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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                     THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: OCTOBER 1994
 
 
     The nation's job market continued to improve in October, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The
unemployment rate was little changed over the month but, at 5.8 percent, is
nearly a full percentage point below the January level.  Nonfarm payroll
employment--as measured by the survey of employers--rose by 194,000 in
October, including a substantial gain in factory jobs.  Both average
earnings and the overall workweek in the private sector rose markedly over
the month.  Total employment--as measured by the household survey--
experienced its third consecutive large increase, after rising modestly
earlier in the year.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     Both the number of persons unemployed (7.6 million) and the
unemployment rate (5.8 percent) were little changed in October, after
seasonal adjustment.  Since January, the unemployment level has dropped by
1.1 million and the rate by 0.9 percentage point.  (See table A-1.)
 
     The unemployment rate for adult women fell 0.3 percentage point to 5.0
percent in October, after showing little movement since May.  The rates for
adult men (5.1 percent), teenagers (17.3 percent), whites (5.0 percent),
blacks (11.4 percent), and Hispanics (9.4 percent) all showed little or no
change from the prior month.  The jobless rate for each of these major
labor force groups has declined since January.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
The number of persons unemployed for less than 5 weeks fell by 290,000 in
October, while those unemployed for 15 weeks or longer rose by 185,000
(table A-5).
 
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    |     Data from the household survey for 1994 are not directly   |
    |comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years because of the  |
    |implementation in January 1994 of a major redesign of the survey|
    |and the introduction of 1990 census-based population controls,  |
    |adjusted for the estimated undercount.  In addition, the 1994   |
    |data may be affected by the transition to the redesigned survey.|
    |For example, seasonal factors, of necessity, have been computed |
    |based on data collected in the survey prior to its revision,    |
    |and these factors may not fully capture the pattern of          |
    |seasonality in the current data.  Hence, over-the-month         |
    |comparisons of labor force estimates should be made with        |
    |caution.  For additional information on the redesign, see       |
    |"Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January   |
    |1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.    |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Sept.-
      Category        |      1994       |          1994            |Oct.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |    II  |  III   |  Aug.  |  Sept. |  Oct.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 130,589| 130,996| 131,189| 131,343| 131,836|    493
  Employment..........| 122,547| 123,082| 123,166| 123,628| 124,236|    608
  Unemployment........|   8,043|   7,914|   8,023|   7,715|   7,600|   -115
Not in labor force....|  65,933|  66,054|  65,854|  65,905|  65,594|   -311
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     6.2|     6.0|     6.1|     5.9|     5.8|   -0.1
  Adult men...........|     5.4|     5.4|     5.4|     5.1|     5.1|     .0
  Adult women.........|     5.4|     5.3|     5.4|     5.3|     5.0|    -.3
  Teenagers...........|    18.4|    17.4|    17.5|    17.0|    17.3|     .3
  White...............|     5.4|     5.2|     5.3|     5.1|     5.0|    -.1
  Black...............|    11.5|    11.1|    11.5|    10.7|    11.4|     .7
  Hispanic origin.....|    10.2|    10.2|    10.2|    10.2|     9.4|    -.8
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA  |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 112,995|p113,900| 113,914|p114,162|p114,356|   p194
  Goods-producing 1/..|  23,534| p23,632|  23,640| p23,665| p23,706|    p41
    Construction......|   4,909|  p4,952|   4,942|  p4,970|  p4,975|     p5
    Manufacturing.....|  18,020| p18,078|  18,095| p18,093| p18,133|    p40
  Service-producing 1/|  89,461| p90,268|  90,274| p90,497| p90,650|   p153
    Retail trade......|  20,190| p20,421|  20,405| p20,471| p20,522|    p51
    Services..........|  31,620| p32,028|  32,036| p32,129| p32,225|    p96
    Government........|  19,004| p19,085|  19,087| p19,146| p19,142|    p-4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.7|   p34.5|    34.4|   p34.6|   p34.9|   p0.3
  Manufacturing.......|    42.1|   p42.0|    42.0|   p42.0|   p42.1|    p.1
    Overtime..........|     4.7|    p4.6|     4.6|    p4.7|    p4.7|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.07| p$11.13|  $11.13| p$11.16| p$11.24| p$0.08
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  384.25| p384.47|  382.87| p386.14| p392.28|  p6.14
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Household data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for
1993 and earlier years.  For additional information, see "Revisions in the
Current Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the February 1994
issue of Employment and Earnings.
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Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     Total employment rose by 608,000 to 124.2 million in October, after
seasonal adjustment.  This was the third consecutive month of sharp gains
in this measure (totaling 1.8 million) and brought the increase since
January to 2.3 million.  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of
the working-age population with jobs--has risen from 62.2 percent in July
to 62.9 percent in October.  (See table A-1.)
 
     The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (4.4
million) and the number of voluntary part-time workers (17.7 million) were
about unchanged in October.  (See table A-3.)  About 7.6 million persons
(not seasonally adjusted) held more than one job, 6.1 percent of all
employed persons (table A-8).
 
     The civilian labor force rose by 493,000 in October to 131.8 million.
Labor force growth has been strong since July, after lagging through the
first half of the year.  Over the month, the labor force participation rate
increased 0.2 percentage point to 66.8 percent.  (See table A-1.)
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     The number of persons who wanted and were available for work but were
no longer actively looking after having searched sometime in the past 12
months was 1.7 million (not seasonally adjusted) in October.  Of that
total, the number who were not looking because they felt that there were no
jobs available for them--discouraged workers--was 460,000.  (See table
A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment continued to increase in October, rising by
194,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis.  Manufacturing, services, and
retail trade accounted for nearly all of the October job growth.  (See
table B-1.)  The number of payroll jobs has expanded by 2.6 million since
January.
 
     Manufacturing employment increased by 40,000 in October, building on
the growth trend that began about a year ago.  The number of factory jobs
has risen by about 200,000 during the period.  Over-the-month increases
were widespread, as the manufacturing diffusion index of employment change,
at 60.8 percent, was particularly high (table B-6).  The largest gains
occurred in fabricated metals (9,000), autos (10,000), and rubber and
plastics (6,000).  Declines appear to have moderated in such defense-
dependent industries as aircraft and instruments.
 
     The number of construction workers was little changed in October,
following a large gain in September.  Small over-the-month increases among
general building and special trade contractors were largely offset by job
losses in heavy construction.  Construction employment is up 275,000 over
the year and 500,000 since it began to recover in mid-1992.  Mining
employment continued to edge down in October, due to further job losses in
oil and gas extraction.  The mining industry, which has been on a long-term
decline, has lost about 115,000 jobs since mid-1990.
 
     Within the service-producing sector, the services industry added
96,000 jobs in October.  Both the September and October gains in this
industry were smaller than those that occurred earlier this year.  A third
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of the October growth took place in business services, although growth in
this industry also was somewhat below average.  Health services and motion
pictures each expanded their payrolls, while hotels and other lodging
places continued to show weakness.
 
     Retail trade employment rose by 51,000 in October, with gains spread
primarily among general merchandise stores, automotive dealers and service
stations, furniture stores, and eating and drinking places.  Wholesale
trade added 11,000 workers, with its durable goods distribution component
showing most of the gain.
 
     Overall employment in finance, insurance, and real estate was little
changed, but large losses continued among mortgage brokers (which comprise
half of employment in nondepository institutions).  Government employment
also showed little change in October, following sizable gains in state and
local governments in recent months.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls rose 0.3 hour to a high level of 34.9 hours in
October, seasonally adjusted.  The average manufacturing workweek increased
by 0.1 hour to 42.1 hours, and factory overtime held steady at 4.7 hours.
Both are at extremely high levels.  (See table B-2.)
 
     As a result of the increases in both employment and hours, the index
of aggregate weekly hours of private production or nonsupervisory workers
on nonfarm payrolls jumped 1.0 percent to 131.1 (1982=100) in October,
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index rose by 0.6 percent to 106.4.
(See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Both average hourly and weekly earnings of private production or
nonsupervisory workers rose sharply in October.  Average hourly earnings
increased 0.7 percent to $11.24 in October, seasonally adjusted, and weekly
earnings increased 1.6 percent to $392.28.  Over the year, hourly earnings
increased by 2.9 percent and weekly earnings by 4.1 percent.  (See table
B-3.)
 
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     The Employment Situation for November 1994 will be released on Friday,
December 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
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         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 194,151| 197,248| 197,430| 194,151| 196,693| 196,859| 197,043| 197,248| 197,430
  Civilian labor force............................| 128,547| 131,155| 131,879| 128,580| 130,248| 130,457| 131,189| 131,343| 131,836
        Participation rate........................|    66.2|    66.5|    66.8|    66.2|    66.2|    66.3|    66.6|    66.6|    66.8
    Employed......................................| 120,446| 123,775| 124,724| 119,941| 122,430| 122,452| 123,166| 123,628| 124,236
        Employment-population ratio...............|    62.0|    62.8|    63.2|    61.8|    62.2|    62.2|    62.5|    62.7|    62.9
      Agriculture.................................|   3,071|   3,575|   3,523|   3,021|   3,235|   3,278|   3,444|   3,409|   3,495
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 117,375| 120,201| 121,202| 116,920| 119,195| 119,173| 119,722| 120,219| 120,741
    Unemployed....................................|   8,101|   7,379|   7,155|   8,639|   7,817|   8,005|   8,023|   7,715|   7,600
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.3|     5.6|     5.4|     6.7|     6.0|     6.1|     6.1|     5.9|     5.8
  Not in labor force..............................|  65,604|  66,093|  65,550|  65,571|  66,445|  66,403|  65,854|  65,905|  65,594
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  92,941|  94,576|  94,671|  92,941|  94,294|  94,377|  94,469|  94,576|  94,671
  Civilian labor force............................|  69,657|  70,721|  71,168|  69,820|  70,328|  70,513|  70,833|  70,695|  71,241
        Participation rate........................|    74.9|    74.8|    75.2|    75.1|    74.6|    74.7|    75.0|    74.7|    75.3
    Employed......................................|  65,318|  66,997|  67,424|  64,971|  66,135|  66,036|  66,452|  66,572|  67,086
        Employment-population ratio...............|    70.3|    70.8|    71.2|    69.9|    70.1|    70.0|    70.3|    70.4|    70.9
    Unemployed....................................|   4,340|   3,724|   3,745|   4,849|   4,193|   4,478|   4,381|   4,123|   4,155
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.2|     5.3|     5.3|     6.9|     6.0|     6.3|     6.2|     5.8|     5.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  86,156|  87,321|  87,439|  86,156|  87,095|  87,123|  87,248|  87,321|  87,439
  Civilian labor force............................|  66,305|  66,996|  67,392|  66,306|  66,409|  66,596|  66,856|  66,839|  67,277
        Participation rate........................|    77.0|    76.7|    77.1|    77.0|    76.2|    76.4|    76.6|    76.5|    76.9
    Employed......................................|  62,617|  63,937|  64,294|  62,172|  62,916|  62,889|  63,216|  63,421|  63,831
        Employment-population ratio...............|    72.7|    73.2|    73.5|    72.2|    72.2|    72.2|    72.5|    72.6|    73.0
      Agriculture.................................|   2,306|   2,403|   2,377|   2,223|   2,307|   2,285|   2,395|   2,255|   2,284
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  60,311|  61,534|  61,917|  59,949|  60,609|  60,605|  60,820|  61,167|  61,548
    Unemployed....................................|   3,688|   3,059|   3,098|   4,134|   3,493|   3,706|   3,640|   3,418|   3,446
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.6|     4.6|     4.6|     6.2|     5.3|     5.6|     5.4|     5.1|     5.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 101,210| 102,672| 102,758| 101,210| 102,399| 102,482| 102,575| 102,672| 102,758
  Civilian labor force............................|  58,890|  60,434|  60,711|  58,760|  59,919|  59,943|  60,356|  60,647|  60,595
        Participation rate........................|    58.2|    58.9|    59.1|    58.1|    58.5|    58.5|    58.8|    59.1|    59.0
    Employed......................................|  55,128|  56,779|  57,301|  54,970|  56,295|  56,416|  56,714|  57,056|  57,150
        Employment-population ratio...............|    54.5|    55.3|    55.8|    54.3|    55.0|    55.0|    55.3|    55.6|    55.6
    Unemployed....................................|   3,762|   3,655|   3,410|   3,790|   3,625|   3,528|   3,642|   3,592|   3,445
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.4|     6.0|     5.6|     6.4|     6.0|     5.9|     6.0|     5.9|     5.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,656|  95,658|  95,729|  94,656|  95,407|  95,469|  95,544|  95,658|  95,729
  Civilian labor force............................|  55,716|  57,175|  57,302|  55,462|  56,214|  56,367|  56,774|  57,217|  57,055
        Participation rate........................|    58.9|    59.8|    59.9|    58.6|    58.9|    59.0|    59.4|    59.8|    59.6
    Employed......................................|  52,526|  54,039|  54,473|  52,243|  53,181|  53,394|  53,711|  54,161|  54,198
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.5|    56.5|    56.9|    55.2|    55.7|    55.9|    56.2|    56.6|    56.6
      Agriculture.................................|     607|     893|     888|     601|     726|     781|     817|     855|     879
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  51,919|  53,146|  53,585|  51,642|  52,455|  52,613|  52,894|  53,306|  53,318
    Unemployed....................................|   3,190|   3,136|   2,829|   3,219|   3,033|   2,972|   3,063|   3,056|   2,858
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.7|     5.5|     4.9|     5.8|     5.4|     5.3|     5.4|     5.3|     5.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  13,339|  14,269|  14,261|  13,339|  14,191|  14,267|  14,251|  14,269|  14,261
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,526|   6,984|   7,185|   6,812|   7,625|   7,495|   7,560|   7,286|   7,503
        Participation rate........................|    48.9|    48.9|    50.4|    51.1|    53.7|    52.5|    53.0|    51.1|    52.6
    Employed......................................|   5,303|   5,800|   5,957|   5,526|   6,333|   6,168|   6,239|   6,046|   6,207
        Employment-population ratio...............|    39.8|    40.6|    41.8|    41.4|    44.6|    43.2|    43.8|    42.4|    43.5
      Agriculture.................................|     158|     279|     257|     197|     203|     212|     231|     300|     332
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,145|   5,521|   5,700|   5,329|   6,130|   5,956|   6,008|   5,746|   5,875
    Unemployed....................................|   1,223|   1,184|   1,228|   1,286|   1,292|   1,327|   1,320|   1,240|   1,296
        Unemployment rate.........................|    18.7|    17.0|    17.1|    18.9|    16.9|    17.7|    17.5|    17.0|    17.3
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 164,309| 165,832| 165,954| 164,309| 165,472| 165,576| 165,696| 165,832| 165,954
  Civilian labor force............................| 109,876| 111,191| 111,577| 110,009| 110,358| 110,768| 111,242| 111,417| 111,584
      Participation rate..........................|    66.9|    67.1|    67.2|    67.0|    66.7|    66.9|    67.1|    67.2|    67.2
    Employed......................................| 103,673| 105,775| 106,435| 103,273| 104,555| 104,831| 105,400| 105,756| 106,012
      Employment-population ratio.................|    63.1|    63.8|    64.1|    62.9|    63.2|    63.3|    63.6|    63.8|    63.9
    Unemployed....................................|   6,204|   5,416|   5,141|   6,736|   5,804|   5,936|   5,842|   5,661|   5,573
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.6|     4.9|     4.6|     6.1|     5.3|     5.4|     5.3|     5.1|     5.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,344|  57,507|  57,703|  57,390|  57,002|  57,254|  57,363|  57,445|  57,677
      Participation rate..........................|    77.6|    77.3|    77.5|    77.7|    76.8|    77.1|    77.1|    77.2|    77.4
    Employed......................................|  54,481|  55,248|  55,410|  54,144|  54,354|  54,466|  54,677|  54,919|  55,079
      Employment-population ratio.................|    73.7|    74.2|    74.4|    73.3|    73.2|    73.3|    73.5|    73.8|    73.9
    Unemployed....................................|   2,863|   2,259|   2,294|   3,246|   2,648|   2,788|   2,686|   2,526|   2,598
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.0|     3.9|     4.0|     5.7|     4.6|     4.9|     4.7|     4.4|     4.5
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  46,866|  47,787|  47,822|  46,710|  46,938|  47,183|  47,451|  47,851|  47,617
      Participation rate..........................|    58.7|    59.7|    59.7|    58.5|    58.7|    59.0|    59.3|    59.7|    59.4
    Employed......................................|  44,467|  45,491|  45,817|  44,223|  44,686|  44,949|  45,228|  45,628|  45,544
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.7|    56.8|    57.2|    55.4|    55.9|    56.2|    56.5|    57.0|    56.8
    Unemployed....................................|   2,399|   2,296|   2,005|   2,487|   2,252|   2,234|   2,223|   2,223|   2,073
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.1|     4.8|     4.2|     5.3|     4.8|     4.7|     4.7|     4.6|     4.4
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   5,666|   5,897|   6,052|   5,909|   6,418|   6,330|   6,427|   6,121|   6,291
      Participation rate..........................|    53.3|    52.2|    53.5|    55.6|    57.0|    56.1|    56.9|    54.2|    55.6
    Employed......................................|   4,724|   5,036|   5,209|   4,906|   5,515|   5,416|   5,495|   5,210|   5,389
      Employment-population ratio.................|    44.5|    44.6|    46.1|    46.2|    49.0|    48.0|    48.7|    46.1|    47.7
    Unemployed....................................|     942|     861|     843|   1,003|     904|     914|     933|     911|     902
      Unemployment rate...........................|    16.6|    14.6|    13.9|    17.0|    14.1|    14.4|    14.5|    14.9|    14.3
        Men.......................................|    17.1|    15.5|    13.9|    17.9|    14.7|    16.1|    15.1|    16.4|    14.8
        Women.....................................|    16.1|    13.6|    14.0|    16.0|    13.5|    12.6|    13.8|    13.1|    13.9
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                      BLACK
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,442|  22,955|  22,990|  22,442|  22,855|  22,883|  22,917|  22,955|  22,990
  Civilian labor force............................|  13,928|  14,472|  14,716|  13,945|  14,502|  14,351|  14,401|  14,461|  14,733
      Participation rate..........................|    62.1|    63.0|    64.0|    62.1|    63.5|    62.7|    62.8|    63.0|    64.1
    Employed......................................|  12,384|  12,982|  13,146|  12,292|  12,874|  12,739|  12,746|  12,912|  13,060
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.2|    56.6|    57.2|    54.8|    56.3|    55.7|    55.6|    56.2|    56.8
    Unemployed....................................|   1,544|   1,490|   1,570|   1,653|   1,628|   1,612|   1,655|   1,549|   1,673
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.1|    10.3|    10.7|    11.9|    11.2|    11.2|    11.5|    10.7|    11.4
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,492|   6,642|   6,760|   6,482|   6,581|   6,537|   6,544|   6,623|   6,747
      Participation rate..........................|    71.6|    72.1|    73.3|    71.5|    71.8|    71.4|    71.2|    71.9|    73.2
    Employed......................................|   5,846|   6,044|   6,161|   5,770|   5,944|   5,854|   5,860|   5,960|   6,088
      Employment-population ratio.................|    64.4|    65.6|    66.8|    63.6|    64.9|    64.0|    63.8|    64.7|    66.0
    Unemployed....................................|     646|     598|     599|     712|     637|     683|     684|     662|     659
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.0|     9.0|     8.9|    11.0|     9.7|    10.5|    10.5|    10.0|     9.8
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,778|   7,042|   7,096|   6,731|   7,038|   6,939|   7,015|   6,994|   7,049
      Participation rate..........................|    60.2|    61.1|    61.5|    59.8|    61.3|    60.4|    60.9|    60.7|    61.0
    Employed......................................|   6,121|   6,393|   6,450|   6,059|   6,379|   6,343|   6,354|   6,368|   6,386
      Employment-population ratio.................|    54.4|    55.4|    55.9|    53.9|    55.5|    55.2|    55.2|    55.2|    55.3
    Unemployed....................................|     657|     648|     646|     672|     659|     596|     661|     626|     663
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.7|     9.2|     9.1|    10.0|     9.4|     8.6|     9.4|     8.9|     9.4
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|     658|     788|     860|     732|     882|     876|     842|     844|     938
      Participation rate..........................|    31.0|    35.5|    38.7|    34.5|    40.0|    39.2|    38.1|    38.1|    42.2
    Employed......................................|     417|     545|     535|     463|     551|     542|     532|     584|     586
      Employment-population ratio.................|    19.7|    24.5|    24.1|    21.8|    25.0|    24.3|    24.1|    26.3|    26.4
    Unemployed....................................|     241|     244|     325|     269|     331|     333|     310|     261|     352
      Unemployment rate...........................|    36.7|    30.9|    37.8|    36.7|    37.6|    38.1|    36.8|    30.9|    37.5
        Men.......................................|    40.7|    30.3|    35.9|    40.6|    40.0|    43.0|    42.3|    29.1|    35.9
        Women.....................................|    32.6|    31.6|    39.7|    32.8|    34.9|    32.3|    30.4|    32.8|    39.2
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  15,917|  18,244|  18,291|  15,917|  18,092|  18,143|  18,193|  18,244|  18,291
  Civilian labor force............................|  10,544|  12,008|  12,194|  10,586|  11,850|  11,949|  11,958|  12,022|  12,245
      Participation rate..........................|    66.2|    65.8|    66.7|    66.5|    65.5|    65.9|    65.7|    65.9|    66.9
    Employed......................................|   9,402|  10,839|  11,094|   9,384|  10,634|  10,736|  10,734|  10,796|  11,094
      Employment-population ratio.................|    59.1|    59.4|    60.7|    59.0|    58.8|    59.2|    59.0|    59.2|    60.7
    Unemployed....................................|   1,142|   1,169|   1,100|   1,202|   1,217|   1,212|   1,224|   1,226|   1,151
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.8|     9.7|     9.0|    11.4|    10.3|    10.1|    10.2|    10.2|     9.4
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|120,446 |123,775 |124,724 |119,941 |122,430 |122,452 |123,166 |123,628 |124,236
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,156 | 41,785 | 41,772 | 40,816 | 41,287 | 41,224 | 41,475 | 41,577 | 41,441
  Married women, spouse present...................| 30,864 | 31,871 | 31,968 | 30,641 | 31,054 | 31,379 | 31,567 | 31,967 | 31,746
  Women who maintain families.....................|  6,861 |  7,107 |  7,169 |  6,784 |  6,978 |  7,013 |  6,932 |  7,016 |  7,126
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 32,809 | 34,197 | 34,462 | 32,635 | 33,901 | 33,859 | 33,931 | 34,303 | 34,284
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 36,776 | 37,296 | 37,508 | 36,965 | 36,811 | 37,194 | 37,358 | 37,711 | 37,697
  Service occupations.............................| 16,409 | 16,535 | 16,848 | 16,599 | 17,006 | 16,899 | 16,794 | 16,685 | 17,053
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,720 | 13,626 | 13,692 | 13,430 | 13,305 | 13,330 | 13,468 | 13,438 | 13,398
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,372 | 18,239 | 18,503 | 16,996 | 17,934 | 17,762 | 17,964 | 18,019 | 18,167
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,360 |  3,881 |  3,711 |  3,287 |  3,419 |  3,487 |  3,660 |  3,647 |  3,663
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
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  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,678 |  1,824 |  1,813 |  1,657 |  1,629 |  1,637 |  1,737 |  1,702 |  1,793
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,297 |  1,694 |  1,668 |  1,274 |  1,582 |  1,606 |  1,667 |  1,616 |  1,636
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     96 |     57 |     41 |     97 |     46 |     50 |     47 |     64 |     41
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|108,028 |111,072 |112,154 |107,727 |110,052 |110,082 |110,393 |111,159 |111,786
      Government..................................| 18,836 | 18,362 | 18,480 | 18,476 | 18,322 | 18,256 | 18,188 | 18,325 | 18,136
      Private industries..........................| 89,192 | 92,710 | 93,674 | 89,251 | 91,729 | 91,825 | 92,205 | 92,834 | 93,650
        Private households........................|  1,208 |    890 |    930 |  1,179 |    964 |    934 |    843 |    871 |    910
        Other industries..........................| 87,984 | 91,820 | 92,744 | 88,072 | 90,765 | 90,891 | 91,362 | 91,963 | 92,740
    Self-employed workers.........................|  9,120 |  8,998 |  8,915 |  8,961 |  8,946 |  8,970 |  9,055 |  8,971 |  8,792
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    227 |    130 |    133 |    229 |    154 |    138 |    141 |    134 |    133
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
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  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  5,817 |  4,017 |  4,132 |  6,202 |  4,785 |  4,425 |  4,284 |  4,260 |  4,405
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,885 |  2,187 |  2,217 |  3,072 |  2,535 |  2,430 |  2,393 |  2,403 |  2,363
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,674 |  1,588 |  1,660 |  2,872 |  1,981 |  1,664 |  1,569 |  1,643 |  1,780
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 16,093 | 17,969 | 18,684 | 15,201 | 17,339 | 18,059 | 18,171 | 17,599 | 17,660
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  5,575 |  3,831 |  3,919 |  5,957 |  4,590 |  4,224 |  4,092 |  4,075 |  4,186
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,724 |  2,070 |  2,060 |  2,927 |  2,430 |  2,315 |  2,271 |  2,290 |  2,212
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,591 |  1,538 |  1,624 |  2,773 |  1,935 |  1,627 |  1,539 |  1,592 |  1,744
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,681 | 17,251 | 17,988 | 14,788 | 16,842 | 17,443 | 17,559 | 16,946 | 16,969
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   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather.
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
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                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  8,639 |  7,715 |   7,600|   6.7  |   6.0  |   6.1  |   6.1  |   5.9  |   5.8
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  4,134 |  3,418 |   3,446|   6.2  |   5.3  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.1  |   5.1
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  3,219 |  3,056 |   2,858|   5.8  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.0
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,286 |  1,240 |   1,296|  18.9  |  16.9  |  17.7  |  17.5  |  17.0  |  17.3
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,861 |  1,446 |   1,432|   4.4  |   3.5  |   3.7  |   3.5  |   3.4  |   3.3
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,529 |  1,352 |   1,333|   4.8  |   4.3  |   4.0  |   4.2  |   4.1  |   4.0
   Women who maintain families....................|    696 |    691 |     695|   9.3  |   8.7  |   7.8  |   8.9  |   9.0  |   8.9
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   Full-time workers..............................|  7,044 |  6,332 |   6,309|   6.6  |   6.1  |   6.2  |   6.1  |   5.9  |   5.9
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,623 |  1,389 |   1,376|   7.2  |   5.8  |   6.0  |   6.4  |   5.7  |   5.6
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                             3/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    949 |    897 |     892|   2.8  |   3.0  |   2.6  |   2.5  |   2.5  |   2.5
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  2,067 |  1,861 |   1,766|   5.3  |   5.2  |   4.7  |   5.0  |   4.7  |   4.5
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|  1,158 |    866 |     816|   7.9  |   6.1  |   5.7  |   6.2  |   6.1  |   5.7
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,852 |  1,666 |   1,723|   9.8  |   8.4  |   9.6  |   8.9  |   8.5  |   8.7
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    290 |    321 |     344|   8.1  |   6.9  |   9.7  |   8.6  |   8.1  |   8.6
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  6,652 |  5,940 |   5,896|   6.9  |   6.2  |   6.4  |   6.2  |   6.0  |   5.9
     Goods-producing industries...................|  2,300 |  1,826 |   1,767|   8.4  |   6.8  |   6.9  |   6.5  |   6.6  |   6.3
       Mining.....................................|     47 |     38 |      30|   6.5  |   6.2  |   6.1  |   5.1  |   5.5  |   4.4
       Construction...............................|    850 |    668 |     675|  13.7  |  11.8  |  10.9  |  10.5  |  10.7  |  10.5
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,403 |  1,120 |   1,062|   6.9  |   5.3  |   5.8  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.1
         Durable goods............................|    814 |    657 |     570|   6.9  |   5.0  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   4.7
         Nondurable goods.........................|    589 |    463 |     492|   6.9  |   5.6  |   5.9  |   5.2  |   5.4  |   5.6
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,352 |  4,114 |   4,129|   6.3  |   6.0  |   6.2  |   6.1  |   5.8  |   5.8
       Transportation and public utilities........|    385 |    319 |     301|   5.5  |   4.7  |   5.3  |   4.9  |   4.5  |   4.3
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,922 |  1,746 |   1,907|   7.9  |   7.1  |   7.5  |   7.5  |   6.9  |   7.4
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    276 |    347 |     252|   3.7  |   4.1  |   3.7  |   3.8  |   4.5  |   3.4
       Services...................................|  1,769 |  1,702 |   1,668|   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.3
   Government workers.............................|    595 |    594 |     577|   3.1  |   3.9  |   3.4  |   3.7  |   3.1  |   3.1
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    222 |    208 |     195|  11.8  |   8.4  |  12.6  |  11.1  |  10.9  |   9.8
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   3/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal components are small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular
components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  3,016 |  2,727 |  2,274 |  3,156 |  2,850 |  2,871 |  2,618 |  2,668 |  2,378
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,368 |  2,098 |  2,179 |  2,491 |  2,483 |  2,361 |  2,632 |  2,306 |  2,306
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,717 |  2,554 |  2,703 |  3,030 |  2,683 |  2,855 |  2,793 |  2,841 |  3,026
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,106 |  1,075 |  1,225 |  1,284 |  1,151 |  1,269 |  1,219 |  1,249 |  1,403
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,611 |  1,480 |  1,477 |  1,746 |  1,532 |  1,586 |  1,575 |  1,593 |  1,623
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   18.1 |   18.6 |   19.3 |   18.4 |   18.3 |   19.2 |   19.2 |   19.2 |   19.6
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    7.7 |    9.0 |    9.6 |    8.3 |    8.9 |    9.3 |    9.0 |   10.0 |   10.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total unemployed.................................|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0
   Less than 5 weeks..............................|   37.2 |   37.0 |   31.8 |   36.4 |   35.6 |   35.5 |   32.5 |   34.1 |   30.8
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   29.2 |   28.4 |   30.5 |   28.7 |   31.0 |   29.2 |   32.7 |   29.5 |   29.9
   15 weeks and over..............................|   33.5 |   34.6 |   37.8 |   34.9 |   33.5 |   35.3 |   34.7 |   36.4 |   39.3
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   13.7 |   14.6 |   17.1 |   14.8 |   14.4 |   15.7 |   15.2 |   16.0 |   18.2
     27 weeks and over............................|   19.9 |   20.1 |   20.6 |   20.1 |   19.1 |   19.6 |   19.6 |   20.4 |   21.1
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |                       |
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Oct.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                                           | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  4,225|  3,206|  3,168|  4,779|  3,664|  3,904|  3,813|  3,570|  3,528
  On temporary layoff......................................|    935|    614|    637|  1,216|    911|  1,053|  1,022|    791|    808
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  3,290|  2,592|  2,531|  3,563|  2,753|  2,851|  2,791|  2,779|  2,720
    Permanent job losers...................................|  (2)  |  (2)  |  1,820|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|  (2)  |  (2)  |    712|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
Job leavers................................................|  1,016|    935|    811|    957|    782|    755|    751|    892|    767
Reentrants.................................................|  2,079|  2,692|  2,611|  2,084|  2,798|  2,781|  2,779|  2,579|  2,614
New entrants...............................................|    782|    546|    565|    839|    462|    587|    650|    611|    616
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   52.1|   43.4|   44.3|   55.2|   47.5|   48.6|   47.7|   46.7|   46.9
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   11.5|    8.3|    8.9|   14.0|   11.8|   13.1|   12.8|   10.3|   10.7
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   40.6|   35.1|   35.4|   41.1|   35.7|   35.5|   34.9|   36.3|   36.1
 Job leavers...............................................|   12.5|   12.7|   11.3|   11.1|   10.2|    9.4|    9.4|   11.7|   10.2
 Reentrants................................................|   25.7|   36.5|   36.5|   24.1|   36.3|   34.7|   34.8|   33.7|   34.7
 New entrants..............................................|    9.6|    7.4|    7.9|    9.7|    6.0|    7.3|    8.1|    8.0|    8.2
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    3.3|    2.4|    2.4|    3.7|    2.8|    3.0|    2.9|    2.7|    2.7
 Job leavers...............................................|     .8|     .7|     .6|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .7|     .6
 Reentrants................................................|    1.6|    2.1|    2.0|    1.6|    2.1|    2.1|    2.1|    2.0|    2.0
 New entrants..............................................|     .6|     .4|     .4|     .7|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .5|     .5
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   2/  Not available.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  8,639 |  7,715 |  7,600 |   6.7  |   6.0  |   6.1  |   6.1  |   5.9  |   5.8
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,616 |  2,578 |  2,557 |  12.9  |  12.0  |  12.6  |  12.7  |  12.1  |  11.8
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,286 |  1,240 |  1,296 |  18.9  |  16.9  |  17.7  |  17.5  |  17.0  |  17.3
      16 to 17 years..............................|    566 |    586 |    553 |  20.7  |  20.1  |  20.6  |  20.0  |  18.7  |  17.2
      18 to 19 years..............................|    724 |    656 |    747 |  17.7  |  15.1  |  15.4  |  15.5  |  15.8  |  17.5
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,330 |  1,338 |  1,261 |   9.9  |   9.4  |   9.9  |  10.2  |   9.5  |   8.9
  25 years and over...............................|  6,016 |  5,153 |  5,079 |   5.6  |   4.8  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.6
    25 to 54 years................................|  5,369 |  4,553 |  4,463 |   5.8  |   4.9  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.7
    55 years and over.............................|    699 |    579 |    622 |   4.5  |   3.9  |   4.2  |   4.3  |   3.7  |   4.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,849 |  4,123 |  4,155 |   6.9  |   6.0  |   6.3  |   6.2  |   5.8  |   5.8
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,475 |  1,419 |  1,423 |  13.8  |  12.5  |  13.7  |  13.5  |  12.5  |  12.3
      16 to 19 years..............................|    715 |    705 |    709 |  20.3  |  17.9  |  19.7  |  18.6  |  18.3  |  17.9
        16 to 17 years............................|    312 |    323 |    297 |  22.0  |  22.1  |  20.9  |  21.0  |  19.3  |  17.4
        18 to 19 years............................|    404 |    381 |    419 |  19.2  |  15.7  |  18.5  |  16.9  |  17.4  |  18.7
      20 to 24 years..............................|    760 |    714 |    714 |  10.6  |   9.7  |  10.6  |  10.8  |   9.5  |   9.4
    25 years and over.............................|  3,365 |  2,727 |  2,762 |   5.7  |   4.7  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.6  |   4.6
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,961 |  2,364 |  2,362 |   5.9  |   4.8  |   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.6
      55 years and over...........................|    417 |    341 |    371 |   4.8  |   4.0  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.0  |   4.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,790 |  3,592 |  3,445 |   6.4  |   6.0  |   5.9  |   6.0  |   5.9  |   5.7
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,141 |  1,159 |  1,134 |  11.9  |  11.4  |  11.3  |  11.8  |  11.6  |  11.2
      16 to 19 years..............................|    571 |    535 |    587 |  17.3  |  16.0  |  15.5  |  16.2  |  15.6  |  16.6
        16 to 17 years............................|    254 |    263 |    256 |  19.4  |  18.1  |  20.3  |  19.0  |  18.0  |  17.0
        18 to 19 years............................|    320 |    275 |    327 |  16.0  |  14.4  |  12.0  |  13.8  |  14.0  |  16.1
      20 to 24 years..............................|    570 |    624 |    547 |   9.0  |   8.9  |   9.1  |   9.4  |   9.5  |   8.3
    25 years and over.............................|  2,651 |  2,427 |  2,316 |   5.4  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.6
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,408 |  2,188 |  2,102 |   5.7  |   5.1  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   5.0  |   4.8
      55 years and over...........................|    282 |    238 |    250 |   4.2  |   3.8  |   3.6  |   4.2  |   3.4  |   3.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                                                      |
                                                                                      |                October 1994
                                       Category                                       |
                                                                                       ____________________________________________
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |    Total     |     Men      |    Women
                                                                                      |              |              |
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                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total not in the labor force..........................................................|    65,550    |    23,503    |    42,047
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................................|     5,510    |     2,204    |     3,306
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................................|     1,663    |       753    |       910
   Reason not currently looking:                                                      |              |              |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................................|       460    |       291    |       169
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................................|     1,202    |       461    |       741
                                                                                      |              |              |
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                                 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................................|     7,648    |     4,160    |     3,488
    Percent of total employed.........................................................|       6.1    |       6.2    |       6.1
                                                                                      |              |              |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................................|     4,388    |     2,665    |     1,722
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................................|     1,776    |       609    |     1,167
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................................|       209    |       152    |        57
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................................|     1,236    |       720    |       516
                                                                                      |              |              |
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   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                          |                             |
                                          |                        1/   |                                     2/
                                            Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted
                                          |                             |
                                         _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       State and employment status
                                          |  Oct.   |  Sept.  |  Oct.   |  Oct.   |  June   |  July   |  Aug.   |  Sept.  |  Oct.
                                          |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1994   |  1994   |  1994
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,339    23,484    23,500    23,339    23,437    23,451    23,467    23,484    23,500
  Civilian labor force....................   15,329    15,465    15,585    15,315    15,200    15,334    15,390    15,463    15,608
    Employed..............................   13,894    14,204    14,429    13,837    13,931    13,950    14,023    14,172    14,411
    Unemployed............................    1,435     1,261     1,156     1,478     1,269     1,383     1,367     1,290     1,197
    Unemployment rate.....................      9.4       8.2       7.4       9.7       8.3       9.0       8.9       8.3       7.7
 
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,732    10,861    10,873    10,732    10,822    10,834    10,847    10,861    10,873
  Civilian labor force....................    6,610     6,834     6,844     6,575     6,744     6,709     6,718     6,843     6,829
    Employed..............................    6,175     6,365     6,429     6,120     6,328     6,296     6,344     6,386     6,384
    Unemployed............................      435       469       415       455       416       413       374       457       445
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.6       6.9       6.1       6.9       6.2       6.2       5.6       6.7       6.5
 
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,847     8,895     8,901     8,847     8,879     8,884     8,889     8,895     8,901
  Civilian labor force....................    5,940     5,947     6,028     5,964     6,036     5,976     5,986     5,952     6,050
    Employed..............................    5,523     5,648     5,683     5,518     5,745     5,601     5,646     5,612     5,672
    Unemployed............................      417       299       346       445       291       374       340       340       378
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.0       5.0       5.7       7.5       4.8       6.3       5.7       5.7       6.3
 
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,665     4,667     4,667     4,665     4,665     4,665     4,665     4,667     4,667
  Civilian labor force....................    3,173     3,165     3,170     3,191     3,158     3,219     3,172     3,181     3,183
    Employed..............................    2,977     2,995     2,983     2,976     2,969     3,028     2,984     3,014     2,979
    Unemployed............................      196       170       187       215       189       191       188       167       205
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.2       5.4       5.9       6.7       6.0       5.9       5.9       5.2       6.4
 
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,144     7,176     7,180     7,144     7,165     7,168     7,172     7,176     7,180
  Civilian labor force....................    4,737     4,797     4,816     4,737     4,736     4,745     4,744     4,810     4,817
    Employed..............................    4,431     4,544     4,589     4,410     4,480     4,462     4,447     4,545     4,570
    Unemployed............................      306       253       227       327       256       283       297       265       247
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.5       5.3       4.7       6.9       5.4       6.0       6.3       5.5       5.1
 
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,116     6,142     6,144     6,116     6,133     6,135     6,138     6,142     6,144
  Civilian labor force....................    3,986     4,085     4,098     3,992     4,008     4,061     4,099     4,098     4,107
    Employed..............................    3,734     3,825     3,841     3,723     3,724     3,799     3,852     3,824     3,830
    Unemployed............................      252       260       257       269       284       261       246       274       277
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.3       6.4       6.3       6.7       7.1       6.4       6.0       6.7       6.7
 
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   14,046    14,073    14,077    14,046    14,061    14,064    14,067    14,073    14,077
  Civilian labor force....................    8,605     8,498     8,583     8,625     8,601     8,730     8,633     8,591     8,609
    Employed..............................    7,962     7,992     8,051     7,954     8,000     8,110     8,035     8,058     8,048
    Unemployed............................      643       506       533       671       601       620       598       533       561
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.5       6.0       6.2       7.8       7.0       7.1       6.9       6.2       6.5
 
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,314     5,387     5,394     5,314     5,366     5,372     5,379     5,387     5,394
  Civilian labor force....................    3,580     3,640     3,655     3,548     3,560     3,567     3,613     3,638     3,624
    Employed..............................    3,427     3,476     3,486     3,384     3,429     3,401     3,424     3,452     3,443
    Unemployed............................      153       164       169       164       131       166       189       186       180
    Unemployment rate.....................      4.3       4.5       4.6       4.6       3.7       4.7       5.2       5.1       5.0
 
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,409     8,443     8,446     8,409     8,431     8,434     8,438     8,443     8,446
  Civilian labor force....................    5,462     5,514     5,537     5,475     5,546     5,472     5,437     5,520     5,557
    Employed..............................    5,133     5,244     5,290     5,118     5,240     5,153     5,143     5,217     5,282
    Unemployed............................      329       271       248       357       306       319       294       303       274
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.0       4.9       4.5       6.5       5.5       5.8       5.4       5.5       4.9
 
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,292     9,313     9,316     9,292     9,304     9,306     9,309     9,313     9,316
  Civilian labor force....................    5,926     5,799     5,822     5,889     5,970     5,912     5,867     5,797     5,772
    Employed..............................    5,532     5,443     5,491     5,478     5,615     5,528     5,499     5,408     5,428
    Unemployed............................      394       356       330       411       354       385       369       389       344
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.6       6.1       5.7       7.0       5.9       6.5       6.3       6.7       6.0
 
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,378    13,608    13,631    13,378    13,541    13,562    13,585    13,608    13,631
  Civilian labor force....................    9,335     9,321     9,405     9,339     9,415     9,500     9,416     9,334     9,398
    Employed..............................    8,693     8,763     8,875     8,665     8,781     8,854     8,791     8,751     8,842
    Unemployed............................      642       558       529       674       634       646       626       583       555
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.9       6.0       5.6       7.2       6.7       6.8       6.6       6.2       5.9
 
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
   1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
 
   2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns.
   3/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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              Total..............................|111,977|113,696|114,668|115,272|111,112|113,334|113,624|113,914|114,162|114,356
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 92,844| 95,814| 95,793| 95,865| 92,239| 94,316| 94,601| 94,827| 95,016| 95,214
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries....................| 23,600| 24,122| 24,118| 24,079| 23,245| 23,576| 23,590| 23,640| 23,665| 23,706
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    612|    613|    610|    606|    605|    605|    601|    603|    602|    598
       Metal mining..............................|   50.6|   52.0|   51.5|   51.5|     50|     50|     51|     52|     51|     51
       Coal mining...............................|   97.8|  114.6|  112.8|  112.6|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  359.6|  341.0|  340.7|  337.4|    356|    339|    335|    336|    338|    334
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|  104.1|  105.3|  104.6|  104.0|    101|    101|    101|    101|    101|    101
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  4,947|  5,291|  5,262|  5,238|  4,700|  4,927|  4,944|  4,942|  4,970|  4,975
       General building contractors..............|1,159.8|1,235.9|1,223.7|1,226.1|  1,120|  1,165|  1,161|  1,166|  1,173|  1,183
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  785.8|  794.1|  802.8|  794.1|    709|    725|    733|    725|    727|    716
       Special trade contractors.................|3,001.0|3,261.2|3,235.4|3,217.8|  2,871|  3,037|  3,050|  3,051|  3,070|  3,076
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 18,041| 18,218| 18,246| 18,235| 17,940| 18,044| 18,045| 18,095| 18,093| 18,133
         Production workers......................| 12,358| 12,585| 12,626| 12,617| 12,261| 12,429| 12,431| 12,478| 12,483| 12,522
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,171| 10,305| 10,356| 10,373| 10,135| 10,253| 10,249| 10,290| 10,306| 10,336
         Production workers......................|  6,839|  7,013|  7,068|  7,087|  6,806|  6,966|  6,969|  7,007|  7,022|  7,054
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Lumber and wood products..................|  717.1|  749.9|  747.1|  745.6|    709|    730|    732|    734|    735|    737
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  490.3|  497.9|  500.0|  502.2|    485|    496|    500|    496|    496|    497
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  526.1|  543.4|  542.6|  542.2|    517|    529|    530|    531|    530|    533
       Primary metal industries..................|  676.5|  687.6|  693.6|  695.8|    675|    684|    686|    686|    689|    694
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  236.5|  233.6|  234.1|  234.0|    237|    234|    234|    232|    233|    234
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,340.2|1,374.3|1,384.3|1,392.1|  1,332|  1,365|  1,368|  1,373|  1,375|  1,384
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,907.6|1,942.1|1,951.3|1,950.9|  1,914|  1,947|  1,942|  1,952|  1,955|  1,957
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,521.2|1,560.8|1,568.5|1,570.1|  1,518|  1,550|  1,551|  1,561|  1,567|  1,567
       Transportation equipment..................|1,729.7|1,716.7|1,735.3|1,739.6|  1,731|  1,724|  1,712|  1,727|  1,732|  1,741
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  839.6|  885.6|  903.5|  906.7|    840|    876|    875|    893|    898|    908
         Aircraft and parts......................|  522.7|  469.8|  468.4|  467.9|    522|    480|    475|    472|    468|    467
       Instruments and related products..........|  880.9|  850.6|  848.8|  846.6|    880|    853|    849|    850|    848|    846
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  381.7|  381.7|  384.4|  387.7|    374|    375|    379|    380|    379|    380
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,870|  7,913|  7,890|  7,862|  7,805|  7,791|  7,796|  7,805|  7,787|  7,797
         Production workers......................|  5,519|  5,572|  5,558|  5,530|  5,455|  5,463|  5,462|  5,471|  5,461|  5,468
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Food and kindred products.................|1,723.5|1,751.0|1,738.4|1,701.9|  1,678|  1,666|  1,668|  1,666|  1,660|  1,657
       Tobacco products..........................|   44.0|   40.0|   40.6|   41.0|     42|     39|     38|     40|     38|     39
       Textile mill products.....................|  674.7|  675.6|  673.9|  673.9|    672|    671|    672|    672|    669|    671
       Apparel and other textile products........|  978.6|  960.5|  962.9|  960.8|    970|    957|    954|    958|    956|    952
       Paper and allied products.................|  686.4|  687.3|  683.4|  684.1|    686|    683|    684|    683|    680|    683
       Printing and publishing...................|1,512.3|1,532.0|1,529.5|1,534.9|  1,514|  1,528|  1,531|  1,535|  1,533|  1,536
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,072.0|1,056.9|1,050.3|1,048.7|  1,073|  1,054|  1,053|  1,050|  1,048|  1,050
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  151.7|  152.9|  151.2|  150.8|    150|    147|    147|    149|    149|    149
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  908.1|  940.5|  944.2|  951.9|    903|    932|    935|    938|    941|    947
       Leather and leather products..............|  118.4|  115.9|  115.3|  114.3|    117|    114|    114|    114|    113|    113
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries..................| 88,377| 89,574| 90,550| 91,193| 87,867| 89,758| 90,034| 90,274| 90,497| 90,650
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  5,855|  5,855|  5,918|  5,928|  5,798|  5,849|  5,857|  5,866|  5,868|  5,869
       Transportation............................|  3,662|  3,664|  3,742|  3,755|  3,606|  3,677|  3,687|  3,691|  3,695|  3,697
         Railroad transportation.................|  248.5|  243.5|  248.0|  248.0|    246|    246|    245|    241|    245|    246
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  392.2|  332.0|  403.2|  411.3|    373|    389|    391|    397|    391|    391
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,742.1|1,793.4|1,799.7|1,805.4|  1,712|  1,764|  1,768|  1,772|  1,775|  1,773
         Water transportation....................|  166.7|  171.0|  171.2|  168.9|    166|    166|    169|    165|    168|    168
         Transportation by air...................|  735.7|  736.4|  732.6|  730.1|    734|    729|    728|    729|    730|    729
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   18.1|   18.0|   17.5|   17.9|     18|     18|     17|     18|     17|     18
         Transportation services.................|  358.4|  369.8|  369.4|  373.6|    357|    365|    369|    369|    369|    372
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,193|  2,191|  2,176|  2,173|  2,192|  2,172|  2,170|  2,175|  2,173|  2,172
         Communications..........................|1,254.6|1,266.2|1,261.3|1,261.2|  1,252|  1,253|  1,254|  1,261|  1,259|  1,259
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  938.5|  924.6|  914.8|  911.9|    940|    919|    916|    914|    914|    913
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  5,985|  6,111|  6,110|  6,126|  5,965|  6,049|  6,053|  6,079|  6,094|  6,105
       Durable goods.............................|  3,411|  3,485|  3,473|  3,482|  3,410|  3,457|  3,461|  3,471|  3,473|  3,482
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,574|  2,626|  2,637|  2,644|  2,555|  2,592|  2,592|  2,608|  2,621|  2,623
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................| 19,849| 20,598| 20,570| 20,551| 19,822| 20,279| 20,386| 20,405| 20,471| 20,522
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  797.1|  866.4|  853.9|  854.1|    794|    838|    842|    844|    847|    851
       General merchandise stores................|2,479.7|2,438.5|2,463.9|2,518.3|  2,454|  2,443|  2,457|  2,476|  2,481|  2,491
       Food stores...............................|3,229.2|3,264.0|3,248.6|3,262.3|  3,220|  3,234|  3,247|  3,254|  3,249|  3,253
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,057.6|2,191.0|2,188.1|2,192.3|  2,048|  2,143|  2,145|  2,159|  2,171|  2,184
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,140.1|1,148.7|1,138.1|1,148.8|  1,148|  1,145|  1,149|  1,148|  1,155|  1,157
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  842.5|  896.0|  903.8|  923.0|    844|    885|    897|    905|    913|    925
       Eating and drinking places................|6,827.0|7,311.5|7,264.6|7,105.5|  6,850|  7,084|  7,129|  7,105|  7,115|  7,127
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,475.6|2,481.5|2,509.3|2,546.7|  2,464|  2,507|  2,520|  2,514|  2,540|  2,534
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,730|  6,875|  6,801|  6,770|  6,748|  6,798|  6,797|  6,801|  6,789|  6,787
       Finance...................................|  3,228|  3,277|  3,245|  3,235|  3,240|  3,263|  3,261|  3,259|  3,248|  3,246
         Depository institutions.................|2,063.4|2,054.4|2,034.1|2,031.9|  2,072|  2,041|  2,042|  2,040|  2,036|  2,040
         Nondepository institutions..............|  460.9|  475.2|  470.0|  461.7|    463|    484|    480|    476|    471|    464
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  478.3|  511.8|  507.8|  507.6|    479|    505|    506|    508|    507|    508
         Holding and other investment offices....|  225.7|  235.3|  233.5|  233.5|    226|    233|    233|    235|    234|    234
       Insurance.................................|  2,181|  2,185|  2,172|  2,170|  2,187|  2,184|  2,182|  2,180|  2,178|  2,176
         Insurance carriers......................|1,520.3|1,517.9|1,507.3|1,504.5|  1,525|  1,521|  1,517|  1,515|  1,512|  1,509
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  660.9|  667.4|  664.8|  665.8|    662|    663|    665|    665|    666|    667
       Real estate...............................|  1,321|  1,413|  1,384|  1,365|  1,321|  1,351|  1,354|  1,362|  1,363|  1,365
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services2/..................................| 30,825| 32,253| 32,276| 32,411| 30,661| 31,765| 31,918| 32,036| 32,129| 32,225
       Agricultural services.....................|  544.0|  610.8|  592.1|  583.9|    526|    551|    554|    559|    561|    565
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|1,598.2|1,738.9|1,661.8|1,591.2|  1,602|  1,626|  1,627|  1,619|  1,609|  1,594
       Personal services.........................|1,110.5|1,098.2|1,112.2|1,112.6|  1,134|  1,133|  1,134|  1,139|  1,137|  1,136
       Business services.........................|6,083.1|6,616.5|6,671.6|6,769.9|  5,950|  6,416|  6,488|  6,538|  6,586|  6,618
         Personnel supply services...............|2,149.9|2,462.2|2,496.2|2,569.6|  2,033|  2,334|  2,375|  2,388|  2,414|  2,429
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  966.6|1,064.7|1,070.1|1,078.2|    965|  1,041|  1,045|  1,058|  1,065|  1,076
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|  370.1|  386.9|  385.1|  388.3|    366|    380|    381|    382|    382|    384
       Motion pictures...........................|  415.4|  506.0|  493.8|  505.6|    423|    474|    482|    493|    503|    514
       Amusement and recreation services.........|1,183.4|1,460.6|1,330.3|1,195.3|  1,249|  1,287|  1,278|  1,266|  1,253|  1,262
       Health services...........................|8,854.4|9,093.9|9,083.1|9,109.9|  8,852|  9,025|  9,043|  9,076|  9,083|  9,110
         Hospitals...............................|3,788.4|3,797.8|3,787.6|3,789.3|  3,790|  3,787|  3,787|  3,790|  3,791|  3,793
       Legal services............................|  930.5|  950.6|  938.9|  943.9|    934|    938|    941|    942|    946|    947
       Educational services......................|1,811.6|1,494.0|1,725.1|1,879.6|  1,696|  1,741|  1,747|  1,747|  1,759|  1,760
       Social services...........................|2,127.2|2,253.5|2,283.0|2,306.7|  2,121|  2,242|  2,267|  2,285|  2,294|  2,300
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|   78.3|   85.7|   81.8|   80.7|     77|     79|     80|     80|     80|     79
       Membership organizations..................|2,026.6|2,088.5|2,047.8|2,057.1|  2,036|  2,055|  2,056|  2,056|  2,064|  2,067
       Engineering and management services.......|2,550.9|2,628.8|2,624.7|2,633.2|  2,556|  2,603|  2,620|  2,621|  2,633|  2,638
       Services, nec.............................|   40.6|   41.0|   40.8|   40.8|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 19,133| 17,882| 18,875| 19,407| 18,873| 19,018| 19,023| 19,087| 19,146| 19,142
       Federal...................................|  2,886|  2,875|  2,859|  2,845|  2,901|  2,859|  2,859|  2,858|  2,859|  2,859
       State.....................................|  4,616|  4,332|  4,541|  4,716|  4,504|  4,539|  4,568|  4,585|  4,605|  4,601
         Education...............................|1,965.1|1,592.2|1,828.3|2,020.2|  1,840|  1,850|  1,876|  1,886|  1,901|  1,892
         Other State government..................|2,650.5|2,739.4|2,712.3|2,695.4|  2,664|  2,689|  2,692|  2,699|  2,704|  2,709
       Local.....................................| 11,631| 10,675| 11,475| 11,846| 11,468| 11,620| 11,596| 11,644| 11,682| 11,682
         Education...............................|6,616.1|5,326.8|6,328.5|6,767.2|  6,378|  6,461|  6,478|  6,536|  6,531|  6,526
         Other local government..................|5,014.9|5,348.2|5,146.2|5,078.4|  5,090|  5,159|  5,118|  5,108|  5,151|  5,156
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      1/  These series are not published seasonally                       2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative               p = preliminary.
    to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components and
    consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
    precision.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
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         Total private...........................|  34.6 |  34.9 |  34.8 |  35.0 |  34.5 |  34.6 |  34.6 |  34.4 |  34.6 |  34.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Mining........................................|  45.5 |  45.1 |  45.5 |  45.7 |  45.1 |  44.8 |  45.4 |  44.7 |  45.0 |  45.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Construction..................................|  39.3 |  39.7 |  39.9 |  39.4 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Manufacturing.................................|  41.8 |  42.0 |  42.4 |  42.3 |  41.6 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  42.1
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.5 |   4.8 |   5.1 |   5.0 |   4.3 |   4.7 |   4.6 |   4.6 |   4.7 |   4.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Durable goods...............................|  42.5 |  42.7 |  43.1 |  43.1 |  42.4 |  42.8 |  42.6 |  42.8 |  42.8 |  42.9
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.7 |   5.1 |   5.4 |   5.3 |   4.5 |   5.0 |   4.9 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   5.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Lumber and wood products...................|  41.4 |  41.6 |  41.5 |  41.6 |  41.2 |  41.3 |  41.1 |  41.2 |  40.9 |  41.4
      Furniture and fixtures.....................|  40.7 |  40.7 |  41.1 |  41.1 |  40.4 |  40.8 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  40.6 |  40.7
      Stone, clay, and glass products............|  43.5 |  44.0 |  44.2 |  44.1 |  42.8 |  43.6 |  43.5 |  43.4 |  43.6 |  43.4
      Primary metal industries...................|  43.7 |  44.5 |  44.9 |  44.8 |  43.8 |  44.3 |  44.4 |  44.7 |  44.8 |  45.0
        Blast furnaces and basic steel products..|  43.6 |  45.1 |  45.6 |  45.6 |  43.8 |  44.4 |  44.8 |  45.0 |  45.1 |  45.8
      Fabricated metal products..................|  42.6 |  42.8 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  42.3 |  42.6 |  42.6 |  42.8 |  43.0 |  42.9
      Industrial machinery and equipment.........|  43.2 |  43.1 |  43.7 |  43.8 |  43.2 |  43.8 |  43.6 |  43.4 |  43.7 |  43.8
      Electronic and other electrical equipment..|  42.1 |  42.0 |  42.2 |  42.4 |  42.1 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.3 |  42.0 |  42.4
      Transportation equipment...................|  43.8 |  44.0 |  44.8 |  44.4 |  43.5 |  44.0 |  43.3 |  44.4 |  44.2 |  44.1
        Motor vehicles and equipment.............|  45.4 |  45.6 |  46.5 |  45.8 |  45.1 |  45.2 |  44.1 |  45.9 |  45.8 |  45.5
      Instruments and related products...........|  41.0 |  41.5 |  41.8 |  41.8 |  41.1 |  41.6 |  42.1 |  41.8 |  41.7 |  41.9
      Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  40.2 |  39.9 |  40.1 |  40.5 |  39.7 |  40.2 |  40.3 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  39.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Nondurable goods............................|  40.9 |  41.1 |  41.4 |  41.3 |  40.6 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  40.9 |  41.0 |  41.1
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.3 |   4.5 |   4.8 |   4.6 |   4.0 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   4.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Food and kindred products..................|  41.4 |  41.8 |  42.3 |  41.7 |  40.9 |  41.3 |  41.7 |  41.3 |  41.3 |  41.2
      Tobacco products...........................|  38.7 |  39.4 |  41.2 |  42.3 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Textile mill products......................|  41.7 |  41.9 |  42.1 |  41.8 |  41.5 |  41.9 |  41.6 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.7
      Apparel and other textile products.........|  37.2 |  37.9 |  37.8 |  38.0 |  36.9 |  37.8 |  37.6 |  37.7 |  37.6 |  37.7
      Paper and allied products..................|  44.0 |  43.9 |  44.4 |  44.5 |  43.8 |  44.0 |  44.3 |  44.1 |  43.9 |  44.3
      Printing and publishing....................|  38.6 |  38.7 |  39.1 |  39.1 |  38.4 |  38.8 |  38.6 |  38.5 |  38.7 |  38.9
      Chemicals and allied products..............|  43.1 |  42.9 |  43.0 |  43.4 |  43.2 |  43.3 |  43.5 |  43.2 |  43.0 |  43.5
      Petroleum and coal products................|  45.8 |  43.5 |  46.4 |  46.8 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|  41.9 |  42.1 |  42.3 |  42.3 |  41.8 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.4 |  42.3
      Leather and leather products...............|  38.7 |  38.6 |  38.8 |  38.9 |  38.7 |  38.3 |  37.9 |  38.6 |  38.7 |  38.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Transportation and public utilities...........|  39.9 |  40.2 |  40.1 |  40.3 |  39.8 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  39.6 |  39.9 |  40.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Wholesale trade...............................|  38.3 |  38.3 |  38.4 |  38.8 |  38.2 |  38.4 |  38.3 |  38.1 |  38.2 |  38.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Retail trade..................................|  28.8 |  29.7 |  29.0 |  29.1 |  28.9 |  29.0 |  29.0 |  28.9 |  28.9 |  29.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Finance, insurance, and real estate...........|  35.7 |  35.5 |  35.4 |  36.3 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Services......................................|  32.4 |  32.7 |  32.4 |  32.8 |  32.4 |  32.4 |  32.5 |  32.2 |  32.5 |  32.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;            adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
   finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.              precision.
   These groups account for approximately four-fifths                 p = preliminary.
   of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                                         | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$10.94 |$11.04 |$11.21 |$11.26 |$378.52|$385.30|$390.11|$394.10
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 10.92 | 11.13 | 11.16 | 11.24 | 376.74| 382.87| 386.14| 392.28
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Mining........................................| 14.47 | 14.69 | 14.91 | 14.89 | 658.39| 662.52| 678.41| 680.47
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Construction..................................| 14.55 | 14.76 | 14.94 | 15.00 | 571.82| 585.97| 596.11| 591.00
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Manufacturing.................................| 11.80 | 12.01 | 12.14 | 12.11 | 493.24| 504.42| 514.74| 512.25
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Durable goods...............................| 12.40 | 12.62 | 12.76 | 12.71 | 527.00| 538.87| 549.96| 547.80
              Lumber and wood products...................|  9.71 |  9.86 |  9.93 |  9.98 | 401.99| 410.18| 412.10| 415.17
              Furniture and fixtures.....................|  9.40 |  9.57 |  9.70 |  9.71 | 382.58| 389.50| 398.67| 399.08
              Stone, clay, and glass products............| 11.92 | 12.17 | 12.26 | 12.23 | 518.52| 535.48| 541.89| 539.34
              Primary metal industries...................| 14.00 | 14.33 | 14.33 | 14.27 | 611.80| 637.69| 643.42| 639.30
                Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 16.42 | 16.96 | 16.86 | 16.84 | 715.91| 764.90| 768.82| 767.90
              Fabricated metal products..................| 11.74 | 11.87 | 12.00 | 11.92 | 500.12| 508.04| 518.40| 514.94
              Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 12.82 | 12.91 | 13.02 | 13.00 | 553.82| 556.42| 568.97| 569.40
              Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 11.29 | 11.53 | 11.59 | 11.55 | 475.31| 484.26| 489.10| 489.72
              Transportation equipment...................| 15.99 | 16.45 | 16.72 | 16.57 | 700.36| 723.80| 749.06| 735.71
                Motor vehicles and equipment.............| 16.33 | 16.91 | 17.26 | 17.01 | 741.38| 771.10| 802.59| 779.06
              Instruments and related products...........| 12.32 | 12.47 | 12.54 | 12.54 | 505.12| 517.51| 524.17| 524.17
              Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  9.41 |  9.62 |  9.70 |  9.72 | 378.28| 383.84| 388.97| 393.66
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Nondurable goods............................| 11.02 | 11.20 | 11.31 | 11.31 | 450.72| 460.32| 468.23| 467.10
              Food and kindred products..................| 10.38 | 10.60 | 10.64 | 10.65 | 429.73| 443.08| 450.07| 444.11
              Tobacco products...........................| 15.84 | 18.54 | 18.49 | 18.49 | 613.01| 730.48| 761.79| 782.13
              Textile mill products......................|  8.95 |  9.13 |  9.21 |  9.21 | 373.22| 382.55| 387.74| 384.98
              Apparel and other textile products.........|  7.14 |  7.35 |  7.43 |  7.41 | 265.61| 278.57| 280.85| 281.58
              Paper and allied products..................| 13.55 | 13.79 | 13.96 | 13.87 | 596.20| 605.38| 619.82| 617.22
              Printing and publishing....................| 12.04 | 12.12 | 12.27 | 12.22 | 464.74| 469.04| 479.76| 477.80
              Chemicals and allied products..............| 14.89 | 15.12 | 15.30 | 15.32 | 641.76| 648.65| 657.90| 664.89
              Petroleum and coal products................| 18.57 | 18.79 | 19.46 | 19.57 | 850.51| 817.37| 902.94| 915.88
              Rubber and misc. plastics products.........| 10.60 | 10.65 | 10.66 | 10.63 | 444.14| 448.37| 450.92| 449.65
              Leather and leather products...............|  7.67 |  7.95 |  7.95 |  8.03 | 296.83| 306.87| 308.46| 312.37
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Transportation and public utilities...........| 13.66 | 13.86 | 13.93 | 14.00 | 545.03| 557.17| 558.59| 564.20
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Wholesale trade...............................| 11.81 | 11.96 | 12.05 | 12.16 | 452.32| 458.07| 462.72| 471.81
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Retail trade..................................|  7.36 |  7.43 |  7.53 |  7.57 | 211.97| 220.67| 218.37| 220.29
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 11.52 | 11.73 | 11.86 | 12.04 | 411.26| 416.42| 419.84| 437.05
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Services......................................| 10.87 | 10.92 | 11.12 | 11.21 | 352.19| 357.08| 360.29| 367.69
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Oct.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  |   from:
                                                      | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ |Sept. 1994-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Oct. 1994
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $10.92| $11.08| $11.11| $11.13| $11.16| $11.24|     0.7
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.39|   7.39|   7.38|   7.36|   7.37|  N.A. |    (3)
                   Mining.............................|  14.62|  14.73|  14.80|  14.82|  14.92|  15.04|      .8
                   Construction.......................|  14.43|  14.67|  14.75|  14.72|  14.82|  14.88|      .4
                   Manufacturing......................|  11.84|  12.03|  12.05|  12.08|  12.12|  12.15|      .2
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.25|  11.40|  11.42|  11.43|  11.46|  11.51|      .4
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.66|  13.78|  13.84|  13.87|  13.89|  14.00|      .8
                   Wholesale trade....................|  11.84|  11.99|  12.02|  12.01|  12.04|  12.20|     1.3
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.35|   7.47|   7.48|   7.50|   7.51|   7.56|      .7
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  11.56|  11.74|  11.80|  11.80|  11.90|  12.08|     1.5
                   Services...........................|  10.87|  11.03|  11.06|  11.08|  11.11|  11.21|      .9
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
                    2/  The Consumer Price Index for Urban
                 Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
                 used to deflate this series.
                    3/  Change was .1 percent from August 1994
                 to September 1994, the latest month
                 available.
                    4/  Derived by assuming that overtime
                 hours are paid at the rate of time and one-
                 half.
                    N.A.  = not available.
                    p/  = preliminary.
 
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Oct. |Aug. | Sept. | Oct.  |Oct. |June |July |Aug. | Sept. | Oct.
                                                       |1993 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/ |1993 |1994 |1994 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|126.6|132.3| 131.5 | 132.4 |125.3|128.8|129.3|128.9| 129.8 | 131.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods-producing industries....................|107.3|111.3| 112.3 | 111.6 |104.3|107.5|107.6|107.8| 108.2 | 108.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 56.2| 56.4|  56.8 |  56.8 | 55.2| 55.1| 55.7| 55.2|  55.5 |  55.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|138.0|149.9| 149.7 | 146.7 |126.3|134.0|135.2|134.2| 136.0 | 134.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|104.2|106.6| 107.9 | 107.7 |102.9|105.3|105.2|105.7| 105.8 | 106.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|101.5|104.5| 106.3 | 106.6 |100.6|104.0|103.7|104.7| 104.9 | 105.7
            Lumber and wood products...................|129.7|136.6| 135.8 | 135.6 |127.2|131.7|131.3|132.0| 131.0 | 133.1
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|124.2|126.2| 128.1 | 128.4 |121.9|126.0|125.7|125.1| 125.7 | 125.7
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|107.0|112.1| 112.4 | 111.8 |103.2|107.8|107.8|107.6| 107.8 | 107.8
            Primary metal industries...................| 85.5| 89.2|  91.2 |  91.3 | 85.7| 88.3| 88.9| 89.6|  90.3 |  91.6
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 70.7| 72.0|  73.1 |  72.9 | 71.1| 70.5| 71.6| 71.5|  72.1 |  73.2
            Fabricated metal products..................|105.0|109.3| 111.2 | 112.1 |103.4|107.9|108.0|109.1| 109.7 | 110.4
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 92.3| 95.8|  98.2 |  98.6 | 92.8| 97.5| 97.2| 97.3|  98.4 |  99.0
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|101.6|104.6| 105.9 | 106.6 |101.4|104.3|104.2|105.5| 105.3 | 106.3
            Transportation equipment...................|111.6|114.2| 118.1 | 117.7 |111.2|114.5|111.9|116.3| 116.2 | 117.1
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|140.5|150.6| 157.2 | 155.5 |139.7|147.7|143.7|153.5| 154.1 | 154.6
            Instruments and related products...........| 75.4| 73.7|  74.1 |  74.0 | 75.6| 74.3| 75.1| 74.2|  74.0 |  74.2
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|104.0|102.4| 103.6 | 105.7 |100.1|101.4|102.8|102.1| 101.4 | 101.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|107.8|109.4| 110.0 | 109.2 |105.9|107.1|107.2|107.0| 107.0 | 107.4
            Food and kindred products..................|118.6|122.8| 123.1 | 117.9 |113.1|113.5|114.7|113.6| 113.2 | 112.4
            Tobacco products...........................| 64.4| 61.3|  65.5 |  68.5 | 57.4| 58.7| 55.7| 60.0|  59.9 |  60.8
            Textile mill products......................| 99.5| 99.8| 100.0 |  99.4 | 98.5| 99.4| 98.3| 98.3|  97.8 |  98.6
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 89.5| 89.2|  89.6 |  89.8 | 88.1| 88.8| 88.0| 88.5|  88.3 |  88.4
            Paper and allied products..................|111.0|111.8| 112.2 | 112.4 |110.4|111.1|111.9|111.4| 110.2 | 111.9
            Printing and publishing....................|124.1|125.7| 126.5 | 126.6 |123.8|125.7|125.3|125.3| 125.8 | 126.4
            Chemicals and allied products..............|101.0|100.9| 100.6 | 101.8 |101.3|101.6|101.9|100.6| 100.5 | 102.4
            Petroleum and coal products................| 86.2| 82.5|  86.8 |  87.1 | 83.7| 80.1| 80.5| 81.0|  84.1 |  84.5
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|133.3|139.5| 140.9 | 142.4 |132.0|138.6|139.2|139.5| 140.8 | 141.4
            Leather and leather products...............| 56.4| 54.8|  54.5 |  54.4 | 55.3| 53.5| 52.4| 54.0|  53.5 |  53.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service-producing industries..................|135.3|141.8| 140.2 | 141.8 |134.8|138.4|139.0|138.3| 139.5 | 141.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|119.8|120.6| 121.7 | 122.4 |118.3|119.6|119.6|118.8| 119.8 | 120.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|113.5|116.0| 116.2 | 117.6 |112.7|114.9|114.6|114.7| 115.2 | 116.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|123.9|132.3| 128.9 | 129.3 |124.1|127.3|128.0|127.6| 128.0 | 129.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|120.7|123.2| 121.2 | 123.0 |121.4|121.8|122.4|120.4| 120.9 | 123.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|158.6|167.5| 166.1 | 168.8 |157.6|163.5|164.6|163.8| 165.8 | 167.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  58.8 |  57.3 |  50.8 |  47.9 |  49.7 |  51.8 |  43.8 |  46.2 |  42.7 |  41.6 |  41.3 |  41.3
           1991..............|  39.6 |  39.6 |  38.5 |  38.2 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  48.3 |  52.0 |  48.9 |  46.8 |  46.5 |  46.1
           1992..............|  42.1 |  46.1 |  48.3 |  57.7 |  53.1 |  50.4 |  52.8 |  46.5 |  53.4 |  56.9 |  52.5 |  57.3
           1993..............|  57.9 |  61.7 |  49.0 |  56.0 |  57.0 |  51.1 |  58.8 |  50.0 |  56.7 |  57.4 |  61.0 |  57.4
           1994..............|  56.6 |  58.3 |  62.9 |  62.5 |  56.3 |  63.2 |  59.3 |  59.8 |p/56.0 |p/59.6 |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  59.0 |  59.1 |  52.5 |  48.9 |  49.0 |  47.3 |  45.9 |  40.6 |  38.3 |  36.2 |  35.7 |  35.4
           1991..............|  34.3 |  32.0 |  31.6 |  38.2 |  39.3 |  44.2 |  49.4 |  50.7 |  50.8 |  44.9 |  43.7 |  40.9
           1992..............|  39.7 |  42.3 |  51.0 |  56.2 |  57.6 |  54.1 |  50.4 |  49.9 |  51.7 |  56.2 |  58.6 |  59.8
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  55.8 |  54.9 |  57.7 |  54.6 |  55.9 |  55.8 |  62.4 |  61.5 |  60.8
           1994..............|  62.1 |  64.5 |  65.2 |  65.0 |  65.4 |  64.6 |  66.7 |p/63.9 |p/63.6 |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  57.2 |  54.9 |  55.8 |  50.4 |  46.8 |  44.0 |  41.3 |  38.9 |  35.8 |  33.6 |  32.0 |  30.2
           1991..............|  30.2 |  32.4 |  31.2 |  33.7 |  39.2 |  44.7 |  46.5 |  45.6 |  47.8 |  44.5 |  41.4 |  39.9
           1992..............|  43.5 |  46.3 |  47.2 |  52.0 |  54.2 |  56.6 |  52.8 |  53.1 |  55.8 |  56.3 |  64.2 |  62.2
           1993..............|  61.4 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  59.8 |  54.4 |  54.5 |  57.9 |  58.8 |  59.7 |  60.8 |  62.8 |  63.6
           1994..............|  67.0 |  65.9 |  68.8 |  66.0 |  67.8 |p/65.9 |p/67.6 |       |       |       |       |
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                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  55.5 |  52.7 |  51.7 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  42.6 |  39.3 |  36.1 |  35.8 |  33.0 |  33.0 |  30.6
           1991..............|  31.0 |  31.0 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  31.7 |  33.8 |  35.8 |  37.5 |  40.0 |  45.2 |  45.6 |  45.4
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  60.7
           1993..............|  60.0 |  61.1 |  60.7 |  62.2 |  63.2 |  62.1 |  62.4 |  60.8 |  63.5 |  62.8 |  63.1 |  63.5
           1994..............|  64.2 |  65.7 |p/65.7 |p/66.9 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  48.9 |  47.5 |  43.9 |  46.8 |  40.3 |  46.8 |  38.8 |  42.4 |  35.6 |  38.5 |  29.1 |  34.2
           1991..............|  32.7 |  35.6 |  31.3 |  37.4 |  45.7 |  43.5 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  47.8 |  41.4 |  39.6
           1992..............|  38.1 |  40.6 |  45.0 |  57.9 |  47.8 |  50.0 |  53.2 |  41.7 |  49.3 |  47.8 |  52.5 |  51.8
           1993..............|  52.5 |  57.6 |  47.8 |  41.7 |  46.0 |  40.3 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  46.8 |  50.0 |  55.4 |  51.1
           1994..............|  54.3 |  53.6 |  51.1 |  56.1 |  50.0 |  58.6 |  52.9 |  56.8 |p/49.6 |p/60.8 |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  44.6 |  45.3 |  45.0 |  38.8 |  41.7 |  38.8 |  38.1 |  28.8 |  30.9 |  23.0 |  23.0 |  21.6
           1991..............|  24.5 |  21.9 |  20.5 |  32.7 |  36.3 |  39.6 |  47.1 |  46.0 |  48.2 |  39.9 |  36.7 |  33.5
           1992..............|  30.9 |  36.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  55.4 |  53.6 |  47.1 |  47.1 |  42.4 |  50.0 |  51.1 |  55.0
           1993..............|  60.1 |  58.3 |  51.4 |  40.6 |  37.1 |  43.5 |  40.3 |  41.0 |  43.2 |  52.9 |  54.7 |  56.1
           1994..............|  56.1 |  57.6 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  57.2 |  55.8 |  61.5 |p/55.0 |p/59.4 |       |       |
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      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  43.5 |  39.9 |  42.8 |  41.0 |  36.3 |  34.2 |  29.1 |  25.2 |  22.3 |  21.2 |  18.0 |  16.9
           1991..............|  15.8 |  20.9 |  21.2 |  26.3 |  34.9 |  39.2 |  42.1 |  40.3 |  40.3 |  37.1 |  32.4 |  32.7
           1992..............|  34.2 |  37.1 |  41.0 |  48.6 |  52.2 |  54.7 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  50.4 |  48.9 |  57.9 |  56.8
           1993..............|  54.0 |  51.8 |  48.6 |  47.1 |  37.1 |  34.2 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  47.8 |  50.4 |  54.3 |  55.8
           1994..............|  58.3 |  56.1 |  59.4 |  54.3 |  58.3 |p/56.1 |p/60.4 |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  37.8 |  35.3 |  33.5 |  33.1 |  28.1 |  26.3 |  23.7 |  20.5 |  19.4 |  16.5 |  16.2 |  15.8
           1991..............|  16.5 |  16.2 |  17.3 |  18.0 |  20.9 |  24.1 |  26.3 |  30.6 |  32.7 |  38.1 |  38.8 |  37.4
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  55.4 |  52.9 |  52.9
           1993..............|  50.0 |  52.5 |  48.6 |  49.3 |  50.7 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  50.7 |  51.4 |  51.4
           1994..............|  50.7 |  54.3 |p/54.0 |p/57.9 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
       and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month          with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
       span. Data are centered within the span.                        indicates an equal balance between industries with
         p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with