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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  OCTOBER 2001


   Employment fell sharply in October, and the unemployment rate jumped to
5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment dropped by 415,000 over the
month, by far the largest of three consecutive monthly declines.  The job
losses in October were spread across most industry groups, with especially
large declines in manufacturing and services.
   
   The labor market data from the household and payroll surveys for the
month of October are the first data from these surveys to reflect broadly
the impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11.  The labor market had
been weakening before the attacks, and those events clearly exacerbated
this weakness.  It is not possible, however, to quantify the job-market
effects of the terrorist attacks.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons increased by 732,000 to 7.7 million in
October.  The unemployment rate rose by 0.5 percentage point to 5.4 percent,
seasonally adjusted, the highest level since December 1996.  Since October
2000, when both measures had reached their most recent lows, the unemployment
level has risen by 2.2 million and the rate by 1.5 percentage points.
(See table A-1.)
   
   The unemployment rates for most of the major worker groups--adult men
(4.8 percent), adult women (4.8 percent), whites (4.8 percent), blacks
(9.7 percent), and Hispanics (7.2 percent)--rose in October.  (See tables
A-1 and A-2.)
   
   The number of newly unemployed persons, those unemployed for less than
5 weeks, rose by 401,000 to 3.2 million in October.  (See table A-6.)  The
number of unemployed job losers not on temporary layoff grew by 518,000
over the month and has increased by 1.4 million since last December.
(See table A-7.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment dropped by 619,000 in October to 134.6 million, seasonally
adjusted, and the employment-population ratio fell by 0.4 percentage point to
63.3 percent.  Since January, employment has fallen by about 1.4 million, and
the employment ratio has declined by 1.2 percentage points.  (See table A-1.)
   
   The number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons rose by
274,000 in October to 4.5 million, seasonally adjusted.  These are persons
who would have preferred to work full time but worked part time because
their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-
time job.  Since August, the number of persons who worked part time for
economic reasons has increased by about 1.1 million.  Most of this rise 

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Sept.-
      Category        |       2001      |          2001            | Oct.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   II   |  III   |  Aug.  |  Sept. |  Oct.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 141,461| 141,771| 141,350| 142,190| 142,303|    113
  Employment..........| 135,130| 134,984| 134,393| 135,181| 134,562|   -619
  Unemployment........|   6,331|   6,787|   6,957|   7,009|   7,741|    732
Not in labor force....|  70,072|  70,367|  70,785|  70,167|  70,279|    112
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.5|     4.8|     4.9|     4.9|     5.4|    0.5
  Adult men...........|     4.0|     4.2|     4.4|     4.3|     4.8|     .5
  Adult women.........|     3.8|     4.2|     4.2|     4.4|     4.8|     .4
  Teenagers...........|    14.0|    15.2|    16.1|    14.7|    15.5|     .8
  White...............|     3.9|     4.2|     4.3|     4.3|     4.8|     .5
  Black...............|     8.2|     8.6|     9.1|     8.7|     9.7|    1.0
  Hispanic origin.....|     6.5|     6.2|     6.3|     6.4|     7.2|     .8
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 132,483|p132,342| 132,395|p132,182|p131,767|  p-415
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,310| p24,986|  24,963| p24,873| p24,699|  p-174
    Construction......|   6,866|  p6,863|   6,861|  p6,862|  p6,832|   p-30
    Manufacturing.....|  17,882| p17,555|  17,533| p17,443| p17,301|  p-142
  Service-producing 1/| 107,173|p107,356| 107,432|p107,309|p107,068|  p-241
    Retail trade......|  23,546| p23,570|  23,583| p23,522| p23,441|   p-81
    Services..........|  41,052| p41,094|  41,129| p41,106| p40,995|  p-111
    Government........|  20,782| p20,980|  21,005| p21,003| p21,027|    p24
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.2|   p34.1|    34.0|   p34.1|   p34.0|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    40.8|   p40.7|    40.7|   p40.6|   p40.4|   p-.2
    Overtime..........|     3.9|    p4.0|     4.1|    p3.9|    p3.8|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   151.4|  p150.3|   150.1|  p149.9|  p148.8|  p-1.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $14.25| p$14.40|  $14.40| p$14.45| p$14.47| p$0.02
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  487.46| p490.93|  489.60| p492.75| p491.98|  p-.77
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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has been among persons whose hours were cut due to slack work or business
conditions.  (See table A-4.)
   
   Both the total number of persons in the civilian labor force (142.3
million) and the labor force participation rate (66.9 percent) were little
changed in October.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in October, up from 1.0 million a year earlier.
These persons wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job
sometime in the prior 12 months but were not counted as unemployed because
they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the
survey.  The number of discouraged workers was 330,000 in October, up from
230,000 a year earlier.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they
believed no jobs were available for them.  (See table A-10.)
   
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 415,000 in October to 131.8 million,
seasonally adjusted.  This was the largest employment decrease since May
1980 and followed a decline of 213,000 in September.  Since the recent
employment peak in March, overall job losses have totaled 887,000; losses
in the private sector have totaled 1.2 million.  In October, employment was
down in nearly every major industry.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Widespread job losses continued in manufacturing, as factory employment
fell by 142,000.  October was the 15th consecutive month of factory job
losses, bringing the decline in employment since July 2000 to 1.3 million.
In October, large employment cutbacks continued in both electrical equip- 
ment (22,000) and industrial machinery (21,000).  These two industries
have accounted for a third of the factory jobs lost since July 2000.  Auto
manufacturing declined by 21,000 over the month.
   
   Elsewhere in the goods-producing sector, employment in construction
fell by 30,000, following 3 months of little change.  In October, declines
in general building contracting and heavy construction were coupled with
continued decreases in special trades.  Since May, employment in special
trades has fallen by 56,000.  In mining, oil and gas extraction lost 4,000
jobs in October.  Employment in the industry had grown during the first
half of this year but has weakened in recent months due to sharp declines
in the price of oil.
   
   The services industry lost 111,000 jobs in October, the largest decline
in the history of this series.  A sizable decrease in help supply employ-
ment (107,000), which provides workers to other businesses, reflected
economic uncertainty in other industries.  Subsequent to the September 11
terrorist attacks, employment declines accelerated markedly in travel-
related industries, including hotels (46,000) and auto services (13,000),
notably in auto rental agencies and in parking services.  In October, job
growth slowed in health services, but the industry has added nearly a
quarter of a million jobs thus far this year.  Educational and social
services both added jobs over the month.

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   Retail trade employment declined for the third straight month in Octo-
ber, with an over-the-month decrease of 81,000.  About half the October
losses were in eating and drinking places, where employment was down by
115,000 since July.  Over the month, employment decreased in apparel stores
and miscellaneous retail establishments, after seasonal adjustment; these
industries added fewer workers than usual at the beginning of the holiday
employment buildup.

   Employment declines continued in transportation and public utilities
with a loss of 55,000 jobs in October.  Over-the-month job losses occurred
in air transportation (42,000) and transportation services (11,000), which
includes travel agencies.  Declines in these industries accelerated sharply
following the September 11 attacks.
   
   Wholesale trade employment fell by 23,000 jobs in October, following a
similar loss in September.  Since its last peak in November 2000, the
industry has lost 105,000 jobs.  Over-the-month declines were concentrated
in durable goods distribution.
   
   Slow growth continued for the third consecutive month in finance,
insurance, and real estate, following losses in June and July.  Over the
month, employment in mortgage banking remained on an upward trend, as that
industry continued to benefit from low interest rates.  In contrast,
security brokerages lost jobs again in October; since March, employment in
the industry has fallen by 31,000.
   
   Employment in local government, excluding education, increased by
26,000 in October, after seasonal adjustment.  The industry had shown no
growth in the prior 2 months.  Other parts of government were little
changed in October.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in October to 34.0 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.2 hour to
40.4 hours.  Manufacturing overtime was down by 0.1 hour to 3.8 hours.
Since July 2000, the factory workweek has fallen by 1.4 hours and factory
overtime by 0.9 hour.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.7 percent in October to 148.8
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The index is down by 2.2 percent from its
recent peak in January.  The manufacturing index fell by 1.3 percent to
94.7 in October and has fallen by 11.5 percent since July 2000.  (See
table B-5.)

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Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 2 cents in October to $14.47,
seasonally adjusted.  This followed a gain of 5 cents (as revised) in
September.  Average weekly earnings fell by 0.2 percent in October to
$491.98.  Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 4.1 percent
and average weekly earnings grew by 2.9 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                      ______________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for November 2001 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, December 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).

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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 2001,
the sample included about 350,000 establishments employing about 39 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.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
292,000.  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 -192,000 to 392,000 (100,000 +/- 292,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 273,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .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 $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-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                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 210,378 212,357 212,581 210,378 211,725 211,921 212,135 212,357 212,581
    Civilian labor force............................ 140,893 141,576 142,004 141,000 141,354 141,774 141,350 142,190 142,303
          Participation rate........................    67.0    66.7    66.8    67.0    66.8    66.9    66.6    67.0    66.9
      Employed...................................... 135,771 134,868 134,898 135,464 134,932 135,379 134,393 135,181 134,562
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.5    63.5    63.5    64.4    63.7    63.9    63.4    63.7    63.3
        Agriculture.................................   3,277   3,371   3,265   3,241   2,995   3,045   3,117   3,220   3,200
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 132,494 131,497 131,633 132,223 131,937 132,334 131,276 131,961 131,362
      Unemployed....................................   5,122   6,708   7,106   5,536   6,422   6,395   6,957   7,009   7,741
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.6     4.7     5.0     3.9     4.5     4.5     4.9     4.9     5.4
    Not in labor force..............................  69,485  70,781  70,577  69,378  70,370  70,147  70,785  70,167  70,279
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,051   4,348   4,338   4,377   4,600   4,529   4,858   4,539   4,700
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,075 102,110 102,229 101,075 101,786 101,885 101,995 102,110 102,229
    Civilian labor force............................  75,231  75,689  75,811  75,371  75,462  75,719  75,518  76,058  76,051
          Participation rate........................    74.4    74.1    74.2    74.6    74.1    74.3    74.0    74.5    74.4
      Employed......................................  72,552  72,284  72,017  72,427  71,926  72,279  71,690  72,333  71,871
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.8    70.8    70.4    71.7    70.7    70.9    70.3    70.8    70.3
      Unemployed....................................   2,679   3,405   3,794   2,944   3,535   3,439   3,828   3,724   4,179
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.6     4.5     5.0     3.9     4.7     4.5     5.1     4.9     5.5
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  92,969  93,917  94,015  92,969  93,616  93,708  93,810  93,917  94,015
    Civilian labor force............................  71,185  71,750  71,901  71,155  71,346  71,555  71,514  71,894  71,953
          Participation rate........................    76.6    76.4    76.5    76.5    76.2    76.4    76.2    76.6    76.5
      Employed......................................  69,011  68,952  68,748  68,774  68,466  68,745  68,402  68,826  68,481
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.2    73.4    73.1    74.0    73.1    73.4    72.9    73.3    72.8
        Agriculture.................................   2,264   2,301   2,184   2,219   2,035   2,028   2,140   2,175   2,117
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,747  66,651  66,564  66,555  66,430  66,717  66,262  66,651  66,365
      Unemployed....................................   2,175   2,799   3,152   2,381   2,880   2,810   3,112   3,069   3,472
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.1     3.9     4.4     3.3     4.0     3.9     4.4     4.3     4.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 109,303 110,247 110,353 109,303 109,939 110,035 110,140 110,247 110,353
    Civilian labor force............................  65,662  65,887  66,194  65,629  65,893  66,055  65,833  66,132  66,252
          Participation rate........................    60.1    59.8    60.0    60.0    59.9    60.0    59.8    60.0    60.0
      Employed......................................  63,219  62,584  62,881  63,037  63,006  63,100  62,703  62,848  62,691
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.8    56.8    57.0    57.7    57.3    57.3    56.9    57.0    56.8
      Unemployed....................................   2,443   3,303   3,312   2,592   2,887   2,956   3,130   3,284   3,562
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.7     5.0     5.0     3.9     4.4     4.5     4.8     5.0     5.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,448 102,277 102,371 101,448 102,023 102,067 102,165 102,277 102,371
    Civilian labor force............................  61,747  62,230  62,358  61,528  61,890  62,145  62,172  62,242  62,252
          Participation rate........................    60.9    60.8    60.9    60.6    60.7    60.9    60.9    60.9    60.8
      Employed......................................  59,788  59,446  59,587  59,425  59,510  59,752  59,562  59,489  59,237
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.9    58.1    58.2    58.6    58.3    58.5    58.3    58.2    57.9
        Agriculture.................................     753     842     853     748     752     773     766     826     853
        Nonagricultural industries..................  59,035  58,604  58,734  58,677  58,759  58,978  58,796  58,663  58,384
      Unemployed....................................   1,959   2,784   2,771   2,103   2,380   2,394   2,610   2,754   3,016
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.2     4.5     4.4     3.4     3.8     3.9     4.2     4.4     4.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,960  16,163  16,195  15,960  16,086  16,145  16,161  16,163  16,195
    Civilian labor force............................   7,960   7,595   7,745   8,317   8,118   8,074   7,664   8,054   8,097
          Participation rate........................    49.9    47.0    47.8    52.1    50.5    50.0    47.4    49.8    50.0
      Employed......................................   6,972   6,469   6,563   7,265   6,956   6,883   6,429   6,867   6,844
          Employment-population ratio...............    43.7    40.0    40.5    45.5    43.2    42.6    39.8    42.5    42.3
        Agriculture.................................     260     228     227     274     209     244     211     219     231
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,712   6,242   6,335   6,991   6,748   6,638   6,218   6,648   6,613
      Unemployed....................................     988   1,126   1,182   1,052   1,162   1,191   1,236   1,187   1,253
          Unemployment rate.........................    12.4    14.8    15.3    12.6    14.3    14.8    16.1    14.7    15.5

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 174,899 176,220 176,372 174,899 175,789 175,924 176,069 176,220 176,372
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,477 117,853 118,251 117,603 117,733 117,982 117,726 118,290 118,597
        Participation rate..........................    67.2    66.9    67.0    67.2    67.0    67.1    66.9    67.1    67.2
      Employed...................................... 113,807 113,013 113,104 113,584 113,037 113,237 112,703 113,201 112,900
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.1    64.1    64.1    64.9    64.3    64.4    64.0    64.2    64.0
      Unemployed....................................   3,669   4,840   5,147   4,019   4,696   4,745   5,024   5,089   5,696
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.1     4.1     4.4     3.4     4.0     4.0     4.3     4.3     4.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,258  60,672  60,875  60,286  60,389  60,432  60,575  60,784  61,031
        Participation rate..........................    76.9    76.8    76.9    76.9    76.6    76.6    76.7    76.9    77.1
      Employed......................................  58,724  58,610  58,495  58,557  58,244  58,362  58,297  58,493  58,320
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.9    74.2    73.9    74.7    73.9    74.0    73.8    74.0    73.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,535   2,063   2,380   1,729   2,145   2,069   2,278   2,292   2,711
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.5     3.4     3.9     2.9     3.6     3.4     3.8     3.8     4.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,461  50,713  50,839  50,281  50,431  50,684  50,656  50,651  50,759
        Participation rate..........................    60.2    60.1    60.2    60.0    59.9    60.2    60.1    60.0    60.1
      Employed......................................  49,057  48,773  48,911  48,777  48,749  48,925  48,839  48,724  48,668
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.5    57.8    57.9    58.2    57.9    58.1    57.9    57.8    57.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,405   1,941   1,928   1,504   1,682   1,759   1,817   1,927   2,091
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.8     3.8     3.8     3.0     3.3     3.5     3.6     3.8     4.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,757   6,468   6,537   7,036   6,913   6,866   6,495   6,855   6,807
        Participation rate..........................    53.2    50.4    50.9    55.4    54.0    53.6    50.7    53.5    53.0
      Employed......................................   6,027   5,630   5,698   6,250   6,044   5,950   5,567   5,984   5,912
        Employment-population ratio.................    47.5    43.9    44.4    49.2    47.2    46.5    43.4    46.7    46.1
      Unemployed....................................     730     837     839     786     869     916     928     870     895
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.8    12.9    12.8    11.2    12.6    13.3    14.3    12.7    13.1
          Men.......................................    10.9    13.3    13.9    11.8    14.5    13.7    15.8    13.5    14.8
          Women.....................................    10.7    12.5    11.8    10.5    10.6    13.0    12.7    11.9    11.5
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,339  25,644  25,686  25,339  25,533  25,565  25,604  25,644  25,686
    Civilian labor force............................  16,634  16,719  16,733  16,627  16,756  16,693  16,712  16,792  16,735
        Participation rate..........................    65.6    65.2    65.1    65.6    65.6    65.3    65.3    65.5    65.2
      Employed......................................  15,469  15,269  15,202  15,401  15,343  15,374  15,195  15,327  15,104
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.0    59.5    59.2    60.8    60.1    60.1    59.3    59.8    58.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,165   1,450   1,531   1,226   1,413   1,320   1,517   1,466   1,631
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.0     8.7     9.1     7.4     8.4     7.9     9.1     8.7     9.7
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,443   7,436   7,393   7,383   7,317   7,395   7,424   7,468   7,319
        Participation rate..........................    73.2    72.3    71.7    72.6    71.5    72.1    72.3    72.6    71.0
      Employed......................................   6,945   6,897   6,817   6,868   6,744   6,808   6,752   6,904   6,730
        Employment-population ratio.................    68.3    67.1    66.2    67.5    65.9    66.4    65.8    67.1    65.3
      Unemployed....................................     498     538     576     515     573     586     672     564     589
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.7     7.2     7.8     7.0     7.8     7.9     9.0     7.6     8.0
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,272   8,433   8,441   8,262   8,491   8,409   8,424   8,424   8,461
        Participation rate..........................    65.1    65.5    65.5    65.0    66.3    65.5    65.6    65.4    65.6
      Employed......................................   7,822   7,764   7,752   7,786   7,917   7,903   7,842   7,772   7,706
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.5    60.3    60.1    61.3    61.8    61.6    61.0    60.4    59.8
      Unemployed....................................     450     669     689     476     573     506     582     652     755
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.4     7.9     8.2     5.8     6.8     6.0     6.9     7.7     8.9
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     919     851     898     982     948     890     864     901     955
        Participation rate..........................    37.4    34.2    36.1    39.9    38.2    35.8    34.8    36.2    38.4
      Employed......................................     702     608     632     747     681     663     601     651     668
        Employment-population ratio.................    28.5    24.4    25.4    30.4    27.5    26.7    24.2    26.2    26.8
      Unemployed....................................     217     243     266     235     267     227     263     250     287
        Unemployment rate...........................    23.6    28.5    29.7    23.9    28.2    25.5    30.4    27.7    30.1
          Men.......................................    25.3    29.8    30.0    27.0    30.7    26.9    32.5    30.5    31.2
          Women.....................................    22.3    27.1    29.4    21.2    26.0    24.3    28.1    24.8    29.0
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  22,618  23,288  23,351  22,618  23,090  23,157  23,222  23,288  23,351
    Civilian labor force............................  15,503  15,815  16,007  15,491  15,570  15,788  15,772  15,813  16,004
        Participation rate..........................    68.5    67.9    68.5    68.5    67.4    68.2    67.9    67.9    68.5
      Employed......................................  14,743  14,817  14,903  14,711  14,538  14,843  14,778  14,802  14,858
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.2    63.6    63.8    65.0    63.0    64.1    63.6    63.6    63.6
      Unemployed....................................     760     998   1,104     780   1,032     945     994   1,010   1,146
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.9     6.3     6.9     5.0     6.6     6.0     6.3     6.4     7.2

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. 


  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                Oct.     Sept.    Oct.     Oct.     June     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.  
                                                2000     2001     2001     2000     2001     2001     2001     2001     2001  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   27,931   27,478   27,325   27,931   28,504   27,679   27,468   27,478   27,325
    Civilian labor force....................   12,162   12,126   12,037   12,192   12,170   12,188   11,799   11,859   12,073
        Percent of population...............     43.5     44.1     44.1     43.7     42.7     44.0     43.0     43.2     44.2
      Employed..............................   11,437   11,271   11,183   11,408   11,338   11,380   10,943   10,932   11,139
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.9     41.0     40.9     40.8     39.8     41.1     39.8     39.8     40.8
      Unemployed............................      724      855      854      784      831      808      856      927      934
        Unemployment rate...................      6.0      7.1      7.1      6.4      6.8      6.6      7.3      7.8      7.7
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,365   57,400   57,221   57,365   57,099   56,947   57,513   57,400   57,221
    Civilian labor force....................   36,979   36,712   36,782   36,985   36,821   36,970   37,096   36,873   36,855
        Percent of population...............     64.5     64.0     64.3     64.5     64.5     64.9     64.5     64.2     64.4
      Employed..............................   35,783   35,232   35,208   35,707   35,391   35,468   35,460   35,303   35,137
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.4     61.4     61.5     62.2     62.0     62.3     61.7     61.5     61.4
      Unemployed............................    1,196    1,479    1,575    1,278    1,431    1,502    1,636    1,571    1,717
        Unemployment rate...................      3.2      4.0      4.3      3.5      3.9      4.1      4.4      4.3      4.7
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,767   45,424   45,471   44,767   44,812   45,444   45,339   45,424   45,471
    Civilian labor force....................   33,179   33,585   33,583   32,896   33,314   33,296   33,481   33,880   33,331
        Percent of population...............     74.1     73.9     73.9     73.5     74.3     73.3     73.8     74.6     73.3
      Employed..............................   32,423   32,467   32,295   32,103   32,263   32,301   32,407   32,696   31,975
        Employment-population ratio.........     72.4     71.5     71.0     71.7     72.0     71.1     71.5     72.0     70.3
      Unemployed............................      755    1,117    1,288      793    1,051      994    1,075    1,184    1,356
        Unemployment rate...................      2.3      3.3      3.8      2.4      3.2      3.0      3.2      3.5      4.1
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,785   46,870   47,371   45,785   46,348   46,784   46,734   46,870   47,371
    Civilian labor force....................   36,161   36,998   37,354   36,022   36,592   36,634   36,649   36,896   37,281
        Percent of population...............     79.0     78.9     78.9     78.7     78.9     78.3     78.4     78.7     78.7
      Employed..............................   35,612   36,072   36,404   35,431   35,796   35,859   35,870   36,000   36,259
        Employment-population ratio.........     77.8     77.0     76.8     77.4     77.2     76.6     76.8     76.8     76.5
      Unemployed............................      550      926      950      591      796      775      779      896    1,023
        Unemployment rate...................      1.5      2.5      2.5      1.6      2.2      2.1      2.1      2.4      2.7

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 135,771 134,868 134,898 135,464 134,932 135,379 134,393 135,181 134,562
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,710  43,436  43,319  43,345  43,428  43,294  43,172  43,091  42,932
    Married women, spouse present...................  34,008  33,597  33,492  33,622  33,380  33,603  33,805  33,664  33,160
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,475   8,381   8,264   8,449   8,529   8,567   8,323   8,240   8,215
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,977  41,899  42,148  40,745  41,987  41,917  41,750  41,775  41,974
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  39,440  38,645  38,489  39,521  38,998  39,067  38,664  39,114  38,566
    Service occupations.............................  18,229  18,210  18,071  18,555  18,576  18,642  18,052  18,357  18,421
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  15,083  14,866  14,914  15,050  14,794  14,997  15,050  14,941  14,840
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,663  17,730  17,951  18,305  17,564  17,571  17,655  17,679  17,583
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,378   3,517   3,326   3,318   3,136   3,166   3,154   3,306   3,251
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,063   2,003   1,945   2,041   1,775   1,786   1,850   1,884   1,909
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,179   1,342   1,292   1,182   1,166   1,256   1,239   1,290   1,299
      Unpaid family workers.........................      35      26      27      32      36      22      29      23      25
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 123,690 122,744 122,943 123,461 123,009 123,432 122,686 123,278 122,658
        Government..................................  19,009  19,222  19,235  19,073  18,812  18,919  19,219  19,397  19,274
        Private industries.......................... 104,682 103,522 103,708 104,388 104,197 104,513 103,467 103,881 103,384
          Private households........................     787     768     848     812     744     790     827     809     875
          Other industries.......................... 103,895 102,754 102,860 103,576 103,453 103,723 102,640 103,072 102,509
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,678   8,657   8,598   8,561   8,741   8,574   8,481   8,563   8,487
      Unpaid family workers.........................     126      95      93     136      94      88     113     102     105
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   2,851   3,765   3,954   3,222   3,637   3,466   3,326   4,188   4,462
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,708   2,561   2,706   1,909   2,299   2,120   2,086   2,861   3,023
        Could only find part-time work..............     873   1,005   1,032     947   1,025     999     935   1,081   1,134
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,583  18,994  19,451  18,758  18,472  18,845  19,153  18,825  18,595
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   2,704   3,648   3,825   3,044   3,532   3,336   3,196   4,045   4,342
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,609   2,480   2,623   1,808   2,234   2,059   2,004   2,759   2,953
        Could only find part-time work..............     856     988   1,017     923   1,024     985     911   1,070   1,108
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,030  18,406  18,878  18,206  18,039  18,309  18,580  18,278  18,031

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.


  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,536   7,009   7,741    3.9     4.5     4.5     4.9     4.9     5.4 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,381   3,069   3,472    3.3     4.0     3.9     4.4     4.3     4.8 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,103   2,754   3,016    3.4     3.8     3.9     4.2     4.4     4.8 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,052   1,187   1,253   12.6    14.3    14.8    16.1    14.7    15.5 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     913   1,197   1,384    2.1     2.6     2.6     2.7     2.7     3.1 
     Married women, spouse present..................     862   1,165   1,275    2.5     3.0     2.8     3.0     3.3     3.7 
     Women who maintain families....................     482     623     607    5.4     6.3     6.2     6.7     7.0     6.9 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,456   5,908   6,353    3.8     4.4     4.4     4.8     5.0     5.4 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,087   1,107   1,393    4.5     5.3     5.1     5.6     4.5     5.6 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     725   1,032   1,183    1.7     2.0     2.2     2.5     2.4     2.7 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,471   1,762   1,909    3.6     4.0     4.0     4.3     4.3     4.7 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     532     758     926    3.4     4.5     4.2     4.8     4.8     5.9 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,250   1,430   1,685    6.4     7.9     7.2     7.7     7.5     8.7 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     238     252     210    6.7     6.2     7.5     8.7     7.1     6.1 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,401   5,707   6,494    4.0     4.8     4.7     5.1     5.2     5.9 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,353   1,725   1,928    4.7     5.5     5.6     6.2     6.2     6.9 
         Mining.....................................      37      27      39    7.1     6.8     3.7     4.3     4.8     7.0 
         Construction...............................     517     642     702    6.5     6.7     6.8     7.5     7.6     8.4 
         Manufacturing..............................     799   1,056   1,186    4.0     5.0     5.1     5.7     5.6     6.2 
           Durable goods............................     461     659     813    3.8     5.0     4.7     5.8     5.6     6.9 
           Nondurable goods.........................     338     397     373    4.3     4.9     5.7     5.5     5.4     5.2 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,048   3,982   4,566    3.8     4.5     4.4     4.8     4.9     5.6 
         Transportation and public utilities........     220     311     491    2.8     4.4     3.3     3.5     3.9     6.0 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,326   1,643   1,673    4.8     5.3     5.2     5.6     5.9     6.1 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     185     228     221    2.3     2.6     3.2     2.7     2.8     2.7 
         Services...................................   1,317   1,800   2,181    3.6     4.4     4.3     4.9     4.8     5.7 
     Government workers.............................     399     423     468    2.0     2.0     2.1     2.1     2.1     2.4 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     197     143     186    8.8     9.6    10.9    10.2     7.1     8.9 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,330   2,792   2,896   2,510   2,809   2,612   3,004   2,764   3,165
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,548   2,127   2,267   1,755   2,084   2,150   2,100   2,361   2,570
   15 weeks and over................................   1,244   1,790   1,943   1,311   1,540   1,587   1,817   1,884   2,062
      15 to 26 weeks................................     647   1,002   1,081     702     804     935     982   1,089   1,174
      27 weeks and over.............................     597     787     862     609     737     652     835     795     888
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    13.0    13.1    13.5    12.4    13.0    12.5    13.3    13.1    13.0
   Median duration, in weeks........................     6.0     7.2     7.3     6.1     6.2     6.7     6.5     7.4     7.4
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Total unemployed.................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
     Less than 5 weeks..............................    45.5    41.6    40.8    45.0    43.7    41.1    43.4    39.4    40.6
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    30.2    31.7    31.9    31.5    32.4    33.9    30.3    33.7    33.0
     15 weeks and over..............................    24.3    26.7    27.3    23.5    23.9    25.0    26.3    26.9    26.4
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    12.6    14.9    15.2    12.6    12.5    14.7    14.2    15.5    15.1
       27 weeks and over............................    11.6    11.7    12.1    10.9    11.4    10.3    12.1    11.3    11.4




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,076   3,243   3,701   2,446   3,291   3,252   3,409   3,600   4,360
    On temporary layoff.............................     531     786     864     825     940   1,003   1,079   1,118   1,360
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,544   2,457   2,838   1,621   2,351   2,249   2,330   2,482   3,000
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,066   1,795   2,062   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     479     663     775   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     846     893     923     815     810     774     894     800     893
  Reentrants........................................   1,838   2,137   2,051   1,868   1,906   1,912   2,166   2,108   2,098
  New entrants......................................     363     434     430     398     477     436     495     476     462
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Total unemployed..................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................    40.5    48.4    52.1    44.3    50.8    51.0    49.0    51.5    55.8
     On temporary layoff............................    10.4    11.7    12.2    14.9    14.5    15.7    15.5    16.0    17.4
     Not on temporary layoff........................    30.1    36.6    39.9    29.3    36.3    35.3    33.5    35.5    38.4
   Job leavers......................................    16.5    13.3    13.0    14.7    12.5    12.1    12.8    11.5    11.4
   Reentrants.......................................    35.9    31.9    28.9    33.8    29.4    30.0    31.1    30.2    26.8
   New entrants.....................................     7.1     6.5     6.1     7.2     7.4     6.8     7.1     6.8     5.9
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.5     2.3     2.6     1.7     2.3     2.3     2.4     2.5     3.1
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.3     1.5     1.4     1.3     1.3     1.3     1.5     1.5     1.5
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .4      .3      .3

    1 Not available.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 Oct.   Sept.  Oct.   Oct.   June   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct. 
                                                                 2000   2001   2001   2000   2001   2001   2001   2001   2001 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................     .9    1.3    1.4     .9    1.1    1.1    1.3    1.3    1.4
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.5    2.3    2.6    1.7    2.3    2.3    2.4    2.5    3.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    3.6    4.7    5.0    3.9    4.5    4.5    4.9    4.9    5.4
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    3.8    4.9    5.2   (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........................................    4.3    5.6    5.9   (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.............................    6.3    8.3    8.7   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,536   7,009   7,741    3.9     4.5     4.5     4.9     4.9     5.4 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,044   2,448   2,639    8.9    10.4    10.1    11.5    10.7    11.6 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,052   1,187   1,253   12.6    14.3    14.8    16.1    14.7    15.5 
        16 to 17 years..............................     488     498     538   15.2    16.0    19.3    19.1    16.2    17.2 
        18 to 19 years..............................     570     694     715   11.1    13.1    11.8    14.7    13.9    14.4 
      20 to 24 years................................     992   1,262   1,385    6.8     8.2     7.5     9.0     8.5     9.5 
    25 years and over...............................   3,481   4,558   5,086    2.9     3.5     3.4     3.7     3.8     4.3 
      25 to 54 years................................   2,979   3,933   4,400    3.0     3.6     3.6     3.9     3.9     4.4 
      55 years and over.............................     510     628     677    2.8     2.8     2.8     3.0     3.3     3.5 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   2,944   3,724   4,179    3.9     4.7     4.5     5.1     4.9     5.5 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,122   1,353   1,458    9.4    11.8    10.4    12.4    11.3    12.4 
        16 to 19 years..............................     563     656     707   13.4    15.9    15.1    17.9    15.8    17.3 
          16 to 17 years............................     286     288     322   17.6    18.0    19.0    22.7    18.3    20.4 
          18 to 19 years............................     277     370     383   10.7    14.5    13.0    15.4    14.3    15.2 
        20 to 24 years..............................     559     697     750    7.3     9.5     7.9     9.5     8.9     9.8 
      25 years and over.............................   1,814   2,373   2,714    2.9     3.4     3.5     3.7     3.7     4.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,538   2,047   2,335    2.9     3.5     3.6     3.9     3.8     4.3 
        55 years and over...........................     280     343     391    2.8     3.0     3.0     3.3     3.3     3.7 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,592   3,284   3,562    3.9     4.4     4.5     4.8     5.0     5.4 
      16 to 24 years................................     922   1,096   1,181    8.4     8.9     9.7    10.4    10.1    10.8 
        16 to 19 years..............................     489     531     546   11.9    12.7    14.4    14.2    13.6    13.6 
          16 to 17 years............................     202     209     216   12.8    14.0    19.6    15.5    13.9    14.0 
          18 to 19 years............................     293     324     331   11.6    11.6    10.6    13.9    13.5    13.5 
        20 to 24 years..............................     433     565     635    6.3     6.7     7.1     8.4     8.2     9.1 
      25 years and over.............................   1,667   2,185   2,372    3.0     3.5     3.4     3.7     3.9     4.3 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,441   1,886   2,065    3.1     3.8     3.6     3.8     4.0     4.4 
        55 years and over...........................     230     285     287    2.8     2.5     2.5     2.7     3.3     3.3 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Oct.      Oct.      Oct.      Oct.      Oct.      Oct.  
                                                                        2000      2001      2000      2001      2000      2001  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   69,485    70,577    25,844    26,418    43,640    44,159 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,051     4,338     1,618     1,867     2,433     2,471 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,036     1,395       423       647       613       748 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      230       330       112       172       118       157 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      806     1,065       311       475       495       591 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,550     7,112     3,956     3,697     3,594     3,415 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.6       5.3       5.5       5.1       5.7       5.4 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,183     3,710     2,387     2,135     1,796     1,575 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,596     1,646       536       569     1,060     1,078 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      292       235       209       145        84        90 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,420     1,483       790       829       629       655 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Oct.    Aug.   Sept.   Oct.     Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.   Oct. 
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 132,978 132,207 132,522 132,606 132,145 132,431 132,449 132,395 132,182 131,767
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 112,104 112,422 111,734 111,283 111,564 111,603 111,517 111,390 111,179 110,740
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,989  25,422  25,197  24,973  25,713  25,186  25,122  24,963  24,873  24,699
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     559     578     575     574     551     565     567     569     568     566
    Metal mining........................    40.1    35.3    35.2    34.6      40      35      34      35      35      35
    Coal mining.........................    76.0    79.3    79.8    81.2      76      78      79      80      80      81
    Oil and gas extraction..............   324.1   346.7   344.4   341.9     320     340     341     342     342     338
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   118.8   116.9   115.7   116.1     115     112     113     112     111     112
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,978   7,199   7,104   7,052   6,758   6,864   6,867   6,861   6,862   6,832
    General building contractors........ 1,576.3 1,623.7 1,598.9 1,587.2   1,549   1,551   1,554   1,557   1,565   1,559
    Heavy construction, except building.   972.2 1,008.5 1,004.7   996.4     904     925     935     932     933     927
    Special trade contractors........... 4,429.4 4,566.8 4,500.8 4,468.6   4,305   4,388   4,378   4,372   4,364   4,346
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,452  17,645  17,518  17,347  18,404  17,757  17,688  17,533  17,443  17,301
      Production workers................  12,589  11,870  11,791  11,657  12,545  11,956  11,900  11,782  11,705  11,616
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,138  10,560  10,474  10,360  11,126  10,692  10,624  10,523  10,457  10,349
      Production workers................   7,571   7,047   6,993   6,904   7,560   7,157   7,102   7,022   6,972   6,895
    Lumber and wood products............   828.7   809.0   805.0   797.5     821     798     797     793     794     790
    Furniture and fixtures..............   560.9   520.6   514.2   504.7     559     532     531     519     513     503
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   583.3   577.7   574.2   571.0     577     572     569     568     566     565
    Primary metal industries............   695.2   644.5   638.8   632.0     695     654     648     643     639     632
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   221.7   208.4   207.1   206.8   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,540.5 1,472.6 1,464.9 1,452.2   1,536   1,478   1,478   1,468   1,461   1,448
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,114.9 1,978.3 1,955.8 1,932.9   2,123   2,031   2,007   1,980   1,961   1,940
      Computer and office equipment.....   364.8   350.1   342.8   341.4     365     357     353     348     342     342
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,739.3 1,566.9 1,548.4 1,527.3   1,738   1,624   1,589   1,565   1,548   1,526
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   703.9   620.1   609.8   600.3     704     650     634     618     610     600
    Transportation equipment............ 1,816.7 1,747.3 1,737.4 1,711.1   1,822   1,749   1,752   1,750   1,743   1,717
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   993.3   930.7   922.9   901.1     995     931     936     931     924     903
      Aircraft and parts................   463.3   464.9   465.8   462.6     463     465     466     465     466     463
    Instruments and related products....   860.6   861.4   852.2   846.7     861     865     865     858     852     847
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   398.2   382.1   383.3   384.9     394     389     388     379     380     381
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,314   7,085   7,044   6,987   7,278   7,065   7,064   7,010   6,986   6,952
      Production workers................   5,018   4,823   4,798   4,753   4,985   4,799   4,798   4,760   4,733   4,721
    Food and kindred products........... 1,702.4 1,731.4 1,727.2 1,709.0   1,678   1,685   1,680   1,674   1,678   1,685
    Tobacco products....................    33.3    33.6    33.7    33.2      32      33      33      35      33      32
    Textile mill products...............   519.9   468.2   463.0   456.7     518     472     471     465     460     455
    Apparel and other textile products..   620.7   555.8   555.2   545.0     616     567     571     554     551     541
    Paper and allied products...........   654.6   631.5   630.3   626.7     655     635     632     628     628     627
    Printing and publishing............. 1,545.5 1,483.5 1,469.3 1,465.4   1,544   1,495   1,489   1,483   1,472   1,463
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,037.7 1,038.2 1,029.6 1,025.5   1,038   1,033   1,039   1,035   1,032   1,026
    Petroleum and coal products.........   127.5   130.4   131.1   129.5     126     128     128     127     129     128
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,002.6   949.7   943.4   935.8   1,002     953     957     947     942     935
    Leather and leather products........    69.8    63.1    60.9    60.4      69      64      64      62      61      60
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 106,989 106,785 107,325 107,633 106,432 107,245 107,327 107,432 107,309 107,068
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   7,121   7,077   7,112   7,053   7,076   7,118   7,108   7,082   7,062   7,007
    Transportation......................   4,605   4,525   4,573   4,515   4,559   4,571   4,561   4,539   4,524   4,468
      Railroad transportation...........   235.6   227.8   226.4   225.6     234     227     226     226     226     224
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   493.8   423.3   499.5   501.1     477     483     485     486     486     484
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,889.2 1,875.6 1,865.8 1,860.7   1,861   1,867   1,863   1,844   1,836   1,834
      Water transportation..............   202.1   214.3   210.8   210.4     200     201     203     203     205     208
      Transportation by air............. 1,295.3 1,303.5 1,293.0 1,250.7   1,298   1,310   1,304   1,303   1,295   1,253
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.6    14.3    14.0    14.1      14      14      14      14      14      14
      Transportation services...........   475.6   466.5   463.7   451.9     475     469     466     463     462     451
    Communications and public utilities.   2,516   2,552   2,539   2,538   2,517   2,547   2,547   2,543   2,538   2,539
      Communications.................... 1,668.8 1,699.4 1,693.0 1,692.0   1,668   1,700   1,700   1,695   1,692   1,691
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   846.9   852.9   846.4   846.0     849     847     847     848     846     848
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   7,076   7,033   6,993   6,983   7,059   7,022   7,017   7,010   6,988   6,965
    Durable goods.......................   4,205   4,154   4,121   4,103   4,205   4,166   4,149   4,134   4,123   4,102
    Nondurable goods....................   2,871   2,879   2,872   2,880   2,854   2,856   2,868   2,876   2,865   2,863
  Retail trade..........................  23,358  23,732  23,550  23,415  23,380  23,561  23,606  23,583  23,522  23,441
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,007.0 1,031.1 1,013.1 1,008.3   1,012   1,014   1,008   1,014   1,014   1,014
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,858.3 2,747.3 2,747.6 2,817.8   2,829   2,818   2,810   2,800   2,794   2,790
      Department stores................. 2,507.7 2,407.5 2,406.8 2,472.4   2,481   2,471   2,458   2,449   2,445   2,447
    Food stores......................... 3,530.1 3,551.5 3,528.5 3,537.8   3,527   3,544   3,536   3,531   3,532   3,535
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,432.2 2,461.8 2,444.8 2,438.6   2,426   2,431   2,435   2,441   2,434   2,432
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,124.7 1,138.6 1,138.0 1,136.8   1,122   1,128   1,131   1,133   1,134   1,134
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,200.8 1,228.1 1,203.7 1,204.1   1,202   1,227   1,219   1,224   1,220   1,206
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,143.3 1,128.8 1,124.7 1,137.7   1,142   1,136   1,137   1,137   1,138   1,137
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,060.5 8,467.9 8,359.0 8,117.6   8,137   8,241   8,310   8,280   8,237   8,195
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,125.3 3,115.1 3,128.4 3,152.9   3,105   3,150   3,151   3,156   3,153   3,132
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,546   7,699   7,626   7,612   7,569   7,631   7,618   7,623   7,628   7,633
    Finance.............................   3,713   3,780   3,750   3,749   3,725   3,767   3,755   3,758   3,755   3,760
      Depository institutions........... 2,014.7 2,050.2 2,033.6 2,033.5   2,023   2,041   2,039   2,037   2,038   2,042
        Commercial banks................ 1,414.7 1,432.9 1,420.9 1,419.0   1,421   1,428   1,426   1,423   1,424   1,425
        Savings institutions............   251.8   256.7   254.9   255.5     253     256     255     255     256     256
      Nondepository institutions........   674.6   711.0   705.4   707.9     678     699     703     709     706     711
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   301.9   324.9   321.7   324.5     303     317     321     324     323     326
      Security and commodity brokers....   767.6   762.3   755.7   750.4     767     766     755     755     754     750
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   256.4   256.6   255.3   256.7     257     261     258     257     257     257
    Insurance...........................   2,332   2,363   2,355   2,354   2,337   2,356   2,357   2,357   2,361   2,359
      Insurance carriers................ 1,575.3 1,603.0 1,595.4 1,594.8   1,580   1,598   1,599   1,598   1,600   1,600
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   756.3   760.3   759.6   758.9     757     758     758     759     761     759
    Real estate.........................   1,501   1,556   1,521   1,509   1,507   1,508   1,506   1,508   1,512   1,514
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  41,014  41,459  41,256  41,247  40,767  41,085  41,046  41,129  41,106  40,995
    Agricultural services...............   835.5   906.5   878.0   863.9     808     833     834     837     839     836
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,928.1 2,077.1 1,962.3 1,858.9   1,927   1,920   1,922   1,912   1,905   1,859
    Personal services................... 1,226.1 1,237.8 1,241.9 1,246.3   1,259   1,279   1,281   1,284   1,278   1,279
    Business services................... 10124.7 9,699.2 9,692.4 9,657.2   9,939   9,666   9,592   9,588   9,560   9,470
      Services to buildings.............   995.8 1,003.5   997.4   997.4     994   1,008     998     997     994     996
      Personnel supply services......... 4,072.0 3,608.9 3,619.0 3,549.8   3,890   3,556   3,517   3,521   3,508   3,386
        Help supply services............ 3,646.9 3,212.7 3,227.5 3,163.7   3,465   3,161   3,127   3,113   3,111   3,004
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,126.2 2,196.4 2,190.1 2,192.4   2,135   2,205   2,202   2,194   2,199   2,202
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,267.3 1,313.0 1,305.8 1,294.6   1,266   1,303   1,312   1,307   1,306   1,293
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   368.0   364.7   363.8   365.5     366     361     360     362     363     364
    Motion pictures.....................   576.6   607.0   583.8   573.1     588     602     595     589     592     585
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,694.5 2,067.3 1,847.6 1,713.1   1,747   1,768   1,772   1,777   1,764   1,766
    Health services..................... 10144.4 10404.1 10401.2 10425.5  10,146  10,329  10,354  10,384  10,414  10,428
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,936.6 1,995.0 1,990.2 1,990.7   1,938   1,981   1,983   1,990   1,993   1,992
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,799.4 1,832.0 1,830.4 1,834.3   1,799   1,821   1,823   1,825   1,831   1,834
      Hospitals......................... 4,004.6 4,118.2 4,121.3 4,131.9   4,005   4,086   4,098   4,114   4,127   4,132
      Home health care services.........   646.8   651.4   656.4   657.3     646     648     647     653     656     656
    Legal services...................... 1,010.4 1,034.2 1,023.2 1,025.9   1,014   1,027   1,026   1,028   1,031   1,029
    Educational services................ 2,479.8 2,119.8 2,400.9 2,622.5   2,329   2,426   2,432   2,452   2,446   2,465
    Social services..................... 2,956.7 3,031.2 3,065.0 3,098.4   2,950   3,056   3,048   3,076   3,081   3,092
      Child day care services...........   738.3   702.8   753.5   766.8     724     756     760     765     754     753
      Residential care..................   815.4   853.9   847.2   852.3     817     845     847     848     850     854
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   108.2   119.6   112.2   111.9     107     111     111     111     111     111
    Membership organizations............ 2,467.7 2,540.3 2,489.8 2,498.1   2,482   2,501   2,493   2,503   2,513   2,513
    Engineering and management services. 3,454.5 3,563.2 3,514.5 3,519.7   3,467   3,529   3,540   3,544   3,529   3,532
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,034.1 1,083.8 1,069.4 1,068.5   1,034   1,059   1,064   1,067   1,067   1,069
      Management and public relations... 1,109.2 1,128.7 1,118.3 1,115.7   1,108   1,124   1,119   1,123   1,121   1,114
    Services, nec.......................    49.8    52.8    51.5    50.9   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  20,874  19,785  20,788  21,323  20,581  20,828  20,932  21,005  21,003  21,027
    Federal.............................   2,610   2,632   2,618   2,609   2,622   2,621   2,626   2,622   2,625   2,622
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,752.3 1,785.7 1,774.5 1,765.5   1,762   1,772   1,772   1,774   1,776   1,776
    State...............................   4,923   4,658   4,907   5,068   4,798   4,881   4,909   4,913   4,940   4,938
      Education......................... 2,167.4 1,827.0 2,094.8 2,275.3   2,035   2,089   2,117   2,122   2,140   2,137
      Other State government............ 2,755.2 2,831.3 2,811.7 2,793.1   2,763   2,792   2,792   2,791   2,800   2,801
    Local...............................  13,341  12,495  13,263  13,646  13,161  13,326  13,397  13,470  13,438  13,467
      Education......................... 7,690.4 6,447.1 7,446.4 7,866.5   7,445   7,515   7,575   7,650   7,618   7,621
      Other local government............ 5,650.3 6,048.0 5,816.9 5,779.1   5,716   5,811   5,822   5,820   5,820   5,846

  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                                                                                                
                                           Oct.    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct. 
                                           2000    2001    2001p   2001p   2000    2001    2001    2001   2001p    2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.7    34.4    34.3    34.0    34.4    34.2    34.2    34.0    34.1    34.0 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   41.3    40.7    40.7    40.4    40.8    40.4    40.5    40.3    40.2    39.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   43.8    43.6    44.0    43.3    43.1    43.3    43.3    43.4    43.7    42.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   40.2    40.1    39.8    39.4    39.2    39.4    39.4    39.2    39.1    38.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.6    40.8    41.0    40.7    41.4    40.7    40.8    40.7    40.6    40.4 
      Overtime hours....................    4.6     4.2     4.3     4.0     4.5     3.9     4.0     4.1     3.9     3.8 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   42.1    41.2    41.3    40.9    41.9    40.9    41.2    41.1    40.9    40.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.7     4.2     4.1     3.8     4.6     3.9     4.0     4.1     3.8     3.7 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   41.3    41.2    41.6    41.0    40.9    40.4    41.1    40.9    41.4    40.7 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   40.0    40.0    39.7    38.7    39.7    38.4    39.7    39.7    39.0    38.4 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.9    44.6    45.2    44.3    43.2    44.0    44.0    43.9    44.3    43.6 
    Primary metal industries............   44.4    43.6    44.4    43.5    44.4    43.9    44.1    43.7    43.9    43.5 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.9    44.6    45.9    44.6    45.1    45.1    44.7    44.6    45.5    44.8 
    Fabricated metal products...........   42.6    41.5    41.5    41.2    42.2    41.2    41.6    41.5    41.1    40.8 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   41.9    40.1    40.4    40.1    42.0    40.4    40.8    40.2    40.3    40.1 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.1    39.2    39.3    39.2    40.7    39.3    38.9    39.1    39.0    38.9 
    Transportation equipment............   43.4    42.7    41.9    42.0    43.0    41.9    42.2    42.8    41.3    41.6 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   44.5    44.3    42.9    43.0    43.9    43.0    43.0    44.6    42.1    42.4 
    Instruments and related products....   41.2    40.4    41.2    40.8    41.2    40.8    40.8    40.4    41.3    40.8 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   38.9    38.3    37.9    37.8    38.6    38.4    38.4    38.2    37.6    37.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.9    40.3    40.7    40.4    40.6    40.4    40.3    40.1    40.2    40.1 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     4.4     4.6     4.3     4.3     3.9     4.0     4.1     4.1     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   42.0    41.6    42.0    41.8    41.5    41.2    40.9    41.1    40.9    41.3 
    Tobacco products....................   40.9    40.1    40.8    40.5    40.3    40.4    40.5    39.9    39.9    40.0 
    Textile mill products...............   40.7    40.1    40.3    39.6    40.6    40.4    39.7    39.8    39.9    39.5 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.6    37.1    36.7    36.5    37.5    37.5    37.7    36.9    36.7    36.4 
    Paper and allied products...........   42.6    41.2    42.2    41.6    42.3    41.7    41.9    41.2    41.7    41.3 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.5    38.2    38.4    38.2    38.2    38.0    38.2    38.0    38.0    38.0 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.3    42.0    42.2    42.1    42.3    42.2    42.7    42.1    42.0    42.1 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.0    43.0    42.9    41.8    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.4    40.5    41.2    40.7    41.2    40.7    40.6    40.5    40.9    40.5 
    Leather and leather products........   37.7    36.7    36.5    36.1    37.4    36.2    35.7    36.4    36.1    35.9 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   33.0    32.9    32.8    32.5    32.8    32.8    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   39.0    38.1    38.0    37.7    38.6    38.1    37.8    37.8    37.5    37.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.7    38.3    38.7    38.1    38.4    38.3    38.2    38.3    38.5    38.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.9    29.3    28.8    28.5    28.9    28.7    28.6    28.6    28.7    28.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.6    36.1    36.7    35.8    36.2    36.5    36.2    36.2    36.2    36.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.9    32.8    32.7    32.5    32.6    32.8    32.7    32.5    32.6    32.6 

  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                                                                                                
                                           Oct.      Aug.      Sept.     Oct.       Oct.      Aug.      Sept.     Oct.  
                                           2000      2001      2001p     2001p      2000      2001      2001p     2001p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.97    $14.28    $14.51    $14.50    $484.76   $491.23   $497.69   $493.00 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.90     14.40     14.45     14.47     478.16    489.60    492.75    491.98 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.65     16.06     16.15     16.17     646.35    653.64    657.31    653.27 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.28     17.53     17.71     17.77     756.86    764.31    779.24    769.44 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   18.22     18.43     18.52     18.59     732.44    739.04    737.10    732.45 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.53     14.89     15.01     15.01     604.45    607.51    615.41    610.91 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.99     15.37     15.48     15.48     631.08    633.24    639.32    633.13 
    Lumber and wood products............   12.09     12.37     12.45     12.35     499.32    509.64    517.92    506.35 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.86     12.29     12.35     12.34     474.40    491.60    490.30    477.56 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   14.75     15.17     15.23     15.21     647.53    676.58    688.40    673.80 
    Primary metal industries............   16.48     17.06     17.26     17.11     731.71    743.82    766.34    744.29 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   19.84     20.63     20.88     20.47     890.82    920.10    958.39    912.96 
    Fabricated metal products...........   14.01     14.34     14.43     14.34     596.83    595.11    598.85    590.81 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.66     15.96     16.05     16.09     656.15    640.00    648.42    645.21 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   14.00     14.72     14.84     14.80     575.40    577.02    583.21    580.16 
    Transportation equipment............   18.88     19.08     19.30     19.43     819.39    814.72    808.67    816.06 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   19.26     19.39     19.68     19.91     857.07    858.98    844.27    856.13 
    Instruments and related products....   14.62     15.00     15.08     15.15     602.34    606.00    621.30    618.12 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.75     12.23     12.37     12.34     457.08    468.41    468.82    466.45 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.81     14.17     14.32     14.32     564.83    571.05    582.82    578.53 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.59     12.87     12.97     13.00     528.78    535.39    544.74    543.40 
    Tobacco products....................   21.47     21.90     21.70     21.66     878.12    878.19    885.36    877.23 
    Textile mill products...............   11.23     11.39     11.39     11.36     457.06    456.74    459.02    449.86 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.37      9.44      9.56      9.52     352.31    350.22    350.85    347.48 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.43     16.87     17.12     17.18     699.92    695.04    722.46    714.69 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.50     14.87     15.01     14.95     558.25    568.03    576.38    571.09 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.27     18.54     18.86     18.75     772.82    778.68    795.89    789.38 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   22.14     22.20     22.27     22.39     952.02    954.60    955.38    935.90 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.98     13.44     13.51     13.52     537.37    544.32    556.61    550.26 
    Leather and leather products........   10.33     10.35     10.30     10.19     389.44    379.85    375.95    367.86 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.44     13.75     14.02     14.00     443.52    452.38    459.86    455.00 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   16.38     16.97     17.09     17.12     638.82    646.56    649.42    645.42 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   15.45     15.75     16.03     15.83     597.92    603.23    620.36    603.12 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.59      9.79      9.92      9.93     277.15    286.85    285.70    283.01 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   15.24     15.84     16.03     15.90     557.78    571.82    588.30    569.22 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   14.11     14.46     14.78     14.79     464.22    474.29    483.31    480.68 

  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  
                                    Oct.     June     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     change  
            Industry                2000     2001     2001     2001     2001p    2001p    from:   
                                                                                       Sept. 2001-
                                                                                        Oct. 2001 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.90   $14.31   $14.34   $14.40   $14.45   $14.47      0.1   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.90     7.95     8.00     8.03     8.02     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.57    15.90    15.93    16.01    16.04    16.08       .2   
    Mining......................    17.30    17.73    17.74    17.69    17.65    17.79       .8   
    Construction................    18.02    18.28    18.26    18.35    18.36    18.39       .2   
    Manufacturing...............    14.54    14.81    14.86    14.93    14.96    15.02       .4   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.80    14.13    14.18    14.24    14.30    14.34       .3   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.39    13.84    13.87    13.93    13.98    14.00       .1   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.39    16.91    16.88    16.95    17.04    17.14       .6   
    Wholesale trade.............    15.37    15.86    15.84    15.81    15.98    15.84      -.9   
    Retail trade................     9.57     9.83     9.84     9.87     9.86     9.91       .5   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    15.20    15.86    15.91    15.99    16.01    15.97      -.2   
    Services....................    14.07    14.54    14.61    14.71    14.77    14.80       .2   

  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 August 2001 to September 2001, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Oct.   Aug.   Sept.    Oct.     Oct.   June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.  
                                           2000   2001   2001p    2001p    2000   2001    2001    2001   2001p    2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  154.0  153.4   151.8    149.8   151.8  151.2   150.8   150.1   149.9    148.8 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  118.8  113.9   112.8    110.7   115.7  111.5   111.5   110.3   109.4    107.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   54.1   56.7    56.5     55.9    52.3   55.0    55.1    55.3    55.2     54.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  198.4  204.6   199.5    195.9   185.8  190.1   190.3   188.5   187.7    183.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  105.7   97.7    97.6     95.7   104.6   98.1    98.0    96.8    95.9     94.7 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  111.3  101.2   100.7     98.6   110.4  102.2   102.1   100.8    99.5     97.8 
    Lumber and wood products............  147.2  142.2   142.6    138.9   144.2  137.6   139.5   138.0   139.7    136.4 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  140.7  128.9   126.1    120.1   139.2  127.1   130.1   127.6   123.8    118.9 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  122.1  121.4   123.0    120.1   118.8  118.9   118.9   117.0   118.6    116.8 
    Primary metal industries............   91.5   82.0    83.2     80.3    91.6   84.4    83.4    82.3    82.2     80.3 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   69.7   64.3    66.0     63.8    70.4   65.6    64.2    64.1    64.9     64.3 
    Fabricated metal products...........  122.8  112.7   112.1    110.3   121.1  112.5   113.7   112.6   110.7    108.8 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  101.4   88.4    88.0     86.4   102.1   92.0    91.5    88.9    88.1     86.7 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  109.5   91.2    90.1     88.4   108.4   95.9    92.4    90.9    89.2     87.7 
    Transportation equipment............  120.2  111.7   109.2    107.5   119.5  110.0   111.2   112.6   108.0    107.0 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  160.9  147.6   142.3    139.0   159.3  143.2   145.1   149.6   140.2    137.3 
    Instruments and related products....   75.2   72.6    73.1     71.8    75.6   73.6    73.8    72.4    73.5     72.2 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  100.5   92.2    92.2     92.1    98.1   95.0    94.3    90.6    90.2     90.0 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   98.0   93.0    93.3     91.7    96.7   92.5    92.4    91.3    90.9     90.5 
    Food and kindred products...........  119.9  120.4   121.3    119.1   116.2  115.3   114.0   114.5   113.2    115.6 
    Tobacco products....................   49.4   49.3    50.5     50.0    45.9   48.0    48.1    51.4    47.4     47.5 
    Textile mill products...............   73.6   65.7    64.9     63.1    73.0   66.3    65.3    64.7    63.8     62.7 
    Apparel and other textile products..   53.4   46.5    45.9     44.7    52.8   48.0    48.6    45.9    45.7     44.2 
    Paper and allied products...........  103.3   96.5    98.5     96.8   102.5   97.8    97.8    95.8    96.8     96.0 
    Printing and publishing.............  121.3  114.2   114.2    112.9   120.3  114.6   114.7   113.7   112.9    112.2 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   99.1   96.9    96.9     96.3    99.2   97.4    99.1    97.0    96.6     96.3 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   71.1   74.3    75.4     72.7    70.3   71.6    71.8    73.3    73.7     71.5 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  146.7  134.9   136.2    133.3   145.9  136.4   136.4   134.3   134.9    132.4 
    Leather and leather products........   30.3   26.8    25.5     24.9    29.9   26.7    25.8    26.3    25.0     24.8 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  169.8  171.1   169.3    167.4   168.0  169.0   168.4   168.0   168.1    167.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  142.2  138.8   139.3    136.5   139.6  139.2   138.3   137.8   136.3    135.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  133.8  131.7   132.1    130.0   132.4  131.2   130.6   131.0   131.4    129.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  146.3  150.2   146.0    144.1   146.1  146.0   145.7   145.6   145.6    144.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  139.6  140.9   141.6    138.0   138.7  140.9   139.6   139.6   139.9    139.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  213.9  215.8   213.8    212.4   210.8  213.4   212.8   212.0   212.5    211.8 

  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, 353 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   57.2    58.6    62.5    63.2    59.8    57.2    59.8    59.2    62.7    65.2    61.6    62.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.2    59.3    60.2    58.9    57.1    55.4    58.4    54.8    55.0    58.2    56.4 
     1999..............   55.1    59.6    52.8    57.2    58.2    54.2    57.1    54.4    55.2    57.9    59.9    56.8 
     2000..............   55.7    59.3    61.0    54.2    47.7    60.5    57.8    55.1    52.0    54.8    55.1    54.2 
     2001..............   53.7    50.4    55.8    45.0    46.6    44.3    45.5    43.9   p42.2   p41.1                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   63.5    64.0    66.0    67.0    63.2    63.3    59.8    65.6    67.3    71.1    70.0    69.5 
     1998..............   65.3    66.1    64.6    65.7    62.2    57.9    57.5    58.4    59.1    59.2    59.3    59.2 
     1999..............   60.8    57.8    58.5    55.8    58.1    57.9    57.2    59.2    59.8    59.1    61.0    60.6 
     2000..............   61.6    63.3    61.9    56.2    55.1    57.9    61.5    56.4    54.1    53.3    55.7    53.3 
     2001..............   51.7    54.1    48.6    49.2    42.5    42.4    40.5   p38.1   p36.4                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   66.7    68.6    66.1    66.0    65.3    65.9    66.0    69.1    69.4    70.3    71.1    70.7 
     1998..............   70.4    67.4    65.0    62.5    63.6    60.5    59.2    58.6    57.9    59.6    60.6    59.9 
     1999..............   59.8    59.8    58.2    60.3    56.7    59.2    61.8    60.8    62.2    61.2    62.3    64.9 
     2000..............   63.5    60.6    62.6    63.7    61.5    55.5    56.1    58.6    54.2    54.8    51.8    54.2 
     2001..............   52.0    50.6    48.6    45.3    44.1   p38.0   p36.1                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   69.3    67.4    68.4    70.0    69.7    70.3    70.1    70.8    71.0    70.5    69.7    70.7 
     1998..............   69.7    67.6    67.4    66.0    64.0    62.7    61.9    62.0    60.9    59.3    60.8    58.8 
     1999..............   61.2    60.2    58.2    60.8    60.8    61.6    62.2    61.3    63.9    63.0    61.3    60.9 
     2000..............   62.5    63.0    61.8    59.5    58.4    56.8    55.7    56.5    54.2    53.4    53.0    51.7 
     2001..............   49.6    47.7   p44.9   p42.6                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   48.2    52.6    55.5    54.8    52.9    53.7    49.3    51.1    57.7    61.8    61.4    54.8 
     1998..............   57.4    51.5    53.7    53.3    43.8    48.2    38.2    51.5    41.9    41.5    41.2    43.4 
     1999..............   46.0    44.5    43.0    42.3    50.4    39.3    51.5    39.3    45.2    46.3    53.3    46.7 
     2000..............   44.9    56.6    55.5    46.7    41.2    54.8    53.7    38.6    34.6    41.5    43.8    44.1 
     2001..............   37.9    32.4    41.5    31.3    29.4    33.1    39.0    27.6   p34.2   p31.6                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   50.0    51.5    55.9    55.5    52.9    52.9    50.4    54.8    59.6    70.6    66.5    64.3 
     1998..............   59.6    59.6    55.9    50.4    46.7    37.9    41.5    41.5    41.9    38.2    36.8    40.8 
     1999..............   41.2    39.0    38.2    41.5    40.8    45.2    39.0    45.2    40.8    44.9    46.3    46.0 
     2000..............   50.0    54.0    52.9    42.3    43.0    48.5    48.2    33.8    28.7    30.5    39.0    35.7 
     2001..............   28.3    29.4    24.6    26.5    22.4    24.6    21.0   p19.1   p19.5                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   53.7    53.7    51.1    52.9    50.7    50.7    54.8    62.1    61.8    64.3    67.3    65.8 
     1998..............   63.2    54.4    50.4    40.4    44.5    40.1    37.5    36.4    34.9    40.1    37.1    34.2 
     1999..............   36.0    38.2    37.5    41.2    36.8    39.7    43.0    41.5    46.0    40.4    46.3    51.5 
     2000..............   51.5    44.5    48.5    55.1    43.8    34.9    33.5    34.6    30.1    29.4    25.0    27.9 
     2001..............   26.8    25.4    19.9    20.6    20.2   p15.1   p13.6                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   55.1    52.6    54.0    54.4    55.5    57.0    57.0    58.8    59.2    57.7    57.4    57.7 
     1998..............   54.8    52.2    51.8    46.7    40.4    40.1    38.2    37.5    36.4    34.6    35.7    34.2 
     1999..............   38.6    34.6    32.4    36.0    37.9    39.0    40.1    40.4    44.5    46.0    44.9    44.5 
     2000..............   46.3    45.2    41.2    37.9    33.8    31.3    31.3    31.3    27.6    25.4    24.3    21.0 
     2001..............   19.1    16.5   p14.7   p16.5                                                                 

  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.