|  12,457|  11,997|  12,111|  12,229|  12,323|  12,383|  12,456
      Participation rate..........................|    65.8|    66.6|    66.4|    65.8|    65.3|    65.7|    66.1|    66.2|    66.4
    Employed......................................|  10,839|  11,270|  11,374|  10,806|  10,895|  11,131|  11,235|  11,158|  11,351
      Employment-population ratio.................|    59.4|    60.3|    60.7|    59.2|    58.7|    59.8|    60.2|    59.7|    60.5
    Unemployed....................................|   1,169|   1,183|   1,083|   1,191|   1,216|   1,098|   1,088|   1,225|   1,105
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.7|     9.5|     8.7|     9.9|    10.0|     9.0|     8.8|     9.9|     8.9
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|123,775 |125,926 |125,173 |123,644 |124,319 |124,485 |124,959 |124,779 |125,140
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,785 | 42,060 | 42,468 | 41,557 | 41,874 | 41,956 | 42,137 | 42,060 | 42,257
  Married women, spouse present...................| 31,871 | 31,614 | 32,175 | 31,905 | 32,022 | 31,918 | 32,309 | 32,226 | 32,175
  Women who maintain families.....................|  7,107 |  7,202 |  7,171 |  7,029 |  7,175 |  7,201 |  7,081 |  7,268 |  7,100
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 34,197 | 35,313 | 35,596 | 34,242 | 35,209 | 35,300 | 35,692 | 35,775 | 35,602
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,296 | 37,510 | 37,380 | 37,635 | 37,301 | 37,374 | 37,860 | 37,435 | 37,606
  Service occupations.............................| 16,535 | 17,144 | 16,582 | 16,749 | 16,987 | 16,794 | 16,759 | 17,025 | 16,818
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,626 | 13,722 | 13,655 | 13,452 | 13,479 | 13,459 | 13,433 | 13,296 | 13,506
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 18,239 | 18,195 | 18,164 | 18,023 | 17,985 | 17,936 | 17,746 | 17,758 | 17,974
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,881 |  4,041 |  3,795 |  3,632 |  3,568 |  3,550 |  3,561 |  3,511 |  3,567
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,824 |  1,983 |  1,836 |  1,712 |  1,747 |  1,848 |  1,832 |  1,772 |  1,744
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,694 |  1,660 |  1,554 |  1,630 |  1,560 |  1,593 |  1,551 |  1,542 |  1,491
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     57 |     54 |     40 |     63 |     55 |     46 |     45 |     45 |     43
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|111,072 |113,145 |112,615 |111,100 |112,111 |112,160 |112,331 |112,350 |112,674
      Government..................................| 18,362 | 17,758 | 18,214 | 18,306 | 18,493 | 18,387 | 18,358 | 18,326 | 18,196
      Private industries..........................| 92,710 | 95,387 | 94,401 | 92,794 | 93,619 | 93,773 | 93,973 | 94,023 | 94,478
        Private households........................|    890 |    970 |    944 |    903 |    913 |    866 |    887 |    886 |    982
        Other industries..........................| 91,820 | 94,417 | 93,457 | 91,891 | 92,705 | 92,907 | 93,086 | 93,138 | 93,495
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,998 |  8,975 |  9,008 |  8,989 |  8,763 |  8,765 |  9,098 |  8,869 |  9,017
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    130 |    109 |    120 |    134 |    125 |    106 |    103 |    103 |    121
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
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  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,017 |  4,553 |  4,217 |  4,333 |  4,476 |  4,442 |  4,402 |  4,526 |  4,589
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,187 |  2,462 |  2,307 |  2,404 |  2,502 |  2,304 |  2,497 |  2,586 |  2,535
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,588 |  1,658 |  1,608 |  1,697 |  1,720 |  1,785 |  1,672 |  1,567 |  1,738
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,969 | 15,070 | 18,282 | 17,609 | 17,666 | 17,745 | 18,299 | 18,113 | 17,959
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  3,831 |  4,316 |  4,073 |  4,154 |  4,289 |  4,185 |  4,234 |  4,316 |  4,451
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,070 |  2,311 |  2,198 |  2,290 |  2,364 |  2,158 |  2,385 |  2,448 |  2,432
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,538 |  1,614 |  1,586 |  1,646 |  1,698 |  1,747 |  1,613 |  1,533 |  1,716
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,251 | 14,468 | 17,649 | 16,982 | 17,034 | 17,056 | 17,660 | 17,473 | 17,389
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   NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
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                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  7,647 |  7,431 |   7,451|   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.6
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,392 |  3,206 |   3,282|   5.1  |   5.1  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.8  |   4.9
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  2,987 |  2,849 |   2,792|   5.2  |   4.8  |   5.0  |   5.1  |   5.0  |   4.9
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,268 |  1,377 |   1,378|  17.2  |  17.6  |  16.4  |  18.2  |  17.7  |  17.5
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,447 |  1,424 |   1,521|   3.4  |   3.4  |   3.4  |   3.4  |   3.3  |   3.5
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,333 |  1,393 |   1,303|   4.0  |   3.9  |   3.8  |   4.1  |   4.1  |   3.9
   Women who maintain families....................|    688 |    545 |     620|   8.9  |   8.0  |   8.4  |   8.5  |   7.0  |   8.0
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   Full-time workers..............................|  6,257 |  6,010 |   5,993|   5.8  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.6
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,411 |  1,464 |   1,478|   5.8  |   6.1  |   6.3  |   6.6  |   5.9  |   5.9
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                             2/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    892 |    949 |     874|   2.5  |   2.2  |   2.5  |   2.6  |   2.6  |   2.4
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  1,862 |  1,657 |   1,761|   4.7  |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.5
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|    857 |    963 |     884|   6.0  |   6.2  |   5.8  |   6.6  |   6.8  |   6.1
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,663 |  1,658 |   1,656|   8.4  |   8.7  |   8.5  |   8.4  |   8.5  |   8.4
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    325 |    249 |     271|   8.2  |   9.2  |   8.6  |   7.6  |   6.6  |   7.1
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  5,961 |  5,841 |   5,894|   6.0  |   6.0  |   5.7  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.9
     Goods-producing industries...................|  1,817 |  1,805 |   1,853|   6.5  |   7.2  |   6.4  |   6.5  |   6.5  |   6.6
       Mining.....................................|     35 |     24 |      20|   5.1  |   4.9  |   4.4  |   3.4  |   4.1  |   3.3
       Construction...............................|    672 |    778 |     827|  10.7  |  12.6  |  10.6  |  10.9  |  12.2  |  12.7
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,110 |  1,003 |   1,006|   5.3  |   5.5  |   5.2  |   5.2  |   4.8  |   4.8
         Durable goods............................|    641 |    488 |     500|   5.3  |   5.3  |   4.2  |   4.8  |   4.0  |   4.0
         Nondurable goods.........................|    469 |    515 |     506|   5.4  |   6.0  |   6.6  |   5.8  |   5.9  |   5.9
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,144 |  4,036 |   4,041|   5.8  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.6
       Transportation and public utilities........|    319 |    310 |     321|   4.5  |   4.0  |   4.5  |   4.7  |   4.4  |   4.5
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,793 |  1,672 |   1,889|   7.0  |   6.7  |   6.2  |   6.6  |   6.4  |   7.2
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    325 |    245 |     204|   4.3  |   3.7  |   3.3  |   3.5  |   3.4  |   2.9
       Services...................................|  1,707 |  1,809 |   1,628|   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.1
   Government workers.............................|    611 |    571 |     502|   3.2  |   2.8  |   3.2  |   2.8  |   3.0  |   2.7
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    214 |    161 |     229|  11.1  |  12.5  |  11.9  |   9.7  |   8.3  |  11.6
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
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                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,727 |  2,578 |  2,916 |  2,675 |  2,598 |  2,742 |  2,600 |  2,713 |  2,868
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,098 |  2,668 |  2,075 |  2,294 |  2,304 |  2,348 |  2,621 |  2,434 |  2,272
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,554 |  2,211 |  2,176 |  2,768 |  2,585 |  2,299 |  2,319 |  2,380 |  2,352
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,075 |    975 |    953 |  1,213 |  1,282 |  1,096 |  1,023 |  1,150 |  1,071
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,480 |  1,237 |  1,223 |  1,555 |  1,303 |  1,203 |  1,297 |  1,230 |  1,281
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 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   18.6 |   16.2 |   16.2 |   18.8 |   16.9 |   15.6 |   16.5 |   16.3 |   16.3
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    9.0 |    8.4 |    7.8 |    9.5 |    9.0 |    7.5 |    9.1 |    8.7 |    8.0
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               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..............................|   37.0 |   34.6 |   40.7 |   34.6 |   34.7 |   37.1 |   34.5 |   36.0 |   38.3
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   28.4 |   35.8 |   28.9 |   29.6 |   30.8 |   31.8 |   34.8 |   32.3 |   30.3
   15 weeks and over..............................|   34.6 |   29.7 |   30.4 |   35.8 |   34.5 |   31.1 |   30.8 |   31.6 |   31.4
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   14.6 |   13.1 |   13.3 |   15.7 |   17.1 |   14.8 |   13.6 |   15.3 |   14.3
     27 weeks and over............................|   20.1 |   16.6 |   17.1 |   20.1 |   17.4 |   16.3 |   17.2 |   16.3 |   17.1
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |                       |
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Sept. | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                           | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  3,206|  3,331|  3,017|  3,574|  3,614|  3,423|  3,615|  3,426|  3,367
  On temporary layoff......................................|    614|    910|    635|    824|    958|  1,066|  1,184|  1,036|    874
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  2,592|  2,420|  2,382|  2,750|  2,657|  2,357|  2,431|  2,390|  2,492
    Permanent job losers...................................|  1,865|  1,697|  1,653|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    727|    724|    728|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
Job leavers................................................|    935|    896|    961|    874|    870|    834|    832|    871|    887
Reentrants.................................................|  2,692|  2,620|  2,635|  2,620|  2,458|  2,526|  2,593|  2,537|  2,578
New entrants...............................................|    546|    609|    555|    600|    522|    540|    571|    574|    614
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   43.4|   44.7|   42.1|   46.6|   48.4|   46.7|   47.5|   46.2|   45.2
   On temporary layoff.....................................|    8.3|   12.2|    8.9|   10.7|   12.8|   14.6|   15.6|   14.0|   11.7
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   35.1|   32.5|   33.2|   35.9|   35.6|   32.2|   31.9|   32.3|   33.5
 Job leavers...............................................|   12.7|   12.0|   13.4|   11.4|   11.7|   11.4|   10.9|   11.8|   11.9
 Reentrants................................................|   36.5|   35.1|   36.8|   34.2|   32.9|   34.5|   34.1|   34.2|   34.6
 New entrants..............................................|    7.4|    8.2|    7.7|    7.8|    7.0|    7.4|    7.5|    7.8|    8.3
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    2.4|    2.5|    2.3|    2.7|    2.7|    2.6|    2.7|    2.6|    2.5
 Job leavers...............................................|     .7|     .7|     .7|     .7|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .7|     .7
 Reentrants................................................|    2.1|    2.0|    2.0|    2.0|    1.9|    1.9|    2.0|    1.9|    1.9
 New entrants..............................................|     .4|     .5|     .4|     .5|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .5
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   1/  Not available.
 
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Total, 16 years and over..........................|  7,647 |  7,431 |  7,451 |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.6
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,598 |  2,721 |  2,745 |  12.1  |  11.8  |  11.7  |  12.5  |  12.7  |  12.8
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,268 |  1,377 |  1,378 |  17.2  |  17.6  |  16.4  |  18.2  |  17.7  |  17.5
      16 to 17 years..............................|    592 |    676 |    647 |  18.8  |  21.5  |  18.5  |  21.4  |  21.2  |  19.8
      18 to 19 years..............................|    674 |    693 |    724 |  16.0  |  14.7  |  15.2  |  15.4  |  15.0  |  15.8
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,330 |  1,345 |  1,367 |   9.4  |   8.6  |   9.0  |   9.3  |   9.9  |  10.1
  25 years and over...............................|  5,084 |  4,760 |  4,733 |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3
    25 to 54 years................................|  4,528 |  4,168 |  4,165 |   4.8  |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.4
    55 years and over.............................|    583 |    598 |    565 |   3.8  |   3.8  |   3.8  |   3.9  |   3.8  |   3.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,109 |  4,001 |  4,029 |   5.8  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.6
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,437 |  1,563 |  1,462 |  12.6  |  12.3  |  12.0  |  12.5  |  13.8  |  12.9
      16 to 19 years..............................|    717 |    796 |    747 |  18.5  |  18.4  |  17.4  |  18.7  |  19.7  |  18.3
        16 to 17 years............................|    322 |    379 |    338 |  19.4  |  22.6  |  18.4  |  21.9  |  23.1  |  20.2
        18 to 19 years............................|    390 |    411 |    403 |  17.5  |  15.2  |  17.4  |  15.9  |  17.0  |  16.8
      20 to 24 years..............................|    720 |    768 |    714 |   9.5  |   8.9  |   9.0  |   9.0  |  10.5  |   9.8
    25 years and over.............................|  2,696 |  2,496 |  2,592 |   4.5  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.3
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,359 |  2,184 |  2,223 |   4.6  |   4.7  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3
      55 years and over...........................|    336 |    306 |    350 |   3.9  |   4.0  |   3.9  |   3.9  |   3.6  |   4.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,538 |  3,430 |  3,422 |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.9  |   5.6  |   5.6
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,161 |  1,158 |  1,283 |  11.6  |  11.4  |  11.3  |  12.6  |  11.5  |  12.8
      16 to 19 years..............................|    551 |    581 |    630 |  15.9  |  16.7  |  15.2  |  17.6  |  15.5  |  16.8
        16 to 17 years............................|    270 |    297 |    309 |  18.2  |  20.4  |  18.6  |  21.0  |  19.2  |  19.3
        18 to 19 years............................|    284 |    283 |    321 |  14.2  |  14.0  |  12.8  |  14.9  |  12.8  |  14.8
      20 to 24 years..............................|    610 |    577 |    653 |   9.3  |   8.2  |   9.0  |   9.7  |   9.2  |  10.4
    25 years and over.............................|  2,388 |  2,264 |  2,142 |   4.7  |   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.2
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,169 |  1,984 |  1,941 |   5.0  |   4.6  |   4.7  |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.4
      55 years and over...........................|    247 |    292 |    215 |   3.6  |   3.6  |   3.7  |   3.9  |   4.1  |   3.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                                      |                   |                   |
                               Category                               |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                                                                       ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                      |  Sept.  |  Sept.  |  Sept.  |  Sept.  |  Sept.  |  Sept.
                                                                      |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995
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                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total not in the labor force..........................................|  66,093 |  66,664 |  23,855 |  24,109 |  42,238 |  42,556
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................|   5,862 |   5,514 |   2,306 |   2,100 |   3,557 |   3,414
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................|   1,858 |   1,583 |     870 |     679 |     988 |     903
   Reason not currently looking:                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................|     521 |     341 |     314 |     193 |     207 |     148
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................|   1,337 |   1,242 |     556 |     487 |     781 |     755
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
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                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................|   7,525 |   7,666 |   4,138 |   4,157 |   3,387 |   3,510
    Percent of total employed.........................................|     6.1 |     6.1 |     6.2 |     6.1 |     6.0 |     6.1
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................|   4,464 |   4,395 |   2,720 |   2,669 |   1,743 |   1,726
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................|   1,654 |   1,662 |     519 |     490 |   1,134 |   1,173
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................|     248 |     287 |     179 |     205 |      69 |      82
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................|   1,116 |   1,296 |     697 |     790 |     419 |     506
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   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.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                          |                             |
                                          |                        1/   |                                     2/
                                            Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted
                                          |                             |
                                         _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       State and employment status
                                          |  Sept.  |  Aug.   |  Sept.  |  Sept.  |  May.   |  June   |  July   |  Aug.   |  Sept.
                                          |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,489    23,599    23,614    23,489    23,564    23,576    23,586    23,599    23,614
  Civilian labor force....................   15,468    15,639    15,651    15,456    15,209    15,328    15,474    15,500    15,638
    Employed..............................   14,207    14,422    14,540    14,175    13,921    14,166    14,258    14,288    14,507
    Unemployed............................    1,261     1,217     1,111     1,280     1,288     1,162     1,216     1,213     1,131
    Unemployment rate.....................      8.2       7.8       7.1       8.3       8.5       7.6       7.9       7.8       7.2
 
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,929    11,080    11,097    10,929    11,036    11,050    11,065    11,080    11,097
  Civilian labor force....................    6,877     6,849     6,871     6,873     6,822     6,824     6,930     6,800     6,872
    Employed..............................    6,405     6,476     6,460     6,427     6,472     6,462     6,573     6,485     6,485
    Unemployed............................      472       372       411       446       350       363       357       315       388
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.9       5.4       6.0       6.5       5.1       5.3       5.2       4.6       5.6
 
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,870     8,928     8,933     8,870     8,915     8,919     8,923     8,928     8,933
  Civilian labor force....................    5,930     6,089     6,055     5,959     6,061     6,028     6,076     6,067     6,101
    Employed..............................    5,632     5,739     5,755     5,630     5,730     5,784     5,768     5,703     5,771
    Unemployed............................      298       350       300       329       331       244       308       364       330
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.0       5.7       5.0       5.5       5.5       4.1       5.1       6.0       5.4
 
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,685     4,669     4,671     4,685     4,666     4,667     4,668     4,669     4,671
  Civilian labor force....................    3,177     3,173     3,090     3,195     3,144     3,137     3,154     3,136     3,109
    Employed..............................    3,007     3,012     2,931     3,019     2,987     2,960     2,975     2,970     2,944
    Unemployed............................      170       161       160       176       156       177       180       166       165
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.4       5.1       5.2       5.5       5.0       5.6       5.7       5.3       5.3
 
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,144     7,173     7,177     7,144     7,164     7,167     7,169     7,173     7,177
  Civilian labor force....................    4,776     4,758     4,666     4,772     4,812     4,755     4,715     4,669     4,661
    Employed..............................    4,524     4,523     4,453     4,513     4,539     4,458     4,472     4,429     4,437
    Unemployed............................      252       235       213       259       273       297       242       240       223
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.3       4.9       4.6       5.4       5.7       6.2       5.1       5.1       4.8
 
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,062     6,125     6,129     6,062     6,118     6,120     6,122     6,125     6,129
  Civilian labor force....................    4,032     4,096     4,028     4,042     4,134     4,140     4,108     4,063     4,028
    Employed..............................    3,775     3,836     3,806     3,774     3,865     3,868     3,828     3,795     3,799
    Unemployed............................      257       259       222       268       268       272       280       267       229
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.4       6.3       5.5       6.6       6.5       6.6       6.8       6.6       5.7
 
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,986    13,987    13,989    13,986    13,988    13,987    13,986    13,987    13,989
  Civilian labor force....................    8,445     8,685     8,508     8,551     8,496     8,434     8,602     8,621     8,611
    Employed..............................    7,942     8,090     7,963     8,012     7,961     7,940     8,069     8,013     8,024
    Unemployed............................      503       596       546       539       535       494       533       608       587
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.0       6.9       6.4       6.3       6.3       5.9       6.2       7.1       6.8
 
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,401     5,462     5,471     5,401     5,438     5,446     5,454     5,462     5,471
  Civilian labor force....................    3,649     3,678     3,631     3,646     3,609     3,661     3,648     3,652     3,626
    Employed..............................    3,485     3,513     3,475     3,469     3,452     3,500     3,501     3,486     3,456
    Unemployed............................      164       165       156       177       157       161       147       166       170
    Unemployment rate.....................      4.5       4.5       4.3       4.9       4.3       4.4       4.0       4.6       4.7
 
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,424     8,454     8,459     8,424     8,444     8,447     8,450     8,454     8,459
  Civilian labor force....................    5,502     5,634     5,566     5,516     5,602     5,557     5,550     5,586     5,585
    Employed..............................    5,232     5,358     5,299     5,220     5,340     5,287     5,280     5,284     5,297
    Unemployed............................      270       276       268       295       262       269       270       303       288
    Unemployment rate.....................      4.9       4.9       4.8       5.4       4.7       4.8       4.9       5.4       5.2
 
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,280     9,275     9,278     9,280     9,271     9,272     9,273     9,275     9,278
  Civilian labor force....................    5,779     5,896     5,830     5,791     5,805     5,848     5,868     5,795     5,844
    Employed..............................    5,424     5,568     5,477     5,412     5,475     5,484     5,552     5,475     5,468
    Unemployed............................      355       327       353       380       329       364       316       320       377
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.1       5.6       6.1       6.6       5.7       6.2       5.4       5.5       6.4
 
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,601    13,841    13,866    13,601    13,773    13,795    13,817    13,841    13,866
  Civilian labor force....................    9,316     9,589     9,611     9,340     9,630     9,660     9,607     9,558     9,631
    Employed..............................    8,758     8,978     9,044     8,754     9,054     9,055     9,029     8,919     9,039
    Unemployed............................      558       611       567       586       576       605       578       639       592
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.0       6.4       5.9       6.3       6.0       6.3       6.0       6.7       6.1
 
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
   1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
   2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|115,269|116,423|116,589|117,457|114,762|116,248|116,547|116,575|116,837|116,958
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 96,310| 98,199| 98,492| 98,382| 95,555| 97,005| 97,264| 97,293| 97,484| 97,635
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................| 24,478| 24,478| 24,657| 24,595| 24,030| 24,228| 24,240| 24,156| 24,163| 24,145
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    607|    587|    586|    582|    598|    582|    582|    577|    575|    573
       Metal mining..............................|   49.5|   52.8|   52.8|   51.6|     49|     51|     52|     52|     52|     51
       Coal mining...............................|  110.9|  106.7|  106.7|  107.4|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  339.9|  318.7|  317.6|  314.4|    336|    320|    320|    315|    313|    311
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|  107.1|  108.9|  108.7|  108.2|    103|    104|    104|    104|    104|    104
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  5,371|  5,555|  5,594|  5,548|  5,077|  5,190|  5,230|  5,226|  5,231|  5,247
       General building contractors..............|1,263.5|1,296.9|1,296.7|1,269.7|  1,214|  1,237|  1,241|  1,235|  1,229|  1,221
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  817.0|  806.4|  814.9|  830.0|    740|    730|    737|    741|    744|    752
       Special trade contractors.................|3,290.3|3,451.8|3,482.8|3,447.9|  3,123|  3,223|  3,252|  3,250|  3,258|  3,274
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     Manufacturing...............................| 18,500| 18,336| 18,477| 18,465| 18,355| 18,456| 18,428| 18,353| 18,357| 18,325
         Production workers......................| 12,806| 12,630| 12,787| 12,801| 12,671| 12,772| 12,738| 12,672| 12,685| 12,670
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      Durable goods..............................| 10,527| 10,535| 10,593| 10,617| 10,481| 10,611| 10,597| 10,569| 10,584| 10,573
         Production workers......................|  7,188|  7,180|  7,244|  7,280|  7,145|  7,271|  7,250|  7,227|  7,243|  7,240
       Lumber and wood products..................|  769.7|  762.4|  766.4|  763.8|    758|    757|    753|    750|    751|    753
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  506.4|  484.7|  495.2|  495.8|    504|    501|    497|    492|    495|    494
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  546.6|  549.1|  552.2|  549.3|    535|    542|    543|    539|    540|    537
       Primary metal industries..................|  707.8|  706.8|  711.8|  712.6|    704|    718|    716|    712|    710|    709
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  239.3|  239.4|  239.5|  237.9|    239|    241|    241|    239|    239|    237
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,404.6|1,420.6|1,432.7|1,436.8|  1,397|  1,439|  1,432|  1,432|  1,433|  1,430
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,992.7|2,040.6|2,039.1|2,048.3|  1,995|  2,034|  2,041|  2,045|  2,047|  2,050
         Computer and office equipment...........|  348.6|  339.7|  338.3|  339.5|    348|    336|    338|    337|    338|    340
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,588.2|1,616.0|1,623.1|1,632.1|  1,586|  1,620|  1,622|  1,622|  1,625|  1,630
         Electronic components and accessories...|  551.4|  582.7|  587.4|  591.3|    552|    574|    578|    583|    587|    592
       Transportation equipment..................|1,756.4|1,724.8|1,735.2|1,743.3|  1,753|  1,761|  1,753|  1,742|  1,749|  1,740
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  916.9|  917.3|  930.7|  935.1|    913|    936|    933|    934|    940|    931
         Aircraft and parts......................|  469.2|  440.2|  438.7|  438.8|    469|    452|    449|    442|    440|    439
       Instruments and related products..........|  857.6|  845.1|  843.6|  840.2|    857|    846|    846|    846|    843|    840
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  397.3|  385.2|  393.3|  395.2|    392|    393|    394|    389|    391|    390
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      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,973|  7,801|  7,884|  7,848|  7,874|  7,845|  7,831|  7,784|  7,773|  7,752
         Production workers......................|  5,618|  5,450|  5,543|  5,521|  5,526|  5,501|  5,488|  5,445|  5,442|  5,430
       Food and kindred products.................|1,751.7|1,719.4|1,762.8|1,757.1|  1,677|  1,687|  1,695|  1,682|  1,677|  1,683
       Tobacco products..........................|   43.4|   36.4|   41.5|   41.4|     41|     39|     40|     40|     41|     39
       Textile mill products.....................|  675.7|  647.1|  653.2|  648.4|    671|    664|    660|    651|    650|    644
       Apparel and other textile products........|  980.3|  894.5|  911.9|  904.2|    971|    931|    921|    913|    907|    895
       Paper and allied products.................|  691.3|  692.3|  692.6|  685.7|    689|    690|    689|    688|    688|    683
       Printing and publishing...................|1,543.7|1,555.4|1,551.2|1,547.0|  1,547|  1,555|  1,561|  1,557|  1,553|  1,550
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,058.4|1,048.7|1,047.8|1,044.6|  1,056|  1,048|  1,045|  1,043|  1,041|  1,043
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  152.0|  146.5|  145.8|  143.1|    149|    145|    144|    143|    142|    141
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  962.1|  958.2|  969.2|  967.8|    960|    976|    968|    962|    967|    967
       Leather and leather products..............|  114.5|  102.2|  108.1|  108.2|    113|    110|    108|    105|    107|    107
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   Service_producing.............................| 90,791| 91,945| 91,932| 92,862| 90,732| 92,020| 92,307| 92,419| 92,674| 92,813
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     Transportation and public utilities.........|  6,095|  6,191|  6,195|  6,268|  6,048|  6,177|  6,192|  6,195|  6,212|  6,218
       Transportation............................|  3,856|  3,905|  3,912|  3,999|  3,813|  3,910|  3,920|  3,925|  3,946|  3,954
         Railroad transportation.................|  242.8|  239.4|  236.8|  238.7|    240|    240|    238|    236|    236|    236
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  429.8|  392.7|  392.5|  486.7|    418|    439|    443|    458|    464|    473
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,847.5|1,897.7|1,905.3|1,896.2|  1,824|  1,872|  1,878|  1,873|  1,881|  1,872
         Water transportation....................|  171.5|  165.4|  163.2|  160.2|    168|    161|    158|    157|    158|    157
         Transportation by air...................|  747.7|  767.4|  771.0|  772.6|    746|    758|    762|    761|    765|    771
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   17.6|   16.6|   16.5|   16.3|     18|     17|     17|     16|     16|     16
         Transportation services.................|  399.1|  425.4|  426.4|  428.3|    399|    423|    424|    424|    426|    429
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,239|  2,286|  2,283|  2,269|  2,235|  2,267|  2,272|  2,270|  2,266|  2,264
         Communications..........................|1,317.2|1,372.3|1,371.1|1,368.3|  1,314|  1,359|  1,366|  1,367|  1,364|  1,364
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  921.5|  913.7|  911.8|  901.1|    921|    908|    906|    903|    902|    900
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  6,198|  6,376|  6,372|  6,358|  6,181|  6,298|  6,320|  6,333|  6,338|  6,339
       Durable goods.............................|  3,563|  3,696|  3,693|  3,681|  3,564|  3,653|  3,667|  3,674|  3,678|  3,681
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,635|  2,680|  2,679|  2,677|  2,617|  2,645|  2,653|  2,659|  2,660|  2,658
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   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
   Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
   -Continued
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
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     Retail trade................................| 20,647| 20,981| 21,021| 20,973| 20,565| 20,747| 20,798| 20,851| 20,840| 20,888
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  843.8|  879.7|  870.5|  856.1|    838|    849|    849|    847|    849|    850
       General merchandise stores................|2,538.2|2,478.2|2,490.7|2,521.8|  2,555|  2,532|  2,532|  2,534|  2,529|  2,537
         Department stores.......................|2,213.1|2,167.4|2,180.0|2,211.2|  2,225|  2,213|  2,215|  2,218|  2,213|  2,222
       Food stores...............................|3,291.7|3,380.6|3,384.7|3,367.4|  3,296|  3,343|  3,353|  3,357|  3,371|  3,371
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,161.1|2,236.9|2,246.7|2,244.5|  2,145|  2,205|  2,206|  2,206|  2,216|  2,229
         New and used car dealers................|  980.8|1,004.4|1,008.3|1,013.0|    975|  1,000|    998|    998|  1,002|  1,007
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,121.0|1,084.4|1,091.0|1,062.5|  1,135|  1,095|  1,097|  1,092|  1,090|  1,075
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  897.3|  938.2|  943.9|  951.0|    906|    944|    946|    947|    953|    961
       Eating and drinking places................|7,232.3|7,417.4|7,422.0|7,377.5|  7,103|  7,169|  7,209|  7,258|  7,227|  7,247
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,561.9|2,565.5|2,571.3|2,591.8|  2,587|  2,610|  2,606|  2,610|  2,605|  2,618
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     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,957|  7,028|  7,031|  6,971|  6,942|  6,925|  6,930|  6,938|  6,947|  6,955
       Finance...................................|  3,321|  3,334|  3,333|  3,312|  3,324|  3,307|  3,304|  3,307|  3,311|  3,315
         Depository institutions.................|2,070.4|2,070.5|2,064.7|2,047.4|  2,072|  2,060|  2,054|  2,052|  2,048|  2,049
           Commercial banks......................|1,491.7|1,504.7|1,501.5|1,488.1|  1,492|  1,492|  1,488|  1,490|  1,488|  1,488
           Savings institutions..................|  301.7|  283.5|  280.8|  277.9|    303|    285|    284|    282|    280|    279
         Nondepository institutions..............|  492.4|  485.7|  490.3|  489.6|    494|    476|    480|    484|    491|    492
           Mortgage bankers and brokers..........|  248.5|  229.6|  232.3|  231.1|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  525.4|  531.9|  533.4|  530.6|    525|    528|    528|    526|    529|    530
         Holding and other investment offices....|  232.9|  246.0|  244.3|  243.9|    233|    243|    242|    245|    243|    244
       Insurance.................................|  2,232|  2,253|  2,252|  2,242|  2,236|  2,237|  2,240|  2,242|  2,245|  2,246
         Insurance carriers......................|1,542.9|1,545.5|1,543.8|1,536.6|  1,546|  1,534|  1,534|  1,538|  1,539|  1,540
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  689.5|  707.2|  708.2|  705.5|    690|    703|    706|    704|    706|    706
       Real estate...............................|  1,404|  1,441|  1,446|  1,417|  1,382|  1,381|  1,386|  1,389|  1,391|  1,394
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     Services3/..................................| 31,935| 33,145| 33,216| 33,217| 31,789| 32,630| 32,784| 32,820| 32,984| 33,090
       Agricultural services.....................|  606.8|  652.1|  644.8|  623.7|    574|    577|    582|    586|    590|    590
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|  1,670|  1,762|  1,761|  1,673|  1,617|  1,615|  1,628|  1,635|  1,635|  1,632
       Personal services.........................|  1,114|  1,103|  1,101|  1,112|  1,139|  1,146|  1,145|  1,144|  1,142|  1,137
       Business services.........................|  6,438|  6,633|  6,758|  6,824|  6,358|  6,567|  6,589|  6,600|  6,684|  6,743
         Services to buildings...................|    866|    879|    891|    891|    861|    866|    867|    870|    883|    887
         Personnel supply services...............|  2,395|  2,387|  2,481|  2,528|  2,321|  2,371|  2,375|  2,373|  2,411|  2,452
           Help supply services..................|  2,130|  2,113|  2,201|  2,241|  2,061|  2,096|  2,098|  2,095|  2,135|  2,170
         Computer and data processing services...|    963|  1,051|  1,062|  1,068|    967|  1,039|  1,045|  1,051|  1,063|  1,073
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|    988|  1,034|  1,036|  1,032|    984|  1,016|  1,022|  1,025|  1,030|  1,027
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|    335|    346|    347|    345|    334|    341|    340|    341|    343|    344
       Motion pictures...........................|    481|    609|    608|    589|    491|    596|    598|    603|    593|    601
       Amusement and recreation services.........|  1,435|  1,754|  1,735|  1,581|  1,354|  1,471|  1,511|  1,522|  1,522|  1,509
       Health services...........................|  9,054|  9,304|  9,323|  9,320|  9,055|  9,223|  9,253|  9,267|  9,295|  9,320
         Offices and clinics of medical doctors..|  1,548|  1,594|  1,598|  1,594|  1,548|  1,580|  1,585|  1,586|  1,590|  1,594
         Nursing and personal care facilities....|  1,661|  1,698|  1,705|  1,708|  1,659|  1,683|  1,689|  1,693|  1,698|  1,706
         Hospitals...............................|  3,777|  3,830|  3,831|  3,825|  3,779|  3,810|  3,811|  3,811|  3,824|  3,829
         Home health care services...............|    573|    612|    617|    619|    572|    600|    606|    610|    618|    618
       Legal services............................|    922|    944|    937|    926|    928|    930|    929|    928|    930|    933
       Educational services......................|  1,807|  1,640|  1,626|  1,872|  1,840|  1,875|  1,887|  1,887|  1,904|  1,906
       Social services...........................|  2,200|  2,244|  2,245|  2,292|  2,211|  2,275|  2,274|  2,246|  2,268|  2,301
         Child day care services.................|    514|    475|    476|    529|    509|    522|    524|    525|    533|    523
         Residential care........................|    607|    642|    642|    638|    610|    634|    636|    636|    638|    642
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|     82|     90|     89|     84|     79|     81|     82|     83|     83|     81
       Membership organizations..................|  2,050|  2,127|  2,103|  2,048|  2,065|  2,060|  2,062|  2,065|  2,071|  2,063
       Engineering and management services.......|  2,581|  2,733|  2,731|  2,724|  2,589|  2,685|  2,710|  2,716|  2,723|  2,732
         Engineering and architectural services..|    789|    815|    818|    811|    785|    799|    801|    803|    805|    807
         Management and public relations.........|    727|    819|    819|    826|    725|    790|    809|    812|    815|    823
       Services, nec.............................|   40.6|   41.6|   41.8|   41.0|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
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     Government..................................| 18,959| 18,224| 18,097| 19,075| 19,207| 19,243| 19,283| 19,282| 19,353| 19,323
       Federal...................................|  2,863|  2,851|  2,840|  2,826|  2,863|  2,831|  2,838|  2,834|  2,826|  2,826
         Federal, except Postal Service..........|2,044.1|2,011.7|1,999.4|1,983.2|  2,039|  1,995|  1,993|  1,990|  1,984|  1,979
       State.....................................|  4,539|  4,362|  4,349|  4,542|  4,589|  4,602|  4,612|  4,600|  4,610|  4,591
         Education...............................|1,831.6|1,628.7|1,626.9|1,852.5|  1,891|  1,906|  1,919|  1,923|  1,928|  1,910
         Other State government..................|2,707.0|2,733.1|2,721.9|2,689.2|  2,698|  2,696|  2,693|  2,677|  2,682|  2,681
       Local.....................................| 11,557| 11,011| 10,908| 11,707| 11,755| 11,810| 11,833| 11,848| 11,917| 11,906
         Education...............................|6,360.1|5,503.4|5,471.1|6,490.9|  6,554|  6,606|  6,609|  6,647|  6,705|  6,685
         Other local government..................|5,196.9|5,507.8|5,436.4|5,215.7|  5,201|  5,204|  5,224|  5,201|  5,212|  5,221
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      1/  These series are not published seasonally adjusted        because it has very little irregular movement.  Thus,
   because the seasonal component, which is small relative          the not seasonally adjusted series can be used
   to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot              for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends.
   be separated with sufficient precision.                             3/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
      2/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment           p = preliminary.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
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         Total private...........................|  34.8 |  34.9 |  34.8 |  34.6 |  34.7 |  34.2 |  34.4 |  34.6 |  34.3 |  34.4
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   Goods_producing...............................|  41.9 |  40.7 |  41.1 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  40.6 |  40.9 |  40.8 |  40.9 |  41.1
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     Mining......................................|  45.4 |  44.5 |  44.8 |  45.2 |  44.9 |  44.3 |  44.9 |  44.9 |  44.4 |  44.8
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     Construction................................|  40.0 |  40.0 |  39.7 |  39.9 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
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     Manufacturing...............................|  42.4 |  40.8 |  41.5 |  41.9 |  42.1 |  41.4 |  41.5 |  41.3 |  41.5 |  41.6
          Overtime hours.........................|   5.1 |   4.1 |   4.5 |   4.8 |   4.8 |   4.4 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.5
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       Durable goods.............................|  43.1 |  41.3 |  42.2 |  42.7 |  42.9 |  42.1 |  42.2 |  41.9 |  42.4 |  42.5
          Overtime hours.........................|   5.4 |   4.2 |   4.7 |   5.1 |   5.1 |   4.6 |   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.6 |   4.8
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        Lumber and wood products.................|  41.5 |  39.9 |  41.1 |  41.0 |  41.0 |  40.3 |  40.6 |  40.1 |  40.7 |  40.6
        Furniture and fixtures...................|  41.2 |  38.8 |  40.0 |  40.1 |  40.7 |  39.2 |  39.4 |  39.2 |  39.8 |  39.6
        Stone, clay, and glass products..........|  44.2 |  43.2 |  43.7 |  44.3 |  43.6 |  42.4 |  43.0 |  42.9 |  43.1 |  43.5
        Primary metal industries.................|  45.0 |  42.8 |  43.4 |  43.8 |  44.9 |  43.8 |  43.8 |  43.0 |  43.7 |  43.7
          Blast furnaces and basic steel products|  45.8 |  43.6 |  44.0 |  44.0 |  45.3 |  44.1 |  43.7 |  43.1 |  44.0 |  43.5
        Fabricated metal products................|  43.2 |  41.2 |  42.3 |  43.0 |  42.9 |  42.1 |  42.1 |  42.0 |  42.4 |  42.8
        Industrial machinery and equipment.......|  43.7 |  42.3 |  42.9 |  43.3 |  43.8 |  43.4 |  43.2 |  42.8 |  43.4 |  43.3
        Electronic and other electrical equipment|  42.2 |  40.6 |  41.4 |  41.8 |  42.0 |  41.4 |  41.5 |  41.3 |  41.6 |  41.7
        Transportation equipment.................|  44.8 |  42.1 |  43.5 |  44.4 |  44.3 |  43.4 |  43.6 |  43.3 |  43.8 |  44.0
          Motor vehicles and equipment...........|  46.4 |  42.5 |  44.2 |  45.4 |  45.9 |  44.2 |  44.3 |  44.2 |  44.6 |  44.9
        Instruments and related products.........|  41.8 |  40.8 |  41.2 |  41.3 |  41.8 |  41.3 |  41.2 |  41.3 |  41.5 |  41.3
        Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  40.1 |  38.9 |  39.7 |  40.2 |  39.9 |  39.8 |  40.0 |  39.6 |  39.8 |  40.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nondurable goods..........................|  41.4 |  40.1 |  40.6 |  40.9 |  41.0 |  40.4 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  40.4 |  40.5
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.8 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.5 |   4.3 |   4.0 |   3.9 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   4.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Food and kindred products................|  42.3 |  41.2 |  41.7 |  42.0 |  41.4 |  41.0 |  41.3 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  41.1
        Tobacco products.........................|  41.2 |  39.4 |  40.6 |  41.0 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Textile mill products....................|  42.1 |  39.8 |  41.1 |  41.1 |  41.6 |  40.4 |  40.3 |  40.3 |  40.8 |  40.5
        Apparel and other textile products.......|  37.8 |  36.5 |  37.0 |  37.2 |  37.6 |  36.9 |  36.9 |  36.8 |  36.8 |  37.1
        Paper and allied products................|  44.4 |  42.8 |  42.7 |  43.3 |  43.9 |  42.9 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  42.9 |  42.8
        Printing and publishing..................|  39.1 |  37.8 |  38.1 |  38.5 |  38.6 |  38.4 |  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.0 |  38.0
        Chemicals and allied products............|  43.1 |  42.9 |  42.9 |  43.3 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  43.3 |  43.1 |  43.2 |  43.4
        Petroleum and coal products..............|  46.3 |  44.1 |  43.1 |  44.0 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Rubber and misc. plastics products.......|  42.3 |  40.3 |  41.1 |  41.5 |  42.3 |  41.6 |  41.4 |  41.0 |  41.2 |  41.4
        Leather and leather products.............|  38.9 |  36.7 |  38.7 |  38.8 |  38.6 |  38.5 |  38.3 |  36.8 |  38.7 |  38.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service_producing.............................|  32.8 |  33.3 |  33.0 |  32.6 |  32.8 |  32.4 |  32.7 |  32.8 |  32.5 |  32.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  40.1 |  40.1 |  40.0 |  39.8 |  40.0 |  39.1 |  39.4 |  39.7 |  39.5 |  39.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  38.4 |  38.4 |  38.3 |  38.3 |  38.4 |  37.9 |  38.2 |  38.3 |  38.2 |  38.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................|  29.0 |  29.7 |  29.5 |  28.9 |  28.9 |  28.7 |  28.8 |  28.9 |  28.7 |  28.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  35.5 |  36.3 |  35.7 |  35.6 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services....................................|  32.4 |  32.8 |  32.6 |  32.2 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;            adjusted since the seasonal component, which is small
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   components, cannot be separated with sufficient
   finance,insurance, and real estate; and services.               precision.
   These groups account for approximately four-fifths                 p = preliminary.
   of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                         | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$11.22 |$11.41 |$11.39 |$11.56 |$390.46|$398.21|$396.37|$399.98
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.18 | 11.50 | 11.48 | 11.52 | 387.95| 397.90| 393.76| 396.29
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Goods_producing...............................| 12.87 | 13.13 | 13.09 | 13.22 | 539.25| 534.39| 538.00| 548.63
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Mining......................................| 14.92 | 15.35 | 15.29 | 15.36 | 677.37| 683.08| 684.99| 694.27
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Construction................................| 14.97 | 15.09 | 15.14 | 15.28 | 598.80| 603.60| 601.06| 609.67
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Manufacturing...............................| 12.14 | 12.38 | 12.34 | 12.47 | 514.74| 505.10| 512.11| 522.49
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Durable goods.............................| 12.76 | 12.90 | 12.90 | 13.05 | 549.96| 532.77| 544.38| 557.24
                Lumber and wood products.................|  9.95 | 10.22 | 10.21 | 10.31 | 412.93| 407.78| 419.63| 422.71
                Furniture and fixtures...................|  9.69 |  9.82 |  9.88 |  9.94 | 399.23| 381.02| 395.20| 398.59
                Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.27 | 12.45 | 12.45 | 12.46 | 542.33| 537.84| 544.07| 551.98
                Primary metal industries.................| 14.40 | 14.67 | 14.62 | 14.80 | 648.00| 627.88| 634.51| 648.24
                  Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.05 | 17.42 | 17.46 | 17.87 | 780.89| 759.51| 768.24| 786.28
                Fabricated metal products................| 11.99 | 12.10 | 12.11 | 12.22 | 517.97| 498.52| 512.25| 525.46
                Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.04 | 13.21 | 13.23 | 13.35 | 569.85| 558.78| 567.57| 578.06
                Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.57 | 11.72 | 11.74 | 11.82 | 488.25| 475.83| 486.04| 494.08
                Transportation equipment.................| 16.71 | 16.64 | 16.59 | 16.90 | 748.61| 700.54| 721.67| 750.36
                  Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.27 | 17.19 | 17.09 | 17.50 | 801.33| 730.58| 755.38| 794.50
                Instruments and related products.........| 12.55 | 12.77 | 12.72 | 12.90 | 524.59| 521.02| 524.06| 532.77
                Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  9.71 | 10.03 | 10.00 | 10.15 | 389.37| 390.17| 397.00| 408.03
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Nondurable goods..........................| 11.31 | 11.67 | 11.59 | 11.67 | 468.23| 467.97| 470.55| 477.30
                Food and kindred products................| 10.64 | 10.93 | 10.90 | 10.98 | 450.07| 450.32| 454.53| 461.16
                Tobacco products.........................| 18.89 | 21.79 | 18.73 | 18.28 | 778.27| 858.53| 760.44| 749.48
                Textile mill products....................|  9.20 |  9.40 |  9.45 |  9.49 | 387.32| 374.12| 388.40| 390.04
                Apparel and other textile products.......|  7.44 |  7.62 |  7.66 |  7.71 | 281.23| 278.13| 283.42| 286.81
                Paper and allied products................| 13.96 | 14.42 | 14.22 | 14.33 | 619.82| 617.18| 607.19| 620.49
                Printing and publishing..................| 12.26 | 12.32 | 12.32 | 12.49 | 479.37| 465.70| 469.39| 480.87
                Chemicals and allied products............| 15.27 | 15.72 | 15.66 | 15.76 | 658.14| 674.39| 671.81| 682.41
                Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.32 | 19.26 | 19.20 | 19.36 | 894.52| 849.37| 827.52| 851.84
                Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.65 | 11.02 | 10.96 | 11.00 | 450.50| 444.11| 450.46| 456.50
                Leather and leather products.............|  7.99 |  8.03 |  8.12 |  8.21 | 310.81| 294.70| 314.24| 318.55
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Service_producing.............................| 10.62 | 10.83 | 10.80 | 10.97 | 348.34| 360.64| 356.40| 357.62
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Transportation and public utilities.........| 13.91 | 14.24 | 14.22 | 14.28 | 557.79| 571.02| 568.80| 568.34
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Wholesale trade.............................| 12.09 | 12.42 | 12.37 | 12.47 | 464.26| 476.93| 473.77| 477.60
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Retail trade................................|  7.54 |  7.67 |  7.65 |  7.76 | 218.66| 227.80| 225.68| 224.26
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 11.85 | 12.32 | 12.27 | 12.37 | 420.68| 447.22| 438.04| 440.37
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Services....................................| 11.11 | 11.28 | 11.24 | 11.47 | 359.96| 369.98| 366.42| 369.33
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
              p = preliminary.
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Sept. |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. |   from:
                                                      | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ |Aug. 1995-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |Sept. 1995
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $11.18| $11.37| $11.43| $11.50| $11.48| $11.52|     0.3
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.38|   7.36|   7.39|   7.43|   7.41|  N.A. |    (3)
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Goods_producing......................|  12.78|  12.94|  13.02|  13.09|  13.09|  13.13|      .3
                   Mining.............................|  14.95|  15.18|  15.30|  15.47|  15.46|  15.41|     -.3
                   Construction.......................|  14.82|  14.99|  15.10|  15.09|  15.08|  15.13|      .3
                   Manufacturing......................|  12.12|  12.28|  12.32|  12.40|  12.41|  12.45|      .3
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.47|  11.67|  11.71|  11.80|  11.80|  11.80|      .0
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Service_producing....................|  10.62|  10.83|  10.88|  10.95|  10.92|  10.97|      .5
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.88|  14.13|  14.21|  14.27|  14.25|  14.25|      .0
                   Wholesale trade....................|  12.08|  12.31|  12.36|  12.44|  12.42|  12.47|      .4
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.53|   7.65|   7.67|   7.72|   7.73|   7.74|      .1
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  11.90|  12.19|  12.30|  12.43|  12.36|  12.42|      .5
                   Services...........................|  11.11|  11.34|  11.38|  11.44|  11.40|  11.47|      .6
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
                    2/  The Consumer Price Index for Urban
                 Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
                 used to deflate this series.
                    3/  Change was -.3 percent from July 1995
                 to August 1995, the latest month available.
                    4/  Derived by assuming that overtime
                 hours are paid at the rate of time and one-
                 half.
                    N.A.  = not available.
                    p/  = preliminary.
 
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Sept.|July | Aug.  | Sept. |Sept.| May |June |July | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                       |1994 |1995 |1995p/ |1995p/ |1994 |1995 |1995 |1995 |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|132.4|135.4| 135.6 | 134.5 |130.8|131.0|132.4|132.8| 132.2 | 132.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods_producing...............................|114.0|110.5| 113.0 | 113.8 |110.0|108.9|109.7|109.2| 109.5 | 109.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 56.5| 54.7|  55.0 |  55.3 | 54.8| 53.8| 54.6| 54.3|  53.3 |  53.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|153.1|157.8| 158.3 | 157.4 |139.1|136.9|141.9|143.4| 142.0 | 143.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|109.4|103.9| 107.1 | 108.2 |107.5|106.6|106.5|105.4| 106.3 | 106.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|108.1|103.6| 106.8 | 108.4 |106.9|106.9|106.8|105.7| 107.1 | 107.3
            Lumber and wood products...................|140.0|132.5| 137.2 | 136.5 |135.7|132.3|132.7|130.4| 133.0 | 132.7
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|129.8|116.2| 122.8 | 123.6 |127.6|122.3|121.7|119.8| 122.3 | 121.7
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|113.0|111.1| 113.4 | 114.1 |108.6|107.7|108.9|108.1| 108.9 | 109.4
            Primary metal industries...................| 93.2| 88.4|  90.7 |  91.6 | 92.4| 92.5| 92.5| 89.8|  91.4 |  91.1
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 75.0| 71.6|  72.1 |  71.4 | 74.0| 72.8| 72.6| 70.8|  71.9 |  70.3
            Fabricated metal products..................|113.0|108.6| 112.6 | 115.1 |111.3|113.0|112.4|112.0| 113.0 | 113.9
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........|100.2| 99.5| 100.8 | 102.6 |100.5|102.4|102.1|101.3| 102.5 | 102.8
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|107.1|103.9| 106.7 | 108.5 |106.5|107.0|106.9|106.7| 107.5 | 108.1
            Transportation equipment...................|119.8|111.6| 116.7 | 120.2 |118.3|118.3|118.2|116.8| 119.0 | 118.9
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|159.5|146.0| 154.9 | 160.0 |156.8|156.4|155.9|155.1| 158.4 | 157.8
            Instruments and related products...........| 74.9| 72.5|  73.5 |  73.6 | 75.1| 73.6| 73.5| 73.6|  74.2 |  73.8
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|107.1| 98.4| 103.7 | 105.9 |104.8|104.1|104.7|101.8| 103.0 | 103.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|111.2|104.4| 107.5 | 107.9 |108.3|106.3|106.1|105.0| 105.1 | 105.0
            Food and kindred products..................|123.9|117.5| 123.2 | 123.9 |114.7|114.6|116.1|114.6| 114.2 | 114.7
            Tobacco products...........................| 70.2| 52.3|  63.3 |  64.5 | 63.4| 58.2| 60.5| 60.2|  60.0 |  59.1
            Textile mill products......................|100.2| 90.1|  94.1 |  93.6 | 98.3| 94.2| 93.1| 91.9|  93.1 |  91.5
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 91.0| 78.7|  81.8 |  81.7 | 89.6| 83.9| 82.9| 81.3|  81.0 |  80.6
            Paper and allied products..................|113.5|109.9| 109.6 | 110.0 |111.7|109.8|109.4|109.9| 109.2 | 108.3
            Printing and publishing....................|127.7|124.0| 125.0 | 125.8 |126.7|126.0|125.6|125.3| 124.8 | 124.5
            Chemicals and allied products..............|102.0|102.3| 102.9 | 103.6 |102.0|102.6|102.8|102.7| 102.7 | 103.6
            Petroleum and coal products................| 87.0| 80.3|  78.3 |  78.0 | 85.2| 76.0| 78.3| 78.7|  76.1 |  76.0
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|143.8|135.3| 140.2 | 141.7 |143.3|143.2|141.2|138.5| 140.3 | 140.8
            Leather and leather products...............| 54.2| 44.8|  50.6 |  50.7 | 52.8| 50.9| 50.0| 46.4|  49.9 |  49.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service_producing.............................|140.6|146.6| 145.8 | 143.8 |140.1|141.0|142.5|143.5| 142.4 | 143.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|125.3|127.0| 126.8 | 128.0 |123.8|123.6|124.7|125.7| 125.4 | 126.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|117.8|121.9| 121.4 | 121.0 |117.4|118.5|120.0|120.5| 120.2 | 120.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|129.6|134.8| 134.2 | 130.8 |128.7|128.8|129.5|130.4| 129.4 | 130.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|123.9|129.2| 126.8 | 125.0 |124.2|122.8|124.7|127.2| 125.0 | 124.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|164.4|173.0| 172.3 | 169.9 |164.2|166.5|168.8|169.4| 168.1 | 169.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
            p = preliminary.
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  39.7 |  40.0 |  38.6 |  37.2 |  49.4 |  44.2 |  47.1 |  53.7 |  49.3 |  47.6 |  46.2 |  45.8
           1992..............|  42.3 |  45.2 |  50.1 |  57.3 |  53.7 |  48.2 |  53.5 |  49.6 |  53.4 |  57.0 |  52.2 |  58.1
           1993..............|  57.6 |  61.5 |  51.4 |  58.3 |  61.4 |  55.1 |  57.7 |  56.3 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  61.1 |  60.7
           1994..............|  60.0 |  63.3 |  65.9 |  62.4 |  58.0 |  63.8 |  60.5 |  61.5 |  60.7 |  61.1 |  65.3 |  61.1
           1995..............|  60.3 |  61.7 |  57.6 |  51.3 |  46.2 |  55.3 |  48.5 |p/54.1 |p/52.0 |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  34.0 |  32.6 |  31.5 |  38.2 |  39.3 |  44.2 |  48.9 |  52.0 |  52.1 |  44.9 |  43.5 |  41.2
           1992..............|  40.2 |  42.6 |  50.7 |  56.3 |  56.3 |  54.6 |  50.6 |  51.3 |  52.5 |  54.9 |  58.7 |  59.1
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.2 |  61.8 |  58.8 |  61.4 |  61.8 |  59.3 |  61.8 |  62.6 |  66.7 |  65.7 |  63.6
           1994..............|  68.8 |  70.9 |  69.8 |  67.1 |  66.0 |  66.0 |  68.4 |  68.3 |  67.8 |  67.3 |  68.1 |  67.4
           1995..............|  66.4 |  64.9 |  57.9 |  49.3 |  50.6 |  47.9 |p/52.5 |p/49.6 |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  29.8 |  32.6 |  30.9 |  32.6 |  39.0 |  44.8 |  47.1 |  44.7 |  48.0 |  45.8 |  40.7 |  40.3
           1992..............|  43.4 |  46.2 |  46.3 |  50.8 |  55.1 |  55.3 |  52.7 |  52.2 |  56.7 |  55.9 |  63.6 |  63.2
           1993..............|  63.2 |  63.8 |  62.8 |  64.2 |  60.8 |  63.9 |  64.5 |  64.7 |  66.2 |  67.3 |  70.8 |  70.8
           1994..............|  71.2 |  70.2 |  70.5 |  69.5 |  69.8 |  69.1 |  70.5 |  70.9 |  69.0 |  69.0 |  67.4 |  67.0
           1995..............|  65.9 |  58.8 |  56.3 |  52.2 |p/49.4 |p/49.7 |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  31.0 |  31.0 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  31.7 |  33.8 |  35.8 |  37.5 |  40.0 |  45.2 |  45.6 |  45.4
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  61.4 |  62.9 |  62.9
           1993..............|  64.9 |  63.9 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  67.0 |  67.6 |  67.6 |  67.0 |  70.2 |  69.4 |  68.8 |  69.4
           1994..............|  68.4 |  70.8 |  71.9 |  70.2 |  69.5 |  69.7 |  70.4 |  70.8 |  70.4 |  70.2 |  66.0 |  64.0
           1995..............|  63.1 |p/60.3 |p/58.4 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
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      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  32.4 |  35.6 |  32.4 |  35.3 |  47.1 |  42.4 |  44.6 |  52.2 |  43.2 |  47.5 |  42.1 |  38.5
           1992..............|  37.1 |  40.3 |  46.0 |  57.2 |  48.2 |  46.0 |  56.1 |  42.8 |  50.7 |  47.5 |  51.4 |  52.5
           1993..............|  52.2 |  57.9 |  52.9 |  44.2 |  51.4 |  46.0 |  50.7 |  48.6 |  56.1 |  54.7 |  56.5 |  54.3
           1994..............|  59.4 |  61.2 |  59.4 |  56.5 |  55.0 |  59.0 |  54.0 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  59.4 |  59.0 |  57.6
           1995..............|  56.8 |  54.7 |  49.6 |  44.2 |  36.7 |  41.7 |  39.6 |p/46.4 |p/42.4 |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  23.7 |  23.0 |  20.9 |  33.1 |  35.6 |  37.4 |  47.1 |  47.1 |  50.4 |  39.9 |  37.4 |  32.7
           1992..............|  29.9 |  36.0 |  45.0 |  51.4 |  52.2 |  54.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  43.9 |  49.6 |  51.4 |  53.6
           1993..............|  60.8 |  60.4 |  57.2 |  46.4 |  46.4 |  50.7 |  49.6 |  54.3 |  53.2 |  60.1 |  56.1 |  57.6
           1994..............|  65.1 |  66.5 |  64.4 |  59.0 |  58.6 |  58.3 |  61.5 |  59.0 |  61.5 |  60.4 |  64.0 |  62.2
           1995..............|  61.5 |  56.1 |  47.1 |  35.6 |  32.4 |  28.8 |p/33.5 |p/33.1 |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  14.7 |  20.5 |  21.6 |  24.8 |  34.9 |  38.5 |  42.8 |  40.6 |  41.4 |  39.2 |  31.7 |  33.1
           1992..............|  33.5 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  47.5 |  51.8 |  52.5 |  47.5 |  48.9 |  52.5 |  47.1 |  57.9 |  58.3
           1993..............|  57.6 |  56.5 |  56.1 |  55.0 |  49.3 |  52.2 |  55.4 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  57.6 |  65.1 |  62.9
           1994..............|  61.9 |  62.9 |  64.4 |  61.5 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  62.2 |  62.6 |  61.5 |  64.0 |  61.5 |  61.5
           1995..............|  57.2 |  47.1 |  40.3 |  32.7 |p/27.3 |p/27.7 |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  16.5 |  16.2 |  17.3 |  18.0 |  20.9 |  24.1 |  26.3 |  30.6 |  32.7 |  38.1 |  38.8 |  37.4
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  58.3 |  56.5
           1993..............|  56.8 |  57.9 |  55.8 |  58.6 |  57.2 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  59.0 |  61.2 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  59.4
           1994..............|  58.3 |  59.7 |  61.9 |  61.5 |  61.5 |  61.5 |  61.9 |  63.3 |  61.5 |  59.7 |  56.5 |  49.6
           1995..............|  46.8 |p/43.5 |p/41.4 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
       and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month          with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
       span. Data are centered within the span.                        indicates an equal balance between industries with
         p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with