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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MARCH 2003


   Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 108,000 in March, while 
the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Employment
continued to decline in manufacturing, retail trade, and transportation.
Government employment also was down over the month.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons, 8.4 million, was unchanged in March,
and the unemployment rate remained at 5.8 percent.  Unemployment rates for
the major worker groups--adult men (5.3 percent), adult women (5.0 percent),
teenagers (17.7 percent), whites (5.1 percent), blacks or African Americans
(10.2 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.5 percent)--showed little or no
change in March.  The unemployment rate for Asians was 6.5 percent, not
seasonally adjusted.  About 1 in 5 unemployed persons had been without a
job for 27 weeks or longer.  (See tables A-1, A-2, A-3, and A-9.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment in March was 137.3 million, and the employment-popula-
tion ratio was about unchanged at 62.3 percent.  The civilian labor force 
was 145.8 million.  The labor force participation rate--the proportion
of the population age 16 and older who are either working or looking for
work--was 66.2 percent.  Since March 2001, the labor force participation
rate has decreased by 0.9 percentage point.  (See table A-1.)
   
   There were 4.7 million persons working part time for economic reasons 
in March, little changed from February.  These persons indicated that they
would like to work full time, but worked part time because their hours were
cut back or they were unable to find a full-time job.  The number of such
workers has increased by about half a million over the year.  (See table 
A-5.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In March, 1.6 million persons were marginally attached to the labor
force, compared with 1.4 million a year earlier.  These individuals wanted
and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior
12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they did
not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  There
were 474,000 discouraged workers in March, up from 330,000 a year ago.
Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not
currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs 
were available for them.  (See table A-13.)
   
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Feb.-
      Category        |  2002  |2003 1/ |          2003 1/         | Mar.
                      |________|________|________ _________________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 145,241| 145,829| 145,838| 145,857| 145,793|    -64
  Employment..........| 136,657| 137,430| 137,536| 137,408| 137,348|    -60
  Unemployment........|   8,584|   8,399|   8,302|   8,450|   8,445|     -5
Not in labor force....|  73,302|  74,280|  74,059|  74,257|  74,524|    267
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.9|     5.8|     5.7|     5.8|     5.8|     .0
  Adult men...........|     5.5|     5.4|     5.4|     5.3|     5.3|     .0
  Adult women.........|     5.2|     4.9|     4.7|     5.0|     5.0|     .0
  Teenagers...........|    16.1|    17.2|    16.8|    17.1|    17.7|    0.6
  White 2/............|     5.1|     5.1|     5.1|     5.0|     5.1|     .1
  Black or African    |        |        |        |        |        |
    American 2/.......|    10.7|    10.3|    10.3|    10.5|    10.2|    -.3
  Hispanic or Latino  |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity.........|     7.8|     7.7|     7.8|     7.7|     7.5|    -.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 130,795|p130,599| 130,873|p130,516|p130,408|  p-108
  Goods-producing 3/..|  23,623| p23,491|  23,563| p23,462| p23,448|   p-14
    Construction......|   6,544|  p6,543|   6,564|  p6,522|  p6,543|    p21
    Manufacturing.....|  16,528| p16,396|  16,447| p16,388| p16,352|   p-36
  Service-producing 3/| 107,172|p107,108| 107,310|p107,054|p106,960|   p-94
    Retail trade......|  23,229| p23,179|  23,271| p23,154| p23,111|   p-43
    Services..........|  41,419| p41,438|  41,522| p41,401| p41,391|   p-10
    Government........|  21,357| p21,362|  21,367| p21,380| p21,340|   p-40
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 4/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.2|   p34.2|    34.3|   p34.1|   p34.3|   p0.2
  Manufacturing.......|    40.7|   p40.8|    40.9|   p40.8|   p40.8|    p.0
    Overtime..........|     4.1|    p4.1|     4.1|    p4.1|    p4.0|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 4/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   147.9|  p147.7|   148.5|  p147.1|  p147.6|   p0.5
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 4/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $14.94| p$15.06|  $14.99| p$15.08| p$15.10| p$0.02
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  510.45| p515.44|  514.16| p514.23| p517.93|  p3.70
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
1  Beginning in January 2003, household data reflect revised population
controls used in the Current Population Survey.
   2  Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only were in-
cluded in this category.  Persons who selected more than one race group are
included only in the "all workers" total.  Prior to 2003, persons who re-
ported more than one race were included in the group they identified as the
main race.
   3  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   4  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.
 
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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment fell by 108,000 in March to 130.4
million, seasonally adjusted.  This followed a loss of 357,000 jobs (as
revised) in February.  The largest job declines in March occurred in
manufacturing, retail trade, and government.  Construction employment edged
upward, and most other major industries showed little change in employment.
(See table B-1.)
   
   Widespread job losses continued in manufacturing (-36,000) over the
month, particularly in the industries that produce durable goods.  Manu-
facturing employment reached its most recent peak in April 1998 and has
since fallen by 2.5 million.  Over the month, employment in industrial
machinery decreased by 8,000 and has fallen by 470,000 since its most
recent peak in April 1998.  Employment in electronic and other electrical
equipment edged down by 4,000 in March and has dropped by 418,000 since
November 2000.  Aircraft manufacturing lost 2,000 jobs over the month, and
employment in the industry has declined by 141,000 since September 1998.
Each of these three industries has had an employment decrease of at least
20 percent.
   
   In March, employment in the construction industry increased by 21,000,
following a decrease of 42,000 (as revised) in February.  Since April 2002,
construction industry employment has shown virtually no net change.  In
mining, employment has been essentially unchanged since September 2002.  A
gain of 9,000 jobs in oil and gas extraction over that period was largely
offset by losses in nonmetallic mining.
   
   Retail trade lost 43,000 jobs in March, after seasonal adjustment,
mainly reflecting another large decline in eating and drinking places.
Employment in eating and drinking places fell by 38,000 over the month; 
the industry has lost nearly 300,000 jobs since its peak in July 2001.
Department stores lost 13,000 jobs in March.
   
   Over the past 2 years, government employment trended upward, while
private sector employment trended downward.  Recently, budget problems
have lowered the rate of job growth in state and local government.  In
March, government employment fell by 40,000.
   
   
   Transportation employment was down by 14,000 in March, with small losses
across many component industries.  Since peaking in January 2001, transporta-
tion has lost 301,000 jobs, with air transportation accounting for over half 
the decline.
   
   Employment in services was essentially unchanged in March, after
decreasing by 121,000 in February.  Computer and data processing services
lost 10,000 jobs over the month.  Seasonal hiring was less than usual in
several services industries.  As a result, seasonally adjusted employment
was down in help supply services (-48,000), amusements and recreation 
(-21,000), agricultural services (-15,000), and hotels and other lodging
places (-12,000).  Job gains in other service industries, such as health
services, private education, and social services, partly offset these
losses.
   
   Wholesale trade employment held steady during the first 3 months of
2003.  The industry had lost an average of 5,000 jobs per month in 2002.
   
   Employment in finance edged upward in March.  Mortgage banking added
3,000 jobs, compared with average gains of 7,000 over the previous 9 months.  
Since January 2001, employment in this industry has increased by 126,000, or 
42 percent.
   
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 hour in March to 34.3 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek was unchanged at 40.8 hours.  Manu-
facturing overtime was down by 0.1 hour to 4.0 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.3 percent in March to
147.6 (1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index fell by 
0.6 percent to 90.0 over the month.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private 
nonfarm payrolls increased by 2 cents in March to $15.10, seasonally adjusted.  
This followed a gain of 9 cents in February (as revised).  Average weekly 
earnings rose by 0.7 percent in March to $517.93.  Over the year, average 
hourly earnings increased by 3.1 percent and average weekly earnings grew by 
3.4 percent.  (See table B-3.)

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   The Employment Situation for April 2003 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, May 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
     
    
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   |       Impact of the Call-up of Military Reservists on the          |
   |                          Employment Data                           |
   |                                                                    |
   |    According to information released by the U.S. Department of     |
   | Defense, about 210,000 reservists had been called into active      |
   | duty as of mid-March.  BLS is unable to quantify the impact of     |
   | this call-up on its employment figures.                            |
   |                                                                    |
   |    With regard to the payroll survey:                              |
   |                                                                    |
   |     --  In concept, persons on active military duty for the        |
   |         entire survey reference period are not included on em-     |
   |         ployer payrolls.                                           |
   |                                                                    |
   |     --  Some reservists would have held jobs not covered by the    |
   |         payroll survey--such as the self employed or those in      |
   |         agriculture--and others may not have held jobs at all.     |
   |                                                                    |
   |     --  Some of the reservists were called up recently and may     |
   |         have worked for their regular employer during part of      |
   |         the survey reference period.  Therefore, they would have   |
   |         been counted on the employer's payroll.                    |                            |
   |                                                                    |
   |     --  If reservists are replaced by new workers on an em-        |
   |         ployer's payroll, there would be no net change in the      |
   |         number of jobs counted.  If reservists are not replaced,   |
   |         a net decline in the employer's job count would result.    |
   |                                                                    |
   |    With regard to the household survey, the Current Population     |
   | Survey only measures the civilian noninstitutional population.     |
   | Also, the population levels to which the labor force estimates     |
   | are controlled are not adjusted to reflect the call-up of re-      |
   | servists.  As a result, the survey will not register the impact    |
   | of these call-ups.                                                 |
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         Upcoming Changes to National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series
                                     
       NAICS conversion.  Nonfarm payroll series, produced from the
    Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, will be converted from
    the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system to the
    2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) with the
    June 6, 2003, release of May 2003 estimates.  The NAICS conversion
    involves major definitional changes to many of the currently
    published SIC-based series.  After the conversion to NAICS, SIC-
    based series will no longer be produced or published.  Historical
    time series will be reconstructed as part of the NAICS conversion
    process.  All published series will have a NAICS-based history
    extending back to at least January 1990.  For total nonfarm and
    other high-level aggregates, NAICS history will begin in January
    1939, the current starting date for these series.  For more
    detailed series, the starting date will vary depending on the scope
    of the definitional changes between SIC and NAICS.  The NAICS-based
    reconstruction effort will cover all CES published data types:  all
    employees, women workers, production workers, average weekly hours,
    average hourly earnings, and derivative series (for example,
    indexes of aggregate weekly hours).
       
       Completion of the CES sample redesign.  June 6, 2003, also will
    mark the completion of the CES sample redesign phase-in.  The
    redesign converts the CES from a quota-based sample to a
    probability-based sample.  In June 2003, the services industries
    will be converted to the new sample design; all other private
    sector industries already have been converted.  The final stage of
    the sample redesign phase-in may result in level shifts for average
    weekly hours, average hourly earnings, production worker, and women
    worker series.  New levels for these series are being recomputed
    from the NAICS-based probability sample.
       
       Concurrent seasonal adjustment.  Also beginning in June 2003,
    the CES program will convert to concurrent seasonal adjustment,
    which uses all available monthly estimates, including those for the
    current month, in developing seasonal factors.  Currently, the CES
    program projects seasonal factors twice a year. With the
    introduction of concurrent seasonal adjustment, BLS will no longer
    publish seasonal factors for CES national estimates.
       
       Change to federal government series.  Beginning in June 2003,
    the CES series for federal government employment will be revised
    slightly in scope and definition due to a change in source data and
    estimation methods.  The current national series is an end-of-month
    federal employee count produced by the Office of Personnel
    Management, and it excludes some workers, mostly employees who work
    in Department of Defense-owned establishments such as military base
    commissaries.  The CES national series will include these workers
    starting in June.  Also, federal government employment will be
    estimated from a sample of federal establishments, will be
    benchmarked annually to counts from unemployment insurance tax
    records, and will reflect employee counts as of the pay period
    including the 12th of the month, consistent with other CES industry
    series.  The historical time series for federal government
    employment will be revised to reflect these changes.
       
       Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is
    available through the BLS public database on the Internet, via the
    CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555.
         
   

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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2002,
the sample included over 300,000 establishments employing about 37 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

                                  - 7 -
 
 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
290,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -190,000 to 390,000 (100,000 +/- 290,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  At an unemployment rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-H of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
 
 
 
 

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2002    2002    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 216,823 220,114 220,317 216,823 218,548 218,741 219,897 220,114 220,317
    Civilian labor force............................ 144,334 145,693 145,801 144,367 145,180 145,150 145,838 145,857 145,793
          Participation rate........................    66.6    66.2    66.2    66.6    66.4    66.4    66.3    66.3    66.2
      Employed...................................... 135,558 136,433 136,783 136,143 136,542 136,439 137,536 137,408 137,348
          Employment-population ratio...............    62.5    62.0    62.1    62.8    62.5    62.4    62.5    62.4    62.3
      Unemployed....................................   8,776   9,260   9,018   8,224   8,637   8,711   8,302   8,450   8,445
          Unemployment rate.........................     6.1     6.4     6.2     5.7     5.9     6.0     5.7     5.8     5.8
    Not in labor force..............................  72,490  74,421  74,516  72,456  73,369  73,591  74,059  74,257  74,524
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,426   4,495   4,763   4,658   4,727   4,546   4,676   4,462   5,020
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 104,198 105,895 106,005 104,198 105,094 105,195 105,767 105,895 106,005
    Civilian labor force............................  77,009  77,658  77,533  77,240  77,618  77,492  77,693  77,927  77,738
          Participation rate........................    73.9    73.3    73.1    74.1    73.9    73.7    73.5    73.6    73.3
      Employed......................................  71,956  72,237  72,304  72,719  72,773  72,690  72,994  73,249  73,064
          Employment-population ratio...............    69.1    68.2    68.2    69.8    69.2    69.1    69.0    69.2    68.9
      Unemployed....................................   5,052   5,421   5,228   4,521   4,845   4,801   4,699   4,678   4,674
          Unemployment rate.........................     6.6     7.0     6.7     5.9     6.2     6.2     6.0     6.0     6.0
    Not in labor force..............................  27,189  28,237  28,473  26,958  27,476  27,703  28,074  27,968  28,268
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  95,999  97,762  97,869  95,999  97,022  97,139  97,635  97,762  97,869
    Civilian labor force............................  73,279  74,206  74,208  73,307  73,770  73,744  73,993  74,254  74,236
          Participation rate........................    76.3    75.9    75.8    76.4    76.0    75.9    75.8    76.0    75.9
      Employed......................................  68,929  69,518  69,679  69,517  69,617  69,600  69,967  70,293  70,293
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.8    71.1    71.2    72.4    71.8    71.6    71.7    71.9    71.8
      Unemployed....................................   4,350   4,688   4,528   3,789   4,153   4,145   4,026   3,962   3,944
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.9     6.3     6.1     5.2     5.6     5.6     5.4     5.3     5.3
    Not in labor force..............................  22,720  23,556  23,661  22,692  23,252  23,394  23,642  23,508  23,632
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 112,626 114,219 114,312 112,626 113,455 113,546 114,130 114,219 114,312
    Civilian labor force............................  67,325  68,036  68,269  67,127  67,562  67,658  68,144  67,930  68,055
          Participation rate........................    59.8    59.6    59.7    59.6    59.5    59.6    59.7    59.5    59.5
      Employed......................................  63,601  64,196  64,479  63,423  63,769  63,749  64,542  64,159  64,284
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.5    56.2    56.4    56.3    56.2    56.1    56.6    56.2    56.2
      Unemployed....................................   3,724   3,839   3,790   3,704   3,792   3,909   3,603   3,772   3,771
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.5     5.6     5.6     5.5     5.6     5.8     5.3     5.6     5.5
    Not in labor force..............................  45,301  46,184  46,043  45,499  45,893  45,888  45,985  46,289  46,257
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 104,752 106,322 106,411 104,752 105,594 105,678 106,235 106,322 106,411
    Civilian labor force............................  63,712  64,622  64,877  63,314  63,921  64,036  64,479  64,310  64,477
          Participation rate........................    60.8    60.8    61.0    60.4    60.5    60.6    60.7    60.5    60.6
      Employed......................................  60,520  61,278  61,592  60,161  60,697  60,676  61,443  61,073  61,227
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.8    57.6    57.9    57.4    57.5    57.4    57.8    57.4    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,192   3,344   3,285   3,153   3,224   3,360   3,035   3,237   3,250
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     5.2     5.1     5.0     5.0     5.2     4.7     5.0     5.0
    Not in labor force..............................  41,039  41,701  41,533  41,438  41,673  41,642  41,757  42,013  41,933
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  16,073  16,030  16,038  16,073  15,933  15,925  16,027  16,030  16,038
    Civilian labor force............................   7,343   6,866   6,717   7,746   7,489   7,369   7,366   7,293   7,079
          Participation rate........................    45.7    42.8    41.9    48.2    47.0    46.3    46.0    45.5    44.1
      Employed......................................   6,108   5,637   5,512   6,464   6,228   6,164   6,125   6,042   5,829
          Employment-population ratio...............    38.0    35.2    34.4    40.2    39.1    38.7    38.2    37.7    36.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,234   1,229   1,205   1,282   1,261   1,206   1,241   1,251   1,251
          Unemployment rate.........................    16.8    17.9    17.9    16.6    16.8    16.4    16.8    17.1    17.7
    Not in labor force..............................   8,730   9,164   9,321   8,327   8,444   8,555   8,661   8,736   8,959

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                               
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2002    2002    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                      WHITE (2)                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 179,279 180,599 180,728 179,279 180,450 180,580 180,460 180,599 180,728
    Civilian labor force............................ 119,816 120,128 120,201 119,863 120,345 120,093 120,084 120,166 120,200
        Participation rate..........................    66.8    66.5    66.5    66.9    66.7    66.5    66.5    66.5    66.5
      Employed...................................... 113,372 113,376 113,630 113,871 114,128 113,910 113,995 114,135 114,089
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.2    62.8    62.9    63.5    63.2    63.1    63.2    63.2    63.1
      Unemployed....................................   6,444   6,752   6,572   5,992   6,218   6,184   6,089   6,031   6,111
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.4     5.6     5.5     5.0     5.2     5.1     5.1     5.0     5.1
    Not in labor force..............................  59,463  60,470  60,526  59,416  60,104  60,487  60,376  60,432  60,528
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  61,754  62,210  62,214  61,815  62,229  62,112  62,003  62,235  62,269
        Participation rate..........................    76.6    76.3    76.3    76.6    76.6    76.3    76.2    76.4    76.3
      Employed......................................  58,452  58,652  58,802  58,988  59,127  59,053  58,994  59,342  59,344
        Employment-population ratio.................    72.5    72.0    72.1    73.1    72.7    72.6    72.5    72.8    72.7
      Unemployed....................................   3,302   3,558   3,412   2,827   3,102   3,059   3,009   2,893   2,925
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.3     5.7     5.5     4.6     5.0     4.9     4.9     4.6     4.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  51,909  52,210  52,404  51,550  51,785  51,752  51,909  51,840  52,039
        Participation rate..........................    60.3    60.3    60.5    59.9    59.8    59.7    60.0    59.9    60.1
      Employed......................................  49,667  49,944  50,120  49,326  49,586  49,488  49,768  49,645  49,770
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.7    57.7    57.8    57.3    57.3    57.1    57.5    57.3    57.4
      Unemployed....................................   2,242   2,265   2,284   2,223   2,199   2,264   2,141   2,194   2,269
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.3     4.2     4.4     4.1     4.2     4.4
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,153   5,709   5,583   6,498   6,332   6,230   6,172   6,091   5,892
        Participation rate..........................    48.8    45.7    44.7    51.6    50.3    49.4    49.4    48.8    47.2
      Employed......................................   5,253   4,780   4,707   5,557   5,415   5,369   5,232   5,147   4,976
        Employment-population ratio.................    41.7    38.3    37.7    44.1    43.0    42.6    41.9    41.2    39.8
      Unemployed....................................     900     929     876     941     917     861     940     944     916
        Unemployment rate...........................    14.6    16.3    15.7    14.5    14.5    13.8    15.2    15.5    15.6
                                                                                                                            
            BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN (2)                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,444  25,519  25,552  25,444  25,751  25,784  25,484  25,519  25,552
    Civilian labor force............................  16,437  16,294  16,288  16,454  16,540  16,706  16,374  16,395  16,296
        Participation rate..........................    64.6    63.8    63.7    64.7    64.2    64.8    64.3    64.2    63.8
      Employed......................................  14,659  14,491  14,558  14,746  14,754  14,827  14,684  14,669  14,641
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.6    56.8    57.0    58.0    57.3    57.5    57.6    57.5    57.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,778   1,803   1,730   1,708   1,786   1,879   1,690   1,726   1,655
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.8    11.1    10.6    10.4    10.8    11.2    10.3    10.5    10.2
    Not in labor force..............................   9,007   9,225   9,264   8,990   9,211   9,078   9,110   9,124   9,256
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,370   7,298   7,209   7,363   7,250   7,311   7,233   7,296   7,195
        Participation rate..........................    72.7    71.5    70.5    72.7    70.5    71.0    71.0    71.5    70.4
      Employed......................................   6,606   6,479   6,465   6,668   6,480   6,543   6,489   6,560   6,526
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.2    63.5    63.3    65.8    63.0    63.6    63.7    64.3    63.8
      Unemployed....................................     764     818     744     695     770     768     744     736     669
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.4    11.2    10.3     9.4    10.6    10.5    10.3    10.1     9.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,244   8,260   8,352   8,208   8,442   8,540   8,327   8,296   8,315
        Participation rate..........................    63.9    63.8    64.4    63.6    64.7    65.4    64.4    64.1    64.1
      Employed......................................   7,505   7,502   7,624   7,474   7,685   7,712   7,629   7,548   7,592
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.2    57.9    58.8    57.9    58.9    59.0    59.0    58.3    58.6
      Unemployed....................................     738     758     728     733     757     827     698     748     723
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.0     9.2     8.7     8.9     9.0     9.7     8.4     9.0     8.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     824     736     727     883     849     855     813     803     786
        Participation rate..........................    34.2    31.1    30.7    36.6    35.0    35.2    34.4    33.9    33.2
      Employed......................................     548     510     470     603     590     571     566     560     524
        Employment-population ratio.................    22.8    21.6    19.8    25.0    24.3    23.5    23.9    23.7    22.1
      Unemployed....................................     276     226     257     280     259     284     247     242     262
        Unemployment rate...........................    33.5    30.7    35.4    31.7    30.5    33.2    30.4    30.2    33.4
                                                                                                                            
                      ASIAN (2)                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,587   9,036   9,081   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,409   6,006   6,063   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Participation rate..........................    66.9    66.5    66.8   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
      Employed......................................   6,049   5,645   5,672   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.1    62.5    62.5   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
      Unemployed....................................     360     361     391   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.6     6.0     6.5   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,178   3,031   3,018   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected more than one race group are not
  included.  Prior to 2003, persons who reported more than one race were included in the group they identified as the main
  race.
    3 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for
  all races.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
    
   

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2002    2002    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,655  27,095  27,191  25,655  26,355  26,436  26,994  27,095  27,191
    Civilian labor force............................  17,739  18,638  18,665  17,697  18,169  18,134  18,614  18,658  18,614
        Participation rate..........................    69.1    68.8    68.6    69.0    68.9    68.6    69.0    68.9    68.5
      Employed......................................  16,312  17,083  17,123  16,405  16,755  16,708  17,155  17,223  17,215
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.6    63.0    63.0    63.9    63.6    63.2    63.5    63.6    63.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,427   1,555   1,542   1,292   1,414   1,425   1,459   1,436   1,399
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.0     8.3     8.3     7.3     7.8     7.9     7.8     7.7     7.5
    Not in labor force..............................   7,916   8,456   8,527   7,959   8,186   8,303   8,380   8,436   8,577
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   9,801  10,629  10,625   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    83.3    84.6    84.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   9,084   9,854   9,868   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    77.2    78.4    78.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     717     775     757   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.3     7.3     7.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   6,805   7,068   7,120   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    59.8    58.9    59.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,320   6,491   6,501   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    55.5    54.0    53.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     486     577     619   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.1     8.2     8.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,133     941     920   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    45.2    37.4    36.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     908     738     754   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    36.3    29.3    29.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     225     203     166   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    19.8    21.6    18.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2003, data
  reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                               Mar.     Feb.     Mar.     Mar.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.  
                                               2002     2003     2003     2002     2002     2002     2003     2003     2003  
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   12,648   12,299   12,874   12,672   12,541   12,607   12,542   12,638   12,896
      Participation rate....................     44.0     43.7     45.0     44.1     44.9     44.6     43.7     44.9     45.1
    Employed................................   11,463   11,028   11,608   11,650   11,417   11,470   11,471   11,522   11,802
      Employment-population ratio...........     39.9     39.2     40.6     40.5     40.9     40.6     40.0     40.9     41.3
    Unemployed..............................    1,185    1,271    1,266    1,023    1,124    1,136    1,071    1,116    1,094
      Unemployment rate.....................      9.4     10.3      9.8      8.1      9.0      9.0      8.5      8.8      8.5
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   37,739   37,886   37,911   37,430   37,967   37,797   37,856   37,816   37,632
      Participation rate....................     64.4     63.8     64.0     63.9     63.5     63.6     63.5     63.7     63.5
    Employed................................   35,522   35,525   35,625   35,426   35,963   35,775   35,923   35,779   35,569
      Employment-population ratio...........     60.6     59.8     60.1     60.4     60.2     60.2     60.2     60.2     60.0
    Unemployed..............................    2,217    2,361    2,287    2,004    2,004    2,021    1,933    2,037    2,063
      Unemployment rate.....................      5.9      6.2      6.0      5.4      5.3      5.3      5.1      5.4      5.5
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   33,534   34,519   34,103   33,405   33,890   33,831   34,186   34,335   34,008
      Participation rate....................     73.4     73.6     73.5     73.1     72.7     72.4     73.3     73.2     73.3
    Employed................................   32,019   32,799   32,399   31,964   32,260   32,154   32,556   32,730   32,382
      Employment-population ratio...........     70.1     70.0     69.8     70.0     69.2     68.8     69.8     69.8     69.8
    Unemployed..............................    1,515    1,719    1,703    1,441    1,630    1,677    1,630    1,605    1,626
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.5      5.0      5.0      4.3      4.8      5.0      4.8      4.7      4.8
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   38,499   39,370   39,603   38,420   38,476   38,652   38,778   39,046   39,507
      Participation rate....................     79.4     78.8     78.7     79.2     79.0     79.2     78.8     78.2     78.5
    Employed................................   37,462   38,201   38,443   37,336   37,344   37,530   37,626   37,892   38,292
      Employment-population ratio...........     77.2     76.5     76.4     77.0     76.6     76.9     76.4     75.9     76.1
    Unemployed..............................    1,037    1,169    1,160    1,084    1,132    1,121    1,152    1,154    1,215
      Unemployment rate.....................      2.7      3.0      2.9      2.8      2.9      2.9      3.0      3.0      3.1

    1 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                   
                  Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                              2002    2003    2003    2002    2002    2002    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                   
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,212   1,983   2,108   2,342   2,314   2,342   2,314   2,178   2,227
    Wage and salary workers................   1,154   1,038   1,149   1,277   1,219   1,260   1,195   1,174   1,271
    Self-employed workers..................   1,036     924     928   1,033   1,060   1,038   1,071     953     923
    Unpaid family workers..................      22      21      30   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 133,345 134,451 134,676 133,760 134,206 134,080 135,142 135,317 135,104
    Wage and salary workers................ 124,749 125,402 125,588 125,036 124,786 124,735 125,768 126,006 125,886
      Government...........................  19,697  19,850  19,573  19,449  19,647  19,551  19,868  19,418  19,318
      Private industries................... 105,052 105,552 106,015 105,609 105,148 105,348 105,907 106,437 106,583
        Private households.................     727     639     676   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 104,325 104,913 105,339 104,887 104,365 104,673 105,192 105,773 105,910
    Self-employed workers..................   8,493   8,959   8,985   8,673   9,276   9,250   9,444   9,258   9,181
    Unpaid family workers..................     103      90     102   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,225   5,061   4,784   4,132   4,329   4,273   4,643   4,807   4,696
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,878   3,396   3,263   2,744   2,855   2,893   3,027   3,152   3,123
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,091   1,328   1,203   1,075   1,159   1,110   1,297   1,275   1,192
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,384  19,360  19,555  18,711  18,727  18,555  19,314  18,421  18,888
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,146   4,931   4,672   4,050   4,272   4,219   4,496   4,675   4,587
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,829   3,317   3,199   2,686   2,816   2,854   2,947   3,062   3,048
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,083   1,309   1,200   1,059   1,158   1,097   1,267   1,257   1,178
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,007  19,032  19,158  18,359  18,361  18,197  18,984  18,134  18,529

    1 Data not available.
    2 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.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of
  the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002
  Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into
  the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the
  household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2002    2002    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 135,558 136,433 136,783 136,143 136,542 136,439 137,536 137,408 137,348
    16 to 19 years..................................   6,108   5,637   5,512   6,464   6,228   6,164   6,125   6,042   5,829
      16 to 17 years................................   2,196   2,103   2,053   2,451   2,256   2,258   2,446   2,352   2,292
      18 to 19 years................................   3,912   3,533   3,459   4,016   3,960   3,921   3,694   3,722   3,550
    20 years and over............................... 129,449 130,796 131,272 129,679 130,314 130,275 131,410 131,365 131,519
      20 to 24 years................................  12,983  13,243  13,197  13,230  13,387  13,372  13,568  13,510  13,458
      25 years and over............................. 116,467 117,553 118,075 116,384 116,856 116,892 117,876 117,932 117,984
        25 to 54 years..............................  96,939  96,644  97,030  96,966  96,356  96,491  96,957  96,942  97,042
          25 to 34 years............................  30,251  30,317  30,314  30,361  29,961  30,139  30,369  30,563  30,420
          35 to 44 years............................  35,457  34,769  34,952  35,429  34,973  34,942  35,125  34,803  34,910
          45 to 54 years............................  31,230  31,558  31,764  31,176  31,422  31,411  31,463  31,577  31,712
        55 years and over...........................  19,528  20,909  21,044  19,419  20,499  20,400  20,918  20,990  20,942
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  71,956  72,237  72,304  72,719  72,773  72,690  72,994  73,249  73,064
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,027   2,719   2,625   3,202   3,156   3,091   3,027   2,956   2,772
      16 to 17 years................................   1,022   1,016     944   1,144   1,113   1,102   1,203   1,157   1,056
      18 to 19 years................................   2,005   1,702   1,681   2,053   2,040   1,986   1,838   1,820   1,718
    20 years and over...............................  68,929  69,518  69,679  69,517  69,617  69,600  69,967  70,293  70,293
      20 to 24 years................................   6,689   7,003   6,970   6,912   7,014   7,024   7,183   7,215   7,206
      25 years and over.............................  62,240  62,515  62,709  62,574  62,562  62,579  62,814  63,151  63,050
        25 to 54 years..............................  51,701  51,411  51,548  52,039  51,569  51,566  51,687  51,925  51,885
          25 to 34 years............................  16,407  16,489  16,474  16,599  16,384  16,445  16,528  16,730  16,669
          35 to 44 years............................  18,944  18,584  18,627  19,042  18,748  18,749  18,824  18,729  18,719
          45 to 54 years............................  16,350  16,338  16,447  16,399  16,437  16,371  16,334  16,466  16,498
        55 years and over...........................  10,539  11,104  11,161  10,534  10,993  11,013  11,127  11,227  11,165
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  63,601  64,196  64,479  63,423  63,769  63,749  64,542  64,159  64,284
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,081   2,918   2,887   3,262   3,072   3,073   3,098   3,086   3,057
      16 to 17 years................................   1,174   1,087   1,109   1,307   1,143   1,156   1,243   1,195   1,236
      18 to 19 years................................   1,907   1,831   1,778   1,963   1,921   1,935   1,856   1,902   1,833
    20 years and over...............................  60,520  61,278  61,592  60,161  60,697  60,676  61,443  61,073  61,227
      20 to 24 years................................   6,294   6,240   6,226   6,318   6,373   6,348   6,385   6,295   6,252
      25 years and over.............................  54,227  55,038  55,366  53,811  54,293  54,313  55,062  54,781  54,934
        25 to 54 years..............................  45,238  45,233  45,482  44,926  44,787  44,926  45,270  45,018  45,157
          25 to 34 years............................  13,844  13,828  13,840  13,762  13,577  13,693  13,841  13,834  13,752
          35 to 44 years............................  16,514  16,185  16,325  16,388  16,225  16,193  16,301  16,073  16,191
          45 to 54 years............................  14,880  15,220  15,318  14,777  14,985  15,039  15,129  15,111  15,214
        55 years and over...........................   8,989   9,805   9,884   8,885   9,506   9,387   9,792   9,763   9,777
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  43,913  44,199  44,146  44,190  44,093  44,005  44,401  44,587  44,415
  Married women, spouse present.....................  34,365  34,782  34,891  34,074  34,264  34,189  34,525  34,620  34,569
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,381   8,461   8,511   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 111,275 111,856 111,936 112,586 112,828 112,856 112,823 113,442 113,157
  Part-time workers (3).............................  24,283  24,577  24,847  23,510  23,765  23,629  24,400  23,830  24,068

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the
  independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates (1)            
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2002    2002    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,224   8,450   8,445    5.7     5.9     6.0     5.7     5.8     5.8 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,282   1,251   1,251   16.6    16.8    16.4    16.8    17.1    17.7 
      16 to 17 years................................     541     514     460   18.1    19.4    17.6    18.3    17.9    16.7 
      18 to 19 years................................     717     702     761   15.2    15.3    15.5    15.9    15.9    17.7 
    20 years and over...............................   6,942   7,199   7,194    5.1     5.4     5.4     5.1     5.2     5.2 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,481   1,390   1,310   10.1     9.8     9.7     9.3     9.3     8.9 
      25 years and over.............................   5,460   5,828   5,876    4.5     4.8     4.8     4.6     4.7     4.7 
        25 to 54 years..............................   4,758   5,011   5,061    4.7     5.1     5.0     4.7     4.9     5.0 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,845   1,809   1,844    5.7     6.2     6.2     5.9     5.6     5.7 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,643   1,905   1,747    4.4     4.9     4.8     4.5     5.2     4.8 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,269   1,296   1,469    3.9     4.1     4.1     3.8     3.9     4.4 
        55 years and over...........................     703     822     821    3.5     3.7     4.2     4.1     3.8     3.8 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   4,521   4,678   4,674    5.9     6.2     6.2     6.0     6.0     6.0 
    16 to 19 years..................................     731     716     730   18.6    18.0    17.5    18.2    19.5    20.8 
      16 to 17 years................................     303     273     232   20.9    21.2    18.5    19.3    19.1    18.0 
      18 to 19 years................................     409     436     471   16.6    16.1    16.7    17.6    19.3    21.5 
    20 years and over...............................   3,789   3,962   3,944    5.2     5.6     5.6     5.4     5.3     5.3 
      20 to 24 years................................     842     731     685   10.9    10.2    10.2     9.7     9.2     8.7 
      25 years and over.............................   2,947   3,238   3,250    4.5     5.1     5.0     4.9     4.9     4.9 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,557   2,749   2,754    4.7     5.3     5.2     5.0     5.0     5.0 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,005     969     987    5.7     6.3     6.1     6.2     5.5     5.6 
          35 to 44 years............................     853     997     953    4.3     5.1     4.8     4.7     5.1     4.8 
          45 to 54 years............................     699     784     814    4.1     4.4     4.6     4.2     4.5     4.7 
        55 years and over...........................     390     488     496    3.6     4.0     4.4     4.4     4.2     4.3 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,704   3,772   3,771    5.5     5.6     5.8     5.3     5.6     5.5 
    16 to 19 years..................................     551     534     521   14.4    15.6    15.2    15.5    14.8    14.6 
      16 to 17 years................................     238     241     227   15.4    17.4    16.6    17.3    16.8    15.5 
      18 to 19 years................................     309     266     291   13.6    14.4    14.2    14.1    12.3    13.7 
    20 years and over...............................   3,153   3,237   3,250    5.0     5.0     5.2     4.7     5.0     5.0 
      20 to 24 years................................     639     658     625    9.2     9.4     9.3     8.8     9.5     9.1 
      25 years and over.............................   2,513   2,590   2,627    4.5     4.5     4.6     4.2     4.5     4.6 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,201   2,261   2,307    4.7     4.8     4.8     4.4     4.8     4.9 
          25 to 34 years............................     840     840     857    5.8     5.9     6.3     5.7     5.7     5.9 
          35 to 44 years............................     790     908     794    4.6     4.7     4.8     4.3     5.3     4.7 
          45 to 54 years............................     571     513     655    3.7     3.9     3.6     3.4     3.3     4.1 
        55 years and over (2).......................     333     337     339    3.6     3.2     3.8     4.1     3.3     3.3 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,584   1,667   1,734    3.5     3.6     3.7     3.5     3.6     3.8 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,312   1,282   1,320    3.7     3.8     3.8     3.3     3.6     3.7 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     721     837     782    7.9     8.0     7.9     8.0     9.0     8.4 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   6,929   7,075   7,068    5.8     6.1     6.1     5.8     5.9     5.9 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,298   1,396   1,392    5.2     5.1     5.3     5.4     5.5     5.5 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Not seasonally adjusted.
    3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or
  are on layoff from full-time jobs.
    4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week)
  or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
    NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of
  the various series.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2002    2002    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   4,861   5,487   5,150   4,339   4,833   4,863   4,583   4,756   4,613
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,337   1,543   1,402   1,102   1,069   1,110   1,080   1,142   1,157
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,524   3,944   3,749   3,237   3,764   3,753   3,503   3,614   3,456
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,706   2,950   2,837   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     818     994     912   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     913     792     828     876     834     862     825     772     794
  Reentrants........................................   2,520   2,499   2,478   2,438   2,394   2,462   2,331   2,395   2,391
  New entrants......................................     481     482     561     539     586     534     616     579     626
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    55.4    59.3    57.1    53.0    55.9    55.8    54.9    55.9    54.8
     On temporary layoff............................    15.2    16.7    15.5    13.5    12.4    12.7    12.9    13.4    13.7
     Not on temporary layoff........................    40.2    42.6    41.6    39.5    43.5    43.0    41.9    42.5    41.0
   Job leavers......................................    10.4     8.6     9.2    10.7     9.6     9.9     9.9     9.1     9.4
   Reentrants.......................................    28.7    27.0    27.5    29.8    27.7    28.2    27.9    28.2    28.4
   New entrants.....................................     5.5     5.2     6.2     6.6     6.8     6.1     7.4     6.8     7.4
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     3.4     3.8     3.5     3.0     3.3     3.4     3.1     3.3     3.2
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .5      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5      .5
   Reentrants.......................................     1.7     1.7     1.7     1.7     1.6     1.7     1.6     1.6     1.6
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .4      .4      .4      .4      .4      .4      .4

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2002    2002    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,831   2,679   2,595   3,041   2,912   2,860   2,772   2,749   2,780
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,843   3,132   2,825   2,489   2,532   2,547   2,577   2,565   2,473
  15 weeks and over.................................   3,102   3,450   3,598   2,685   3,143   3,296   3,140   3,155   3,104
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,710   1,507   1,703   1,366   1,317   1,392   1,457   1,281   1,316
     27 weeks and over..............................   1,392   1,943   1,896   1,319   1,826   1,904   1,683   1,874   1,788
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    16.2    18.6    18.9    15.4    17.9    18.4    18.4    18.6    18.0
  Median duration, in weeks.........................     9.7    10.2    11.2     8.3     9.4     9.6     9.8     9.4     9.6
                                                                                                                            
                 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...............................    32.3    28.9    28.8    37.0    33.9    32.9    32.6    32.5    33.3
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    32.4    33.8    31.3    30.3    29.5    29.3    30.4    30.3    29.6
    15 weeks and over...............................    35.3    37.3    39.9    32.7    36.6    37.9    37.0    37.3    37.1
      15 to 26 weeks................................    19.5    16.3    18.9    16.6    15.3    16.0    17.2    15.1    15.7
      27 weeks and over.............................    15.9    21.0    21.0    16.1    21.3    21.9    19.8    22.1    21.4

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                      Unemployment    
                                                                           Employed             Unemployed               rates        
                                                                                                                                     
                             Occupation                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                        Mar.       Mar.       Mar.       Mar.        Mar.       Mar.   
                                                                        2002       2003       2002       2003        2002       2003   
                                                                                                                                     
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   135,558    136,783      8,776      9,018        6.1        6.2 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    47,493     48,383      1,388      1,458        2.8        2.9 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    20,056     20,263        570        643        2.8        3.1 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    27,438     28,120        818        815        2.9        2.8 
  Service occupations..............................................    21,273     21,719      1,530      1,850        6.7        7.9 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    35,031     35,397      2,192      2,000        5.9        5.3 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    15,453     15,811      1,052        961        6.4        5.7 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,578     19,586      1,140      1,039        5.5        5.0 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    13,001     13,419      1,449      1,441       10.0        9.7 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................       943        959        283        155       23.1       13.9 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     7,582      7,472        926        988       10.9       11.7 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     4,476      4,988        240        298        5.1        5.6 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    18,760     17,865      1,715      1,675        8.4        8.6 
    Production occupations.........................................    10,388      9,556        922        852        8.2        8.2 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,372      8,310        792        824        8.6        9.0 

    1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed
  total.
    NOTE:  Occupations reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational classification system derived from the 2000 Standard
  Occupational Classification system into the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.


  

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                 HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                    Number of                                                       
                                                                    unemployed                             Unemployment             
                                                                     persons                                  rates                 
                       Industry                                   (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                              Mar.                Mar.                Mar.                Mar.       
                                                              2002                2003                2002                2003       
                                                                                                                                    
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         8,776               9,018                 6.1                 6.2      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         7,331               7,490                 6.5                 6.6      
    Mining..........................................            28                  46                 5.3                 8.2      
    Construction....................................         1,009                 987                11.8                11.8      
    Manufacturing...................................         1,367               1,222                 7.3                 6.8      
      Durable goods.................................           872                 743                 7.4                 6.7      
      Nondurable goods..............................           495                 479                 7.1                 7.0      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,269               1,179                 6.6                 5.9      
    Transportation and utilities....................           313                 319                 5.6                 5.9      
    Information.....................................           266                 267                 7.2                 7.4      
    Financial activities............................           287                 357                 3.2                 4.0      
    Professional and business services..............           964               1,190                 7.5                 9.1      
    Education and health services...................           540                 518                 3.2                 2.9      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................           976               1,035                 8.5                 8.9      
    Other services..................................           314                 370                 5.5                 6.1      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................           269                 161                19.6                12.9      
  Government workers................................           477                 526                 2.4                 2.6      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           217                 279                 2.2                 2.7      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North American
  Industry Classification System into the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                               Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                      
                            Measure                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                                 2002    2003    2003    2002    2002    2002    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
     the civilian labor force.................................    2.1     2.4     2.5     1.9     2.2     2.3     2.2     2.2     2.1 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
     a percent of the civilian labor force....................    3.4     3.8     3.5     3.0     3.3     3.4     3.1     3.3     3.2 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
     force (official unemployment rate).......................    6.1     6.4     6.2     5.7     5.9     6.0     5.7     5.8     5.8 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
     of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.....    6.3     6.6     6.5    (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                                      
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                                
     other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                                                         
     civilian labor force plus all marginally attached                                                                      
     workers..................................................    7.0     7.4     7.2    (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                                      
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                         
     plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a                                                                                                              
     percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                            
     attached workers.........................................    9.8    10.8    10.4    (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want
  and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
  attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
  reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further
  information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
  Review.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
  


  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.  
                                                                        2002      2003      2002      2003      2002      2003  
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   72,490    74,516    27,189    28,473    45,301    46,043 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,426     4,763     2,046     2,224     2,380     2,539 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,358     1,577       681       831       677       745 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      330       474       220       313       110       160 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................    1,028     1,103       461       518       567       585 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    7,466     7,385     3,852     3,771     3,614     3,613 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.5       5.4       5.4       5.2       5.7       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,188     3,954     2,372     2,214     1,817     1,740 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,645     1,691       540       523     1,105     1,168 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      243       321       166       207        77       114 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,356     1,379       766       798       590       581 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
      
   

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Mar.    Jan.   Feb.    Mar.     Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.   Feb.    Mar. 
                                           2002    2003   2003p   2003p    2002    2002    2002    2003   2003p   2003p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 129,875 128,804 129,078 129,574 130,701 130,817 130,670 130,873 130,516 130,408
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 108,266 107,524 107,386 107,800 109,505 109,453 109,311 109,506 109,136 109,068
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  23,518  23,013  22,888  22,977  23,975  23,631  23,551  23,563  23,462  23,448
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     550     540     538     543     560     551     553     552     552     553
    Metal mining........................    31.8    31.4    31.0    31.5      32      32      32      32      32      32
    Coal mining.........................    80.7    78.0    77.9    78.2      81      78      78      78      78      78
    Oil and gas extraction..............   331.0   331.5   331.1   333.9     336     332     335     335     336     339
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   106.5    98.6    98.0    99.5     111     109     108     107     106     104
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,206   6,125   6,063   6,169   6,593   6,543   6,544   6,564   6,522   6,543
    General building contractors........ 1,397.7 1,405.1 1,392.3 1,405.7   1,462   1,480   1,476   1,471   1,463   1,469
    Heavy construction, except building.   810.8   770.7   763.2   781.3     908     885     880     897     881     875
    Special trade contractors........... 3,997.3 3,949.2 3,907.7 3,982.0   4,223   4,178   4,188   4,196   4,178   4,199
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  16,762  16,348  16,287  16,265  16,822  16,537  16,454  16,447  16,388  16,352
      Production workers................  11,225  10,945  10,901  10,884  11,264  11,088  11,030  11,045  10,985  10,949
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   9,958   9,633   9,584   9,567   9,976   9,757   9,699   9,689   9,637   9,608
      Production workers................   6,614   6,397   6,359   6,350   6,625   6,487   6,445   6,456   6,401   6,378
    Lumber and wood products............   753.7   746.1   743.7   738.8     769     761     758     760     758     754
    Furniture and fixtures..............   493.3   475.1   473.2   473.2     491     486     480     479     475     473
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   541.1   535.6   536.5   539.0     550     556     553     556     554     550
    Primary metal industries............   597.1   579.0   574.1   573.2     596     582     579     581     576     576
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   186.8   184.3   182.6   181.5   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,419.7 1,383.1 1,370.3 1,370.0   1,422   1,400   1,391   1,387   1,374   1,375
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 1,851.3 1,768.5 1,756.8 1,752.4   1,846   1,790   1,781   1,770   1,757   1,749
      Computer and office equipment.....   314.2   286.8   282.4   281.6     315     293     291     287     283     282
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,449.5 1,356.8 1,343.6 1,339.4   1,445   1,368   1,360   1,355   1,343   1,339
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   570.2   528.3   523.3   519.8     566     536     532     528     523     519
    Transportation equipment............ 1,672.8 1,633.1 1,634.3 1,632.8   1,674   1,648   1,638   1,640   1,645   1,639
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   915.2   899.7   903.0   904.1     915     909     900     911     905     905
      Aircraft and parts................   417.2   388.5   385.9   383.8     419     392     392     389     388     386
    Instruments and related products....   810.6   790.9   786.2   784.4     813     792     790     792     788     787
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   368.9   364.8   364.9   364.2     370     374     369     369     367     366
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   6,804   6,715   6,703   6,698   6,846   6,780   6,755   6,758   6,751   6,744
      Production workers................   4,611   4,548   4,542   4,534   4,639   4,601   4,585   4,589   4,584   4,571
    Food and kindred products........... 1,655.3 1,673.3 1,665.0 1,661.2   1,685   1,687   1,689   1,695   1,694   1,693
    Tobacco products....................    32.9    35.4    33.7    32.7      34      36      36      34      34      34
    Textile mill products...............   438.0   418.4   416.1   413.2     440     422     422     420     419     415
    Apparel and other textile products..   527.9   497.7   499.0   501.8     527     509     507     504     504     502
    Paper and allied products...........   617.1   605.2   601.8   600.3     620     613     607     606     604     602
    Printing and publishing............. 1,416.9 1,394.5 1,395.1 1,396.6   1,419   1,400   1,393   1,395   1,397   1,400
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,009.2 1,001.8 1,003.4 1,001.8   1,010   1,007   1,007   1,006   1,005   1,003
    Petroleum and coal products.........   123.0   120.5   121.3   122.1     126     126     125     125     125     125
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   927.3   915.4   916.0   916.6     929     925     916     919     918     918
    Leather and leather products........    56.2    52.9    51.4    51.8      56      55      53      54      51      52
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 106,357 105,791 106,190 106,597 106,726 107,186 107,119 107,310 107,054 106,960
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,767   6,626   6,583   6,586   6,814   6,721   6,686   6,694   6,653   6,640
    Transportation......................   4,292   4,242   4,215   4,215   4,330   4,300   4,273   4,301   4,275   4,261
      Railroad transportation...........   231.8   222.3   222.8   223.2     233     225     225     224     224     224
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   491.3   474.6   476.6   477.0     478     467     466     465     466     463
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,791.2 1,787.1 1,773.8 1,780.1   1,819   1,829   1,827   1,825   1,811   1,812
      Water transportation..............   177.0   177.8   177.8   177.1     186     192     191     191     190     187
      Transportation by air............. 1,159.9 1,149.8 1,134.1 1,127.9   1,172   1,151   1,127   1,158   1,150   1,144
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    14.9    15.4    15.7    15.6      15      15      15      15      16      16
      Transportation services...........   426.0   415.4   414.1   413.7     427     421     422     423     418     415
    Communications and public utilities.   2,475   2,384   2,368   2,371   2,484   2,421   2,413   2,393   2,378   2,379
      Communications.................... 1,638.9 1,552.8 1,542.4 1,542.0   1,643   1,583   1,576   1,559   1,547   1,546
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   835.9   831.0   825.9   828.9     841     838     837     834     831     833
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,646   6,589   6,587   6,602   6,681   6,643   6,637   6,639   6,640   6,640
    Durable goods.......................   3,897   3,855   3,849   3,852   3,912   3,885   3,880   3,876   3,873   3,871
    Nondurable goods....................   2,749   2,734   2,738   2,750   2,769   2,758   2,757   2,763   2,767   2,769
  Retail trade..........................  22,897  22,839  22,610  22,675  23,332  23,247  23,152  23,271  23,154  23,111
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,019.0 1,021.4 1,015.3 1,038.6   1,053   1,078   1,077   1,083   1,077   1,074
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,804.6 2,829.3 2,764.2 2,767.8   2,901   2,828   2,821   2,831   2,860   2,858
      Department stores................. 2,475.2 2,487.8 2,428.0 2,432.0   2,560   2,491   2,488   2,498   2,525   2,512
    Food stores......................... 3,350.3 3,362.6 3,331.1 3,315.2   3,392   3,382   3,365   3,370   3,363   3,362
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,404.3 2,388.7 2,384.2 2,390.7   2,426   2,430   2,420   2,416   2,413   2,413
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,126.6 1,112.4 1,112.1 1,112.6   1,131   1,128   1,123   1,118   1,117   1,116
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,137.8 1,173.0 1,116.2 1,121.2   1,175   1,172   1,174   1,174   1,156   1,158
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,135.6 1,176.3 1,150.8 1,142.2   1,143   1,165   1,175   1,166   1,153   1,150
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,020.7 7,799.1 7,800.4 7,876.5   8,154   8,129   8,063   8,146   8,048   8,010
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,025.1 3,088.1 3,047.3 3,023.1   3,088   3,063   3,057   3,085   3,084   3,086
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,700   7,777   7,785   7,803   7,740   7,807   7,816   7,817   7,826   7,838
    Finance.............................   3,802   3,865   3,870   3,877   3,809   3,854   3,861   3,869   3,875   3,883
      Depository institutions........... 2,070.0 2,083.3 2,079.2 2,084.3   2,074   2,082   2,079   2,083   2,083   2,087
        Commercial banks................ 1,442.5 1,452.8 1,448.7 1,451.1   1,447   1,451   1,449   1,453   1,452   1,455
        Savings institutions............   264.2   261.5   261.6   262.7     264     261     261     260     262     262
      Nondepository institutions........   753.2   817.8   825.7   827.1     753     801     809     816     823     826
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   356.0   413.8   421.7   425.0     357     400     408     415     423     426
      Security and commodity brokers....   718.4   706.5   706.0   704.2     722     709     709     711     711     708
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   260.6   257.7   258.9   261.8     260     262     264     259     258     262
    Insurance...........................   2,373   2,372   2,375   2,379   2,375   2,373   2,375   2,378   2,379   2,379
      Insurance carriers................ 1,589.3 1,579.3 1,581.4 1,585.3   1,591   1,578   1,578   1,582   1,584   1,585
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   783.8   792.7   794.0   794.1     784     795     797     796     795     794
    Real estate.........................   1,525   1,540   1,540   1,547   1,556   1,580   1,580   1,570   1,572   1,576
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  40,738  40,680  40,933  41,157  40,963  41,404  41,469  41,522  41,401  41,391
    Agricultural services...............   783.0   760.4   755.5   779.2     872     880     880     882     879     864
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,740.3 1,696.3 1,702.1 1,714.8   1,811   1,792   1,807   1,811   1,795   1,783
    Personal services................... 1,357.1 1,331.3 1,348.7 1,342.9   1,289   1,283   1,292   1,281   1,275   1,273
    Business services................... 9,120.3 9,077.2 9,068.0 9,120.0   9,237   9,309   9,311   9,292   9,264   9,255
      Services to buildings............. 1,012.1 1,029.0 1,025.4 1,032.7   1,021   1,045   1,044   1,044   1,039   1,042
      Personnel supply services......... 3,012.9 2,976.0 2,976.1 3,018.3   3,107   3,152   3,175   3,173   3,159   3,134
        Help supply services............ 2,705.9 2,675.0 2,677.6 2,714.5   2,795   2,838   2,866   2,871   2,871   2,823
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,205.0 2,187.1 2,184.4 2,175.6   2,198   2,195   2,187   2,183   2,181   2,171
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,258.5 1,263.1 1,260.0 1,267.6   1,260   1,263   1,268   1,274   1,263   1,269
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   374.3   374.1   370.7   368.6     377     378     376     378     374     371
    Motion pictures.....................   572.9   578.8   578.6   577.0     572     590     583     581     582     578
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,488.2 1,433.9 1,436.9 1,464.5   1,635   1,630   1,653   1,659   1,635   1,614
    Health services..................... 10588.4 10778.2 10780.4 10813.2  10,602  10,777  10,787  10,805  10,805  10,827
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 2,041.5 2,085.4 2,085.6 2,089.9   2,046   2,088   2,092   2,089   2,091   2,095
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,876.5 1,900.2 1,896.5 1,900.0   1,879   1,905   1,904   1,905   1,902   1,902
      Hospitals......................... 4,189.4 4,272.8 4,281.2 4,292.6   4,193   4,267   4,269   4,278   4,287   4,296
      Home health care services.........   642.5   655.9   655.1   664.0     643     656     657     658     659     664
    Legal services...................... 1,049.9 1,081.7 1,083.5 1,085.1   1,056   1,079   1,081   1,087   1,091   1,092
    Educational services................ 2,639.8 2,526.5 2,719.7 2,744.4   2,489   2,574   2,582   2,611   2,577   2,589
    Social services..................... 3,172.4 3,207.7 3,220.8 3,241.5   3,162   3,208   3,209   3,222   3,217   3,228
      Child day care services...........   740.6   738.6   740.6   748.1     723     728     725     730     728     731
      Residential care..................   897.7   908.8   911.5   917.1     902     912     915     912     915     919
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   102.5    97.9    97.1    99.1     109     107     106     107     107     105
    Membership organizations............ 2,460.1 2,440.5 2,453.3 2,463.2   2,470   2,478   2,476   2,475   2,474   2,475
    Engineering and management services. 3,640.2 3,643.9 3,670.0 3,688.6   3,631   3,667   3,669   3,668   3,674   3,679
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,032.9 1,012.8 1,007.9 1,006.8   1,044   1,028   1,028   1,022   1,021   1,017
      Management and public relations... 1,187.1 1,223.9 1,225.6 1,234.1   1,191   1,228   1,232   1,235   1,234   1,239
    Services, nec.......................    46.3    44.2    44.1    43.9   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  21,609  21,280  21,692  21,774  21,196  21,364  21,359  21,367  21,380  21,340
    Federal.............................   2,601   2,642   2,648   2,651   2,611   2,661   2,664   2,665   2,661   2,659
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,775.1 1,839.9 1,847.9 1,851.6   1,782   1,853   1,856   1,855   1,858   1,857
    State...............................   5,073   4,860   5,061   5,089   4,940   4,961   4,953   4,930   4,957   4,953
      Education......................... 2,283.3 2,096.8 2,291.3 2,318.9   2,133   2,165   2,166   2,144   2,168   2,167
      Other State government............ 2,789.6 2,763.4 2,770.1 2,769.9   2,807   2,796   2,787   2,786   2,789   2,786
    Local...............................  13,935  13,778  13,983  14,034  13,645  13,742  13,742  13,772  13,762  13,728
      Education......................... 8,169.3 7,986.9 8,186.7 8,223.4   7,767   7,820   7,813   7,842   7,836   7,806
      Other local government............ 5,765.4 5,791.3 5,795.8 5,811.0   5,878   5,922   5,929   5,930   5,926   5,922

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
   
   

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Mar.    Jan.   Feb.    Mar.     Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.   Feb.    Mar. 
                                           2002    2003   2003p   2003p    2002    2002    2002    2003   2003p   2003p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   33.9    33.7    34.0    34.2    34.2    34.2    34.1    34.3    34.1    34.3 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.2    39.9    39.4    40.0    40.5    39.9    40.2    40.5    39.8    40.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   42.7    42.0    42.0    42.3    43.3    43.1    42.1    42.8    42.7    42.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   38.4    38.0    36.6    38.5    39.1    38.2    38.4    39.4    37.4    39.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   40.9    40.6    40.4    40.6    41.0    40.6    40.9    40.9    40.8    40.8 
      Overtime hours....................    4.0     3.9     3.8     3.9     4.1     4.0     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.0 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   41.3    41.0    40.9    41.0    41.3    41.0    41.3    41.4    41.3    41.1 
      Overtime hours....................    4.0     3.9     3.8     3.9     4.1     4.0     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.0 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.8    40.1    40.2    40.7    41.1    40.6    41.2    41.1    40.9    41.0 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   40.5    39.8    39.5    39.5    40.6    39.5    40.7    40.3    39.8    39.5 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   42.7    42.1    41.9    42.8    43.6    42.9    43.1    43.5    43.1    43.7 
    Primary metal industries............   44.1    44.3    44.5    44.9    44.4    44.3    44.7    44.3    44.9    45.1 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   45.2    44.7    44.7    45.5    45.5    45.4    46.5    44.8    45.1    45.7 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.6    41.3    41.0    40.9    41.7    41.3    41.2    41.6    41.4    41.0 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   40.7    40.9    41.2    41.2    40.5    40.3    40.6    41.0    41.3    41.0 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   39.4    38.5    38.7    38.7    39.4    38.7    39.0    38.5    38.9    38.7 
    Transportation equipment............   42.5    42.7    41.9    41.7    42.4    42.2    42.5    43.1    42.3    41.6 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   44.0    44.4    43.2    42.9    43.9    44.0    44.4    45.2    43.6    42.8 
    Instruments and related products....   40.8    40.5    40.5    40.8    40.6    40.6    40.9    40.7    40.5    40.6 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.0    38.2    37.9    38.8    38.8    38.5    38.8    38.9    38.1    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.2    39.9    39.8    40.1    40.4    40.1    40.4    40.1    40.2    40.3 
      Overtime hours....................    4.0     3.8     3.7     3.9     4.2     4.0     4.2     4.0     4.1     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   40.7    40.4    39.8    40.4    41.4    41.0    41.4    40.8    40.6    41.1 
    Tobacco products....................   40.6    40.1    40.0    39.7    41.2    39.6    39.5    40.6    41.2    40.3 
    Textile mill products...............   41.5    40.4    40.4    40.5    41.4    40.9    41.2    40.5    40.7    40.4 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.5    36.2    36.4    36.5    37.4    36.6    36.7    36.6    36.5    36.4 
    Paper and allied products...........   41.3    41.8    41.6    41.6    41.5    41.5    41.8    41.8    42.2    41.9 
    Printing and publishing.............   37.6    37.6    37.8    38.0    37.5    37.1    37.7    38.0    38.2    37.9 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   41.9    41.8    42.2    42.4    42.0    42.2    42.1    41.8    42.4    42.5 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   41.1    42.1    42.6    43.2    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.1    40.4    40.2    40.5    41.1    40.7    40.8    40.6    40.4    40.5 
    Leather and leather products........   37.2    36.6    36.8    37.0    37.3    37.0    37.1    37.0    37.0    37.1 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.5    32.4    32.9    32.9    32.8    32.9    32.8    32.9    32.8    32.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   37.9    37.8    38.2    38.3    38.2    38.5    38.3    38.3    38.3    38.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.1    38.0    38.5    38.5    38.4    38.5    38.5    38.4    38.4    38.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.7    28.4    28.9    29.0    29.1    29.2    29.2    29.3    29.1    29.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   35.9    36.0    37.1    37.0    36.2    36.2    36.0    36.3    36.4    36.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.5    32.3    32.8    32.8    32.6    32.7    32.6    32.7    32.6    32.7 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
    
   

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            Mar.      Jan.     Feb.      Mar.       Mar.      Jan.     Feb.      Mar.  
                                            2002      2003     2003p     2003p      2002      2003     2003p     2003p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $14.67    $15.07    $15.16    $15.16    $497.31   $507.86   $515.44   $518.47 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   14.64     14.99     15.08     15.10     500.69    514.16    514.23    517.93 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   16.19     16.58     16.55     16.65     650.84    661.54    652.07    666.00 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.73     18.04     18.22     18.40     757.07    757.68    765.24    778.32 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   18.66     19.03     19.04     19.09     716.54    723.14    696.86    734.97 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   15.16     15.55     15.55     15.59     620.04    631.33    628.22    632.95 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   15.63     16.06     16.04     16.07     645.52    658.46    656.04    658.87 
    Lumber and wood products............   12.35     12.61     12.68     12.66     503.88    505.66    509.74    515.26 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   12.57     12.78     12.81     12.82     509.09    508.64    506.00    506.39 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   15.12     15.76     15.65     15.75     645.62    663.50    655.74    674.10 
    Primary metal industries............   17.20     17.67     17.65     17.59     758.52    782.78    785.43    789.79 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   20.66     21.26     21.26     21.06     933.83    950.32    950.32    958.23 
    Fabricated metal products...........   14.60     14.97     14.96     15.03     607.36    618.26    613.36    614.73 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   16.31     16.66     16.66     16.70     663.82    681.39    686.39    688.04 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   14.93     15.11     15.22     15.27     588.24    581.74    589.01    590.95 
    Transportation equipment............   19.65     20.37     20.24     20.30     835.13    869.80    848.06    846.51 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   20.09     21.11     20.85     20.98     883.96    937.28    900.72    900.04 
    Instruments and related products....   15.12     15.51     15.52     15.58     616.90    628.16    628.56    635.66 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   12.39     12.52     12.49     12.57     483.21    478.26    473.37    487.72 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   14.46     14.82     14.85     14.90     581.29    591.32    591.03    597.49 
    Food and kindred products...........   13.10     13.32     13.29     13.36     533.17    538.13    528.94    539.74 
    Tobacco products....................   22.47     21.09     21.72     22.63     912.28    845.71    868.80    898.41 
    Textile mill products...............   11.65     11.91     11.85     11.83     483.48    481.16    478.74    479.12 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.82     10.06      9.94     10.01     368.25    364.17    361.82    365.37 
    Paper and allied products...........   17.25     17.74     17.76     17.78     712.43    741.53    738.82    739.65 
    Printing and publishing.............   15.12     15.37     15.47     15.53     568.51    577.91    584.77    590.14 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.93     19.45     19.50     19.59     793.17    813.01    822.90    830.62 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   22.39     22.58     22.95     22.90     920.23    950.62    977.67    989.28 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   13.61     14.00     14.02     14.05     559.37    565.60    563.60    569.03 
    Leather and leather products........   10.40     10.41     10.37     10.30     386.88    381.01    381.62    381.10 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   14.24     14.65     14.79     14.76     462.80    474.66    486.59    485.60 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   17.19     17.50     17.64     17.60     651.50    661.50    673.85    674.08 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   16.13     16.40     16.53     16.49     614.55    623.20    636.41    634.87 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.98     10.23     10.26     10.24     286.43    290.53    296.51    296.96 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   16.17     16.78     16.95     16.96     580.50    604.08    628.85    627.52 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   15.16     15.65     15.81     15.79     492.70    505.50    518.57    517.91 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
   
   

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                   Mar.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.      change  
            Industry               2002     2002     2002     2003     2003p    2003p     from:   
                                                                                        Feb. 2003-
                                                                                        Mar. 2003 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $14.64   $14.94   $14.98   $14.99   $15.08   $15.10      0.1   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     8.13     8.16     8.18     8.16     8.15     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    16.29    16.54    16.61    16.64    16.67    16.74       .4   
    Mining......................    17.72    17.89    17.78    17.91    18.18    18.37      1.0   
    Construction................    18.74    19.00    19.14    19.04    19.16    19.16       .0   
    Manufacturing...............    15.19    15.44    15.48    15.53    15.57    15.62       .3   
      Excluding overtime4.......    14.45    14.71    14.72    14.79    14.84    14.88       .3   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    14.18    14.50    14.53    14.53    14.65    14.65       .0   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    17.21    17.51    17.45    17.44    17.59    17.62       .2   
    Wholesale trade.............    16.23    16.32    16.37    16.36    16.50    16.47      -.2   
    Retail trade................     9.95    10.14    10.18    10.15    10.22    10.21      -.1   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    16.14    16.71    16.73    16.77    16.78    16.80       .1   
    Services....................    15.08    15.46    15.49    15.51    15.65    15.66       .1   

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
deflate this series. 
  3 Change was -.1 percent from January 2003 to February 2003, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
   
   

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Mar.   Jan.    Feb.     Mar.    Mar.   Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.     Mar.  
                                          2002   2003    2003p    2003p   2002   2002    2002    2003    2003p    2003p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  145.1  143.0   144.1    145.6   148.0  147.9   147.7   148.5   147.1    147.6 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  102.6   99.3    97.5     99.6   105.5  103.0   103.3   104.1   101.8    102.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   52.1   49.6    49.8     50.6    54.0   52.3    51.3    52.0    52.4     52.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  164.1  159.4   151.2    162.2   178.1  174.4   175.4   179.5   168.7    176.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   92.5   89.5    88.9     89.2    93.0   90.8    91.0    91.1    90.5     90.0 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   95.2   91.6    90.7     90.9    95.5   92.7    92.8    93.3    92.1     91.4 
    Lumber and wood products............  130.7  127.6   127.1    127.6   134.7  131.8   133.5   133.6   132.3    131.6 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  123.2  116.7   115.2    115.1   123.2  118.9   120.9   119.1   116.7    114.9 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  108.9  105.0   105.0    107.8   113.1  112.3   112.0   113.1   111.8    112.3 
    Primary metal industries............   76.3   74.6    74.3     75.2    76.7   75.1    75.4    74.9    75.2     75.9 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   57.8   57.2    56.6     57.7    58.4   57.9    59.3    57.5    57.5     58.7 
    Fabricated metal products...........  108.8  105.3   103.6    103.4   109.2  106.5   105.7   106.3   104.8    104.0 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   83.9   80.4    80.3     80.2    83.1   80.2    80.1    80.6    80.5     79.5 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   83.4   75.6    75.0     74.6    83.1   76.4    76.5    75.5    75.3     74.5 
    Transportation equipment............  106.0  104.5   102.5    102.1   105.5  103.7   104.0   107.1   104.2    102.1 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  143.9  142.6   139.3    138.2   143.0  142.3   142.5   147.5   140.8    137.8 
    Instruments and related products....   68.8   66.3    65.8     65.9    68.6   66.7    66.6    66.6    65.8     65.6 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   90.3   87.0    86.2     88.4    90.2   90.6    89.8    90.1    87.5     88.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   88.7   86.7    86.4     86.8    89.6   88.2    88.5    88.0    88.1     88.0 
    Food and kindred products...........  111.5  112.2   110.1    111.2   115.5  114.9   116.3   115.1   114.4    115.8 
    Tobacco products....................   48.8   53.0    49.9     47.0    51.0   52.9    50.9    50.3    51.0     49.9 
    Textile mill products...............   62.5   58.2    57.6     57.4    62.4   59.5    59.9    59.1    58.7     57.6 
    Apparel and other textile products..   44.6   40.6    41.1     41.3    44.1   42.1    41.9    41.7    41.7     41.2 
    Paper and allied products...........   94.5   93.1    92.5     92.1    95.5   94.1    93.5    93.1    94.2     93.2 
    Printing and publishing.............  106.9  104.9   105.7    106.1   106.8  104.3   105.4   106.3   107.3    106.4 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   94.5   93.5    94.6     95.2    94.4   94.7    94.6    93.9    94.9     95.2 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   68.8   68.9    70.3     71.9    70.9   71.2    70.5    71.6    73.5     73.9 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  133.6  129.2   128.9    129.7   133.8  131.6   131.0   130.6   129.9    129.9 
    Leather and leather products........   23.7   22.4    21.7     21.9    23.5   23.9    23.4    22.7    21.6     21.7 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  164.3  162.6   165.1    166.2   167.1  168.0   167.6   168.4   167.4    167.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  130.3  126.9   127.1    127.6   132.3  131.1   130.0   129.9   129.0    129.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  124.1  122.7   124.3    124.6   125.9  125.6   125.6   125.1   125.1    125.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  142.3  140.0   141.0    142.3   147.3  146.9   146.3   147.6   145.9    146.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  138.7  141.0   145.4    145.5   140.7  142.8   141.9   143.2   143.8    144.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  209.1  207.3   211.5    213.1   211.3  213.8   213.6   214.7   213.4    213.7 

  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, 347 industries1
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                                 
     1999..............    55.3     58.6     53.6     58.4     55.5     57.8     57.1     54.8     57.1     57.2     60.4     58.1 
     2000..............    55.9     57.5     57.9     51.2     50.1     55.8     57.8     51.4     52.4     52.4     53.2     52.7 
     2001..............    49.4     45.7     50.3     42.4     47.3     43.2     44.5     42.5     42.4     40.5     39.3     44.1 
     2002..............    47.3     41.4     49.7     47.8     50.9     49.4     48.6     48.8     49.3     48.3     45.8     44.4 
     2003..............    49.4    p39.2    p47.1                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                                 
     1999..............    59.2     57.6     59.5     55.2     60.2     57.2     59.4     59.2     59.7     58.9     61.2     60.7 
     2000..............    60.4     61.4     58.4     53.2     52.4     55.5     56.6     56.2     51.2     51.0     53.2     51.6 
     2001..............    45.5     46.1     40.8     43.4     37.8     43.2     39.3     38.0     35.3     33.7     36.3     38.9 
     2002..............    40.1     43.2     42.5     46.5     48.0     50.1     47.1     45.1     47.3     45.1     43.1     45.0 
     2003..............   p39.9    p38.9                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                                 
     1999..............    60.2     58.9     58.5     59.7     57.2     60.8     61.2     62.5     62.7     61.8     61.2     62.8 
     2000..............    61.1     59.4     58.1     57.9     54.2     52.4     52.9     54.2     52.4     48.7     45.7     46.5 
     2001..............    44.7     42.7     39.5     40.1     40.8     35.6     37.0     32.4     34.3     33.1     34.1     35.6 
     2002..............    37.0     41.6     43.4     44.4     46.5     46.0     46.5     43.1     40.8     43.1    p37.9    p37.0 
     2003..............                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                                
     1999..............    61.2     60.1     58.2     61.0     60.7     61.5     62.2     61.1     63.8     62.2     59.7     60.5 
     2000..............    61.4     59.9     58.8     56.2     55.3     53.6     53.0     51.0     47.7     45.2     44.5     42.9 
     2001..............    41.5     41.5     38.9     37.5     37.3     36.2     34.1     33.6     34.4     33.9     33.3     34.0 
     2002..............    35.2     36.0     37.3     38.3     40.5     39.9     40.1    p37.6    p39.0                            
     2003..............                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                   
                        
                                                          Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                                 
     1999..............    47.4     41.2     42.6     46.0     46.3     43.4     50.0     42.6     46.0     45.6     51.5     49.3 
     2000..............    44.9     52.2     49.3     46.0     49.3     50.7     57.4     36.8     39.0     42.3     47.1     40.8 
     2001..............    34.9     26.8     38.2     29.0     28.3     30.5     34.9     25.7     31.6     31.3     25.0     30.9 
     2002..............    35.3     37.9     40.4     47.4     47.1     40.4     48.9     41.9     40.1     40.4     40.1     37.1 
     2003..............    47.1    p36.8    p38.6                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                                 
     1999..............    39.3     39.3     39.7     40.1     41.2     43.8     44.1     46.3     42.3     44.1     47.8     45.2 
     2000..............    48.2     48.9     48.9     44.5     46.7     52.2     46.0     38.6     29.0     34.2     39.0     36.0 
     2001..............    21.3     21.3     18.4     23.5     19.9     23.2     17.3     19.1     16.2     18.0     18.4     18.0 
     2002..............    24.6     30.1     37.1     38.6     40.1     41.2     38.6     34.6     32.4     32.0     28.3     32.0 
     2003..............   p28.7    p30.9                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                                 
     1999..............    36.4     36.0     37.5     40.4     37.5     42.3     43.0     44.5     48.2     43.0     44.5     47.4 
     2000..............    47.8     45.2     44.5     50.0     41.9     37.9     36.0     35.3     32.4     26.1     21.3     21.7 
     2001..............    20.2     16.9     14.0     16.2     16.5     13.2     14.7     11.8     14.0     13.2     17.6     16.5 
     2002..............    19.9     26.8     29.8     38.2     36.4     34.2     31.6     26.8     24.6     26.8    p23.9    p21.7 
     2003..............                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                                
     1999..............    38.6     34.6     32.4     36.0     37.9     39.0     40.1     40.4     44.5     44.5     43.4     44.5 
     2000..............    49.3     44.1     39.3     36.8     35.3     34.2     33.8     28.7     22.1     19.1     17.6     14.0 
     2001..............    13.6     13.6     13.6     15.4     12.1     11.0     11.0     11.0     12.9     12.9     14.0     13.6 
     2002..............    18.0     18.0     20.2     20.2     24.6     22.1     25.0    p22.1    p22.8                            
     2003..............                                                                                                            

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered
within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged
employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.