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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  AUGUST 2000


   Total nonfarm employment fell by 105,000 in August, while the
unemployment rate was essentially unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  A further decline in the
number of temporary census workers (down 158,000 in August) and a strike in
the communications industry contributed to the over-the-month employment
drop, but manufacturing employment also declined.  Private-sector
employment edged up by 17,000, although the gain would have been 102,000
had it not been for strike effects.  Job gains were strong in the services
industry.
                              
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The unemployment rate (4.1 percent) remained in the narrow range of 3.9
to 4.1 percent that has held since October 1999.  The rates for most major
worker groups--adult men (3.2 percent), adult women (3.8 percent), whites
(3.6 percent), blacks (8.0 percent), and Hispanics (5.7 percent)--showed
little or no change in August.  The teenage unemployment rate has edged up
over the past 2 months to 14.4 percent.  The number of unemployed persons
was essentially unchanged at 5.8 million.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment was little changed at 134.9 million, seasonally
adjusted, in August.  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of the
population age 16 and older with jobs--was 64.3 percent, about unchanged
from July.  The civilian labor force rose in August to 140.7 million;
however, the labor force participation rate, at 67.0 percent, was
essentially unchanged.  (See table A-1.)
   
   In August, the proportion of the employed with more than one job
(multiple jobholders) was 5.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted, compared
with 5.4 percent a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.1 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in August, about the same number as a year
earlier.  These people wanted and were available to work and had looked for
a job sometime in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as
unemployed, however, because they had not actively searched for work in the
4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of discouraged workers was
205,000 in August, down from 265,000 a year earlier.  Discouraged workers,
a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work
specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them.  (See
table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| July-
      Category        |      2000       |           2000           | Aug.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |    I   |  II    |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 140,981| 140,827| 140,762| 140,399| 140,742|    343
  Employment..........| 135,247| 135,200| 135,179| 134,749| 134,912|    163
  Unemployment........|   5,733|   5,627|   5,583|   5,650|   5,829|    179
Not in labor force....|  67,933|  68,550|  68,781|  69,329|  69,193|   -136
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.1|     4.0|     4.0|     4.0|     4.1|    0.1
  Adult men...........|     3.3|     3.3|     3.2|     3.2|     3.2|     .0
  Adult women.........|     3.6|     3.7|     3.8|     3.7|     3.8|     .1
  Teenagers...........|    13.4|    12.3|    11.6|    13.4|    14.4|    1.0
  White...............|     3.5|     3.4|     3.4|     3.5|     3.6|     .1
  Black...............|     7.8|     7.7|     7.9|     7.7|     8.0|     .3
  Hispanic origin.....|     5.9|     5.6|     5.6|     5.6|     5.7|     .1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 130,626| 131,552| 131,647|p131,596|p131,491|  p-105
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,680|  25,703|  25,700| p25,756| p25,677|   p-79
    Construction......|   6,665|   6,676|   6,668|  p6,673|  p6,673|     p0
    Manufacturing.....|  18,481|  18,488|  18,493| p18,544| p18,465|   p-79
  Service-producing 1/| 104,946| 105,849| 105,947|p105,840|p105,814|   p-26
    Retail trade......|  22,993|  23,128|  23,122| p23,196| p23,161|   p-35
    Services..........|  39,949|  40,272|  40,401| p40,412| p40,572|   p160
    Government........|  20,431|  20,827|  20,802| p20,587| p20,465|  p-122
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|    34.5|    34.5|   p34.4|   p34.3|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|    41.7|    41.6|   p41.7|   p41.3|   p-.4
    Overtime..........|     4.6|     4.7|     4.6|    p4.6|    p4.5|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   150.7|   151.2|   151.3|  p151.4|  p150.9|  p-0.5
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.54|  $13.67|  $13.70| p$13.76| p$13.80| p$0.04
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  467.47|  471.50|  472.65| p473.34| p473.34|   p.00
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 105,000 to 131.5 million
in August, seasonally adjusted.  In the public sector, 158,000 temporary
workers completed their work on Census 2000 and left federal payrolls.  In
the private sector, employment edged up by 17,000, as a strike in the
communications industry kept 87,000 workers off payrolls.  Adjusted for the
net strike impact over the month (85,000, which also reflects the return of
a small number of strikers in hospitals), private-sector employment was up
by 102,000 in August.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Employment in manufacturing fell by 79,000 in August, more than
offsetting a large increase in July, after seasonal adjustment.  In 1999,
monthly job losses in this industry averaged 18,000; over the first 8
months of 2000, losses have averaged 2,000 per month.  Manufacturing job
losses in August were widespread.  Employment fell in industries sensitive
to construction trends, such as lumber (5,000), furniture (8,000), and
stone, clay, and glass products (4,000).  Employment also fell in motor
vehicles (13,000) and in rubber and plastics (8,000).  Apparel employment
continued its long-term decline with a drop of 10,000 in August.  In
contrast to most manufacturing industries, electronic components continued
to grow, adding 4,000 jobs.
   
   Elsewhere in the goods-producing sector, construction employment was
unchanged over the month.  Average monthly growth in construction thus far
this year has been 15,000, compared with 25,000 per month for all of 1999.
In August, employment in the mining industry held steady for the fourth
consecutive month.  This industry had experienced modest growth in the
first part of the year because of expansion in oil and gas extraction.
   
   In the service-producing sector, services industry employment rose by
160,000, seasonally adjusted.  This follows an increase of only 11,000 in
July.  Thus far this year, the average monthly increase in services
employment has been 108,000, slightly below the monthly average of 124,000
for all of 1999.  In August, job gains occurred in social services
(34,000), engineering and management services (28,000), and personnel
supply services (22,000).  Employment in all three industries had declined
in July.  In social services, the August employment increase resulted from
fewer-than-usual seasonal layoffs in job training services, following weak
summer hiring.
   
   Employment in transportation and public utilities fell by 64,000 in
August, as 87,000 workers in the telephone communications industry were on
strike and thus off company payrolls during the survey reference period.
The striking workers had returned to payrolls by the end of the month.
Transportation employment, especially air transportation, showed continued
strength.
   
   Retail trade employment fell by 35,000, seasonally adjusted, in August,
following 2 months of above-average increases.  These movements largely
reflect employment changes in eating and drinking places.  Overall, job
growth in the retail trade industry has averaged 32,000 per month since
May, about in line with average monthly growth in all of 1999.
   
   Finance, insurance, and real estate employment rose by 25,000 in
August.  Employment in the industry has been trending down for much of the
year except in security brokerages and holding companies, where employment
has continued to grow.  Wholesale trade added 10,000 jobs over the month.

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   Federal government employment fell in August as more temporary census
workers completed their assignments.  As of August, 41,000 temporary census
workers remained on the federal government payroll, down from a peak of
618,000 in May.  In local government, employment rose by 23,000.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in August to 34.3 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek fell by 0.4 hour to 41.3
hours.  Manufacturing overtime declined by 0.1 hour to 4.5 hours.  (See
table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.3 percent to 150.9
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index fell by 1.6
percent to 105.5.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 4 cents in August to $13.80,
seasonally adjusted.  Average weekly earnings were unchanged over the month
at $473.34.  Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 3.8 percent and
average weekly earnings grew by 3.2 percent.  Twelve-month growth rates in
hourly earnings have been in the range of 3.5 to 3.8 percent since January
1999.  (See table B-3.)

                      ______________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for September 2000 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, October 6, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2000,
the sample included about 300,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $16.00 per issue or
$40.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
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Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
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phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 208,038 209,727 209,935 208,038 209,216 209,371 209,543 209,727 209,935
    Civilian labor force............................ 140,090 142,101 141,425 139,372 141,230 140,489 140,762 140,399 140,742
          Participation rate........................    67.3    67.8    67.4    67.0    67.5    67.1    67.2    66.9    67.0
      Employed...................................... 134,264 136,097 135,601 133,530 135,706 134,715 135,179 134,749 134,912
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.5    64.9    64.6    64.2    64.9    64.3    64.5    64.2    64.3
        Agriculture.................................   3,525   3,736   3,656   3,234   3,355   3,298   3,321   3,299   3,344
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 130,739 132,361 131,945 130,296 132,351 131,417 131,858 131,450 131,569
      Unemployed....................................   5,826   6,004   5,824   5,842   5,524   5,774   5,583   5,650   5,829
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.2     3.9     4.1     4.0     4.0     4.1
    Not in labor force..............................  67,948  67,626  68,510  68,666  67,986  68,882  68,781  69,329  69,193
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,742   4,402   4,441   4,497   4,352   4,412   4,254   4,478   4,213
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,863 100,745 100,847  99,863 100,487 100,566 100,654 100,745 100,847
    Civilian labor force............................  75,190  76,344  76,086  74,499  75,189  74,883  75,120  74,917  75,412
          Participation rate........................    75.3    75.8    75.4    74.6    74.8    74.5    74.6    74.4    74.8
      Employed......................................  72,348  73,408  73,299  71,436  72,307  71,948  72,217  72,063  72,407
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.4    72.9    72.7    71.5    72.0    71.5    71.7    71.5    71.8
      Unemployed....................................   2,842   2,936   2,787   3,063   2,882   2,934   2,903   2,854   3,005
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.8     3.8     3.7     4.1     3.8     3.9     3.9     3.8     4.0
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  91,692  92,642  92,754  91,692  92,303  92,408  92,546  92,642  92,754
    Civilian labor force............................  70,509  71,138  71,324  70,240  70,761  70,603  70,714  70,702  71,067
          Participation rate........................    76.9    76.8    76.9    76.6    76.7    76.4    76.4    76.3    76.6
      Employed......................................  68,210  68,927  69,176  67,768  68,481  68,230  68,430  68,440  68,757
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.4    74.4    74.6    73.9    74.2    73.8    73.9    73.9    74.1
        Agriculture.................................   2,377   2,519   2,441   2,237   2,213   2,217   2,269   2,296   2,288
        Nonagricultural industries..................  65,833  66,408  66,735  65,531  66,269  66,013  66,161  66,144  66,469
      Unemployed....................................   2,299   2,211   2,148   2,472   2,280   2,373   2,284   2,263   2,309
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.3     3.1     3.0     3.5     3.2     3.4     3.2     3.2     3.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,175 108,983 109,088 108,175 108,729 108,805 108,889 108,983 109,088
    Civilian labor force............................  64,900  65,757  65,339  64,873  66,041  65,606  65,642  65,482  65,330
          Participation rate........................    60.0    60.3    59.9    60.0    60.7    60.3    60.3    60.1    59.9
      Employed......................................  61,917  62,689  62,302  62,094  63,399  62,767  62,962  62,686  62,505
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.2    57.5    57.1    57.4    58.3    57.7    57.8    57.5    57.3
      Unemployed....................................   2,984   3,068   3,037   2,779   2,642   2,839   2,680   2,796   2,824
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.6     4.7     4.6     4.3     4.0     4.3     4.1     4.3     4.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,285 101,111 101,209 100,285 100,809 100,929 101,007 101,111 101,209
    Civilian labor force............................  60,568  61,015  60,909  60,904  61,920  61,614  61,596  61,508  61,260
          Participation rate........................    60.4    60.3    60.2    60.7    61.4    61.0    61.0    60.8    60.5
      Employed......................................  58,093  58,556  58,369  58,648  59,757  59,248  59,278  59,222  58,949
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.9    57.9    57.7    58.5    59.3    58.7    58.7    58.6    58.2
        Agriculture.................................     840     885     883     780     899     864     834     792     824
        Nonagricultural industries..................  57,253  57,670  57,486  57,868  58,858  58,383  58,444  58,430  58,125
      Unemployed....................................   2,475   2,459   2,539   2,256   2,163   2,367   2,318   2,286   2,311
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     4.0     4.2     3.7     3.5     3.8     3.8     3.7     3.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,061  15,974  15,972  16,061  16,104  16,034  15,991  15,974  15,972
    Civilian labor force............................   9,014   9,948   9,192   8,228   8,549   8,271   8,452   8,189   8,415
          Participation rate........................    56.1    62.3    57.6    51.2    53.1    51.6    52.9    51.3    52.7
      Employed......................................   7,962   8,614   8,055   7,114   7,467   7,237   7,471   7,087   7,206
          Employment-population ratio...............    49.6    53.9    50.4    44.3    46.4    45.1    46.7    44.4    45.1
        Agriculture.................................     309     332     331     217     243     217     218     211     232
        Nonagricultural industries..................   7,653   8,282   7,724   6,897   7,224   7,020   7,253   6,876   6,974
      Unemployed....................................   1,051   1,334   1,137   1,114   1,082   1,034     981   1,101   1,209
          Unemployment rate.........................    11.7    13.4    12.4    13.5    12.7    12.5    11.6    13.4    14.4

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 173,275 174,443 174,587 173,275 174,092 174,197 174,316 174,443 174,587
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,093 118,533 118,018 116,619 117,988 117,097 117,451 117,258 117,551
        Participation rate..........................    67.6    67.9    67.6    67.3    67.8    67.2    67.4    67.2    67.3
      Employed...................................... 112,846 114,294 113,845 112,308 113,915 112,988 113,484 113,156 113,352
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.1    65.5    65.2    64.8    65.4    64.9    65.1    64.9    64.9
      Unemployed....................................   4,246   4,240   4,173   4,311   4,073   4,108   3,967   4,103   4,199
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.6     3.6     3.5     3.7     3.5     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.6
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,063  60,325  60,512  59,932  60,048  59,882  60,074  59,950  60,358
        Participation rate..........................    77.5    77.2    77.3    77.3    77.0    76.7    76.9    76.7    77.1
      Employed......................................  58,303  58,769  58,994  58,007  58,386  58,184  58,409  58,302  58,701
        Employment-population ratio.................    75.2    75.2    75.4    74.8    74.9    74.6    74.8    74.6    75.0
      Unemployed....................................   1,760   1,557   1,518   1,925   1,662   1,698   1,666   1,647   1,657
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.9     2.6     2.5     3.2     2.8     2.8     2.8     2.7     2.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,410  49,830  49,727  49,713  50,726  50,237  50,246  50,356  50,060
        Participation rate..........................    59.5    59.6    59.4    59.9    60.8    60.2    60.2    60.2    59.8
      Employed......................................  47,653  48,067  47,855  48,140  49,150  48,567  48,616  48,700  48,388
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.4    57.5    57.2    58.0    58.9    58.2    58.2    58.3    57.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,757   1,763   1,872   1,573   1,576   1,670   1,630   1,656   1,673
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.6     3.5     3.8     3.2     3.1     3.3     3.2     3.3     3.3
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   7,620   8,378   7,779   6,974   7,214   6,978   7,130   6,953   7,133
        Participation rate..........................    59.8    66.0    61.3    54.8    56.7    54.9    56.1    54.7    56.2
      Employed......................................   6,890   7,458   6,996   6,161   6,379   6,237   6,458   6,153   6,264
        Employment-population ratio.................    54.1    58.7    55.1    48.4    50.2    49.1    50.8    48.4    49.3
      Unemployed....................................     730     920     783     813     835     740     672     800     869
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.6    11.0    10.1    11.7    11.6    10.6     9.4    11.5    12.2
          Men.......................................     9.7    11.7    10.6    12.3    13.0    10.7    11.2    12.6    13.3
          Women.....................................     9.4    10.2     9.4    11.0    10.0    10.5     7.4    10.3    11.0
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,904  25,221  25,258  24,904  25,135  25,161  25,191  25,221  25,258
    Civilian labor force............................  16,474  16,808  16,630  16,321  16,636  16,596  16,577  16,456  16,512
        Participation rate..........................    66.2    66.6    65.8    65.5    66.2    66.0    65.8    65.2    65.4
      Employed......................................  15,156  15,356  15,269  15,047  15,444  15,261  15,275  15,190  15,190
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.9    60.9    60.5    60.4    61.4    60.7    60.6    60.2    60.1
      Unemployed....................................   1,318   1,452   1,361   1,274   1,191   1,335   1,302   1,266   1,322
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.0     8.6     8.2     7.8     7.2     8.0     7.9     7.7     8.0
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,183   7,357   7,337   7,162   7,351   7,261   7,263   7,292   7,337
        Participation rate..........................    72.2    72.8    72.4    72.0    73.0    72.0    72.0    72.1    72.4
      Employed......................................   6,760   6,831   6,824   6,714   6,864   6,736   6,761   6,803   6,797
        Employment-population ratio.................    68.0    67.6    67.4    67.5    68.2    66.8    67.0    67.3    67.1
      Unemployed....................................     424     527     513     448     487     524     502     489     540
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.9     7.2     7.0     6.3     6.6     7.2     6.9     6.7     7.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,239   8,198   8,215   8,241   8,291   8,384   8,347   8,217   8,230
        Participation rate..........................    66.1    64.8    64.9    66.1    65.8    66.5    66.1    65.0    65.0
      Employed......................................   7,627   7,622   7,656   7,673   7,807   7,801   7,792   7,691   7,710
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.1    60.3    60.4    61.5    62.0    61.9    61.7    60.8    60.9
      Unemployed....................................     613     576     559     568     484     583     554     525     520
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.4     7.0     6.8     6.9     5.8     7.0     6.6     6.4     6.3
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,052   1,252   1,078     918     993     951     967     947     945
        Participation rate..........................    42.3    50.8    43.8    37.0    40.2    38.5    39.2    38.4    38.4
      Employed......................................     770     904     788     660     773     724     722     696     682
        Employment-population ratio.................    31.0    36.7    32.0    26.6    31.3    29.3    29.2    28.2    27.7
      Unemployed....................................     282     349     289     258     220     227     245     252     262
        Unemployment rate...........................    26.8    27.8    26.8    28.1    22.2    23.9    25.4    26.6    27.8
          Men.......................................    27.8    28.5    31.8    29.6    22.0    27.7    32.0    25.0    33.7
          Women.....................................    25.9    27.2    22.4    26.7    22.4    20.2    18.2    27.9    22.5

                   HISPANIC ORIGIN
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  21,752  22,422  22,488  21,752  22,231  22,292  22,355  22,422  22,488
    Civilian labor force............................  14,843  15,291  15,357  14,710  15,355  15,322  15,325  15,188  15,248
        Participation rate..........................    68.2    68.2    68.3    67.6    69.1    68.7    68.6    67.7    67.8
      Employed......................................  13,872  14,397  14,458  13,759  14,524  14,432  14,461  14,339  14,371
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.8    64.2    64.3    63.3    65.3    64.7    64.7    64.0    63.9
      Unemployed....................................     971     894     899     951     831     890     864     849     876
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.5     5.8     5.9     6.5     5.4     5.8     5.6     5.6     5.7

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January
  2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                               Aug.     July     Aug.     Aug.     Apr.     May      June     July     Aug.  
                                               1999     2000     2000     1999     2000     2000     2000     2000     2000  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   28,568   27,888   28,306   28,568   28,069   28,096   28,227   27,888   28,306
    Civilian labor force....................   12,299   12,015   12,456   12,307   11,945   11,815   12,004   12,328   12,441
        Percent of population...............     43.1     43.1     44.0     43.1     42.6     42.1     42.5     44.2     43.9
      Employed..............................   11,507   11,279   11,747   11,448   11,218   10,984   11,239   11,544   11,677
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.3     40.4     41.5     40.1     40.0     39.1     39.8     41.4     41.3
      Unemployed............................      793      736      709      859      727      832      765      784      764
        Unemployment rate...................      6.4      6.1      5.7      7.0      6.1      7.0      6.4      6.4      6.1
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,195   57,144   56,882   57,195   58,015   57,746   57,581   57,144   56,882
    Civilian labor force....................   36,797   36,380   36,395   36,954   37,666   37,224   36,910   37,018   36,589
        Percent of population...............     64.3     63.7     64.0     64.6     64.9     64.5     64.1     64.8     64.3
      Employed..............................   35,550   35,138   35,097   35,657   36,401   35,895   35,659   35,782   35,238
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.2     61.5     61.7     62.3     62.7     62.2     61.9     62.6     62.0
      Unemployed............................    1,247    1,242    1,298    1,297    1,265    1,329    1,251    1,236    1,350
        Unemployment rate...................      3.4      3.4      3.6      3.5      3.4      3.6      3.4      3.3      3.7
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,130   44,724   44,616   43,130   43,896   44,153   44,250   44,724   44,616
    Civilian labor force....................   31,751   33,052   32,980   31,842   32,684   33,065   33,094   32,952   33,175
        Percent of population...............     73.6     73.9     73.9     73.8     74.5     74.9     74.8     73.7     74.4
      Employed..............................   30,765   32,093   32,036   30,864   31,843   32,228   32,132   32,029   32,230
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.3     71.8     71.8     71.6     72.5     73.0     72.6     71.6     72.2
      Unemployed............................      986      959      944      978      841      838      962      923      946
        Unemployment rate...................      3.1      2.9      2.9      3.1      2.6      2.5      2.9      2.8      2.9
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,086   45,549   45,718   45,086   44,864   45,029   45,092   45,549   45,718
    Civilian labor force....................   35,915   35,907   35,827   36,037   36,099   36,011   35,988   35,877   35,903
        Percent of population...............     79.7     78.8     78.4     79.9     80.5     80.0     79.8     78.8     78.5
      Employed..............................   35,223   35,219   35,038   35,465   35,545   35,433   35,437   35,254   35,250
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.1     77.3     76.6     78.7     79.2     78.7     78.6     77.4     77.1
      Unemployed............................      692      688      788      572      553      577      551      623      653
        Unemployment rate...................      1.9      1.9      2.2      1.6      1.5      1.6      1.5      1.7      1.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 134,264 136,097 135,601 133,530 135,706 134,715 135,179 134,749 134,912
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,398  43,241  43,416  43,368  43,272  43,216  43,357  43,284  43,372
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,023  33,047  32,912  33,504  33,877  33,786  33,824  33,618  33,413
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,332   8,372   8,536   8,335   8,307   8,301   8,280   8,483   8,519
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,504  40,517  40,663  40,800  40,665  40,858  41,148  40,784  40,937
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,998  39,474  39,104  38,874  39,680  39,537  39,270  39,239  39,026
    Service occupations.............................  18,341  18,288  17,976  17,976  18,885  18,181  18,090  17,877  17,675
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,355  15,419  15,324  14,322  14,501  14,867  14,888  15,236  15,263
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,231  18,558  18,722  18,089  18,453  18,020  18,430  18,296  18,592
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,836   3,842   3,812   3,412   3,477   3,410   3,368   3,309   3,400
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,088   2,360   2,253   1,908   2,054   2,006   2,059   2,079   2,056
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,379   1,326   1,356   1,266   1,272   1,252   1,175   1,182   1,258
      Unpaid family workers.........................      58      50      46      46      43      38      50      40      37
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 121,595 123,543 123,181 121,150 123,623 122,860 123,002 122,681 122,773
        Government..................................  18,646  18,072  18,015  19,114  19,280  19,169  18,777  18,497  18,496
        Private industries.......................... 102,949 105,471 105,166 102,036 104,343 103,691 104,225 104,184 104,277
          Private households........................     923     857     753     873   1,019     953     957     807     716
          Other industries.......................... 102,026 104,614 104,413 101,163 103,324 102,738 103,268 103,377 103,561
      Self-employed workers.........................   9,057   8,739   8,658   9,000   8,750   8,714   8,665   8,609   8,590
      Unpaid family workers.........................      87      79     105      93     103      82      71      80     116
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,238   3,283   3,120   3,279   3,124   3,248   3,117   3,071   3,164
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,759   1,905   1,844   1,904   1,844   1,962   1,811   1,846   1,997
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,068   1,018     863   1,057   1,016     978   1,022     900     855
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  16,455  16,238  16,052  19,230  18,474  18,409  18,308  18,558  18,709
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,102   3,146   3,005   3,127   3,021   3,096   2,967   2,940   3,038
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,677   1,802   1,774   1,813   1,782   1,840   1,713   1,750   1,924
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,046     990     843   1,041     989     962     994     881     838
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  15,870  15,696  15,480  18,652  17,943  17,853  17,743  18,041  18,190

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,842   5,650   5,829    4.2     3.9     4.1     4.0     4.0     4.1 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,472   2,263   2,309    3.5     3.2     3.4     3.2     3.2     3.2 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,256   2,286   2,311    3.7     3.5     3.8     3.8     3.7     3.8 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,114   1,101   1,209   13.5    12.7    12.5    11.6    13.4    14.4 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,009     878     899    2.3     1.8     1.9     1.9     2.0     2.0 
     Married women, spouse present..................     915     975   1,002    2.7     2.6     2.9     2.6     2.8     2.9 
     Women who maintain families....................     564     505     546    6.3     6.3     6.5     6.1     5.6     6.0 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,712   4,362   4,631    4.1     3.8     3.9     3.8     3.7     4.0 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,133   1,257   1,194    4.6     4.6     5.3     4.8     5.3     5.0 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     747     789     803    1.8     1.7     1.8     1.6     1.9     1.9 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,450   1,453   1,634    3.6     3.3     3.7     3.6     3.6     4.0 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     668     557     489    4.5     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.5     3.1 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,189   1,221   1,270    6.2     6.6     6.3     6.1     6.3     6.4 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     232     201     233    6.4     7.0     5.5     5.0     5.7     6.4 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,523   4,483   4,503    4.2     4.0     4.2     4.0     4.1     4.1 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,353   1,230   1,260    4.8     4.3     4.2     4.1     4.3     4.4 
         Mining.....................................      25      24      22    4.2     2.8     4.2     3.5     5.1     4.6 
         Construction...............................     565     485     531    7.6     5.2     5.8     5.9     5.9     6.5 
         Manufacturing..............................     763     721     707    3.8     4.0     3.7     3.4     3.6     3.5 
           Durable goods............................     445     406     369    3.7     3.9     3.6     3.5     3.3     3.1 
           Nondurable goods.........................     318     314     338    4.1     4.1     3.7     3.1     4.0     4.3 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,170   3,253   3,242    4.0     3.9     4.2     4.0     4.1     4.1 
         Transportation and public utilities........     240     263     255    3.0     2.9     3.2     2.7     3.2     3.1 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,304   1,364   1,421    4.8     4.9     5.1     5.2     5.0     5.1 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     192     170     194    2.4     2.6     2.4     2.3     2.1     2.5 
         Services...................................   1,434   1,456   1,373    4.0     3.7     4.1     3.8     4.0     3.8 
     Government workers.............................     409     405     449    2.1     1.7     2.0     2.5     2.1     2.4 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     203     156     190    9.6     8.4     7.6     7.3     7.0     8.5 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,498   2,734   2,513   2,599   2,455   2,531   2,595   2,470   2,594
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,976   1,970   2,031   1,798   1,868   1,953   1,759   1,812   1,846
   15 weeks and over................................   1,352   1,300   1,280   1,463   1,250   1,337   1,242   1,331   1,384
      15 to 26 weeks................................     633     590     567     747     670     677     593     654     679
      27 weeks and over.............................     719     711     713     716     580     660     649     677     705
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    13.1    12.9    12.9    13.2    12.4    12.6    12.4    13.3    13.0
   Median duration, in weeks........................     6.7     5.5     6.5     6.4     6.0     5.8     5.8     6.0     6.2
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    42.9    45.5    43.2    44.4    44.1    43.5    46.4    44.0    44.5
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    33.9    32.8    34.9    30.7    33.5    33.5    31.4    32.3    31.7
     15 weeks and over..............................    23.2    21.7    22.0    25.0    22.4    23.0    22.2    23.7    23.8
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    10.9     9.8     9.7    12.7    12.0    11.6    10.6    11.7    11.7
       27 weeks and over............................    12.3    11.8    12.2    12.2    10.4    11.3    11.6    12.1    12.1

     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,559   2,489   2,544   2,629   2,306   2,483   2,450   2,417   2,615
    On temporary layoff.............................     784     887     843     893     703     894     959     856     940
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,775   1,603   1,701   1,736   1,602   1,589   1,491   1,561   1,674
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,250   1,105   1,154   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     525     498     546   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     866     843     856     793     833     774     671     799     782
  Reentrants........................................   1,925   2,049   1,902   1,942   1,961   2,093   2,076   1,961   1,919
  New entrants......................................     477     623     522     481     408     500     343     402     514
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    43.9    41.5    43.7    45.0    41.9    42.4    44.2    43.3    44.8
     On temporary layoff............................    13.5    14.8    14.5    15.3    12.8    15.3    17.3    15.3    16.1
     Not on temporary layoff........................    30.5    26.7    29.2    29.7    29.1    27.2    26.9    28.0    28.7
   Job leavers......................................    14.9    14.0    14.7    13.6    15.1    13.2    12.1    14.3    13.4
   Reentrants.......................................    33.0    34.1    32.7    33.2    35.6    35.8    37.5    35.1    32.9
   New entrants.....................................     8.2    10.4     9.0     8.2     7.4     8.5     6.2     7.2     8.8
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.8     1.8     1.8     1.9     1.6     1.8     1.7     1.7     1.9
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.4     1.4     1.3     1.4     1.4     1.5     1.5     1.4     1.4
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .4      .4      .3      .3      .4      .2      .3      .4

    1 Not available.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                Aug.   July   Aug.   Aug.   Apr.   May    June   July   Aug. 
                                                                1999   2000   2000   1999   2000   2000   2000   2000   2000 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.0     .9     .9    1.0     .9    1.0     .9     .9    1.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.8    1.8    1.8    1.9    1.6    1.8    1.7    1.7    1.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.2    4.2    4.1    4.2    3.9    4.1    4.0    4.0    4.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.3    4.4    4.3   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    4.9    5.0    4.9   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    7.2    7.3    7.0   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,842   5,650   5,829    4.2     3.9     4.1     4.0     4.0     4.1 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,139   2,066   2,128    9.6     9.3     9.8     9.0     9.2     9.4 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,114   1,101   1,209   13.5    12.7    12.5    11.6    13.4    14.4 
        16 to 17 years..............................     526     515     566   15.9    14.6    16.0    13.1    16.5    17.1 
        18 to 19 years..............................     596     577     644   12.1    11.4    10.4    10.6    11.5    12.6 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,025     965     919    7.3     7.2     8.2     7.5     6.8     6.4 
    25 years and over...............................   3,706   3,581   3,700    3.2     2.9     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.1 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,226   3,158   3,219    3.2     3.0     3.1     3.1     3.2     3.2 
      55 years and over.............................     475     430     486    2.7     2.4     2.4     2.3     2.4     2.6 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,063   2,854   3,005    4.1     3.8     3.9     3.9     3.8     4.0 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,148   1,117   1,201    9.9     9.6    10.0     9.5     9.6    10.1 
        16 to 19 years..............................     591     591     695   13.9    13.6    13.1    14.1    14.0    16.0 
          16 to 17 years............................     279     277     283   16.2    15.8    16.9    15.6    17.4    16.9 
          18 to 19 years............................     319     310     415   12.6    12.4    10.8    13.3    11.9    15.5 
        20 to 24 years..............................     557     526     506    7.6     7.3     8.3     6.8     7.1     6.7 
      25 years and over.............................   1,923   1,747   1,802    3.1     2.7     2.8     2.8     2.8     2.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,643   1,505   1,541    3.1     2.7     2.8     2.9     2.8     2.9 
        55 years and over...........................     284     243     275    2.9     2.7     2.6     2.2     2.4     2.7 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,779   2,796   2,824    4.3     4.0     4.3     4.1     4.3     4.3 
      16 to 24 years................................     991     949     927    9.3     8.9     9.5     8.5     8.9     8.6 
        16 to 19 years..............................     523     510     514   13.2    11.6    11.8     8.9    12.8    12.6 
          16 to 17 years............................     247     238     283   15.6    13.3    15.0    10.4    15.5    17.3 
          18 to 19 years............................     277     266     229   11.6    10.4     9.9     7.8    11.0     9.4 
        20 to 24 years..............................     468     439     413    7.0     7.2     8.2     8.2     6.5     6.2 
      25 years and over.............................   1,783   1,834   1,899    3.3     3.0     3.3     3.2     3.3     3.5 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,583   1,653   1,678    3.4     3.2     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.6 
        55 years and over...........................     191     187     211    2.4     2.0     2.3     2.4     2.3     2.6 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.  
                                                                        1999      2000      1999      2000      1999      2000  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   67,948    68,510    24,674    24,762    43,275    43,748 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,742     4,441     1,863     1,759     2,879     2,682 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,134     1,095       525       511       609       584 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      265       205       153       122       112        83 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      869       890       372       389       497       502 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,298     7,084     3,909     3,845     3,389     3,238 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.4       5.2       5.4       5.2       5.5       5.2 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,992     3,991     2,350     2,386     1,641     1,606 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,514     1,398       499       423     1,014       975 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      332       315       260       227        72        88 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,418     1,336       777       791       641       546 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Aug.    June   July    Aug.     Aug.    Apr.    May     June   July    Aug. 
                                           1999    2000   2000p   2000p    1999    2000    2000    2000   2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total1........................ 128,851 132,911 131,513 131,334 129,057 131,419 131,590 131,647 131,596 131,491
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 109,845 112,005 112,012 112,061 108,846 110,752 110,578 110,845 111,009 111,026
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,890  26,060  26,082  26,150  25,430  25,725  25,684  25,700  25,756  25,677
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     535     546     547     550     526     539     539     539     539     539
    Metal mining........................    44.4    44.7    44.0    44.0      44      45      44      44      43      43
    Coal mining.........................    84.0    79.8    79.5    80.5      84      80      80      79      79      80
    Oil and gas extraction..............   289.7   307.2   309.3   311.7     286     303     305     306     307     307
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   116.7   114.0   114.6   113.5     112     111     110     110     110     109
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,764   6,925   7,040   7,048   6,401   6,694   6,666   6,668   6,673   6,673
    General building contractors........ 1,514.6 1,546.5 1,572.3 1,573.0   1,447   1,497   1,497   1,498   1,498   1,503
    Heavy construction, except building.   941.8   941.7   955.8   960.7     865     899     888     877     881     883
    Special trade contractors........... 4,307.1 4,436.9 4,511.4 4,514.3   4,089   4,298   4,281   4,293   4,294   4,287
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,591  18,589  18,495  18,552  18,503  18,492  18,479  18,493  18,544  18,465
      Production workers................  12,769  12,753  12,655  12,723  12,706  12,689  12,682  12,683  12,733  12,660
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,110  11,187  11,108  11,129  11,097  11,104  11,106  11,120  11,158  11,115
      Production workers................   7,587   7,644   7,561   7,587   7,590   7,584   7,584   7,593   7,623   7,589
    Lumber and wood products............   841.9   834.8   831.6   830.4     829     830     828     827     823     818
    Furniture and fixtures..............   551.0   559.8   554.4   557.8     551     557     558     558     565     557
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   572.9   578.7   579.0   577.8     563     567     566     568     571     567
    Primary metal industries............   697.4   701.8   692.6   693.3     699     699     699     699     698     694
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   228.1   228.0   226.4   226.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,512.8 1,546.2 1,528.1 1,534.0   1,515   1,534   1,535   1,540   1,540   1,537
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,126.0 2,142.0 2,132.1 2,125.7   2,135   2,126   2,125   2,130   2,137   2,135
      Computer and office equipment.....   371.2   363.4   363.3   363.5     370     364     360     360     361     363
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,667.8 1,706.4 1,713.3 1,717.4   1,669   1,691   1,693   1,697   1,718   1,719
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   638.2   665.9   673.4   676.1     637     651     654     661     671     675
    Transportation equipment............ 1,888.4 1,874.2 1,835.7 1,845.7   1,887   1,859   1,863   1,864   1,860   1,844
      Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,030.3 1,037.6 1,003.2 1,016.9   1,026   1,026   1,026   1,030   1,026   1,013
      Aircraft and parts................   486.4   460.2   458.4   457.1     488     461     463     460     460     458
    Instruments and related products....   855.5   847.4   849.7   849.7     854     844     845     844     849     848
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   396.4   395.8   391.2   396.7     395     397     394     393     397     396
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,481   7,402   7,387   7,423   7,406   7,388   7,373   7,373   7,386   7,350
      Production workers................   5,182   5,109   5,094   5,136   5,116   5,105   5,098   5,090   5,110   5,071
    Food and kindred products........... 1,726.9 1,675.5 1,705.2 1,735.2   1,667   1,678   1,675   1,679   1,681   1,676
    Tobacco products....................    36.2    34.0    33.8    34.4      36      37      37      37      37      34
    Textile mill products...............   555.8   546.7   539.5   540.9     556     548     545     542     543     541
    Apparel and other textile products..   684.3   658.5   643.1   648.6     681     665     660     652     656     646
    Paper and allied products...........   669.3   667.3   664.2   663.0     667     662     661     663     662     661
    Printing and publishing............. 1,551.6 1,562.1 1,561.6 1,559.4   1,552   1,554   1,552   1,558   1,560   1,559
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,034.4 1,034.3 1,029.2 1,025.1   1,030   1,030   1,028   1,028   1,026   1,021
    Petroleum and coal products.........   135.4   134.2   134.5   134.5     132     132     132     132     131     132
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,009.4 1,013.8 1,003.4 1,007.9   1,008   1,007   1,008   1,008   1,014   1,006
    Leather and leather products........    77.4    75.4    72.5    74.1      77      75      75      74      76      74
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing1...................... 102,961 106,851 105,431 105,184 103,627 105,694 105,906 105,947 105,840 105,814
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,831   7,023   6,990   6,926   6,848   6,970   6,962   6,985   7,008   6,944
    Transportation......................   4,398   4,537   4,506   4,521   4,426   4,509   4,501   4,510   4,537   4,549
      Railroad transportation...........   226.9   220.0   220.5   218.4     227     221     219     217     219     219
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   423.9   493.1   435.7   434.2     488     498     498     493     501     499
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,838.9 1,852.2 1,866.5 1,878.7   1,810   1,839   1,834   1,834   1,847   1,850
      Water transportation..............   197.2   209.1   211.9   213.3     188     200     200     202     200     204
      Transportation by air............. 1,230.2 1,276.4 1,282.4 1,285.6   1,234   1,270   1,269   1,279   1,282   1,289
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    12.8    12.6    12.7    12.6      13      12      12      12      13      12
      Transportation services...........   468.1   473.8   476.4   478.5     466     469     469     473     475     476
    Communications and public utilities.   2,433   2,486   2,484   2,405   2,422   2,461   2,461   2,475   2,471   2,395
      Communications.................... 1,562.6 1,623.2 1,621.1 1,543.4   1,558   1,604   1,606   1,619   1,616   1,539
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   870.0   863.2   863.0   861.6     864     857     855     856     855     856
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,973   7,094   7,087   7,085   6,946   7,055   7,048   7,049   7,048   7,058
    Durable goods.......................   4,148   4,219   4,221   4,220   4,132   4,201   4,199   4,195   4,203   4,204
    Nondurable goods....................   2,825   2,875   2,866   2,865   2,814   2,854   2,849   2,854   2,845   2,854
  Retail trade..........................  22,993  23,361  23,324  23,322  22,841  23,197  23,064  23,122  23,196  23,161
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,011.2 1,071.3 1,054.7 1,039.0     992   1,032   1,025   1,018   1,017   1,020
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,714.7 2,679.9 2,665.8 2,676.3   2,768   2,791   2,744   2,741   2,725   2,725
      Department stores................. 2,378.2 2,335.1 2,319.6 2,330.8   2,426   2,443   2,388   2,386   2,371   2,378
    Food stores......................... 3,513.2 3,529.4 3,541.6 3,538.5   3,498   3,522   3,516   3,515   3,518   3,523
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,395.6 2,434.5 2,440.6 2,443.2   2,369   2,410   2,408   2,412   2,413   2,417
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,089.2 1,114.9 1,117.4 1,119.0   1,084   1,106   1,107   1,110   1,111   1,114
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,187.1 1,185.1 1,198.0 1,209.0   1,181   1,195   1,195   1,197   1,207   1,202
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,080.1 1,107.9 1,108.0 1,111.0   1,090   1,113   1,113   1,118   1,118   1,121
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,148.5 8,344.9 8,306.7 8,288.7   7,958   8,097   8,028   8,071   8,135   8,094
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,942.3 3,007.9 3,008.6 3,016.2   2,985   3,037   3,035   3,050   3,063   3,059
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,668   7,666   7,690   7,692   7,590   7,610   7,600   7,588   7,589   7,614
    Finance.............................   3,722   3,725   3,736   3,737   3,704   3,709   3,703   3,705   3,708   3,719
      Depository institutions........... 2,073.7 2,053.3 2,052.5 2,047.8   2,063   2,052   2,044   2,042   2,037   2,037
        Commercial banks................ 1,485.0 1,461.8 1,461.6 1,458.3   1,476   1,464   1,456   1,454   1,450   1,450
        Savings institutions............   251.9   243.3   241.8   241.1     251     243     243     242     240     240
      Nondepository institutions........   717.3   685.4   685.4   686.7     716     686     684     682     683     685
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   359.5   322.1   321.4   322.6     358     323     322     321     321     322
      Security and commodity brokers....   701.2   745.4   756.6   760.7     695     732     736     741     748     754
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   229.3   240.6   241.9   241.7     230     239     239     240     240     243
    Insurance...........................   2,383   2,369   2,368   2,366   2,375   2,365   2,361   2,359   2,356   2,358
      Insurance carriers................ 1,616.9 1,598.6 1,596.1 1,595.0   1,611   1,597   1,594   1,593   1,587   1,589
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   766.3   770.6   772.3   771.4     764     768     767     766     769     769
    Real estate.........................   1,563   1,572   1,586   1,589   1,511   1,536   1,536   1,524   1,525   1,537
                                                                                                                        
  Services3.............................  39,490  40,801  40,839  40,886  39,191  40,195  40,220  40,401  40,412  40,572
    Agricultural services...............   833.3   876.4   879.0   866.9     764     801     790     788     794     796
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 2,002.8 2,033.1 2,089.3 2,087.0   1,857   1,902   1,904   1,922   1,930   1,935
    Personal services................... 1,192.4 1,241.2 1,227.3 1,235.6   1,237   1,272   1,262   1,271   1,273   1,282
    Business services................... 9,455.1 9,814.3 9,808.9 9,932.0   9,339   9,735   9,715   9,773   9,770   9,811
      Services to buildings............. 1,002.2 1,009.8 1,006.4 1,005.3     992   1,001     996     997   1,000     995
      Personnel supply services......... 3,723.5 3,894.5 3,869.8 3,971.2   3,626   3,885   3,855   3,873   3,854   3,876
        Help supply services............ 3,343.6 3,478.1 3,453.1 3,542.5   3,251   3,485   3,440   3,444   3,435   3,446
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,858.9 1,938.1 1,947.3 1,957.9   1,857   1,927   1,929   1,933   1,948   1,956
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,190.1 1,200.6 1,201.4 1,205.1   1,185   1,195   1,192   1,191   1,194   1,200
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   379.3   386.6   386.6   385.8     376     383     383     384     383     383
    Motion pictures.....................   630.9   638.1   645.0   651.9     618     634     632     635     634     638
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,927.6 2,053.0 2,121.2 2,087.9   1,664   1,752   1,755   1,789   1,794   1,803
    Health services..................... 10024.1 10148.6 10167.6 10173.7  10,008  10,093  10,104  10,116  10,143  10,157
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,893.0 1,933.9 1,936.2 1,940.1   1,885   1,925   1,928   1,928   1,930   1,932
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,790.5 1,792.1 1,792.6 1,799.0   1,786   1,789   1,788   1,786   1,787   1,794
      Hospitals......................... 3,993.4 4,016.5 4,030.4 4,027.6   3,987   3,999   4,005   4,008   4,018   4,021
      Home health care services.........   633.9   644.4   644.6   641.5     636     641     641     642     645     644
    Legal services...................... 1,005.1 1,028.5 1,028.6 1,020.5     999   1,004   1,006   1,009   1,012   1,015
    Educational services................ 1,971.2 2,163.5 2,080.4 2,046.4   2,292   2,329   2,356   2,374   2,379   2,379
    Social services..................... 2,774.4 2,943.4 2,900.5 2,909.4   2,808   2,940   2,946   2,945   2,916   2,950
      Child day care services...........   642.9   744.3   696.1   701.5     701     753     758     760     765     765
      Residential care..................   784.9   826.9   832.3   832.8     780     812     816     820     826     828
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   105.1   110.2   111.8   110.6      98     102     101     103     103     103
    Membership organizations............ 2,465.2 2,479.4 2,503.7 2,475.3   2,426   2,439   2,438   2,441   2,431   2,436
    Engineering and management services. 3,289.4 3,438.5 3,441.5 3,451.9   3,276   3,368   3,390   3,415   3,410   3,438
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   971.0 1,017.9 1,023.0 1,026.4     957     987     995   1,005   1,007   1,011
      Management and public relations... 1,050.6 1,116.2 1,114.4 1,119.4   1,045   1,088   1,096   1,110   1,105   1,113
    Services, nec.......................    51.8    53.8    54.4    54.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government1...........................  19,006  20,906  19,501  19,273  20,211  20,667  21,012  20,802  20,587  20,465
    Federal1............................   2,657   3,122   2,837   2,676   2,655   2,885   3,238   3,092   2,819   2,674
      Federal, except Postal Service1... 1,794.7 2,263.4 1,980.0 1,816.8   1,783   2,022   2,374   2,230   1,954   1,805
    State...............................   4,443   4,568   4,489   4,479   4,698   4,744   4,737   4,716   4,734   4,734
      Education......................... 1,682.0 1,785.3 1,690.2 1,682.8   1,972   1,990   1,983   1,967   1,982   1,972
      Other State government............ 2,760.7 2,782.9 2,798.5 2,796.6   2,726   2,754   2,754   2,749   2,752   2,762
    Local...............................  11,906  13,216  12,175  12,118  12,858  13,038  13,037  12,994  13,034  13,057
      Education......................... 6,130.4 7,382.7 6,214.0 6,213.7   7,305   7,408   7,395   7,361   7,387   7,381
      Other local government............ 5,775.8 5,833.2 5,960.9 5,904.2   5,553   5,630   5,642   5,633   5,647   5,676

  1 Current employment levels in these series are affected by the hiring of temporary workers for Census 2000. 
Estimates of these workers are 32,000, 72,000, 189,000, 262,000, 618,000, 480,000, 199,000, and 41,000 in January,
February, March, April, May, June, July, and August 2000 respectively.  Preliminary estimates for these series may be
subject to larger than normal revisions. 
  2 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  3 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Aug.    June   July    Aug.     Aug.    Apr.    May     June   July    Aug. 
                                           1999    2000   2000p   2000p    1999    2000    2000    2000   2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   35.1    34.6    34.9    34.7    34.5    34.6    34.4    34.5    34.4    34.3 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   41.4    41.2    40.9    41.1    41.1    41.5    40.9    40.9    41.1    40.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   44.5    45.1    45.2    45.0    44.1    45.3    44.1    44.7    45.2    44.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   40.0    39.6    40.3    40.2    39.0    39.6    39.2    38.7    39.3    39.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.8    41.7    41.1    41.4    41.8    42.2    41.4    41.6    41.7    41.3 
      Overtime hours....................    4.8     4.6     4.4     4.6     4.6     4.9     4.5     4.6     4.6     4.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   42.3    42.3    41.6    41.9    42.3    42.8    42.0    42.2    42.5    41.9 
      Overtime hours....................    4.9     4.9     4.4     4.7     4.8     5.1     4.7     4.8     4.7     4.6 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   41.8    41.1    40.7    40.9    41.2    41.2    40.7    40.8    41.1    40.4 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   40.7    39.9    39.5    39.9    40.3    40.6    40.3    39.9    40.0    39.5 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   44.1    43.5    43.8    43.8    43.5    43.6    43.0    42.9    43.7    43.2 
    Primary metal industries............   44.1    44.1    43.4    43.3    44.4    44.9    43.8    43.9    44.2    43.5 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.9    45.0    44.7    44.1    45.0    45.0    44.7    45.0    45.0    44.2 
    Fabricated metal products...........   42.3    42.5    41.7    42.0    42.3    43.0    42.3    42.4    42.6    42.0 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.1    42.5    41.9    41.9    42.3    42.9    42.2    42.5    42.6    42.1 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.6    41.5    41.1    41.1    41.6    42.2    41.3    41.4    41.9    41.1 
    Transportation equipment............   43.7    44.0    41.9    43.2    43.9    44.3    43.2    44.0    43.9    43.5 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   44.7    45.3    41.9    44.2    45.1    45.5    44.2    45.3    44.4    44.7 
    Instruments and related products....   41.4    41.2    41.2    41.0    41.5    41.6    41.2    41.3    41.8    41.1 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   40.0    39.5    38.9    39.5    40.0    39.8    39.3    39.4    39.7    39.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   41.0    40.8    40.3    40.6    41.0    41.3    40.6    40.7    40.7    40.5 
      Overtime hours....................    4.6     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.4     4.6     4.3     4.3     4.3     4.2 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   42.0    41.4    41.2    41.7    41.7    41.9    41.2    41.5    41.2    41.5 
    Tobacco products....................   40.1    40.1    39.5    40.3    39.8    40.8    39.6    39.4    40.5    40.0 
    Textile mill products...............   41.1    41.4    40.5    40.6    41.0    41.9    41.1    41.1    41.2    40.4 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.5    37.4    36.8    36.8    37.4    38.0    37.1    37.0    37.3    36.7 
    Paper and allied products...........   43.3    42.8    42.2    42.1    43.6    43.6    42.8    42.8    42.4    42.4 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.4    37.8    37.9    38.2    38.3    38.5    38.0    38.2    38.2    38.1 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   43.1    42.9    42.8    42.7    43.2    42.9    42.7    42.9    43.3    42.8 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   42.6    43.6    45.1    43.8    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.4    41.6    40.6    41.0    41.7    42.1    41.3    41.4    41.3    41.2 
    Leather and leather products........   38.7    38.4    36.5    38.5    37.9    38.9    38.2    37.8    37.3    37.8 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   33.5    32.9    33.3    33.1    32.8    32.8    32.7    32.9    32.7    32.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   39.4    38.5    39.2    38.7    38.8    38.7    38.4    38.4    38.8    38.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.6    38.5    38.8    38.2    38.3    38.6    38.6    38.6    38.5    38.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   29.9    29.3    29.8    29.6    29.0    28.8    28.8    29.0    28.8    28.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   37.0    36.2    36.7    36.0    36.3    36.3    36.2    36.5    36.3    36.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   33.2    32.7    33.0    32.9    32.6    32.7    32.6    32.7    32.5    32.6 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            Aug.      June     July      Aug.       Aug.      June     July      Aug.  
                                            1999      2000     2000p     2000p      1999      2000     2000p     2000p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.20    $13.62    $13.69    $13.68    $463.32   $471.25   $477.78   $474.70 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.30     13.70     13.76     13.80     458.85    472.65    473.34    473.34 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   14.95     15.36     15.49     15.51     618.93    632.83    633.54    637.46 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.05     17.09     17.14     17.04     758.73    770.76    774.73    766.80 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   17.31     17.74     17.96     18.06     692.40    702.50    723.79    726.01 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   13.95     14.34     14.37     14.38     583.11    597.98    590.61    595.33 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.47     14.90     14.87     14.92     612.08    630.27    618.59    625.15 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.54     11.82     11.85     11.83     482.37    485.80    482.30    483.85 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.28     11.73     11.81     11.81     459.10    468.03    466.50    471.22 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.94     14.36     14.42     14.40     614.75    624.66    631.60    630.72 
    Primary metal industries............   15.98     16.52     16.69     16.59     704.72    728.53    724.35    718.35 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   18.93     19.62     19.82     19.59     849.96    882.90    885.95    863.92 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.52     13.82     13.81     13.90     571.90    587.35    575.88    583.80 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.14     15.51     15.61     15.60     637.39    659.18    654.06    653.64 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.52     13.72     13.81     13.81     562.43    569.38    567.59    567.59 
    Transportation equipment............   18.17     19.01     18.65     18.87     794.03    836.44    781.44    815.18 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.53     19.62     19.07     19.31     828.29    888.79    799.03    853.50 
    Instruments and related products....   14.28     14.49     14.71     14.71     591.19    596.99    606.05    603.11 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.31     11.60     11.66     11.65     452.40    458.20    453.57    460.18 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.17     13.48     13.62     13.57     539.97    549.98    548.89    550.94 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.07     12.39     12.46     12.43     506.94    512.95    513.35    518.33 
    Tobacco products....................   20.86     20.87     21.12     20.78     836.49    836.89    834.24    837.43 
    Textile mill products...............   10.72     10.91     10.96     10.98     440.59    451.67    443.88    445.79 
    Apparel and other textile products..    8.88      9.07      9.06      9.09     333.00    339.22    333.41    334.51 
    Paper and allied products...........   15.95     16.18     16.27     16.18     690.64    692.50    686.59    681.18 
    Printing and publishing.............   13.83     14.15     14.28     14.30     531.07    534.87    541.21    546.26 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.41     17.91     18.32     18.32     750.37    768.34    784.10    782.26 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.21     21.19     21.26     21.08     903.55    923.88    958.83    923.30 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.37     12.72     12.82     12.77     512.12    529.15    520.49    523.57 
    Leather and leather products........    9.86     10.08     10.06     10.13     381.58    387.07    367.19    390.01 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   12.65     13.07     13.13     13.10     423.78    430.00    437.23    433.61 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  $15.69    $16.17    $16.21    $16.24    $618.19   $622.55   $635.43   $628.49 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.65     15.04     15.26     15.21     565.49    579.04    592.09    581.02 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.05      9.38      9.38      9.39     270.60    274.83    279.52    277.94 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.62     14.93     15.02     14.98     540.94    540.47    551.23    539.28 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.23     13.68     13.75     13.72     439.24    447.34    453.75    451.39 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                   Aug.     Apr.     May      June     July     Aug.      change  
            Industry               1999     2000     2000     2000     2000p    2000p     from:   
                                                                                        July 2000-
                                                                                        Aug. 2000 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.30   $13.64   $13.66   $13.70   $13.76   $13.80      0.3   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.87     7.87     7.88     7.86     7.88     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    14.91    15.30    15.29    15.34    15.41    15.46       .3   
    Mining......................    17.16    17.26    17.25    17.24    17.24    17.15      -.5   
    Construction................    17.21    17.78    17.75    17.77    17.91    17.95       .2   
    Manufacturing...............    14.01    14.28    14.27    14.36    14.39    14.44       .3   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.27    13.49    13.53    13.60    13.64    13.70       .4   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    12.78    13.11    13.15    13.19    13.24    13.28       .3   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    15.73    16.12    16.22    16.28    16.19    16.28       .6   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.65    15.03    15.02    15.16    15.23    15.28       .3   
    Retail trade................     9.13     9.39     9.39     9.43     9.45     9.48       .3   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.65    14.98    15.01    15.05    15.04    15.11       .5   
    Services....................    13.42    13.74    13.79    13.82    13.90    13.96       .4   

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
deflate this series.
  3 Change was .3 percent from June 2000 to July 2000, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
    N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Aug.   June    July     Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May    June    July     Aug.  
                                          1999   2000    2000p    2000p   1999    2000    2000   2000    2000p    2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  152.6  153.6   154.9    154.2   148.4  151.7   150.5   151.3   151.4    150.9 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  119.0  119.1   118.6    119.5   115.5  118.3   116.3   116.3   117.4    115.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   51.1   52.3    52.7     52.8    49.7   52.2    50.7    51.4    52.0     51.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  192.0  194.0   201.3    200.8   174.6  186.3   183.6   181.4   184.2    183.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  107.6  107.2   104.8    106.1   107.1  107.9   106.0   106.4   107.2    105.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  112.1  112.9   109.7    110.9   112.1  113.1   111.2   111.8   112.9    110.9 
    Lumber and wood products............  152.6  148.8   146.5    147.1   147.9  147.9   146.1   145.8   146.0    142.9 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  140.2  139.5   136.5    138.7   139.0  141.4   140.9   139.5   141.2    137.5 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  119.6  118.6   119.3    119.1   115.4  116.2   114.6   114.1   117.3    115.2 
    Primary metal industries............   91.0   91.9    89.1     89.2    92.1   93.3    91.0    91.0    91.5     89.9 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   71.3   71.7    70.9     70.0    71.5   71.5    70.6    70.7    71.1     70.2 
    Fabricated metal products...........  119.2  122.8   118.6    120.1   119.5  123.0   121.2   121.9   123.3    120.6 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  103.2  106.1   104.0    103.8   104.8  106.2   104.5   105.7   106.4    105.3 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  107.2  108.3   107.2    108.3   107.7  109.6   107.1   107.8   110.2    108.7 
    Transportation equipment............  126.9  127.0   117.6    122.1   127.6  126.7   123.6   125.9   125.5    122.8 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  169.5  172.7   153.1    163.2   170.9  171.7   166.4   171.2   166.9    164.6 
    Instruments and related products....   76.3   74.3    74.6     74.0    76.5   74.7    74.0    74.3    76.0     74.2 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  103.2  101.0    97.3    100.6   103.2  103.0   100.2   100.1   100.9    100.1 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................  101.5   99.5    98.2     99.6   100.1  100.7    98.9    99.0    99.4     98.2 
    Food and kindred products...........  122.9  116.8   118.6    122.9   116.5  118.4   116.3   117.3   117.2    116.8 
    Tobacco products....................   50.9   44.3    43.1     46.2    49.3   50.5    49.0    48.8    50.2     45.6 
    Textile mill products...............   80.4   79.7    76.8     77.3    80.1   80.6    78.7    78.6    78.7     76.9 
    Apparel and other textile products..   59.9   57.5    55.1     55.5    59.5   59.2    57.2    56.1    57.3     55.3 
    Paper and allied products...........  107.0  105.9   103.6    103.5   107.3  106.7   104.8   105.2   103.8    104.0 
    Printing and publishing.............  122.3  121.5   121.9    122.7   122.0  123.2   121.7   122.4   122.8    122.4 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  102.5  102.6   101.4    101.0   102.6  102.7   102.1   102.0   102.8    101.1 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   73.3   64.6    66.6     65.4    71.4   66.6    64.0    62.9    64.7     63.4 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  146.8  149.0   143.3    145.5   147.7  149.3   146.8   147.6   148.2    146.3 
    Leather and leather products........   34.4   32.7    29.5     32.4    33.8   32.9    32.3    31.9    32.1     31.9 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  167.6  169.1   171.2    169.8   163.2  166.6   165.9   167.0   166.6    166.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  136.1  137.7   139.3    136.1   134.6  137.3   136.1   136.4   138.5    134.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  132.2  133.6   134.5    132.4   130.3  133.0   133.1   133.0   132.6    131.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  149.1  148.2   150.7    149.6   143.5  144.9   143.9   145.3   144.6    144.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  143.7  140.4   143.2    140.6   139.2  139.3   138.7   139.8   139.1    138.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  207.4  212.0   214.1    213.4   202.3  208.6   207.9   209.5   208.5    209.9 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   50.4    64.5    60.3    54.8    62.6    61.5    57.3    61.0    57.9    62.6    59.3    60.0 
     1997..............   57.3    59.7    62.8    63.2    57.7    57.7    61.2    60.1    61.5    65.3    62.1    61.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.6    60.5    58.7    58.3    59.7    53.9    58.1    56.2    53.8    59.0    57.4 
     1999..............   54.1    58.8    53.9    59.6    52.8    57.9    58.8    53.8    57.3    60.7    60.8    59.0 
     2000..............   60.8    54.1    60.7    56.5    45.9    56.2   p57.7   p52.1                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   61.1    62.6    63.6    63.1    63.3    64.9    64.2    61.4    65.2    64.3    65.4    63.3 
     1997..............   62.6    64.0    66.3    66.7    63.2    62.1    61.5    66.2    67.4    69.4    69.0    69.1 
     1998..............   64.3    66.6    63.2    66.3    63.6    58.0    57.4    57.9    59.7    58.1    58.6    59.4 
     1999..............   58.3    57.3    58.4    54.4    57.3    58.8    58.1    60.7    59.6    63.5    64.3    63.1 
     2000..............   61.0    62.6    61.9    57.4    56.7   p57.0   p58.0                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   62.5    64.6    65.6    64.6    64.5    64.5    67.3    65.7    65.2    67.1    66.0    67.4 
     1997..............   66.3    67.0    66.6    66.3    65.6    67.1    66.3    68.5    69.0    70.4    69.7    70.4 
     1998..............   69.8    67.4    65.2    61.8    62.9    61.4    59.0    58.4    57.4    59.7    59.3    59.1 
     1999..............   60.0    58.0    57.6    58.6    54.4    59.7    60.4    62.1    64.0    62.8    65.2    64.6 
     2000..............   65.6    60.8    61.0   p61.9   p59.7                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    68.7    66.9 
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    70.1    69.4    70.4 
     1998..............   69.7    67.3    67.3    65.9    63.9    62.5    61.5    62.1    61.0    59.8    59.8    58.1 
     1999..............   60.3    58.3    57.6    59.4    59.6    60.5    61.9    61.0    62.6    62.9    62.5    63.2 
     2000..............  p65.0   p63.5                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   44.6    54.7    48.2    42.1    55.4    52.2    47.8    54.3    50.0    56.1    50.4    53.2 
     1997..............   49.6    52.5    56.1    54.0    51.4    54.3    50.7    53.6    56.5    61.9    60.4    55.4 
     1998..............   57.9    50.7    53.6    50.7    47.1    50.0    37.8    50.0    45.7    39.9    41.7    43.9 
     1999..............   45.0    41.0    42.8    46.4    40.3    46.4    54.7    38.1    46.4    51.8    51.4    50.4 
     2000..............   52.2    47.8    51.1    51.1    45.7    51.1   p55.4   p38.8                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   44.2    47.8    44.6    45.7    47.1    51.4    50.4    49.6    55.4    53.2    55.0    49.6 
     1997..............   50.7    53.2    55.8    56.1    53.2    52.5    52.5    55.8    59.7    66.5    64.7    64.0 
     1998..............   56.8    56.8    52.2    52.2    48.6    41.4    39.2    40.3    43.2    37.1    36.7    40.6 
     1999..............   36.7    37.1    37.1    34.5    37.8    43.5    39.9    45.0    42.1    50.4    51.1    50.7 
     2000..............   47.8    52.5    49.3    48.9    49.6   p52.5   p47.8                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   41.7    45.0    46.8    46.0    45.3    47.8    53.2    50.4    50.7    53.2    51.8    54.7 
     1997..............   53.2    53.2    52.5    52.9    51.8    53.2    54.7    61.2    61.2    64.4    64.7    63.7 
     1998..............   60.1    54.3    50.4    39.9    43.5    42.1    38.8    36.7    36.0    39.9    34.5    32.7 
     1999..............   35.6    33.5    33.5    37.1    32.7    38.8    41.0    45.7    48.2    43.2    48.6    51.1 
     2000..............   51.4    47.5    50.4   p52.5   p46.8                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.3    50.7 
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.8    56.8    57.2 
     1998..............   55.0    51.8    51.8    46.8    40.6    39.9    37.8    38.1    37.1    36.0    34.2    33.5 
     1999..............   37.4    32.4    31.7    35.3    36.0    37.1    38.8    39.6    42.4    42.4    42.4    46.0 
     2000..............  p47.8   p45.3                                                                                 

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.