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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  FEBRUARY 1999

   Payroll employment rose in February, and the unemployment rate was
little changed at 4.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment increased
by 275,000; large gains occurred in construction and retail trade, while
manufacturing had a substantial decline.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons, 6.1 million, and the unemployment
rate, 4.4 percent, were essentially unchanged in February, after seasonal
adjustment.  The jobless rate has remained within a narrow range of 4.3 to
4.5 percent since last April.  The unemployment rate for adult men rose in
February to 3.7 percent.  Jobless rates for other major demographic
groups--adult women (3.8 percent), teenagers (14.1 percent), whites
(3.8 percent), blacks (8.3 percent), and Hispanics (6.7 percent)--showed
little or no change over the month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment was little changed in February, at 133.1 million, after
seasonal adjustment.  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of
the population age 16 and older with jobs--was 64.4 percent, essentially
unchanged from the previous month.  Both the civilian labor force, 139.3
million, and the labor force participation rate, 67.3 percent, also were
essentially unchanged.  (See table A-1.)
                                  
   About 8.0 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in February.  These multiple jobholders made up 6.1 percent of the
total employed, the same share as a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in February.  These were people who wanted and
were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12
months but were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for
work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.

   The number of discouraged workers--a subset of the marginally attached
who were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed
no jobs were available for them--was 271,000 in February, down from 361,000
a year earlier.  (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        |     1998        |  1998  |      1999 1/    | Feb.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   III  |  IV    |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 137,656| 138,285| 138,547| 139,347| 139,271|    -76
  Employment..........| 131,419| 132,166| 132,526| 133,396| 133,144|   -252
  Unemployment........|   6,237|   6,120|   6,021|   5,950|   6,127|    177
Not in labor force....|  67,827|  67,813|  67,723|  67,372|  67,602|    230
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.5|     4.4|     4.3|     4.3|     4.4|    0.1
  Adult men...........|     3.8|     3.6|     3.6|     3.4|     3.7|     .3
  Adult women.........|     4.0|     4.0|     3.9|     3.7|     3.8|     .1
  Teenagers...........|    14.7|    14.9|    14.0|    15.5|    14.1|   -1.4
  White...............|     3.9|     3.8|     3.8|     3.8|     3.8|     .0
  Black...............|     9.2|     8.4|     7.9|     7.8|     8.3|     .5
  Hispanic origin.....|     7.3|     7.4|     7.6|     6.6|     6.7|     .1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 126,141| 126,816| 127,118|p127,335|p127,610|   p275
  Goods-producing 2/..|  25,210|  25,221|  25,269| p25,256| p25,268|    p12
    Construction......|   5,980|   6,072|   6,153|  p6,167|  p6,239|    p72
    Manufacturing.....|  18,660|  18,588|  18,559| p18,542| p18,492|   p-50
  Service-producing 2/| 100,931| 101,596| 101,849|p102,079|p102,342|   p263
    Retail trade......|  22,561|  22,658|  22,712| p22,748| p22,871|   p123
    Services..........|  37,691|  38,031|  38,148| p38,249| p38,336|    p87
    Government........|  19,892|  19,985|  20,022| p20,061| p20,083|    p22
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|    34.6|    34.6|   p34.5|   p34.7|   p0.2
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|    41.7|    41.7|   p41.6|   p41.6|    p.0
    Overtime..........|     4.6|     4.5|     4.5|    p4.6|    p4.5|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   145.1|   146.0|   146.4|  p146.4|  p147.3|   p0.9
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $12.84|  $12.94|  $12.98| p$13.03| p$13.04| p$0.01
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  443.29|  447.29|  449.11| p449.54| p452.49|  p2.95
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Beginning in January 1999, household data reflect revised population
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 Data)
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 275,000 in February to 127.6 million,
seasonally adjusted.  This increase was about in line with the average of
the prior 3 months, but well above the average for the first 10 months of
1998.  There was a large job gain in construction in February, partly
reflecting the effects of mild weather across much of the nation.  Retail
employment also increased sharply.  Manufacturing lost 50,000 jobs
following 2 months of smaller declines.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Construction employment increased by 72,000 in February, following a
month of much slower growth.  February's above-average temperatures over
much of the country contributed to the strong over-the-month gain.  Special
trades contracting increased by 59,000, half of which occurred in two
outside activities, masonry and roofing.  Since September 1998, construction
employment has risen by 258,000.
   
   The retail trade industry added 123,000 jobs in February, after seasonal
adjustment.  Employment in eating and drinking places increased by 25,000,
following a decline in January.  Large gains occurred, after seasonal
adjustment, in apparel and accessory stores (12,000), miscellaneous retail
establishments (24,000), and department stores (23,000), as seasonal
layoffs in these industries were lighter than usual for February.  Building
materials (8,000) and furniture stores (10,000) continued to add jobs in
February, partly aided by strong construction activity.
                                    
   Employment in the services industry grew by 87,000 in February, compared
to an average of 110,000 in the prior 12 months.  Computer and data
processing services continued its strong growth, with a gain of 13,000
jobs.  Slow growth continued in help supply services employment, which
increased by only 7,000.  Job growth slowed in engineering and management
services; employment was up only 3,000 in February after rising by 72,000
over the previous 3 months.  Over the month, employment rose in education
(20,000) and social services (16,000), and home health care services posted
its first job increase (7,000) since July 1997.
   
   Transportation and public utilities employment increased by 15,000 in
February, about equal to the industry's average monthly growth over the
prior 12 months.  Most of the over-the-month gain was in air transportation
(11,000).  Wholesale trade employment rose by 9,000, with widespread
increases in durable goods distribution.

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   Employment in finance rose by 8,000 in February as growth continued
throughout most components of the industry.  The exception was security
brokerages, which have shown no net employment gains since October.
Insurance and real estate employment levels were essentially unchanged in
February.
   
   Government employment was up by 22,000 over the month, led by gains in
both the educational and noneducational components of local government.
   
   Manufacturing employment dropped by 50,000 in February, the largest
decline since last November.  Since March 1998, factory employment has
fallen by 337,000.  In February, apparel employment fell by 15,000, more
than twice the average loss for the previous 12 months.  The apparel
industry has lost 306,000 jobs since its last peak in November 1991, or
nearly a third of its work force.  Aircraft manufacturing employment
decreased by 6,000 over the month, following several months of smaller
declines.  Reductions in industrial machinery (-7,000) and electrical
equipment (-2,000) employment continued, but the declines in these
industries were smaller than in recent months.  Employment in stone, clay,
and glass products rose by 3,000 in February.
   
   Mining shed another 10,000 jobs in February, bringing employment losses
to 57,000 since its most recent peak in September 1997.  Job losses in oil
and gas extraction have accounted for most of the contraction in mining
over this period.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 hour in February to 34.7 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek was unchanged at 41.6 hours.  Factory
overtime edged down 0.1 hour to 4.5 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.6 percent to 147.3 (1982=100),
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index was down 0.3 percent in
February 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 1 cent in February to $13.04, seasonally
adjusted.  This followed a 5-cent gain in January.  Average weekly earnings
were $452.49 in February (seasonally adjusted), up 0.7 percent over the
month.  Over the year, average hourly and weekly earnings both rose by
3.6 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
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   The Employment Situation for March 1999 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, April 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
   
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the Bureau of the Census  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 1998,
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 0.2 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.6 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $17.00 per issue or
$35.00 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:  202-606-STAT; TDD phone:
202-606-5897; TDD message referral phone:  1-800-326-2577.
  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. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 204,400 206,719 206,873 204,400 205,919 206,104 206,270 206,719 206,873
    Civilian labor force............................ 136,286 137,943 138,202 137,384 138,116 138,193 138,547 139,347 139,271
          Participation rate........................    66.7    66.7    66.8    67.2    67.1    67.1    67.2    67.4    67.3
      Employed...................................... 129,482 131,339 131,639 131,021 131,858 132,113 132,526 133,396 133,144
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.3    63.5    63.6    64.1    64.0    64.1    64.2    64.5    64.4
        Agriculture.................................   2,922   2,911   2,894   3,345   3,558   3,348   3,222   3,299   3,328
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 126,560 128,428 128,744 127,676 128,300 128,765 129,304 130,097 129,817
      Unemployed....................................   6,804   6,604   6,563   6,363   6,258   6,080   6,021   5,950   6,127
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     4.8     4.7     4.6     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.4
    Not in labor force..............................  68,115  68,776  68,671  67,016  67,803  67,911  67,723  67,372  67,602
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,331  99,198  99,279  98,331  99,121  99,217  99,309  99,198  99,279
    Civilian labor force............................  72,930  73,636  73,718  73,735  74,189  74,345  74,437  74,599  74,504
          Participation rate........................    74.2    74.2    74.3    75.0    74.8    74.9    75.0    75.2    75.0
      Employed......................................  69,197  69,992  70,084  70,411  70,925  71,182  71,204  71,459  71,276
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.4    70.6    70.6    71.6    71.6    71.7    71.7    72.0    71.8
      Unemployed....................................   3,733   3,644   3,634   3,324   3,264   3,163   3,233   3,140   3,228
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.1     4.9     4.9     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.3
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  90,476  91,124  91,189  90,476  91,101  91,192  91,220  91,124  91,189
    Civilian labor force............................  69,104  69,687  69,746  69,559  69,913  70,023  70,069  70,295  70,174
          Participation rate........................    76.4    76.5    76.5    76.9    76.7    76.8    76.8    77.1    77.0
      Employed......................................  66,049  66,780  66,730  66,927  67,362  67,573  67,553  67,884  67,577
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.0    73.3    73.2    74.0    73.9    74.1    74.1    74.5    74.1
        Agriculture.................................   2,035   2,060   1,953   2,297   2,449   2,374   2,237   2,312   2,212
        Nonagricultural industries..................  64,014  64,720  64,777  64,630  64,913  65,199  65,316  65,572  65,365
      Unemployed....................................   3,055   2,908   3,016   2,632   2,551   2,450   2,516   2,411   2,598
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.4     4.2     4.3     3.8     3.6     3.5     3.6     3.4     3.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,070 107,521 107,593 106,070 106,798 106,887 106,960 107,521 107,593
    Civilian labor force............................  63,355  64,307  64,484  63,649  63,927  63,848  64,110  64,748  64,767
          Participation rate........................    59.7    59.8    59.9    60.0    59.9    59.7    59.9    60.2    60.2
      Employed......................................  60,285  61,347  61,555  60,610  60,933  60,931  61,322  61,937  61,869
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.8    57.1    57.2    57.1    57.1    57.0    57.3    57.6    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,070   2,960   2,929   3,039   2,994   2,917   2,788   2,810   2,899
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.8     4.6     4.5     4.8     4.7     4.6     4.3     4.3     4.5
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,471  99,686  99,746  98,471  99,037  99,135  99,181  99,686  99,746
    Civilian labor force............................  59,606  60,547  60,608  59,625  59,826  59,896  60,078  60,718  60,622
          Participation rate........................    60.5    60.7    60.8    60.6    60.4    60.4    60.6    60.9    60.8
      Employed......................................  57,011  58,100  58,210  57,097  57,437  57,503  57,745  58,466  58,291
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.9    58.3    58.4    58.0    58.0    58.0    58.2    58.7    58.4
        Agriculture.................................     722     729     757     799     771     734     753     808     839
        Nonagricultural industries..................  56,289  57,370  57,452  56,298  56,666  56,769  56,992  57,659  57,452
      Unemployed....................................   2,595   2,447   2,398   2,528   2,389   2,393   2,333   2,251   2,330
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.4     4.0     4.0     4.2     4.0     4.0     3.9     3.7     3.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,453  15,909  15,939  15,453  15,781  15,777  15,868  15,909  15,939
    Civilian labor force............................   7,575   7,709   7,849   8,200   8,377   8,274   8,400   8,334   8,475
          Participation rate........................    49.0    48.5    49.2    53.1    53.1    52.4    52.9    52.4    53.2
      Employed......................................   6,422   6,460   6,699   6,997   7,059   7,037   7,228   7,046   7,276
          Employment-population ratio...............    41.6    40.6    42.0    45.3    44.7    44.6    45.5    44.3    45.7
        Agriculture.................................     164     122     184     249     338     240     232     179     277
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,258   6,338   6,515   6,748   6,721   6,797   6,996   6,867   6,999
      Unemployed....................................   1,153   1,249   1,150   1,203   1,318   1,237   1,172   1,288   1,199
          Unemployment rate.........................    15.2    16.2    14.6    14.7    15.7    15.0    14.0    15.5    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 1999, 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. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 170,917 172,394 172,491 170,917 171,956 172,084 172,197 172,394 172,491
    Civilian labor force............................ 114,489 115,425 115,821 115,271 115,714 115,687 115,996 116,529 116,610
        Participation rate..........................    67.0    67.0    67.1    67.4    67.3    67.2    67.4    67.6    67.6
      Employed...................................... 109,504 110,414 110,949 110,731 111,162 111,304 111,560 112,135 112,189
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.1    64.0    64.3    64.8    64.6    64.7    64.8    65.0    65.0
      Unemployed....................................   4,985   5,011   4,873   4,540   4,552   4,383   4,436   4,394   4,420
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.4     4.3     4.2     3.9     3.9     3.8     3.8     3.8     3.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  58,974  59,306  59,443  59,314  59,579  59,634  59,712  59,751  59,799
        Participation rate..........................    76.9    76.9    77.0    77.3    77.2    77.2    77.2    77.5    77.5
      Employed......................................  56,651  57,051  57,078  57,378  57,646  57,806  57,813  57,920  57,830
        Employment-population ratio.................    73.8    74.0    74.0    74.8    74.7    74.8    74.8    75.1    75.0
      Unemployed....................................   2,322   2,254   2,365   1,936   1,933   1,828   1,899   1,831   1,969
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.9     3.8     4.0     3.3     3.2     3.1     3.2     3.1     3.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,029  49,594  49,721  49,031  49,062  49,065  49,230  49,759  49,721
        Participation rate..........................    59.9    60.0    60.1    59.9    59.7    59.6    59.8    60.2    60.1
      Employed......................................  47,232  47,773  48,061  47,283  47,401  47,415  47,585  48,110  48,109
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.7    57.8    58.1    57.7    57.6    57.6    57.8    58.2    58.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,797   1,821   1,660   1,748   1,661   1,650   1,645   1,650   1,612
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.7     3.7     3.3     3.6     3.4     3.4     3.3     3.3     3.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,486   6,526   6,657   6,926   7,073   6,988   7,054   7,019   7,090
        Participation rate..........................    52.7    51.7    52.7    56.3    56.4    55.7    56.1    55.6    56.1
      Employed......................................   5,621   5,590   5,809   6,070   6,115   6,083   6,162   6,105   6,250
        Employment-population ratio.................    45.7    44.3    46.0    49.3    48.8    48.5    49.0    48.4    49.5
      Unemployed....................................     866     935     848     856     958     905     892     913     840
        Unemployment rate...........................    13.3    14.3    12.7    12.4    13.5    13.0    12.6    13.0    11.8
          Men.......................................    16.0    16.2    13.6    14.4    14.1    14.1    14.5    14.1    12.2
          Women.....................................    10.5    12.4    11.8    10.1    13.0    11.6    10.6    11.9    11.4
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,229  24,665  24,697  24,229  24,496  24,529  24,561  24,665  24,697
    Civilian labor force............................  15,618  16,101  16,004  15,834  16,163  16,201  16,157  16,356  16,242
        Participation rate..........................    64.5    65.3    64.8    65.4    66.0    66.0    65.8    66.3    65.8
      Employed......................................  14,080  14,835  14,622  14,340  14,776  14,804  14,884  15,085  14,900
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.1    60.1    59.2    59.2    60.3    60.4    60.6    61.2    60.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,538   1,267   1,381   1,494   1,387   1,397   1,273   1,271   1,342
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.9     7.9     8.6     9.4     8.6     8.6     7.9     7.8     8.3
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   6,900   7,098   7,050   6,993   7,144   7,086   7,063   7,210   7,160
        Participation rate..........................    71.4    72.1    71.5    72.3    73.1    72.4    72.0    73.3    72.7
      Employed......................................   6,306   6,619   6,529   6,448   6,653   6,590   6,588   6,782   6,682
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.2    67.3    66.3    66.7    68.0    67.3    67.2    68.9    67.8
      Unemployed....................................     594     479     521     545     491     496     475     428     477
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.6     6.8     7.4     7.8     6.9     7.0     6.7     5.9     6.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,876   8,087   8,057   7,895   7,992   8,051   8,035   8,114   8,082
        Participation rate..........................    64.9    65.4    65.1    65.0    65.2    65.6    65.4    65.7    65.3
      Employed......................................   7,192   7,556   7,457   7,238   7,391   7,443   7,474   7,579   7,509
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.2    61.2    60.3    59.6    60.3    60.6    60.8    61.3    60.7
      Unemployed....................................     684     530     600     657     601     608     561     535     573
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.7     6.6     7.4     8.3     7.5     7.6     7.0     6.6     7.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     842     917     897     946   1,027   1,064   1,059   1,032   1,000
        Participation rate..........................    34.8    37.1    36.3    39.1    41.8    43.3    43.0    41.8    40.5
      Employed......................................     581     660     637     654     732     771     822     725     708
        Employment-population ratio.................    24.0    26.7    25.8    27.0    29.8    31.4    33.4    29.3    28.6
      Unemployed....................................     260     257     261     292     295     293     237     307     293
        Unemployment rate...........................    30.9    28.1    29.0    30.9    28.7    27.5    22.4    29.8    29.2
          Men.......................................    34.9    35.6    31.8    34.0    34.7    33.0    27.3    34.2    31.6
          Women.....................................    27.4    20.6    26.5    28.0    23.5    22.1    17.6    25.0    27.0

                   HISPANIC ORIGIN
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  20,798  21,296  21,355  20,798  21,286  21,349  21,405  21,296  21,355
    Civilian labor force............................  14,030  14,358  14,466  14,145  14,437  14,389  14,488  14,511  14,591
        Participation rate..........................    67.5    67.4    67.7    68.0    67.8    67.4    67.7    68.1    68.3
      Employed......................................  12,983  13,293  13,420  13,165  13,382  13,345  13,383  13,550  13,610
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.4    62.4    62.8    63.3    62.9    62.5    62.5    63.6    63.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,047   1,065   1,046     980   1,055   1,044   1,105     960     980
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.5     7.4     7.2     6.9     7.3     7.3     7.6     6.6     6.7

    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
  1999, 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.  
                                               1998     1999     1999     1998     1998     1998     1998     1999     1999  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   29,228   28,901   28,112   29,228   28,713   29,084   29,094   28,901   28,112
    Civilian labor force....................   12,303   12,463   11,917   12,561   12,408   12,463   12,500   12,379   12,164
        Percent of population...............     42.1     43.1     42.4     43.0     43.2     42.9     43.0     42.8     43.3
      Employed..............................   11,303   11,391   10,897   11,670   11,556   11,574   11,626   11,459   11,257
        Employment-population ratio.........     38.7     39.4     38.8     39.9     40.2     39.8     40.0     39.7     40.0
      Unemployed............................    1,000    1,073    1,020      891      852      889      874      920      907
        Unemployment rate...................      8.1      8.6      8.6      7.1      6.9      7.1      7.0      7.4      7.5
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,418   57,477   57,062   57,418   57,666   57,273   57,115   57,477   57,062
    Civilian labor force....................   37,527   37,472   37,063   37,730   37,540   37,408   37,296   37,590   37,261
        Percent of population...............     65.4     65.2     65.0     65.7     65.1     65.3     65.3     65.4     65.3
      Employed..............................   35,794   35,928   35,583   36,225   36,056   35,947   35,873   36,291   35,979
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.3     62.5     62.4     63.1     62.5     62.8     62.8     63.1     63.1
      Unemployed............................    1,734    1,545    1,479    1,505    1,484    1,461    1,423    1,299    1,282
        Unemployment rate...................      4.6      4.1      4.0      4.0      4.0      3.9      3.8      3.5      3.4
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   42,527   43,154   43,911   42,527   42,573   42,863   43,022   43,154   43,911
    Civilian labor force....................   31,580   31,990   32,601   31,418   31,349   31,727   31,800   32,399   32,465
        Percent of population...............     74.3     74.1     74.2     73.9     73.6     74.0     73.9     75.1     73.9
      Employed..............................   30,538   30,966   31,525   30,448   30,423   30,825   30,911   31,470   31,462
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.8     71.8     71.8     71.6     71.5     71.9     71.8     72.9     71.6
      Unemployed............................    1,042    1,023    1,077      970      926      902      889      929    1,003
        Unemployment rate...................      3.3      3.2      3.3      3.1      3.0      2.8      2.8      2.9      3.1
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   42,238   43,516   43,949   42,238   43,520   43,408   43,484   43,516   43,949
    Civilian labor force....................   33,859   34,914   35,149   33,742   34,779   34,554   34,838   34,950   35,040
        Percent of population...............     80.2     80.2     80.0     79.9     79.9     79.6     80.1     80.3     79.7
      Employed..............................   33,227   34,257   34,471   33,114   34,108   33,922   34,205   34,325   34,368
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.7     78.7     78.4     78.4     78.4     78.1     78.7     78.9     78.2
      Unemployed............................      632      657      678      628      671      632      633      624      673
        Unemployment rate...................      1.9      1.9      1.9      1.9      1.9      1.8      1.8      1.8      1.9

    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 1999, 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. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 129,482 131,339 131,639 131,021 131,858 132,113 132,526 133,396 133,144
    Married men, spouse present.....................  42,615  43,107  42,757  42,869  43,090  43,209  43,227  43,542  43,016
    Married women, spouse present...................  32,821  33,416  33,092  32,829  33,037  32,953  33,093  33,652  33,092
    Women who maintain families.....................   7,860   7,947   8,105   7,872   7,940   7,969   8,087   8,076   8,113
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  38,297  39,754  39,607  38,210  39,679  39,459  39,729  39,836  39,531
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,260  38,419  38,979  38,519  38,431  38,430  38,307  38,846  39,254
    Service occupations.............................  17,752  17,690  18,000  17,899  17,692  18,024  17,976  18,070  18,163
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,094  14,471  14,477  14,368  14,192  14,552  14,685  14,751  14,742
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,151  18,109  17,648  18,526  18,168  18,067  18,480  18,476  18,021
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   2,927   2,895   2,928   3,477   3,604   3,538   3,396   3,422   3,490
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,685   1,703   1,646   1,936   2,247   2,005   1,912   1,987   1,895
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,210   1,181   1,220   1,362   1,282   1,304   1,304   1,298   1,381
      Unpaid family workers.........................      27      27      28      42      33      40      34      30      44
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 117,765 119,627 120,119 118,704 119,275 119,718 120,380 121,115 121,066
        Government..................................  18,525  19,121  19,027  18,302  18,547  18,607  18,686  18,913  18,782
        Private industries..........................  99,240 100,505 101,093 100,402 100,728 101,111 101,694 102,202 102,283
          Private households........................     995     850     832   1,017     946     969     943     881     849
          Other industries..........................  98,245  99,655 100,261  99,385  99,782 100,142 100,751 101,321 101,434
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,682   8,680   8,511   8,826   9,030   8,929   8,814   8,830   8,658
      Unpaid family workers.........................     113     121     114     113      95     112     122     121     114
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   4,042   3,815   3,594   3,864   3,404   3,340   3,417   3,562   3,426
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,350   2,428   2,174   2,145   2,031   1,910   1,927   2,093   1,984
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,397   1,056   1,132   1,415   1,136   1,157   1,148   1,115   1,141
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,235  18,836  19,481  18,407  18,667  18,634  18,674  18,485  18,642
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,867   3,645   3,443   3,714   3,253   3,191   3,257   3,413   3,298
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,235   2,305   2,085   2,044   1,927   1,824   1,841   1,989   1,906
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,384   1,040   1,109   1,390   1,110   1,130   1,116   1,094   1,108
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,693  18,352  18,964  17,791  18,107  18,110  18,155  17,921  18,061

      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 1999, 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. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   6,363   5,950   6,127    4.6     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.4 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,632   2,411   2,598    3.8     3.6     3.5     3.6     3.4     3.7 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,528   2,251   2,330    4.2     4.0     4.0     3.9     3.7     3.8 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,203   1,288   1,199   14.7    15.7    15.0    14.0    15.5    14.1 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,088   1,011   1,059    2.5     2.3     2.2     2.3     2.3     2.4 
     Married women, spouse present..................   1,014     987     967    3.0     2.8     2.9     2.8     2.8     2.8 
     Women who maintain families....................     641     527     561    7.5     6.9     6.9     6.3     6.1     6.5 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   5,093   4,708   4,929    4.5     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.3 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,277   1,272   1,196    5.2     5.5     5.4     5.2     5.2     4.9 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     766     750     765    2.0     1.9     1.8     1.8     1.8     1.9 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,612   1,520   1,611    4.0     3.9     3.7     3.7     3.8     3.9 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     644     537     672    4.3     4.0     3.8     3.2     3.5     4.4 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,305   1,149   1,147    6.6     6.8     6.7     6.7     5.9     6.0 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     238     284     297    6.4     5.4     6.3     7.5     7.7     7.8 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,947   4,586   4,626    4.7     4.6     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,386   1,318   1,346    4.8     4.6     4.6     4.6     4.6     4.7 
         Mining.....................................      17      44      43    2.7     2.4     2.2     4.3     7.4     7.7 
         Construction...............................     570     540     545    8.0     6.7     7.0     6.4     7.3     7.5 
         Manufacturing..............................     799     734     758    3.8     3.9     3.8     4.0     3.5     3.7 
           Durable goods............................     380     429     415    3.0     3.2     3.2     3.4     3.4     3.3 
           Nondurable goods.........................     419     305     343    4.9     5.1     4.8     4.9     3.8     4.3 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,561   3,268   3,280    4.7     4.7     4.5     4.4     4.2     4.2 
         Transportation and public utilities........     249     193     245    3.3     3.5     3.2     3.2     2.5     3.2 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,534   1,445   1,446    5.7     5.6     5.2     5.5     5.2     5.2 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     202     196     192    2.5     2.5     2.8     2.8     2.4     2.4 
         Services...................................   1,576   1,434   1,397    4.6     4.7     4.6     4.1     4.1     4.0 
     Government workers.............................     429     425     436    2.3     2.2     2.1     2.0     2.2     2.3 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     179     210     241    8.5     6.7     7.6     8.3     9.6    11.3 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,488   2,930   2,497   2,598   2,754   2,546   2,614   2,353   2,601
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,365   2,133   2,386   1,931   1,896   1,983   1,839   2,071   1,944
   15 weeks and over................................   1,950   1,541   1,681   1,804   1,598   1,611   1,578   1,469   1,550
      15 to 26 weeks................................     957     775     864     849     732     752     754     753     766
      27 weeks and over.............................     994     766     816     955     866     859     824     716     784
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    15.3    12.9    13.8    15.4    14.1    14.4    14.1    13.4    13.8
   Median duration, in weeks........................     7.5     6.5     7.4     7.1     5.9     6.7     6.7     6.9     7.0
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    36.6    44.4    38.0    41.0    44.1    41.5    43.3    39.9    42.7
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    34.8    32.3    36.3    30.5    30.3    32.3    30.5    35.1    31.9
     15 weeks and over..............................    28.7    23.3    25.6    28.5    25.6    26.2    26.2    24.9    25.4
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    14.1    11.7    13.2    13.4    11.7    12.2    12.5    12.8    12.6
       27 weeks and over............................    14.6    11.6    12.4    15.1    13.9    14.0    13.7    12.1    12.9

     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Feb.    Jan.    Feb.    Feb.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,254   3,394   3,151   2,827   2,813   2,758   2,754   2,696   2,738
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,145   1,364   1,159     836     857     850     841     864     849
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   2,109   2,030   1,993   1,991   1,956   1,908   1,913   1,832   1,889
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,503   1,376   1,308   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     605     655     685   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     789     721     765     773     730     677     709     699     751
  Reentrants........................................   2,270   2,027   2,182   2,206   2,142   2,130   2,031   1,993   2,110
  New entrants......................................     491     462     466     538     577     534     504     537     509
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Total unemployed..................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................    47.8    51.4    48.0    44.6    44.9    45.2    45.9    45.5    44.8
     On temporary layoff............................    16.8    20.7    17.7    13.2    13.7    13.9    14.0    14.6    13.9
     Not on temporary layoff........................    31.0    30.7    30.4    31.4    31.2    31.3    31.9    30.9    30.9
   Job leavers......................................    11.6    10.9    11.6    12.2    11.7    11.1    11.8    11.8    12.3
   Reentrants.......................................    33.4    30.7    33.2    34.8    34.2    34.9    33.9    33.6    34.5
   New entrants.....................................     7.2     7.0     7.1     8.5     9.2     8.8     8.4     9.1     8.3
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.4     2.5     2.3     2.1     2.0     2.0     2.0     1.9     2.0
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .5      .6      .6      .5      .5      .5      .5      .5
   Reentrants.......................................     1.7     1.5     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.5     1.5     1.4     1.5
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .3      .3      .4      .4      .4      .4      .4      .4

    1 Not available.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, 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. 
                                                                1998   1999   1999   1998   1998   1998   1998   1999   1999 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
     the civilian                                                                                                            
     labor force..............................................    1.4    1.1    1.2    1.3    1.2    1.2    1.1    1.1    1.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
     a percent of the                                                                                                        
     civilian labor force.....................................    2.4    2.5    2.3    2.1    2.0    2.0    2.0    1.9    2.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
     force                                                                                                                   
     (official unemployment rate).............................    5.0    4.8    4.7    4.6    4.5    4.4    4.3    4.3    4.4
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
     of the civilian                                                                                                         
      labor force plus discouraged workers....................    5.2    5.0    4.9   (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........................................    6.0    5.7    5.6   (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.........................    8.9    8.5    8.2   (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 1999, 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. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1998    1998    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   6,363   5,950   6,127    4.6     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.4 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,350   2,240   2,274   10.7    10.5     9.9     9.8    10.1    10.2 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,203   1,288   1,199   14.7    15.7    15.0    14.0    15.5    14.1 
        16 to 17 years..............................     622     619     520   18.3    18.2    18.0    16.9    18.4    15.5 
        18 to 19 years..............................     567     653     666   11.9    14.0    13.0    12.1    13.1    13.1 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,147     952   1,075    8.4     7.3     6.9     7.2     6.9     7.7 
    25 years and over...............................   3,999   3,743   3,835    3.5     3.4     3.3     3.3     3.2     3.3 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,561   3,257   3,359    3.6     3.5     3.4     3.4     3.3     3.4 
      55 years and over.............................     450     509     501    2.7     2.7     3.0     3.0     2.9     2.9 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,324   3,140   3,228    4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.3 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,317   1,241   1,179   11.5    10.9    10.3    10.8    10.7    10.1 
        16 to 19 years..............................     692     729     630   16.6    16.7    16.5    16.4    16.9    14.6 
          16 to 17 years............................     360     349     262   20.4    20.9    20.0    19.9    19.7    15.3 
          18 to 19 years............................     327     375     368   13.5    13.7    14.4    14.0    14.7    14.1 
        20 to 24 years..............................     625     512     548    8.6     7.5     6.6     7.3     7.1     7.5 
      25 years and over.............................   1,997   1,900   2,036    3.2     3.2     3.1     3.2     3.0     3.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,734   1,646   1,750    3.3     3.3     3.1     3.2     3.1     3.3 
        55 years and over...........................     268     273     295    2.9     2.9     3.1     3.1     2.8     3.0 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   3,039   2,810   2,899    4.8     4.7     4.6     4.3     4.3     4.5 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,033     999   1,095    9.9    10.1     9.5     8.7     9.5    10.2 
        16 to 19 years..............................     511     559     568   12.7    14.8    13.3    11.3    13.9    13.7 
          16 to 17 years............................     262     270     259   16.0    15.4    15.9    13.8    16.9    15.7 
          18 to 19 years............................     240     278     298   10.2    14.3    11.4    10.2    11.5    12.1 
        20 to 24 years..............................     522     440     527    8.1     7.1     7.1     7.1     6.7     8.0 
      25 years and over.............................   2,002   1,842   1,799    3.8     3.6     3.6     3.5     3.4     3.3 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,827   1,611   1,609    4.0     3.8     3.8     3.6     3.5     3.5 
        55 years and over...........................     182     236     206    2.4     2.5     2.9     2.8     3.1     2.7 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Feb.      Feb.      Feb.      Feb.      Feb.      Feb.  
                                                                        1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   68,115    68,671    25,400    25,562    42,714    43,109 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,912     4,703     2,165     1,878     2,747     2,825 
       Searched for work and vailable to work now(1)................    1,478     1,279       773       592       705       686 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      361       271       237       170       124       100 
               Reasons other than discouragement(3).................    1,117     1,008       537       422       581       586 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,877     8,044     4,142     4,264     3,734     3,780 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      6.1       6.1       6.0       6.1       6.2       6.1 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,391     4,396     2,580     2,551     1,811     1,845 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,671     1,763       542       575     1,129     1,187 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      227       276       154       174        73       102 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,566     1,563       847       932       719       631 

    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 1999, 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. 
                                                1998    1998   1999p   1999p    1998    1998    1998    1998   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                             
               Total......................... 123,346 127,936 125,176 126,028 124,832 126,527 126,804 127,118 127,335 127,610
                                                                                                                             
            Total private.................... 103,333 107,547 105,202 105,651 105,112 106,579 106,818 107,096 107,274 107,527
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  24,706  25,181  24,635  24,637  25,314  25,209  25,184  25,269  25,256  25,268
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................     578     556     535     526     590     564     560     557     547     537
         Metal mining........................    50.6    49.9    49.8    49.4      52      50      50      50      51      50
         Coal mining.........................    92.8    89.8    89.5    88.5      93      89      90      90      90      89
         Oil and gas extraction..............   334.7   309.4   297.3   288.4     338     317     312     308     299     291
         Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..    99.4   106.5    98.5    99.5     107     108     108     109     107     107
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   5,403   6,043   5,673   5,716   5,902   6,012   6,051   6,153   6,167   6,239
         General building contractors........ 1,292.8 1,424.2 1,374.5 1,376.8   1,371   1,419   1,414   1,433   1,447   1,460
         Heavy construction, except building.   684.2   810.7   714.6   724.0     813     825     834     861     861     861
         Special trade contractors........... 3,425.9 3,807.9 3,583.7 3,615.0   3,718   3,768   3,803   3,859   3,859   3,918
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  18,725  18,582  18,427  18,395  18,822  18,633  18,573  18,559  18,542  18,492
           Production workers................  12,944  12,784  12,664  12,647  13,024  12,821  12,765  12,763  12,759  12,716
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  11,122  11,021  10,936  10,924  11,159  11,059  11,011  10,996  10,986  10,962
           Production workers................   7,645   7,542   7,474   7,474   7,676   7,566   7,522   7,519   7,511   7,494
         Lumber and wood products............   784.5   812.2   805.8   805.5     800     806     809     813     821     821
         Furniture and fixtures..............   519.6   529.4   527.0   528.1     519     524     524     527     527     528
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   542.1   565.3   547.0   551.3     561     564     568     571     568     571
         Primary metal industries............   718.8   701.0   695.3   694.7     718     706     699     698     694     695
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   235.3   227.6   224.7   224.1   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
         Fabricated metal products........... 1,494.8 1,485.4 1,480.6 1,474.8   1,497   1,486   1,481   1,480   1,483   1,477
         Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,206.5 2,153.7 2,137.2 2,133.8   2,202   2,175   2,162   2,152   2,137   2,130
           Computer and office equipment.....   379.2   366.8   361.9   358.9     381     371     370     367     363     360
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................ 1,719.0 1,670.3 1,660.1 1,656.7   1,720   1,680   1,668   1,664   1,660   1,658
           Electronic components and                                                                                         
              accessories....................   679.7   646.9   645.4   645.9     680     654     649     646     645     646
         Transportation equipment............ 1,885.2 1,883.5 1,869.6 1,864.9   1,886   1,887   1,877   1,871   1,876   1,864
           Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,002.2 1,000.9   992.0   990.3   1,004   1,000     998     990     998     990
           Aircraft and parts................   523.5   519.8   516.1   510.4     523     523     519     518     516     510
         Instruments and related products....   865.2   842.0   840.9   839.7     866     850     845     842     842     841
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   386.0   377.8   372.5   374.5     390     381     378     378     378     377
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   7,603   7,561   7,491   7,471   7,663   7,574   7,562   7,563   7,556   7,530
           Production workers................   5,299   5,242   5,190   5,173   5,348   5,255   5,243   5,244   5,248   5,222
         Food and kindred products........... 1,664.7 1,705.2 1,686.1 1,681.0   1,703   1,702   1,710   1,718   1,723   1,719
         Tobacco products....................    41.9    42.1    42.1    40.8      41      40      40      39      40      40
         Textile mill products...............   603.7   581.6   573.6   570.1     606     589     584     581     576     572
         Apparel and other textile products..   791.7   732.5   719.4   709.4     796     746     736     734     728     713
         Paper and allied products...........   684.9   674.2   669.7   668.4     688     677     674     673     671     671
         Printing and publishing............. 1,561.8 1,570.8 1,559.6 1,558.2   1,564   1,569   1,566   1,561   1,563   1,562
         Chemicals and allied products....... 1,032.1 1,033.6 1,027.3 1,029.4   1,036   1,034   1,035   1,035   1,032   1,033
         Petroleum and coal products.........   131.8   133.2   128.9   129.5     136     134     134     136     133     134
         Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,004.6 1,009.7 1,008.0 1,009.2   1,007   1,004   1,005   1,008   1,013   1,010
         Leather and leather products........    85.7    77.8    76.3    75.1      86      79      78      78      77      76
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................  98,640 102,755 100,541 101,391  99,518 101,318 101,620 101,849 102,079 102,342
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   6,433   6,678   6,578   6,593   6,494   6,595   6,604   6,627   6,641   6,656
         Transportation......................   4,117   4,319   4,217   4,232   4,164   4,247   4,249   4,262   4,268   4,282
           Railroad transportation...........   227.3   232.1   231.5   230.9     231     234     231     233     235     234
           Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
              transit........................   468.8   484.1   476.8   482.3     459     467     468     468     467     471
           Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,652.6 1,731.6 1,697.5 1,702.3   1,688   1,721   1,721   1,730   1,739   1,741
           Water transportation..............   173.8   185.6   180.4   180.1     181     191     193     191     189     188
           Transportation by air............. 1,136.2 1,215.7 1,163.5 1,168.1   1,145   1,167   1,167   1,169   1,167   1,178
           Pipelines, except natural gas.....    14.1    14.1    13.9    14.1      14      14      14      14      14      14
           Transportation services...........   443.9   455.6   452.9   454.3     446     453     455     457     457     456
         Communications and public utilities.   2,316   2,359   2,361   2,361   2,330   2,348   2,355   2,365   2,373   2,374
           Communications.................... 1,461.6 1,508.8 1,514.7 1,516.7   1,471   1,498   1,502   1,512   1,523   1,525
           Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
              services.......................   854.6   850.2   845.8   844.5     859     850     853     853     850     849
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   6,714   6,882   6,842   6,853   6,769   6,864   6,877   6,882   6,899   6,908
         Durable goods.......................   4,009   4,102   4,089   4,102   4,030   4,096   4,102   4,104   4,112   4,123
         Nondurable goods....................   2,705   2,780   2,753   2,751   2,739   2,768   2,775   2,778   2,787   2,785
       Retail trade..........................  21,758  23,385  22,345  22,315  22,283  22,589  22,672  22,712  22,748  22,871
         Building materials and garden                                                                                       
            supplies.........................   902.4   981.4   948.6   952.9     959     987     991     997   1,005   1,013
         General merchandise stores.......... 2,663.1 3,133.3 2,832.9 2,751.5   2,756   2,812   2,842   2,823   2,834   2,856
           Department stores................. 2,346.2 2,758.9 2,498.5 2,431.5   2,427   2,481   2,504   2,490   2,501   2,524
         Food stores......................... 3,496.6 3,624.9 3,532.5 3,521.9   3,533   3,554   3,558   3,561   3,546   3,556
         Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
            stations......................... 2,300.1 2,366.1 2,352.7 2,363.8   2,331   2,367   2,370   2,377   2,383   2,395
           New and used car dealers.......... 1,052.3 1,069.5 1,067.4 1,072.9   1,056   1,067   1,069   1,073   1,074   1,078
         Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,067.1 1,204.0 1,114.8 1,085.1   1,100   1,101   1,105   1,101   1,109   1,121
         Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
            stores........................... 1,038.3 1,134.6 1,101.7 1,098.7   1,043   1,076   1,082   1,084   1,093   1,103
         Eating and drinking places.......... 7,444.8 7,809.7 7,511.9 7,607.4   7,694   7,778   7,807   7,854   7,843   7,868
         Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,845.2 3,131.3 2,949.9 2,933.5   2,867   2,914   2,917   2,915   2,935   2,959
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,172   7,437   7,420   7,423   7,232   7,417   7,441   7,458   7,481   7,488
         Finance.............................   3,486   3,615   3,616   3,620   3,496   3,598   3,605   3,615   3,624   3,632
           Depository institutions........... 2,031.1 2,046.8 2,046.1 2,043.9   2,039   2,043   2,043   2,046   2,049   2,052
             Commercial banks................ 1,457.8 1,458.9 1,457.3 1,455.4   1,464   1,456   1,455   1,457   1,459   1,461
             Savings institutions............   261.1   264.0   264.6   263.5     262     265     265     264     265     265
           Nondepository institutions........   593.3   652.4   656.0   660.0     593     640     649     652     658     661
             Mortgage bankers and brokers....   268.4   311.9   311.3   314.0     270     305     310     313     313     316
           Security and commodity brokers....   626.8   664.6   663.9   662.9     629     666     663     666     666     665
           Holding and other investment                                                                                      
              offices........................   234.9   250.9   249.7   253.5     235     249     250     251     251     254
         Insurance...........................   2,290   2,359   2,353   2,351   2,297   2,350   2,357   2,360   2,360   2,359
           Insurance carriers................ 1,554.2 1,608.4 1,608.1 1,604.6   1,560   1,601   1,606   1,610   1,613   1,611
           Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
              service........................   735.4   750.2   745.1   746.7     737     749     751     750     747     748
         Real estate.........................   1,396   1,463   1,451   1,452   1,439   1,469   1,479   1,483   1,497   1,497
                                                                                                                             
       Services2.............................  36,550  37,984  37,382  37,830  37,020  37,905  38,040  38,148  38,249  38,336
         Agricultural services...............   583.4   688.9   635.7   635.6     696     722     737     751     757     757
         Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,671.8 1,699.3 1,670.7 1,683.7   1,756   1,783   1,777   1,776   1,777   1,772
         Personal services................... 1,246.1 1,166.1 1,226.1 1,237.4   1,177   1,178   1,180   1,186   1,187   1,171
         Business services................... 8,198.9 8,820.3 8,564.3 8,634.8   8,384   8,677   8,715   8,756   8,792   8,832
           Services to buildings.............   948.5   985.3   981.5   982.4     961     987     989     991     999     996
           Personnel supply services......... 2,989.4 3,255.5 3,026.8 3,057.6   3,152   3,161   3,177   3,202   3,217   3,224
             Help supply services............ 2,661.6 2,904.6 2,688.8 2,714.7   2,820   2,829   2,840   2,857   2,864   2,871
           Computer and data processing                                                                                      
              services....................... 1,524.9 1,693.1 1,710.7 1,724.1   1,522   1,661   1,680   1,691   1,711   1,724
         Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,137.6 1,171.7 1,167.8 1,181.3   1,144   1,169   1,175   1,177   1,182   1,189
         Miscellaneous repair services.......   376.9   392.1   389.2   389.5     382     389     391     393     395     396
         Motion pictures.....................   568.6   568.7   561.3   570.6     569     567     563     564     563     569
         Amusement and recreation services... 1,442.2 1,562.6 1,496.3 1,530.6   1,641   1,718   1,744   1,742   1,750   1,742
         Health services..................... 9,824.4 9,974.7 9,933.6 9,947.5   9,852   9,947   9,955   9,955   9,957   9,973
           Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
              doctors........................ 1,783.1 1,852.4 1,850.3 1,853.1   1,788   1,843   1,849   1,845   1,854   1,859
           Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
              facilities..................... 1,754.5 1,754.7 1,746.2 1,745.3   1,761   1,755   1,753   1,751   1,752   1,752
           Hospitals......................... 3,916.2 3,982.2 3,971.8 3,974.9   3,920   3,977   3,978   3,980   3,977   3,980
           Home health care services.........   697.3   663.3   649.3   655.3     702     662     661     661     653     660
         Legal services......................   961.8   996.7   992.3   994.7     967     995     994     997     997   1,000
         Educational services................ 2,305.4 2,370.0 2,200.8 2,403.5   2,179   2,238   2,245   2,252   2,249   2,269
         Social services..................... 2,572.5 2,690.8 2,677.0 2,706.1   2,577   2,659   2,672   2,686   2,697   2,713
           Child day care services...........   583.8   600.4   597.8   606.4     574     583     586     589     591     597
           Residential care..................   735.9   764.7   765.3   771.4     741     762     764     766     770     776
         Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
           gardens...........................    83.5    91.1    85.5    85.1      92      92      94      94      94      93
         Membership organizations............ 2,239.2 2,270.5 2,250.8 2,270.7   2,261   2,281   2,279   2,283   2,289   2,293
         Engineering and management services. 3,143.6 3,322.4 3,332.9 3,361.2   3,148   3,293   3,321   3,338   3,365   3,368
           Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
              services.......................   887.7   930.8   927.5   926.7     899     927     932     934     938     940
           Management and public relations... 1,000.6 1,096.7 1,095.9 1,108.3   1,007   1,075   1,092   1,098   1,112   1,116
         Services, nec.......................    50.8    54.5    53.8    54.3   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                             
       Government............................  20,013  20,389  19,974  20,377  19,720  19,948  19,986  20,022  20,061  20,083
         Federal.............................   2,661   2,739   2,680   2,684   2,676   2,713   2,725   2,706   2,704   2,699
           Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,808.0 1,801.5 1,804.2 1,811.8   1,819   1,834   1,845   1,818   1,827   1,824
         State...............................   4,705   4,773   4,624   4,790   4,613   4,671   4,674   4,690   4,692   4,698
           Education......................... 2,035.9 2,067.2 1,909.4 2,070.8   1,924   1,949   1,945   1,957   1,953   1,958
           Other State government............ 2,669.1 2,705.4 2,714.6 2,719.5   2,689   2,722   2,729   2,733   2,739   2,740
         Local...............................  12,647  12,877  12,670  12,903  12,431  12,564  12,587  12,626  12,665  12,686
           Education......................... 7,338.3 7,476.5 7,303.6 7,514.3   6,999   7,083   7,114   7,133   7,162   7,171
           Other local government............ 5,308.8 5,400.0 5,366.7 5,388.3   5,432   5,481   5,473   5,493   5,503   5,515

       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. 
                                                1998    1998   1999p   1999p    1998    1998    1998    1998   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................   34.6    34.7    34.0    34.3    34.7    34.6    34.5    34.6    34.5    34.7 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   40.9    41.7    40.5    40.5    41.4    41.1    41.0    41.2    41.1    41.0 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   44.0    43.7    42.2    42.8    44.4    43.8    43.5    43.4    42.5    43.1 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   37.9    39.0    37.8    37.9    39.2    39.1    38.8    39.5    39.7    39.3 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   41.7    42.6    41.3    41.3    42.0    41.7    41.7    41.7    41.6    41.6 
           Overtime hours....................    4.5     4.9     4.4     4.2     4.8     4.5     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.5 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   42.5    43.2    41.9    41.9    42.8    42.3    42.3    42.3    42.1    42.2 
           Overtime hours....................    4.9     5.2     4.5     4.4     5.1     4.6     4.6     4.6     4.7     4.6 
                                                                                                                             
         Lumber and wood products............   40.5    41.7    40.6    40.2    41.1    41.1    41.2    41.6    41.7    40.9 
         Furniture and fixtures..............   40.5    41.5    40.2    39.9    41.0    40.4    40.1    40.2    40.6    40.4 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   42.6    43.7    42.4    42.2    43.6    43.4    43.5    43.8    44.0    43.4 
         Primary metal industries............   44.7    44.6    43.8    43.6    44.8    43.7    43.9    43.7    43.7    43.6 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   45.2    43.7    44.0    43.6    45.4    43.9    43.7    43.2    43.9    43.7 
         Fabricated metal products...........   42.3    43.4    41.8    41.8    42.7    42.3    42.1    42.2    41.9    42.1 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   43.5    43.2    42.2    42.0    43.4    42.7    42.4    42.1    42.1    42.0 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   41.6    42.3    41.1    41.2    41.9    41.5    41.4    41.1    41.2    41.4 
         Transportation equipment............   43.5    45.7    43.2    43.8    43.8    43.7    44.1    44.6    43.2    44.0 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   43.4    46.8    43.8    44.8    43.8    43.8    44.7    45.2    43.9    45.1 
         Instruments and related products....   42.1    42.0    41.1    41.5    42.0    41.1    41.0    41.0    41.1    41.4 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   40.2    40.2    39.0    39.5    40.4    39.7    39.3    39.4    39.5    39.7 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   40.6    41.6    40.6    40.5    40.9    40.9    40.8    40.9    40.8    40.9 
           Overtime hours....................    4.0     4.6     4.2     4.0     4.4     4.3     4.4     4.3     4.4     4.4 
                                                                                                                             
         Food and kindred products...........   40.9    42.8    41.6    41.2    41.5    41.5    41.7    42.0    42.0    41.8 
         Tobacco products....................   37.4    37.4    37.4    37.0    38.5    38.5    38.3    36.3    38.1    38.1 
         Textile mill products...............   41.1    41.4    40.8    40.4    41.5    41.1    40.7    40.9    41.0    40.8 
         Apparel and other textile products..   37.1    37.9    36.7    37.3    37.4    37.3    37.3    37.3    36.9    37.6 
         Paper and allied products...........   43.0    44.3    43.6    43.1    43.4    43.5    43.5    43.4    43.5    43.6 
         Printing and publishing.............   38.2    38.7    37.7    37.6    38.5    38.2    38.2    38.1    38.3    37.9 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   43.3    43.5    42.9    42.7    43.4    43.3    43.0    42.6    42.9    42.8 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   42.2    44.8    43.9    43.9    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.6    42.7    41.3    41.4    41.8    41.8    41.6    41.7    41.3    41.6 
         Leather and leather products........   38.0    38.1    36.8    37.5    38.8    37.4    37.6    37.5    37.2    38.2 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   33.0    32.9    32.4    32.7    33.0    32.9    32.9    32.9    32.9    33.0 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   39.9    39.1    38.7    39.0    39.9    39.3    39.3    39.1    39.4    39.2 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   38.5    38.4    38.0    38.3    38.5    38.3    38.5    38.4    38.4    38.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................   28.7    29.3    28.1    28.7    29.0    29.1    29.0    29.0    29.0    29.3 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   37.1    36.2    36.0    36.4    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   32.8    32.6    32.3    32.6    32.7    32.7    32.6    32.7    32.6    32.8 

       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.  
                                                 1998      1998     1999p     1999p      1998      1998     1999p     1999p  
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  $12.65    $12.99    $13.09    $13.08    $437.69   $450.75   $445.06   $448.64 
             Seasonally adjusted.............   12.59     12.98     13.03     13.04     436.87    449.11    449.54    452.49 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   14.11     14.55     14.46     14.44     577.10    606.74    585.63    584.82 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   16.89     17.35     17.35     17.41     743.16    758.20    732.17    745.15 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   16.21     16.84     16.71     16.65     614.36    656.76    631.64    631.04 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   13.41     13.69     13.67     13.66     559.20    583.19    564.57    564.16 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   13.96     14.17     14.12     14.10     593.30    612.14    591.63    590.79 
         Lumber and wood products............   10.91     11.34     11.30     11.29     441.86    472.88    458.78    453.86 
         Furniture and fixtures..............   10.77     11.10     11.10     11.06     436.19    460.65    446.22    441.29 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.45     13.71     13.67     13.72     572.97    599.13    579.61    578.98 
         Primary metal industries............   15.46     15.35     15.38     15.36     691.06    684.61    673.64    669.70 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   18.34     18.17     18.38     18.47     828.97    794.03    808.72    805.29 
         Fabricated metal products...........   12.98     13.36     13.32     13.30     549.05    579.82    556.78    555.94 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   14.36     14.71     14.66     14.63     624.66    635.47    618.65    614.46 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   12.97     13.28     13.28     13.25     539.55    561.74    545.81    545.90 
         Transportation equipment............   17.77     17.60     17.49     17.41     773.00    804.32    755.57    762.56 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.31     17.81     17.69     17.57     794.65    833.51    774.82    787.14 
         Instruments and related products....   13.67     13.96     13.95     14.00     575.51    586.32    573.35    581.00 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   10.79     11.10     11.13     11.12     433.76    446.22    434.07    439.24 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   12.57     12.97     12.99     12.98     510.34    539.55    527.39    525.69 
         Food and kindred products...........   11.64     12.02     11.95     11.94     476.08    514.46    497.12    491.93 
         Tobacco products....................   18.24     17.19     17.29     17.79     682.18    642.91    646.65    658.23 
         Textile mill products...............   10.26     10.56     10.63     10.61     421.69    437.18    433.70    428.64 
         Apparel and other textile products..    8.38      8.70      8.70      8.70     310.90    329.73    319.29    324.51 
         Paper and allied products...........   15.20     15.77     15.69     15.69     653.60    698.61    684.08    676.24 
         Printing and publishing.............   13.32     13.67     13.65     13.64     508.82    529.03    514.61    512.86 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   16.94     17.31     17.31     17.26     733.50    752.99    742.60    737.00 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   20.91     21.21     21.25     21.64     882.40    950.21    932.88    950.00 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   11.77     12.08     12.19     12.16     489.63    515.82    503.45    503.42 
         Leather and leather products........    9.29      9.44      9.66      9.54     353.02    359.66    355.49    357.75 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   12.17     12.49     12.65     12.65     401.61    410.92    409.86    413.66 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  $15.29    $15.54    $15.57    $15.57    $610.07   $607.61   $602.56   $607.23 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   13.85     14.27     14.35     14.33     533.23    547.97    545.30    548.84 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................    8.62      8.90      9.02      8.99     247.39    260.77    253.46    258.01 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   13.95     14.40     14.45     14.52     517.55    521.28    520.20    528.53 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   12.75     13.18     13.30     13.32     418.20    429.67    429.59    434.23 

       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               1998     1998     1998     1998     1999p    1999p     from:   
                                                                                                        Jan. 1999-
                                                                                                        Feb. 1999 
                                                                                                                  
                Total private:                                                                                    
                   Current dollars..............   $12.59   $12.90   $12.94   $12.98   $13.03   $13.04      0.1   
                   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.69     7.79     7.80     7.81     7.83     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                                  
                  Goods-producing...............    14.21    14.43    14.46    14.50    14.52    14.55       .2   
                    Mining......................    16.76    17.20    17.37    17.26    17.16    17.26       .6   
                    Construction................    16.34    16.69    16.75    16.82    16.73    16.78       .3   
                    Manufacturing...............    13.42    13.57    13.58    13.58    13.64    13.66       .1   
                      Excluding overtime4.......    12.69    12.88    12.89    12.89    12.93    12.96       .2   
                                                                                                                  
                  Service-producing.............    12.06    12.41    12.45    12.49    12.55    12.56       .1   
                    Transportation and public                                                                     
                       utilities................    15.25    15.42    15.45    15.53    15.51    15.53       .1   
                    Wholesale trade.............    13.81    14.19    14.23    14.26    14.34    14.30      -.3   
                    Retail trade................     8.59     8.85     8.85     8.91     8.96     8.96       .0   
                    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
                       estate...................    13.83    14.24    14.35    14.43    14.47    14.47       .0   
                    Services....................    12.60    13.03    13.06    13.09    13.18    13.22       .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 .3 percent from December 1998 to January 1999, 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.  
                                               1998   1998    1999p    1999p   1998    1998    1998   1998    1999p    1999p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  141.2  147.5   141.0    142.8   144.4  145.8   145.7   146.4   146.4    147.3 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  111.5  116.2   109.6    109.7   116.4  114.6   114.1   115.3   114.9    115.2 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   54.7   52.5    48.5     47.9    57.0   53.5    52.6    52.4    50.1     49.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................  141.4  165.3   147.4    149.1   162.4  164.8   164.4   171.1   171.2    173.9 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  108.8  109.8   105.6    105.4   110.3  107.8   107.3   107.4   107.0    106.7 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  113.3  113.8   109.1    109.2   114.5  111.6   110.9   111.0   110.3    110.2 
         Lumber and wood products............  138.2  147.2   141.7    140.5   143.4  143.9   144.6   146.9   148.6    146.0 
         Furniture and fixtures..............  131.7  137.8   132.8    132.3   133.1  132.4   131.4   133.0   134.0    133.7 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....  108.7  117.0   109.1    109.5   116.2  115.7   116.8   118.4   118.1    117.0 
         Primary metal industries............   95.7   92.7    90.3     89.7    95.8   91.6    90.9    90.4    89.8     89.6 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   73.9   69.1    68.4     67.8    74.6   70.1    68.6    68.2    68.6     68.3 
         Fabricated metal products...........  118.8  120.7   115.8    115.1   120.1  117.5   116.6   116.8   116.2    116.1 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..  112.0  108.6   105.0    104.5   111.3  108.4   106.9   105.7   104.7    103.9 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................  112.2  109.2   105.6    105.7   112.8  108.0   106.6   105.5   105.4    106.0 
         Transportation equipment............  128.8  132.2   124.0    125.7   130.1  127.1   126.9   128.0   124.6    126.1 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......  164.9  172.5   160.1    163.7   166.6  161.1   162.2   164.1   161.2    164.6 
         Instruments and related products....   77.7   76.0    74.9     75.7    77.6   75.0    74.5    74.2    74.9     75.4 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  102.3   99.3    94.0     96.1   103.8   98.6    96.9    97.5    97.0     97.5 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................  102.7  104.3   100.7    100.1   104.6  102.6   102.3   102.4   102.4    102.0 
         Food and kindred products...........  113.6  122.2   117.3    115.8   118.5  118.2   119.5   121.0   121.5    120.7 
         Tobacco products....................   61.0   61.1    60.9     57.1    61.0   59.1    58.8    53.9    58.5     56.6 
         Textile mill products...............   87.5   84.5    82.1     80.9    88.6   85.2    83.4    83.4    83.0     81.9 
         Apparel and other textile products..   69.8   65.1    61.9     61.9    70.8   65.2    64.3    64.2    63.0     62.8 
         Paper and allied products...........  109.6  110.5   108.2    106.7   111.1  109.2   108.6   108.1   108.4    108.4 
         Printing and publishing.............  124.7  126.3   121.4    120.9   126.0  124.5   123.9   123.0   124.0    122.3 
         Chemicals and allied products.......  102.7  103.4   101.6    101.6   103.2  102.8   102.1   101.3   102.2    102.1 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   68.4   74.7    70.6     71.1    71.9   73.6    74.1    77.5    72.4     75.3 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..  147.1  151.3   146.3    146.9   147.9  147.1   146.8   147.5   146.8    147.9 
         Leather and leather products........   37.7   33.9    31.6     31.7    38.7   33.9    34.1    33.4    32.6     32.3 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................  154.6  161.5   155.1    157.7   157.0  159.7   159.9   160.3   160.5    161.8 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  129.7  132.8   129.6    130.5   131.1  131.6   131.8   131.6   133.2    132.6 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................  126.9  129.8   127.5    128.4   128.2  129.1   130.0   129.9   130.2    130.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................  135.0  148.2   135.3    138.1   139.9  142.0   141.9   142.1   142.4    144.7 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...  134.5  136.3   135.2    136.4   133.4  136.6   137.4   137.3   137.4    138.0 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................  189.9  196.0   190.6    194.5   192.0  196.4   196.3   197.4   197.0    198.6 

       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:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   62.5    60.0    54.9    55.6    47.8    55.6    54.8    59.0    58.0    55.8    54.5    58.8 
           1996..............   50.8    64.6    59.6    56.6    62.8    61.0    57.3    61.5    56.0    62.5    62.2    60.7 
           1997..............   58.0    61.4    59.8    63.6    60.1    54.6    61.1    59.1    60.0    64.3    62.4    64.9 
           1998..............   63.8    58.7    59.6    56.9    56.6    59.0    55.1    53.9    53.5    52.4    54.8    56.6 
           1999..............  p53.1   p53.4                                                                                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   63.6    61.4    59.4    53.1    55.2    53.2    59.7    60.1    59.1    58.0    56.6    54.6 
           1996..............   61.9    62.8    64.0    63.8    63.5    64.9    64.2    61.5    63.9    64.2    67.0    66.6 
           1997..............   64.9    63.3    65.6    66.2    63.9    61.2    60.1    65.9    67.4    68.1    70.8    71.9 
           1998..............   68.4    67.3    64.2    61.7    60.4    58.4    57.2    56.7    56.0    53.7    57.6   p57.9 
           1999..............  p58.1                                                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   66.4    60.1    59.1    57.3    59.0    60.1    57.6    60.4    59.7    59.3    61.1    63.2 
           1996..............   62.8    65.4    64.7    65.7    66.2    65.0    66.4    66.0    66.2    67.6    66.9    66.3 
           1997..............   67.6    67.0    65.3    64.9    65.6    67.3    68.0    67.3    70.6    72.3    73.3    72.6 
           1998..............   72.1    70.9    69.4    63.5    64.5    61.8    59.0    58.1    58.1   p59.7   p56.3         
           1999..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1995..............   63.6    62.4    62.6    63.3    61.7    61.9    58.7    62.2    62.2    61.5    63.5    65.4 
           1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    69.1    68.3 
           1997..............   69.8    67.6    69.2    70.1    69.8    69.8    71.2    71.2    71.1    73.0    72.9    72.3 
           1998..............   71.2    69.5    69.5    66.6    65.2    64.0   p62.8   p62.9                                 
           1999..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
                              
                                                          Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                              
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   54.7    54.3    46.4    53.2    42.4    44.2    46.4    49.6    48.6    52.2    45.3    48.2 
           1996..............   42.8    54.7    48.2    42.1    55.4    50.7    47.1    55.4    47.8    52.9    54.3    55.4 
           1997..............   49.3    54.3    50.0    56.8    51.4    52.2    50.4    48.9    56.5    57.2    56.1    60.8 
           1998..............   55.8    51.8    52.5    48.6    45.0    47.8    39.6    47.5    43.2    38.8    37.1    45.7 
           1999..............  p43.5   p41.4                                                                                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   56.8    50.0    47.8    42.1    43.2    38.8    40.6    43.5    48.2    47.1    45.3    39.9 
           1996..............   43.9    46.8    46.0    47.5    46.4    49.3    51.4    50.0    53.6    51.1    57.6    54.7 
           1997..............   54.3    49.3    54.3    54.0    55.4    50.4    47.5    52.2    57.9    62.6    64.7    65.5 
           1998..............   60.1    59.0    50.7    46.4    43.2    38.8    36.7    34.2    41.4    30.9    35.6   p37.1 
           1999..............  p39.6                                                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   55.4    46.4    42.8    40.3    41.4    42.4    41.0    41.0    43.9    43.2    43.2    45.3 
           1996..............   42.1    45.3    46.4    47.1    48.2    48.6    51.1    50.4    52.9    52.9    53.2    52.2 
           1997..............   54.3    54.3    51.4    52.9    51.4    55.0    56.8    57.6    60.4    64.4    67.6    65.8 
           1998..............   61.5    56.8    52.2    39.2    40.6    34.5    30.9    28.1    31.7   p37.4   p30.6         
           1999..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1995..............   46.0    44.2    46.0    47.8    41.0    41.7    38.5    38.8    36.3    38.5    39.9    44.6 
           1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.0    51.8 
           1997..............   57.2    52.5    54.7    56.5    57.9    57.6    58.6    58.6    60.4    60.4    59.4    58.3 
           1998..............   50.7    51.1    50.4    41.7    38.5    36.7   p32.7   p31.7                                 
           1999..............                                                                                                

        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.