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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry -Continued
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  DECEMBER 1994
 
     The nation's job market improved further in December, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The
unemployment rate continued its downward trend, reaching 5.4 percent in
December; it has declined by 1.3 percentage points since January 1994.
 
     The employer survey showed an increase of 256,000 nonfarm payroll jobs
in December; this followed a gain of 488,000 (as revised) in November.
Total employment--as measured by the household survey--continued to trend
upward.  Both surveys recorded large employment gains in 1994.  For
example, over-the-year growth in the payroll job count was the largest in a
decade.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     Both the number of persons unemployed (7.2 million in December) and
the unemployment rate (5.4 percent) continued to trend downward.  About 1.6
million fewer persons were unemployed in December than in January 1994.
 
     Unemployment rates for both adult women and men each fell slightly in
December to 4.7 percent, while the rate for teenagers edged up to 17.2
percent.  The jobless rate for blacks (9.8 percent) inched down from the
prior month; the rate for whites (4.8 percent) was the same as in November,
while that for Hispanics (9.2 percent) was little changed over the month.
Jobless rates for all of these major labor force groups have declined since
January 1994.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
 
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    |    This release incorporates annual revisions in seasonally    |
    |adjusted unemployment and other labor force series derived from |
    |the household survey.  Information on the revisions appears on  |
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    |     Data from the household survey for 1994 are not directly   |
    |comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years because of the  |
    |implementation in January 1994 of a major redesign of the survey|
    |and the introduction of 1990 census-based population controls,  |
    |adjusted for the estimated undercount in the decennial census.  |
    |In addition, the 1994 data may have been affected by the        |
    |transition to the redesigned survey.  For example, seasonal     |
    |factors, of necessity, were computed based largely on data      |
    |collected in the survey prior to its revision, and these factors|
    |may not fully capture the pattern of seasonality in current     |
    |data.  Hence, over-the-month comparisons of labor force         |
    |estimates should be made with caution.  For additional          |
    |information on the redesign, see "Revisions in the Current      |
    |Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the February 1994  |
    |issue of Employment and Earnings.                               |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Nov.-
      Category        |      1994       |          1994            |Dec.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   III  |   IV   |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 131,050| 131,696| 131,646| 131,718| 131,725|      7
  Employment..........| 123,207| 124,371| 124,141| 124,403| 124,570|    167
  Unemployment........|   7,843|   7,325|   7,505|   7,315|   7,155|   -160
Not in labor force....|  66,000|  65,904|  65,784|  65,889|  66,040|    151
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     6.0|     5.6|     5.7|     5.6|     5.4|   -0.2
  Adult men...........|     5.3|     4.9|     5.0|     4.9|     4.7|    -.2
  Adult women.........|     5.3|     4.9|     5.0|     5.0|     4.7|    -.3
  Teenagers...........|    17.5|    16.7|    17.1|    15.8|    17.2|    1.4
  White...............|     5.2|     4.9|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8|     .0
  Black...............|    11.1|    10.4|    11.1|    10.5|     9.8|    -.7
  Hispanic origin.....|    10.0|     9.1|     9.4|     8.8|     9.2|     .4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA  |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 113,908|p114,759| 114,348|p114,836|p115,092|   p256
  Goods-producing 1/..|  23,634| p23,804|  23,715| p23,825| p23,871|    p46
    Construction......|   4,953|  p5,021|   4,974|  p5,047|  p5,041|    p-6
    Manufacturing.....|  18,079| p18,186|  18,142| p18,181| p18,235|    p54
  Service-producing 1/|  90,274| p90,955|  90,633| p91,011| p91,221|   p210
    Retail trade......|  20,420| p20,617|  20,523| p20,619| p20,710|    p91
    Services..........|  32,031| p32,388|  32,231| p32,411| p32,521|   p110
    Government........|  19,087| p19,159|  19,120| p19,194| p19,164|   p-30
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|   p34.7|    34.9|   p34.6|   p34.6|   p0.0
  Manufacturing.......|    42.0|   p42.2|    42.1|   p42.2|   p42.2|    p.0
    Overtime..........|     4.6|    p4.7|     4.7|    p4.7|    p4.8|    p.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.14| p$11.25|  $11.25| p$11.23| p$11.26| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  384.59| p390.26|  392.63| p388.56| p389.60|  p1.04
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Household data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for
 
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1993 and earlier years.  For additional information, see "Revisions in the
Current Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the February 1994
issue of Employment and Earnings.  Seasonally adjusted data for 1994 have
been revised.
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     At 124.6 million (seasonally adjusted) in December, the number of
employed persons continued its upward trend.  Total employment has
increased by 2.7 million since the beginning of 1994.  The employment-
population ratio--the proportion of the working-age population with jobs--
remained at 63.0 percent in December, 0.8 percentage point higher than in
January.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
 
     The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (4.4
million) and the number of voluntary part-time workers (17.6 million) were
little changed in December. (See table A-3.)  A total of 7.5 million
persons (not seasonally adjusted), or 6.0 percent of the total employed,
held two or more jobs (table A-8).
 
     The number of persons in the civilian labor force, at 131.7 million,
was about unchanged for the second straight month.  This followed an
increase of 1.1 million between June and October.  The labor force had
shown little movement during the first half of the year.  (See table A-1.)
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     The number of persons with a marginal attachment to the labor force--
those who wanted and were available for work, but were no longer actively
looking after having searched sometime in the past 12 months--was 1.8
million (not seasonally adjusted) in December.  Of that total, the number
who were not looking because they felt that there were no jobs available
for them--discouraged workers--was 445,000. (See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 256,000 in December, following a
gain of 488,000 in November (as revised).  The overall employment growth in
November had been inflated by the hiring of large numbers of temporary
election workers.  Their absence from payrolls in December similarly
depressed the job growth registered in that month.  Large over-the-month
increases occurred in the private sector, particularly in services, retail
trade, and manufacturing.  Nonfarm employment increased by 3.5 million
during all of 1994.  (See table B-1.)
 
     The services industry added 110,000 jobs in December.  Half the gain
was in business services, mostly in the personnel supply and computer
services components.  Smaller, but noteworthy, increases also occurred in
health and social services.  These two industries and business services
have added large numbers of jobs throughout much of the year, as employment
in the services industry as a whole rose by 1.6 million.
 
     Retail trade employment rose by 91,000 over the month, following a
similar increase in November (96,000, as revised).  Most of the December
gain was in eating and drinking establishments, while smaller increases
occurred in food stores, automotive dealers and service stations, and
furniture stores.
 
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     Manufacturing employment rose by 54,000 in December.  This is the
third large monthly increase in a row and represents an acceleration in the
upward trend that began in September 1993.  Since then, factory employment
has risen by 301,000.  Over the month, factory job growth was widespread,
with the largest gains occurring in fabricated metals, electronic
equipment, printing and publishing (including the return of striking
workers), and rubber and miscellaneous plastics products.
 
     The strong growth trend in wholesale trade continued in December with
an increase of 11,000.  Employment in transportation and public utilities
also rose in December (by 25,000), reflecting larger-than-usual hiring in
the transportation industry to help with holiday travel and package
delivery.  Although construction employment failed to grow in December,
300,000 jobs were added in 1994, for the strongest showing in a decade.
 
     Employment decreased in government in December.  A decline of 57,000
workers in local government except education, reflecting the dismissal of
temporary election workers, more than offset increased hiring by the Postal
Service.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls held at 34.6 hours in December, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek, at 42.2 hours, also was unchanged
over the month, while factory overtime hours edged up to 4.8 hours.  Since
last spring, both the factory workweek and overtime hours have been at or
near post-World War II record highs.  (See table B-2.)
 
     Reflecting the increase in payroll employment, the index of aggregate
weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm
payrolls was up by 0.3 percent in December to 131.1 (1982=100), seasonally
adjusted.  The index for manufacturing rose 0.7 percent to 107.6.  (See
table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls rose 3 cents in December to $11.26, seasonally
adjusted.  Average weekly earnings increased 0.3 percent to $389.60.  Over
the year, average hourly earnings rose by 2.8 percent, while average weekly
earnings increased 3.0 percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
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     The Employment Situation for January 1995 will be released on Friday,
February 3, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
 
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           Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data
 
     At the end of each calendar year, BLS routinely updates the seasonal
adjustment factors for the labor force series derived from the Current
Population Survey (the CPS, also referred to as the "household survey") to
incorporate the experience of that year.  Because of the changes introduced
into the CPS at the beginning of 1994, only seasonally adjusted data for
that year have been revised.  Normally, data for the most recent 5 years
are subject to revision.  (Seasonally adjusted establishment data will be
revised in June, concurrently with the introduction of annual benchmark
adjustments.)
 
     Table B summarizes the effects of the revisions on the monthly overall
unemployment rates in 1994.  Rates for 6 months were revised, each by 0.1
percentage point.  Revised seasonally adjusted data for major labor force
series for January through December 1994 are presented in table C.
 
     The January 1995 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain the
seasonal adjustment factors that will be used to calculate the civilian
labor force and other major series for the January-June period of 1995.
The publication also will contain a description of the current seasonal
adjustment methodology and revised data for the 12 months and 4 quarters of
1994 for all regularly published tables containing seasonally adjusted
household survey data.  Microcomputer diskettes of historical seasonally
adjusted data (monthly and quarterly) may be purchased from BLS; contact
Gloria P. Green on 202-606-6373.
 
Table B.  Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in 1994
and change due to revision
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               |   As first  |     As      |  Change
     Month     |   computed  |   revised   |
_______________|_____________|_____________|___________
January........|     6.7     |     6.7     |    .0
February.......|     6.5     |     6.6     |   0.1
March..........|     6.5     |     6.5     |    .0
April..........|     6.4     |     6.4     |    .0
May............|     6.0     |     6.1     |    .1
June...........|     6.0     |     6.1     |    .1
July...........|     6.1     |     6.1     |    .0
August.........|     6.1     |     6.0     |   -.1
September......|     5.9     |     5.8     |   -.1
October........|     5.8     |     5.7     |   -.1
November.......|     5.6     |     5.6     |    .0
December.......|    *5.4     |     5.4     |    .0
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*Not published.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table C.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                   |                                             1994
  Employment status, sex, and age  |
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                                   | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
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               TOTAL
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Civilian noninstitutional          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
population1/.......................|195,953|196,090|196,213|196,363|196,510|196,693|196,859|197,043|197,248|197,430|197,607|197,765
  Civilian labor force.............|130,643|130,784|130,706|130,787|130,699|130,538|130,774|131,086|131,291|131,646|131,718|131,725
        Participation rate.........|   66.7|   66.7|   66.6|   66.6|   66.5|   66.4|   66.4|   66.5|   66.6|   66.7|   66.7|   66.6
    Employed.......................|121,903|122,208|122,160|122,402|122,703|122,635|122,781|123,197|123,644|124,141|124,403|124,570
        Employment-population ratio|   62.2|   62.3|   62.3|   62.3|   62.4|   62.3|   62.4|   62.5|   62.7|   62.9|   63.0|   63.0
    Unemployed.....................|  8,740|  8,576|  8,546|  8,385|  7,996|  7,903|  7,993|  7,889|  7,647|  7,505|  7,315|  7,155
        Unemployment rate..........|    6.7|    6.6|    6.5|    6.4|    6.1|    6.1|    6.1|    6.0|    5.8|    5.7|    5.6|    5.4
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       Men, 20 years and over
                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian noninstitutional          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
population1/.......................| 86,778| 86,820| 86,901| 86,946| 87,000| 87,095| 87,123| 87,248| 87,321| 87,439| 87,529| 87,617
  Civilian labor force.............| 66,800| 66,753| 66,748| 66,741| 66,652| 66,602| 66,747| 66,817| 66,909| 67,177| 67,345| 67,450
        Participation rate.........|   77.0|   76.9|   76.8|   76.8|   76.6|   76.5|   76.6|   76.6|   76.6|   76.8|   76.9|   77.0
    Employed.......................| 62,745| 62,767| 62,877| 62,959| 63,080| 63,043| 63,076| 63,271| 63,517| 63,820| 64,051| 64,281
        Employment-population ratio|   72.3|   72.3|   72.4|   72.4|   72.5|   72.4|   72.4|   72.5|   72.7|   73.0|   73.2|   73.4
      Agriculture..................|  2,338|  2,339|  2,357|  2,362|  2,384|  2,334|  2,314|  2,377|  2,293|  2,329|  2,377|  2,410
      Nonagricultural industries...| 60,407| 60,428| 60,520| 60,597| 60,696| 60,709| 60,762| 60,894| 61,224| 61,491| 61,674| 61,871
    Unemployed.....................|  4,055|  3,986|  3,871|  3,782|  3,572|  3,559|  3,671|  3,546|  3,392|  3,357|  3,294|  3,169
        Unemployment rate..........|    6.1|    6.0|    5.8|    5.7|    5.4|    5.3|    5.5|    5.3|    5.1|    5.0|    4.9|    4.7
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      Women, 20 years and over
                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian noninstitutional          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
population1/.......................| 95,109| 95,159| 95,225| 95,282| 95,329| 95,407| 95,469| 95,544| 95,658| 95,729| 95,821| 95,873
  Civilian labor force.............| 56,373| 56,592| 56,511| 56,466| 56,545| 56,384| 56,536| 56,747| 57,031| 56,951| 56,984| 56,725
        Participation rate.........|   59.3|   59.5|   59.3|   59.3|   59.3|   59.1|   59.2|   59.4|   59.6|   59.5|   59.5|   59.2
    Employed.......................| 53,067| 53,355| 53,176| 53,318| 53,481| 53,328| 53,541| 53,722| 54,044| 54,090| 54,129| 54,037
        Employment-population ratio|   55.8|   56.1|   55.8|   56.0|   56.1|   55.9|   56.1|   56.2|   56.5|   56.5|   56.5|   56.4
      Agriculture..................|    751|    769|    775|    833|    789|    739|    790|    815|    847|    863|    850|    882
      Nonagricultural industries...| 52,316| 52,586| 52,401| 52,485| 52,692| 52,589| 52,751| 52,907| 53,197| 53,227| 53,279| 53,155
    Unemployed.....................|  3,306|  3,237|  3,335|  3,148|  3,064|  3,056|  2,995|  3,025|  2,987|  2,861|  2,855|  2,688
        Unemployment rate..........|    5.9|    5.7|    5.9|    5.6|    5.4|    5.4|    5.3|    5.3|    5.2|    5.0|    5.0|    4.7
                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Civilian  noninstitutional         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
population.........................| 14,066| 14,111| 14,087| 14,135| 14,181| 14,191| 14,267| 14,251| 14,269| 14,261| 14,257| 14,274
  Civilian labor force.............|  7,470|  7,439|  7,447|  7,580|  7,502|  7,552|  7,491|  7,522|  7,351|  7,518|  7,389|  7,550
        Participation rate.........|   53.1|   52.7|   52.9|   53.6|   52.9|   53.2|   52.5|   52.8|   51.5|   52.7|   51.8|   52.9
    Employed.......................|  6,091|  6,086|  6,107|  6,125|  6,142|  6,264|  6,164|  6,204|  6,083|  6,231|  6,223|  6,252
        Employment-population ratio|   43.3|   43.1|   43.4|   43.3|   43.3|   44.1|   43.2|   43.5|   42.6|   43.7|   43.6|   43.8
      Agriculture..................|    239|    260|    264|    243|    240|    221|    229|    244|    271|    302|    273|    240
      Nonagricultural industries...|  5,852|  5,826|  5,843|  5,882|  5,902|  6,043|  5,935|  5,960|  5,812|  5,929|  5,950|  6,012
    Unemployed.....................|  1,379|  1,353|  1,340|  1,455|  1,360|  1,288|  1,327|  1,318|  1,268|  1,287|  1,166|  1,298
        Unemployment rate..........|   18.5|   18.2|   18.0|   19.2|   18.1|   17.1|   17.7|   17.5|   17.2|   17.1|   15.8|   17.2
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
   NOTE:  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
 For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |               Seasonally adjusted1/
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         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                      TOTAL                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 194,472| 197,607| 197,765| 194,472| 197,043| 197,248| 197,430| 197,607| 197,765
  Civilian labor force............................| 128,401| 131,869| 131,418| 128,898| 131,086| 131,291| 131,646| 131,718| 131,725
        Participation rate........................|    66.0|    66.7|    66.5|    66.3|    66.5|    66.6|    66.7|    66.7|    66.6
    Employed......................................| 120,636| 124,896| 124,729| 120,661| 123,197| 123,644| 124,141| 124,403| 124,570
        Employment-population ratio...............|    62.0|    63.2|    63.1|    62.0|    62.5|    62.7|    62.9|    63.0|    63.0
      Agriculture.................................|   2,837|   3,480|   3,285|   3,096|   3,436|   3,411|   3,494|   3,500|   3,532
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 117,800| 121,416| 121,444| 117,565| 119,761| 120,233| 120,647| 120,903| 121,038
    Unemployed....................................|   7,764|   6,973|   6,690|   8,237|   7,889|   7,647|   7,505|   7,315|   7,155
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.0|     5.3|     5.1|     6.4|     6.0|     5.8|     5.7|     5.6|     5.4
  Not in labor force..............................|  66,071|  65,738|  66,347|  65,574|  65,957|  65,957|  65,784|  65,889|  66,040
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  93,116|  94,768|  94,851|  93,116|  94,469|  94,576|  94,671|  94,768|  94,851
  Civilian labor force............................|  69,319|  71,013|  71,060|  69,813|  70,741|  70,791|  71,133|  71,168|  71,379
        Participation rate........................|    74.4|    74.9|    74.9|    75.0|    74.9|    74.9|    75.1|    75.1|    75.3
    Employed......................................|  64,919|  67,313|  67,292|  65,259|  66,458|  66,682|  67,059|  67,244|  67,483
        Employment-population ratio...............|    69.7|    71.0|    70.9|    70.1|    70.3|    70.5|    70.8|    71.0|    71.1
    Unemployed....................................|   4,399|   3,700|   3,767|   4,554|   4,283|   4,109|   4,074|   3,924|   3,896
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.3|     5.2|     5.3|     6.5|     6.1|     5.8|     5.7|     5.5|     5.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  86,373|  87,529|  87,617|  86,373|  87,248|  87,321|  87,439|  87,529|  87,617
  Civilian labor force............................|  66,072|  67,364|  67,388|  66,321|  66,817|  66,909|  67,177|  67,345|  67,450
        Participation rate........................|    76.5|    77.0|    76.9|    76.8|    76.6|    76.6|    76.8|    76.9|    77.0
    Employed......................................|  62,265|  64,239|  64,263|  62,444|  63,271|  63,517|  63,820|  64,051|  64,281
        Employment-population ratio...............|    72.1|    73.4|    73.3|    72.3|    72.5|    72.7|    73.0|    73.2|    73.4
      Agriculture.................................|   2,146|   2,402|   2,291|   2,300|   2,377|   2,293|   2,329|   2,377|   2,410
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  60,119|  61,837|  61,972|  60,144|  60,894|  61,224|  61,491|  61,674|  61,871
    Unemployed....................................|   3,807|   3,125|   3,125|   3,877|   3,546|   3,392|   3,357|   3,294|   3,169
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.8|     4.6|     4.6|     5.8|     5.3|     5.1|     5.0|     4.9|     4.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 101,356| 102,839| 102,913| 101,356| 102,575| 102,672| 102,758| 102,839| 102,913
  Civilian labor force............................|  59,082|  60,856|  60,359|  59,085|  60,345|  60,500|  60,513|  60,550|  60,346
        Participation rate........................|    58.3|    59.2|    58.7|    58.3|    58.8|    58.9|    58.9|    58.9|    58.6
    Employed......................................|  55,717|  57,584|  57,437|  55,402|  56,739|  56,962|  57,082|  57,159|  57,087
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.0|    56.0|    55.8|    54.7|    55.3|    55.5|    55.5|    55.6|    55.5
    Unemployed....................................|   3,365|   3,272|   2,922|   3,683|   3,606|   3,538|   3,431|   3,391|   3,259
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.7|     5.4|     4.8|     6.2|     6.0|     5.8|     5.7|     5.6|     5.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,764|  95,821|  95,873|  94,764|  95,544|  95,658|  95,729|  95,821|  95,873
  Civilian labor force............................|  55,931|  57,444|  56,871|  55,783|  56,747|  57,031|  56,951|  56,984|  56,725
        Participation rate........................|    59.0|    59.9|    59.3|    58.9|    59.4|    59.6|    59.5|    59.5|    59.2
    Employed......................................|  52,978|  54,667|  54,404|  52,631|  53,722|  54,044|  54,090|  54,129|  54,037
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.9|    57.1|    56.7|    55.5|    56.2|    56.5|    56.5|    56.5|    56.4
      Agriculture.................................|     548|     844|     824|     599|     815|     847|     863|     850|     882
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  52,431|  53,823|  53,580|  52,032|  52,907|  53,197|  53,227|  53,279|  53,155
    Unemployed....................................|   2,952|   2,776|   2,467|   3,152|   3,025|   2,987|   2,861|   2,855|   2,688
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.3|     4.8|     4.3|     5.7|     5.3|     5.2|     5.0|     5.0|     4.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  13,335|  14,257|  14,274|  13,335|  14,251|  14,269|  14,261|  14,257|  14,274
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,398|   7,061|   7,159|   6,794|   7,522|   7,351|   7,518|   7,389|   7,550
        Participation rate........................|    48.0|    49.5|    50.2|    50.9|    52.8|    51.5|    52.7|    51.8|    52.9
    Employed......................................|   5,393|   5,990|   6,062|   5,586|   6,204|   6,083|   6,231|   6,223|   6,252
        Employment-population ratio...............|    40.4|    42.0|    42.5|    41.9|    43.5|    42.6|    43.7|    43.6|    43.8
      Agriculture.................................|     144|     234|     171|     197|     244|     271|     302|     273|     240
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,250|   5,756|   5,891|   5,389|   5,960|   5,812|   5,929|   5,950|   6,012
    Unemployed....................................|   1,005|   1,071|   1,097|   1,208|   1,318|   1,268|   1,287|   1,166|   1,298
        Unemployment rate.........................|    15.7|    15.2|    15.3|    17.8|    17.5|    17.2|    17.1|    15.8|    17.2
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  Seasonally adjusted data for 1994 have been revised.
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |               Seasonally adjusted1/
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                      WHITE                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 164,516| 166,072| 166,175| 164,516| 165,696| 165,832| 165,954| 166,072| 166,175
  Civilian labor force............................| 109,576| 111,703| 111,385| 110,016| 111,186| 111,381| 111,555| 111,637| 111,715
      Participation rate..........................|    66.6|    67.3|    67.0|    66.9|    67.1|    67.2|    67.2|    67.2|    67.2
    Employed......................................| 103,733| 106,655| 106,427| 103,807| 105,401| 105,740| 106,010| 106,242| 106,352
      Employment-population ratio.................|    63.1|    64.2|    64.0|    63.1|    63.6|    63.8|    63.9|    64.0|    64.0
    Unemployed....................................|   5,844|   5,048|   4,958|   6,209|   5,785|   5,641|   5,545|   5,395|   5,363
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.3|     4.5|     4.5|     5.6|     5.2|     5.1|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,067|  57,744|  57,730|  57,280|  57,387|  57,478|  57,615|  57,726|  57,836
      Participation rate..........................|    77.1|    77.4|    77.4|    77.4|    77.2|    77.2|    77.3|    77.4|    77.5
    Employed......................................|  54,102|  55,441|  55,334|  54,283|  54,734|  54,926|  55,061|  55,242|  55,384
      Employment-population ratio.................|    73.1|    74.3|    74.2|    73.3|    73.6|    73.8|    73.9|    74.1|    74.2
    Unemployed....................................|   2,965|   2,303|   2,396|   2,997|   2,653|   2,552|   2,554|   2,484|   2,452
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.2|     4.0|     4.1|     5.2|     4.6|     4.4|     4.4|     4.3|     4.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|  46,977|  47,975|  47,507|  46,872|  47,403|  47,737|  47,614|  47,631|  47,440
      Participation rate..........................|    58.8|    59.8|    59.2|    58.7|    59.2|    59.6|    59.4|    59.4|    59.1
    Employed......................................|  44,834|  45,992|  45,747|  44,554|  45,204|  45,560|  45,535|  45,569|  45,475
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.1|    57.4|    57.0|    55.8|    56.5|    56.9|    56.8|    56.8|    56.7
    Unemployed....................................|   2,143|   1,983|   1,760|   2,318|   2,199|   2,177|   2,079|   2,062|   1,965
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.6|     4.1|     3.7|     4.9|     4.6|     4.6|     4.4|     4.3|     4.1
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   5,533|   5,984|   6,148|   5,864|   6,396|   6,166|   6,326|   6,280|   6,439
      Participation rate..........................|    52.0|    52.9|    54.3|    55.1|    56.6|    54.6|    56.0|    55.5|    56.9
    Employed......................................|   4,797|   5,222|   5,346|   4,970|   5,463|   5,254|   5,414|   5,431|   5,493
      Employment-population ratio.................|    45.1|    46.2|    47.2|    46.7|    48.4|    46.5|    47.9|    48.0|    48.5
    Unemployed....................................|     736|     762|     802|     894|     933|     912|     912|     849|     946
      Unemployment rate...........................|    13.3|    12.7|    13.0|    15.2|    14.6|    14.8|    14.4|    13.5|    14.7
        Men.......................................|    15.9|    13.6|    15.2|    16.9|    15.4|    16.2|    15.2|    14.3|    16.0
        Women.....................................|    10.6|    11.8|    10.8|    13.4|    13.7|    13.3|    13.5|    12.6|    13.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      BLACK                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,504|  23,023|  23,052|  22,504|  22,917|  22,955|  22,990|  23,023|  23,052
  Civilian labor force............................|  13,935|  14,566|  14,470|  14,011|  14,429|  14,477|  14,649|  14,578|  14,541
      Participation rate..........................|    61.9|    63.3|    62.8|    62.3|    63.0|    63.1|    63.7|    63.3|    63.1
    Employed......................................|  12,406|  13,080|  13,154|  12,397|  12,795|  12,927|  13,022|  13,054|  13,119
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.1|    56.8|    57.1|    55.1|    55.8|    56.3|    56.6|    56.7|    56.9
    Unemployed....................................|   1,529|   1,486|   1,316|   1,614|   1,634|   1,550|   1,627|   1,524|   1,422
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.0|    10.2|     9.1|    11.5|    11.3|    10.7|    11.1|    10.5|     9.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,434|   6,703|   6,723|   6,469|   6,570|   6,637|   6,706|   6,702|   6,722
      Participation rate..........................|    70.6|    72.6|    72.7|    70.9|    71.5|    72.1|    72.7|    72.6|    72.7
    Employed......................................|   5,793|   6,097|   6,199|   5,787|   5,898|   5,989|   6,069|   6,085|   6,165
      Employment-population ratio.................|    63.5|    66.0|    67.0|    63.5|    64.2|    65.1|    65.8|    65.9|    66.7
    Unemployed....................................|     641|     605|     524|     682|     672|     648|     637|     617|     557
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.0|     9.0|     7.8|    10.5|    10.2|     9.8|     9.5|     9.2|     8.3
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             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,824|   7,041|   7,001|   6,801|   7,012|   7,001|   7,033|   7,012|   7,002
      Participation rate..........................|    60.5|    60.9|    60.5|    60.3|    60.9|    60.7|    60.9|    60.7|    60.5
    Employed......................................|   6,171|   6,417|   6,443|   6,143|   6,356|   6,368|   6,384|   6,390|   6,420
      Employment-population ratio.................|    54.7|    55.5|    55.7|    54.5|    55.2|    55.2|    55.3|    55.3|    55.5
    Unemployed....................................|     653|     625|     558|     658|     656|     633|     649|     622|     582
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.6|     8.9|     8.0|     9.7|     9.4|     9.0|     9.2|     8.9|     8.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|     676|     822|     746|     741|     847|     839|     910|     864|     817
      Participation rate..........................|    32.1|    36.9|    33.5|    35.2|    38.3|    37.8|    40.9|    38.8|    36.6
    Employed......................................|     442|     566|     513|     467|     541|     570|     569|     579|     534
      Employment-population ratio.................|    21.0|    25.4|    23.0|    22.2|    24.5|    25.7|    25.6|    26.0|    23.9
    Unemployed....................................|     234|     256|     234|     274|     306|     269|     341|     285|     283
      Unemployment rate...........................|    34.6|    31.1|    31.3|    37.0|    36.1|    32.1|    37.5|    33.0|    34.6
        Men.......................................|    37.4|    28.6|    31.0|    38.8|    39.9|    30.8|    35.9|    32.0|    34.3
        Women.....................................|    32.0|    33.8|    31.7|    35.2|    31.9|    33.4|    39.1|    34.1|    35.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                 HISPANIC ORIGIN                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  16,014|  18,339|  18,385|  16,014|  18,193|  18,244|  18,291|  18,339|  18,385
  Civilian labor force............................|  10,550|  12,215|  12,078|  10,625|  12,002|  11,997|  12,222|  12,324|  12,224
      Participation rate..........................|    65.9|    66.6|    65.7|    66.3|    66.0|    65.8|    66.8|    67.2|    66.5
    Employed......................................|   9,483|  11,160|  11,005|   9,513|  10,786|  10,806|  11,074|  11,236|  11,105
      Employment-population ratio.................|    59.2|    60.9|    59.9|    59.4|    59.3|    59.2|    60.5|    61.3|    60.4
    Unemployed....................................|   1,067|   1,055|   1,073|   1,112|   1,216|   1,191|   1,148|   1,088|   1,119
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.1|     8.6|     8.9|    10.5|    10.1|     9.9|     9.4|     8.8|     9.2
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.  Seasonally adjusted data for 1994 have been
revised.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |                 Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                  CHARACTERISTIC                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total employed, 16 years and over.................|120,636 |124,896 |124,729 |120,661 |123,197 |123,644 |124,141 |124,403 |124,570
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,069 | 41,672 | 41,775 | 40,951 | 41,487 | 41,557 | 41,511 | 41,530 | 41,608
  Married women, spouse present...................| 31,327 | 32,161 | 32,103 | 31,051 | 31,593 | 31,905 | 31,764 | 31,775 | 31,723
  Women who maintain families.....................|  6,696 |  7,159 |  6,960 |  6,693 |  6,974 |  7,029 |  7,098 |  7,141 |  7,074
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                    OCCUPATION                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 32,920 | 34,646 | 34,776 | 32,764 | 33,975 | 34,242 | 34,275 | 34,382 | 34,576
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,425 | 37,779 | 38,143 | 37,243 | 37,373 | 37,635 | 37,669 | 37,767 | 37,797
  Service occupations.............................| 16,717 | 16,754 | 16,631 | 16,734 | 16,866 | 16,749 | 17,062 | 16,893 | 16,704
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,373 | 13,868 | 13,685 | 13,445 | 13,454 | 13,452 | 13,467 | 13,615 | 13,677
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,269 | 18,245 | 18,069 | 17,209 | 17,975 | 18,023 | 18,122 | 18,056 | 18,030
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  2,933 |  3,605 |  3,424 |  3,325 |  3,642 |  3,632 |  3,655 |  3,727 |  3,839
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                 CLASS OF WORKER                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,611 |  1,768 |  1,660 |  1,724 |  1,728 |  1,712 |  1,764 |  1,767 |  1,738
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,154 |  1,664 |  1,583 |  1,269 |  1,654 |  1,630 |  1,652 |  1,677 |  1,714
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     72 |     48 |     42 |     92 |     50 |     63 |     43 |     48 |     49
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|108,552 |112,315 |112,389 |108,247 |110,576 |111,100 |111,686 |111,770 |111,960
      Government..................................| 18,712 | 18,528 | 18,454 | 18,503 | 18,225 | 18,306 | 18,201 | 18,357 | 18,340
      Private industries..........................| 89,839 | 93,788 | 93,935 | 89,744 | 92,351 | 92,794 | 93,485 | 93,413 | 93,620
        Private households........................|  1,056 |    964 |  1,004 |  1,104 |    881 |    903 |    935 |    999 |  1,023
        Other industries..........................| 88,783 | 92,824 | 92,931 | 88,640 | 91,470 | 91,891 | 92,550 | 92,414 | 92,597
    Self-employed workers.........................|  9,049 |  8,986 |  8,944 |  9,053 |  9,021 |  8,989 |  8,878 |  8,915 |  8,959
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    199 |    115 |    111 |    217 |    131 |    134 |    131 |    120 |    121
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  6,090 |  4,368 |  4,408 |  6,217 |  4,348 |  4,333 |  4,411 |  4,411 |  4,422
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  3,221 |  2,374 |  2,463 |  3,099 |  2,396 |  2,404 |  2,394 |  2,394 |  2,384
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,656 |  1,688 |  1,621 |  2,828 |  1,618 |  1,697 |  1,791 |  1,736 |  1,734
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 16,528 | 19,284 | 18,972 | 15,373 | 17,955 | 17,609 | 17,644 | 17,756 | 17,576
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  5,787 |  4,156 |  4,157 |  5,934 |  4,173 |  4,154 |  4,226 |  4,246 |  4,254
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  3,000 |  2,250 |  2,313 |  2,922 |  2,272 |  2,290 |  2,257 |  2,282 |  2,272
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,585 |  1,641 |  1,584 |  2,739 |  1,583 |  1,646 |  1,756 |  1,689 |  1,690
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 16,118 | 18,634 | 18,311 | 14,909 | 17,314 | 16,982 | 16,992 | 17,101 | 16,917
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  Seasonally adjusted data for 1994 have been revised.
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                  CHARACTERISTIC                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  8,237 |  7,315 |   7,155|   6.4  |   6.0  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.4
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,877 |  3,294 |   3,169|   5.8  |   5.3  |   5.1  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   4.7
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  3,152 |  2,855 |   2,688|   5.7  |   5.3  |   5.2  |   5.0  |   5.0  |   4.7
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,208 |  1,166 |   1,298|  17.8  |  17.5  |  17.2  |  17.1  |  15.8  |  17.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,673 |  1,393 |   1,358|   3.9  |   3.5  |   3.4  |   3.3  |   3.2  |   3.2
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,405 |  1,278 |   1,213|   4.3  |   4.1  |   4.0  |   4.0  |   3.9  |   3.7
   Women who maintain families....................|    760 |    680 |     684|  10.2  |   8.8  |   8.9  |   8.9  |   8.7  |   8.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Full-time workers..............................|  6,760 |  5,987 |   5,677|   6.4  |   6.0  |   5.8  |   5.8  |   5.6  |   5.3
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,489 |  1,342 |   1,478|   6.6  |   6.2  |   5.8  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION3/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    952 |    849 |     805|   2.8  |   2.6  |   2.5  |   2.5  |   2.4  |   2.3
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  1,983 |  1,824 |   1,699|   5.1  |   4.9  |   4.7  |   4.5  |   4.6  |   4.3
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|  1,075 |    814 |     830|   7.4  |   6.1  |   6.0  |   5.8  |   5.6  |   5.7
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,730 |  1,634 |   1,610|   9.1  |   8.8  |   8.4  |   8.5  |   8.3  |   8.2
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    316 |    303 |     323|   8.7  |   8.6  |   8.2  |   8.4  |   7.5  |   7.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                     INDUSTRY                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  6,391 |  5,828 |   5,594|   6.6  |   6.1  |   6.0  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.6
     Goods-producing industries...................|  2,138 |  1,753 |   1,734|   7.9  |   6.5  |   6.5  |   6.4  |   6.3  |   6.2
       Mining.....................................|     51 |     31 |      28|   6.9  |   5.0  |   5.1  |   4.7  |   4.5  |   3.9
       Construction...............................|    765 |    674 |     682|  12.7  |  10.7  |  10.7  |  10.7  |  10.7  |  10.9
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,322 |  1,048 |   1,024|   6.5  |   5.3  |   5.3  |   5.1  |   5.1  |   4.9
         Durable goods............................|    747 |    518 |     550|   6.3  |   5.3  |   5.3  |   4.8  |   4.3  |   4.6
         Nondurable goods.........................|    575 |    530 |     474|   6.8  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   6.0  |   5.4
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,253 |  4,075 |   3,860|   6.2  |   6.0  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.7  |   5.4
       Transportation and public utilities........|    353 |    325 |     297|   5.1  |   4.8  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.2
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,843 |  1,815 |   1,729|   7.4  |   7.4  |   7.0  |   7.2  |   7.0  |   6.7
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    273 |    270 |     218|   3.7  |   3.7  |   4.3  |   3.4  |   3.6  |   2.9
       Services...................................|  1,784 |  1,665 |   1,616|   5.9  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.2
   Government workers.............................|    598 |    507 |     587|   3.1  |   3.6  |   3.2  |   3.2  |   2.7  |   3.1
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    220 |    204 |     217|  11.3  |  11.1  |  11.1  |  10.3  |  10.4  |  11.1
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   3/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal components are small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular
components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
   NOTE:  Seasonally adjusted data for 1994 have been revised.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |                 Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,764 |  2,467 |  2,249 |  3,063 |  2,655 |  2,675 |  2,434 |  2,599 |  2,587
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,297 |  2,063 |  2,156 |  2,247 |  2,572 |  2,294 |  2,256 |  2,163 |  2,149
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,703 |  2,443 |  2,285 |  2,864 |  2,773 |  2,768 |  2,934 |  2,661 |  2,456
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,071 |  1,068 |  1,019 |  1,150 |  1,198 |  1,213 |  1,344 |  1,187 |  1,088
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,632 |  1,374 |  1,266 |  1,714 |  1,575 |  1,555 |  1,590 |  1,474 |  1,368
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   18.4 |   17.9 |   17.7 |   18.2 |   18.9 |   18.8 |   19.3 |   18.2 |   17.8
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    8.4 |    8.7 |    8.7 |    8.2 |    9.2 |    9.5 |   10.1 |    9.1 |    8.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total unemployed.................................|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0
   Less than 5 weeks..............................|   35.6 |   35.4 |   33.6 |   37.5 |   33.2 |   34.6 |   31.9 |   35.0 |   36.0
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   29.6 |   29.6 |   32.2 |   27.5 |   32.1 |   29.6 |   29.6 |   29.1 |   29.9
   15 weeks and over..............................|   34.8 |   35.0 |   34.2 |   35.0 |   34.7 |   35.8 |   38.5 |   35.8 |   34.1
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   13.8 |   15.3 |   15.2 |   14.1 |   15.0 |   15.7 |   17.6 |   16.0 |   15.1
     27 weeks and over............................|   21.0 |   19.7 |   18.9 |   21.0 |   19.7 |   20.1 |   20.9 |   19.9 |   19.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  Seasonally adjusted data for 1994 have been revised.
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |Not seasonally adjusted|              Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Dec.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                           | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  4,492|  3,366|  3,514|  4,442|  3,706|  3,574|  3,513|  3,495|  3,442
  On temporary layoff......................................|  1,145|    803|  1,050|  1,060|  1,012|    824|    848|    881|    930
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  3,348|  2,563|  2,464|  3,382|  2,694|  2,750|  2,665|  2,614|  2,512
    Permanent job losers...................................|  (2)  |  1,801|  1,699|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|  (2)  |    762|    765|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
Job leavers................................................|    834|    714|    616|    932|    786|    874|    755|    710|    704
Reentrants.................................................|  1,783|  2,407|  2,180|  2,018|  2,758|  2,620|  2,626|  2,575|  2,525
New entrants...............................................|    655|    486|    380|    797|    621|    600|    614|    578|    555
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Total unemployed...........................................|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|   57.9|   48.3|   52.5|   54.2|   47.1|   46.6|   46.8|   47.5|   47.6
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   14.7|   11.5|   15.7|   12.9|   12.9|   10.7|   11.3|   12.0|   12.9
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   43.1|   36.8|   36.8|   41.3|   34.2|   35.9|   35.5|   35.5|   34.8
 Job leavers...............................................|   10.7|   10.2|    9.2|   11.4|   10.0|   11.4|   10.1|    9.6|    9.7
 Reentrants................................................|   23.0|   34.5|   32.6|   24.6|   35.0|   34.2|   35.0|   35.0|   34.9
 New entrants..............................................|    8.4|    7.0|    5.7|    9.7|    7.9|    7.8|    8.2|    7.9|    7.7
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    3.5|    2.6|    2.7|    3.4|    2.8|    2.7|    2.7|    2.7|    2.6
 Job leavers...............................................|     .6|     .5|     .5|     .7|     .6|     .7|     .6|     .5|     .5
 Reentrants................................................|    1.4|    1.8|    1.7|    1.6|    2.1|    2.0|    2.0|    2.0|    1.9
 New entrants..............................................|     .5|     .4|     .3|     .6|     .5|     .5|     .5|     .4|     .4
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   2/  Not available.
   NOTE:  Seasonally adjusted data for 1994 have been revised.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Dec.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Dec.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  8,237 |  7,315 |  7,155 |   6.4  |   6.0  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.4
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,480 |  2,450 |  2,513 |  12.3  |  12.6  |  12.1  |  11.8  |  11.4  |  11.6
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,208 |  1,166 |  1,298 |  17.8  |  17.5  |  17.2  |  17.1  |  15.8  |  17.2
      16 to 17 years..............................|    527 |    539 |    573 |  19.0  |  19.9  |  18.8  |  17.8  |  17.2  |  18.1
      18 to 19 years..............................|    689 |    624 |    728 |  17.1  |  15.6  |  16.0  |  16.8  |  14.7  |  16.6
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,272 |  1,284 |  1,215 |   9.5  |   9.9  |   9.4  |   9.0  |   9.1  |   8.6
  25 years and over...............................|  5,750 |  4,926 |  4,717 |   5.3  |   4.7  |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.5  |   4.3
    25 to 54 years................................|  5,106 |  4,297 |  4,130 |   5.5  |   4.8  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.5  |   4.4
    55 years and over.............................|    657 |    615 |    539 |   4.2  |   4.2  |   3.8  |   3.9  |   3.9  |   3.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,554 |  3,924 |  3,896 |   6.5  |   6.1  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.5
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,389 |  1,346 |  1,411 |  13.2  |  13.3  |  12.6  |  12.4  |  11.8  |  12.2
      16 to 19 years..............................|    677 |    630 |    727 |  19.4  |  18.8  |  18.5  |  18.1  |  16.5  |  18.5
        16 to 17 years............................|    286 |    271 |    313 |  19.9  |  20.7  |  19.4  |  18.2  |  16.5  |  18.8
        18 to 19 years............................|    390 |    361 |    411 |  18.9  |  17.1  |  17.5  |  18.1  |  16.5  |  18.2
      20 to 24 years..............................|    712 |    716 |    684 |  10.1  |  10.5  |   9.5  |   9.4  |   9.5  |   9.0
    25 years and over.............................|  3,171 |  2,626 |  2,551 |   5.4  |   4.7  |   4.5  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.3
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,774 |  2,249 |  2,217 |   5.5  |   4.8  |   4.6  |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.3
      55 years and over...........................|    411 |    349 |    306 |   4.7  |   4.2  |   3.9  |   4.1  |   4.0  |   3.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,683 |  3,391 |  3,259 |   6.2  |   6.0  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.4
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,091 |  1,104 |  1,102 |  11.3  |  11.7  |  11.6  |  11.2  |  10.9  |  10.9
      16 to 19 years..............................|    531 |    536 |    571 |  16.1  |  16.1  |  15.9  |  16.0  |  15.0  |  15.8
        16 to 17 years............................|    241 |    268 |    260 |  18.1  |  19.0  |  18.2  |  17.4  |  17.9  |  17.4
        18 to 19 years............................|    299 |    263 |    317 |  15.1  |  14.0  |  14.2  |  15.4  |  12.8  |  14.9
      20 to 24 years..............................|    560 |    568 |    531 |   8.8  |   9.3  |   9.3  |   8.6  |   8.7  |   8.1
    25 years and over.............................|  2,579 |  2,300 |  2,166 |   5.2  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.6  |   4.6  |   4.3
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,332 |  2,048 |  1,913 |   5.5  |   4.9  |   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.4
      55 years and over...........................|    246 |    266 |    233 |   3.6  |   4.1  |   3.6  |   3.7  |   3.8  |   3.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  Seasonally adjusted data for 1994 have been revised.
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                                                      |               December 1994
                                       Category                                       |
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                                                                                      |    Total     |     Men      |    Women
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                                NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                |              |              |
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Total not in the labor force..........................................................|    66,347    |    23,792    |    42,555
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................................|     5,604    |     2,260    |     3,344
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................................|     1,810    |       829    |       982
   Reason not currently looking:                                                      |              |              |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................................|       445    |       265    |       180
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................................|     1,366    |       564    |       802
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                  |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................................|     7,539    |     4,032    |     3,507
    Percent of total employed.........................................................|       6.0    |       6.0    |       6.1
                                                                                      |              |              |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................................|     4,366    |     2,618    |     1,748
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................................|     1,751    |       582    |     1,170
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................................|       232    |       144    |        88
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................................|     1,149    |       671    |       478
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   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                          |                        1/   |                                     2/
                                            Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted
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       State and employment status
                                          |  Dec.   |  Nov.   |  Dec.   |  Dec.   |  Aug.   |  Sept.  |  Oct.   |  Nov.   |  Dec.
                                          |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1994   |  1994   |  1994
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,367    23,515    23,527    23,367    23,467    23,484    23,500    23,515    23,527
  Civilian labor force....................   15,202    15,454    15,340    15,216    15,390    15,463    15,608    15,497    15,384
    Employed..............................   13,937    14,292    14,261    13,884    14,023    14,172    14,411    14,299    14,243
    Unemployed............................    1,265     1,162     1,078     1,332     1,367     1,290     1,197     1,198     1,141
    Unemployment rate.....................      8.3       7.5       7.0       8.8       8.9       8.3       7.7       7.7       7.4
 
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,756    10,886    10,897    10,756    10,847    10,861    10,873    10,886    10,897
  Civilian labor force....................    6,697     6,903     6,849     6,742     6,718     6,843     6,829     6,928     6,899
    Employed..............................    6,292     6,475     6,479     6,277     6,344     6,386     6,384     6,455     6,462
    Unemployed............................      405       427       370       464       374       457       445       473       436
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.0       6.2       5.4       6.9       5.6       6.7       6.5       6.8       6.3
 
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,857     8,906     8,910     8,857     8,889     8,895     8,901     8,906     8,910
  Civilian labor force....................    6,043     6,007     5,985     6,033     5,986     5,952     6,050     6,011     5,968
    Employed..............................    5,689     5,738     5,732     5,675     5,646     5,612     5,672     5,713     5,716
    Unemployed............................      353       270       253       358       340       340       378       298       252
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.8       4.5       4.2       5.9       5.7       5.7       6.3       5.0       4.2
 
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,666     4,668     4,668     4,666     4,665     4,667     4,667     4,668     4,668
  Civilian labor force....................    3,159     3,159     3,180     3,162     3,172     3,181     3,183     3,164     3,179
    Employed..............................    2,976     2,994     3,013     2,966     2,984     3,014     2,979     2,990     2,999
    Unemployed............................      183       165       167       196       188       167       205       174       180
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.8       5.2       5.2       6.2       5.9       5.2       6.4       5.5       5.7
 
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,150     7,183     7,186     7,150     7,172     7,176     7,180     7,183     7,186
  Civilian labor force....................    4,749     4,760     4,731     4,748     4,744     4,810     4,817     4,760     4,733
    Employed..............................    4,426     4,561     4,537     4,399     4,447     4,545     4,570     4,540     4,520
    Unemployed............................      323       200       195       349       297       265       247       220       213
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.8       4.2       4.1       7.3       6.3       5.5       5.1       4.6       4.5
 
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,121     6,147     6,149     6,121     6,138     6,142     6,144     6,147     6,149
  Civilian labor force....................    4,036     4,052     4,069     4,019     4,099     4,098     4,107     4,055     4,059
    Employed..............................    3,765     3,801     3,835     3,737     3,852     3,824     3,830     3,789     3,811
    Unemployed............................      271       251       235       282       246       274       277       266       248
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.7       6.2       5.8       7.0       6.0       6.7       6.7       6.6       6.1
 
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   14,052    14,080    14,082    14,052    14,067    14,073    14,077    14,080    14,082
  Civilian labor force....................    8,544     8,545     8,571     8,597     8,633     8,591     8,609     8,581     8,629
    Employed..............................    7,906     8,040     8,115     7,943     8,035     8,058     8,048     8,043     8,160
    Unemployed............................      639       505       455       654       598       533       561       538       469
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.5       5.9       5.3       7.6       6.9       6.2       6.5       6.3       5.4
 
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,328     5,401     5,408     5,328     5,379     5,387     5,394     5,401     5,408
  Civilian labor force....................    3,544     3,667     3,660     3,565     3,613     3,638     3,624     3,645     3,682
    Employed..............................    3,410     3,524     3,553     3,417     3,424     3,452     3,443     3,497     3,560
    Unemployed............................      134       143       108       148       189       186       180       148       122
    Unemployment rate.....................      3.8       3.9       2.9       4.1       5.2       5.1       5.0       4.1       3.3
 
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,416     8,450     8,453     8,416     8,438     8,443     8,446     8,450     8,453
  Civilian labor force....................    5,514     5,572     5,556     5,551     5,437     5,520     5,557     5,598     5,593
    Employed..............................    5,175     5,338     5,320     5,203     5,143     5,217     5,282     5,336     5,352
    Unemployed............................      339       234       235       348       294       303       274       262       241
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.1       4.2       4.2       6.3       5.4       5.5       4.9       4.7       4.3
 
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,297     9,318     9,320     9,297     9,309     9,313     9,316     9,318     9,320
  Civilian labor force....................    5,870     5,753     5,803     5,890     5,867     5,797     5,772     5,699     5,821
    Employed..............................    5,531     5,429     5,494     5,513     5,499     5,408     5,428     5,360     5,476
    Unemployed............................      339       324       309       377       369       389       344       339       345
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.8       5.6       5.3       6.4       6.3       6.7       6.0       5.9       5.9
 
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,421    13,652    13,673    13,421    13,585    13,608    13,631    13,652    13,673
  Civilian labor force....................    9,271     9,498     9,421     9,301     9,416     9,334     9,398     9,476     9,441
    Employed..............................    8,686     8,967     8,879     8,691     8,791     8,751     8,842     8,956     8,873
    Unemployed............................      585       531       542       611       626       583       555       520       567
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.3       5.6       5.8       6.6       6.6       6.2       5.9       5.5       6.0
 
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   1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
 
   2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns.
   3/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
NOTE:  Revised seasonal adjustment factors are not yet available for State data.  The seasonally adjusted series for
1994 will be revised with the release of January 1995 data on February 3.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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              Total..............................|112,374|115,266|115,823|115,858|111,610|113,914|114,186|114,348|114,836|115,092
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 93,135| 95,880| 96,202| 96,366| 92,692| 94,827| 95,035| 95,228| 95,642| 95,928
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries....................| 23,226| 24,086| 24,020| 23,790| 23,298| 23,640| 23,673| 23,715| 23,825| 23,871
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    619|    607|    603|    596|    618|    603|    605|    599|    597|    595
       Metal mining..............................|   50.5|   51.3|   51.5|   51.4|     51|     52|     51|     51|     52|     52
       Coal mining...............................|  114.5|  112.6|  112.7|  112.2|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  355.4|  338.5|  336.1|  332.8|    351|    336|    341|    335|    332|    329
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|   98.4|  104.5|  103.1|   99.8|    101|    101|    101|    101|    101|    102
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  4,658|  5,236|  5,170|  4,953|  4,738|  4,942|  4,972|  4,974|  5,047|  5,041
       General building contractors..............|1,132.2|1,222.3|1,217.3|1,199.3|  1,138|  1,166|  1,172|  1,180|  1,197|  1,205
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  672.5|  794.4|  759.2|  676.0|    710|    725|    727|    716|    725|    715
       Special trade contractors.................|2,852.9|3,219.3|3,193.4|3,077.4|  2,890|  3,051|  3,073|  3,078|  3,125|  3,121
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 17,949| 18,243| 18,247| 18,241| 17,942| 18,095| 18,096| 18,142| 18,181| 18,235
         Production workers......................| 12,288| 12,620| 12,626| 12,623| 12,292| 12,478| 12,485| 12,527| 12,570| 12,630
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,169| 10,373| 10,412| 10,424| 10,153| 10,290| 10,306| 10,335| 10,373| 10,405
         Production workers......................|  6,851|  7,086|  7,123|  7,136|  6,843|  7,007|  7,021|  7,054|  7,090|  7,129
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Lumber and wood products..................|  711.8|  745.5|  744.8|  740.4|    716|    734|    735|    737|    743|    744
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  491.7|  502.8|  503.4|  502.2|    489|    496|    496|    497|    500|    500
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  513.8|  542.5|  540.9|  533.7|    518|    531|    531|    533|    536|    539
       Primary metal industries..................|  678.8|  696.6|  699.7|  702.5|    678|    686|    690|    695|    699|    701
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  237.6|  234.3|  234.6|  235.3|    237|    232|    233|    235|    235|    234
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,343.1|1,389.2|1,396.6|1,403.2|  1,338|  1,373|  1,373|  1,381|  1,388|  1,398
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,919.8|1,951.4|1,960.9|1,967.2|  1,918|  1,952|  1,956|  1,957|  1,963|  1,965
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,528.7|1,570.3|1,580.6|1,587.4|  1,524|  1,561|  1,567|  1,567|  1,574|  1,583
       Transportation equipment..................|1,734.1|1,739.6|1,749.9|1,757.9|  1,724|  1,727|  1,731|  1,741|  1,741|  1,746
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  860.1|  907.8|  916.1|  923.8|    853|    893|    898|    909|    912|    915
         Aircraft and parts......................|  509.8|  467.5|  466.3|  467.2|    507|    472|    468|    467|    464|    464
       Instruments and related products..........|  874.1|  845.5|  846.5|  847.1|    873|    850|    848|    845|    846|    846
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  373.4|  389.2|  388.3|  381.9|    375|    380|    379|    382|    383|    383
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,780|  7,870|  7,835|  7,817|  7,789|  7,805|  7,790|  7,807|  7,808|  7,830
         Production workers......................|  5,437|  5,534|  5,503|  5,487|  5,449|  5,471|  5,464|  5,473|  5,480|  5,501
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Food and kindred products.................|1,655.1|1,706.4|1,677.2|1,659.3|  1,671|  1,666|  1,661|  1,662|  1,669|  1,674
       Tobacco products..........................|   44.7|   40.9|   39.2|   40.8|     42|     40|     38|     39|     38|     38
       Textile mill products.....................|  670.4|  674.5|  674.8|  673.0|    671|    672|    669|    672|    673|    674
       Apparel and other textile products........|  958.5|  964.6|  955.2|  944.3|    959|    958|    957|    956|    948|    946
       Paper and allied products.................|  685.1|  684.3|  685.5|  686.1|    685|    683|    680|    684|    685|    686
       Printing and publishing...................|1,523.1|1,535.5|1,541.3|1,550.7|  1,514|  1,535|  1,533|  1,537|  1,537|  1,543
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,069.2|1,047.5|1,045.1|1,047.6|  1,070|  1,050|  1,049|  1,049|  1,046|  1,049
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  146.8|  151.0|  149.1|  147.3|    149|    149|    149|    149|    148|    150
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  910.3|  950.5|  953.4|  954.7|    911|    938|    941|    946|    951|    956
       Leather and leather products..............|  116.9|  114.4|  114.3|  113.6|    117|    114|    113|    113|    113|    114
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries..................| 89,148| 91,180| 91,803| 92,068| 88,312| 90,274| 90,513| 90,633| 91,011| 91,221
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  5,847|  5,926|  5,926|  5,961|  5,792|  5,866|  5,865|  5,867|  5,881|  5,906
       Transportation............................|  3,668|  3,751|  3,750|  3,786|  3,611|  3,691|  3,694|  3,694|  3,705|  3,729
         Railroad transportation.................|  246.8|  247.1|  243.7|  240.3|    248|    241|    245|    245|    244|    242
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  391.5|  409.4|  409.2|  412.3|    376|    397|    390|    390|    392|    397
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,750.5|1,804.5|1,810.1|1,840.4|  1,704|  1,772|  1,775|  1,773|  1,782|  1,794
         Water transportation....................|  162.8|  167.3|  162.3|  161.7|    165|    165|    167|    166|    164|    164
         Transportation by air...................|  740.3|  731.5|  732.2|  736.6|    741|    729|    729|    730|    731|    737
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   18.0|   17.8|   17.7|   17.4|     18|     18|     18|     18|     18|     17
         Transportation services.................|  357.8|  373.2|  374.6|  377.4|    359|    369|    370|    372|    374|    378
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,179|  2,175|  2,176|  2,175|  2,181|  2,175|  2,171|  2,173|  2,176|  2,177
         Communications..........................|1,247.8|1,262.4|1,265.3|1,266.2|  1,246|  1,261|  1,257|  1,260|  1,262|  1,265
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  930.9|  912.2|  910.5|  908.4|    935|    914|    914|    913|    914|    912
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  5,977|  6,127|  6,135|  6,127|  5,976|  6,079|  6,095|  6,106|  6,116|  6,127
       Durable goods.............................|  3,420|  3,484|  3,495|  3,503|  3,419|  3,471|  3,476|  3,484|  3,492|  3,503
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,557|  2,643|  2,640|  2,624|  2,557|  2,608|  2,619|  2,622|  2,624|  2,624
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................| 20,486| 20,555| 20,913| 21,266| 19,931| 20,405| 20,470| 20,523| 20,619| 20,710
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  792.4|  855.6|  853.1|  853.9|    803|    844|    848|    852|    859|    866
       General merchandise stores................|2,703.3|2,533.8|2,709.9|2,787.9|  2,446|  2,476|  2,484|  2,506|  2,537|  2,521
       Food stores...............................|3,267.5|3,262.1|3,293.7|3,335.2|  3,214|  3,254|  3,248|  3,252|  3,264|  3,283
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,061.7|2,189.2|2,191.9|2,191.7|  2,074|  2,159|  2,171|  2,180|  2,194|  2,205
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,265.5|1,149.6|1,197.0|1,261.2|  1,154|  1,148|  1,154|  1,158|  1,153|  1,151
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  885.1|  923.1|  954.9|  981.5|    852|    905|    914|    925|    936|    944
       Eating and drinking places................|6,871.2|7,093.6|7,094.0|7,150.6|  6,917|  7,105|  7,111|  7,115|  7,144|  7,208
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry -Continued
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,638.8|2,547.5|2,618.0|2,704.4|  2,471|  2,514|  2,540|  2,535|  2,532|  2,532
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,757|  6,769|  6,766|  6,779|  6,769|  6,801|  6,794|  6,786|  6,790|  6,793
       Finance...................................|  3,249|  3,235|  3,239|  3,247|  3,250|  3,259|  3,251|  3,246|  3,247|  3,248
         Depository institutions.................|2,063.6|2,028.6|2,029.6|2,035.4|  2,064|  2,040|  2,036|  2,037|  2,036|  2,035
         Nondepository institutions..............|  471.9|  464.6|  461.4|  459.6|    472|    476|    472|    466|    463|    460
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  484.6|  506.8|  510.3|  511.7|    486|    508|    508|    507|    511|    513
         Holding and other investment offices....|  228.6|  235.3|  237.3|  240.3|    228|    235|    235|    236|    237|    240
       Insurance.................................|  2,191|  2,171|  2,170|  2,173|  2,190|  2,180|  2,178|  2,177|  2,174|  2,173
         Insurance carriers......................|1,527.7|1,504.2|1,502.3|1,503.6|  1,527|  1,515|  1,512|  1,509|  1,505|  1,504
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  662.9|  666.3|  667.4|  669.4|    663|    665|    666|    668|    669|    669
       Real estate...............................|  1,317|  1,363|  1,357|  1,359|  1,329|  1,362|  1,365|  1,363|  1,369|  1,372
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services2/..................................| 30,842| 32,417| 32,442| 32,443| 30,926| 32,036| 32,138| 32,231| 32,411| 32,521
       Agricultural services.....................|  490.7|  583.6|  564.0|  529.3|    538|    559|    561|    564|    569|    577
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|1,544.2|1,590.8|1,539.5|1,534.4|  1,599|  1,619|  1,609|  1,594|  1,587|  1,592
       Personal services.........................|1,130.6|1,114.1|1,113.0|1,122.2|  1,140|  1,139|  1,138|  1,138|  1,136|  1,130
       Business services.........................|6,107.0|6,778.8|6,824.6|6,831.0|  6,062|  6,538|  6,593|  6,626|  6,730|  6,784
         Personnel supply services...............|2,141.4|2,565.5|2,566.2|2,561.3|  2,103|  2,388|  2,418|  2,425|  2,491|  2,516
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  980.2|1,075.4|1,080.9|1,083.6|    986|  1,058|  1,065|  1,073|  1,082|  1,090
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|  368.2|  387.5|  387.3|  385.7|    370|    382|    382|    384|    387|    388
       Motion pictures...........................|  438.1|  506.6|  530.2|  541.6|    432|    493|    502|    515|    531|    533
       Amusement and recreation services.........|1,145.8|1,205.0|1,146.3|1,144.6|  1,254|  1,266|  1,254|  1,272|  1,272|  1,255
       Health services...........................|8,897.5|9,105.9|9,122.8|9,153.7|  8,890|  9,076|  9,084|  9,106|  9,114|  9,145
         Hospitals...............................|3,785.2|3,786.7|3,787.5|3,788.4|  3,787|  3,790|  3,791|  3,790|  3,788|  3,792
       Legal services............................|  932.1|  942.4|  946.7|  948.2|    934|    942|    946|    945|    949|    950
       Educational services......................|1,804.1|1,881.1|1,914.4|1,879.8|  1,708|  1,747|  1,761|  1,761|  1,773|  1,780
       Social services...........................|2,165.5|2,307.0|2,328.1|2,337.7|  2,154|  2,285|  2,296|  2,300|  2,314|  2,326
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|   75.0|   81.0|   77.8|   77.9|     77|     80|     79|     79|     80|     80
       Membership organizations..................|2,029.8|2,053.2|2,052.2|2,052.4|  2,040|  2,056|  2,062|  2,064|  2,065|  2,063
       Engineering and management services.......|2,558.4|2,630.1|2,639.3|2,645.5|  2,567|  2,621|  2,632|  2,635|  2,647|  2,653
       Services, nec.............................|   40.5|   41.0|   41.1|   41.2|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 19,239| 19,386| 19,621| 19,492| 18,918| 19,087| 19,151| 19,120| 19,194| 19,164
       Federal...................................|  2,918|  2,844|  2,836|  2,870|  2,915|  2,858|  2,863|  2,858|  2,853|  2,867
       State.....................................|  4,597|  4,696|  4,723|  4,685|  4,511|  4,585|  4,593|  4,581|  4,590|  4,596
         Education...............................|1,955.1|2,003.0|2,038.8|2,001.5|  1,841|  1,886|  1,890|  1,875|  1,881|  1,885
         Other State government..................|2,642.0|2,692.7|2,684.2|2,683.8|  2,670|  2,699|  2,703|  2,706|  2,709|  2,711
       Local.....................................| 11,724| 11,846| 12,062| 11,937| 11,492| 11,644| 11,695| 11,681| 11,751| 11,701
         Education...............................|6,717.2|6,774.0|6,883.6|6,871.7|  6,390|  6,536|  6,547|  6,532|  6,531|  6,538
         Other local government..................|5,007.2|5,071.7|5,178.0|5,065.0|  5,102|  5,108|  5,148|  5,149|  5,220|  5,163
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      1/  These series are not published seasonally adjusted since the      precision.
   seasonal component is small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular   2/  Includes other industries, not shown separately
   components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient            p = preliminary
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Total private...........................|  34.7 |  34.9 |  34.6 |  34.8 |  34.5 |  34.4 |  34.6 |  34.9 |  34.6 |  34.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Mining........................................|  44.6 |  45.2 |  45.5 |  45.0 |  44.1 |  44.7 |  45.0 |  44.8 |  45.1 |  44.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Construction..................................|  38.3 |  39.5 |  38.5 |  38.7 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Manufacturing.................................|  42.4 |  42.3 |  42.5 |  43.0 |  41.7 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  42.1 |  42.2 |  42.2
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.8 |   4.9 |   5.0 |   5.2 |   4.4 |   4.6 |   4.7 |   4.7 |   4.7 |   4.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Durable goods...............................|  43.4 |  43.1 |  43.3 |  43.9 |  42.5 |  42.8 |  42.8 |  42.9 |  43.0 |  43.1
        Overtime hours...........................|   5.2 |   5.2 |   5.3 |   5.7 |   4.7 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   5.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Lumber and wood products...................|  41.6 |  41.6 |  41.2 |  41.7 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  40.9 |  41.4 |  41.1 |  41.3
      Furniture and fixtures.....................|  41.4 |  41.2 |  41.0 |  41.6 |  40.2 |  40.4 |  40.7 |  40.8 |  40.7 |  40.4
      Stone, clay, and glass products............|  42.9 |  44.2 |  43.7 |  43.4 |  43.1 |  43.4 |  43.6 |  43.5 |  43.4 |  43.6
      Primary metal industries...................|  44.7 |  44.7 |  45.2 |  45.7 |  44.2 |  44.7 |  44.9 |  44.9 |  45.1 |  45.2
        Blast furnaces and basic steel products..|  44.6 |  45.2 |  45.5 |  46.1 |  44.2 |  45.0 |  45.3 |  45.4 |  45.5 |  45.7
      Fabricated metal products..................|  43.5 |  43.1 |  43.6 |  44.1 |  42.5 |  42.8 |  43.0 |  42.8 |  43.2 |  43.2
      Industrial machinery and equipment.........|  44.4 |  43.7 |  44.0 |  44.8 |  43.3 |  43.4 |  43.7 |  43.7 |  43.9 |  43.7
      Electronic and other electrical equipment..|  43.0 |  42.3 |  42.6 |  43.4 |  41.9 |  42.3 |  42.0 |  42.3 |  42.1 |  42.3
      Transportation equipment...................|  44.9 |  44.5 |  44.9 |  46.0 |  44.1 |  44.4 |  44.2 |  44.2 |  44.7 |  45.1
        Motor vehicles and equipment.............|  46.6 |  45.9 |  46.5 |  47.3 |  46.1 |  45.9 |  45.8 |  45.6 |  46.6 |  46.6
      Instruments and related products...........|  42.1 |  41.7 |  42.1 |  42.7 |  41.2 |  41.8 |  41.7 |  41.8 |  41.8 |  41.8
      Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  40.6 |  40.6 |  40.7 |  40.4 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  40.0 |  39.9 |  39.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Nondurable goods............................|  41.2 |  41.3 |  41.5 |  41.7 |  40.6 |  40.9 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  41.0 |  41.1
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.2 |   4.6 |   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Food and kindred products..................|  41.3 |  41.9 |  42.2 |  42.1 |  40.7 |  41.3 |  41.3 |  41.4 |  41.5 |  41.5
      Tobacco products...........................|  37.4 |  41.8 |  39.8 |  41.4 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Textile mill products......................|  42.2 |  42.0 |  41.9 |  42.3 |  41.8 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.9 |  41.5 |  41.9
      Apparel and other textile products.........|  37.6 |  38.0 |  38.0 |  38.2 |  37.1 |  37.7 |  37.6 |  37.7 |  37.6 |  37.8
      Paper and allied products..................|  44.5 |  44.3 |  44.3 |  44.5 |  43.7 |  44.1 |  43.9 |  44.1 |  43.9 |  43.7
      Printing and publishing....................|  38.9 |  38.9 |  39.1 |  39.2 |  38.3 |  38.5 |  38.7 |  38.7 |  38.7 |  38.6
      Chemicals and allied products..............|  44.0 |  43.4 |  43.8 |  44.0 |  43.1 |  43.2 |  43.1 |  43.5 |  43.5 |  43.2
      Petroleum and coal products................|  43.4 |  45.1 |  44.8 |  44.8 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|  42.6 |  42.3 |  42.6 |  43.1 |  42.0 |  42.2 |  42.4 |  42.3 |  42.3 |  42.5
      Leather and leather products...............|  39.0 |  39.1 |  38.9 |  38.7 |  38.5 |  38.6 |  38.8 |  39.1 |  38.6 |  38.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Transportation and public utilities...........|  39.8 |  40.2 |  39.8 |  40.0 |  39.7 |  39.6 |  39.9 |  40.1 |  39.8 |  39.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Wholesale trade...............................|  38.3 |  38.7 |  38.4 |  38.4 |  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.2 |  38.6 |  38.4 |  38.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Retail trade..................................|  29.3 |  29.1 |  28.7 |  29.2 |  28.8 |  28.9 |  28.8 |  29.2 |  28.9 |  28.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Finance, insurance, and real estate...........|  35.7 |  36.2 |  35.6 |  35.7 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Services......................................|  32.4 |  32.8 |  32.4 |  32.5 |  32.4 |  32.2 |  32.5 |  32.8 |  32.4 |  32.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;            adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
   finance,insurance, and real estate; and services.               precision.
   These groups account for approximately four-fifths                 p = preliminary.
   of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
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                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                         | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$10.97 |$11.26 |$11.25 |$11.28 |$380.66|$392.97|$389.25|$392.54
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 10.96 | 11.25 | 11.23 | 11.26 | 378.12| 392.63| 388.56| 389.60
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Mining........................................| 14.67 | 14.91 | 14.95 | 15.03 | 654.28| 673.93| 680.23| 676.35
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Construction..................................| 14.46 | 15.03 | 14.84 | 14.78 | 553.82| 593.69| 571.34| 571.99
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Manufacturing.................................| 12.00 | 12.10 | 12.17 | 12.28 | 508.80| 511.83| 517.23| 528.04
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Durable goods...............................| 12.62 | 12.70 | 12.77 | 12.90 | 547.71| 547.37| 552.94| 566.31
              Lumber and wood products...................|  9.72 |  9.95 |  9.91 |  9.98 | 404.35| 413.92| 408.29| 416.17
              Furniture and fixtures.....................|  9.44 |  9.70 |  9.69 |  9.79 | 390.82| 399.64| 397.29| 407.26
              Stone, clay, and glass products............| 11.95 | 12.21 | 12.21 | 12.23 | 512.66| 539.68| 533.58| 530.78
              Primary metal industries...................| 14.26 | 14.36 | 14.44 | 14.54 | 637.42| 641.89| 652.69| 664.48
                Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 16.56 | 17.09 | 17.15 | 17.24 | 738.58| 772.47| 780.33| 794.76
              Fabricated metal products..................| 11.91 | 11.92 | 12.04 | 12.08 | 518.09| 513.75| 524.94| 532.73
              Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 12.99 | 13.02 | 13.10 | 13.16 | 576.76| 568.97| 576.40| 589.57
              Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 11.52 | 11.52 | 11.54 | 11.60 | 495.36| 487.30| 491.60| 503.44
              Transportation equipment...................| 16.42 | 16.53 | 16.62 | 16.92 | 737.26| 735.59| 746.24| 778.32
                Motor vehicles and equipment.............| 16.88 | 16.96 | 17.08 | 17.42 | 786.61| 778.46| 794.22| 823.97
              Instruments and related products...........| 12.46 | 12.54 | 12.54 | 12.66 | 524.57| 522.92| 527.93| 540.58
              Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  9.58 |  9.71 |  9.76 |  9.91 | 388.95| 394.23| 397.23| 400.36
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Nondurable goods............................| 11.16 | 11.30 | 11.35 | 11.44 | 459.79| 466.69| 471.03| 477.05
              Food and kindred products..................| 10.63 | 10.66 | 10.81 | 10.88 | 439.02| 446.65| 456.18| 458.05
              Tobacco products...........................| 16.55 | 18.36 | 19.09 | 18.66 | 618.97| 767.45| 759.78| 772.52
              Textile mill products......................|  9.01 |  9.20 |  9.26 |  9.28 | 380.22| 386.40| 387.99| 392.54
              Apparel and other textile products.........|  7.24 |  7.43 |  7.45 |  7.47 | 272.22| 282.34| 283.10| 285.35
              Paper and allied products..................| 13.61 | 13.89 | 13.92 | 13.95 | 605.65| 615.33| 616.66| 620.78
              Printing and publishing....................| 12.11 | 12.23 | 12.20 | 12.32 | 471.08| 475.75| 477.02| 482.94
              Chemicals and allied products..............| 15.06 | 15.35 | 15.34 | 15.44 | 662.64| 666.19| 671.89| 679.36
              Petroleum and coal products................| 18.71 | 19.35 | 19.31 | 19.43 | 812.01| 872.69| 865.09| 870.46
              Rubber and misc. plastics products.........| 10.67 | 10.66 | 10.69 | 10.81 | 454.54| 450.92| 455.39| 465.91
              Leather and leather products...............|  7.86 |  8.02 |  8.03 |  8.04 | 306.54| 313.58| 312.37| 311.15
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Transportation and public utilities...........| 13.74 | 14.03 | 14.07 | 14.15 | 546.85| 564.01| 559.99| 566.00
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Wholesale trade...............................| 11.85 | 12.15 | 12.11 | 12.15 | 453.86| 470.21| 465.02| 466.56
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Retail trade..................................|  7.36 |  7.57 |  7.56 |  7.57 | 215.65| 220.29| 216.97| 221.04
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 11.65 | 12.02 | 11.97 | 12.02 | 415.91| 435.12| 426.13| 429.11
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Services......................................| 10.98 | 11.22 | 11.24 | 11.31 | 355.75| 368.02| 364.18| 367.58
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Dec.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  |   from:
                                                      | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ |Nov. 1994-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dec. 1994
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $10.96| $11.13| $11.17| $11.25| $11.23| $11.26|     0.3
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.40|   7.36|   7.38|   7.43|   7.39|  N.A. |    (3)
                   Mining.............................|  14.68|  14.82|  14.94|  15.06|  15.03|  15.03|      .0
                   Construction.......................|  14.41|  14.72|  14.82|  14.91|  14.81|  14.74|     -.5
                   Manufacturing......................|  11.93|  12.08|  12.12|  12.14|  12.17|  12.21|      .3
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.32|  11.43|  11.46|  11.51|  11.48|  11.60|     1.0
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.73|  13.87|  13.89|  14.03|  14.07|  14.12|      .4
                   Wholesale trade....................|  11.82|  12.01|  12.04|  12.19|  12.11|  12.13|      .2
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.37|   7.50|   7.52|   7.56|   7.55|   7.59|      .5
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  11.61|  11.80|  11.89|  12.06|  11.98|  11.97|     -.1
                   Services...........................|  10.89|  11.08|  11.12|  11.22|  11.18|  11.22|      .4
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
                    2/  The Consumer Price Index for Urban
                 Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
                 used to deflate this series.
                    3/  Change was -.5 percent from October
                 1994 to November 1994, the latest month
                 available.
                    4/  Derived by assuming that overtime
                 hours are paid at the rate of time and one-
                 half.
                    N.A.  = not available.
                    p/  = preliminary.
 
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
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                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
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                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Dec. |Oct. | Nov.  | Dec.  |Dec. |Aug. |Sept.|Oct. | Nov.  | Dec.
                                                       |1993 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/ |1993 |1994 |1994 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/
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               Total private...........................|127.3|132.4| 131.5 | 132.5 |125.9|128.9|129.7|131.1| 130.7 | 131.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods-producing industries....................|105.8|111.7| 111.0 | 110.6 |105.1|107.8|108.3|108.5| 109.3 | 110.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 56.0| 56.4|  56.6 |  55.0 | 55.1| 55.2| 55.7| 55.3|  55.2 |  54.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|124.4|147.1| 140.9 | 134.2 |128.8|134.2|136.0|134.7| 137.6 | 139.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|105.1|107.7| 108.2 | 109.3 |103.3|105.7|105.8|106.4| 106.9 | 107.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|103.7|106.5| 107.6 | 109.4 |101.6|104.7|104.9|105.6| 106.4 | 107.2
            Lumber and wood products...................|129.0|135.7| 134.1 | 134.4 |128.7|132.0|131.0|133.3| 133.2 | 134.3
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|126.8|128.9| 128.6 | 130.2 |122.6|125.1|126.0|126.3| 126.7 | 126.1
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|102.7|112.0| 110.6 | 108.3 |104.2|107.6|107.8|108.1| 108.6 | 110.2
            Primary metal industries...................| 87.9| 91.2|  92.8 |  94.3 | 86.8| 89.6| 90.7| 91.6|  92.5 |  93.2
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 72.5| 72.6|  73.3 |  74.5 | 71.7| 71.5| 72.4| 72.9|  73.5 |  73.4
            Fabricated metal products..................|107.8|111.8| 113.4 | 115.4 |104.8|109.1|109.6|110.0| 111.7 | 112.6
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 96.3| 98.3|  99.4 | 102.0 | 93.7| 97.3| 98.4| 98.8|  99.5 |  99.3
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|104.7|106.2| 108.2 | 111.1 |101.6|105.5|105.3|106.0| 106.3 | 107.9
            Transportation equipment...................|115.5|117.7| 120.0 | 124.0 |112.9|116.3|116.2|117.2| 119.1 | 120.9
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|148.2|156.1| 159.8 | 164.9 |145.2|153.5|154.1|155.4| 159.5 | 160.8
            Instruments and related products...........| 76.9| 73.9|  74.6 |  75.7 | 75.0| 74.2| 74.0| 73.8|  74.0 |  74.0
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|101.6|106.2| 106.1 | 102.9 |100.6|102.1|101.0|102.0| 102.1 | 101.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|107.1|109.3| 109.1 | 109.3 |105.8|107.0|107.0|107.5| 107.5 | 108.0
            Food and kindred products..................|112.6|118.7| 117.4 | 115.3 |112.3|113.6|113.3|113.4| 114.6 | 115.1
            Tobacco products...........................| 63.5| 66.9|  60.0 |  65.4 | 56.8| 60.0| 59.9| 60.0|  57.0 |  58.9
            Textile mill products......................| 99.8| 99.8|  99.7 | 100.4 | 99.0| 98.3| 97.8| 99.1|  98.5 |  99.4
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 88.5| 90.1|  89.2 |  88.4 | 87.4| 88.5| 88.3| 88.6|  87.4 |  87.8
            Paper and allied products..................|112.2|112.1| 112.4 | 113.1 |110.2|111.4|110.4|111.4| 111.5 | 111.0
            Printing and publishing....................|126.1|126.4| 127.5 | 129.3 |123.2|125.3|125.8|126.1| 125.8 | 126.2
            Chemicals and allied products..............|103.5|101.6| 102.3 | 103.9 |101.6|100.6|100.9|102.0| 102.0 | 102.4
            Petroleum and coal products................| 77.5| 84.4|  82.3 |  79.7 | 79.9| 81.0| 84.0| 82.4|  81.0 |  82.7
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|135.9|142.1| 143.2 | 145.2 |134.1|139.5|140.8|141.0| 141.8 | 143.4
            Leather and leather products...............| 55.7| 54.6|  54.1 |  53.7 | 55.0| 54.0| 53.6| 53.5|  53.4 |  52.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service-producing industries..................|137.0|141.7| 140.7 | 142.3 |135.2|138.3|139.4|141.2| 140.2 | 140.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|119.2|122.0| 121.2 | 122.3 |117.6|118.8|119.8|120.5| 119.8 | 120.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|113.1|117.6| 116.5 | 116.5 |112.6|114.7|115.2|116.6| 116.2 | 115.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|130.2|129.3| 129.9 | 134.5 |124.1|127.6|127.5|129.7| 128.8 | 128.6
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          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|121.3|123.1| 120.8 | 121.5 |121.3|120.4|120.9|123.8| 121.8 | 121.4
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          Services.....................................|158.6|168.6| 166.7 | 167.1 |158.9|163.8|165.9|167.9| 166.7 | 167.8
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            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
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             Time span       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
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                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  58.8 |  57.3 |  50.8 |  47.9 |  49.7 |  51.8 |  43.8 |  46.2 |  42.7 |  41.6 |  41.3 |  41.3
           1991..............|  39.6 |  39.6 |  38.5 |  38.2 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  48.3 |  52.0 |  48.9 |  46.8 |  46.5 |  46.1
           1992..............|  42.1 |  46.1 |  48.3 |  57.7 |  53.1 |  50.4 |  52.8 |  46.5 |  53.4 |  56.9 |  52.5 |  57.3
           1993..............|  57.9 |  61.7 |  49.0 |  56.0 |  57.0 |  51.1 |  58.8 |  50.0 |  56.7 |  57.4 |  61.0 |  57.4
           1994..............|  56.6 |  58.3 |  62.9 |  62.5 |  56.3 |  63.2 |  59.3 |  59.8 |  56.9 |  59.8 |p/63.5 |p/61.2
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  59.0 |  59.1 |  52.5 |  48.9 |  49.0 |  47.3 |  45.9 |  40.6 |  38.3 |  36.2 |  35.7 |  35.4
           1991..............|  34.3 |  32.0 |  31.6 |  38.2 |  39.3 |  44.2 |  49.4 |  50.7 |  50.8 |  44.9 |  43.7 |  40.9
           1992..............|  39.7 |  42.3 |  51.0 |  56.2 |  57.6 |  54.1 |  50.4 |  49.9 |  51.7 |  56.2 |  58.6 |  59.8
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  55.8 |  54.9 |  57.7 |  54.6 |  55.9 |  55.8 |  62.4 |  61.5 |  60.8
           1994..............|  62.1 |  64.5 |  65.2 |  65.0 |  65.4 |  64.6 |  66.7 |  64.0 |  65.4 |p/65.6 |p/68.5 |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  57.2 |  54.9 |  55.8 |  50.4 |  46.8 |  44.0 |  41.3 |  38.9 |  35.8 |  33.6 |  32.0 |  30.2
           1991..............|  30.2 |  32.4 |  31.2 |  33.7 |  39.2 |  44.7 |  46.5 |  45.6 |  47.8 |  44.5 |  41.4 |  39.9
           1992..............|  43.5 |  46.3 |  47.2 |  52.0 |  54.2 |  56.6 |  52.8 |  53.1 |  55.8 |  56.3 |  64.2 |  62.2
           1993..............|  61.4 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  59.8 |  54.4 |  54.5 |  57.9 |  58.8 |  59.7 |  60.8 |  62.8 |  63.6
           1994..............|  67.0 |  65.9 |  68.8 |  66.0 |  67.8 |  66.3 |  68.1 |p/70.5 |p/67.7 |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  55.5 |  52.7 |  51.7 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  42.6 |  39.3 |  36.1 |  35.8 |  33.0 |  33.0 |  30.6
           1991..............|  31.0 |  31.0 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  31.7 |  33.8 |  35.8 |  37.5 |  40.0 |  45.2 |  45.6 |  45.4
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  60.7
           1993..............|  60.0 |  61.1 |  60.7 |  62.2 |  63.2 |  62.1 |  62.4 |  60.8 |  63.5 |  62.8 |  63.1 |  63.5
           1994..............|  64.2 |  65.7 |  66.0 |  66.4 |p/67.4 |p/69.7 |       |       |       |       |       |
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                             |
                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
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                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  48.9 |  47.5 |  43.9 |  46.8 |  40.3 |  46.8 |  38.8 |  42.4 |  35.6 |  38.5 |  29.1 |  34.2
           1991..............|  32.7 |  35.6 |  31.3 |  37.4 |  45.7 |  43.5 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  47.8 |  41.4 |  39.6
           1992..............|  38.1 |  40.6 |  45.0 |  57.9 |  47.8 |  50.0 |  53.2 |  41.7 |  49.3 |  47.8 |  52.5 |  51.8
           1993..............|  52.5 |  57.6 |  47.8 |  41.7 |  46.0 |  40.3 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  46.8 |  50.0 |  55.4 |  51.1
           1994..............|  54.3 |  53.6 |  51.1 |  56.1 |  50.0 |  58.6 |  52.9 |  56.8 |  48.9 |  60.8 |p/60.4 |p/60.1
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  44.6 |  45.3 |  45.0 |  38.8 |  41.7 |  38.8 |  38.1 |  28.8 |  30.9 |  23.0 |  23.0 |  21.6
           1991..............|  24.5 |  21.9 |  20.5 |  32.7 |  36.3 |  39.6 |  47.1 |  46.0 |  48.2 |  39.9 |  36.7 |  33.5
           1992..............|  30.9 |  36.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  55.4 |  53.6 |  47.1 |  47.1 |  42.4 |  50.0 |  51.1 |  55.0
           1993..............|  60.1 |  58.3 |  51.4 |  40.6 |  37.1 |  43.5 |  40.3 |  41.0 |  43.2 |  52.9 |  54.7 |  56.1
           1994..............|  56.1 |  57.6 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  57.2 |  55.8 |  61.5 |  55.0 |  60.4 |p/60.1 |p/67.6 |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  43.5 |  39.9 |  42.8 |  41.0 |  36.3 |  34.2 |  29.1 |  25.2 |  22.3 |  21.2 |  18.0 |  16.9
           1991..............|  15.8 |  20.9 |  21.2 |  26.3 |  34.9 |  39.2 |  42.1 |  40.3 |  40.3 |  37.1 |  32.4 |  32.7
           1992..............|  34.2 |  37.1 |  41.0 |  48.6 |  52.2 |  54.7 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  50.4 |  48.9 |  57.9 |  56.8
           1993..............|  54.0 |  51.8 |  48.6 |  47.1 |  37.1 |  34.2 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  47.8 |  50.4 |  54.3 |  55.8
           1994..............|  58.3 |  56.1 |  59.4 |  54.3 |  58.3 |  56.8 |  60.1 |p/63.3 |p/61.9 |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  37.8 |  35.3 |  33.5 |  33.1 |  28.1 |  26.3 |  23.7 |  20.5 |  19.4 |  16.5 |  16.2 |  15.8
           1991..............|  16.5 |  16.2 |  17.3 |  18.0 |  20.9 |  24.1 |  26.3 |  30.6 |  32.7 |  38.1 |  38.8 |  37.4
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  55.4 |  52.9 |  52.9
           1993..............|  50.0 |  52.5 |  48.6 |  49.3 |  50.7 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  50.7 |  51.4 |  51.4
           1994..............|  50.7 |  54.3 |  54.0 |  56.8 |p/58.3 |p/61.9 |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
       and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month          with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
       span. Data are centered within the span.                        indicates an equal balance between industries with
         p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with