Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-14-0354 

8:30 a.m. (EST) Friday, March 7, 2014 

Technical information: 

Household data: (202) 691-6378 • cpsinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cps 

Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 • cesinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/ces 

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — FEBRUARY 2014 

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 175,000 in February, and the unemployment rate 

was little changed at 6.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment 

increased in professional and business services and in wholesale trade but declined in information. 

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

February 2012 – February 2014

Effect of Winter Storms on Employment Estimates 

Severe winter weather occurred in much of the country during the February reference periods 

for the establishment and household surveys. For information on how weather can affect 

employment and hours data, see Question 8 in the Frequently Asked Questions section of this 

release. 
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Household Survey Data 

Both the number of unemployed persons (10.5 million) and the unemployment rate (6.7 percent) 

changed little in February. The jobless rate has shown little movement since December. Over the year, 

the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate were down by 1.6 million and 1.0 

percentage point, respectively. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (6.4 percent), adult women 

(5.9 percent), teenagers (21.4 percent), whites (5.8 percent), blacks (12.0 percent), and Hispanics (8.1 

percent) showed little or no change in February. The jobless rate for Asians was 6.0 percent (not 

seasonally adjusted), about unchanged over the year. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by 203,000 in 

February to 3.8 million; these individuals accounted for 37.0 percent of the unemployed. The number of 

long-term unemployed was down by 901,000 over the year. (See table A-12.) 

Both the civilian labor force participation rate (63.0 percent) and the employment-population ratio

(58.8 percent) were unchanged in February. The labor force participation rate was down 0.5 percentage 

point from a year ago, while the employment-population ratio was little changed over the year. (See 

table A-1.) 

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as 

involuntary part-time workers) was little changed at 7.2 million in February. These individuals were 

working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find full-time 

work. (See table A-8.) 

In February, 2.3 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, a decline of 285,000 

over the year. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, 

wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They 

were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the 

survey. (See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 755,000 discouraged workers in February, down by 

130,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not 

currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.5 

million persons marginally attached to the labor force in February had not searched for work for reasons 

such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) 

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 175,000 in February. Job growth averaged 189,000 per 

month over the prior 12 months. In February, job gains occurred in professional and business services 

and in wholesale trade, while information lost jobs. (See table B-1.) 

Employment in professional and business services increased by 79,000 in February. Accounting and 

bookkeeping services added 16,000 jobs. Employment continued to trend up in temporary help services 

(+24,000) and in services to buildings and dwellings (+11,000). Over the prior 12 months, professional 

and business services added an average of 56,000 jobs per month.
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In February, wholesale trade added 15,000 jobs, with nearly all of the increase occurring in durable 

goods (+12,000). Over the prior 12 months, the employment gain in wholesale trade averaged 9,000 

per month. 

Employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in February (+21,000). Over 

the prior 12 months, this industry added an average of 27,000 jobs per month. 

In February, employment in construction changed little (+15,000). Over the past year, construction has 

added 152,000 jobs. Within the industry, employment in heavy and civil engineering construction rose 

by 12,000 in February. 

Employment in health care changed little in February (+10,000). This marks the third consecutive 

month of little employment change in this industry. Offices of physicians added 8,000 jobs in February. 

Employment in hospitals changed little over the month but is down by 10,000 over the past 3 months. 

Retail trade employment changed little in February (-4,000). Among the component industries, a job 

gain in food and beverage stores (+12,000) was more than offset by declines in electronics and appliance 

stores (-12,000); sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores (-9,000); and department stores (-7,000). 

Over the year, retail trade has added 282,000 jobs. 

Information lost 16,000 jobs in February. Most of the decline occurred in motion picture and sound 

recording (-14,000); employment in this industry can be volatile from month to month. 

Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, manufacturing, transportation 

and warehousing, financial activities, and government, changed little over the month. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour to 34.2 

hours in February. The manufacturing workweek was unchanged at 40.7 hours, and factory overtime 

edged down by 0.1 hour to 3.3 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory 

employees on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.2 hour to 33.3 hours. For production workers, the 

manufacturing workweek has declined by 0.6 hour over the past 3 months. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

In February, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 9 cents to 

$24.31. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 52 cents, or 2.2 percent. In February, 

average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees increased by 9 

cents to $20.50. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for December was revised from +75,000 to +84,000, 

and the change for January was revised from +113,000 to +129,000. With these revisions, employment 

gains in December and January were 25,000 higher than previously reported. 

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The Employment Situation for March is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 4, 2014, at 8:30 

a.m. (EDT). 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Change from:

Jan. 2014-

Feb. 2014

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population........................................... 244,828 246,745 246,915 247,085 170

Civilian labor force........................................................... 155,511 154,937 155,460 155,724 264

Participation rate.......................................................... 63.5 62.8 63.0 63.0 0.0

Employed................................................................... 143,464 144,586 145,224 145,266 42

Employment-population ratio.......................................... 58.6 58.6 58.8 58.8 0.0

Unemployed............................................................... 12,047 10,351 10,236 10,459 223

Unemployment rate.................................................... 7.7 6.7 6.6 6.7 0.1

Not in labor force............................................................ 89,317 91,808 91,455 91,361 -94

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over...................................................... 7.7 6.7 6.6 6.7 0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)............................................ 7.2 6.3 6.2 6.4 0.2

Adult women (20 years and over)......................................... 7.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 0.0

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................ 25.2 20.2 20.7 21.4 0.7

White.......................................................................... 6.8 5.9 5.7 5.8 0.1

Black or African American.................................................. 13.8 11.9 12.1 12.0 -0.1

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................ 6.1 4.1 4.8 6.0 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................................. 9.5 8.3 8.4 8.1 -0.3

Total, 25 years and over...................................................... 6.3 5.6 5.4 5.5 0.1

Less than a high school diploma.......................................... 11.2 9.8 9.6 9.8 0.2

High school graduates, no college........................................ 7.9 7.1 6.5 6.4 -0.1

Some college or associate degree........................................ 6.7 6.1 6.0 6.2 0.2

Bachelor’s degree and higher.............................................. 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.4 0.2

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.................. 6,495 5,366 5,407 5,448 41

Job leavers...................................................................... 952 862 818 823 5

Reentrants....................................................................... 3,330 3,036 2,937 2,997 60

New entrants.................................................................... 1,276 1,201 1,184 1,229 45

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks............................................................. 2,677 2,255 2,434 2,373 -61

5 to 14 weeks................................................................... 2,788 2,506 2,429 2,568 139

15 to 26 weeks................................................................. 1,735 1,651 1,689 1,615 -74

27 weeks and over............................................................. 4,750 3,878 3,646 3,849 203

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons.............................................. 7,991 7,771 7,257 7,186 -71

Slack work or business conditions........................................ 5,116 4,884 4,405 4,251 -154

Could only find part-time work............................................. 2,583 2,592 2,571 2,692 121

Part time for noneconomic reasons.......................................... 18,925 18,731 19,165 19,027 -138

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force....................................... 2,588 2,427 2,592 2,303 –

Discouraged workers........................................................ 885 917 837 755 –

- Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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. Updated population controls are introduced

annually with the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 84 129 175

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 86 145 162

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 -13 61 22

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 5 1

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 -20 50 15

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7 6 6

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 0 -3 6

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 0.1 -8.6 3.4

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7 9 0

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 99 84 140

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 11.0 20.5 14.8

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 52.0 -22.6 -4.1

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -11.5 4.5 17.2 -3.6

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 -15 -8 -16

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2 -2 9

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 16 42 79

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5 32.2 2.1 24.4

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5 10 33

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 2.6 11.4 14.7

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 18 22 25

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 7 6 3

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 -2 -16 13

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.4 49.5 49.4 49.4

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 48.0 47.9 48.0

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.7

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 34.3 34.3 34.2

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23.79 $24.17 $24.22 $24.31

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $820.76 $829.03 $830.75 $831.40

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.0 99.1 99.2 99.0

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 -0.5 0.1 -0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.3 114.3 114.7 114.9

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 -0.4 0.3 0.2

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 33.5 33.5 33.3

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00 $20.35 $20.41 $20.50

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $676.00 $681.73 $683.74 $682.65

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.8 106.6 106.7 106.3

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9 -0.5 0.1 -0.4

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.4 144.9 145.5 145.6

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 -0.3 0.4 0.1

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (264 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.7 57.2 60.6 59.3

Manufacturing (81 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.4 57.4 52.5 51.2

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the

service-providing industries.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate

hours.

4 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average

aggregate weekly payrolls.

5 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.

p Preliminary
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

1. 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 establishment survey employment series 

has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household 

survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 

100,000 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 self-employed workers 

whose businesses are unincorporated, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private 

household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also 

provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. For more information on the differences 

between the two surveys, please visit www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ces_cps_trends.pdf. 

2. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However, neither the 

establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Therefore, 

it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The establishment survey does 

not collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which 

identify the foreign and native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the 

foreign born. Data on the foreign and native born are published each month in table A-7 of The 

Employment Situation news release. 

3. 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 and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit 

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 

information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm. 

4. 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 statewide total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all states, size classes, and 

industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 

 
5. 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 adjustment comes from an 

econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact 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. 

6. 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. 

7. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who want a job but are not currently 

looking for work? 

Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, 

including those who are not currently looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged 

workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include 

discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each 

month in table A-15 of The Employment Situation news release. For more information about these 

alternative measures, please visit www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm#altmeasures. 

8. How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates? 

In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. 

Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on average weekly hours than on 

employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid time during the pay period, including pay 

for holidays, sick leave, or other time off. The impact of severe weather on hours estimates typically, 

but not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some employees may be 

off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, while some workers, such 

as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. 

In order for severe weather conditions to reduce the estimate of payroll employment, employees have 

to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. Slightly more than 20 percent of all employees 

in the payroll survey sample have a weekly pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of 

the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll employment figures. It is not possible to 

quantify the effect of extreme weather on estimates of over-the-month change in employment. 

In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that includes the 12th of 

the month. Persons who miss the entire week's work for weather-related events are counted as 

employed whether or not they are paid for the time off. The household survey collects data on the 

number of persons who had a job but were not at work due to bad weather. It also provides a measure 

of the number of persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours due to bad weather. 

Current and historical data are available on the household survey's most requested statistics page at 

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln.
Technical Note 

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household 

survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey 

(CES; establishment survey). The household survey 

provides information 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 eligible households conducted by the U.S. Census 

Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm 

payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of 

nonagricultural business establishments. Each month 

the CES program surveys about 144,000 businesses 

and government agencies, representing approximately 

554,000 individual worksites, in order to provide 

detailed industry data on employment, hours, and 

earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. The 

active sample includes approximately one-third of 

all nonfarm payroll employees. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a 

particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the 

reference period is generally the calendar week that 

contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment 

survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 

12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the 

calendar week. 

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys 

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force. 

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked 

in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or 

worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or 

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: they had no employment during the 

reference week; they were available for work at that time; 

and they made specific efforts to find employment 

sometime during the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting 

recall need not be looking for work to be counted as 

unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the 

household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for 

or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. 

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those persons 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. Additional information 

about the household survey can be found at 

www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm. 

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

offices, and stores, as well as from 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 

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

logging, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in private service-providing 

industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an 

establishment’s principal activity in accordance with the 

2012 version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

survey can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/. 

Differences in employment estimates. The numerous 

conceptual and methodological differences between the 

household and establishment surveys result in important 

distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the 

surveys. Among these are: 

 The household survey includes agricultural

workers, self-employed workers whose businesses

are unicorporated, unpaid family workers, and

private household workers among the employed.

These groups are excluded from the establishment

survey.

 The household survey includes people on unpaid

leave among the employed. The establishment

survey does not.

 The household survey is limited to workers 16

years of age and older. The establishment survey is

not limited by age.

 The household survey has no duplication of

individuals, because individuals are counted only

once, even if they hold more than one job. In the

establishment survey, employees working at more

than one job and thus appearing on more than one

payroll are 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 regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such 

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a 

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in employment or increases in the 

participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For 

example, in the household survey, 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. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

declines by about 20 percent at the end of the spring term 

and later rises with the start of the fall term, obscuring the 

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more 

useful tool with which to analyze changes in month-tomonth economic activity. 

Many 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 

major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are 

computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived 

by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex 

components; this differs from the unemployment estimate 

that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by 

combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age 

categories. 

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. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

revisions to historical data are made once a year. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling 

error. When a sample, rather than the entire population, is 

surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may 

differ from the true population values they represent. The 

component of this difference that occurs because samples 

differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. 

There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, 

that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more 

than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value 

because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally 

conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. 

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly 

change in total nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

90,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment 

increases by 50,000 from one month to the next. The 90-

percent confidence interval on the monthly change would 

range from -40,000 to +140,000 (50,000 +/- 90,000). 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 nonfarm employment 

had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, the reported 

nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, 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 nonfarm employment had, in fact, risen 

that month. At an unemployment rate of around 6.0 percent, 

the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change 

in unemployment as measured by the household survey is 

about +/- 300,000, and for the monthly change in the 

unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.2 percentage point. 

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the 

size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a 

small number of observations. The precision of estimates 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which 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 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 excludes 

employment losses from business deaths from samplebased estimation in order to offset the missing employment 

gains from business births. This is incorporated into the 

sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting 

sample units going out of business, but imputing to them 

the same employment trend as the other firms in the 

sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net 

birth/death employment. 

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 derived from the unemployment insurance 

universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual 

residual net of births and deaths over the past 5 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, absolute benchmark revisions for total 

nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a 

range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Feb.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244,828 246,915 247,085 244,828 246,381 246,567 246,745 246,915 247,085

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,727 154,381 155,027 155,511 154,625 155,284 154,937 155,460 155,724

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 62.5 62.7 63.5 62.8 63.0 62.8 63.0 63.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,228 143,526 144,134 143,464 143,485 144,443 144,586 145,224 145,266

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.1 58.1 58.3 58.6 58.2 58.6 58.6 58.8 58.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,500 10,855 10,893 12,047 11,140 10,841 10,351 10,236 10,459

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 7.0 7.0 7.7 7.2 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,100 92,534 92,058 89,317 91,756 91,283 91,808 91,455 91,361

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,842 6,508 6,091 6,790 6,100 5,779 6,111 6,348 6,060

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,117 119,218 119,306 118,117 118,916 119,011 119,103 119,218 119,306

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,180 81,804 81,954 82,826 82,186 82,554 82,323 82,662 82,597

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.6 68.6 68.7 70.1 69.1 69.4 69.1 69.3 69.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,160 75,652 75,687 76,314 76,014 76,560 76,723 77,060 76,808

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.6 63.5 63.4 64.6 63.9 64.3 64.4 64.6 64.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,020 6,153 6,267 6,512 6,171 5,993 5,599 5,602 5,789

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 7.5 7.6 7.9 7.5 7.3 6.8 6.8 7.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,937 37,414 37,352 35,292 36,730 36,458 36,780 36,556 36,709

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,541 110,746 110,838 109,541 110,414 110,515 110,613 110,746 110,838

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,511 79,310 79,528 79,897 79,267 79,700 79,464 79,892 79,917

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.6 71.6 71.8 72.9 71.8 72.1 71.8 72.1 72.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,248 73,748 73,882 74,183 73,808 74,373 74,467 74,916 74,780

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.9 66.6 66.7 67.7 66.8 67.3 67.3 67.6 67.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,262 5,562 5,645 5,714 5,459 5,328 4,997 4,975 5,137

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 7.0 7.1 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,030 31,436 31,310 29,644 31,147 30,815 31,149 30,855 30,921

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,710 127,696 127,779 126,710 127,465 127,555 127,642 127,696 127,779

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,547 72,576 73,073 72,685 72,439 72,730 72,614 72,797 73,128

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.3 56.8 57.2 57.4 56.8 57.0 56.9 57.0 57.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,068 67,874 68,446 67,150 67,471 67,882 67,862 68,163 68,458

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.9 53.2 53.6 53.0 52.9 53.2 53.2 53.4 53.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,479 4,702 4,626 5,535 4,969 4,848 4,752 4,634 4,670

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 6.5 6.3 7.6 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,163 55,120 54,707 54,025 55,026 54,825 55,028 54,899 54,652

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,433 119,497 119,583 118,433 119,246 119,341 119,433 119,497 119,583

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,865 70,003 70,493 69,770 69,652 69,871 69,831 70,023 70,331

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 58.6 58.9 58.9 58.4 58.5 58.5 58.6 58.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,973 65,775 66,319 64,911 65,229 65,547 65,617 65,909 66,183

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 55.0 55.5 54.8 54.7 54.9 54.9 55.2 55.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,891 4,228 4,175 4,859 4,423 4,323 4,214 4,114 4,148

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 6.0 5.9 7.0 6.4 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,568 49,495 49,089 48,663 49,593 49,470 49,602 49,475 49,252

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,854 16,671 16,664 16,854 16,721 16,710 16,700 16,671 16,664

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,352 5,068 5,006 5,844 5,706 5,713 5,642 5,545 5,476

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.8 30.4 30.0 34.7 34.1 34.2 33.8 33.3 32.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,006 4,003 3,933 4,370 4,448 4,523 4,502 4,399 4,303

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.8 24.0 23.6 25.9 26.6 27.1 27.0 26.4 25.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,346 1,065 1,073 1,474 1,258 1,190 1,140 1,147 1,173

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1 21.0 21.4 25.2 22.0 20.8 20.2 20.7 21.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,502 11,603 11,658 11,009 11,015 10,997 11,058 11,125 11,188

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Feb.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,859 194,944 195,029 193,859 194,734 194,833 194,927 194,944 195,029

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,922 122,492 122,928 123,654 122,621 123,050 122,879 123,500 123,641

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.4 62.8 63.0 63.8 63.0 63.2 63.0 63.4 63.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,036 114,915 115,312 115,267 114,901 115,514 115,623 116,409 116,447

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 58.9 59.1 59.5 59.0 59.3 59.3 59.7 59.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,887 7,576 7,616 8,387 7,719 7,536 7,256 7,091 7,193

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 6.2 6.2 6.8 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,937 72,452 72,101 70,205 72,113 71,783 72,048 71,444 71,388

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,336 64,040 64,185 64,722 64,000 64,287 64,221 64,551 64,594

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.9 72.1 72.2 73.4 72.1 72.4 72.3 72.6 72.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,741 60,082 60,178 60,627 60,107 60,480 60,637 61,048 61,020

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.7 67.6 67.7 68.7 67.8 68.1 68.3 68.7 68.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,595 3,959 4,008 4,095 3,893 3,806 3,584 3,503 3,574

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.5

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,291 54,393 54,709 54,257 54,044 54,181 54,173 54,505 54,635

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 58.1 58.4 58.3 57.8 57.9 57.8 58.2 58.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,980 51,497 51,866 50,993 51,100 51,307 51,308 51,695 51,822

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 55.0 55.4 54.8 54.6 54.8 54.8 55.2 55.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,311 2,896 2,843 3,264 2,944 2,874 2,866 2,810 2,813

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 5.3 5.2 6.0 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,295 4,058 4,033 4,675 4,577 4,582 4,485 4,444 4,412

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.2 32.7 32.5 37.3 36.8 36.8 36.1 35.8 35.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,315 3,337 3,268 3,647 3,694 3,727 3,678 3,666 3,606

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4 26.9 26.3 29.1 29.7 30.0 29.6 29.5 29.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981 722 765 1,028 883 855 806 777 807

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.8 17.8 19.0 22.0 19.3 18.7 18.0 17.5 18.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,223 30,651 30,685 30,223 30,500 30,535 30,569 30,651 30,685

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,531 18,483 18,591 18,637 18,541 18,482 18,401 18,558 18,654

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3 60.3 60.6 61.7 60.8 60.5 60.2 60.5 60.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,969 16,161 16,351 16,063 16,133 16,188 16,215 16,310 16,416

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.8 52.7 53.3 53.1 52.9 53.0 53.0 53.2 53.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,562 2,322 2,240 2,573 2,408 2,295 2,186 2,249 2,237

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.8 12.6 12.0 13.8 13.0 12.4 11.9 12.1 12.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,691 12,168 12,094 11,586 11,959 12,053 12,168 12,093 12,031

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,386 8,378 8,417 8,433 8,354 8,334 8,255 8,367 8,430

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.7 66.3 66.5 68.1 66.6 66.3 65.6 66.2 66.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,258 7,287 7,279 7,345 7,287 7,327 7,302 7,359 7,345

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 57.6 57.5 59.3 58.1 58.3 58.0 58.2 58.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,128 1,091 1,138 1,089 1,067 1,007 953 1,008 1,085

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 13.0 13.5 12.9 12.8 12.1 11.5 12.0 12.9

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,490 9,505 9,611 9,486 9,496 9,475 9,451 9,525 9,594

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 61.4 62.0 62.2 61.6 61.4 61.2 61.5 61.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,339 8,508 8,687 8,311 8,403 8,428 8,466 8,537 8,646

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 55.0 56.0 54.5 54.5 54.6 54.8 55.1 55.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,151 997 925 1,175 1,093 1,047 986 988 948

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 10.5 9.6 12.4 11.5 11.1 10.4 10.4 9.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 600 562 717 691 673 694 666 630

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3 23.7 22.3 27.7 27.2 26.5 27.4 26.4 24.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 366 385 407 442 433 448 413 425

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 14.5 15.3 15.7 17.4 17.1 17.7 16.4 16.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 234 177 309 248 240 246 253 204

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2 39.0 31.5 43.2 36.0 35.7 35.5 38.0 32.4

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,185 13,636 13,738 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Feb.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,566 8,693 8,797 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.0 63.7 64.0 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,040 8,271 8,270 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.0 60.7 60.2 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 421 528 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 4.8 6.0 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,619 4,943 4,941 – – – – – –

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

- 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. Updated population controls are

introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Feb.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population................ 37,169 37,976 38,053 37,169 37,796 37,876 37,955 37,976 38,053

Civilian labor force................................ 24,519 24,919 25,019 24,549 24,783 25,124 24,863 25,053 25,061

Participation rate............................... 66.0 65.6 65.7 66.0 65.6 66.3 65.5 66.0 65.9

Employed....................................... 21,999 22,647 22,836 22,210 22,543 22,949 22,805 22,961 23,021

Employment-population ratio............... 59.2 59.6 60.0 59.8 59.6 60.6 60.1 60.5 60.5

Unemployed.................................... 2,519 2,271 2,183 2,339 2,240 2,175 2,058 2,092 2,040

Unemployment rate......................... 10.3 9.1 8.7 9.5 9.0 8.7 8.3 8.4 8.1

Not in labor force................................. 12,650 13,058 13,033 12,620 13,013 12,753 13,092 12,923 12,992

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 13,534 13,811 13,821 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 80.8 80.5 80.4 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 12,304 12,678 12,806 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 73.4 73.9 74.5 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 1,230 1,133 1,015 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 9.1 8.2 7.3 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 9,975 10,108 10,196 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 59.5 58.9 59.3 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 8,980 9,216 9,301 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 53.5 53.7 54.1 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 995 892 895 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 10.0 8.8 8.8 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................ 1,010 1,000 1,002 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 27.7 27.4 27.5 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 716 753 729 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 19.6 20.7 20.0 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 294 246 274 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 29.1 24.6 27.3 – – – – – –

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted

columns.

- Data not available.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................. 10,842 10,821 10,804 11,240 10,721 10,898 10,748 11,004 11,154

Participation rate.................................. 45.4 43.8 44.8 47.1 44.6 44.5 43.7 44.5 46.2

Employed.......................................... 9,463 9,618 9,602 9,978 9,563 9,741 9,699 9,953 10,056

Employment-population ratio................. 39.7 38.9 39.8 41.8 39.8 39.7 39.4 40.2 41.7

Unemployed....................................... 1,378 1,203 1,203 1,263 1,158 1,157 1,049 1,051 1,098

Unemployment rate............................ 12.7 11.1 11.1 11.2 10.8 10.6 9.8 9.6 9.8

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................. 36,212 35,973 36,050 36,193 36,311 35,895 36,242 35,924 36,108

Participation rate.................................. 58.3 58.2 58.4 58.2 58.4 58.2 58.0 58.1 58.5

Employed.......................................... 33,026 33,359 33,482 33,345 33,665 33,277 33,677 33,593 33,792

Employment-population ratio................. 53.1 54.0 54.2 53.6 54.2 53.9 53.9 54.3 54.7

Unemployed....................................... 3,186 2,614 2,568 2,848 2,646 2,618 2,565 2,331 2,316

Unemployment rate............................ 8.8 7.3 7.1 7.9 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.5 6.4

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................. 37,478 36,759 37,261 37,337 37,201 37,244 37,021 36,992 37,169

Participation rate.................................. 68.4 66.9 67.1 68.1 66.8 67.5 67.6 67.3 66.9

Employed.......................................... 34,914 34,448 34,898 34,849 34,852 34,872 34,750 34,758 34,876

Employment-population ratio................. 63.7 62.7 62.8 63.6 62.6 63.2 63.4 63.3 62.8

Unemployed....................................... 2,564 2,310 2,363 2,488 2,350 2,372 2,272 2,234 2,293

Unemployment rate............................ 6.8 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.0 6.2

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................. 49,489 50,404 50,522 49,330 49,329 49,929 49,759 50,427 50,240

Participation rate.................................. 76.0 75.6 75.6 75.7 75.0 75.2 75.3 75.7 75.2

Employed.......................................... 47,567 48,729 48,796 47,428 47,467 48,246 48,134 48,797 48,543

Employment-population ratio................. 73.0 73.1 73.0 72.8 72.2 72.7 72.8 73.2 72.6

Unemployed....................................... 1,922 1,676 1,726 1,902 1,863 1,683 1,625 1,629 1,697

Unemployment rate............................ 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.4

1

Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2

Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service,

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,520 21,298 19,304 19,054 2,216 2,244

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,114 10,833 9,728 9,389 1,387 1,445

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.6 50.9 50.4 49.3 62.6 64.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,342 10,149 9,058 8,781 1,284 1,368

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.1 47.7 46.9 46.1 57.9 61.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772 684 669 608 103 76

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 6.3 6.9 6.5 7.4 5.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,406 10,465 9,576 9,665 829 799

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,694 2,995 2,147 2,415 547 581

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,161 2,430 1,807 2,020 353 410

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.2 81.1 84.2 83.7 64.6 70.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,958 2,207 1,645 1,838 313 370

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.7 73.7 76.6 76.1 57.1 63.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 223 162 183 41 40

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 9.2 9.0 9.0 11.6 9.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 565 339 394 194 171

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,324 3,412 2,674 2,707 650 704

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,806 2,787 2,331 2,284 475 503

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.4 81.7 87.2 84.3 73.0 71.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,637 2,658 2,184 2,177 452 481

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.3 77.9 81.7 80.4 69.6 68.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 128 147 107 22 22

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 4.6 6.3 4.7 4.7 4.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 625 343 424 175 201

World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,008 9,554 9,630 9,195 378 359

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,080 2,817 2,956 2,718 124 99

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.8 29.5 30.7 29.6 32.8 27.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,852 2,633 2,736 2,539 116 95

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.5 27.6 28.4 27.6 30.7 26.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 184 220 179 8 4

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 6.5 7.4 6.6 6.4 4.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,928 6,737 6,674 6,477 254 260

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,494 5,337 4,853 4,737 640 600

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,068 2,799 2,633 2,367 434 432

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 52.4 54.3 50.0 67.8 72.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,895 2,650 2,493 2,227 403 422

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.7 49.6 51.4 47.0 62.9 70.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 149 140 140 32 10

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.9 7.3 2.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,426 2,538 2,220 2,370 206 168

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214,160 216,827 94,137 95,685 120,024 121,142

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,754 142,531 71,520 71,799 70,234 70,732

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.2 65.7 76.0 75.0 58.5 58.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,558 132,676 65,485 66,338 65,073 66,338

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.0 61.2 69.6 69.3 54.2 54.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,196 9,854 6,035 5,460 5,161 4,394

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 6.9 8.4 7.6 7.3 6.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,407 74,296 22,617 23,887 49,790 50,410

NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the

U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August

1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service

periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the

selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Beginning with data for January 2014, estimates for veterans incorporate updated

weighting procedures.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population...................................................... 28,655 28,970 216,173 218,116

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 5,929 5,537 148,798 149,490

Participation rate..................................................................... 20.7 19.1 68.8 68.5

Employed............................................................................. 5,198 4,746 137,030 139,388

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 18.1 16.4 63.4 63.9

Unemployed.......................................................................... 732 792 11,768 10,102

Unemployment rate............................................................... 12.3 14.3 7.9 6.8

Not in labor force....................................................................... 22,726 23,433 67,374 68,626

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,746 2,454 74,959 74,918

Participation rate..................................................................... 35.1 32.2 82.0 81.4

Employed............................................................................. 2,365 2,042 68,591 69,248

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 30.2 26.8 75.1 75.3

Unemployed.......................................................................... 382 412 6,368 5,670

Unemployment rate............................................................... 13.9 16.8 8.5 7.6

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,077 5,173 16,400 17,082

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,190 2,097 66,795 67,167

Participation rate..................................................................... 28.5 26.8 70.2 70.5

Employed............................................................................. 1,910 1,762 61,793 63,048

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 24.8 22.6 65.0 66.2

Unemployed.......................................................................... 280 334 5,002 4,119

Unemployment rate............................................................... 12.8 15.9 7.5 6.1

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,504 5,719 28,305 28,074

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 993 986 7,044 7,405

Participation rate..................................................................... 7.6 7.3 23.7 24.0

Employed............................................................................. 923 941 6,646 7,092

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 7.0 7.0 22.4 23.0

Unemployed.......................................................................... 70 45 398 313

Unemployment rate............................................................... 7.1 4.6 5.7 4.2

Not in labor force....................................................................... 12,145 12,541 22,669 23,470

NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty

seeing even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or

emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as

visiting a doctor’s office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with

the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 37,858 38,188 18,408 18,429 19,451 19,759

Civilian labor force.................................................. 25,242 25,421 14,478 14,612 10,764 10,809

Participation rate.................................................. 66.7 66.6 78.7 79.3 55.3 54.7

Employed.......................................................... 23,163 23,658 13,347 13,693 9,816 9,964

Employment-population ratio................................. 61.2 61.9 72.5 74.3 50.5 50.4

Unemployed....................................................... 2,079 1,763 1,131 919 947 845

Unemployment rate............................................ 8.2 6.9 7.8 6.3 8.8 7.8

Not in labor force.................................................... 12,617 12,768 3,930 3,817 8,687 8,951

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 206,969 208,897 99,710 100,877 107,260 108,020

Civilian labor force.................................................. 129,486 129,606 67,702 67,342 61,784 62,264

Participation rate.................................................. 62.6 62.0 67.9 66.8 57.6 57.6

Employed.......................................................... 119,065 120,476 61,813 61,994 57,252 58,482

Employment-population ratio................................. 57.5 57.7 62.0 61.5 53.4 54.1

Unemployed....................................................... 10,421 9,130 5,889 5,348 4,532 3,782

Unemployment rate............................................ 8.0 7.0 8.7 7.9 7.3 6.1

Not in labor force.................................................... 77,483 79,291 32,007 33,535 45,476 45,756

NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States

or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are persons who were born

in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen.

Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................. 1,914 1,999 1,973 2,070 2,208 2,139 2,229 2,183 2,150

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 1,132 1,252 1,225 1,264 1,348 1,310 1,377 1,391 1,373

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 754 720 732 790 796 780 812 760 768

Unpaid family workers........................... 27 27 16 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries.......................... 140,314 141,527 142,160 141,393 141,449 142,317 142,337 142,970 143,132

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 131,742 133,132 133,551 132,689 132,859 133,694 133,858 134,384 134,428

Government..................................... 20,802 20,564 20,517 20,489 19,706 20,086 20,063 20,383 20,192

Private industries............................... 110,941 112,568 113,033 112,137 113,184 113,610 113,818 114,001 114,177

Private households.......................... 676 806 822 – – – – – –

Other industries.............................. 110,265 111,762 112,211 111,432 112,370 112,760 112,918 113,164 113,317

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 8,496 8,321 8,529 8,680 8,528 8,547 8,506 8,569 8,697

Unpaid family workers........................... 76 73 81 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 8,298 7,771 7,397 7,991 8,016 7,723 7,771 7,257 7,186

Slack work or business conditions............. 5,457 4,924 4,506 5,116 5,025 4,869 4,884 4,405 4,251

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,474 2,483 2,598 2,583 2,585 2,499 2,592 2,571 2,692

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 19,500 19,473 19,651 18,925 18,755 18,858 18,731 19,165 19,027

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 8,163 7,617 7,269 7,870 7,921 7,619 7,650 7,130 7,071

Slack work or business conditions............. 5,354 4,834 4,449 5,029 4,967 4,807 4,801 4,327 4,208

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,468 2,468 2,565 2,556 2,593 2,484 2,586 2,550 2,653

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 19,201 19,118 19,290 18,583 18,438 18,593 18,436 18,856 18,672

1

Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

2 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs for

the entire week.

3 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business

conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand.

4 Refers to persons who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or

training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to

34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.

- Data not available.

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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,228 143,526 144,134 143,464 143,485 144,443 144,586 145,224 145,266

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,006 4,003 3,933 4,370 4,448 4,523 4,502 4,399 4,303

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,327 1,412 1,309 1,529 1,512 1,555 1,530 1,608 1,512

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,679 2,591 2,624 2,875 2,943 2,917 2,943 2,776 2,830

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,222 139,523 140,201 139,094 139,037 139,920 140,083 140,825 140,963

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,251 13,369 13,424 13,500 13,685 13,733 13,875 13,761 13,704

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,970 126,154 126,777 125,603 125,519 126,232 126,289 126,992 127,260

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,736 94,512 94,666 94,407 94,014 94,562 94,660 95,212 95,241

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,885 31,485 31,673 31,145 31,206 31,430 31,546 31,776 31,883

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,327 30,866 30,840 30,530 30,579 30,682 30,741 31,059 31,007

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,524 32,161 32,154 32,731 32,228 32,450 32,372 32,377 32,351

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,234 31,642 32,111 31,197 31,505 31,670 31,629 31,780 32,019

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,160 75,652 75,687 76,314 76,014 76,560 76,723 77,060 76,808

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,912 1,903 1,805 2,131 2,206 2,188 2,257 2,144 2,028

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 649 568 719 737 752 743 762 673

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,296 1,254 1,237 1,420 1,477 1,421 1,489 1,369 1,375

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,248 73,748 73,882 74,183 73,808 74,373 74,467 74,916 74,780

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,844 6,781 6,791 7,040 6,998 7,045 7,097 7,032 7,005

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,404 66,967 67,092 67,109 66,927 67,345 67,400 67,769 67,731

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,945 50,284 50,232 50,573 50,252 50,591 50,626 50,926 50,810

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,676 16,861 17,004 16,928 16,820 16,953 17,007 17,123 17,218

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,419 16,587 16,455 16,586 16,552 16,563 16,610 16,760 16,613

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,851 16,837 16,773 17,058 16,879 17,075 17,009 17,043 16,980

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,459 16,683 16,860 16,536 16,676 16,755 16,774 16,843 16,921

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,068 67,874 68,446 67,150 67,471 67,882 67,862 68,163 68,458

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,094 2,099 2,128 2,240 2,242 2,335 2,246 2,255 2,275

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 763 740 810 775 803 787 845 839

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,383 1,336 1,388 1,455 1,466 1,497 1,454 1,407 1,455

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,973 65,775 66,319 64,911 65,229 65,547 65,617 65,909 66,183

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,408 6,588 6,633 6,460 6,687 6,688 6,778 6,729 6,700

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,566 59,187 59,685 58,495 58,591 58,887 58,888 59,223 59,529

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,791 44,228 44,435 43,834 43,762 43,971 44,034 44,286 44,431

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,208 14,625 14,669 14,217 14,386 14,477 14,539 14,653 14,665

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,909 14,279 14,385 13,944 14,027 14,118 14,131 14,299 14,395

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,674 15,324 15,381 15,673 15,349 15,376 15,363 15,334 15,371

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,775 14,959 15,251 14,661 14,829 14,916 14,855 14,937 15,098

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,521 43,812 43,889 43,942 43,832 44,162 43,939 44,187 44,292

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,656 34,628 34,874 34,428 34,333 34,366 34,404 34,448 34,619

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,082 9,340 9,333 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,191 115,774 116,323 115,785 116,306 116,951 117,278 117,656 117,819

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,037 27,752 27,810 27,561 27,211 27,461 27,372 27,540 27,330

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,435 6,685 7,163 7,268 6,948 6,880 6,877 6,849 6,960

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 4.7 5.0 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,246 5,452 5,385 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,250 9,042 9,261 9,470 9,323 9,327 9,317 9,329 9,465

1 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.

2 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.

- Data not available.

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.

Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Feb.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over........................... 12,047 10,236 10,459 7.7 7.2 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.7

16 to 19 years..................................... 1,474 1,147 1,173 25.2 22.0 20.8 20.2 20.7 21.4

16 to 17 years.................................. 588 451 422 27.8 23.8 23.6 23.8 21.9 21.8

18 to 19 years.................................. 867 686 751 23.2 21.1 19.4 18.3 19.8 21.0

20 years and over................................ 10,573 9,089 9,285 7.1 6.6 6.5 6.2 6.1 6.2

20 to 24 years.................................. 2,036 1,862 1,856 13.1 12.2 11.6 11.1 11.9 11.9

25 years and over.............................. 8,481 7,203 7,380 6.3 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.5

25 to 54 years............................... 6,553 5,685 5,821 6.5 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.8

25 to 34 years............................. 2,605 2,312 2,413 7.7 7.2 7.4 6.9 6.8 7.0

35 to 44 years............................. 2,018 1,639 1,666 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.0 5.1

45 to 54 years............................. 1,930 1,733 1,742 5.6 5.9 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.1

55 years and over........................... 1,920 1,498 1,553 5.8 5.4 4.9 5.1 4.5 4.6

Men, 16 years and over............................ 6,512 5,602 5,789 7.9 7.5 7.3 6.8 6.8 7.0

16 to 19 years..................................... 798 627 652 27.2 24.4 23.3 21.1 22.6 24.3

16 to 17 years.................................. 325 228 224 31.1 23.3 24.7 24.6 23.0 25.0

18 to 19 years.................................. 455 386 440 24.3 25.3 22.7 18.9 22.0 24.2

20 years and over................................ 5,714 4,975 5,137 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.4

20 to 24 years.................................. 1,107 1,038 1,087 13.6 13.7 12.3 11.8 12.9 13.4

25 years and over.............................. 4,530 3,907 3,984 6.3 6.2 6.1 5.7 5.5 5.6

25 to 54 years............................... 3,487 3,091 3,151 6.4 6.4 6.3 5.8 5.7 5.8

25 to 34 years............................. 1,403 1,277 1,286 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.0 6.9 7.0

35 to 44 years............................. 1,035 877 906 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.3 5.0 5.2

45 to 54 years............................. 1,049 938 958 5.8 6.0 5.6 5.0 5.2 5.3

55 years and over........................... 1,044 816 833 5.9 5.6 5.2 5.3 4.6 4.7

Women, 16 years and over........................ 5,535 4,634 4,670 7.6 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4

16 to 19 years..................................... 676 520 522 23.2 19.6 18.3 19.3 18.7 18.7

16 to 17 years.................................. 263 223 198 24.5 24.2 22.5 23.0 20.9 19.1

18 to 19 years.................................. 412 300 311 22.1 16.4 16.0 17.6 17.6 17.6

20 years and over................................ 4,859 4,114 4,148 7.0 6.4 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9

20 to 24 years.................................. 929 824 769 12.6 10.7 10.9 10.4 10.9 10.3

25 years and over.............................. 3,950 3,296 3,396 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.4

25 to 54 years............................... 3,066 2,593 2,670 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.7

25 to 34 years............................. 1,202 1,035 1,126 7.8 6.9 7.3 6.7 6.6 7.1

35 to 44 years............................. 983 763 760 6.6 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.1 5.0

45 to 54 years............................. 881 796 784 5.3 5.7 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.9

55 years and over........................... 848 726 705 5.5 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.5

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present...................... 2,085 1,735 1,772 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.8

Married women, spouse present.................. 1,737 1,398 1,519 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.5 3.9 4.2

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,126 934 935 11.0 9.5 9.7 8.7 9.1 9.1

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2................................... 10,236 8,746 8,866 8.1 7.6 7.3 6.8 6.9 7.0

Part-time workers3.................................. 1,818 1,492 1,610 6.2 5.5 5.6 5.9 5.1 5.6

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

2 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.

3 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 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 7,130 6,152 6,024 6,495 6,162 5,731 5,366 5,407 5,448

On temporary layoff.............................. 1,425 1,493 1,341 1,091 1,507 1,128 997 986 1,036

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 5,705 4,660 4,682 5,404 4,655 4,603 4,369 4,421 4,412

Permanent job losers.......................... 4,276 3,460 3,366 4,095 3,496 3,428 3,219 3,341 3,230

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . .. 1,429 1,199 1,316 1,309 1,159 1,174 1,150 1,080 1,182

Job leavers........................................... 950 825 813 952 842 890 862 818 823

Reentrants............................................ 3,308 2,869 2,974 3,330 3,104 3,065 3,036 2,937 2,997

New entrants......................................... 1,111 1,008 1,083 1,276 1,217 1,169 1,201 1,184 1,229

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 57.0 56.7 55.3 53.9 54.4 52.8 51.3 52.3 51.9

On temporary layoff.............................. 11.4 13.8 12.3 9.1 13.3 10.4 9.5 9.5 9.9

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 45.6 42.9 43.0 44.8 41.1 42.4 41.8 42.7 42.0

Job leavers........................................... 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.9 7.4 8.2 8.2 7.9 7.8

Reentrants............................................ 26.5 26.4 27.3 27.6 27.4 28.2 29.0 28.4 28.5

New entrants......................................... 8.9 9.3 9.9 10.6 10.7 10.8 11.5 11.4 11.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 4.6 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.5

Job leavers........................................... 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5

Reentrants............................................ 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9

New entrants......................................... 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 2,440 2,876 2,145 2,677 2,794 2,439 2,255 2,434 2,373

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 3,366 2,587 3,091 2,788 2,636 2,585 2,506 2,429 2,568

15 weeks and over.................................. 6,694 5,392 5,657 6,485 5,824 5,786 5,530 5,336 5,464

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 1,903 1,702 1,771 1,735 1,777 1,742 1,651 1,689 1,615

27 weeks and over............................... 4,791 3,690 3,886 4,750 4,047 4,044 3,878 3,646 3,849

Average (mean) duration, in weeks............... 36.0 33.3 36.3 36.9 36.0 37.1 37.1 35.4 37.1

Median duration, in weeks......................... 17.1 14.3 16.0 17.7 16.5 17.0 17.1 16.0 16.4

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 19.5 26.5 19.7 22.4 24.8 22.6 21.9 23.9 22.8

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 26.9 23.8 28.4 23.3 23.4 23.9 24.4 23.8 24.7

15 weeks and over.................................. 53.6 49.7 51.9 54.3 51.7 53.5 53.7 52.3 52.5

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 15.2 15.7 16.3 14.5 15.8 16.1 16.0 16.6 15.5

27 weeks and over............................... 38.3 34.0 35.7 39.7 36.0 37.4 37.7 35.8 37.0

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Total, 16 years and over1............................................. 142,228 144,134 12,500 10,893 8.1 7.0

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 54,563 55,501 2,164 1,845 3.8 3.2

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 22,758 22,664 916 838 3.9 3.6

Professional and related occupations.......................... 31,805 32,838 1,248 1,007 3.8 3.0

Service occupations................................................ 25,136 25,007 2,740 2,249 9.8 8.3

Sales and office occupations...................................... 33,456 33,667 2,876 2,522 7.9 7.0

Sales and related occupations.................................. 14,990 15,799 1,348 1,322 8.2 7.7

Office and administrative support occupations............... 18,466 17,868 1,528 1,200 7.6 6.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations........................................................ 12,602 13,148 1,750 1,487 12.2 10.2

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................... 839 905 160 115 16.1 11.3

Construction and extraction occupations...................... 6,825 7,409 1,276 1,114 15.8 13.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........... 4,938 4,833 314 257 6.0 5.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations........................................................ 16,472 16,811 1,826 1,671 10.0 9.0

Production occupations.......................................... 8,095 8,198 806 692 9.1 7.8

Transportation and material moving occupations............ 8,377 8,613 1,020 978 10.9 10.2

1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 12,500 10,893 8.1 7.0

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.................................. 9,826 8,479 8.1 7.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.................................... 53 98 4.8 8.0

Construction.......................................................................... 1,291 1,098 15.7 12.8

Manufacturing........................................................................ 1,108 843 7.2 5.5

Durable goods..................................................................... 693 454 7.2 4.6

Nondurable goods................................................................ 415 389 7.3 6.9

Wholesale and retail trade......................................................... 1,680 1,571 8.3 7.6

Transportation and utilities......................................................... 468 412 7.5 6.6

Information............................................................................ 143 145 5.2 4.8

Financial activities................................................................... 428 400 4.5 4.2

Professional and business services............................................... 1,480 1,324 9.6 8.6

Education and health services..................................................... 1,176 893 5.3 4.0

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 1,506 1,336 11.2 10.3

Other services........................................................................ 494 359 7.8 5.9

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers......................... 175 153 13.6 11.4

Government workers................................................................... 828 683 3.8 3.2

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............ 559 496 5.6 5.0

1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,

as a percent of the civilian labor force......... 4.3 3.5 3.6 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.5

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force......................................... 4.6 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.5

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate)................................................ 8.1 7.0 7.0 7.7 7.2 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.7

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged

workers, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus discouraged workers................. 8.6 7.5 7.5 8.3 7.7 7.4 7.2 7.1 7.2

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged

workers, plus all other persons marginally

attached to the labor force, as a percent of

the civilian labor force plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . .. 9.6 8.6 8.4 9.3 8.6 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic

reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus all persons marginally attached to

the labor force..................................... 14.9 13.5 13.1 14.3 13.7 13.1 13.1 12.7 12.6

NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those 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 past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have

given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of

January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-16. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

Feb.

2013

Feb.

2014

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force........................................... 90,100 92,058 35,937 37,352 54,163 54,707

Persons who currently want a job................................ 6,842 6,091 3,131 2,984 3,712 3,107

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,588 2,303 1,344 1,295 1,244 1,008

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 885 755 527 466 358 289

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. .. 1,704 1,548 817 829 886 719

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4

............................................. 7,435 7,163 3,680 3,466 3,755 3,697

Percent of total employed.......................................... 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.6 5.6 5.4

Primary job full time, secondary job part time................... 3,988 3,702 2,185 1,974 1,802 1,728

Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 2,043 1,973 671 680 1,371 1,293

Primary and secondary jobs both full time....................... 236 275 142 166 94 109

Hours vary on primary or secondary job......................... 1,123 1,154 665 619 458 535

1 Data refer to persons who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference

week, but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks.

2

Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as 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 number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined.

4

Includes a small number of persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Change

from:

Jan.2014 -

Feb.2014p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,112 138,269 135,433 136,183 135,541 137,395 137,524 137,699 175

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,895 116,061 113,721 114,021 113,658 115,541 115,686 115,848 162

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,131 18,703 18,354 18,363 18,651 18,811 18,872 18,894 22

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844 879 873 873 858 882 887 888 1

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 54.8 53.8 52.5 51.5 54.3 53.9 53.8 -0.1

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794.7 824.0 819.5 820.6 806.9 828.0 833.3 834.4 1.1

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.0 204.3 206.2 206.8 194.8 204.3 206.1 207.8 1.7

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.2 206.4 202.6 202.8 215.6 210.1 212.0 211.8 -0.2

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.3 79.9 79.0 78.5 79.2 79.9 79.5 78.6 -0.9

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.5 413.3 410.7 411.0 396.5 413.6 415.2 414.8 -0.4

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,386 5,774 5,533 5,526 5,789 5,876 5,926 5,941 15

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,212.6 1,312.7 1,275.3 1,269.9 1,271.0 1,314.7 1,334.2 1,334.3 0.1

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567.5 632.9 612.0 614.0 598.2 632.8 644.8 648.2 3.4

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645.1 679.8 663.3 655.9 672.8 681.9 689.4 686.1 -3.3

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . 783.8 840.2 785.5 794.2 889.8 880.0 889.6 901.9 12.3

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,389.9 3,620.6 3,472.6 3,462.1 3,628.1 3,681.1 3,702.5 3,704.5 2.0

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . 1,418.1 1,544.3 1,475.7 1,469.9 1,527.7 1,578.3 1,580.6 1,578.9 -1.7

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . 1,971.8 2,076.3 1,996.9 1,992.2 2,100.4 2,102.8 2,121.9 2,125.6 3.7

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,901 12,050 11,948 11,964 12,004 12,053 12,059 12,065 6

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,479 7,585 7,524 7,538 7,527 7,581 7,578 7,584 6

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.3 356.9 354.5 356.3 348.6 357.9 362.0 362.6 0.6

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.5 374.3 365.3 363.1 371.9 378.3 379.1 377.2 -1.9

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.3 396.3 395.4 396.1 397.9 397.8 396.3 397.6 1.3

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,415.6 1,444.7 1,434.5 1,435.8 1,424.4 1,445.2 1,446.3 1,446.1 -0.2

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100.1 1,106.9 1,106.8 1,110.7 1,103.2 1,105.0 1,110.8 1,112.4 1.6

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,069.0 1,060.9 1,054.6 1,051.8 1,071.5 1,059.8 1,057.5 1,056.5 -1.0

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . 155.4 160.9 160.8 161.3 156.4 161.0 160.3 161.7 1.4

Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.0 100.1 99.7 98.2 104.2 99.6 99.4 98.5 -0.9

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.2 372.7 370.0 369.5 376.9 372.3 372.0 371.0 -1.0

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394.7 388.9 386.3 384.6 394.7 388.8 387.7 386.6 -1.1

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . 372.2 377.8 374.4 374.6 373.9 376.5 374.9 375.3 0.4

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,497.8 1,523.4 1,505.1 1,513.0 1,498.6 1,517.1 1,509.4 1,513.1 3.7

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805.9 844.1 826.7 833.8 805.2 838.5 829.9 833.3 3.4

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.6 362.3 358.5 359.5 356.5 363.8 364.2 363.8 -0.4

Miscellaneous durable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.4 581.4 574.8 576.9 580.8 579.2 577.9 579.0 1.1

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,422 4,465 4,424 4,426 4,477 4,472 4,481 4,481 0

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,442.6 1,483.5 1,458.2 1,457.8 1,474.5 1,484.8 1,491.0 1,489.1 -1.9

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.5 117.7 115.7 116.6 117.3 118.0 116.4 117.5 1.1

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.6 112.5 109.8 109.7 115.7 111.8 111.0 110.7 -0.3

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.2 138.9 137.5 136.6 148.1 138.7 137.6 136.7 -0.9

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.0 378.1 376.8 375.3 380.0 377.7 377.6 376.9 -0.7

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . 451.8 445.0 441.3 440.5 455.5 443.5 443.0 442.6 -0.4

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.7 109.0 108.2 108.4 112.3 111.2 112.7 112.4 -0.3

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789.2 794.2 793.9 795.3 792.3 794.9 796.0 796.2 0.2

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.1 658.1 656.9 659.2 654.0 660.2 662.9 664.3 1.4

Miscellaneous nondurable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.1 228.0 225.7 226.5 227.4 231.2 232.3 234.1 1.8

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,764 97,358 95,367 95,658 95,007 96,730 96,814 96,954 140

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,297 26,884 26,013 25,781 25,691 26,156 26,170 26,177 7

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,664.9 5,805.0 5,765.8 5,778.5 5,716.5 5,796.8 5,817.3 5,832.1 14.8

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,841.4 2,898.1 2,892.0 2,901.6 2,860.9 2,897.2 2,908.4 2,919.9 11.5

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,954.5 1,996.4 1,977.8 1,982.3 1,979.0 1,993.8 2,005.6 2,009.2 3.6

Electronic markets and agents and

brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869.0 910.5 896.0 894.6 876.6 905.8 903.3 903.0 -0.3

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,666.3 15,828.8 15,161.1 14,948.6 14,953.1 15,261.7 15,239.1 15,235.0 -4.1

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,745.1 1,812.4 1,801.6 1,808.5 1,770.7 1,823.2 1,829.7 1,832.9 3.2

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,110.7 1,152.2 1,149.5 1,153.1 1,121.2 1,157.0 1,160.4 1,162.0 1.6

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Change

from:

Jan.2014 -

Feb.2014p

Retail trade - Continued

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . 440.1 474.1 451.7 444.2 443.7 448.4 448.1 449.4 1.3

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 497.9 545.4 532.0 501.2 497.3 514.0 515.7 503.7 -12.0

Building material and garden supply

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,144.7 1,186.8 1,159.9 1,172.5 1,192.6 1,223.3 1,222.2 1,225.2 3.0

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,872.5 3,006.5 2,964.2 2,956.1 2,903.3 2,977.3 2,974.9 2,986.9 12.0

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,002.8 1,042.3 1,021.3 1,012.5 1,008.8 1,023.3 1,019.8 1,017.8 -2.0

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843.2 869.6 861.3 856.6 856.9 871.7 873.3 872.7 -0.6

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . 1,341.4 1,578.5 1,407.6 1,348.5 1,401.5 1,404.5 1,395.9 1,400.2 4.3

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.1 671.4 599.2 572.0 589.7 616.9 596.0 587.4 -8.6

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,961.5 3,328.8 3,115.8 3,032.1 3,033.0 3,099.2 3,100.3 3,094.9 -5.4

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312.4 1,505.4 1,367.5 1,307.8 1,346.9 1,344.4 1,342.8 1,336.2 -6.6

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785.7 804.6 773.8 781.4 798.9 790.3 792.5 793.4 0.9

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.3 508.4 472.7 463.0 456.7 469.6 470.7 470.5 -0.2

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,416.8 4,699.9 4,537.9 4,507.0 4,469.9 4,546.6 4,563.8 4,560.2 -3.6

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.8 452.5 450.9 450.6 449.2 453.4 453.3 453.0 -0.3

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.6 232.5 231.8 232.3 232.5 233.1 232.6 233.5 0.9

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.7 65.5 64.9 65.7 64.7 66.4 66.6 67.7 1.1

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,342.0 1,384.6 1,357.8 1,356.0 1,374.1 1,386.9 1,389.5 1,389.5 0.0

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.5 471.1 464.0 466.7 442.2 453.5 450.7 452.7 2.0

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.4 44.8 45.0 45.1 43.4 44.7 45.0 45.1 0.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . 21.9 24.8 22.4 22.9 28.8 29.2 29.7 29.5 -0.2

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . 592.1 600.9 600.6 599.3 593.4 596.6 601.3 600.5 -0.8

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529.6 680.3 582.8 547.5 539.2 557.8 571.5 559.6 -11.9

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694.2 742.9 717.7 720.9 702.4 725.0 723.6 729.1 5.5

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549.3 550.3 548.2 547.3 551.9 551.3 549.8 549.9 0.1

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,699 2,682 2,629 2,632 2,692 2,674 2,666 2,650 -16

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . 731.0 735.2 728.0 724.3 733.6 731.0 730.4 727.9 -2.5

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.6 326.1 293.6 299.1 368.2 329.9 325.7 311.6 -14.1

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.0 287.0 285.8 286.9 285.0 286.1 286.7 287.3 0.6

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853.4 862.2 851.1 852.8 850.6 858.1 850.4 851.2 0.8

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.3 271.0 267.7 267.1 265.1 269.3 270.0 269.1 -0.9

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.8 200.6 202.3 202.0 189.1 199.3 203.2 203.3 0.1

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,799 7,911 7,846 7,861 7,847 7,901 7,899 7,908 9

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,855.8 5,897.8 5,863.8 5,875.7 5,863.1 5,883.1 5,875.8 5,883.6 7.8

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . 17.5 18.0 18.0 18.1 17.8 18.1 18.2 18.3 0.1

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,616.3 2,601.7 2,583.3 2,579.6 2,616.7 2,595.5 2,586.7 2,583.2 -3.5

Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . . 1,739.3 1,716.2 1,712.1 1,709.8 1,740.3 1,714.4 1,712.1 1,711.9 -0.2

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,319.0 1,290.8 1,288.1 1,285.0 1,320.0 1,289.7 1,287.2 1,285.3 -1.9

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments, and funds and trusts. . . . . . . . 858.5 869.8 866.3 869.0 859.4 868.5 869.3 870.6 1.3

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . 2,363.5 2,408.3 2,396.2 2,409.0 2,369.2 2,401.0 2,401.6 2,411.5 9.9

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,943.6 2,013.3 1,982.1 1,985.1 1,983.9 2,018.3 2,023.5 2,024.5 1.0

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,419.4 1,472.1 1,448.8 1,448.6 1,444.0 1,469.0 1,472.8 1,471.2 -1.6

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.7 518.3 511.4 514.4 516.2 526.7 528.4 531.0 2.6

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . 23.5 22.9 21.9 22.1 23.7 22.6 22.3 22.3 0.0

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,025 18,906 18,552 18,694 18,295 18,842 18,884 18,963 79

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 8,103.4 8,235.7 8,230.8 8,321.8 8,028.8 8,200.8 8,219.3 8,254.7 35.4

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123.1 1,138.8 1,129.5 1,128.9 1,129.9 1,135.1 1,136.6 1,136.3 -0.3

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . 1,046.7 918.8 999.1 1,062.1 911.4 915.2 917.2 932.9 15.7

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . 1,318.4 1,374.3 1,362.2 1,362.8 1,337.3 1,374.1 1,378.8 1,382.0 3.2

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,672.8 1,728.4 1,725.2 1,731.1 1,676.4 1,724.5 1,731.0 1,736.0 5.0

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,141.8 1,213.4 1,186.4 1,195.1 1,151.4 1,201.1 1,200.4 1,205.7 5.3

Management of companies and enterprises. . . 2,062.4 2,113.7 2,107.1 2,101.8 2,074.6 2,109.3 2,112.4 2,113.9 1.5

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Change

from:

Jan.2014 -

Feb.2014p

Professional and business services - Continued

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,859.0 8,556.6 8,214.4 8,270.5 8,191.2 8,531.5 8,552.3 8,594.0 41.7

Administrative and support services1. . . . . . . . 7,492.5 8,184.6 7,846.4 7,903.0 7,815.9 8,156.3 8,178.0 8,218.4 40.4

Employment services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,082.7 3,550.1 3,322.9 3,360.3 3,229.3 3,458.8 3,468.4 3,489.9 21.5

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,442.3 2,855.1 2,650.5 2,685.5 2,572.6 2,773.8 2,775.9 2,800.3 24.4

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841.4 881.1 860.7 862.4 839.0 859.5 860.3 862.0 1.7

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . 1,700.1 1,828.8 1,748.9 1,760.5 1,858.5 1,907.4 1,913.8 1,925.2 11.4

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.5 372.0 368.0 367.5 375.3 375.2 374.3 375.6 1.3

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,070 21,419 21,127 21,391 20,948 21,242 21,252 21,285 33

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,464.7 3,472.2 3,272.4 3,524.8 3,320.6 3,365.0 3,363.6 3,381.8 18.2

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,605.7 17,947.2 17,854.5 17,866.0 17,627.6 17,876.7 17,888.1 17,902.8 14.7

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,393.6 14,649.8 14,571.1 14,571.9 14,429.2 14,604.5 14,610.6 14,620.1 9.5

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 6,405.2 6,592.8 6,562.8 6,568.4 6,422.3 6,567.3 6,580.7 6,589.1 8.4

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,414.3 2,477.2 2,460.7 2,466.5 2,420.6 2,461.2 2,463.5 2,471.7 8.2

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667.8 702.6 701.0 703.5 667.7 700.8 702.3 703.8 1.5

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,210.0 1,268.1 1,259.9 1,254.1 1,213.8 1,263.0 1,264.9 1,261.1 -3.8

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,786.3 4,804.6 4,782.7 4,778.9 4,790.7 4,792.7 4,789.1 4,787.9 -1.2

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,202.1 3,252.4 3,225.6 3,224.6 3,216.2 3,244.5 3,240.8 3,243.1 2.3

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,650.2 1,652.0 1,640.2 1,637.5 1,658.3 1,647.8 1,647.3 1,648.4 1.1

Social assistance1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,212.1 3,297.4 3,283.4 3,294.1 3,198.4 3,272.2 3,277.5 3,282.7 5.2

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862.0 864.1 860.6 868.4 846.3 850.3 851.4 851.7 0.3

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,470 14,095 13,782 13,861 14,078 14,435 14,457 14,482 25

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,797.8 1,916.0 1,860.0 1,882.6 2,010.9 2,082.1 2,089.2 2,094.3 5.1

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . 382.4 412.5 390.0 405.3 413.9 430.6 432.6 435.5 2.9

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.1 134.3 129.2 130.1 139.7 141.2 141.6 141.8 0.2

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . 1,287.3 1,369.2 1,340.8 1,347.2 1,457.3 1,510.3 1,515.0 1,517.0 2.0

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . 11,671.7 12,178.8 11,922.0 11,978.0 12,067.2 12,353.3 12,368.0 12,388.1 20.1

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,759.3 1,800.4 1,767.0 1,778.5 1,850.5 1,866.2 1,867.9 1,866.8 -1.1

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . 9,912.4 10,378.4 10,155.0 10,199.5 10,216.7 10,487.1 10,500.1 10,521.3 21.2

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,404 5,461 5,418 5,438 5,456 5,480 5,486 5,489 3

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.3 1,203.8 1,194.7 1,200.4 1,210.5 1,211.1 1,209.3 1,211.0 1.7

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,315.8 1,349.8 1,336.6 1,340.3 1,331.2 1,349.3 1,355.5 1,356.0 0.5

Membership associations and organizations. . . 2,888.0 2,907.4 2,886.5 2,897.6 2,913.9 2,919.3 2,920.9 2,921.8 0.9

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,217 22,208 21,712 22,162 21,883 21,854 21,838 21,851 13

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,792.0 2,741.0 2,710.0 2,705.0 2,810.0 2,736.0 2,723.0 2,717.0 -6.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,186.9 2,137.5 2,119.5 2,117.9 2,203.6 2,141.3 2,137.5 2,130.7 -6.8

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.2 603.3 590.2 586.6 606.1 594.3 585.7 586.7 1.0

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,180.0 5,169.0 4,969.0 5,198.0 5,049.0 5,064.0 5,065.0 5,076.0 11.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,532.3 2,527.3 2,323.6 2,551.6 2,392.2 2,410.3 2,408.9 2,418.9 10.0

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 2,647.3 2,641.6 2,645.2 2,646.8 2,656.8 2,653.3 2,655.7 2,657.4 1.7

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,245.0 14,298.0 14,033.0 14,259.0 14,024.0 14,054.0 14,050.0 14,058.0 8.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,103.1 8,093.3 7,880.2 8,092.9 7,764.0 7,773.3 7,771.4 7,774.2 2.8

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 6,141.4 6,204.2 6,152.6 6,165.6 6,260.1 6,280.5 6,278.7 6,283.4 4.7

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.

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Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 34.5 34.3 34.3 34.2

Goods-producing.................................................................... 40.5 40.4 40.1 40.1

Mining and logging................................................................ 43.4 44.8 44.1 45.1

Construction....................................................................... 39.2 38.7 38.4 38.0

Manufacturing..................................................................... 40.9 40.9 40.7 40.7

Durable goods.................................................................. 41.2 41.4 41.1 41.2

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 40.3 40.2 39.9 39.9

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.3 33.1 33.2 33.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 34.6 34.4 34.3 34.2

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.7 38.6 38.7 38.5

Retail trade...................................................................... 31.6 31.3 31.1 31.0

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.6 38.7 38.7 38.6

Utilities........................................................................... 42.5 42.0 42.2 42.2

Information......................................................................... 36.4 36.9 36.8 36.9

Financial activities................................................................ 37.2 37.0 37.1 37.1

Professional and business services............................................ 36.1 36.0 36.1 36.0

Education and health services.................................................. 32.8 32.6 32.6 32.4

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 26.1 25.7 26.0 25.7

Other services..................................................................... 31.7 31.6 31.7 31.4

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.3

Durable goods....................................................................... 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4

Nondurable goods................................................................... 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2

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Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Total private............................................... $23.79 $24.17 $24.22 $24.31 $820.76 $829.03 $830.75 $831.40

Goods-producing....................................... 24.92 25.44 25.48 25.60 1,009.26 1,027.78 1,021.75 1,026.56

Mining and logging.................................. 28.81 30.59 30.59 30.79 1,250.35 1,370.43 1,349.02 1,388.63

Construction.......................................... 26.00 26.35 26.39 26.58 1,019.20 1,019.75 1,013.38 1,010.04

Manufacturing........................................ 24.13 24.60 24.65 24.72 986.92 1,006.14 1,003.26 1,006.10

Durable goods.................................... 25.51 26.01 26.05 26.12 1,051.01 1,076.81 1,070.66 1,076.14

Nondurable goods................................ 21.77 22.15 22.20 22.28 877.33 890.43 885.78 888.97

Private service-providing.............................. 23.52 23.87 23.92 24.01 783.22 790.10 794.14 792.33

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 20.77 21.11 21.22 21.29 718.64 726.18 727.85 728.12

Wholesale trade.................................. 27.30 27.87 27.96 27.99 1,056.51 1,075.78 1,082.05 1,077.62

Retail trade........................................ 16.54 16.66 16.75 16.81 522.66 521.46 520.93 521.11

Transportation and warehousing............... 22.04 22.71 22.72 22.83 850.74 878.88 879.26 881.24

Utilities............................................. 35.05 35.51 35.53 35.81 1,489.63 1,491.42 1,499.37 1,511.18

Information........................................... 32.47 33.43 33.41 33.55 1,181.91 1,233.57 1,229.49 1,238.00

Financial activities................................... 29.97 30.37 30.43 30.52 1,114.88 1,123.69 1,128.95 1,132.29

Professional and business services.............. 28.40 28.78 28.85 28.93 1,025.24 1,036.08 1,041.49 1,041.48

Education and health services..................... 24.39 24.55 24.57 24.57 799.99 800.33 800.98 796.07

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 13.39 13.65 13.69 13.76 349.48 350.81 355.94 353.63

Other services....................................... 21.19 21.72 21.83 22.09 671.72 686.35 692.01 693.63

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Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Jan.

2014 -

Feb.

2014p

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Jan.

2014 -

Feb.

2014p

Total private..................................... 98.0 99.1 99.2 99.0 -0.2 111.3 114.3 114.7 114.9 0.2

Goods-producing............................. 86.1 86.6 86.2 86.3 0.1 96.9 99.6 99.3 99.9 0.6

Mining and logging........................ 117.0 124.2 122.9 125.8 2.4 135.3 152.5 151.0 155.6 3.0

Construction................................ 78.2 78.4 78.4 77.8 -0.8 88.4 89.7 89.9 89.9 0.0

Manufacturing.............................. 88.3 88.7 88.3 88.3 0.0 99.1 101.5 101.2 101.6 0.4

Durable goods........................... 87.3 88.4 87.7 88.0 0.3 98.9 102.1 101.5 102.1 0.6

Nondurable goods...................... 90.0 89.7 89.2 89.2 0.0 99.5 100.8 100.5 100.9 0.4

Private service-providing.................... 101.2 102.5 102.9 102.4 -0.5 115.5 118.6 119.3 119.2 -0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 96.7 97.9 97.6 97.4 -0.2 108.1 111.2 111.5 111.6 0.1

Wholesale trade......................... 96.5 97.6 98.2 98.0 -0.2 110.0 113.5 114.6 114.4 -0.2

Retail trade.............................. 96.0 97.0 96.3 95.9 -0.4 105.0 106.9 106.6 106.6 0.0

Transportation and warehousing...... 98.7 100.7 101.1 100.7 -0.4 110.4 116.1 116.5 116.7 0.2

Utilities.................................... 101.5 100.2 100.4 100.4 0.0 117.5 117.5 117.8 118.8 0.8

Information................................. 89.5 90.1 89.6 89.3 -0.3 103.5 107.3 106.6 106.7 0.1

Financial activities......................... 95.6 95.7 96.0 96.1 0.1 111.8 113.4 113.9 114.4 0.4

Professional and business services..... 103.9 106.7 107.2 107.4 0.2 119.5 124.4 125.3 125.8 0.4

Education and health services........... 110.3 111.1 111.2 110.7 -0.4 126.7 128.5 128.7 128.1 -0.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 104.8 105.9 107.2 106.2 -0.9 113.3 116.6 118.5 117.9 -0.5

Other services............................. 95.8 95.9 96.4 95.5 -0.9 115.2 118.3 119.4 119.7 0.3

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

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Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Total nonfarm............................................. 66,963 67,961 67,937 68,036 49.4 49.5 49.4 49.4

Total private............................................ 54,491 55,479 55,470 55,558 47.9 48.0 47.9 48.0

Goods-producing.................................... 4,115 4,133 4,139 4,144 22.1 22.0 21.9 21.9

Mining and logging............................... 115 117 118 119 13.4 13.3 13.3 13.4

Construction....................................... 737 746 751 753 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7

Manufacturing..................................... 3,263 3,270 3,270 3,272 27.2 27.1 27.1 27.1

Durable goods.................................. 1,738 1,749 1,746 1,746 23.1 23.1 23.0 23.0

Nondurable goods............................. 1,525 1,521 1,524 1,526 34.1 34.0 34.0 34.1

Private service-providing........................... 50,376 51,346 51,331 51,414 53.0 53.1 53.0 53.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............. 10,340 10,629 10,613 10,597 40.2 40.6 40.6 40.5

Wholesale trade................................ 1,694.9 1,721.3 1,724.7 1,723.1 29.6 29.7 29.6 29.5

Retail trade..................................... 7,467.3 7,698.7 7,682.3 7,672.3 49.9 50.4 50.4 50.4

Transportation and warehousing............. 1,039.7 1,074.2 1,071.2 1,067.6 23.3 23.6 23.5 23.4

Utilities........................................... 137.6 134.9 134.3 134.2 24.9 24.5 24.4 24.4

Information......................................... 1,074 1,073 1,067 1,063 39.9 40.1 40.0 40.1

Financial activities................................ 4,537 4,537 4,534 4,546 57.8 57.4 57.4 57.5

Professional and business services............ 8,121 8,406 8,405 8,460 44.4 44.6 44.5 44.6

Education and health services.................. 16,102 16,311 16,319 16,343 76.9 76.8 76.8 76.8

Leisure and hospitality........................... 7,337 7,517 7,518 7,532 52.1 52.1 52.0 52.0

Other services..................................... 2,865 2,873 2,875 2,873 52.5 52.4 52.4 52.3

Government............................................. 12,472 12,482 12,467 12,478 57.0 57.1 57.1 57.1

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Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Total private............................................................................... 93,903 95,471 95,577 95,757

Goods-producing....................................................................... 13,436 13,537 13,595 13,615

Mining and logging.................................................................. 635 649 652 654

Construction.......................................................................... 4,372 4,444 4,486 4,498

Manufacturing........................................................................ 8,429 8,444 8,457 8,463

Durable goods..................................................................... 5,179 5,203 5,205 5,212

Nondurable goods................................................................ 3,250 3,241 3,252 3,251

Private service-providing.............................................................. 80,467 81,934 81,982 82,142

Trade, transportation, and utilities................................................. 21,759 22,109 22,113 22,120

Wholesale trade................................................................... 4,605.6 4,676.1 4,692.8 4,706.6

Retail trade........................................................................ 12,841.3 13,056.4 13,026.9 13,028.7

Transportation and warehousing................................................ 3,868.2 3,930.8 3,948.1 3,939.9

Utilities.............................................................................. 444.2 445.9 444.7 444.6

Information............................................................................ 2,177 2,165 2,157 2,141

Financial activities................................................................... 6,033 6,087 6,081 6,096

Professional and business services............................................... 15,123 15,611 15,635 15,737

Education and health services..................................................... 18,389 18,649 18,659 18,692

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 12,429 12,746 12,768 12,785

Other services........................................................................ 4,557 4,567 4,569 4,571

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 33.8 33.5 33.5 33.3

Goods-producing.................................................................... 41.3 41.2 40.9 40.6

Mining and logging................................................................ 45.6 46.9 46.2 47.1

Construction....................................................................... 39.6 39.0 38.9 38.3

Manufacturing..................................................................... 41.9 41.9 41.5 41.4

Durable goods.................................................................. 42.3 42.3 41.9 41.8

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 41.3 41.2 41.0 40.8

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.5 32.3 32.3 32.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 33.8 33.5 33.4 33.2

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.8 38.6 38.5 38.5

Retail trade...................................................................... 30.3 30.0 29.7 29.6

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.4 38.4 38.5 37.9

Utilities........................................................................... 42.1 41.7 42.0 42.1

Information......................................................................... 35.8 36.1 36.0 36.3

Financial activities................................................................ 36.7 36.6 36.6 36.6

Professional and business services............................................ 35.4 35.2 35.3 35.2

Education and health services.................................................. 32.3 31.9 32.0 31.8

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 25.0 24.8 24.9 24.7

Other services..................................................................... 30.8 30.6 30.6 30.5

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.2

Durable goods....................................................................... 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.3

Nondurable goods................................................................... 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Total private............................................... $20.00 $20.35 $20.41 $20.50 $676.00 $681.73 $683.74 $682.65

Goods-producing....................................... 21.13 21.38 21.39 21.44 872.67 880.86 874.85 870.46

Mining and logging.................................. 26.34 26.87 26.84 26.83 1,201.10 1,260.20 1,240.01 1,263.69

Construction.......................................... 24.17 24.35 24.40 24.57 957.13 949.65 949.16 941.03

Manufacturing........................................ 19.22 19.45 19.43 19.43 805.32 814.96 806.35 804.40

Durable goods.................................... 20.21 20.50 20.48 20.47 854.88 867.15 858.11 855.65

Nondurable goods................................ 17.59 17.72 17.72 17.73 726.47 730.06 726.52 723.38

Private service-providing.............................. 19.76 20.13 20.20 20.30 642.20 650.20 652.46 651.63

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 17.59 17.94 18.04 18.15 594.54 600.99 602.54 602.58

Wholesale trade.................................. 22.38 22.84 23.05 23.31 868.34 881.62 887.43 897.44

Retail trade........................................ 13.93 14.14 14.18 14.22 422.08 424.20 421.15 420.91

Transportation and warehousing............... 19.58 20.13 20.11 20.19 751.87 772.99 774.24 765.20

Utilities............................................. 32.07 32.78 32.77 32.90 1,350.15 1,366.93 1,376.34 1,385.09

Information........................................... 27.85 28.35 28.48 28.77 997.03 1,023.44 1,025.28 1,044.35

Financial activities................................... 23.52 24.24 24.31 24.46 863.18 887.18 889.75 895.24

Professional and business services.............. 23.60 23.93 24.03 24.13 835.44 842.34 848.26 849.38

Education and health services..................... 21.20 21.52 21.57 21.60 684.76 686.49 690.24 686.88

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 11.71 11.92 11.89 11.96 292.75 295.62 296.06 295.41

Other services....................................... 17.88 18.27 18.34 18.45 550.70 559.06 561.20 562.73

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Jan.

2014 -

Feb.

2014p

Feb.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014p

Feb.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Jan.

2014 -

Feb.

2014p

Total private..................................... 105.8 106.6 106.7 106.3 -0.4 141.4 144.9 145.5 145.6 0.1

Goods-producing............................. 84.8 85.2 85.0 84.5 -0.6 109.7 111.6 111.3 110.9 -0.4

Mining and logging........................ 153.9 161.7 160.1 163.7 2.2 235.7 252.8 249.9 255.4 2.2

Construction................................ 86.7 86.8 87.4 86.3 -1.3 113.1 114.1 115.1 114.4 -0.6

Manufacturing.............................. 81.1 81.2 80.6 80.4 -0.2 101.9 103.3 102.4 102.2 -0.2

Durable goods........................... 82.3 82.7 81.9 81.9 0.0 103.9 105.8 104.8 104.6 -0.2

Nondurable goods...................... 79.1 78.7 78.6 78.2 -0.5 98.3 98.5 98.4 97.9 -0.5

Private service-providing.................... 111.4 112.7 112.8 112.3 -0.4 150.9 155.6 156.2 156.4 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 102.5 103.3 103.0 102.4 -0.6 128.7 132.1 132.5 132.6 0.1

Wholesale trade......................... 105.2 106.3 106.4 106.7 0.3 138.7 143.0 144.5 146.5 1.4

Retail trade.............................. 98.5 99.1 97.9 97.6 -0.3 117.6 120.2 119.0 119.0 0.0

Transportation and warehousing...... 111.8 113.6 114.4 112.4 -1.7 138.9 145.1 146.0 144.0 -1.4

Utilities.................................... 95.6 95.1 95.5 95.7 0.2 128.0 130.1 130.6 131.5 0.7

Information................................. 89.0 89.2 88.6 88.7 0.1 122.6 125.2 125.0 126.3 1.0

Financial activities......................... 104.2 104.9 104.8 105.0 0.2 150.8 156.4 156.7 158.1 0.9

Professional and business services..... 120.0 123.2 123.7 124.1 0.3 168.5 175.4 176.9 178.3 0.8

Education and health services........... 126.8 127.0 127.4 126.9 -0.4 177.3 180.3 181.4 180.8 -0.3

Leisure and hospitality.................... 113.8 115.8 116.5 115.7 -0.7 151.4 156.7 157.2 157.1 -0.1

Other services............................. 98.4 98.0 98.1 97.8 -0.3 128.2 130.5 131.0 131.4 0.3

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

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