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                        EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JULY 2007
     
     
   Nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend up (+92,000) in July, and the
unemployment rate (4.6 percent) was essentially unchanged, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Employment grew in
several service-providing industries.  Average hourly earnings rose by 6 cents,
or 0.3 percent.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons (7.1 million) and the unemployment 
rate (4.6 percent) were about unchanged in July.  The jobless rate has ranged 
from 4.4 to 4.6 percent since September 2006.  In July, the unemployment rates 
for adult men (4.2 percent), teenagers (15.2 percent), whites (4.2 percent), 
blacks (8.0 percent), and Hispanics (5.9 percent) were little changed.  The un-
employment rate for adult women edged up to 4.1 percent.  The unemployment rate 
for Asians was 3.0 percent, not seasonally adjusted.  (See tables A-1, A-2,
and A-3.)
   
   The number of persons unemployed 27 weeks and over rose by 188,000 to 1.3
million in July.  This group accounted for 18.4 percent of total unemployment,
up from 16.2 percent in June.  (See table A-9.)
   
   The number of persons unemployed due to job loss rose by 253,000 in July.
This group accounted for 50.9 percent of the unemployed, up from 48.7 percent 
a month earlier.  (See table A-8.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In July, total employment (146.1 million) and the civilian labor force (153.2
million) were little changed.  The employment-population ratio (63.0 percent) was 
about unchanged, and the labor force participation rate held at 66.1 percent.  (See 
table A-1.)
   
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Nearly 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached
to the labor force in July, down by 146,000 from a year earlier.  These individuals 
wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime during the prior 
12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work 
in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  Among the marginally attached, there were 367,000 
discouraged workers in July, about the same number as a year earlier.  Discouraged work-
ers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were 
available for them.  The remaining 1.0 million persons marginally attached to the labor 
force in July had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons 
such as school attendance and family responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)
   

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
_______________________________________________________________________________
                         |                 |                          |        
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |        
                         |     averages    |       Monthly data       |        
                         |_________________|__________________________|  June- 
        Category         |                 |                          |  July  
                         |       2007      |          2007            | change 
                         |_________________|__________________________|        
                         |        |        |        |        |        |        
                         |    I   |   II   |   May  |  June  |  July  |        
 ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |                                                     
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status                  
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |        
Civilian labor force ....| 152,912| 152,807| 152,762| 153,072| 153,231|    159 
  Employment ............| 146,044| 145,956| 145,943| 146,140| 146,110|    -30 
  Unemployment ..........|   6,869|   6,851|   6,819|   6,933|   7,121|    188 
Not in labor force ......|  77,927|  78,675|  78,718|  78,641|  78,727|     86 
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |                                                     
                         |                 Unemployment rates                  
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |        
All workers .............|     4.5|     4.5|     4.5|     4.5|     4.6|    0.1 
  Adult men .............|     4.1|     4.0|     4.0|     4.1|     4.2|     .1 
  Adult women ...........|     3.9|     3.9|     3.8|     3.9|     4.1|     .2 
  Teenagers .............|    14.8|    15.6|    15.7|    15.8|    15.2|    -.6 
  White .................|     4.0|     4.0|     3.9|     4.0|     4.2|     .2 
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |        
    American ............|     8.1|     8.4|     8.5|     8.5|     8.0|    -.5 
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |        
    ethnicity ...........|     5.4|     5.6|     5.8|     5.7|     5.9|     .2 
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |                                                     
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment                      
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |        
Nonfarm employment.......| 137,447|p137,883| 137,904|p138,030|p138,122|     p92
  Goods-producing (1)....|  22,505| p22,448|  22,446| p22,439| p22,427|    p-12
    Construction ........|   7,684|  p7,664|   7,659|  p7,662|  p7,650|    p-12
    Manufacturing .......|  14,111| p14,066|  14,069| p14,056| p14,054|     p-2
  Service-providing (1)..| 114,942|p115,435| 115,458|p115,591|p115,695|    p104
      Retail trade (2)...|  15,375| p15,384|  15,395| p15,381| p15,380|     p-1
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |        
      business services .|  17,826| p17,884|  17,893| p17,900| p17,926|     p26
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |        
      services ..........|  18,143| p18,299|  18,293| p18,357| p18,396|     P39
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |        
      hospitality .......|  13,423| p13,529|  13,537| p13,570| P13,592|     p22
    Government ..........|  22,170| p22,240|  22,236| p22,255| p22,227|    p-28
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |                                                     
                         |                  Hours of work (3)                  
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |        
Total private ...........|    33.8|   p33.8|    33.8|   p33.9|   p33.8|   p-0.1
  Manufacturing .........|    41.0|   p41.2|    41.1|   p41.3|   p41.3|     p.0
    Overtime ............|     4.2|    p4.2|     4.1|    p4.2|    p4.2|     p.0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |                                                     
                         |   Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)   
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |        
Total private ...........|   106.8|  p107.4|   107.3|  p107.8|  p107.7|   p-0.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |                                                     
                         |                     Earnings (3)                    
                         |_____________________________________________________
Average hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |        
  total private .........|  $17.16| p$17.32|  $17.32| p$17.39| p$17.45|  p$0.06
Average weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |        
  total private .........|  579.90| p586.00|  585.42| p589.52| p589.81|    p.29
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________

   1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded
data.
   3 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.
   p = preliminary.


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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Total payroll employment continued to trend up in July (+92,000), reaching 138.1 mil-
lion, seasonally adjusted.  Thus far in 2007, employment has increased by an average of 
136,000 per month, compared with an average monthly gain of 189,000 in 2006.  Over the 
month, employment rose in several service-providing industries and changed little in the 
goods-producing industries.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Health care employment grew by 36,000 in July, with gains of 9,000 jobs each in offices 
of physicians and in hospitals and 8,000 in home health care.  Over the year, health care 
employment has expanded by 377,000.  Employment in social assistance continued to trend up 
in July; the industry has added 99,000 jobs over the past 12 months.
   
   In financial activities, employment rose by 27,000 in July.  Credit intermediation and 
related activities added 11,000 jobs over the month, offsetting a decline of a similar mag-
nitude in June.  Over the month, employment continued to grow in insurance carriers and re-
lated activities (+6,000) and in securities, commodity contracts, and investments (+4,000). 
Over the year, these industries have added 42,000 and 32,000 jobs, respectively.
   
   Employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in July (+22,000). 
Job growth in this industry has averaged 29,000 per month in 2007, about the same as the 
average monthly increase in 2006.  Over the month, wholesale trade employment continued to 
increase, while retail trade employment was unchanged.
   
   Within professional and business services, computer systems design and related services 
continued to grow, adding 15,000 jobs over the month.  Business support services employment 
also rose in July (+9,000).  Temporary help services employment continued to trend down 
(-7,000); this industry has lost 52,000 jobs so far in 2007.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, employment changed little in both manufacturing and con-
struction in July.  Manufacturing has lost 175,000 jobs over the past 12 months.  Since its 
most recent peak in September, employment in construction has fallen by 75,000.
   
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   In July, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private non-
farm payrolls decreased by 0.1 hour to 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted.  Average weekly 
hours and overtime hours for factory workers were unchanged over the month.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on private 
nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.1 percent in July to 107.7 (2002=100).  The manufacturing index 
was unchanged.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm pay-
rolls increased by 6 cents, or 0.3 percent, in July to $17.45, seasonally adjusted.  This 
increase followed gains of 7 cents in both May and June.  Average weekly earnings were lit-
tle changed over the month at $589.81.  Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 3.9 
percent while weekly earnings rose by 3.6 percent.  (See table B-3.)

                         ______________________________
   
 
 The Employment Situation for August 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday, 
 September 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
   
   
   
   
   

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     Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates


Why are there two monthly measures of employment?

   The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based
estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations.  The estab-
lishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the mea-
surement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its
much larger sample size.  An over-the-month employment change of 104,000 is
statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for
a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000.
However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment
survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricul-
tural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the estab-
lishment survey.  The household survey also provides estimates of employment
for demographic groups.


Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?

   Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the
legal status of workers.  Thus, while it is likely that both surveys include
at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how many
are counted in either survey.  The household survey does include questions about
whether respondents were born outside the United States.  Data from these ques-
tions show that foreign-born workers accounted for about 15 percent of the labor
force in 2006 and about 47 percent of the net increase in the labor force from
2000 to 2006.


Why does the establishment survey have revisions?

   The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data
series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the
time of the initial publication of the estimates.  The establishment survey
revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding
2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the
survey.  For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit
http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm.

   On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark
revision that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts
available from unemployment insurance tax records.  The benchmark helps to
control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates.  For more infor-
mation on the annual benchmark revision, please visit http://www.bls.gov/
web/cesbmart.htm.


Has the establishment survey understated employment growth because it excludes
the self-employed?

   While the establishment survey excludes the self-employed, the household
survey provides monthly estimates of unincorporated self-employment.  These
estimates have shown no substantial growth in recent years.


Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?

   Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of
business establishments with fewer than 20 employees.  The establishment survey
sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment
estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled
to achieve that goal.

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Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?

   Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account
for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths.  The ad-
justment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs im-
pact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net
impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment
and Wages.  The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this
purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into
the sample.  There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its
appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection.  BLS adds
new businesses to the survey twice a year.


Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving
unemployment insurance benefits?

   No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of
households.  All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and
available to work are included among the unemployed.  (People on temporary
layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.)  There is no
requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the
monthly survey.


Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for
work?

   Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force
who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no
jobs are available (discouraged workers).  In addition, alternative measures of
labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted
as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news release.





                                  - 7 -

Technical 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 informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds 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.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   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 establish-
ment 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, pro-
fession, 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.
                                  
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   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate 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-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  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 in-
dividuals  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.
 
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 ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions 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 ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal 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 ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
                                  - 9 -
 
   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently 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 di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  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 en-
tire 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 stand-
ard 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
430,000.  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 -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
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, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
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 esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 10 -
 
   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, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.6 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
   More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay-
able to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

   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                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   July      June      July      July      Mar.      Apr.      May       June      July  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                      TOTAL                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  228,912   231,713   231,958   228,912   231,034   231,253   231,480   231,713   231,958 
    Civilian labor force.......................  153,208   154,252   154,871   151,558   152,979   152,587   152,762   153,072   153,231 
          Participation rate...................     66.9      66.6      66.8      66.2      66.2      66.0      66.0      66.1      66.1 
      Employed.................................  145,606   146,958   147,315   144,330   146,254   145,786   145,943   146,140   146,110 
          Employment-population ratio..........     63.6      63.4      63.5      63.1      63.3      63.0      63.0      63.1      63.0 
      Unemployed...............................    7,602     7,295     7,556     7,228     6,724     6,801     6,819     6,933     7,121 
          Unemployment rate....................      5.0       4.7       4.9       4.8       4.4       4.5       4.5       4.5       4.6 
    Not in labor force.........................   75,704    77,460    77,087    77,354    78,055    78,666    78,718    78,641    78,727 
      Persons who currently want a job.........    5,006     5,288     4,900     4,890     4,511     4,773     4,928     4,898     4,782 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 16 years and over                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  110,657   112,093   112,222   110,657   111,733   111,849   111,970   112,093   112,222 
    Civilian labor force.......................   82,288    83,050    83,383    81,045    82,044    82,076    82,083    82,110    82,167 
          Participation rate...................     74.4      74.1      74.3      73.2      73.4      73.4      73.3      73.3      73.2 
      Employed.................................   78,469    79,150    79,542    77,176    78,344    78,344    78,323    78,281    78,292 
          Employment-population ratio..........     70.9      70.6      70.9      69.7      70.1      70.0      70.0      69.8      69.8 
      Unemployed...............................    3,819     3,900     3,841     3,869     3,701     3,732     3,760     3,829     3,875 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.6       4.7       4.6       4.8       4.5       4.5       4.6       4.7       4.7 
    Not in labor force.........................   28,369    29,043    28,839    29,612    29,689    29,773    29,887    29,983    30,055 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  102,187   103,477   103,598   102,187   103,143   103,248   103,361   103,477   103,598 
    Civilian labor force.......................   77,723    78,767    79,078    77,339    78,452    78,459    78,524    78,502    78,651 
          Participation rate...................     76.1      76.1      76.3      75.7      76.1      76.0      76.0      75.9      75.9 
      Employed.................................   74,682    75,759    75,947    74,105    75,323    75,313    75,380    75,312    75,362 
          Employment-population ratio..........     73.1      73.2      73.3      72.5      73.0      72.9      72.9      72.8      72.7 
      Unemployed...............................    3,041     3,008     3,131     3,234     3,129     3,146     3,144     3,190     3,289 
          Unemployment rate....................      3.9       3.8       4.0       4.2       4.0       4.0       4.0       4.1       4.2 
    Not in labor force.........................   24,464    24,710    24,521    24,848    24,691    24,789    24,837    24,975    24,948 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 16 years and over                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  118,255   119,620   119,736   118,255   119,300   119,403   119,510   119,620   119,736 
    Civilian labor force.......................   70,920    71,203    71,488    70,513    70,934    70,511    70,679    70,962    71,064 
          Participation rate...................     60.0      59.5      59.7      59.6      59.5      59.1      59.1      59.3      59.4 
      Employed.................................   67,137    67,808    67,773    67,154    67,911    67,442    67,620    67,859    67,819 
          Employment-population ratio..........     56.8      56.7      56.6      56.8      56.9      56.5      56.6      56.7      56.6 
      Unemployed...............................    3,783     3,395     3,715     3,359     3,024     3,069     3,059     3,104     3,245 
          Unemployment rate....................      5.3       4.8       5.2       4.8       4.3       4.4       4.3       4.4       4.6 
    Not in labor force.........................   47,335    48,418    48,248    47,742    48,366    48,893    48,831    48,658    48,672 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  110,026   111,259   111,367   110,026   110,964   111,057   111,157   111,259   111,367 
    Civilian labor force.......................   66,553    67,198    67,293    66,872    67,487    67,083    67,281    67,474    67,579 
          Participation rate...................     60.5      60.4      60.4      60.8      60.8      60.4      60.5      60.6      60.7 
      Employed.................................   63,430    64,473    64,184    64,029    64,912    64,502    64,701    64,855    64,808 
          Employment-population ratio..........     57.7      57.9      57.6      58.2      58.5      58.1      58.2      58.3      58.2 
      Unemployed...............................    3,123     2,724     3,110     2,843     2,576     2,581     2,580     2,619     2,771 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.7       4.1       4.6       4.3       3.8       3.8       3.8       3.9       4.1 
    Not in labor force.........................   43,473    44,061    44,073    43,154    43,477    43,974    43,875    43,785    43,788 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   16,700    16,977    16,993    16,700    16,927    16,948    16,962    16,977    16,993 
    Civilian labor force.......................    8,932     8,288     8,500     7,347     7,039     7,045     6,957     7,096     7,002 
          Participation rate...................     53.5      48.8      50.0      44.0      41.6      41.6      41.0      41.8      41.2 
      Employed.................................    7,494     6,725     7,184     6,197     6,019     5,970     5,862     5,972     5,940 
          Employment-population ratio..........     44.9      39.6      42.3      37.1      35.6      35.2      34.6      35.2      35.0 
      Unemployed...............................    1,438     1,563     1,316     1,151     1,020     1,075     1,095     1,124     1,062 
          Unemployment rate....................     16.1      18.9      15.5      15.7      14.5      15.3      15.7      15.8      15.2 
    Not in labor force.........................    7,768     8,690     8,493     9,352     9,888     9,903    10,005     9,881     9,991 
  
     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 2007, 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, and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
      Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                                              
                                                   July      June      July      July      Mar.      Apr.      May       June      July  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                     WHITE                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  186,329   188,148   188,312   186,329   187,704   187,843   187,993   188,148   188,312 
    Civilian labor force.......................  125,129   125,867   126,102   123,983   124,888   124,450   124,618   124,922   124,966 
        Participation rate.....................     67.2      66.9      67.0      66.5      66.5      66.3      66.3      66.4      66.4 
      Employed.................................  119,834   120,592   120,635   118,885   120,115   119,547   119,724   119,872   119,747 
        Employment-population ratio............     64.3      64.1      64.1      63.8      64.0      63.6      63.7      63.7      63.6 
      Unemployed...............................    5,295     5,276     5,468     5,098     4,773     4,904     4,893     5,050     5,219 
        Unemployment rate......................      4.2       4.2       4.3       4.1       3.8       3.9       3.9       4.0       4.2 
    Not in labor force.........................   61,200    62,280    62,210    62,346    62,817    63,393    63,375    63,226    63,346 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................   64,612    65,415    65,424    64,385    65,206    65,165    65,196    65,197    65,224 
        Participation rate.....................     76.5      76.6      76.6      76.2      76.6      76.5      76.4      76.4      76.3 
      Employed.................................   62,459    63,239    63,122    62,059    63,007    62,884    62,924    62,871    62,768 
        Employment-population ratio............     73.9      74.1      73.9      73.4      74.0      73.8      73.8      73.6      73.5 
      Unemployed...............................    2,154     2,176     2,302     2,326     2,199     2,282     2,272     2,326     2,456 
        Unemployment rate......................      3.3       3.3       3.5       3.6       3.4       3.5       3.5       3.6       3.8 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................   53,197    53,594    53,638    53,535    53,839    53,486    53,663    53,842    53,922 
        Participation rate.....................     59.8      59.7      59.7      60.2      60.1      59.7      59.8      60.0      60.0 
      Employed.................................   50,992    51,633    51,415    51,551    52,036    51,636    51,842    51,953    51,957 
        Employment-population ratio............     57.3      57.5      57.2      57.9      58.1      57.6      57.8      57.9      57.9 
      Unemployed...............................    2,205     1,961     2,223     1,984     1,803     1,851     1,821     1,889     1,965 
        Unemployment rate......................      4.1       3.7       4.1       3.7       3.3       3.5       3.4       3.5       3.6 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................    7,319     6,859     7,040     6,063     5,843     5,799     5,759     5,884     5,820 
        Participation rate.....................     56.9      52.6      53.9      47.1      44.9      44.5      44.2      45.1      44.6 
      Employed.................................    6,384     5,720     6,098     5,275     5,072     5,027     4,958     5,048     5,022 
        Employment-population ratio............     49.6      43.9      46.7      41.0      39.0      38.6      38.0      38.7      38.5 
      Unemployed...............................      936     1,139       942       788       771       772       800       836       797 
        Unemployment rate......................     12.8      16.6      13.4      13.0      13.2      13.3      13.9      14.2      13.7 
                                                                                                                                         
           BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   27,021    27,459    27,498    27,021    27,346    27,385    27,422    27,459    27,498 
    Civilian labor force.......................   17,672    17,681    17,895    17,369    17,436    17,510    17,433    17,493    17,645 
        Participation rate.....................     65.4      64.4      65.1      64.3      63.8      63.9      63.6      63.7      64.2 
      Employed.................................   15,809    16,091    16,307    15,731    15,988    16,065    15,946    16,005    16,229 
        Employment-population ratio............     58.5      58.6      59.3      58.2      58.5      58.7      58.2      58.3      59.0 
      Unemployed...............................    1,864     1,589     1,588     1,638     1,448     1,444     1,487     1,488     1,416 
        Unemployment rate......................     10.5       9.0       8.9       9.4       8.3       8.2       8.5       8.5       8.0 
    Not in labor force.........................    9,349     9,778     9,603     9,652     9,910     9,875     9,988     9,966     9,854 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................    7,800     7,829     8,039     7,736     7,804     7,860     7,788     7,816     7,987 
        Participation rate.....................     71.8      70.9      72.7      71.2      71.0      71.4      70.6      70.8      72.2 
      Employed.................................    7,082     7,198     7,423     7,056     7,103     7,201     7,146     7,144     7,383 
        Employment-population ratio............     65.2      65.2      67.1      64.9      64.6      65.4      64.8      64.7      66.7 
      Unemployed...............................      717       632       617       680       701       659       642       672       604 
        Unemployment rate......................      9.2       8.1       7.7       8.8       9.0       8.4       8.2       8.6       7.6 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................    8,766     8,866     8,896     8,756     8,832     8,798     8,832     8,858     8,880 
        Participation rate.....................     64.5      64.4      64.5      64.5      64.3      64.0      64.2      64.3      64.4 
      Employed.................................    8,024     8,276     8,217     8,075     8,285     8,273     8,234     8,298     8,274 
        Employment-population ratio............     59.1      60.1      59.6      59.5      60.4      60.2      59.8      60.2      60.0 
      Unemployed...............................      743       590       679       681       547       525       598       561       605 
        Unemployment rate......................      8.5       6.7       7.6       7.8       6.2       6.0       6.8       6.3       6.8 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................    1,107       985       960       877       800       852       814       819       778 
        Participation rate.....................     43.1      37.3      36.3      34.1      30.5      32.4      30.9      31.0      29.4 
      Employed.................................      703       618       667       600       600       591       567       564       572 
        Employment-population ratio............     27.3      23.4      25.2      23.3      22.9      22.5      21.5      21.4      21.6 
      Unemployed...............................      404       368       292       277       200       261       247       255       206 
        Unemployment rate......................     36.5      37.3      30.5      31.6      25.0      30.6      30.4      31.2      26.5 
                                                                                                                                         
                     ASIAN                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   10,180    10,617    10,640      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    Civilian labor force.......................    6,758     7,106     7,161      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     66.4      66.9      67.3      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................    6,573     6,887     6,949      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     64.6      64.9      65.3      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      185       220       212      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      2.7       3.1       3.0      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    Not in labor force.........................    3,422     3,511     3,479      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
  
     1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
  seasonally adjusted columns.
     2 Data not available.
     NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. 
  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
         Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                 
                                                   July      June      July      July      Mar.      Apr.      May       June      July  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
          HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   30,140    31,329    31,423    30,140    31,055    31,147    31,238    31,329    31,423 
    Civilian labor force.......................   20,798    21,552    21,752    20,667    21,390    21,445    21,425    21,404    21,602 
        Participation rate.....................     69.0      68.8      69.2      68.6      68.9      68.9      68.6      68.3      68.7 
      Employed.................................   19,699    20,365    20,454    19,580    20,288    20,284    20,189    20,191    20,331 
        Employment-population ratio............     65.4      65.0      65.1      65.0      65.3      65.1      64.6      64.4      64.7 
      Unemployed...............................    1,099     1,187     1,298     1,087     1,101     1,161     1,237     1,212     1,271 
        Unemployment rate......................      5.3       5.5       6.0       5.3       5.1       5.4       5.8       5.7       5.9 
    Not in labor force.........................    9,342     9,777     9,670     9,473     9,665     9,702     9,813     9,926     9,821 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................   11,822    12,324    12,419      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     84.1      84.3      84.7      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................   11,351    11,854    11,931      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     80.7      81.1      81.3      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      471       470       488      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      4.0       3.8       3.9      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................    7,718     8,060     8,170      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     58.1      58.5      59.2      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................    7,317     7,605     7,598      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     55.1      55.2      55.0      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      401       456       572      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      5.2       5.7       7.0      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................    1,258     1,168     1,163      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     44.9      39.8      39.5      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................    1,030       906       926      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     36.8      30.9      31.4      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      227       261       238      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................     18.1      22.4      20.4      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
  
     1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
  seasonally adjusted columns.
     2 Data not available.
     NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect
  revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
             Educational attainment                                                                                                      
                                                   July      June      July      July      Mar.      Apr.      May       June      July  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
         Less than a high school diploma                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   12,519    12,286    11,865    12,777    13,033    12,765    12,440    12,017    12,141 
      Participation rate.......................     46.2      46.0      46.7      47.1      47.2      46.5      45.9      45.0      47.8 
    Employed...................................   11,678    11,530    11,045    11,874    12,126    11,847    11,610    11,208    11,274 
      Employment-population ratio..............     43.1      43.1      43.5      43.8      43.9      43.1      42.9      41.9      44.4 
    Unemployed.................................      840       756       821       903       906       917       831       809       867 
      Unemployment rate........................      6.7       6.2       6.9       7.1       7.0       7.2       6.7       6.7       7.1 
                                                                                                                                         
      High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                              
  Civilian labor force.........................   37,845    38,093    37,798    38,409    38,610    38,319    38,103    38,277    38,447 
      Participation rate.......................     62.8      62.5      62.2      63.8      62.9      62.6      62.6      62.8      63.3 
    Employed...................................   36,161    36,599    36,093    36,700    37,042    36,758    36,383    36,721    36,743 
      Employment-population ratio..............     60.0      60.1      59.4      60.9      60.3      60.1      59.8      60.3      60.5 
    Unemployed.................................    1,684     1,494     1,705     1,709     1,568     1,562     1,720     1,556     1,703 
      Unemployment rate........................      4.5       3.9       4.5       4.4       4.1       4.1       4.5       4.1       4.4 
                                                                                                                                         
        Some college or associate degree                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   35,711    35,916    36,574    35,365    35,200    35,620    36,098    36,340    36,281 
      Participation rate.......................     72.1      72.0      72.0      71.4      71.6      72.2      72.8      72.8      71.4 
    Employed...................................   34,355    34,650    35,221    34,074    33,944    34,337    34,865    35,077    34,998 
      Employment-population ratio..............     69.3      69.4      69.3      68.8      69.1      69.6      70.3      70.3      68.9 
    Unemployed.................................    1,356     1,265     1,353     1,291     1,256     1,283     1,234     1,263     1,283 
      Unemployment rate........................      3.8       3.5       3.7       3.6       3.6       3.6       3.4       3.5       3.5 
                                                                                                                                         
        Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   42,469    43,977    44,295    42,783    43,660    43,567    44,052    44,254    44,474 
      Participation rate.......................     77.2      77.5      77.0      77.7      78.6      77.9      77.9      78.0      77.3 
    Employed...................................   41,497    43,080    43,239    41,904    42,858    42,773    43,191    43,380    43,540 
      Employment-population ratio..............     75.4      75.9      75.2      76.2      77.1      76.5      76.4      76.4      75.7 
    Unemployed.................................      972       897     1,056       879       801       793       861       874       934 
      Unemployment rate........................      2.3       2.0       2.4       2.1       1.8       1.8       2.0       2.0       2.1 
  
     1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
     2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  See box note in the BLS
  news release USDL 07-0486, "The Employment Situation: March 2007," issued on April 6, 2007, for a discussion of technical issues
  regarding educational attainment data.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
  
  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                    Category                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   July      June      July      July      Mar.      Apr.      May       June      July  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                 CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
  Agriculture and related industries...........    2,533     2,145     2,242     2,246     2,241     2,053     2,100     1,941     1,993 
    Wage and salary workers....................    1,568     1,312     1,328     1,354     1,327     1,205     1,224     1,155     1,157 
    Self-employed workers......................      943       813       872       886       897       858       845       775       823 
    Unpaid family workers......................       22        20        41      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries...................  143,073   144,813   145,073   142,166   144,032   143,687   143,815   144,122   144,159 
    Wage and salary workers....................  133,239   134,679   135,111   132,497   134,110   133,874   133,994   134,128   134,339 
      Government...............................   19,835    20,897    20,468    20,379    20,931    21,046    21,227    21,082    21,024 
      Private industries.......................  113,404   113,782   114,643   112,140   113,171   112,762   112,757   113,000   113,319 
        Private households.....................      926       837       856      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
        Other industries.......................  112,478   112,944   113,787   111,295   112,283   111,967   111,892   112,196   112,554 
    Self-employed workers......................    9,733     9,991     9,830     9,581     9,737     9,713     9,716     9,878     9,706 
    Unpaid family workers......................      100       143       132      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
          PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
  All industries:                                                                                                                        
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,450     4,469     4,516     4,250     4,278     4,374     4,484     4,290     4,313 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,644     2,736     2,693     2,668     2,769     2,849     2,963     2,790     2,724 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,371     1,359     1,402     1,190     1,215     1,248     1,265     1,203     1,217 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   17,492    18,935    17,955    19,513    20,088    19,948    19,626    20,112    20,014 
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                            
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,349     4,393     4,456     4,139     4,196     4,308     4,403     4,194     4,240 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,574     2,679     2,653     2,594     2,698     2,811     2,904     2,737     2,683 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,355     1,352     1,390     1,187     1,196     1,236     1,256     1,204     1,211 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   17,152    18,582    17,559    19,179    19,677    19,570    19,200    19,758    19,660 
  
     1 Data not available.
     2 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.
     NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household
  survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators
  
  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                 Characteristic                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   July      June      July      July      Mar.      Apr.      May       June      July  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                   AGE AND SEX                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                         
  Total, 16 years and over.....................  145,606   146,958   147,315   144,330   146,254   145,786   145,943   146,140   146,110 
    16 to 19 years.............................    7,494     6,725     7,184     6,197     6,019     5,970     5,862     5,972     5,940 
      16 to 17 years...........................    3,039     2,635     2,853     2,427     2,301     2,315     2,308     2,351     2,303 
      18 to 19 years...........................    4,455     4,090     4,331     3,794     3,715     3,628     3,550     3,645     3,667 
    20 years and over..........................  138,112   140,233   140,131   138,134   140,235   139,815   140,081   140,167   140,170 
      20 to 24 years...........................   14,420    14,373    14,533    13,848    14,204    13,982    13,967    13,994    13,964 
      25 years and over........................  123,692   125,859   125,598   124,397   125,916   125,667   126,006   126,184   126,291 
        25 to 54 years.........................   99,267   100,280    99,912    99,629   100,488   100,365   100,434   100,452   100,344 
          25 to 34 years.......................   31,110    31,700    31,689    31,104    31,530    31,588    31,550    31,632    31,667 
          35 to 44 years.......................   34,290    34,122    33,937    34,474    34,520    34,378    34,344    34,215    34,151 
          45 to 54 years.......................   33,867    34,458    34,286    34,051    34,438    34,400    34,539    34,605    34,526 
        55 years and over......................   24,425    25,580    25,686    24,768    25,428    25,302    25,572    25,732    25,947 
                                                                                                                                         
  Men, 16 years and over.......................   78,469    79,150    79,542    77,176    78,344    78,344    78,323    78,281    78,292 
    16 to 19 years.............................    3,787     3,391     3,595     3,071     3,020     3,031     2,942     2,969     2,930 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,574     1,323     1,439     1,215     1,126     1,157     1,097     1,139     1,119 
      18 to 19 years...........................    2,213     2,068     2,156     1,853     1,903     1,865     1,842     1,851     1,815 
    20 years and over..........................   74,682    75,759    75,947    74,105    75,323    75,313    75,380    75,312    75,362 
      20 to 24 years...........................    7,781     7,629     7,826     7,391     7,458     7,412     7,406     7,368     7,417 
      25 years and over........................   66,901    68,130    68,121    66,759    67,811    67,846    67,924    67,969    67,990 
        25 to 54 years.........................   53,879    54,471    54,430    53,664    54,358    54,412    54,382    54,312    54,257 
          25 to 34 years.......................   17,206    17,545    17,706    17,082    17,470    17,478    17,429    17,466    17,560 
          35 to 44 years.......................   18,779    18,696    18,607    18,709    18,779    18,804    18,783    18,643    18,567 
          45 to 54 years.......................   17,894    18,231    18,117    17,873    18,109    18,130    18,169    18,203    18,130 
        55 years and over......................   13,022    13,659    13,691    13,096    13,454    13,434    13,543    13,657    13,733 
                                                                                                                                         
  Women, 16 years and over.....................   67,137    67,808    67,773    67,154    67,911    67,442    67,620    67,859    67,819 
    16 to 19 years.............................    3,707     3,334     3,589     3,126     2,999     2,940     2,919     3,004     3,011 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,465     1,311     1,414     1,212     1,175     1,157     1,211     1,212     1,183 
      18 to 19 years...........................    2,243     2,023     2,175     1,941     1,812     1,763     1,707     1,794     1,852 
    20 years and over..........................   63,430    64,473    64,184    64,029    64,912    64,502    64,701    64,855    64,808 
      20 to 24 years...........................    6,639     6,744     6,707     6,457     6,746     6,570     6,561     6,626     6,546 
      25 years and over........................   56,791    57,729    57,477    57,637    58,105    57,821    58,081    58,215    58,301 
        25 to 54 years.........................   45,388    45,809    45,481    45,965    46,130    45,954    46,052    46,140    46,087 
          25 to 34 years.......................   13,904    14,155    13,983    14,023    14,060    14,110    14,121    14,165    14,107 
          35 to 44 years.......................   15,512    15,426    15,329    15,765    15,741    15,574    15,561    15,572    15,584 
          45 to 54 years.......................   15,972    16,227    16,169    16,178    16,329    16,270    16,370    16,402    16,396 
        55 years and over......................   11,403    11,921    11,995    11,672    11,974    11,867    12,029    12,075    12,215 
                                                                                                                                         
                 MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
  Married men, spouse present..................   45,496    46,441    46,211    45,564    46,527    46,500    46,531    46,527    46,330 
  Married women, spouse present................   34,607    35,679    35,286    35,309    36,167    36,037    36,194    36,217    35,997 
  Women who maintain families..................    9,254     9,240     9,431      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
            FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Full-time workers (2)........................  121,951   122,150   123,219   119,844   121,035   120,348   120,997   120,645   121,122 
  Part-time workers (3)........................   23,655    24,808    24,096    24,611    25,120    25,248    24,880    25,555    25,102 
                                                                                                                                         
               MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Total multiple jobholders....................    7,463     7,538     7,636     7,479     7,740     7,937     7,815     7,707     7,674 
      Percent of total employed................      5.1       5.1       5.2       5.2       5.3       5.4       5.4       5.3       5.3 
  
     1 Data not available.
     2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
     3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
     NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household
  survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                          Number of                                                                      
                                                      unemployed persons                         Unemployment rates (1)                  
                                                        (in thousands)                                                                   
                 Characteristic                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   July      June      July      July      Mar.      Apr.      May       June      July  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                   AGE AND SEX                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                         
  Total, 16 years and over.....................    7,228     6,933     7,121      4.8       4.4       4.5       4.5       4.5       4.6  
    16 to 19 years.............................    1,151     1,124     1,062     15.7      14.5      15.3      15.7      15.8      15.2  
      16 to 17 years...........................      496       475       462     17.0      16.4      16.5      16.6      16.8      16.7  
      18 to 19 years...........................      652       671       600     14.7      13.3      15.0      15.4      15.5      14.1  
    20 years and over..........................    6,077     5,809     6,059      4.2       3.9       3.9       3.9       4.0       4.1  
      20 to 24 years...........................    1,308     1,223     1,294      8.6       7.6       7.8       7.3       8.0       8.5  
      25 years and over........................    4,777     4,555     4,819      3.7       3.5       3.5       3.5       3.5       3.7  
        25 to 54 years.........................    3,977     3,732     3,949      3.8       3.5       3.6       3.6       3.6       3.8  
          25 to 34 years.......................    1,560     1,515     1,513      4.8       4.4       4.4       4.5       4.6       4.6  
          35 to 44 years.......................    1,291     1,161     1,327      3.6       3.2       3.4       3.4       3.3       3.7  
          45 to 54 years.......................    1,127     1,056     1,110      3.2       3.1       3.1       3.1       3.0       3.1  
        55 years and over......................      813       801       857      3.2       3.1       3.0       3.2       3.0       3.2  
                                                                                                                                         
  Men, 16 years and over.......................    3,869     3,829     3,875      4.8       4.5       4.5       4.6       4.7       4.7  
    16 to 19 years.............................      635       639       587     17.1      15.9      16.2      17.3      17.7      16.7  
      16 to 17 years...........................      252       251       261     17.2      17.6      17.2      18.5      18.1      18.9  
      18 to 19 years...........................      394       411       328     17.5      14.8      16.4      17.1      18.2      15.3  
    20 years and over..........................    3,234     3,190     3,289      4.2       4.0       4.0       4.0       4.1       4.2  
      20 to 24 years...........................      717       751       747      8.8       8.1       8.6       8.6       9.3       9.2  
      25 years and over........................    2,502     2,409     2,555      3.6       3.5       3.5       3.5       3.4       3.6  
        25 to 54 years.........................    2,076     1,974     2,073      3.7       3.6       3.5       3.5       3.5       3.7  
          25 to 34 years.......................      856       835       786      4.8       4.4       4.2       4.4       4.6       4.3  
          35 to 44 years.......................      630       567       689      3.3       3.3       3.2       3.0       2.9       3.6  
          45 to 54 years.......................      591       573       597      3.2       3.1       3.2       3.2       3.1       3.2  
        55 years and over......................      426       435       483      3.2       3.3       3.2       3.4       3.1       3.4  
                                                                                                                                         
  Women, 16 years and over.....................    3,359     3,104     3,245      4.8       4.3       4.4       4.3       4.4       4.6  
    16 to 19 years.............................      516       485       475     14.2      13.0      14.2      14.1      13.9      13.6  
      16 to 17 years...........................      244       223       200     16.8      15.1      15.9      14.9      15.6      14.5  
      18 to 19 years...........................      258       260       272     11.7      11.6      13.5      13.4      12.7      12.8  
    20 years and over..........................    2,843     2,619     2,771      4.3       3.8       3.8       3.8       3.9       4.1  
      20 to 24 years...........................      591       472       547      8.4       6.9       7.0       5.8       6.7       7.7  
      25 years and over........................    2,275     2,146     2,264      3.8       3.4       3.5       3.6       3.6       3.7  
        25 to 54 years.........................    1,901     1,758     1,877      4.0       3.5       3.7       3.8       3.7       3.9  
          25 to 34 years.......................      704       680       727      4.8       4.4       4.6       4.7       4.6       4.9  
          35 to 44 years.......................      661       595       637      4.0       3.1       3.5       3.8       3.7       3.9  
          45 to 54 years.......................      536       483       513      3.2       3.1       3.0       3.0       2.9       3.0  
        55 years and over (2)..................      419       391       434      3.5       2.8       2.5       2.7       3.2       3.5  
                                                                                                                                         
                 MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
  Married men, spouse present..................    1,157     1,147     1,266      2.5       2.5       2.5       2.6       2.4       2.7  
  Married women, spouse present................    1,151     1,000     1,052      3.2       2.5       2.7       2.7       2.7       2.8  
  Women who maintain families (2)..............      744       679       687      7.4       6.7       6.2       6.3       6.8       6.8  
                                                                                                                                         
            FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Full-time workers (3)........................    5,848     5,678     5,861      4.7       4.4       4.4       4.4       4.5       4.6  
  Part-time workers (4)........................    1,405     1,245     1,324      5.4       4.5       5.0       4.9       4.6       5.0  
  
     1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     2 Not seasonally adjusted.
     3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on
  layoff from full-time jobs.
     4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on
  layoff from part-time jobs.
     NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various
  series.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                     Reason                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   July      June      July      July      Mar.      Apr.      May       June      July  
                                                   2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
              NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                   
   temporary jobs..............................    3,374     3,241     3,730     3,351     3,238     3,287     3,331     3,375     3,628 
    On temporary layoff........................    1,020       771     1,090       924       863     1,022     1,004       866       981 
    Not on temporary layoff....................    2,355     2,469     2,640     2,427     2,375     2,265     2,327     2,509     2,648 
      Permanent job losers.....................    1,621     1,734     1,861      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs.....      734       736       779      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
  Job leavers..................................      879       794       856       854       755       748       764       810       823 
  Reentrants...................................    2,464     2,327     2,141     2,361     2,147     2,174     2,153     2,127     2,078 
  New entrants.................................      885       933       829       630       599       607       549       621       593 
                                                                                                                                         
              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.............................     44.4      44.4      49.4      46.6      48.0      48.2      49.0      48.7      50.9 
     On temporary layoff.......................     13.4      10.6      14.4      12.8      12.8      15.0      14.8      12.5      13.8 
     Not on temporary layoff...................     31.0      33.9      34.9      33.7      35.2      33.2      34.2      36.2      37.2 
   Job leavers.................................     11.6      10.9      11.3      11.9      11.2      11.0      11.2      11.7      11.6 
   Reentrants..................................     32.4      31.9      28.3      32.8      31.9      31.9      31.7      30.7      29.2 
   New entrants................................     11.6      12.8      11.0       8.8       8.9       8.9       8.1       9.0       8.3 
                                                                                                                                         
         UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                  
                 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
   Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                  
    temporary jobs.............................      2.2       2.1       2.4       2.2       2.1       2.2       2.2       2.2       2.4 
   Job leavers.................................       .6        .5        .6        .6        .5        .5        .5        .5        .5 
   Reentrants..................................      1.6       1.5       1.4       1.6       1.4       1.4       1.4       1.4       1.4 
   New entrants................................       .6        .6        .5        .4        .4        .4        .4        .4        .4 
   
      1 Data not available.
      NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
   
   
   
   
   
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                                   
                         Duration                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                             July      June      July      July      Mar.      Apr.      May       June      July  
                                                             2006      2007      2007      2006      2007      2007      2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                   
  Less than 5 weeks......................................    2,964     3,185     2,731     2,686     2,327     2,432     2,450     2,488     2,473 
  5 to 14 weeks..........................................    2,462     1,933     2,557     2,171     2,159     2,141     2,204     2,125     2,213 
  15 weeks and over......................................    2,176     2,176     2,269     2,343     2,177     2,268     2,230     2,286     2,413 
     15 to 26 weeks......................................      890     1,068       988     1,028       954     1,072     1,104     1,166     1,105 
     27 weeks and over...................................    1,286     1,108     1,281     1,315     1,223     1,196     1,126     1,120     1,308 
                                                                                                                                                   
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks......................     16.1      15.1      16.3      17.3      17.3      17.1      16.7      16.8      17.2 
  Median duration, in weeks..............................      7.3       6.2       8.0       8.2       8.5       8.7       8.3       8.2       8.9 
                                                                                                                                                   
                   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....................................     39.0      43.7      36.1      37.3      34.9      35.6      35.6      36.1      34.8 
    5 to 14 weeks........................................     32.4      26.5      33.8      30.2      32.4      31.3      32.0      30.8      31.2 
    15 weeks and over....................................     28.6      29.8      30.0      32.5      32.7      33.2      32.4      33.1      34.0 
      15 to 26 weeks.....................................     11.7      14.6      13.1      14.3      14.3      15.7      16.0      16.9      15.6 
      27 weeks and over..................................     16.9      15.2      17.0      18.3      18.4      17.5      16.4      16.2      18.4 
  
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                               Unemployment        
                                                                     Employed                     Unemployed                      rates            
                                                                                                                                                   
                        Occupation                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                July           July            July           July           July           July  
                                                                2006           2007            2006           2007           2006           2007  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
       Total, 16 years and over (1)......................     145,606        147,315          7,602          7,556            5.0            4.9   
  Management, professional, and related occupations......      49,721         50,954          1,255          1,315            2.5            2.5   
    Management, business, and financial operations                                                                                                 
     occupations.........................................      20,938         21,696            471            385            2.2            1.7   
    Professional and related occupations.................      28,783         29,259            784            930            2.7            3.1   
  Service occupations....................................      25,063         25,406          1,439          1,537            5.4            5.7   
  Sales and office occupations...........................      36,191         36,407          1,857          1,792            4.9            4.7   
    Sales and related occupations........................      16,606         16,804            914            918            5.2            5.2   
    Office and administrative support occupations........      19,586         19,604            943            874            4.6            4.3   
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                                                 
   occupations...........................................      16,287         16,214            956            902            5.5            5.3   
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...........       1,173          1,081             69             57            5.5            5.0   
    Construction and extraction occupations..............       9,722          9,785            668            649            6.4            6.2   
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations....       5,392          5,348            220            195            3.9            3.5   
  Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                                                  
   occupations...........................................      18,343         18,334          1,168          1,176            6.0            6.0   
    Production occupations...............................       9,536          9,410            518            534            5.1            5.4   
    Transportation and material moving occupations.......       8,807          8,924            650            642            6.9            6.7   
  
     1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                   HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                           Number of                                                             
                                                                           unemployed                                 Unemployment               
                                                                            persons                                      rates                   
               Industry and class of worker                              (in thousands)                                                          
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                   July                  July                   July                  July       
                                                                   2006                  2007                   2006                  2007       
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
         Total, 16 years and over (1)....................          7,602                 7,556                   5.0                   4.9       
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers........          5,712                 5,659                   4.8                   4.7       
    Mining...............................................             25                    33                   3.5                   4.3       
    Construction.........................................            633                   617                   6.1                   5.9       
    Manufacturing........................................            736                   621                   4.4                   3.7       
      Durable goods......................................            444                   374                   4.2                   3.6       
      Nondurable goods...................................            292                   247                   4.9                   4.0       
    Wholesale and retail trade...........................          1,083                 1,089                   5.1                   5.2       
    Transportation and utilities.........................            237                   309                   4.2                   5.1       
    Information..........................................            103                   112                   3.0                   3.4       
    Financial activities.................................            329                   307                   3.4                   3.1       
    Professional and business services...................            735                   743                   5.5                   5.2       
    Education and health services........................            659                   665                   3.5                   3.5       
    Leisure and hospitality..............................            867                   920                   6.8                   7.3       
    Other services.......................................            305                   243                   4.7                   3.8       
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                                
   workers...............................................             55                    40                   3.6                   3.1       
  Government workers.....................................            659                   704                   3.2                   3.3       
  Self-employed and unpaid family workers................            291                   324                   2.6                   2.9       
  
     1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization
  
  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                                          
                          Measure                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                          
                                                            July     June     July     July     Mar.     Apr.     May      June     July  
                                                            2006     2007     2007     2006     2007     2007     2007     2007     2007  
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent                                                                                 
       of the civilian labor force.......................    1.4      1.4      1.5      1.5      1.4      1.5      1.5      1.5      1.6  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                      
       jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force....    2.2      2.1      2.4      2.2      2.1      2.2      2.2      2.2      2.4  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                      
       labor force (official unemployment rate)..........    5.0      4.7      4.9      4.8      4.4      4.5      4.5      4.5      4.6  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a                                                                                     
       percent of the civilian labor force plus                                                                                           
       discouraged workers...............................    5.2      5.0      5.1      5.0      4.6      4.7      4.7      4.8      4.9  
                                                                                                                                          
  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.......................    5.9      5.6      5.7      5.7      5.3      5.3      5.3      5.4      5.5  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached                                                                                      
       workers, plus total employed part time for                                                                                         
       economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                     
       labor force plus all marginally attached                                                                                           
       workers...........................................    8.8      8.5      8.6      8.5      8.0      8.2      8.2      8.2      8.3  
  
     NOTE: 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 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                      Total                          Men                          Women            
                                                                                                                                                   
                         Category                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                               July           July           July           July           July           July     
                                                               2006           2007           2006           2007           2006           2007     
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                  NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                   
  Total not in the labor force...........................     75,704         77,087         28,369         28,839         47,335         48,248    
   Persons who currently want a job......................      5,006          4,900          2,101          2,141          2,905          2,758    
     Searched for work and available to work now (1).....      1,522          1,376            762            751            761            624    
       Reason not currently looking:                                                                                                               
         Discouragement over job prospects (2)...........        428            367            263            231            166            135    
         Reasons other than discouragement (3)...........      1,094          1,009            499            520            595            489    
                                                                                                                                                   
                    MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                   
  Total multiple jobholders (4)..........................      7,463          7,636          3,819          3,837          3,645          3,799    
      Percent of total employed..........................        5.1            5.2            4.9            4.8            5.4            5.6    
                                                                                                                                                   
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time.....      3,859          3,996          2,175          2,167          1,685          1,829    
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time..........      1,619          1,732            507            551          1,112          1,181    
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time..........        313            367            192            234            121            133    
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job.............      1,629          1,486            923            850            706            636    
  
     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 school or family responsibilities, ill health, 
  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 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
  
  
  
  
  
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)

                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                July     May     June     July      July     Mar.     Apr.     May     June     July     from:
                                   2006     2007    2007p    2007p     2006     2007     2007     2007    2007p    2007p  June 2007-
                                                                                                                          July 2007p

          Total nonfarm......... 136,006  138,655  139,161  137,828  136,252  137,594  137,716  137,904  138,030  138,122       92

        Total private........... 115,210  116,026  116,955  116,807  114,262  115,397  115,487  115,668  115,775  115,895      120

    Goods-producing.............  22,974   22,514   22,795   22,771   22,622   22,497   22,460   22,446   22,439   22,427      -12

Natural resources and mining....     702      719      733      736      690      715      717      718      721      723        2
   Logging......................    68.3     61.4     65.0     65.3     65.8     65.7     65.3     63.4     64.1     63.1     -1.0
 Mining.........................   633.7    657.8    667.7    670.8    623.9    649.5    652.0    654.5    656.4    659.9      3.5
  Oil and gas extraction........   138.6    148.2    151.6    152.8    136.7    147.1    147.2    148.3    149.3    150.6      1.3
  Mining, except oil and                                                                                                          
   gas (1)......................   229.4    230.3    235.2    237.6    222.9    224.4    225.9    227.1    228.2    230.1      1.9
   Coal mining..................    79.7     79.2     80.0     80.6     78.9     79.6     79.9     79.4     79.5     79.9       .4
  Support activities for mining.   265.7    279.3    280.9    280.4    264.3    278.0    278.9    279.1    278.9    279.2       .3

Construction....................   8,011    7,736    7,913    7,947    7,703    7,692    7,671    7,659    7,662    7,650      -12
  Construction of buildings..... 1,862.9  1,787.1  1,829.5  1,822.6  1,815.8  1,797.1  1,788.5  1,784.9  1,787.1  1,776.0    -11.1
   Residential building......... 1,045.4    998.8  1,023.0  1,022.6  1,018.0  1,000.5    999.1    997.5    997.6    993.4     -4.2
   Nonresidential building......   817.5    788.3    806.5    800.0    797.8    796.6    789.4    787.4    789.5    782.6     -6.9
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction................. 1,039.9  1,026.9  1,056.6  1,060.3    976.9  1,001.7  1,001.6    999.9  1,001.1    999.0     -2.1
  Specialty trade contractors... 5,108.5  4,921.8  5,026.8  5,063.8  4,910.1  4,893.1  4,881.0  4,874.4  4,873.4  4,874.7      1.3
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,491.6  2,330.0  2,383.3  2,401.7  2,400.7  2,310.7  2,308.3  2,306.2  2,305.5  2,308.1      2.6
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,616.9  2,591.8  2,643.5  2,662.1  2,509.4  2,582.4  2,572.7  2,568.2  2,567.9  2,566.6     -1.3

Manufacturing...................  14,261   14,059   14,149   14,088   14,229   14,090   14,072   14,069   14,056   14,054       -2
   Production workers...........  10,222   10,096   10,170   10,128   10,210   10,096   10,093   10,105   10,102   10,112       10

 Durable goods..................   9,018    8,923    8,964    8,898    9,023    8,928    8,921    8,913    8,902    8,905        3
   Production workers...........   6,385    6,333    6,364    6,304    6,403    6,313    6,316    6,323    6,317    6,321        4

  Wood products.................   571.9    530.0    535.6    538.0    564.1    530.6    528.0    529.0    526.7    529.5      2.8
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   519.5    504.1    511.8    511.8    508.3    500.9    499.6    500.7    501.3    500.5      -.8
  Primary metals................   463.6    452.8    451.7    448.0    465.2    453.9    453.2    452.6    449.6    449.4      -.2
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,562.5  1,563.6  1,577.4  1,570.7  1,560.8  1,563.9  1,566.4  1,565.4  1,568.9  1,569.4       .5
  Machinery..................... 1,199.7  1,222.3  1,233.4  1,232.6  1,197.5  1,217.9  1,216.9  1,221.8  1,227.4  1,230.5      3.1
  Computer and electronic
   products (1)................. 1,326.1  1,307.6  1,311.9  1,310.6  1,318.0  1,313.5  1,310.6  1,308.6  1,304.8  1,302.8     -2.0
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   199.9    198.8    197.1    196.8    198.6    197.8    198.7    197.9    195.6    195.4      -.2
   Communications equipment.....   144.3    142.9    144.0    143.4    143.5    143.7    143.7    142.7    142.8    142.5      -.3
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   469.8    464.7    467.6    465.8    466.3    467.8    465.7    465.3    463.7    462.7     -1.0
   Electronic instruments.......   439.5    434.3    436.5    437.6    437.0    434.4    433.8    435.4    435.5    435.1      -.4
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   438.1    436.8    437.8    437.6    437.1    437.3    437.6    436.9    436.1    436.8       .7
  Transportation equipment (1).. 1,729.9  1,714.8  1,716.3  1,666.7  1,764.8  1,717.9  1,718.1  1,708.4  1,704.3  1,702.1     -2.2
   Motor vehicles and parts (2). 1,031.3  1,015.3  1,012.9    964.8  1,068.6  1,022.1  1,016.6  1,006.8  1,002.7  1,002.4      -.3
  Furniture and related products   558.2    535.9    533.4    531.5    558.4    533.5    533.2    533.0    529.8    531.0      1.2
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   648.2    655.3    654.4    650.9    649.0    658.9    657.7    656.3    653.0    653.2       .2

 Nondurable goods...............   5,243    5,136    5,185    5,190    5,206    5,162    5,151    5,156    5,154    5,149       -5
   Production workers...........   3,837    3,763    3,806    3,824    3,807    3,783    3,777    3,782    3,785    3,791        6

  Food manufacturing............ 1,507.4  1,477.5  1,505.0  1,533.2  1,487.3  1,495.0  1,493.5  1,499.8  1,503.3  1,508.9      5.6
  Beverages and tobacco products   199.1    196.6    203.8    204.8    194.2    197.3    198.2    198.5    200.6    200.0      -.6
  Textile mills.................   194.5    174.5    174.2    169.5    194.7    177.3    174.6    173.5    172.5    169.8     -2.7
  Textile product mills.........   162.0    156.3    156.1    154.5    160.9    156.7    156.5    155.3    154.7    153.6     -1.1
  Apparel.......................   239.6    221.3    221.5    215.9    240.9    223.7    221.4    220.1    218.1    216.8     -1.3
  Leather and allied products...    36.7     36.3     36.2     34.5     37.2     36.6     36.1     35.9     35.9     35.0      -.9
  Paper and paper products......   472.5    457.3    459.9    458.3    469.9    457.4    458.4    457.8    457.0    455.7     -1.3
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   635.6    629.5    632.7    629.9    633.5    633.5    630.9    629.9    629.4    628.8      -.6
  Petroleum and coal products...   119.0    120.0    120.0    120.1    115.7    118.2    117.6    119.2    117.3    117.0      -.3
  Chemicals.....................   875.1    871.1    879.0    879.9    869.6    870.6    869.7    872.3    873.7    873.5      -.2
  Plastics and rubber products..   801.8    795.5    796.7    789.8    801.6    795.2    794.3    793.2    791.0    789.6     -1.4

    Service-providing........... 113,032  116,141  116,366  115,057  113,630  115,097  115,256  115,458  115,591  115,695      104

     Private service-providing..  92,236   93,512   94,160   94,036   91,640   92,900   93,027   93,222   93,336   93,468      132

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  26,213   26,420   26,524   26,467   26,226   26,436   26,427   26,459   26,469   26,488       19

 Wholesale trade................ 5,935.7  6,005.5  6,050.7  6,054.5  5,901.5  5,961.3  5,978.7  5,990.5  6,009.0  6,019.3     10.3
  Durable goods................. 3,095.0  3,136.6  3,159.3  3,168.5  3,078.1  3,114.0  3,124.7  3,134.5  3,142.5  3,150.7      8.2
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,056.8  2,062.7  2,083.7  2,076.3  2,042.0  2,050.1  2,052.2  2,053.4  2,062.4  2,061.1     -1.3
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   783.9    806.2    807.7    809.7    781.4    797.2    801.8    802.6    804.1    807.5      3.4

 Retail trade...................15,285.5 15,334.0 15,375.9 15,355.1 15,306.4 15,403.7 15,376.9 15,394.5 15,381.0 15,379.8     -1.2
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers (1).................. 1,925.8  1,915.3  1,925.9  1,927.3  1,906.4  1,907.2  1,911.2  1,911.5  1,908.5  1,908.2      -.3
   Automobile dealers........... 1,256.2  1,247.5  1,252.3  1,253.5  1,248.4  1,243.5  1,246.9  1,247.7  1,245.8  1,245.1      -.7
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   582.8    581.8    577.0    573.1    589.9    585.6    586.7    585.2    582.2    581.2     -1.0
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   528.6    529.2    529.4    529.1    540.2    538.4    540.7    539.3    537.7    539.7      2.0
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,370.4  1,376.5  1,373.2  1,347.7  1,329.1  1,313.8  1,313.8  1,314.9  1,312.6  1,308.1     -4.5
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,842.1  2,857.7  2,887.1  2,886.4  2,825.2  2,856.3  2,858.6  2,861.1  2,866.7  2,868.1      1.4
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   952.4    967.4    972.2    962.6    954.8    966.5    969.8    968.5    969.2    965.9     -3.3
  Gasoline stations.............   874.7    855.6    860.6    863.4    862.1    854.5    852.4    852.5    852.4    851.4     -1.0
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,438.1  1,410.9  1,424.5  1,446.3  1,436.0  1,449.7  1,452.7  1,451.6  1,446.3  1,447.2       .9
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   621.8    644.3    641.1    641.7    641.4    653.9    655.6    659.5    659.8    662.9      3.1
  General merchandise                                                                                                             
   stores (1)................... 2,850.6  2,888.0  2,877.1  2,868.3  2,907.2  2,956.4  2,915.4  2,928.5  2,922.9  2,921.2     -1.7
   Department stores............ 1,504.7  1,524.1  1,525.5  1,518.1  1,548.0  1,570.6  1,560.9  1,566.2  1,562.8  1,560.2     -2.6
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   882.5    881.0    884.0    882.8    882.8    880.3    879.0    879.3    881.0    881.8       .8
  Nonstore retailers............   415.7    426.3    423.8    426.4    431.3    441.1    441.0    442.6    441.7    444.1      2.4

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,438.9  4,526.1  4,539.4  4,497.2  4,470.6  4,520.8  4,519.6  4,520.1  4,523.8  4,534.2     10.4
  Air transportation............   488.4    483.2    493.5    498.1    485.9    485.5    490.0    484.4    492.3    495.7      3.4
  Rail transportation...........   226.6    228.8    227.2    227.2    225.5    229.1    228.3    227.9    226.6    226.4      -.2
  Water transportation..........    66.1     68.8     72.1     74.2     63.7     68.0     67.3     68.3     70.0     71.4      1.4
  Truck transportation.......... 1,460.0  1,451.6  1,466.9  1,463.2  1,442.2  1,457.2  1,452.5  1,455.5  1,449.6  1,446.9     -2.7
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   332.9    411.3    387.6    334.4    394.6    390.3    389.9    390.9    390.1    395.0      4.9
  Pipeline transportation.......    39.6     40.7     40.8     41.3     39.2     41.0     40.5     40.8     40.7     40.9       .2
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    36.1     27.6     31.6     34.9     26.7     27.3     27.0     26.7     26.4     26.3      -.1
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   571.0    580.8    586.2    584.0    569.9    579.6    581.6    581.8    583.3    583.6       .3
  Couriers and messengers.......   580.1    585.3    585.2    586.3    583.6    591.0    589.8    588.5    589.6    591.4      1.8
  Warehousing and storage.......   638.1    648.0    648.3    653.6    639.3    651.8    652.7    655.3    655.2    656.6      1.4

 Utilities......................   552.7    554.0    558.4    560.1    547.9    550.1    551.5    553.4    554.7    554.5      -.2

Information.....................   3,060    3,105    3,117    3,104    3,043    3,086    3,096    3,097    3,096    3,091       -5
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   905.9    904.5    908.6    909.5    902.9    907.4    906.1    907.7    905.8    906.7       .9
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   384.2    400.1    405.0    391.8    372.0    387.1    394.2    391.9    390.4    382.7     -7.7
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   332.7    336.0    338.4    335.8    331.6    337.1    337.8    336.6    337.2    335.1     -2.1
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    33.2     40.8     41.7     42.6     33.3     39.0     39.9     40.6     41.4     42.7      1.3
  Telecommunications............   970.0    974.7    974.1    973.7    969.3    973.0    974.6    973.9    973.7    973.5      -.2
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   381.6    395.9    396.5    398.6    382.1    390.0    390.8    394.2    395.4    399.0      3.6
  Other information services....    52.2     52.6     52.9     52.3     51.5     52.3     52.1     52.1     52.1     51.6      -.5

Financial activities............   8,434    8,454    8,518    8,554    8,368    8,445    8,448    8,464    8,462    8,489       27
 Finance and insurance.......... 6,207.1  6,247.1  6,275.0  6,296.6  6,187.2  6,242.6  6,241.4  6,256.1  6,256.2  6,276.7     20.5
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    21.8     22.5     22.4     21.7     21.6     22.1     22.2     22.4     22.1     21.5      -.6
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities (1)....... 2,948.2  2,944.9  2,948.7  2,960.0  2,936.1  2,957.6  2,945.3  2,948.7  2,939.4  2,950.4     11.0
   Depository credit
    intermediation (1).......... 1,812.8  1,822.7  1,831.2  1,841.4  1,803.3  1,824.3  1,818.6  1,824.7  1,824.7  1,832.2      7.5
    Commercial banking.......... 1,326.5  1,329.9  1,336.0  1,344.6  1,319.4  1,335.2  1,327.7  1,332.5  1,332.2  1,338.1      5.9
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   818.1    837.6    844.8    850.6    817.4    834.5    836.8    841.6    845.6    849.5      3.9
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,324.3  2,347.3  2,363.1  2,368.5  2,318.1  2,333.4  2,342.4  2,348.5  2,353.9  2,360.1      6.2
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    94.7     94.8     96.0     95.8     94.0     95.0     94.7     94.9     95.2     95.2       .0
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,226.7  2,207.0  2,243.4  2,257.4  2,181.1  2,202.5  2,206.5  2,207.4  2,205.6  2,212.7      7.1
  Real estate................... 1,532.8  1,525.5  1,546.2  1,556.7  1,503.8  1,523.5  1,525.4  1,527.7  1,525.0  1,529.6      4.6
  Rental and leasing services...   664.2    649.9    664.6    666.7    648.0    647.9    650.0    647.8    647.9    649.7      1.8
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    29.7     31.6     32.6     34.0     29.3     31.1     31.1     31.9     32.7     33.4       .7

Professional and business
 services.......................  17,733   17,891   18,106   18,056   17,592   17,834   17,859   17,893   17,900   17,926       26
 Professional and technical
  services (1).................. 7,388.5  7,561.2  7,651.6  7,663.5  7,398.0  7,553.7  7,591.3  7,625.3  7,644.6  7,670.5     25.9
   Legal services............... 1,187.7  1,179.1  1,199.2  1,195.2  1,171.0  1,178.1  1,181.8  1,183.4  1,180.6  1,179.6     -1.0
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   817.0    882.4    883.1    873.8    884.8    924.4    927.5    934.5    940.0    945.0      5.0
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,418.8  1,430.4  1,457.4  1,463.8  1,392.9  1,424.0  1,426.0  1,431.4  1,435.0  1,437.3      2.3
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,287.1  1,334.8  1,345.3  1,359.8  1,288.0  1,319.7  1,328.5  1,338.3  1,343.7  1,358.5     14.8
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   926.2    988.8  1,001.9  1,003.6    918.6    970.5    985.4    989.2    994.6    997.1      2.5
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,832.7  1,847.4  1,857.6  1,862.5  1,811.1  1,837.1  1,839.9  1,841.5  1,840.6  1,841.3       .7
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 8,511.3  8,482.3  8,596.7  8,530.0  8,382.4  8,443.5  8,427.7  8,426.3  8,414.5  8,414.6       .1
  Administrative and support
   services (1)................. 8,154.4  8,128.8  8,236.3  8,166.4  8,033.8  8,092.5  8,076.3  8,073.4  8,060.6  8,059.9      -.7
   Employment services (1)...... 3,672.5  3,565.3  3,605.6  3,533.8  3,663.5  3,637.1  3,602.1  3,584.4  3,562.8  3,542.3    -20.5
    Temporary help services..... 2,630.3  2,594.8  2,628.6  2,581.2  2,633.4  2,621.2  2,613.1  2,602.7  2,596.2  2,589.3     -6.9
   Business support services....   782.5    801.8    799.8    804.7    789.7    801.9    801.6    804.8    803.8    812.8      9.0
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,920.0  1,909.2  1,963.9  1,966.6  1,803.1  1,819.7  1,829.7  1,835.1  1,840.0  1,844.8      4.8
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   356.9    353.5    360.4    363.6    348.6    351.0    351.4    352.9    353.9    354.7       .8

Education and health services...  17,481   18,377   18,183   18,042   17,828   18,188   18,246   18,293   18,357   18,396       39
 Educational services........... 2,574.2  3,044.1  2,786.4  2,658.6  2,911.0  2,972.4  2,978.7  2,983.4  3,008.1  3,002.5     -5.6
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,906.7 15,332.9 15,396.5 15,383.5 14,917.2 15,215.9 15,266.8 15,309.7 15,349.1 15,393.1     44.0
  Health care (3)...............12,649.5 12,917.7 12,999.3 13,029.5 12,620.3 12,861.4 12,900.5 12,930.9 12,961.3 12,997.4     36.1
   Ambulatory health care
    services (1)................ 5,286.0  5,445.8  5,466.8  5,488.0  5,281.5  5,409.2  5,428.4  5,446.7  5,453.9  5,481.9     28.0
    Offices of physicians....... 2,157.2  2,213.5  2,218.5  2,223.1  2,155.2  2,204.3  2,210.5  2,214.7  2,212.8  2,221.6      8.8
    Outpatient care centers.....   488.4    495.4    495.8    495.3    488.1    494.8    495.8    495.1    495.2    495.5       .3
    Home health care services...   867.0    910.5    922.2    928.5    867.6    904.1    907.2    911.3    920.1    927.7      7.6
   Hospitals.................... 4,446.5  4,500.4  4,538.4  4,553.2  4,429.2  4,490.8  4,499.7  4,511.0  4,525.5  4,534.1      8.6
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities (1).............. 2,917.0  2,971.5  2,994.1  2,988.3  2,909.6  2,961.4  2,972.4  2,973.2  2,981.9  2,981.4      -.5
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,591.0  1,604.6  1,610.3  1,607.9  1,589.7  1,603.9  1,609.1  1,606.5  1,606.0  1,606.8       .8
  Social assistance (1)......... 2,257.2  2,415.2  2,397.2  2,354.0  2,296.9  2,354.5  2,366.3  2,378.8  2,387.8  2,395.7      7.9
   Child day care services......   750.1    834.2    813.8    771.4    795.0    804.9    810.5    812.3    816.3    817.7      1.4

Leisure and hospitality.........  13,826   13,763   14,156   14,263   13,156   13,449   13,481   13,537   13,570   13,592       22
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 2,240.8  2,048.8  2,230.9  2,280.7  1,933.4  1,963.2  1,953.5  1,968.5  1,975.9  1,972.3     -3.6
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   434.7    429.7    433.4    438.5    403.6    405.9    402.8    409.5    410.7    406.9     -3.8
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   137.0    134.6    143.9    147.9    124.0    128.2    128.8    130.7    132.1    133.3      1.2
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,669.1  1,484.5  1,653.6  1,694.3  1,405.8  1,429.1  1,421.9  1,428.3  1,433.1  1,432.1     -1.0
 Accommodations and food
  services......................11,585.3 11,714.0 11,924.8 11,982.1 11,222.8 11,486.0 11,527.9 11,568.5 11,593.8 11,619.7     25.9
  Accommodations................ 1,975.7  1,858.2  1,945.6  2,005.8  1,830.2  1,860.0  1,860.5  1,862.8  1,858.0  1,861.7      3.7
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 9,609.6  9,855.8  9,979.2  9,976.3  9,392.6  9,626.0  9,667.4  9,705.7  9,735.8  9,758.0     22.2

Other services..................   5,489    5,502    5,556    5,550    5,427    5,462    5,470    5,479    5,482    5,486        4
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,252.6  1,269.9  1,275.5  1,265.6  1,244.4  1,255.9  1,257.4  1,260.4  1,260.7  1,257.7     -3.0
  Personal and laundry services. 1,289.4  1,314.2  1,311.7  1,305.3  1,282.9  1,290.8  1,292.6  1,296.5  1,293.4  1,298.6      5.2
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,946.8  2,918.3  2,968.9  2,978.7  2,899.2  2,915.7  2,919.5  2,921.9  2,927.4  2,929.8      2.4

Government......................  20,796   22,629   22,206   21,021   21,990   22,197   22,229   22,236   22,255   22,227      -28
 Federal........................   2,761    2,714    2,726    2,726    2,739    2,716    2,716    2,713    2,707    2,705       -2
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,985.8  1,950.1  1,964.5  1,967.5  1,962.4  1,949.7  1,950.0  1,947.5  1,943.8  1,944.6       .8
  U.S. Postal Service...........   775.1    763.7    761.5    758.0    777.0    766.5    766.4    765.5    763.3    760.1     -3.2
 State government...............   4,797    5,181    4,937    4,844    5,078    5,134    5,140    5,133    5,139    5,129      -10
  State government education.... 1,986.9  2,362.8  2,099.1  2,014.4  2,292.9  2,324.5  2,326.4  2,321.7  2,327.0  2,323.6     -3.4
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,810.5  2,818.6  2,837.9  2,829.9  2,785.3  2,809.2  2,813.7  2,811.3  2,812.4  2,805.8     -6.6
 Local government...............  13,238   14,734   14,543   13,451   14,173   14,347   14,373   14,390   14,409   14,393      -16
  Local government education.... 6,773.0  8,412.3  8,025.8  6,885.9  7,926.5  8,044.1  8,056.0  8,062.7  8,066.7  8,051.4    -15.3
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,464.9  6,321.5  6,516.7  6,564.9  6,246.8  6,302.9  6,317.0  6,327.7  6,342.4  6,341.8      -.6
 
   1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
   p = preliminary.
 
 
 
 
 
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       July   May    June   July    July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July     from:
                                                 2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2007   2007   2007   2007p  2007p  June 2007-
                                                                                                                        July 2007p

        Total private.........................   34.2   33.7   34.0   34.2    33.9   33.9   33.8   33.8   33.9   33.8      -0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   40.5   40.6   41.0   40.5    40.7   40.6   40.4   40.5   40.7   40.6       -.1

Natural resources and mining..................   45.8   45.7   46.3   45.8    45.9   45.9   45.8   45.7   45.9   45.8       -.1

Construction..................................   39.4   39.3   39.7   39.4    38.9   39.0   38.8   38.9   39.1   38.9       -.2

Manufacturing.................................   40.9   41.1   41.5   40.9    41.5   41.2   41.1   41.1   41.3   41.3        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.1    4.4    4.0     4.5    4.3    4.2    4.1    4.2    4.2        .0

 Durable goods................................   41.2   41.4   41.8   41.1    41.8   41.4   41.2   41.3   41.6   41.6        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.1    4.4    4.0     4.5    4.3    4.2    4.1    4.3    4.2       -.1

  Wood products...............................   40.1   39.8   40.5   40.0    40.0   39.5   39.6   39.5   39.8   39.9        .1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   43.5   42.5   43.1   42.9    43.4   42.4   42.2   42.3   42.5   42.7        .2
  Primary metals..............................   43.4   42.7   43.3   42.6    44.0   43.2   43.0   42.8   43.3   43.1       -.2
  Fabricated metal products...................   41.1   41.4   41.6   41.2    41.6   41.6   41.4   41.4   41.5   41.6        .1
  Machinery...................................   42.6   42.3   42.5   42.1    42.9   42.3   42.4   42.3   42.4   42.3       -.1
  Computer and electronic products............   40.3   40.3   40.8   40.2    40.7   40.4   40.4   40.4   40.7   40.5       -.2
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.8   41.1   42.1   41.2    41.4   40.9   41.1   41.3   42.1   41.6       -.5
  Transportation equipment....................   41.8   43.1   43.4   41.9    43.7   42.8   42.3   42.9   43.2   43.5        .3
   Motor vehicles and parts (2)...............   41.0   42.9   43.2   41.0    43.2   42.4   41.7   42.6   42.8   43.0        .2
  Furniture and related products..............   38.7   38.6   39.5   38.9    38.8   38.9   38.9   38.9   39.1   38.9       -.2
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.2   38.6   39.0   38.2    38.7   38.5   38.6   38.6   38.7   38.7        .0

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.5   40.7   41.0   40.6    40.9   40.9   40.9   40.8   40.9   40.9        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.5    4.0    4.2    4.1     4.5    4.3    4.2    4.1    4.1    4.1        .0

  Food manufacturing..........................   40.0   40.4   40.6   40.7    40.2   41.0   40.7   40.6   40.6   40.8        .2
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   42.2   41.0   41.6   40.6    41.9   40.7   41.3   40.5   40.8   40.4       -.4
  Textile mills...............................   40.2   40.3   40.3   39.0    40.8   40.5   40.2   40.2   40.2   39.7       -.5
  Textile product mills.......................   39.8   39.5   40.9   39.9    40.4   39.6   39.9   39.8   40.6   40.3       -.3
  Apparel.....................................   36.3   37.4   37.9   37.0    36.8   36.7   37.3   37.3   37.7   37.4       -.3
  Leather and allied products.................   38.7   39.1   38.3   37.5    39.2   37.9   37.6   38.9   38.1   37.9       -.2
  Paper and paper products....................   43.4   42.8   43.1   43.3    43.6   43.1   43.0   42.9   43.0   43.3        .3
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.7   38.8   38.8   38.6    39.1   39.3   39.4   39.1   39.1   39.0       -.1
  Petroleum and coal products.................   45.7   44.5   44.9   44.3    45.5   44.7   44.9   44.6   44.6   44.2       -.4
  Chemicals...................................   42.4   41.9   42.1   41.9    42.9   41.9   42.2   42.0   42.2   42.2        .0
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.3   41.1   41.6   40.2    41.1   40.9   41.2   41.1   41.4   41.0       -.4

     Private service-providing................   32.9   32.3   32.5   32.9    32.4   32.5   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.9   33.3   33.6   33.8    33.4   33.4   33.3   33.4   33.4   33.3       -.1

 Wholesale trade..............................   38.4   38.3   38.2   38.6    38.0   38.2   38.1   38.3   38.2   38.2        .0

 Retail trade.................................   31.0   30.1   30.4   30.7    30.4   30.2   30.2   30.2   30.2   30.1       -.1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   37.4   36.8   37.1   37.5    36.9   37.2   36.9   37.0   37.0   37.0        .0

 Utilities....................................   41.6   42.5   42.6   42.7    41.6   42.5   42.3   42.4   42.6   42.7        .1

Information...................................   37.2   36.0   36.2   37.1    36.7   36.7   36.5   36.3   36.3   36.5        .2

Financial activities..........................   36.3   35.5   35.8   36.6    35.7   36.0   36.0   35.9   36.0   36.0        .0

Professional and business services............   34.9   34.7   34.8   35.1    34.7   34.8   34.7   34.8   34.7   34.8        .1

Education and health services.................   32.8   32.3   32.5   32.8    32.5   32.6   32.6   32.5   32.5   32.5        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................   26.6   25.5   25.9   26.4    25.6   25.6   25.6   25.6   25.6   25.4       -.2

Other services................................   31.2   30.9   30.9   31.0    30.9   31.0   30.9   31.0   30.8   30.7       -.1


   1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         July      May      June      July       July      May      June      July
                                                   2006      2007     2007p     2007p      2006      2007     2007p     2007p

        Total private........................... $16.75    $17.28    $17.29    $17.42    $572.85   $582.34   $587.86   $595.76
         Seasonally adjusted....................  16.79     17.32     17.39     17.45     569.18    585.42    589.52    589.81

    Goods-producing.............................  18.03     18.59     18.65     18.69     730.22    754.75    764.65    756.95

Natural resources and mining....................  19.79     20.86     20.78     20.67     906.38    953.30    962.11    946.69

Construction....................................  20.12     20.84     20.89     20.99     792.73    819.01    829.33    827.01

Manufacturing...................................  16.70     17.19     17.23     17.22     683.03    706.51    715.05    704.30

 Durable goods..................................  17.52     18.12     18.17     18.11     721.82    750.17    759.51    744.32
  Wood products.................................  13.43     13.61     13.70     13.65     538.54    541.68    554.85    546.00
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.57     17.03     17.20     17.06     720.80    723.78    741.32    731.87
  Primary metals................................  19.17     19.57     19.64     19.87     831.98    835.64    850.41    846.46
  Fabricated metal products.....................  16.18     16.49     16.46     16.49     665.00    682.69    684.74    679.39
  Machinery.....................................  17.13     17.64     17.63     18.01     729.74    746.17    749.28    758.22
  Computer and electronic products..............  19.02     19.91     19.95     20.15     766.51    802.37    813.96    810.03
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.55     15.97     15.92     15.92     634.44    656.37    670.23    655.90
  Transportation equipment......................  21.92     22.85     23.06     22.64     916.26    984.84   1000.80    948.62
  Furniture and related products................  13.76     14.34     14.39     14.26     532.51    553.52    568.41    554.71
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  14.53     14.42     14.56     14.72     555.05    556.61    567.84    562.30

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.31     15.60     15.63     15.72     620.06    634.92    640.83    638.23
  Food manufacturing............................  13.11     13.51     13.50     13.55     524.40    545.80    548.10    551.49
  Beverages and tobacco products................  18.15     18.58     18.22     18.71     765.93    761.78    757.95    759.63
  Textile mills.................................  12.54     12.89     13.01     13.21     504.11    519.47    524.30    515.19
  Textile product mills.........................  12.13     11.92     11.96     12.09     482.77    470.84    489.16    482.39
  Apparel.......................................  10.69     10.91     10.92     11.02     388.05    408.03    413.87    407.74
  Leather and allied products...................  11.58     11.85     12.00     11.93     448.15    463.34    459.60    447.38
  Paper and paper products......................  18.27     18.45     18.47     18.67     792.92    789.66    796.06    808.41
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.75     15.92     16.02     16.13     609.53    617.70    621.58    622.62
  Petroleum and coal products...................  23.44     24.78     24.57     24.97    1071.21   1102.71   1103.19   1106.17
  Chemicals.....................................  19.26     19.52     19.59     19.56     816.62    817.89    824.74    819.56
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.99     15.29     15.37     15.35     604.10    628.42    639.39    617.07

     Private service-providing..................  16.41     16.93     16.93     17.09     539.89    546.84    550.23    562.26

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.53     15.70     15.75     15.87     526.47    522.81    529.20    536.41

 Wholesale trade................................  19.07     19.28     19.39     19.64     732.29    738.42    740.70    758.10

 Retail trade...................................  12.68     12.77     12.78     12.83     393.08    384.38    388.51    393.88

 Transportation and warehousing.................  17.50     17.55     17.72     17.87     654.50    645.84    657.41    670.13

 Utilities......................................  27.43     27.75     27.49     27.65    1141.09   1179.38   1171.07   1180.66

Information.....................................  23.15     23.82     23.77     23.77     861.18    857.52    860.47    881.87

Financial activities............................  18.81     19.54     19.54     19.67     682.80    693.67    699.53    719.92

Professional and business services..............  19.24     19.95     19.95     20.38     671.48    692.27    694.26    715.34

Education and health services...................  17.42     17.84     17.92     18.08     571.38    576.23    582.40    593.02

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.62     10.33     10.27     10.33     255.89    263.42    265.99    272.71

Other services..................................  14.66     15.15     15.12     15.17     457.39    468.14    467.21    470.27

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         July     Mar.     Apr.     May     June     July  change from:
                                                   2006     2007     2007     2007    2007p    2007p  June 2007-
                                                                                                      July 2007p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $16.79   $17.21   $17.25   $17.32   $17.39   $17.45      0.3
         Constant (1982) dollars (2)............   8.17     8.32     8.30     8.26     8.29     N.A.      (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  18.00    18.45    18.53    18.61    18.64    18.66       .1

Natural resources and mining....................  19.86    20.77    20.81    20.85    20.86    20.80      -.3

Construction....................................  20.06    20.68    20.73    20.91    20.92    20.92       .0

Manufacturing...................................  16.78    17.09    17.18    17.20    17.24    17.29       .3
   Excluding overtime (4).......................  15.92    16.24    16.34    16.38    16.41    16.45       .2

 Durable goods..................................  17.66    18.03    18.12    18.15    18.19    18.24       .3

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.26    15.49    15.60    15.60    15.64    15.67       .2

     Private service-providing..................  16.46    16.88    16.91    16.98    17.06    17.13       .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.48    15.66    15.69    15.71    15.77    15.81       .3

 Wholesale trade................................  18.94    19.32    19.39    19.38    19.50    19.52       .1

 Retail trade...................................  12.65    12.72    12.75    12.75    12.76    12.79       .2

 Transportation and warehousing.................  17.41    17.54    17.57    17.65    17.72    17.76       .2

 Utilities......................................  27.52    27.66    27.68    27.71    27.74    27.78       .1

Information.....................................  23.30    23.83    23.86    23.87    23.99    23.95      -.2

Financial activities............................  18.81    19.51    19.53    19.59    19.67    19.68       .1

Professional and business services..............  19.14    19.83    19.84    20.03    20.13    20.27       .7

Education and health services...................  17.40    17.78    17.80    17.89    17.97    18.04       .4

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.75    10.19    10.29    10.32    10.37    10.45       .8

Other services..................................  14.76    15.07    15.10    15.14    15.20    15.27       .5

   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 .4 percent from May 2007 to June 2007, 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 and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      July   May    June   July    July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July   change from:
                                                2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2007   2007   2007   2007p  2007p   June 2007-
                                                                                                                        July 2007p

        Total private.........................  108.0  107.4  109.4  110.0   106.0  107.3  107.1  107.3  107.8  107.7      -0.1

    Goods-producing...........................  104.9  103.0  105.7  104.5   103.6  102.6  101.9  102.4  103.0  102.8       -.2

Natural resources and mining..................  130.0  132.1  137.0  136.1   127.6  132.0  131.7  132.1  133.4  133.4        .0

Construction..................................  122.1  117.2  122.0  122.1   115.3  115.2  114.2  114.7  115.8  115.2       -.5

Manufacturing.................................   96.0   95.2   96.9   95.1    97.2   95.5   95.2   95.3   95.8   95.8        .0

 Durable goods................................   98.8   98.5  100.0   97.3   100.6   98.2   97.8   98.1   98.7   98.8        .1
  Wood products...............................  103.4   93.2   96.1   95.4   101.7   92.1   92.2   92.4   92.8   93.4        .6
  Nonmetallic mineral products................  104.1   97.9  101.4  100.7   101.0   96.4   95.7   96.6   97.4   97.4        .0
  Primary metals..............................   93.3   90.5   91.6   88.9    95.1   91.2   90.9   90.6   91.2   90.5       -.8
  Fabricated metal products...................  103.1  104.0  105.4  103.9   104.4  104.5  104.1  104.2  104.6  105.0        .4
  Machinery...................................  104.6  105.7  107.4  106.5   105.2  105.3  105.4  105.8  106.7  106.9        .2
  Computer and electronic products............  104.9  103.7  104.8  103.0   105.8  104.5  104.1  104.0  104.2  103.7       -.5
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   88.9   91.1   93.5   91.5    90.4   90.4   91.1   91.6   93.2   92.3      -1.0
  Transportation equipment....................   95.6   99.0   99.9   93.0   102.6   97.6   97.0   98.0   98.6   99.1        .5
   Motor vehicles and parts (2)...............   86.7   88.8   89.3   80.2    95.2   87.9   86.4   87.4   87.6   87.6        .0
  Furniture and related products..............   90.5   86.4   88.0   86.4    90.5   86.6   86.4   86.5   86.4   86.1       -.3
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   89.0   92.4   93.2   90.6    90.4   92.1   92.3   92.4   92.4   92.2       -.2

 Nondurable goods.............................   91.5   90.2   91.9   91.4    91.7   91.1   91.0   90.9   91.2   91.3        .1
  Food manufacturing..........................  100.5   99.7  102.3  104.9    99.5  102.7  101.8  102.1  102.4  103.3        .9
  Beverages and tobacco products..............  104.6  103.4  109.3  107.6   100.2  102.6  105.6  103.8  105.4  104.4       -.9
  Textile mills...............................   64.2   58.2   57.7   54.2    65.4   59.4   57.9   57.6   57.0   55.4      -2.8
  Textile product mills.......................   85.8   79.9   82.5   79.3    86.9   80.8   81.1   79.8   81.2   79.9      -1.6
  Apparel.....................................   63.8   62.2   63.3   59.8    65.0   61.3   61.7   61.5   61.6   60.7      -1.5
  Leather and allied products.................   73.4   76.0   74.2   69.1    75.6   73.4   71.3   74.3   73.0   71.4      -2.2
  Paper and paper products....................   88.2   84.5   86.1   86.3    88.1   85.2   85.2   84.9   85.3   85.8        .6
  Printing and related support activities.....   92.0   91.5   91.7   91.1    92.3   93.9   93.1   92.3   92.1   91.8       -.3
  Petroleum and coal products.................  104.5   99.3  102.8  102.2   100.4   95.4   96.5   98.4   98.5   97.8       -.7
  Chemicals...................................   97.1   94.5   96.0   97.0    97.6   94.0   95.0   94.7   95.6   96.8       1.3
  Plastics and rubber products................   92.9   94.9   96.4   92.3    94.9   94.2   95.0   94.6   95.3   94.4       -.9

     Private service-providing................  109.1  108.8  110.4  111.7   106.6  108.6  108.5  108.7  108.9  109.1        .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  104.5  103.7  105.1  105.7   103.0  104.0  103.6  104.2  104.3  104.1       -.2

 Wholesale trade..............................  107.6  109.0  109.8  111.3   105.7  107.7  107.7  108.7  108.8  109.4        .6

 Retail trade.................................  102.3  100.1  101.4  102.4   100.5  100.9  100.7  100.9  100.8  100.6       -.2

 Transportation and warehousing...............  108.8  108.7  110.0  110.0   108.2  109.6  108.7  109.1  109.2  109.4        .2

 Utilities....................................   95.1   96.3   97.4   97.9    94.1   96.0   95.5   96.0   96.7   96.8        .1

Information...................................  102.9  101.1  102.0  104.1   100.9  102.2  101.9  101.6  101.4  101.8        .4

Financial activities..........................  110.8  109.3  111.4  114.6   107.9  110.6  110.7  110.6  111.1  111.6        .5

Professional and business services............  114.2  114.5  116.4  117.3   112.5  114.7  114.4  115.0  114.7  115.2        .4

Education and health services.................  107.9  111.8  111.4  111.6   109.0  111.6  111.9  111.9  112.4  112.7        .3

Leisure and hospitality.......................  119.4  113.7  119.2  122.5   108.8  111.5  111.8  112.1  112.3  111.7       -.5

Other services................................   99.6   99.3  100.5  100.9    97.3   98.7   98.6   99.1   98.7   98.5       -.2

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      July   May    June   July    July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July   change from:
                                                2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2007   2007   2007   2007p  2007p   June 2007-
                                                                                                                        July 2007p

        Total private.........................  120.9  124.0  126.4  128.1   118.9  123.4  123.4  124.2  125.3  125.6       0.2

    Goods-producing...........................  115.8  117.2  120.7  119.6   114.2  115.9  115.7  116.6  117.6  117.5       -.1

Natural resources and mining..................  149.6  160.3  165.6  163.6   147.3  159.4  159.4  160.2  161.9  161.3       -.4

Construction..................................  132.7  131.9  137.6  138.4   124.9  128.7  127.8  129.5  130.8  130.2       -.5

Manufacturing.................................  104.8  107.1  109.1  107.1   106.7  106.7  107.0  107.2  108.0  108.4        .4

 Durable goods................................  108.1  111.4  113.4  110.1   110.9  110.5  110.6  111.2  112.1  112.5        .4

 Nondurable goods.............................   99.0   99.4  101.5  101.6    98.9   99.7  100.3  100.2  100.8  101.1        .3

     Private service-providing................  122.8  126.3  128.1  130.9   120.3  125.7  125.8  126.6  127.4  128.2        .6

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  115.8  116.2  118.1  119.6   113.7  116.2  116.0  116.8  117.3  117.4        .1

 Wholesale trade..............................  120.9  123.8  125.4  128.8   117.9  122.5  123.0  124.1  125.0  125.8        .6

 Retail trade.................................  111.2  109.6  111.1  112.6   108.9  110.0  110.0  110.3  110.3  110.2       -.1

 Transportation and warehousing...............  120.8  121.0  123.6  124.7   119.5  121.9  121.2  122.1  122.8  123.3        .4

 Utilities....................................  108.9  111.6  111.7  113.0   108.1  110.8  110.3  111.1  111.9  112.3        .4

Information...................................  117.9  119.3  120.0  122.5   116.4  120.5  120.4  120.1  120.5  120.7        .2

Financial activities..........................  128.9  132.1  134.6  139.3   125.5  133.5  133.7  134.0  135.1  135.8        .5

Professional and business services............  130.8  136.0  138.2  142.2   128.1  135.3  135.1  137.1  137.4  139.0       1.2

Education and health services.................  123.6  131.1  131.2  132.6   124.7  130.4  131.0  131.6  132.8  133.6        .6

Leisure and hospitality.......................  130.5  133.4  139.0  143.7   120.5  129.0  130.6  131.4  132.3  132.5        .2

Other services................................  106.4  109.6  110.7  111.5   104.6  108.3  108.5  109.3  109.3  109.6        .3

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries (1)

Over 1-month span:
     2003 ..............   43.5     37.2     33.6     38.8     40.8     38.5     39.2     41.7     48.0     50.2     52.2     52.9
     2004 ..............   51.6     50.2     62.1     64.9     59.9     57.6     56.5     51.4     56.5     55.0     51.4     55.6
     2005 ..............   52.5     61.3     52.7     60.8     54.9     58.5     59.0     60.4     53.6     53.1     62.2     60.4
     2006 ..............   64.2     64.6     64.0     62.8     56.7     55.9     59.4     55.9     55.8     57.7     53.6     57.6
     2007 ..............   54.9     54.7     55.0     52.9     57.9    p51.8    p56.3

Over 3-month span:
     2003 ..............   39.6     33.8     34.9     33.8     35.3     42.3     39.2     34.4     42.6     48.6     48.7     50.2
     2004 ..............   55.9     53.2     57.0     64.2     70.3     65.6     59.9     55.2     57.9     59.0     60.4     55.8
     2005 ..............   51.3     55.9     56.8     61.3     57.2     59.4     62.8     63.7     59.9     53.4     57.2     62.2
     2006 ..............   70.5     66.7     66.0     66.9     63.3     62.4     60.3     62.6     57.7     59.0     57.7     59.9
     2007 ..............   64.6     60.6     61.2     59.4     60.1    p57.2    p55.6

Over 6-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.7     33.1     31.1     33.3     33.5     36.5     32.7     32.4     40.8     44.8     47.7     47.5
     2004 ..............   49.8     51.8     55.0     60.8     63.5     63.7     63.3     62.6     58.3     62.1     55.4     55.2
     2005 ..............   54.1     57.2     57.6     56.3     56.5     58.1     65.8     63.8     61.9     59.2     62.8     60.8
     2006 ..............   63.8     63.3     67.1     68.2     67.1     67.1     63.5     62.9     62.6     62.1     61.5     61.0
     2007 ..............   62.2     60.3     65.3     62.8     61.7    p60.4    p59.2

Over 12-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.4     50.7     57.7     57.0     55.2     56.7     58.3     60.1     60.3
     2005 ..............   60.1     61.0     59.5     58.8     58.3     60.3     60.6     62.8     60.3     58.8     59.7     61.3
     2006 ..............   67.3     65.3     66.0     64.7     65.8     65.3     67.6     66.4     66.5     66.4     65.5     65.1
     2007 ..............   64.6     64.4     63.8     64.0     62.6    p62.4    p62.6

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries (1)

Over 1-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.5     17.3     17.3     10.7     22.0     17.3     17.3     31.5     26.8     38.1     42.3     42.3
     2004 ..............   41.1     45.2     47.0     63.1     50.0     48.2     56.5     43.5     41.7     43.5     40.5     42.3
     2005 ..............   36.9     48.2     43.5     48.2     38.7     37.5     42.3     45.8     44.0     44.6     48.2     51.8
     2006 ..............   63.1     48.2     56.0     53.0     47.0     58.9     51.2     44.6     40.5     47.6     43.5     38.7
     2007 ..............   52.4     38.7     30.4     33.3     42.3    p41.1    p45.8

Over 3-month span:
     2003 ..............   15.5     11.3     13.7      9.5      8.9     11.9     15.5     15.5     17.9     29.2     30.4     33.3
     2004 ..............   45.2     42.9     43.5     57.7     60.1     58.3     55.4     46.4     47.0     42.9     42.9     37.5
     2005 ..............   35.1     39.9     40.5     42.3     35.1     33.9     40.5     41.7     42.3     40.5     39.9     43.5
     2006 ..............   56.5     52.4     52.4     51.2     47.6     54.8     48.2     52.4     39.3     42.3     35.7     39.9
     2007 ..............   48.2     38.1     42.9     31.0     33.3    p37.5    p35.7

Over 6-month span:
     2003 ..............   11.9     11.3      7.1      8.3      9.5     10.7      7.1      9.5     12.5     16.1     25.0     24.4
     2004 ..............   28.0     32.7     35.1     47.0     50.0     52.4     54.2     52.4     48.8     51.2     41.1     38.7
     2005 ..............   31.5     35.1     36.3     34.5     32.1     33.3     44.0     39.3     32.1     36.9     34.5     39.3
     2006 ..............   42.9     41.7     50.0     50.6     51.2     53.0     45.8     45.8     47.6     45.2     44.6     39.9
     2007 ..............   39.9     37.5     37.5     36.9     36.3    p36.9    p33.3

Over 12-month span:
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     20.2     23.2     35.7     36.9     38.1     36.3     44.0     44.6     44.6
     2005 ..............   44.6     44.6     41.7     40.5     37.5     36.3     32.1     33.9     32.7     33.3     33.3     37.5
     2006 ..............   44.6     40.5     40.5     40.5     39.3     42.3     48.8     48.8     44.6     45.2     43.5     41.7
     2007 ..............   41.7     42.3     39.3     39.9     36.3    p34.5    p34.5

   1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month 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.