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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MARCH 2000
   
   
   Payroll employment rose in March and the unemployment rate was unchanged
at 4.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 416,000 over the
month.  This included the addition of an estimated 117,000 temporary census
workers.  Also, it is likely that some of the March gain in payroll employment
resulted from the fact that there were 5 weeks between the February and March
survey reference periods instead of the usual 4 weeks.  Average hourly
earnings increased by 5 cents over the month and 3.7 percent over the year.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons, 5.7 million, was essentially unchanged
in March, and the unemployment rate held at 4.1 percent.  The jobless rate
has been below 4.2 percent for 6 consecutive months.  Jobless rates for the
major worker groups--adult men (3.3 percent), adult women (3.6 percent),
teenagers (13.3 percent), whites (3.6 percent), blacks (7.3 percent), and
Hispanics (6.3 percent)--showed little or no change over the month.
(See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of persons in the civilian labor force was little changed at
140.9 million in March.  The labor force participation rate was 67.4 percent.
Total employment also was about unchanged in March, at 135.2 million
(seasonally adjusted).  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of
the population age 16 and older with jobs--remained high at 64.7 percent.
(See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.7 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in March.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.7 percent of the
total employed, down from 6.1 percent a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force  (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force in
March totaled 1.2 million (not seasonally adjusted).  These people wanted
and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior
12 months.  They are not counted as unemployed because they had not actively
searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of dis-
couraged workers was 257,000 in March, about the same as a year earlier.
Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently
looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for
them.  (See table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Feb.-
      Category        |  1999  | 2000 1/|           2000           | Mar.
                      |_________________|_________________ ________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 139,880| 140,981| 140,910| 141,165| 140,867|   -298
  Employment..........| 134,153| 135,247| 135,221| 135,362| 135,159|   -203
  Unemployment........|   5,727|   5,733|   5,689|   5,804|   5,708|    -96
Not in labor force....|  68,780|  67,933|  67,872|  67,742|  68,187|    445
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.1|     4.1|     4.0|     4.1|     4.1|     .0
  Adult men...........|     3.4|     3.3|     3.3|     3.4|     3.3|   -0.1
  Adult women.........|     3.6|     3.6|     3.7|     3.5|     3.6|     .1
  Teenagers...........|    13.8|    13.4|    12.6|    14.1|    13.3|    -.8
  White...............|     3.5|     3.5|     3.4|     3.6|     3.6|     .0
  Black...............|     8.1|     7.8|     8.2|     7.8|     7.3|    -.5
  Hispanic origin.....|     6.1|     5.9|     5.6|     5.7|     6.3|     .6
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 129,606|p130,435| 130,292|p130,299|p130,715|   p416
  Goods-producing 2/..|  25,246| p25,421|  25,410| p25,383| p25,471|    p88
    Construction......|   6,359|  p6,522|   6,504|  p6,487|  p6,576|    p89
    Manufacturing.....|  18,359| p18,366|  18,376| p18,364| p18,359|    p-5
  Service-producing 2/| 104,360|p105,014| 104,882|p104,916|p105,244|   p328
    Retail trade......|  22,922| p23,004|  23,018| p22,996| p22,999|     p3
    Services..........|  39,548| p39,869|  39,804| p39,826| p39,976|   p150
    Government........|  20,274| p20,427|  20,365| p20,387| p20,529|   p142
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|   p34.5|    34.6|   p34.5|   p34.5|    p.0
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|   p41.7|    41.7|   p41.8|   p41.6|  p-0.2
    Overtime..........|     4.6|    p4.7|     4.7|    p4.8|    p4.6|   p-.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   149.1|  p150.3|   150.3|  p150.0|  p150.5|   p0.5
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.41| p$13.55|  $13.49| p$13.55| p$13.60| p$0.05
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  462.65| p467.81|  466.75| p467.48| p469.20|  p1.72
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/  Beginning in January 2000, household data reflect revised popula-
tion controls used in the Current Population Survey.
    2/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    3/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 416,000 in March to 130.7 million,
seasonally adjusted.  This increase included the addition of 117,000 temporary
census workers.  Also, it is likely that some of the March payroll employment
gain resulted from a calendar anomaly.  This year, there were 5 weeks instead
of the usual 4 between the February and March survey reference periods.  The
last time this occurred was in 1972.  Because this occurrence is so rare, the
payroll employment estimates for March cannot be adjusted for the differences
in the number of weeks between the survey reference periods, as is done for
other months.  Thus, the estimates of employment change this month reflect
an additional week's growth.  This effect is most pronounced in seasonal
industries that tend to add jobs at this time of year.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, construction employment grew by 89,000
in March, with job gains widespread across the component industries.  The
additional week between the February and March survey reference periods
likely contributed to the large employment increase.  In mining, employment
in the oil and gas extraction industry continued to rise.  Since last summer,
oil and gas extraction has added 16,000 jobs; slightly more than half of that
gain occurred in February and March.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Manufacturing employment was down by 5,000 over the month.  This decrease
would have been larger had it not been for the return of 15,000 striking
workers in the aircraft industry.  (February employment estimates have been
revised down by 15,000, as recent information indicates that the strikers were
off payrolls for the entire reference pay period that month. These workers
were back on payrolls in March.)  Industrial machinery lost 6,000 jobs in
March, and there were smaller declines in many other manufacturing industries.
Employment in the fabricated metals industry continued on a growth trend that
began in September 1999.

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   In the service-producing sector, the services industry added 150,000
jobs in March, following an unusually small gain in February (22,000, as
revised).  Employment growth in services during the first quarter of the
year averaged 106,000 per month, slightly below the monthly average for
1999.  In March, job gains were widespread among the services industries.
The largest employment increase was in business services (48,000), where
personnel supply services added 19,000 jobs.  Employment in educational
services rose by 21,000 jobs in March.  Two highly seasonal industries,
agricultural services and hotels, posted substantial job gains of 18,000
and 15,000, respectively.
   
   Transportation and public utilities added 27,000 jobs in March.  Nearly
all of the gain occurred in transportation, with trucking and air transpor-
tation adding 11,000 and 10,000 jobs, respectively.  Both industries had lost
jobs in February.  Employment continued to grow in the communications industry
in March, mainly in telephone communications.  In contrast, public utilities
continued to lose jobs.
   
   Employment in wholesale trade rose by 17,000 in March, in line with its
average monthly gain over the prior 12 months.  Retail trade employment was
little changed in March.  Job gains in furniture stores, building materials
stores, and automotive dealers and service stations were offset by losses
in general merchandise stores and in eating and drinking places.  General
merchandise employment fell by 36,000 in the first quarter, and eating and
drinking places employment declined by 28,000.
   
   Finance, insurance, and real estate lost 11,000 jobs in March, offsetting
its February gain.  Employment in mortgage banking declined by 12,000 over
the month and has fallen by 35,000 since last May.  In contrast, security and
commodity brokerages continued to add jobs in March.
   
   Federal government employment grew by 106,000 in March.  The Census Bureau
added 117,000 temporary workers for Census 2000, but employment declines
continued in other federal agencies.  Local governments added 34,000 jobs in
March, following a decline in February.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in March at 34.5 hours, seasonally adjusted.
In manufacturing, both the average workweek and overtime hours fell by
0.2 hour to 41.6 hours and 4.6 hours, respectively.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.3 percent to 150.5
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index decreased
0.4 percent to 105.9.  (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls rose by 5 cents in March to $13.60, seasonally
adjusted.  Over the month, average weekly earnings rose 0.4 percent to
$469.20, seasonally adjusted.  Over the year, both average hourly earnings
and average weekly earnings rose by 3.7 percent.  (See table B-3.)

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   The Employment Situation for April 2000 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, May 5, 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 1999,
the sample included about 390,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in   "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $16.00 per issue or
$40.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 207,036 208,907 209,053 207,036 208,666 208,832 208,782 208,907 209,053
    Civilian labor force............................ 138,418 140,185 140,501 138,804 139,834 140,108 140,910 141,165 140,867
          Participation rate........................    66.9    67.1    67.2    67.0    67.0    67.1    67.5    67.6    67.4
      Employed...................................... 132,299 133,954 134,494 132,976 134,098 134,420 135,221 135,362 135,159
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.9    64.1    64.3    64.2    64.3    64.4    64.8    64.8    64.7
        Agriculture.................................   3,022   2,973   3,079   3,290   3,310   3,279   3,371   3,408   3,359
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 129,277 130,981 131,415 129,686 130,788 131,141 131,850 131,954 131,801
      Unemployed....................................   6,119   6,231   6,007   5,828   5,736   5,688   5,689   5,804   5,708
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.4     4.4     4.3     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.0     4.1     4.1
    Not in labor force..............................  68,618  68,723  68,552  68,232  68,832  68,724  67,872  67,742  68,187
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,471   4,431   4,461   4,606   4,429   4,467   4,252   4,374   4,594
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,362 100,330 100,405  99,362 100,179 100,264 100,266 100,330 100,405
    Civilian labor force............................  73,785  74,808  74,790  74,218  74,728  74,930  75,304  75,594  75,198
          Participation rate........................    74.3    74.6    74.5    74.7    74.6    74.7    75.1    75.3    74.9
      Employed......................................  70,544  71,311  71,613  71,269  71,732  71,927  72,358  72,473  72,313
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.0    71.1    71.3    71.7    71.6    71.7    72.2    72.2    72.0
      Unemployed....................................   3,242   3,497   3,177   2,949   2,996   3,003   2,946   3,121   2,885
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.4     4.7     4.2     4.0     4.0     4.0     3.9     4.1     3.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  91,215  92,092  92,145  91,215  91,986  92,052  92,057  92,092  92,145
    Civilian labor force............................  69,781  70,704  70,689  69,934  70,388  70,529  70,917  71,120  70,822
          Participation rate........................    76.5    76.8    76.7    76.7    76.5    76.6    77.0    77.2    76.9
      Employed......................................  67,185  67,869  68,057  67,628  68,037  68,197  68,585  68,691  68,480
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.7    73.7    73.9    74.1    74.0    74.1    74.5    74.6    74.3
        Agriculture.................................   2,086   2,018   2,073   2,239   2,262   2,227   2,303   2,309   2,232
        Nonagricultural industries..................  65,099  65,851  65,984  65,389  65,775  65,970  66,282  66,382  66,249
      Unemployed....................................   2,597   2,835   2,632   2,306   2,351   2,332   2,332   2,429   2,342
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.7     4.0     3.7     3.3     3.3     3.3     3.3     3.4     3.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,674 108,577 108,649 107,674 108,487 108,569 108,516 108,577 108,649
    Civilian labor force............................  64,632  65,377  65,711  64,586  65,106  65,178  65,606  65,572  65,668
          Participation rate........................    60.0    60.2    60.5    60.0    60.0    60.0    60.5    60.4    60.4
      Employed......................................  61,755  62,642  62,881  61,707  62,366  62,493  62,863  62,889  62,846
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.4    57.7    57.9    57.3    57.5    57.6    57.9    57.9    57.8
      Unemployed....................................   2,877   2,734   2,830   2,879   2,740   2,685   2,743   2,683   2,823
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.5     4.2     4.3     4.5     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.1     4.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,833 100,666 100,713  99,833 100,573 100,666 100,579 100,666 100,713
    Civilian labor force............................  60,780  61,576  61,892  60,554  61,052  61,154  61,576  61,575  61,671
          Participation rate........................    60.9    61.2    61.5    60.7    60.7    60.7    61.2    61.2    61.2
      Employed......................................  58,400  59,331  59,593  58,216  58,838  58,958  59,280  59,398  59,422
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.5    58.9    59.2    58.3    58.5    58.6    58.9    59.0    59.0
        Agriculture.................................     764     804     831     821     768     791     826     871     894
        Nonagricultural industries..................  57,635  58,526  58,762  57,395  58,070  58,167  58,454  58,526  58,528
      Unemployed....................................   2,381   2,245   2,298   2,338   2,214   2,196   2,297   2,178   2,249
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.9     3.6     3.7     3.9     3.6     3.6     3.7     3.5     3.6
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,988  16,149  16,196  15,988  16,107  16,114  16,147  16,149  16,196
    Civilian labor force............................   7,856   7,905   7,921   8,316   8,394   8,425   8,416   8,470   8,374
          Participation rate........................    49.1    48.9    48.9    52.0    52.1    52.3    52.1    52.4    51.7
      Employed......................................   6,715   6,754   6,844   7,132   7,223   7,265   7,356   7,273   7,257
          Employment-population ratio...............    42.0    41.8    42.3    44.6    44.8    45.1    45.6    45.0    44.8
        Agriculture.................................     172     151     175     230     280     261     242     228     233
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,543   6,604   6,669   6,902   6,943   7,004   7,114   7,046   7,024
      Unemployed....................................   1,142   1,151   1,077   1,184   1,171   1,160   1,060   1,197   1,117
          Unemployment rate.........................    14.5    14.6    13.6    14.2    14.0    13.8    12.6    14.1    13.3

    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                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 172,597 173,886 173,983 172,597 173,709 173,821 173,812 173,886 173,983
    Civilian labor force............................ 115,866 117,154 117,451 116,237 116,703 117,008 117,716 117,821 117,832
        Participation rate..........................    67.1    67.4    67.5    67.3    67.2    67.3    67.7    67.8    67.7
      Employed...................................... 111,414 112,576 113,006 112,030 112,611 112,951 113,704 113,634 113,630
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.6    64.7    65.0    64.9    64.8    65.0    65.4    65.3    65.3
      Unemployed....................................   4,451   4,578   4,446   4,207   4,092   4,057   4,011   4,187   4,202
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.8     3.9     3.8     3.6     3.5     3.5     3.4     3.6     3.6
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  59,541  60,043  60,123  59,675  59,761  59,889  60,179  60,387  60,282
        Participation rate..........................    77.1    77.1    77.2    77.3    76.9    77.0    77.3    77.6    77.4
      Employed......................................  57,546  57,927  58,131  57,935  58,067  58,221  58,487  58,631  58,541
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.5    74.4    74.6    75.0    74.7    74.8    75.2    75.3    75.1
      Unemployed....................................   1,995   2,116   1,993   1,740   1,694   1,668   1,693   1,756   1,742
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.4     3.5     3.3     2.9     2.8     2.8     2.8     2.9     2.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,729  50,418  50,622  49,567  49,814  50,011  50,404  50,335  50,448
        Participation rate..........................    60.1    60.5    60.7    59.9    59.9    60.1    60.5    60.4    60.5
      Employed......................................  48,078  48,840  48,966  47,941  48,273  48,486  48,857  48,792  48,820
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.1    58.6    58.7    57.9    58.0    58.2    58.7    58.6    58.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,650   1,578   1,656   1,626   1,541   1,525   1,547   1,544   1,628
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.3     3.1     3.3     3.3     3.1     3.0     3.1     3.1     3.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,596   6,693   6,706   6,995   7,128   7,108   7,132   7,099   7,102
        Participation rate..........................    52.1    52.6    52.7    55.3    56.0    55.8    56.0    55.8    55.8
      Employed......................................   5,790   5,808   5,909   6,154   6,271   6,244   6,360   6,211   6,270
        Employment-population ratio.................    45.8    45.6    46.5    48.7    49.2    49.0    50.0    48.8    49.3
      Unemployed....................................     806     885     797     841     857     864     772     888     832
        Unemployment rate...........................    12.2    13.2    11.9    12.0    12.0    12.2    10.8    12.5    11.7
          Men.......................................    13.7    15.5    12.1    12.8    12.8    13.3    12.4    14.4    11.3
          Women.....................................    10.7    10.7    11.7    11.2    11.2    10.9     9.1    10.4    12.1
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,729  25,076  25,105  24,729  25,019  25,051  25,047  25,076  25,105
    Civilian labor force............................  16,125  16,542  16,466  16,231  16,508  16,513  16,622  16,785  16,572
        Participation rate..........................    65.2    66.0    65.6    65.6    66.0    65.9    66.4    66.9    66.0
      Employed......................................  14,798  15,164  15,231  14,925  15,187  15,204  15,254  15,471  15,356
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.8    60.5    60.7    60.4    60.7    60.7    60.9    61.7    61.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,327   1,378   1,236   1,306   1,321   1,309   1,368   1,314   1,216
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.2     8.3     7.5     8.0     8.0     7.9     8.2     7.8     7.3
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,031   7,355   7,252   7,073   7,277   7,273   7,386   7,441   7,300
        Participation rate..........................    71.2    73.3    72.2    71.7    72.8    72.6    73.7    74.2    72.6
      Employed......................................   6,583   6,771   6,762   6,647   6,767   6,766   6,839   6,910   6,830
        Employment-population ratio.................    66.7    67.5    67.3    67.4    67.7    67.5    68.2    68.9    68.0
      Unemployed....................................     448     584     490     426     510     507     547     532     469
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.4     7.9     6.8     6.0     7.0     7.0     7.4     7.1     6.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,166   8,289   8,333   8,151   8,305   8,260   8,315   8,344   8,314
        Participation rate..........................    65.9    66.0    66.2    65.8    66.3    65.8    66.3    66.4    66.1
      Employed......................................   7,575   7,719   7,815   7,573   7,757   7,706   7,715   7,805   7,808
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.2    61.4    62.1    61.1    61.9    61.4    61.5    62.1    62.1
      Unemployed....................................     590     570     518     578     548     554     600     539     506
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.2     6.9     6.2     7.1     6.6     6.7     7.2     6.5     6.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     928     898     881   1,007     926     980     921     999     958
        Participation rate..........................    37.6    36.3    35.6    40.7    37.3    39.5    37.2    40.4    38.7
      Employed......................................     639     673     653     705     663     732     701     756     718
        Employment-population ratio.................    25.9    27.2    26.4    28.5    26.7    29.5    28.3    30.6    29.0
      Unemployed....................................     289     225     228     302     263     248     220     243     240
        Unemployment rate...........................    31.1    25.0    25.9    30.0    28.4    25.3    23.9    24.3    25.1
          Men.......................................    34.7    21.9    22.6    32.4    31.0    27.5    24.0    22.3    21.3
          Women.....................................    27.5    28.3    29.3    27.6    25.9    23.0    23.8    26.6    28.9
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  21,414  22,108  22,166  21,414  21,947  22,008  22,047  22,108  22,166
    Civilian labor force............................  14,523  15,187  15,304  14,542  14,887  14,984  15,251  15,249  15,313
        Participation rate..........................    67.8    68.7    69.0    67.9    67.8    68.1    69.2    69.0    69.1
      Employed......................................  13,595  14,267  14,283  13,673  13,979  14,095  14,395  14,382  14,355
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.5    64.5    64.4    63.8    63.7    64.0    65.3    65.1    64.8
      Unemployed....................................     929     921   1,021     869     908     889     856     868     958
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.4     6.1     6.7     6.0     6.1     5.9     5.6     5.7     6.3

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January
  2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                               Mar.     Feb.     Mar.     Mar.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.  
                                               1999     2000     2000     1999     1999     1999     2000     2000     2000  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   28,442   27,376   27,523   28,442   28,228   28,144   27,995   27,376   27,523
    Civilian labor force....................   12,119   11,638   11,801   12,039   12,132   11,956   11,895   11,971   11,726
        Percent of population...............     42.6     42.5     42.9     42.3     43.0     42.5     42.5     43.7     42.6
      Employed..............................   11,265   10,829   10,896   11,280   11,347   11,243   11,106   11,257   10,918
        Employment-population ratio.........     39.6     39.6     39.6     39.7     40.2     39.9     39.7     41.1     39.7
      Unemployed............................      854      809      905      759      785      713      789      714      808
        Unemployment rate...................      7.0      7.0      7.7      6.3      6.5      6.0      6.6      6.0      6.9
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,805   57,471   58,033   57,805   57,789   57,590   57,768   57,471   58,033
    Civilian labor force....................   37,734   37,403   37,742   37,687   37,671   37,362   37,617   37,603   37,671
        Percent of population...............     65.3     65.1     65.0     65.2     65.2     64.9     65.1     65.4     64.9
      Employed..............................   36,302   35,932   36,364   36,368   36,445   36,071   36,305   36,294   36,401
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.8     62.5     62.7     62.9     63.1     62.6     62.8     63.2     62.7
      Unemployed............................    1,432    1,471    1,377    1,319    1,226    1,291    1,311    1,309    1,270
        Unemployment rate...................      3.8      3.9      3.6      3.5      3.3      3.5      3.5      3.5      3.4
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,028   44,486   44,225   43,028   44,070   44,069   43,689   44,486   44,225
    Civilian labor force....................   31,826   32,946   32,898   31,866   32,312   32,404   32,397   32,544   32,967
        Percent of population...............     74.0     74.1     74.4     74.1     73.3     73.5     74.2     73.2     74.5
      Employed..............................   30,835   31,911   31,929   30,966   31,444   31,586   31,564   31,595   32,090
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.7     71.7     72.2     72.0     71.3     71.7     72.2     71.0     72.6
      Unemployed............................      991    1,036      969      900      868      818      833      949      878
        Unemployment rate...................      3.1      3.1      2.9      2.8      2.7      2.5      2.6      2.9      2.7
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,859   45,247   44,838   43,859   44,365   44,821   45,058   45,247   44,838
    Civilian labor force....................   35,124   36,242   36,017   35,130   35,264   35,824   36,205   36,265   36,060
        Percent of population...............     80.1     80.1     80.3     80.1     79.5     79.9     80.4     80.1     80.4
      Employed..............................   34,483   35,643   35,446   34,479   34,655   35,186   35,540   35,678   35,481
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.6     78.8     79.1     78.6     78.1     78.5     78.9     78.9     79.1
      Unemployed............................      641      599      572      651      609      638      665      587      579
        Unemployment rate...................      1.8      1.7      1.6      1.9      1.7      1.8      1.8      1.6      1.6

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 132,299 133,954 134,494 132,976 134,098 134,420 135,221 135,362 135,159
    Married men, spouse present.....................  42,941  43,187  43,081  43,164  43,273  43,283  43,951  43,535  43,297
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,300  33,848  33,915  33,176  33,635  33,762  34,166  33,882  33,780
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,254   8,228   8,187   8,142   8,526   8,375   8,362   8,220   8,082
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,138  40,745  40,717  40,005  40,363  40,800  40,924  40,806  40,595
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,854  39,544  39,549  38,821  39,283  39,311  39,614  39,703  39,510
    Service occupations.............................  17,965  18,271  18,636  18,034  17,633  17,706  18,155  18,344  18,711
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,543  14,505  14,491  14,591  14,903  14,940  14,610  14,681  14,520
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  17,763  17,828  17,965  18,135  18,476  18,299  18,385  18,279  18,334
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,035   3,060   3,135   3,438   3,407   3,367   3,574   3,630   3,562
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,721   1,749   1,841   1,905   2,049   2,018   2,024   2,025   2,043
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,267   1,190   1,202   1,358   1,216   1,211   1,320   1,344   1,292
      Unpaid family workers.........................      34      33      36      39      41      36      38      51      42
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 120,509 122,346 122,709 120,939 121,965 122,426 122,823 123,166 123,169
        Government..................................  18,867  19,666  19,677  18,778  18,902  18,959  19,013  19,394  19,598
        Private industries.......................... 101,642 102,680 103,032 102,161 103,063 103,467 103,810 103,772 103,571
          Private households........................     929     983   1,002     926     944     948     952   1,016     998
          Other industries.......................... 100,713 101,698 102,030 101,235 102,119 102,519 102,858 102,756 102,573
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,642   8,555   8,600   8,730   8,686   8,662   8,802   8,793   8,704
      Unpaid family workers.........................     126      79     106     127     108      98      92      74     107
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,703   3,296   3,306   3,509   3,274   3,320   3,219   3,139   3,124
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,160   1,979   1,955   2,018   1,930   1,951   1,893   1,807   1,820
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,269   1,027   1,029   1,181   1,032   1,025   1,012   1,023     953
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,398  19,849  19,540  18,622  18,651  18,618  18,889  19,031  18,770
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,499   3,138   3,169   3,325   3,105   3,157   3,066   2,985   3,003
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,055   1,874   1,888   1,927   1,815   1,843   1,801   1,705   1,766
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,225   1,015   1,008   1,128   1,013   1,018     986   1,005     922
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,841  19,290  19,002  18,031  18,083  18,061  18,347  18,406  18,184

      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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,828   5,804   5,708    4.2     4.1     4.1     4.0     4.1     4.1 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,306   2,429   2,342    3.3     3.3     3.3     3.3     3.4     3.3 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,338   2,178   2,249    3.9     3.6     3.6     3.7     3.5     3.6 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,184   1,197   1,117   14.2    14.0    13.8    12.6    14.1    13.3 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     935     928     865    2.1     2.1     2.2     2.0     2.1     2.0 
     Married women, spouse present..................     929     897     955    2.7     2.5     2.5     2.6     2.6     2.7 
     Women who maintain families....................     578     539     591    6.6     6.0     6.2     6.2     6.1     6.8 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,626   4,595   4,489    4.0     3.9     3.9     3.9     3.9     3.8 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,209   1,191   1,243    5.0     4.9     4.9     4.6     4.9     5.1 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     768     660     732    1.9     1.8     1.7     1.8     1.6     1.8 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,501   1,526   1,435    3.7     3.6     3.6     3.4     3.7     3.5 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     559     644     570    3.7     3.7     4.0     3.7     4.2     3.8 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,180   1,185   1,245    6.1     6.2     6.1     6.1     6.1     6.4 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     255     218     193    6.9     6.7     5.8     4.7     5.7     5.1 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,589   4,539   4,695    4.3     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.2     4.3 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,267   1,265   1,328    4.4     4.2     4.4     4.1     4.4     4.6 
         Mining.....................................      32      20      13    5.5     4.6     4.1     2.6     4.0     2.5 
         Construction...............................     508     562     505    7.0     5.7     6.6     6.4     7.5     6.9 
         Manufacturing..............................     727     682     810    3.5     3.7     3.6     3.2     3.3     3.9 
           Durable goods............................     393     368     381    3.1     3.7     3.6     2.8     3.0     3.0 
           Nondurable goods.........................     334     315     429    4.2     3.7     3.5     3.9     3.8     5.2 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,322   3,274   3,366    4.2     4.1     4.0     4.3     4.1     4.2 
         Transportation and public utilities........     224     249     244    2.9     3.3     3.0     3.7     3.2     3.1 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,467   1,467   1,485    5.4     5.3     5.2     5.1     5.3     5.4 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     161     230     195    2.0     2.3     2.1     2.5     2.9     2.4 
         Services...................................   1,470   1,328   1,443    4.2     3.9     3.8     4.2     3.7     4.0 
     Government workers.............................     404     426     337    2.1     2.0     2.1     2.1     2.2     1.7 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     197     140     121    9.4     8.3     7.1     5.0     6.5     5.6 

    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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,253   2,517   2,527   2,521   2,601   2,620   2,447   2,603   2,824
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,190   2,313   2,003   1,884   1,760   1,694   1,754   1,864   1,719
   15 weeks and over................................   1,676   1,401   1,478   1,467   1,401   1,388   1,372   1,277   1,295
      15 to 26 weeks................................     929     772     815     752     725     693     667     673     657
      27 weeks and over.............................     747     629     663     715     676     695     705     604     637
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    14.1    12.5    13.2    13.6    13.0    12.8    13.2    12.5    12.8
   Median duration, in weeks........................     8.0     6.6     7.0     6.8     6.2     5.9     5.7     6.1     6.0
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Total unemployed.................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
     Less than 5 weeks..............................    36.8    40.4    42.1    42.9    45.1    45.9    43.9    45.3    48.4
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    35.8    37.1    33.3    32.1    30.5    29.7    31.5    32.5    29.4
     15 weeks and over..............................    27.4    22.5    24.6    25.0    24.3    24.3    24.6    22.2    22.2
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    15.2    12.4    13.6    12.8    12.6    12.2    12.0    11.7    11.3
       27 weeks and over............................    12.2    10.1    11.0    12.2    11.7    12.2    12.7    10.5    10.9

     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,888   3,029   2,769   2,646   2,493   2,401   2,477   2,616   2,541
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,047   1,134     983     833     851     795     739     838     781
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,841   1,895   1,787   1,813   1,642   1,606   1,739   1,778   1,759
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,295   1,281   1,224   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     547     614     562   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     788     777     837     774     821     825     776     759     824
  Reentrants........................................   2,048   2,067   2,019   2,007   1,935   2,036   2,043   1,975   1,979
  New entrants......................................     395     357     382     446     485     453     393     387     434
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Total unemployed..................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................    47.2    48.6    46.1    45.1    43.5    42.0    43.5    45.6    44.0
     On temporary layoff............................    17.1    18.2    16.4    14.2    14.8    13.9    13.0    14.6    13.5
     Not on temporary layoff........................    30.1    30.4    29.7    30.9    28.6    28.1    30.6    31.0    30.5
   Job leavers......................................    12.9    12.5    13.9    13.2    14.3    14.4    13.6    13.2    14.3
   Reentrants.......................................    33.5    33.2    33.6    34.2    33.7    35.6    35.9    34.4    34.3
   New entrants.....................................     6.5     5.7     6.4     7.6     8.5     7.9     6.9     6.7     7.5
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.1     2.2     2.0     1.9     1.8     1.7     1.8     1.9     1.8
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.4
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3

    1 Not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                Mar.   Feb.   Mar.   Mar.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar. 
                                                                1999   2000   2000   1999   1999   1999   2000   2000   2000 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.2    1.0    1.1    1.1    1.0    1.0    1.0     .9     .9
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.1    2.2    2.0    1.9    1.8    1.7    1.8    1.9    1.8
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.4    4.4    4.3    4.2    4.1    4.1    4.0    4.1    4.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.6    4.6    4.5   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.3    5.3    5.1   (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.............................    7.9    7.6    7.4   (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                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    1999    1999    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,828   5,804   5,708    4.2     4.1     4.1     4.0     4.1     4.1 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,218   2,267   2,199   10.0    10.0     9.8     9.3    10.0     9.7 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,184   1,197   1,117   14.2    14.0    13.8    12.6    14.1    13.3 
        16 to 17 years..............................     553     529     510   16.6    16.5    16.5    14.0    15.9    15.3 
        18 to 19 years..............................     632     653     607   12.7    12.3    12.1    11.4    12.8    12.1 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,034   1,071   1,082    7.4     7.7     7.4     7.4     7.5     7.6 
    25 years and over...............................   3,626   3,520   3,531    3.1     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.0 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,133   2,997   3,044    3.2     3.1     3.0     3.1     3.0     3.0 
      55 years and over.............................     497     546     498    2.8     2.6     2.7     2.8     3.0     2.7 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   2,949   3,121   2,885    4.0     4.0     4.0     3.9     4.1     3.8 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,165   1,236   1,106   10.1    10.2    10.6     9.7    10.3     9.2 
        16 to 19 years..............................     643     691     543   15.0    14.9    15.2    14.0    15.5    12.4 
          16 to 17 years............................     294     312     269   17.3    16.9    17.7    14.3    17.3    15.1 
          18 to 19 years............................     350     367     274   13.5    13.6    13.5    13.7    13.9    10.5 
        20 to 24 years..............................     522     544     563    7.2     7.5     7.8     7.2     7.3     7.4 
      25 years and over.............................   1,780   1,861   1,781    2.8     2.8     2.8     2.8     2.9     2.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,520   1,574   1,500    2.9     2.9     2.8     2.9     2.9     2.8 
        55 years and over...........................     256     281     278    2.6     2.6     2.5     2.5     2.8     2.8 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,879   2,683   2,823    4.5     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.1     4.3 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,053   1,032   1,093    9.9     9.8     8.9     8.9     9.6    10.2 
        16 to 19 years..............................     541     505     574   13.4    13.0    12.2    11.1    12.6    14.4 
          16 to 17 years............................     259     217     241   15.9    16.1    15.1    13.7    14.3    15.4 
          18 to 19 years............................     282     286     334   11.7    10.8    10.5     8.9    11.6    13.7 
        20 to 24 years..............................     512     526     520    7.7     7.9     7.0     7.6     7.8     7.7 
      25 years and over.............................   1,846   1,659   1,751    3.4     3.1     3.2     3.2     3.0     3.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,613   1,424   1,544    3.5     3.3     3.2     3.3     3.0     3.3 
        55 years and over...........................     241     266     219    3.1     2.6     2.9     3.1     3.3     2.7 

    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.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.  
                                                                        1999      2000      1999      2000      1999      2000  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   68,618    68,552    25,577    25,614    43,042    42,938 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,471     4,461     1,913     1,977     2,559     2,484 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,245     1,209       573       663       672       546 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      295       257       166       149       129       108 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      949       952       407       514       543       438 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    8,027     7,707     4,239     4,010     3,788     3,697 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      6.1       5.7       6.0       5.6       6.1       5.9 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,458     4,241     2,622     2,476     1,836     1,765 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,700     1,733       532       534     1,168     1,198 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      309       318       194       194       114       123 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,523     1,390       864       795       659       595 

    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                                                                                                
                                           Mar.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                           1999    2000   2000p   2000p    1999    1999    1999    2000   2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total1........................ 126,867 128,138 128,757 129,741 127,813 129,589 129,898 130,292 130,299 130,715
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 106,385 107,856 108,064 108,808 107,726 109,320 109,583 109,927 109,912 110,186
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  24,773  24,813  24,768  24,955  25,285  25,257  25,283  25,410  25,383  25,471
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     540     520     521     526     550     527     529     530     532     536
    Metal mining........................    49.1    48.1    47.6    47.1      50      49      48      49      48      48
    Coal mining.........................    87.1    80.6    79.5    79.0      87      82      82      81      80      79
    Oil and gas extraction..............   300.2   291.1   293.2   296.0     305     288     291     292     296     301
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   103.4    99.9   100.4   103.4     108     108     108     108     108     108
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   5,806   6,019   5,979   6,143   6,232   6,369   6,393   6,504   6,487   6,576
    General building contractors........ 1,358.1 1,409.8 1,399.1 1,417.5   1,429   1,450   1,454   1,474   1,478   1,488
    Heavy construction, except building.   761.6   760.5   754.6   796.6     864     870     878     900     883     900
    Special trade contractors........... 3,686.2 3,848.2 3,824.9 3,929.1   3,939   4,049   4,061   4,130   4,126   4,188
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,427  18,274  18,268  18,286  18,503  18,361  18,361  18,376  18,364  18,359
      Production workers................  12,666  12,540  12,547  12,560  12,714  12,613  12,613  12,627  12,614  12,606
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  10,991  10,934  10,930  10,956  11,014  10,954  10,960  10,973  10,973  10,978
      Production workers................   7,522   7,472   7,481   7,499   7,527   7,487   7,485   7,505   7,508   7,505
    Lumber and wood products............   813.4   817.8   817.1   816.2     827     829     828     827     831     829
    Furniture and fixtures..............   535.9   543.7   544.8   546.6     535     544     543     543     545     546
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   556.4   557.4   555.8   563.1     569     571     574     577     574     576
    Primary metal industries............   693.1   688.0   686.9   687.7     693     686     687     686     687     688
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   222.7   221.6   220.3   221.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,488.5 1,492.2 1,493.4 1,496.4   1,490   1,489   1,489   1,491   1,493   1,496
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,144.1 2,115.8 2,117.2 2,114.5   2,139   2,118   2,120   2,115   2,116   2,110
      Computer and office equipment.....   359.1   355.6   353.1   351.4     360     358     359     357     356     354
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,658.4 1,669.6 1,675.6 1,676.4   1,659   1,661   1,664   1,671   1,679   1,677
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   636.9   646.7   650.8   652.7     636     643     645     647     652     653
    Transportation equipment............ 1,874.4 1,836.0 1,823.9 1,836.9   1,873   1,834   1,831   1,841   1,828   1,835
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   994.1 1,005.6 1,009.1 1,009.2     992   1,000   1,001   1,010   1,014   1,010
      Aircraft and parts................   509.7   464.7   447.2   459.4     511     467     464     463     447     460
    Instruments and related products....   843.1   828.1   828.8   830.5     844     833     833     830     830     832
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   383.8   385.7   386.4   387.4     385     389     391     392     390     389
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,436   7,340   7,338   7,330   7,489   7,407   7,401   7,403   7,391   7,381
      Production workers................   5,144   5,068   5,066   5,061   5,187   5,126   5,128   5,122   5,106   5,101
    Food and kindred products........... 1,654.0 1,650.9 1,645.0 1,641.2   1,693   1,686   1,686   1,689   1,678   1,677
    Tobacco products....................    38.1    39.9    39.0    34.3      39      39      38      38      38      35
    Textile mill products...............   569.3   547.2   547.1   547.4     571     553     551     549     550     550
    Apparel and other textile products..   700.3   648.7   651.0   651.9     702     663     662     657     656     655
    Paper and allied products...........   659.7   652.5   651.2   648.7     662     655     655     654     653     651
    Printing and publishing............. 1,553.7 1,547.4 1,547.5 1,549.1   1,557   1,549   1,547   1,550   1,551   1,552
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,034.6 1,029.1 1,031.3 1,031.5   1,037   1,033   1,030   1,034   1,035   1,033
    Petroleum and coal products.........   135.4   131.5   131.6   132.5     139     136     135     136     136     136
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,015.4 1,021.7 1,024.3 1,022.7   1,014   1,022   1,026   1,025   1,024   1,022
    Leather and leather products........    75.4    70.7    69.9    70.2      75      71      71      71      70      70
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing1...................... 102,094 103,325 103,989 104,786 102,528 104,332 104,615 104,882 104,916 105,244
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,685   6,828   6,830   6,867   6,732   6,862   6,897   6,902   6,892   6,919
    Transportation......................   4,336   4,439   4,439   4,471   4,378   4,474   4,501   4,507   4,493   4,517
      Railroad transportation...........   232.4   222.3   221.4   222.8     235     226     227     226     225     225
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   491.4   498.9   501.5   506.1     476     487     487     491     490     492
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,758.9 1,805.9 1,799.9 1,814.0   1,796   1,839   1,845   1,849   1,840   1,851
      Water transportation..............   171.1   172.9   174.4   174.9     177     180     182     181     183     182
      Transportation by air............. 1,206.7 1,258.6 1,260.3 1,268.3   1,218   1,257   1,273   1,277   1,271   1,281
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.7    12.9    12.8    12.8      14      13      13      13      13      13
      Transportation services...........   461.9   467.6   468.4   472.0     462     472     474     470     471     473
    Communications and public utilities.   2,349   2,389   2,391   2,396   2,354   2,388   2,396   2,395   2,399   2,402
      Communications.................... 1,503.5 1,550.3 1,555.5 1,562.2   1,506   1,546   1,553   1,552   1,560   1,565
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   845.8   838.2   835.3   834.0     848     842     843     843     839     837
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,909   7,049   7,062   7,095   6,947   7,070   7,088   7,108   7,119   7,136
    Durable goods.......................   4,091   4,187   4,197   4,212   4,103   4,194   4,204   4,211   4,218   4,227
    Nondurable goods....................   2,818   2,862   2,865   2,883   2,844   2,876   2,884   2,897   2,901   2,909
  Retail trade..........................  22,174  22,627  22,447  22,557  22,611  22,902  22,973  23,018  22,996  22,999
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies.........................   949.8   960.9   961.2   997.0     982   1,004   1,007   1,012   1,018   1,031
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,688.7 2,809.0 2,672.3 2,659.2   2,794   2,753   2,793   2,798   2,773   2,757
      Department stores................. 2,396.0 2,501.1 2,376.7 2,363.9   2,489   2,450   2,479   2,477   2,467   2,449
    Food stores......................... 3,443.6 3,464.3 3,446.7 3,433.5   3,490   3,480   3,482   3,481   3,480   3,479
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,370.0 2,412.4 2,408.8 2,430.5   2,392   2,424   2,432   2,445   2,439   2,452
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,066.7 1,092.5 1,097.8 1,104.8   1,069   1,096   1,097   1,100   1,103   1,108
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,129.8 1,187.9 1,152.9 1,150.7   1,167   1,198   1,177   1,178   1,191   1,187
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,060.6 1,111.8 1,102.2 1,102.8   1,070   1,095   1,102   1,102   1,106   1,112
    Eating and drinking places.......... 7,663.1 7,658.1 7,713.8 7,827.6   7,785   7,943   7,986   7,987   7,973   7,958
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,868.3 3,022.5 2,988.8 2,955.8   2,931   3,005   2,994   3,015   3,016   3,023
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,547   7,623   7,631   7,637   7,595   7,675   7,685   7,685   7,696   7,685
    Finance.............................   3,681   3,714   3,715   3,712   3,690   3,723   3,727   3,726   3,728   3,721
      Depository institutions........... 2,045.1 2,037.1 2,032.5 2,033.0   2,051   2,044   2,040   2,040   2,039   2,037
        Commercial banks................ 1,463.5 1,456.6 1,452.6 1,453.5   1,469   1,460   1,458   1,458   1,457   1,458
        Savings institutions............   257.6   250.3   248.8   247.2     258     254     252     251     250     247
      Nondepository institutions........   711.9   704.8   703.5   694.6     712     711     713     708     706     695
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   367.8   349.9   347.9   338.4     368     357     357     353     351     339
      Security and commodity brokers....   661.0   702.3   707.3   713.0     664     697     702     705     711     718
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   262.5   269.6   271.9   271.4     263     271     272     273     272     271
    Insurance...........................   2,388   2,404   2,405   2,405   2,392   2,411   2,416   2,406   2,412   2,408
      Insurance carriers................ 1,627.5 1,630.6 1,630.0 1,628.6   1,632   1,636   1,639   1,632   1,636   1,632
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   760.0   773.1   774.8   776.0     760     775     777     774     776     776
    Real estate.........................   1,478   1,505   1,511   1,520   1,513   1,541   1,542   1,553   1,556   1,556
                                                                                                                        
  Services3.............................  38,297  38,916  39,326  39,697  38,556  39,554  39,657  39,804  39,826  39,976
    Agricultural services...............   663.5   666.2   664.3   712.3     747     774     765     788     783     801
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,715.4 1,699.4 1,713.3 1,744.0   1,789   1,812   1,807   1,800   1,805   1,820
    Personal services................... 1,260.1 1,275.6 1,298.0 1,296.0   1,200   1,214   1,225   1,231   1,228   1,234
    Business services................... 8,829.5 9,184.2 9,225.9 9,333.7   8,963   9,336   9,392   9,416   9,423   9,471
      Services to buildings.............   966.7   986.3   992.0 1,005.8     973   1,003   1,000     999   1,005   1,013
      Personnel supply services......... 3,235.5 3,350.3 3,349.7 3,424.9   3,343   3,501   3,513   3,505   3,516   3,535
        Help supply services............ 2,864.0 2,960.2 2,951.6 3,017.5   2,967   3,097   3,108   3,100   3,109   3,122
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,738.5 1,849.8 1,859.8 1,869.7   1,734   1,829   1,842   1,852   1,859   1,867
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,173.8 1,188.3 1,198.8 1,198.3   1,176   1,197   1,198   1,202   1,205   1,199
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   389.6   398.1   400.9   404.1     393     400     405     403     406     408
    Motion pictures.....................   582.0   607.2   610.9   612.6     580     613     609     616     610     612
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,514.9 1,503.0 1,544.7 1,601.0   1,660   1,734   1,725   1,759   1,759   1,760
    Health services..................... 9,918.8 10024.8 10031.5 10057.0   9,932  10,026  10,038  10,057  10,060  10,072
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,845.7 1,891.0 1,893.1 1,903.4   1,850   1,885   1,886   1,895   1,899   1,908
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,750.2 1,754.3 1,755.2 1,759.7   1,754   1,756   1,759   1,760   1,761   1,763
      Hospitals......................... 3,957.9 3,984.4 3,982.9 3,986.9   3,963   3,978   3,985   3,992   3,989   3,991
      Home health care services.........   652.0   650.6   652.3   651.4     653     658     659     658     656     652
    Legal services......................   989.5 1,010.5 1,008.1 1,009.5     995   1,012   1,015   1,017   1,014   1,015
    Educational services................ 2,385.8 2,243.9 2,437.3 2,468.5   2,243   2,298   2,304   2,297   2,300   2,321
    Social services..................... 2,752.4 2,848.0 2,871.7 2,900.4   2,744   2,840   2,850   2,872   2,875   2,890
      Child day care services...........   642.2   660.2   667.2   678.0     627     646     650     657     655     661
      Residential care..................   768.5   797.7   803.6   807.8     769     796     801     803     807     809
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................    88.9    87.8    87.4    91.1      95      96      95      96      95      97
    Membership organizations............ 2,378.7 2,382.2 2,396.5 2,405.5   2,392   2,411   2,418   2,420   2,419   2,419
    Engineering and management services. 3,361.5 3,499.9 3,539.5 3,567.6   3,354   3,496   3,515   3,532   3,546   3,560
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   923.3   959.9   963.5   968.2     933     959     964     973     977     978
      Management and public relations... 1,117.7 1,201.7 1,210.5 1,219.1   1,123   1,196   1,213   1,220   1,219   1,226
    Services, nec.......................    54.7    59.2    59.5    58.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government1...........................  20,482  20,282  20,693  20,933  20,087  20,269  20,315  20,365  20,387  20,529
    Federal1............................   2,697   2,644   2,689   2,799   2,710   2,648   2,645   2,665   2,703   2,809
      Federal, except Postal Service1... 1,824.5 1,780.2 1,827.4 1,938.8   1,831   1,780   1,780   1,799   1,837   1,944
    State...............................   4,800   4,643   4,823   4,854   4,680   4,729   4,730   4,727   4,726   4,728
      Education......................... 2,086.1 1,908.7 2,079.6 2,109.7   1,948   1,967   1,969   1,967   1,963   1,966
      Other State government............ 2,714.3 2,733.9 2,742.9 2,744.7   2,732   2,762   2,761   2,760   2,763   2,762
    Local...............................  12,985  12,995  13,181  13,280  12,697  12,892  12,940  12,973  12,958  12,992
      Education......................... 7,592.4 7,523.8 7,697.6 7,759.2   7,200   7,318   7,351   7,365   7,349   7,362
      Other local government............ 5,392.3 5,470.8 5,483.0 5,520.8   5,497   5,574   5,589   5,608   5,609   5,630

  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, and 189,000 in January, February, and March 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                                                                                                
                                           Mar.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                           1999    2000   2000p   2000p    1999    1999    1999    2000   2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.2    34.4    34.2    34.2    34.5    34.5    34.5    34.6    34.5    34.5 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.5    40.8    40.8    40.8    40.8    41.3    40.9    41.1    41.4    41.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   42.2    44.3    44.1    43.7    42.9    44.2    44.2    44.9    44.6    44.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   37.7    38.3    38.7    38.7    38.5    40.0    38.9    39.4    40.0    39.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.4    41.6    41.5    41.5    41.5    41.7    41.6    41.7    41.8    41.6 
      Overtime hours....................    4.4     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.6     4.7     4.8     4.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   42.0    42.2    42.1    42.1    42.0    42.2    42.1    42.3    42.4    42.3 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     4.7     4.7     4.7     4.6     4.7     4.8     4.8     4.9     4.8 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.8    40.7    40.4    40.4    41.2    41.1    40.9    41.1    41.0    40.8 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   40.0    40.1    39.8    40.1    40.3    39.9    40.0    40.2    40.4    40.4 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   42.2    42.4    42.4    42.4    42.9    43.9    43.3    43.6    43.5    43.2 
    Primary metal industries............   43.9    44.6    44.4    44.1    43.9    44.3    44.4    44.5    44.5    44.2 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   43.9    45.3    45.3    44.5    43.9    45.3    45.5    45.1    45.5    44.6 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.8    42.3    42.2    42.1    42.1    42.1    41.9    42.3    42.5    42.4 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.1    42.5    42.4    42.5    41.9    42.2    42.2    42.5    42.4    42.4 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   40.8    41.6    41.4    41.6    41.0    41.4    41.2    41.4    41.6    41.8 
    Transportation equipment............   43.9    43.7    43.9    43.8    43.7    43.5    43.3    43.7    44.0    43.7 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   45.1    44.9    45.0    45.0    44.7    44.7    44.4    45.1    45.1    44.7 
    Instruments and related products....   41.4    41.4    41.3    41.0    41.2    41.5    41.6    41.2    41.2    40.9 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   40.0    39.1    39.4    39.6    39.8    39.6    39.9    39.4    39.6    39.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.6    40.7    40.6    40.5    40.8    41.0    40.9    40.9    41.0    40.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.2     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.4     4.4     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.3 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   41.1    41.3    40.9    40.7    41.7    41.9    41.6    41.6    41.5    41.3 
    Tobacco products....................   38.1    39.1    39.3    38.7    38.8    42.8    43.5    40.4    40.7    39.6 
    Textile mill products...............   40.3    40.9    41.3    41.4    40.4    41.2    41.2    40.9    41.8    41.5 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.4    37.2    37.6    37.7    37.4    37.3    37.4    37.6    37.8    37.7 
    Paper and allied products...........   43.4    43.4    43.0    42.9    43.7    43.5    43.2    43.3    43.5    43.2 
    Printing and publishing.............   37.9    37.9    37.9    38.1    37.9    38.3    38.2    38.3    38.2    38.1 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.8    42.9    42.5    42.4    42.8    43.1    43.1    43.0    42.7    42.4 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.7    43.3    43.7    43.8    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.8    41.4    41.4    41.3    41.8    41.5    41.3    41.7    41.6    41.3 
    Leather and leather products........   37.6    36.9    37.5    37.6    37.7    37.6    36.8    37.5    38.1    37.8 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.6    32.8    32.6    32.6    32.8    32.8    32.9    32.9    32.8    32.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.8    38.2    38.2    38.0    39.1    38.2    38.5    38.4    38.4    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.2    38.5    38.2    38.2    38.4    38.4    38.5    38.6    38.4    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.6    28.5    28.5    28.6    29.0    28.9    29.1    29.2    29.0    29.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.0    36.7    36.0    36.0    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.4    32.7    32.6    32.5    32.6    32.8    32.7    32.7    32.7    32.7 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            Mar.      Jan.     Feb.      Mar.       Mar.      Jan.     Feb.      Mar.  
                                            1999      2000     2000p     2000p      1999      2000     2000p     2000p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.12    $13.58    $13.59    $13.62    $448.70   $467.15   $464.78   $465.80 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.11     13.49     13.55     13.60     452.30    466.75    467.48    469.20 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   14.53     15.04     15.05     15.13     588.47    613.63    614.04    617.30 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.01     17.24     17.15     17.22     717.82    763.73    756.32    752.51 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   16.79     17.34     17.37     17.47     632.98    664.12    672.22    676.09 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   13.73     14.19     14.19     14.24     568.42    590.30    588.89    590.96 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.20     14.72     14.73     14.78     596.40    621.18    620.13    622.24 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.31     11.66     11.61     11.64     461.45    474.56    469.04    470.26 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.10     11.46     11.50     11.57     444.00    459.55    457.70    463.96 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.70     13.98     13.99     14.05     578.14    592.75    593.18    595.72 
    Primary metal industries............   15.53     16.22     16.29     16.42     681.77    723.41    723.28    724.12 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   18.56     19.23     19.39     19.80     814.78    871.12    878.37    881.10 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.33     13.69     13.65     13.69     557.19    579.09    576.03    576.35 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   14.81     15.39     15.39     15.38     623.50    654.08    652.54    653.65 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.27     13.74     13.71     13.77     541.42    571.58    567.59    572.83 
    Transportation equipment............   17.66     18.64     18.65     18.76     775.27    814.57    818.74    821.69 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   17.98     19.07     19.11     19.21     810.90    856.24    859.95    864.45 
    Instruments and related products....   13.97     14.38     14.41     14.49     578.36    595.33    595.13    594.09 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.19     11.54     11.56     11.55     447.60    451.21    455.46    457.38 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.03     13.39     13.38     13.42     529.02    544.97    543.23    543.51 
    Food and kindred products...........   11.93     12.24     12.25     12.33     490.32    505.51    501.03    501.83 
    Tobacco products....................   19.33     17.16     17.32     18.54     736.47    670.96    680.68    717.50 
    Textile mill products...............   10.62     10.84     10.84     10.86     427.99    443.36    447.69    449.60 
    Apparel and other textile products..    8.78      9.02      9.01      9.05     328.37    335.54    338.78    341.19 
    Paper and allied products...........   15.78     16.05     16.03     16.08     684.85    696.57    689.29    689.83 
    Printing and publishing.............   13.73     14.10     14.13     14.19     520.37    534.39    535.53    540.64 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.18     17.81     17.80     17.78     735.30    764.05    756.50    753.87 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.59     21.68     22.03     22.30     943.48    938.74    962.71    976.74 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.20     12.55     12.53     12.52     509.96    519.57    518.74    517.08 
    Leather and leather products........    9.55      9.99      9.87      9.96     359.08    368.63    370.13    374.50 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   12.67     13.13     13.14     13.15     413.04    430.66    428.36    428.69 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   15.51     15.95     16.06     16.04     601.79    609.29    613.49    609.52 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.34     15.06     14.96     14.94     547.79    579.81    571.47    570.71 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.00      9.33      9.34      9.36     257.40    265.91    266.19    267.70 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.53     14.97     14.91     14.94     523.08    549.40    536.76    537.84 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.33     13.81     13.81     13.83     431.89    451.59    450.21    449.48 

  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  
                                    Mar.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     change  
            Industry                1999     1999     1999     2000     2000p    2000p    from:   
                                                                                        Feb. 2000-
                                                                                        Mar. 2000 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.11   $13.40   $13.44   $13.49   $13.55   $13.60      0.4   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.86     7.86     7.87     7.88     7.88     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    14.61    14.99    15.03    15.10    15.18    15.23       .3   
    Mining......................    17.00    16.93    17.01    17.01    17.06    17.19       .8   
    Construction................    16.92    17.31    17.42    17.44    17.55    17.61       .3   
    Manufacturing...............    13.71    14.06    14.09    14.15    14.21    14.24       .2   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.00    13.32    13.35    13.42    13.45    13.50       .4   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    12.63    12.90    12.95    12.98    13.04    13.09       .4   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    15.53    15.81    15.94    15.87    16.02    16.07       .3   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.42    14.81    14.88    14.99    14.95    15.01       .4   
    Retail trade................     8.98     9.20     9.26     9.26     9.31     9.34       .3   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.51    14.73    14.75    14.88    14.84    14.92       .5   
    Services....................    13.27    13.55    13.60    13.64    13.70    13.75       .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 .0 percent from January 2000 to February 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                                                                                                
                                          Mar.   Jan.    Feb.     Mar.    Mar.   Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.     Mar.  
                                          1999   2000    2000p    2000p   1999   1999    1999    2000    2000p    2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  143.5  146.2   145.9    147.0   146.8  149.2   149.4   150.3   150.0    150.5 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  110.5  111.4   111.3    112.3   114.2  115.5   114.5   116.2   116.2    116.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   48.6   49.6    49.2     49.0    50.5   50.4    50.8    51.4    51.0     51.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  151.3  159.3   159.3    165.1   169.1  179.0   174.5   181.4   181.6    183.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  105.8  105.2   105.0    105.0   106.5  106.0   105.7   106.3   106.3    105.9 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  110.1  110.0   110.0    110.2   110.4  110.2   109.8   110.7   111.0    110.6 
    Lumber and wood products............  143.9  143.8   142.7    142.3   147.9  147.6   146.6   147.6   147.4    146.3 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  134.5  136.0   135.5    136.9   135.2  136.1   135.8   136.2   137.2    137.5 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  110.8  110.9   110.4    111.8   115.4  118.1   117.0   118.9   117.5    117.0 
    Primary metal industries............   89.9   91.0    90.5     90.1    90.0   90.0    90.4    90.6    90.8     90.3 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   68.0   70.2    69.9     69.0    68.2   69.9    70.2    70.0    70.2     69.3 
    Fabricated metal products...........  116.3  117.9   117.6    117.8   117.0  116.9   116.5   117.8   118.6    118.6 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  105.6  105.0   105.2    105.1   104.4  103.7   103.8   104.6   104.9    104.4 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  104.8  106.5   106.2    107.0   105.1  105.8   105.0   106.0   106.6    107.6 
    Transportation equipment............  126.4  123.8   124.6    124.6   125.3  122.7   122.2   124.4   125.1    123.7 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  165.1  167.0   167.9    167.8   162.7  165.0   164.1   169.4   169.1    166.1 
    Instruments and related products....   75.4   73.8    73.5     73.0    74.7   75.1    74.5    73.5    73.1     72.7 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  100.4   97.9    98.8     99.5   100.0  100.3   101.8   100.5   100.3     99.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   99.9   98.5    98.2     98.0   101.2  100.4   100.1   100.2   100.0     99.3 
    Food and kindred products...........  114.0  114.2   112.6    111.8   118.8  119.0   118.3   118.3   116.9    116.2 
    Tobacco products....................   54.0   55.6    54.3     45.2    55.7   57.3    58.2    52.0    54.4     47.1 
    Textile mill products...............   80.7   78.5    79.3     79.5    81.1   80.1    79.8    78.9    80.6     80.0 
    Apparel and other textile products..   61.3   56.2    57.2     57.4    61.5   57.7    57.7    57.7    57.9     57.7 
    Paper and allied products...........  105.6  104.9   103.7    103.1   107.0  105.4   105.1   104.9   105.4    104.5 
    Printing and publishing.............  121.7  120.5   120.6    121.5   121.9  122.0   121.4   121.8   121.8    121.8 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  101.8  102.9   102.1    102.1   101.8  103.2   103.4   103.7   102.6    102.2 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   74.1   66.2    65.4     65.2    76.4   72.4    72.0    70.0    68.6     67.3 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  148.9  149.6   149.8    149.2   148.8  149.4   149.5   150.9   150.5    149.1 
    Leather and leather products........   32.5   29.2    29.1     29.3    32.4   30.0    29.4    30.0    29.9     29.6 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  158.3  161.8   161.5    162.6   161.5  164.4   165.0   165.6   165.2    165.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  131.6  132.1   132.2    132.3   133.8  132.7   134.0   134.5   134.2    134.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  129.8  133.0   132.1    132.9   131.3  133.2   134.0   134.7   134.2    135.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  136.8  139.6   138.2    139.3   141.9  143.3   144.7   145.5   144.4    145.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  137.4  140.9   138.4    138.2   139.3  139.7   140.6   140.7   139.6    140.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  196.1  201.0   202.2    204.1   198.8  205.0   204.8   205.5   205.7    206.5 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   49.6    64.9    59.4    55.1    61.9    60.8    57.0    62.5    57.3    63.5    59.7    61.2 
     1997..............   56.2    61.0    61.9    62.8    58.8    56.3    60.7    61.0    59.4    65.4    63.6    62.1 
     1998..............   63.8    57.9    58.8    60.5    55.9    57.9    58.0    55.8    54.6    52.9    59.1    58.6 
     1999..............   54.4    58.3    52.1    58.8    51.5    57.0    57.6    50.0    55.1    57.2    57.9    57.7 
     2000..............   57.7   p52.5   p57.9                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   62.6    62.5    63.3    63.1    63.1    64.3    64.3    62.2    64.6    64.2    66.2    63.2 
     1997..............   63.8    63.6    67.7    67.3    62.6    61.7    61.4    66.2    67.3    69.9    70.8    71.2 
     1998..............   66.7    66.2    64.5    63.9    61.4    58.7    60.0    58.4    57.6    57.6    59.0    60.4 
     1999..............   60.7    55.9    59.6    54.6    56.3    56.2    56.2    59.0    57.4    59.6    60.8    60.5 
     2000..............  p59.7   p60.7                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   62.6    65.2    64.5    65.2    64.7    64.6    67.0    65.4    65.9    66.7    66.9    66.7 
     1997..............   67.4    68.3    65.6    67.0    65.6    64.9    66.3    68.4    69.7    71.3    71.3    71.9 
     1998..............   70.6    66.9    65.9    62.4    62.6    61.1    58.0    59.8    60.0    60.8    60.8    58.0 
     1999..............   61.1    58.8    57.3    59.0    55.2    57.4    56.9    61.5    61.0    59.7   p61.4   p62.2 
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    68.7    66.9 
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    69.7    69.8    71.3 
     1998..............   70.4    68.3    67.1    64.0    62.1    61.7    61.8    63.8    59.8    59.0    59.3    58.6 
     1999..............   60.1    57.3    57.0    57.6    58.7    59.0    58.8   p57.9   p61.0                         
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   42.4    55.4    46.8    41.0    55.8    51.4    47.1    56.5    48.9    55.0    50.7    54.0 
     1997..............   50.0    52.9    53.6    56.1    52.2    53.2    51.1    55.4    53.6    62.2    61.2    55.4 
     1998..............   58.6    51.8    50.4    50.4    40.6    46.8    40.3    45.3    42.1    36.3    39.9    45.0 
     1999..............   40.3    42.4    39.6    44.6    36.3    45.3    57.2    38.5    42.8    48.9    50.7    49.3 
     2000..............   51.1   p47.8   p47.5                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   46.8    46.0    43.5    46.0    48.2    51.1    51.8    49.6    53.2    52.5    55.0    50.7 
     1997..............   51.8    51.4    57.6    56.8    54.3    51.8    53.6    55.4    59.7    68.3    65.8    64.4 
     1998..............   59.4    57.9    51.8    44.2    41.7    34.9    37.4    37.1    38.1    34.2    35.6    35.3 
     1999..............   37.4    31.7    37.1    30.2    33.8    43.9    43.2    44.6    38.5    46.4    50.0    50.4 
     2000..............  p48.6   p49.3                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   41.4    46.0    45.7    47.1    46.0    48.6    52.9    50.4    51.8    51.4    52.5    51.8 
     1997..............   54.7    54.0    51.4    54.3    52.5    52.2    55.4    61.2    61.5    64.7    66.2    65.1 
     1998..............   59.7    49.3    48.2    36.7    36.7    36.7    28.4    31.3    33.5    35.3    32.7    28.1 
     1999..............   33.1    29.1    28.1    36.0    30.9    34.5    36.3    44.6    45.7    41.4   p47.1   p48.2 
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.3    50.7 
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.5    55.4    57.2 
     1998..............   54.0    49.3    46.0    40.6    35.6    33.8    30.9    32.0    26.6    26.6    25.5    26.3 
     1999..............   32.7    25.9    28.4    29.5    29.9    31.7    34.9   p33.5   p38.8                         
     2000..............                                                                                                

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.