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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  FEBRUARY 2000


   The unemployment rate was little changed in February at 4.1 percent, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
Payroll employment edged up by 43,000 following a large increase in January
(384,000).  Average hourly earnings increased by 4 cents over the month and
by 3.6 percent over the year.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons (5.8 million) and the unemployment
rate (4.1 percent) were about unchanged in February.  The jobless rate has
been below 4.2 percent for 5 consecutive months.  Among the major worker
groups, the unemployment rate for teenagers increased to 14.1 percent in
February, about the same level as in December.  Unemployment rates for
adult men (3.4 percent), adult women (3.5 percent), whites (3.6 percent),
blacks (7.8 percent), and Hispanics (5.7 percent) were little changed over
the month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of persons in the civilian labor force was about unchanged
at 141.2 million in February, following a substantial rise in January.  The
labor force participation rate was 67.6 percent, a record high.  Total
employment was about unchanged in February, at 135.4 million (seasonally
adjusted).  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of the
population age 16 and older with jobs--remained at a record high 64.8
percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.7 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in February.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.8 percent of the
total employed, down from 6.1 percent in February 1999.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force in
February totaled 1.3 million (not seasonally adjusted).  These people
wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the
prior 12 months.  They are 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 262,000 in February, about the same as a year
earlier.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were
not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs
were available for them.  (See table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Jan.-
      Category        |      1999       |  1999  |     2000 1/     | Feb.
                      |_________________|________|_________________|change
                      |   III  |   IV   |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 139,394| 139,880| 140,108| 140,910| 141,165|    255
  Employment..........| 133,526| 134,153| 134,420| 135,221| 135,362|    141
  Unemployment........|   5,868|   5,727|   5,688|   5,689|   5,804|    115
Not in labor force....|  68,650|  68,780|  68,724|  67,872|  67,742|   -130
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.2|     4.1|     4.1|     4.0|     4.1|    0.1
  Adult men...........|     3.5|     3.4|     3.3|     3.3|     3.4|     .1
  Adult women.........|     3.8|     3.6|     3.6|     3.7|     3.5|    -.2
  Teenagers...........|    13.8|    13.8|    13.8|    12.6|    14.1|    1.5
  White...............|     3.7|     3.5|     3.5|     3.4|     3.6|     .2
  Black...............|     8.2|     8.1|     7.9|     8.2|     7.8|    -.4
  Hispanic origin.....|     6.4|     6.1|     5.9|     5.6|     5.7|     .1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 128,936| 129,606| 129,898|p130,282|p130,325|    p43
  Goods-producing 2/..|  25,194|  25,246|  25,283| p25,419| p25,400|   p-19
    Construction......|   6,270|   6,359|   6,393|  p6,509|  p6,483|   p-26
    Manufacturing.....|  18,398|  18,359|  18,361| p18,382| p18,387|     p5
  Service-producing 2/| 103,743| 104,360| 104,615|p104,863|p104,925|    p62
    Retail trade......|  22,884|  22,922|  22,973| p23,008| p23,041|    p33
    Services..........|  39,172|  39,548|  39,657| p39,799| p39,805|     p6
    Government........|  20,194|  20,274|  20,315| p20,368| p20,381|    p13
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|    34.5|    34.5|   p34.6|   p34.5|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.8|    41.7|    41.6|   p41.7|   p41.9|    p.2
    Overtime..........|     4.7|     4.6|     4.6|    p4.6|    p4.8|    p.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   148.3|   149.1|   149.4|  p150.5|  p149.9|  p-0.6
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.31|  $13.41|  $13.44| p$13.49| p$13.53| p$0.04
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  458.64|  462.65|  463.68| p466.75| p466.79|   p.04
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/  Beginning in January 2000, household data reflect revised popula-
tion controls used in the Current Population Survey.
    2/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    3/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Nonfarm payroll employment, 130.3 million, was up slightly in February,
after seasonal adjustment.  This followed a large increase in January that
was due in part to unseasonably mild winter weather across most of the
country during the survey reference period.  The average job gain for the
first 2 months of this year was 214,000, about in line with the average
monthly increase for 1999.  (See table B-1.)
   
   In the goods-producing sector, construction employment was down by
26,000 in February following a substantial gain (116,000) in January.  It
is likely that unusually warm weather in the January survey reference
period allowed employers to delay some winter layoffs.  The largest
employment declines in February occurred in the same weather-sensitive
industries that had registered large increases in January--heavy
construction and the concrete, masonry, and roofing trades.
   
   Manufacturing employment was up by 5,000 in February and has increased
by 31,000 since October.  Factory employment had declined by 527,000 from
March 1998 through October 1999.  In February, the largest manufacturing
employment gains were in electrical equipment (8,000), motor vehicles
(6,000), and industrial machinery (6,000).  In contrast, food products lost
10,000 jobs.
   
   In mining, employment continued to edge up in oil and gas extraction.
Since August, the oil and gas industry has added 9,000 jobs.
   
   In the service-producing sector, employment in the services industry
was uncharacteristically flat in February, following a rise of 142,000 in
January.  In 1999, monthly job gains in services averaged 121,000.
Employment in business services was essentially unchanged over the month;
the average monthly job gain in the industry in 1999 was 47,000.  Health
services added 6,000 jobs in February, only about half its average growth.
Employment declined in agricultural services and amusement and recreation
services--weather-sensitive industries that had large seasonally adjusted
job gains in January.  In contrast, strong job growth continued in
engineering and management services.
   
   Over the month, job growth in retail trade (33,000) was about in line
with its average for the prior 12 months.  The largest employment gains in
the industry were in department stores, where seasonal layoffs in February
were smaller than usual, and in furniture stores.  Wholesale trade
employment edged up by 8,000 over the month, about half its average monthly
gain.
   
   Finance, insurance, and real estate added 10,000 jobs in February,
reversing a loss of 6,000 jobs in January.  Within finance, the only
industry to add jobs in February was security and commodity brokerages (up
7,000), continuing its strong growth trend.
   
   Employment in transportation and public utilities changed little for
the second consecutive month.  In transportation, job losses occurred in
trucking and air transportation.  Employment in public utilities declined,
but communications continued to add jobs.
   
   Within the federal government, an additional 20,000 temporary workers
were hired in February for the decennial census.

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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in February to 34.5 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  In manufacturing, both the average workweek and
overtime hours rose by 0.2 hour to 41.9 hours and 4.8 hours, respectively.
(See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.4 percent to 149.9
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index increased 0.4
percent to 106.7.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls rose by 4 cents in February to $13.53, seasonally
adjusted.  This followed a gain of 5 cents (as revised) in January.  Over
the month, average weekly earnings were essentially unchanged at $466.79,
seasonally adjusted.  Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 3.6
percent, and average weekly earnings increased by 3.3 percent.
(See table B-3.)
   
                      ______________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for March 2000 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, April 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).

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 |                   March 1999 National Benchmarks                  |
 |                                                                   |
 |    In accordance with standard practice, BLS will release nonfarm |
 |payroll employment benchmark revisions with the May data on June 2,|
 |2000.  The March 1999 benchmark level has been finalized and will  |
 |result in an upward revision of 258,000 to total nonfarm employment|
 |for the March 1999 reference month, an adjustment of 0.2 percent.  |
 |                                                                   |
 |    Also concurrent with the release of March 1999 benchmark       |
 |revisions on June 2, BLS will begin implementation of a new proba- |
 |bility-based sample design for the payroll survey.  Estimates      |
 |for the wholesale trade major industry division only will incorpo- |
 |rate the new sample design with this release.  Further information |
 |is available on the Internet (http://stats.bls.gov/ceshome.htm) or |
 |by calling (202) 691-6555.                                         |
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 1999,
the sample included about 390,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in   "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $16.00 per issue or
$40.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 206,873 208,782 208,907 206,873 208,483 208,666 208,832 208,782 208,907
    Civilian labor force............................ 138,202 139,621 140,185 139,137 139,697 139,834 140,108 140,910 141,165
          Participation rate........................    66.8    66.9    67.1    67.3    67.0    67.0    67.1    67.5    67.6
      Employed...................................... 131,639 133,357 133,954 133,029 133,940 134,098 134,420 135,221 135,362
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.6    63.9    64.1    64.3    64.2    64.3    64.4    64.8    64.8
        Agriculture.................................   2,894   2,959   2,973   3,328   3,238   3,310   3,279   3,371   3,408
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 128,744 130,398 130,981 129,701 130,702 130,788 131,141 131,850 131,954
      Unemployed....................................   6,563   6,264   6,231   6,108   5,757   5,736   5,688   5,689   5,804
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.7     4.5     4.4     4.4     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.0     4.1
    Not in labor force..............................  68,671  69,161  68,723  67,736  68,786  68,832  68,724  67,872  67,742
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,703   4,354   4,431   4,630   4,331   4,429   4,467   4,252   4,374
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,279 100,266 100,330  99,279 100,088 100,179 100,264 100,266 100,330
    Civilian labor force............................  73,718  74,414  74,808  74,462  74,680  74,728  74,930  75,304  75,594
          Participation rate........................    74.3    74.2    74.6    75.0    74.6    74.6    74.7    75.1    75.3
      Employed......................................  70,084  70,981  71,311  71,230  71,623  71,732  71,927  72,358  72,473
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.6    70.8    71.1    71.7    71.6    71.6    71.7    72.2    72.2
      Unemployed....................................   3,634   3,433   3,497   3,232   3,057   2,996   3,003   2,946   3,121
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.9     4.6     4.7     4.3     4.1     4.0     4.0     3.9     4.1
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  91,189  92,057  92,092  91,189  91,896  91,986  92,052  92,057  92,092
    Civilian labor force............................  69,746  70,394  70,704  70,111  70,339  70,388  70,529  70,917  71,120
          Participation rate........................    76.5    76.5    76.8    76.9    76.5    76.5    76.6    77.0    77.2
      Employed......................................  66,730  67,607  67,869  67,527  67,898  68,037  68,197  68,585  68,691
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.2    73.4    73.7    74.1    73.9    74.0    74.1    74.5    74.6
        Agriculture.................................   1,953   2,054   2,018   2,231   2,206   2,262   2,227   2,303   2,309
        Nonagricultural industries..................  64,777  65,553  65,851  65,296  65,692  65,775  65,970  66,282  66,382
      Unemployed....................................   3,016   2,787   2,835   2,584   2,441   2,351   2,332   2,332   2,429
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.3     4.0     4.0     3.7     3.5     3.3     3.3     3.3     3.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,593 108,516 108,577 107,593 108,395 108,487 108,569 108,516 108,577
    Civilian labor force............................  64,484  65,208  65,377  64,675  65,017  65,106  65,178  65,606  65,572
          Participation rate........................    59.9    60.1    60.2    60.1    60.0    60.0    60.0    60.5    60.4
      Employed......................................  61,555  62,376  62,642  61,799  62,317  62,366  62,493  62,863  62,889
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.2    57.5    57.7    57.4    57.5    57.5    57.6    57.9    57.9
      Unemployed....................................   2,929   2,832   2,734   2,876   2,700   2,740   2,685   2,743   2,683
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.5     4.3     4.2     4.4     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.1
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,746 100,579 100,666  99,746 100,458 100,573 100,666 100,579 100,666
    Civilian labor force............................  60,608  61,455  61,576  60,591  60,955  61,052  61,154  61,576  61,575
          Participation rate........................    60.8    61.1    61.2    60.7    60.7    60.7    60.7    61.2    61.2
      Employed......................................  58,210  59,030  59,331  58,261  58,800  58,838  58,958  59,280  59,398
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.4    58.7    58.9    58.4    58.5    58.5    58.6    58.9    59.0
        Agriculture.................................     757     752     804     822     800     768     791     826     871
        Nonagricultural industries..................  57,452  58,278  58,526  57,439  58,000  58,070  58,167  58,454  58,526
      Unemployed....................................   2,398   2,425   2,245   2,330   2,155   2,214   2,196   2,297   2,178
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.0     3.9     3.6     3.8     3.5     3.6     3.6     3.7     3.5
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,939  16,147  16,149  15,939  16,129  16,107  16,114  16,147  16,149
    Civilian labor force............................   7,849   7,772   7,905   8,435   8,403   8,394   8,425   8,416   8,470
          Participation rate........................    49.2    48.1    48.9    52.9    52.1    52.1    52.3    52.1    52.4
      Employed......................................   6,699   6,720   6,754   7,241   7,242   7,223   7,265   7,356   7,273
          Employment-population ratio...............    42.0    41.6    41.8    45.4    44.9    44.8    45.1    45.6    45.0
        Agriculture.................................     184     153     151     275     232     280     261     242     228
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,515   6,566   6,604   6,966   7,010   6,943   7,004   7,114   7,046
      Unemployed....................................   1,150   1,052   1,151   1,194   1,161   1,171   1,160   1,060   1,197
          Unemployment rate.........................    14.6    13.5    14.6    14.2    13.8    14.0    13.8    12.6    14.1

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 172,491 173,812 173,886 172,491 173,585 173,709 173,821 173,812 173,886
    Civilian labor force............................ 115,821 116,756 117,154 116,455 116,654 116,703 117,008 117,716 117,821
        Participation rate..........................    67.1    67.2    67.4    67.5    67.2    67.2    67.3    67.7    67.8
      Employed...................................... 110,949 112,160 112,576 112,017 112,548 112,611 112,951 113,704 113,634
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.3    64.5    64.7    64.9    64.8    64.8    65.0    65.4    65.3
      Unemployed....................................   4,873   4,596   4,578   4,438   4,106   4,092   4,057   4,011   4,187
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.2     3.9     3.9     3.8     3.5     3.5     3.5     3.4     3.6
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  59,443  59,795  60,043  59,731  59,777  59,761  59,889  60,179  60,387
        Participation rate..........................    77.0    76.8    77.1    77.4    77.0    76.9    77.0    77.3    77.6
      Employed......................................  57,078  57,726  57,927  57,769  58,043  58,067  58,221  58,487  58,631
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.0    74.2    74.4    74.9    74.7    74.7    74.8    75.2    75.3
      Unemployed....................................   2,365   2,069   2,116   1,962   1,734   1,694   1,668   1,693   1,756
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.0     3.5     3.5     3.3     2.9     2.8     2.8     2.8     2.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,721  50,327  50,418  49,655  49,733  49,814  50,011  50,404  50,335
        Participation rate..........................    60.1    60.4    60.5    60.0    59.8    59.9    60.1    60.5    60.4
      Employed......................................  48,061  48,613  48,840  48,030  48,203  48,273  48,486  48,857  48,792
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.1    58.4    58.6    58.1    58.0    58.0    58.2    58.7    58.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,660   1,714   1,578   1,625   1,530   1,541   1,525   1,547   1,544
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.3     3.4     3.1     3.3     3.1     3.1     3.0     3.1     3.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,657   6,634   6,693   7,069   7,144   7,128   7,108   7,132   7,099
        Participation rate..........................    52.7    52.1    52.6    55.9    56.1    56.0    55.8    56.0    55.8
      Employed......................................   5,809   5,820   5,808   6,218   6,302   6,271   6,244   6,360   6,211
        Employment-population ratio.................    46.0    45.7    45.6    49.2    49.5    49.2    49.0    50.0    48.8
      Unemployed....................................     848     814     885     851     842     857     864     772     888
        Unemployment rate...........................    12.7    12.3    13.2    12.0    11.8    12.0    12.2    10.8    12.5
          Men.......................................    13.6    14.7    15.5    12.6    11.9    12.8    13.3    12.4    14.4
          Women.....................................    11.8     9.7    10.7    11.4    11.7    11.2    10.9     9.1    10.4
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,697  25,047  25,076  24,697  24,985  25,019  25,051  25,047  25,076
    Civilian labor force............................  16,004  16,392  16,542  16,250  16,489  16,508  16,513  16,622  16,785
        Participation rate..........................    64.8    65.4    66.0    65.8    66.0    66.0    65.9    66.4    66.9
      Employed......................................  14,622  15,033  15,164  14,924  15,124  15,187  15,204  15,254  15,471
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.2    60.0    60.5    60.4    60.5    60.7    60.7    60.9    61.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,381   1,359   1,378   1,326   1,365   1,321   1,309   1,368   1,314
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.6     8.3     8.3     8.2     8.3     8.0     7.9     8.2     7.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,050   7,285   7,355   7,137   7,281   7,277   7,273   7,386   7,441
        Participation rate..........................    71.5    72.7    73.3    72.4    72.9    72.8    72.6    73.7    74.2
      Employed......................................   6,529   6,688   6,771   6,662   6,717   6,767   6,766   6,839   6,910
        Employment-population ratio.................    66.3    66.7    67.5    67.6    67.3    67.7    67.5    68.2    68.9
      Unemployed....................................     521     597     584     475     564     510     507     547     532
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.4     8.2     7.9     6.7     7.7     7.0     7.0     7.4     7.1
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,057   8,286   8,289   8,112   8,252   8,305   8,260   8,315   8,344
        Participation rate..........................    65.1    66.0    66.0    65.6    65.9    66.3    65.8    66.3    66.4
      Employed......................................   7,457   7,707   7,719   7,542   7,745   7,757   7,706   7,715   7,805
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.3    61.4    61.4    61.0    61.9    61.9    61.4    61.5    62.1
      Unemployed....................................     600     578     570     570     507     548     554     600     539
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.4     7.0     6.9     7.0     6.1     6.6     6.7     7.2     6.5
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     897     822     898   1,001     956     926     980     921     999
        Participation rate..........................    36.3    33.2    36.3    40.5    38.5    37.3    39.5    37.2    40.4
      Employed......................................     637     638     673     720     662     663     732     701     756
        Employment-population ratio.................    25.8    25.7    27.2    29.1    26.7    26.7    29.5    28.3    30.6
      Unemployed....................................     261     184     225     281     294     263     248     220     243
        Unemployment rate...........................    29.0    22.4    25.0    28.1    30.8    28.4    25.3    23.9    24.3
          Men.......................................    31.8    25.5    21.9    31.2    35.3    31.0    27.5    24.0    22.3
          Women.....................................    26.5    19.3    28.3    25.0    26.1    25.9    23.0    23.8    26.6
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  21,355  22,047  22,108  21,355  21,881  21,947  22,008  22,047  22,108
    Civilian labor force............................  14,466  15,142  15,187  14,520  14,809  14,887  14,984  15,251  15,249
        Participation rate..........................    67.7    68.7    68.7    68.0    67.7    67.8    68.1    69.2    69.0
      Employed......................................  13,420  14,208  14,267  13,536  13,879  13,979  14,095  14,395  14,382
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.8    64.4    64.5    63.4    63.4    63.7    64.0    65.3    65.1
      Unemployed....................................   1,046     934     921     984     930     908     889     856     868
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.2     6.2     6.1     6.8     6.3     6.1     5.9     5.6     5.7

    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.  Beginning in January
  2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                               Feb.     Jan.     Feb.     Feb.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.  
                                               1999     2000     2000     1999     1999     1999     1999     2000     2000  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   28,112   27,995   27,376   28,112   28,246   28,228   28,144   27,995   27,376
    Civilian labor force....................   11,917   12,013   11,638   12,218   12,201   12,132   11,956   11,895   11,971
        Percent of population...............     42.4     42.9     42.5     43.5     43.2     43.0     42.5     42.5     43.7
      Employed..............................   10,897   11,061   10,829   11,317   11,401   11,347   11,243   11,106   11,257
        Employment-population ratio.........     38.8     39.5     39.6     40.3     40.4     40.2     39.9     39.7     41.1
      Unemployed............................    1,020      951      809      901      800      785      713      789      714
        Unemployment rate...................      8.6      7.9      7.0      7.4      6.6      6.5      6.0      6.6      6.0
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,062   57,768   57,471   57,062   57,275   57,789   57,590   57,768   57,471
    Civilian labor force....................   37,063   37,676   37,403   37,274   37,080   37,671   37,362   37,617   37,603
        Percent of population...............     65.0     65.2     65.1     65.3     64.7     65.2     64.9     65.1     65.4
      Employed..............................   35,583   36,160   35,932   35,962   35,874   36,445   36,071   36,305   36,294
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.4     62.6     62.5     63.0     62.6     63.1     62.6     62.8     63.2
      Unemployed............................    1,479    1,516    1,471    1,312    1,206    1,226    1,291    1,311    1,309
        Unemployment rate...................      4.0      4.0      3.9      3.5      3.3      3.3      3.5      3.5      3.5
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,911   43,689   44,486   43,911   43,787   44,070   44,069   43,689   44,486
    Civilian labor force....................   32,601   32,106   32,946   32,227   32,203   32,312   32,404   32,397   32,544
        Percent of population...............     74.2     73.5     74.1     73.4     73.5     73.3     73.5     74.2     73.2
      Employed..............................   31,525   31,185   31,911   31,238   31,330   31,444   31,586   31,564   31,595
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.8     71.4     71.7     71.1     71.6     71.3     71.7     72.2     71.0
      Unemployed............................    1,077      921    1,036      989      873      868      818      833      949
        Unemployment rate...................      3.3      2.9      3.1      3.1      2.7      2.7      2.5      2.6      2.9
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,949   45,058   45,247   43,949   44,986   44,365   44,821   45,058   45,247
    Civilian labor force....................   35,149   36,087   36,242   35,132   35,721   35,264   35,824   36,205   36,265
        Percent of population...............     80.0     80.1     80.1     79.9     79.4     79.5     79.9     80.4     80.1
      Employed..............................   34,471   35,398   35,643   34,466   35,106   34,655   35,186   35,540   35,678
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.4     78.6     78.8     78.4     78.0     78.1     78.5     78.9     78.9
      Unemployed............................      678      689      599      666      615      609      638      665      587
        Unemployment rate...................      1.9      1.9      1.7      1.9      1.7      1.7      1.8      1.8      1.6

    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.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 131,639 133,357 133,954 133,029 133,940 134,098 134,420 135,221 135,362
    Married men, spouse present.....................  42,757  43,644  43,187  43,077  43,206  43,273  43,283  43,951  43,535
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,092  34,064  33,848  33,130  33,521  33,635  33,762  34,166  33,882
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,105   8,211   8,228   8,103   8,398   8,526   8,375   8,362   8,220
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  39,607  40,780  40,745  39,650  40,718  40,363  40,800  40,924  40,806
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,979  39,257  39,544  39,152  39,023  39,283  39,311  39,614  39,703
    Service occupations.............................  18,000  17,829  18,271  18,090  17,694  17,633  17,706  18,155  18,344
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,477  14,435  14,505  14,662  14,836  14,903  14,940  14,610  14,681
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  17,648  18,057  17,828  18,097  18,340  18,476  18,299  18,385  18,279
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   2,928   2,999   3,060   3,469   3,365   3,407   3,367   3,574   3,630
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,646   1,755   1,749   1,900   1,936   2,049   2,018   2,024   2,025
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,220   1,172   1,190   1,376   1,267   1,216   1,211   1,320   1,344
      Unpaid family workers.........................      28      32      33      43      42      41      36      38      51
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 120,119 121,652 122,346 120,967 121,654 121,965 122,426 122,823 123,166
        Government..................................  19,027  19,317  19,666  18,783  18,817  18,902  18,959  19,013  19,394
        Private industries.......................... 101,093 102,335 102,680 102,184 102,837 103,063 103,467 103,810 103,772
          Private households........................     832     905     983     861     939     944     948     952   1,016
          Other industries.......................... 100,261 101,430 101,698 101,323 101,898 102,119 102,519 102,858 102,756
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,511   8,643   8,555   8,733   8,833   8,686   8,662   8,802   8,793
      Unpaid family workers.........................     114     102      79     108     101     108      98      92      74
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,594   3,535   3,296   3,425   3,179   3,274   3,320   3,219   3,139
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,174   2,250   1,979   1,985   1,928   1,930   1,951   1,893   1,807
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,132     953   1,027   1,131     993   1,032   1,025   1,012   1,023
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,481  19,153  19,849  18,677  18,799  18,651  18,618  18,889  19,031
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,443   3,355   3,138   3,282   2,983   3,105   3,157   3,066   2,985
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,085   2,140   1,874   1,900   1,807   1,815   1,843   1,801   1,705
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,109     935   1,015   1,101     964   1,013   1,018     986   1,005
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,964  18,677  19,290  18,094  18,249  18,083  18,061  18,347  18,406

      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.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   6,108   5,689   5,804    4.4     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.0     4.1 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,584   2,332   2,429    3.7     3.5     3.3     3.3     3.3     3.4 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,330   2,297   2,178    3.8     3.5     3.6     3.6     3.7     3.5 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,194   1,060   1,197   14.2    13.8    14.0    13.8    12.6    14.1 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,049     891     928    2.4     2.2     2.1     2.2     2.0     2.1 
     Married women, spouse present..................     959     925     897    2.8     2.5     2.5     2.5     2.6     2.6 
     Women who maintain families....................     562     554     539    6.5     6.0     6.0     6.2     6.2     6.1 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,893   4,554   4,595    4.3     4.0     3.9     3.9     3.9     3.9 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,202   1,112   1,191    4.9     4.7     4.9     4.9     4.6     4.9 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     766     767     660    1.9     1.8     1.8     1.7     1.8     1.6 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,587   1,382   1,526    3.9     3.5     3.6     3.6     3.4     3.7 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     661     565     644    4.3     4.0     3.7     4.0     3.7     4.2 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,171   1,198   1,185    6.1     6.3     6.2     6.1     6.1     6.1 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     284     178     218    7.6     5.8     6.7     5.8     4.7     5.7 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,654   4,575   4,539    4.4     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.2 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,334   1,162   1,265    4.7     4.5     4.2     4.4     4.1     4.4 
         Mining.....................................      40      14      20    7.1     5.0     4.6     4.1     2.6     4.0 
         Construction...............................     534     494     562    7.4     6.7     5.7     6.6     6.4     7.5 
         Manufacturing..............................     760     654     682    3.7     3.7     3.7     3.6     3.2     3.3 
           Durable goods............................     420     344     368    3.3     3.5     3.7     3.6     2.8     3.0 
           Nondurable goods.........................     340     311     315    4.3     4.0     3.7     3.5     3.9     3.8 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,320   3,413   3,274    4.2     4.1     4.1     4.0     4.3     4.1 
         Transportation and public utilities........     242     284     249    3.1     3.1     3.3     3.0     3.7     3.2 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,445   1,427   1,467    5.2     4.9     5.3     5.2     5.1     5.3 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     195     201     230    2.4     2.3     2.3     2.1     2.5     2.9 
         Services...................................   1,438   1,501   1,328    4.1     4.0     3.9     3.8     4.2     3.7 
     Government workers.............................     435     402     426    2.3     2.1     2.0     2.1     2.1     2.2 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     229     106     140   10.8     7.7     8.3     7.1     5.0     6.5 

    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.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,497   2,985   2,517   2,585   2,545   2,601   2,620   2,447   2,603
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,386   1,865   2,313   1,925   1,811   1,760   1,694   1,754   1,864
   15 weeks and over................................   1,681   1,414   1,401   1,539   1,434   1,401   1,388   1,372   1,277
      15 to 26 weeks................................     864     656     772     754     719     725     693     667     673
      27 weeks and over.............................     816     758     629     785     715     676     695     705     604
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    13.8    12.5    12.5    13.8    13.2    13.0    12.8    13.2    12.5
   Median duration, in weeks........................     7.4     5.4     6.6     6.9     6.3     6.2     5.9     5.7     6.1
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Total unemployed.................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
     Less than 5 weeks..............................    38.0    47.7    40.4    42.7    44.0    45.1    45.9    43.9    45.3
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    36.3    29.8    37.1    31.8    31.3    30.5    29.7    31.5    32.5
     15 weeks and over..............................    25.6    22.6    22.5    25.4    24.8    24.3    24.3    24.6    22.2
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    13.2    10.5    12.4    12.5    12.4    12.6    12.2    12.0    11.7
       27 weeks and over............................    12.4    12.1    10.1    13.0    12.3    11.7    12.2    12.7    10.5

     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




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  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,151   3,102   3,029   2,721   2,518   2,493   2,401   2,477   2,616
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,159   1,165   1,134     854     802     851     795     739     838
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,993   1,937   1,895   1,867   1,716   1,642   1,606   1,739   1,778
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,308   1,226   1,281   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     685     711     614   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     765     765     777     750     778     821     825     776     759
  Reentrants........................................   2,182   2,062   2,067   2,090   1,958   1,935   2,036   2,043   1,975
  New entrants......................................     466     336     357     498     511     485     453     393     387
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................    48.0    49.5    48.6    44.9    43.7    43.5    42.0    43.5    45.6
     On temporary layoff............................    17.7    18.6    18.2    14.1    13.9    14.8    13.9    13.0    14.6
     Not on temporary layoff........................    30.4    30.9    30.4    30.8    29.8    28.6    28.1    30.6    31.0
   Job leavers......................................    11.6    12.2    12.5    12.4    13.5    14.3    14.4    13.6    13.2
   Reentrants.......................................    33.2    32.9    33.2    34.5    34.0    33.7    35.6    35.9    34.4
   New entrants.....................................     7.1     5.4     5.7     8.2     8.9     8.5     7.9     6.9     6.7
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.3     2.2     2.2     2.0     1.8     1.8     1.7     1.8     1.9
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .5      .6      .5      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5
   Reentrants.......................................     1.6     1.5     1.5     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.5     1.4     1.4
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .2      .3      .4      .4      .3      .3      .3      .3

    1 Not available.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                Feb.   Jan.   Feb.   Feb.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb. 
                                                                1999   2000   2000   1999   1999   1999   1999   2000   2000 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.2    1.0    1.0    1.1    1.0    1.0    1.0    1.0     .9
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.3    2.2    2.2    2.0    1.8    1.8    1.7    1.8    1.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.7    4.5    4.4    4.4    4.1    4.1    4.1    4.0    4.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.9    4.6    4.6   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.6    5.3    5.3   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    8.2    7.8    7.6   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.





  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                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   6,108   5,689   5,804    4.4     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.0     4.1 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,262   2,119   2,267   10.2    10.0    10.0     9.8     9.3    10.0 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,194   1,060   1,197   14.2    13.8    14.0    13.8    12.6    14.1 
        16 to 17 years..............................     526     465     529   15.8    15.9    16.5    16.5    14.0    15.9 
        18 to 19 years..............................     654     577     653   13.0    12.4    12.3    12.1    11.4    12.8 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,068   1,059   1,071    7.7     7.7     7.7     7.4     7.4     7.5 
    25 years and over...............................   3,830   3,578   3,520    3.3     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.0 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,336   3,089   2,997    3.4     3.1     3.1     3.0     3.1     3.0 
      55 years and over.............................     503     494     546    2.9     2.7     2.6     2.7     2.8     3.0 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,232   2,946   3,121    4.3     4.1     4.0     4.0     3.9     4.1 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,197   1,150   1,236   10.3    10.4    10.2    10.6     9.7    10.3 
        16 to 19 years..............................     648     613     691   14.9    14.2    14.9    15.2    14.0    15.5 
          16 to 17 years............................     274     246     312   16.0    15.5    16.9    17.7    14.3    17.3 
          18 to 19 years............................     361     364     367   13.9    13.2    13.6    13.5    13.7    13.9 
        20 to 24 years..............................     549     537     544    7.6     8.2     7.5     7.8     7.2     7.3 
      25 years and over.............................   2,010   1,800   1,861    3.2     2.9     2.8     2.8     2.8     2.9 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,714   1,552   1,574    3.2     3.0     2.9     2.8     2.9     2.9 
        55 years and over...........................     286     248     281    2.9     2.8     2.6     2.5     2.5     2.8 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,876   2,743   2,683    4.4     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.1 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,065     969   1,032   10.0     9.6     9.8     8.9     8.9     9.6 
        16 to 19 years..............................     546     447     505   13.4    13.4    13.0    12.2    11.1    12.6 
          16 to 17 years............................     252     219     217   15.5    16.3    16.1    15.1    13.7    14.3 
          18 to 19 years............................     293     213     286   12.0    11.4    10.8    10.5     8.9    11.6 
        20 to 24 years..............................     519     522     526    7.9     7.2     7.9     7.0     7.6     7.8 
      25 years and over.............................   1,820   1,778   1,659    3.4     3.1     3.1     3.2     3.2     3.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,622   1,537   1,424    3.5     3.2     3.3     3.2     3.3     3.0 
        55 years and over...........................     217     245     266    2.8     2.5     2.6     2.9     3.1     3.3 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Feb.      Feb.      Feb.      Feb.      Feb.      Feb.  
                                                                        1999      2000      1999      2000      1999      2000  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   68,671    68,723    25,562    25,522    43,109    43,200 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,703     4,431     1,878     1,743     2,825     2,688 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,279     1,273       592       577       686       697 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      271       262       170       159       100       103 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................    1,008     1,011       422       418       586       594 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    8,044     7,735     4,264     4,037     3,780     3,698 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      6.1       5.8       6.1       5.7       6.1       5.9 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,396     4,267     2,551     2,465     1,845     1,802 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,763     1,602       575       470     1,187     1,131 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      276       290       174       181       102       109 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,563     1,547       932       909       631       638 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Feb.    Dec.   Jan.    Feb.     Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.   Jan.    Feb. 
                                           1999    1999   2000p   2000p    1999    1999    1999    1999   2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 126,229 130,718 128,125 128,782 127,730 129,332 129,589 129,898 130,282 130,325
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 105,872 110,046 107,843 108,096 107,676 109,095 109,320 109,583 109,914 109,944
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  24,726  25,195  24,821  24,787  25,329  25,198  25,257  25,283  25,419  25,400
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     540     529     519     520     553     528     527     529     528     530
    Metal mining........................    49.2    48.2    48.0    47.6      50      48      49      48      48      48
    Coal mining.........................    87.8    82.7    80.1    79.2      88      82      82      82      80      79
    Oil and gas extraction..............   301.2   292.6   291.1   291.9     306     289     288     291     292     294
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   101.3   105.3    99.9   101.2     109     109     108     108     108     109
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   5,747   6,291   6,022   5,975   6,238   6,314   6,369   6,393   6,509   6,483
    General building contractors........ 1,349.8 1,443.1 1,410.6 1,396.2   1,426   1,445   1,450   1,454   1,475   1,475
    Heavy construction, except building.   740.0   832.2   761.6   755.4     869     861     870     878     902     884
    Special trade contractors........... 3,657.0 4,015.9 3,850.2 3,823.2   3,943   4,008   4,049   4,061   4,132   4,124
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,439  18,375  18,280  18,292  18,538  18,356  18,361  18,361  18,382  18,387
      Production workers................  12,661  12,630  12,545  12,569  12,730  12,608  12,613  12,613  12,633  12,637
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  10,986  10,980  10,935  10,951  11,027  10,952  10,954  10,960  10,974  10,994
      Production workers................   7,504   7,512   7,471   7,494   7,529   7,489   7,487   7,485   7,506   7,522
    Lumber and wood products............   812.2   827.2   819.4   817.9     827     829     829     828     829     831
    Furniture and fixtures..............   535.3   545.1   543.5   544.4     535     546     544     543     543     544
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   552.5   568.2   555.7   553.6     571     568     571     574     575     572
    Primary metal industries............   694.6   690.0   687.1   688.3     695     685     686     687     686     689
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   223.0   222.2   221.6   221.4   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,490.3 1,494.5 1,491.6 1,492.3   1,491   1,487   1,489   1,489   1,490   1,492
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,148.9 2,120.3 2,116.5 2,123.7   2,146   2,116   2,118   2,120   2,116   2,122
      Computer and office equipment.....   360.4   357.8   355.5   353.9     362     358     358     359     357     357
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,656.7 1,671.8 1,668.6 1,674.2   1,659   1,665   1,661   1,664   1,670   1,678
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   635.4   645.7   645.9   649.8     636     643     643     645     646     651
    Transportation equipment............ 1,866.7 1,841.2 1,836.0 1,839.1   1,871   1,838   1,834   1,831   1,841   1,843
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   986.2 1,009.8 1,005.3 1,010.4     989   1,001   1,000   1,001   1,010   1,016
      Aircraft and parts................   509.9   466.5   464.9   461.7     510     471     467     464     463     462
    Instruments and related products....   846.8   831.9   830.0   830.9     847     830     833     833     832     832
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   382.3   389.3   386.4   386.8     385     388     389     391     392     391
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,453   7,395   7,345   7,341   7,511   7,404   7,407   7,401   7,408   7,393
      Production workers................   5,157   5,118   5,074   5,075   5,201   5,119   5,126   5,128   5,127   5,115
    Food and kindred products........... 1,658.8 1,673.8 1,654.2 1,648.9   1,695   1,680   1,686   1,686   1,692   1,682
    Tobacco products....................    41.1    41.7    44.2    43.2      40      38      39      38      42      42
    Textile mill products...............   572.1   551.2   546.7   546.4     575     551     553     551     549     549
    Apparel and other textile products..   701.9   658.9   650.0   652.9     707     666     663     662     658     658
    Paper and allied products...........   661.9   655.1   652.6   651.2     664     655     655     655     654     653
    Printing and publishing............. 1,555.0 1,555.1 1,546.2 1,544.7   1,559   1,552   1,549   1,547   1,549   1,548
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,037.2 1,030.4 1,027.8 1,028.6   1,041   1,033   1,033   1,030   1,032   1,032
    Petroleum and coal products.........   134.8   133.8   131.3   131.3     139     136     136     135     136     135
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,014.4 1,023.5 1,021.6 1,024.2   1,015   1,021   1,022   1,026   1,025   1,024
    Leather and leather products........    75.9    71.3    70.7    69.5      76      72      71      71      71      70
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 101,503 105,523 103,304 103,995 102,401 104,134 104,332 104,615 104,863 104,925
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,661   6,949   6,828   6,833   6,723   6,841   6,862   6,897   6,902   6,894
    Transportation......................   4,316   4,557   4,437   4,445   4,367   4,458   4,474   4,501   4,504   4,497
      Railroad transportation...........   229.6   226.3   226.5   226.7     233     227     226     227     230     230
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   487.5   503.2   498.2   500.8     475     486     487     487     490     489
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,749.7 1,842.4 1,805.7 1,804.8   1,789   1,828   1,839   1,845   1,849   1,845
      Water transportation..............   173.0   176.4   172.5   172.5     181     182     180     182     180     181
      Transportation by air............. 1,202.1 1,322.6 1,253.5 1,258.0   1,213   1,251   1,257   1,273   1,272   1,268
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.8    13.1    13.0    12.9      14      13      13      13      13      13
      Transportation services...........   460.4   472.8   467.5   468.8     462     471     472     474     470     471
    Communications and public utilities.   2,345   2,392   2,391   2,388   2,356   2,383   2,388   2,396   2,398   2,397
      Communications.................... 1,501.1 1,550.9 1,553.8 1,553.9   1,507   1,541   1,546   1,553   1,556   1,559
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   844.3   841.1   837.1   833.7     849     842     842     843     842     838
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,882   7,082   7,048   7,058   6,937   7,064   7,070   7,088   7,107   7,115
    Durable goods.......................   4,080   4,201   4,189   4,196   4,100   4,188   4,194   4,204   4,213   4,217
    Nondurable goods....................   2,802   2,881   2,859   2,862   2,837   2,876   2,876   2,884   2,894   2,898
  Retail trade..........................  22,103  23,621  22,617  22,490  22,648  22,891  22,902  22,973  23,008  23,041
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies.........................   923.4   992.3   960.2   958.7     979   1,001   1,004   1,007   1,011   1,015
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,678.3 3,095.5 2,809.2 2,719.2   2,781   2,756   2,753   2,793   2,798   2,822
      Department stores................. 2,383.4 2,754.4 2,500.7 2,425.1   2,475   2,455   2,450   2,479   2,476   2,517
    Food stores......................... 3,457.7 3,544.3 3,468.7 3,450.7   3,492   3,481   3,480   3,482   3,485   3,484
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,359.7 2,420.0 2,411.3 2,416.2   2,390   2,420   2,424   2,432   2,444   2,446
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,060.7 1,093.8 1,092.5 1,098.5   1,065   1,092   1,096   1,097   1,100   1,104
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,129.6 1,293.6 1,188.5 1,142.8   1,167   1,200   1,198   1,177   1,179   1,181
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,060.2 1,147.5 1,111.8 1,107.7   1,064   1,099   1,095   1,102   1,102   1,112
    Eating and drinking places.......... 7,598.6 7,922.4 7,653.3 7,710.2   7,855   7,925   7,943   7,986   7,982   7,969
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,895.7 3,205.5 3,014.4 2,984.1   2,920   3,009   3,005   2,994   3,007   3,012
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,519   7,664   7,618   7,623   7,581   7,668   7,675   7,685   7,679   7,689
    Finance.............................   3,670   3,725   3,712   3,713   3,681   3,719   3,723   3,727   3,723   3,726
      Depository institutions........... 2,043.2 2,042.1 2,036.4 2,030.6   2,051   2,047   2,044   2,040   2,039   2,037
        Commercial banks................ 1,464.5 1,460.0 1,455.5 1,450.7   1,470   1,464   1,460   1,458   1,457   1,455
        Savings institutions............   256.4   252.2   249.6   248.1     258     254     254     252     250     249
      Nondepository institutions........   707.1   710.1   703.9   702.9     708     711     711     713     707     705
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   362.3   354.3   350.1   349.4     365     358     357     357     353     353
      Security and commodity brokers....   658.2   700.9   701.3   707.0     661     691     697     702     704     711
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   261.0   272.0   270.4   272.9     261     270     271     272     273     273
    Insurance...........................   2,379   2,418   2,401   2,400   2,386   2,414   2,411   2,416   2,404   2,408
      Insurance carriers................ 1,622.1 1,640.2 1,628.5 1,625.5   1,628   1,641   1,636   1,639   1,630   1,632
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   757.1   777.7   772.5   774.2     758     773     775     777     774     776
    Real estate.........................   1,470   1,521   1,505   1,510   1,514   1,535   1,541   1,542   1,552   1,555
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  37,981  39,535  38,911  39,305  38,458  39,433  39,554  39,657  39,799  39,805
    Agricultural services...............   636.0   717.9   664.5   660.8     751     766     774     765     786     779
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,696.5 1,728.6 1,694.5 1,705.0   1,786   1,806   1,812   1,807   1,795   1,797
    Personal services................... 1,268.8 1,201.6 1,273.7 1,293.9   1,201   1,210   1,214   1,225   1,229   1,224
    Business services................... 8,731.3 9,468.7 9,190.5 9,224.2   8,922   9,303   9,336   9,392   9,422   9,421
      Services to buildings.............   959.5   998.3   987.0   993.4     971   1,003   1,003   1,000   1,000   1,006
      Personnel supply services......... 3,169.1 3,605.3 3,358.1 3,357.9   3,331   3,490   3,501   3,513   3,513   3,524
        Help supply services............ 2,800.8 3,193.6 2,969.3 2,968.8   2,954   3,099   3,097   3,108   3,110   3,127
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,725.5 1,843.8 1,849.5 1,855.8   1,724   1,823   1,829   1,842   1,852   1,855
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,168.5 1,195.6 1,189.2 1,199.0   1,175   1,196   1,197   1,198   1,203   1,205
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   387.4   402.5   398.3   401.3     392     400     400     405     404     406
    Motion pictures.....................   584.5   614.4   606.8   610.1     582     612     613     609     615     609
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,456.5 1,563.0 1,501.6 1,536.4   1,656   1,730   1,734   1,725   1,757   1,750
    Health services..................... 9,893.0 10052.0 10025.7 10035.7   9,919  10,009  10,026  10,038  10,058  10,064
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,839.0 1,890.2 1,890.0 1,891.2   1,844   1,880   1,885   1,886   1,894   1,897
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,748.7 1,761.3 1,755.2 1,756.8   1,755   1,756   1,756   1,759   1,761   1,763
      Hospitals......................... 3,952.7 3,986.2 3,984.5 3,983.9   3,959   3,978   3,978   3,985   3,992   3,990
      Home health care services.........   647.1   661.5   650.4   652.9     651     658     658     659     657     657
    Legal services......................   986.0 1,013.6 1,010.6 1,010.1     992   1,009   1,012   1,015   1,018   1,017
    Educational services................ 2,369.6 2,427.9 2,243.7 2,433.2   2,237   2,288   2,298   2,304   2,297   2,296
    Social services..................... 2,729.1 2,857.0 2,846.1 2,868.9   2,734   2,817   2,840   2,850   2,870   2,873
      Child day care services...........   636.5   658.9   659.4   667.1     625     634     646     650     656     655
      Residential care..................   764.5   799.1   796.9   801.6     768     792     796     801     803     805
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................    86.2    93.1    87.8    88.2      94      95      96      95      96      96
    Membership organizations............ 2,366.3 2,404.4 2,382.0 2,400.9   2,389   2,409   2,411   2,418   2,420   2,423
    Engineering and management services. 3,329.1 3,498.0 3,499.5 3,540.8   3,335   3,487   3,496   3,515   3,532   3,547
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   917.5   959.1   959.2   962.1     930     954     959     964     972     975
      Management and public relations... 1,103.4 1,207.4 1,203.7 1,209.8   1,111   1,193   1,196   1,213   1,222   1,218
    Services, nec.......................    54.7    58.7    58.9    59.4   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  20,357  20,672  20,282  20,686  20,054  20,237  20,269  20,315  20,368  20,381
    Federal.............................   2,697   2,677   2,644   2,672   2,713   2,643   2,648   2,645   2,666   2,686
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,824.0 1,762.7 1,780.2 1,809.6   1,834   1,780   1,780   1,780   1,800   1,819
    State...............................   4,765   4,814   4,642   4,827   4,670   4,722   4,729   4,730   4,727   4,730
      Education......................... 2,057.1 2,078.6 1,907.9 2,079.2   1,941   1,960   1,967   1,969   1,967   1,962
      Other State government............ 2,707.9 2,735.8 2,734.3 2,747.7   2,729   2,762   2,762   2,761   2,760   2,768
    Local...............................  12,895  13,181  12,996  13,187  12,671  12,872  12,892  12,940  12,975  12,965
      Education......................... 7,526.9 7,688.8 7,527.0 7,701.2   7,181   7,305   7,318   7,351   7,368   7,353
      Other local government............ 5,367.9 5,491.9 5,469.2 5,485.4   5,490   5,567   5,574   5,589   5,607   5,612

  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                                                                                                
                                           Feb.    Dec.   Jan.    Feb.     Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.   Jan.    Feb. 
                                           1999    1999   2000p   2000p    1999    1999    1999    1999   2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.3    34.6    34.4    34.2    34.6    34.5    34.5    34.5    34.6    34.5 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.5    41.5    40.8    40.9    41.0    41.1    41.3    40.9    41.2    41.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   42.7    44.4    44.4    44.3    43.0    44.1    44.2    44.2    45.0    44.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   38.0    38.7    38.3    38.6    39.2    39.1    40.0    38.9    39.4    39.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.3    42.5    41.6    41.6    41.6    41.8    41.7    41.6    41.7    41.9 
      Overtime hours....................    4.2     5.1     4.5     4.5     4.5     4.7     4.6     4.6     4.6     4.8 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   41.9    43.1    42.2    42.2    42.2    42.3    42.2    42.1    42.3    42.4 
      Overtime hours....................    4.4     5.3     4.6     4.7     4.6     4.8     4.7     4.8     4.7     4.9 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.3    41.3    40.7    40.5    41.1    41.1    41.1    40.9    41.1    41.1 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   39.8    41.1    40.1    39.7    40.3    40.2    39.9    40.0    40.2    40.3 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   42.3    43.3    42.5    42.4    43.4    43.4    43.9    43.3    43.7    43.5 
    Primary metal industries............   43.7    45.3    44.7    44.5    43.8    44.3    44.3    44.4    44.6    44.6 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   43.7    46.0    45.4    45.5    43.8    45.0    45.3    45.5    45.2    45.7 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.8    43.2    42.2    42.2    42.1    42.1    42.1    41.9    42.2    42.5 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.1    43.2    42.5    42.4    42.1    42.4    42.2    42.2    42.5    42.4 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.1    42.4    41.5    41.7    41.2    41.6    41.4    41.2    41.3    41.9 
    Transportation equipment............   43.9    44.9    43.8    44.0    44.0    43.9    43.5    43.3    43.8    44.1 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   45.0    46.2    45.0    45.0    45.0    45.3    44.7    44.4    45.2    45.1 
    Instruments and related products....   41.5    42.5    41.4    41.3    41.3    41.5    41.5    41.6    41.2    41.2 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.6    40.4    39.1    39.3    39.7    39.8    39.6    39.9    39.4    39.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.5    41.6    40.7    40.6    40.8    41.0    41.0    40.9    40.9    41.0 
      Overtime hours....................    4.0     4.7     4.2     4.2     4.3     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.4     4.6 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   41.1    42.4    41.3    41.1    41.7    42.0    41.9    41.6    41.6    41.7 
    Tobacco products....................   37.2    44.2    41.6    41.8    38.5    41.0    42.8    43.5    43.0    43.3 
    Textile mill products...............   40.2    41.8    40.9    41.1    40.6    41.3    41.2    41.2    40.9    41.6 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.3    38.0    37.2    37.6    37.5    37.5    37.3    37.4    37.6    37.8 
    Paper and allied products...........   43.0    44.2    43.3    43.0    43.5    43.5    43.5    43.2    43.2    43.5 
    Printing and publishing.............   37.7    38.9    37.9    37.9    38.1    38.4    38.3    38.2    38.3    38.2 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.7    43.8    42.9    43.0    42.8    43.1    43.1    43.1    43.0    43.2 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.3    43.1    43.0    43.2    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.4    42.3    41.5    41.3    41.7    41.5    41.5    41.3    41.8    41.5 
    Leather and leather products........   37.2    37.4    36.9    37.4    37.7    37.5    37.6    36.8    37.5    38.0 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.7    32.8    32.8    32.6    33.0    32.8    32.8    32.9    33.0    32.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   39.0    38.4    38.3    38.1    39.2    38.5    38.2    38.5    38.5    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.3    38.5    38.5    38.1    38.5    38.6    38.4    38.5    38.6    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.6    29.3    28.5    28.6    29.2    28.9    28.9    29.1    29.2    29.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.3    36.2    36.8    36.1    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.5    32.6    32.8    32.5    32.7    32.7    32.8    32.7    32.8    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 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.
  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                                                                                                
                                           Feb.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.       Feb.      Dec.     Jan.      Feb.  
                                           1999      1999      2000p     2000p      1999      1999     2000p     2000p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.10    $13.47    $13.58    $13.56    $449.33   $466.06   $467.15   $463.75 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.06     13.44     13.49     13.53     451.88    463.68    466.75    466.79 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   14.45     15.09     15.04     15.04     585.23    626.24    613.63    615.14 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.08     17.13     17.25     17.18     729.32    760.57    765.90    761.07 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   16.66     17.42     17.33     17.37     633.08    674.15    663.74    670.48 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   13.66     14.21     14.19     14.18     564.16    603.93    590.30    589.89 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.12     14.73     14.71     14.70     591.63    634.86    620.76    620.34 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.26     11.63     11.68     11.64     453.78    480.32    475.38    471.42 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.06     11.46     11.44     11.44     440.19    471.01    458.74    454.17 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.64     14.00     13.97     13.96     576.97    606.20    593.73    591.90 
    Primary metal industries............   15.41     16.19     16.20     16.19     673.42    733.41    724.14    720.46 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   18.50     19.16     19.20     19.17     808.45    881.36    871.68    872.24 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.29     13.70     13.68     13.63     555.52    591.84    577.30    575.19 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   14.72     15.36     15.35     15.35     619.71    663.55    652.38    650.84 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.25     13.70     13.73     13.72     544.58    580.88    569.80    572.12 
    Transportation equipment............   17.50     18.78     18.64     18.62     768.25    843.22    816.43    819.28 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   17.71     19.29     19.07     19.07     796.95    891.20    858.15    858.15 
    Instruments and related products....   13.94     14.40     14.37     14.43     578.51    612.00    594.92    595.96 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.17     11.57     11.56     11.58     442.33    467.43    452.00    455.09 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   12.97     13.41     13.40     13.38     525.29    557.86    545.38    543.23 
    Food and kindred products...........   11.91     12.29     12.24     12.21     489.50    521.10    505.51    501.83 
    Tobacco products....................   17.80     17.97     18.16     18.14     662.16    794.27    755.46    758.25 
    Textile mill products...............   10.60     10.84     10.83     10.83     426.12    453.11    442.95    445.11 
    Apparel and other textile products..    8.65      9.03      9.02      8.98     322.65    343.14    335.54    337.65 
    Paper and allied products...........   15.70     16.15     16.08     16.01     675.10    713.83    696.26    688.43 
    Printing and publishing.............   13.67     14.11     14.11     14.15     515.36    548.88    534.77    536.29 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.20     17.79     17.82     17.84     734.44    779.20    764.48    767.12 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.43     21.83     21.65     22.14     927.92    940.87    930.95    956.45 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.16     12.51     12.56     12.53     503.42    529.17    521.24    517.49 
    Leather and leather products........    9.56      9.92      9.98      9.83     355.63    371.01    368.26    367.64 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   12.68     12.96     13.12     13.11     414.64    425.09    430.34    427.39 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  $15.56    $15.94    $15.94    $15.99    $606.84   $612.10   $610.50   $609.22 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.38     14.91     15.05     14.93     550.75    574.04    579.43    568.83 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    8.98      9.25      9.31      9.32     256.83    271.03    265.34    266.55 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.55     14.75     14.98     14.92     528.17    533.95    551.26    538.61 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.32     13.69     13.81     13.79     432.90    446.29    452.97    448.18 

  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  
                                    Feb.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     change  
            Industry                1999     1999     1999     1999     2000p    2000p    from:   
                                                                                        Jan. 2000-
                                                                                        Feb. 2000 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.06   $13.39   $13.40   $13.44   $13.49   $13.53      0.3   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.84     7.87     7.86     7.87     7.88     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    14.56    14.97    14.99    15.03    15.10    15.16       .4   
    Mining......................    16.97    17.09    16.93    17.01    17.02    17.09       .4   
    Construction................    16.83    17.27    17.31    17.42    17.43    17.55       .7   
    Manufacturing...............    13.67    14.07    14.06    14.09    14.15    14.20       .4   
      Excluding overtime4.......    12.97    13.33    13.32    13.35    13.42    13.44       .1   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    12.58    12.89    12.90    12.95    12.98    13.01       .2   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    15.51    15.76    15.81    15.94    15.86    15.95       .6   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.36    14.80    14.81    14.88    14.98    14.92      -.4   
    Retail trade................     8.95     9.18     9.20     9.26     9.24     9.29       .5   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.49    14.72    14.73    14.75    14.89    14.85      -.3   
    Services....................    13.22    13.55    13.55    13.60    13.64    13.68       .3   

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
deflate this series.
  3 Change was .1 percent from December 1999 to January 2000, 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                                                                                                
                                          Feb.   Dec.    Jan.     Feb.    Feb.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.     Feb.  
                                          1999   1999    2000p    2000p   1999   1999    1999    1999    2000p    2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  143.2  150.6   146.2    146.0   147.3  148.8   149.2   149.4   150.5    149.9 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  110.2  115.8   111.5    111.5   115.0  114.7   115.5   114.5   116.3    116.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   49.1   50.9    49.7     49.1    51.0   50.6    50.4    50.8    51.5     51.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  150.6  170.5   159.4    158.9   171.9  173.2   179.0   174.5   181.6    180.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  105.5  108.2   105.2    105.4   106.8  106.2   106.0   105.7   106.3    106.7 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  109.8  112.9   110.0    110.3   110.8  110.5   110.2   109.8   110.7    111.4 
    Lumber and wood products............  142.0  148.0   144.2    143.3   147.6  147.6   147.6   146.6   147.8    148.0 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  133.7  140.5   136.4    135.5   134.9  137.4   136.1   135.8   136.5    137.1 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  109.8  115.9   110.7    110.2   117.0  116.2   118.1   117.0   118.9    117.3 
    Primary metal industries............   89.9   92.6    91.1     90.8    90.0   89.8    90.0    90.4    90.6     91.0 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   67.7   71.3    70.3     70.4    68.0   69.9    69.9    70.2    70.2     71.0 
    Fabricated metal products...........  116.2  120.8   117.7    117.6   117.2  116.8   116.9   116.5   117.5    118.6 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  105.8  106.5   105.0    105.6   105.2  104.1   103.7   103.8   104.7    105.2 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  105.1  109.0   106.3    107.4   105.2  106.7   105.8   105.0   105.6    107.8 
    Transportation equipment............  125.4  127.5   123.9    124.8   125.9  124.2   122.7   122.2   124.6    125.3 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  162.2  172.9   167.3    168.4   162.7  167.3   165.0   164.1   169.7    169.4 
    Instruments and related products....   75.7   76.3    73.9     73.9    75.2   75.1    75.1    74.5    73.6     73.6 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   98.5  102.2    98.0     98.8    99.8  100.8   100.3   101.8   100.9    100.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   99.7  101.8    98.6     98.6   101.5  100.4   100.4   100.1   100.3    100.3 
    Food and kindred products...........  114.3  119.3   114.3    113.3   118.8  118.7   119.0   118.3   118.4    117.6 
    Tobacco products....................   58.1   65.8    65.0     63.5    57.2   54.8    57.3    58.2    61.8     62.2 
    Textile mill products...............   80.8   80.9    78.4     78.8    82.0   80.0    80.1    79.8    78.7     80.0 
    Apparel and other textile products..   61.3   58.3    56.3     57.4    62.1   58.1    57.7    57.7    57.9     58.0 
    Paper and allied products...........  105.0  107.5   104.9    104.0   106.7  105.2   105.4   105.1   104.9    105.6 
    Printing and publishing.............  121.2  124.8   120.4    120.5   122.8  122.6   122.0   121.4   121.8    121.8 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  101.6  105.1   102.9    103.6   102.0  102.8   103.2   103.4   103.5    104.1 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   72.7   69.5    66.0     64.7    77.4   73.2    72.4    72.0    69.5     68.7 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  147.8  152.9   149.8    149.7   148.5  149.2   149.4   149.5   151.3    150.4 
    Leather and leather products........   32.3   29.9    29.4     28.9    33.0   30.5    30.0    29.4    30.0     29.8 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  158.0  166.2   161.8    161.4   161.8  164.1   164.4   165.0   165.8    165.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  132.0  135.3   132.2    131.6   134.1  133.3   132.7   134.0   134.7    133.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  129.5  133.8   132.8    131.6   131.3  133.8   133.2   134.0   134.6    133.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  136.4  150.3   139.6    138.8   142.9  143.1   143.3   144.7   145.4    145.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  138.2  139.7   141.1    138.3   139.6  140.5   139.7   140.6   140.9    139.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  195.4  203.6   201.1    201.9   198.9  204.0   205.0   204.8   206.0    204.9 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   49.6    64.9    59.4    55.1    61.9    60.8    57.0    62.5    57.3    63.5    59.7    61.2 
     1997..............   56.2    61.0    61.9    62.8    58.8    56.3    60.7    61.0    59.4    65.4    63.6    62.1 
     1998..............   63.8    57.9    58.8    60.5    55.9    57.9    58.0    55.8    54.6    52.9    59.1    58.6 
     1999..............   54.4    58.3    52.1    58.8    51.5    57.0    57.6    50.0    55.1    57.2    57.9    57.7 
     2000..............  p57.9   p52.8                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   62.6    62.5    63.3    63.1    63.1    64.3    64.3    62.2    64.6    64.2    66.2    63.2 
     1997..............   63.8    63.6    67.7    67.3    62.6    61.7    61.4    66.2    67.3    69.9    70.8    71.2 
     1998..............   66.7    66.2    64.5    63.9    61.4    58.7    60.0    58.4    57.6    57.6    59.0    60.4 
     1999..............   60.7    55.9    59.6    54.6    56.3    56.2    56.2    59.0    57.4    59.6    60.8   p61.0 
     2000..............  p60.8                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   62.6    65.2    64.5    65.2    64.7    64.6    67.0    65.4    65.9    66.7    66.9    66.7 
     1997..............   67.4    68.3    65.6    67.0    65.6    64.9    66.3    68.4    69.7    71.3    71.3    71.9 
     1998..............   70.6    66.9    65.9    62.4    62.6    61.1    58.0    59.8    60.0    60.8    60.8    58.0 
     1999..............   61.1    58.8    57.3    59.0    55.2    57.4    56.9    61.5    61.0   p59.0   p61.1         
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    68.7    66.9 
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    69.7    69.8    71.3 
     1998..............   70.4    68.3    67.1    64.0    62.1    61.7    61.8    63.8    59.8    59.0    59.3    58.6 
     1999..............   60.1    57.3    57.0    57.6    58.7    59.0   p59.4   p58.3                                 
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   42.4    55.4    46.8    41.0    55.8    51.4    47.1    56.5    48.9    55.0    50.7    54.0 
     1997..............   50.0    52.9    53.6    56.1    52.2    53.2    51.1    55.4    53.6    62.2    61.2    55.4 
     1998..............   58.6    51.8    50.4    50.4    40.6    46.8    40.3    45.3    42.1    36.3    39.9    45.0 
     1999..............   40.3    42.4    39.6    44.6    36.3    45.3    57.2    38.5    42.8    48.9    50.7    49.3 
     2000..............  p52.2   p50.4                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   46.8    46.0    43.5    46.0    48.2    51.1    51.8    49.6    53.2    52.5    55.0    50.7 
     1997..............   51.8    51.4    57.6    56.8    54.3    51.8    53.6    55.4    59.7    68.3    65.8    64.4 
     1998..............   59.4    57.9    51.8    44.2    41.7    34.9    37.4    37.1    38.1    34.2    35.6    35.3 
     1999..............   37.4    31.7    37.1    30.2    33.8    43.9    43.2    44.6    38.5    46.4    50.0   p50.7 
     2000..............  p50.4                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   41.4    46.0    45.7    47.1    46.0    48.6    52.9    50.4    51.8    51.4    52.5    51.8 
     1997..............   54.7    54.0    51.4    54.3    52.5    52.2    55.4    61.2    61.5    64.7    66.2    65.1 
     1998..............   59.7    49.3    48.2    36.7    36.7    36.7    28.4    31.3    33.5    35.3    32.7    28.1 
     1999..............   33.1    29.1    28.1    36.0    30.9    34.5    36.3    44.6    45.7   p40.6   p47.1         
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.3    50.7 
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.5    55.4    57.2 
     1998..............   54.0    49.3    46.0    40.6    35.6    33.8    30.9    32.0    26.6    26.6    25.5    26.3 
     1999..............   32.7    25.9    28.4    29.5    29.9    31.7   p35.3   p34.2                                 
     2000..............                                                                                                

  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.