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                    THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  NOVEMBER 2005
                                        

   Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 215,000 in November, and the unemployment
rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  Over the month, job growth was widespread,
with large gains in construction and food services.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The unemployment rate was unchanged in November at 5.0 percent.  The jobless
rate has ranged between 4.9 and 5.1 percent since May.  The number of unemployed
persons, 7.6 million, was essentially unchanged in November.  The unemployment
rates for adult men (4.3 percent), adult women (4.6 percent), teenagers (17.2
percent), whites (4.3 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (6.0 percent) showed
little or no change in November.  The jobless rates for blacks (10.6 percent)
and, specifically, for adult black women (9.1 percent), rose over the month.
In November, the unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent, not seasonally
adjusted.  (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment, 142.6 million, and the civilian labor force, 150.2 million,
were little changed in November.  The employment-population ratio also was little
changed over the month at 62.8 percent, and the labor force participation rate
held at 66.1 percent.  (See table A-1.)


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   |                            Hurricane Katrina                          |
   |                                                                       |
   |    In November, the state population controls used for the household  |
   | survey were adjusted to account for displacements due to Hurricane    |
   | Katrina.  These adjustments had a minimal impact on the national      |
   | household survey estimates.  Information again was collected in the   |
   | household survey on the labor force status of people who had to eva-  |
   | cuate due to Hurricane Katrina.  (See table B on page 3.)             |
   |                                                                       |
   |    For the establishment survey, BLS resumed normal estimation        |
   | procedures in November.  The procedures had been modified in          |
   | September and October to account for low response rates in Katrina-   |
   | affected areas.  In November, the number and type of responses from   |
   | the Katrina-affected areas were deemed acceptable for a return to     |
   | standard procedures.                                                  |
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   |    For more information on household and establishment survey         |
   | procedures and estimates for November 2005, see http://www.bls.gov/   |
   | katrina/cpscesquestions.htm on the BLS Web site or call (202) 691-6378|
   | for information about the household survey, and (202) 691-6555 for    |
   | information about the establishment survey.                           |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                         |_________________|__________________________| Oct.-
        Category         |      2005       |           2005           | Nov.
                         |_________________|__________________________|change
                         |   II   |  III   |  Sept. |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |
 ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 149,003| 149,835| 150,093| 150,079| 150,176|     97
  Employment.............| 141,404| 142,319| 142,432| 142,646| 142,594|    -52
  Unemployment...........|   7,599|   7,516|   7,661|   7,433|   7,582|    149
Not in labor force.......|  76,671|  76,587|  76,600|  76,880|  77,028|    148
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     5.1|     5.0|     5.1|     5.0|     5.0|    0.0
  Adult men..............|     4.4|     4.4|     4.5|     4.3|     4.3|     .0
  Adult women............|     4.6|     4.6|     4.6|     4.6|     4.6|     .0
  Teenagers..............|    17.4|    16.1|    15.8|    15.9|    17.2|    1.3
  White..................|     4.4|     4.3|     4.5|     4.4|     4.3|    -.1
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|    10.3|     9.5|     9.4|     9.1|    10.6|    1.5
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     6.1|     5.9|     6.5|     5.8|     6.0|     .2
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 133,429| 133,969| 134,030|p134,074|p134,289|   p215
  Goods-producing(1).....|  22,134|  22,152|  22,164| p22,218| p22,268|    p50
    Construction.........|   7,217|   7,262|   7,284|  p7,319|  p7,356|    p37
    Manufacturing........|  14,292|  14,258|  14,244| p14,259| p14,270|    p11
  Service-providing(1)...| 111,295| 111,817| 111,866|p111,856|p112,021|   p165
    Retail trade(2)......|  15,180|  15,221|  15,183| p15,186| p15,194|     p9
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  16,867|  16,995|  17,037| p17,043| p17,072|    p29
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  17,289|  17,417|  17,455| p17,445| p17,481|    p36
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,741|  12,798|  12,762| p12,748| p12,777|    p29
    Government...........|  21,753|  21,841|  21,856| p21,851| p21,872|    p21
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.7|    33.7|    33.8|   p33.8|   p33.7|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing..........|    40.4|    40.6|    40.7|   p41.0|   p40.8|   p-.2
    Overtime.............|     4.4|     4.5|     4.5|    p4.6|    p4.5|   p-.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|   102.4|   103.0|   103.2|  p103.3|  p103.2|  p-0.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $16.03|  $16.17|  $16.19| p$16.29| p$16.32| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  540.86|  545.36|  547.22| p550.60| p549.98|  p-.62
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______

   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
   3  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   P = preliminary.

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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of persons marginally attached to the labor force was 1.4 million
in November, about the same as a year earlier.  (Data are not seasonally adjusted.)
These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime
in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they
did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  There were
404,000 discouraged workers in November, about the same as a year earlier.  Dis-
couraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking
for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them.  The
other 1.0 million marginally attached persons had not searched for work for reasons
such as school attendance or family responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)
   
Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data)
   
   Beginning in October, questions were added to the household survey to identify
persons who evacuated from their homes, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina.
Data collected through these questions do not represent all evacuees; persons living
outside of the scope of the survey--such as those living in hotels or shelters--are
not included.  The questions were asked of persons in the household survey sample
throughout the country, since some evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected
areas.  The questions also determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes
by the time of the survey.  This additional information enabled analysis of the 
employment status of this subgroup of evacuees.  (The total number of evacuees
estimated from the household survey may change from month to month as people move
in and out of the scope of the survey.)
   
   Information gathered in November showed that about 900,000 persons age 16 and
over had evacuated from where they were living in August due to Hurricane Katrina.
These evacuees either had returned to their homes or were living in other residential
units covered in the survey in November.  Half of the evacuees had returned to their
August 2005 residences.  Of all evacuees identified, 55.2 percent were in the labor
force in November.  The employment-population ratio for these evacuees was 43.9 per-
cent.  The unemployment rate for persons identified as evacuees was 20.5 percent; it
was much higher for those who had not returned home (27.8 percent) than for those who
had returned (12.5 percent).  (See table B.)


Table B.  Employment status in November 2005 of persons 16 years and
over who evacuated from their August residence, even temporarily, due
to Hurricane Katrina (1)

(Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)
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                                     |       |  Residence in November
                                     |       |-------------------------
  Employment status in November 2005 | Total | Same as | Different than
                                     |       |in August|   in August
-------------------------------------------------------|---------------
Civilian noninstitutional population.|  886  |   442   |      443
  Civilian labor force...............|  489  |   233   |      256
        Participation rate.......... | 55.2  |  52.7   |     57.7
     Employed........................|  389  |   204   |      185
        Employment-population ratio..| 43.9  |  46.1   |     41.6
     Unemployed......................|  100  |    29   |       71
        Unemployment rate............| 20.5  |  12.5   |     27.8
  Not in labor force.................|  397  |   209   |      188
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   1/  Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population
age 16 and over who resided in households that were eligible to be
selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS).  These data are not
representative of the total evacuee population because they do not in-
clude children or people residing in shelters, hotels, places of worship,
or other units outside the scope of the CPS.  The total number of evac-
uees estimated from the CPS may change from month to month as people
move in and out of the scope of the survey and because of sampling varia-
bility.
   NOTE:  These data use population controls that have been adjusted to
account for interstate moves by evacuees.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 215,000 to 134.3 million in
November.  This followed 2 months of little growth in employment, due in
part to the direct and indirect effects of hurricanes that struck the Gulf
Coast.  During the first 8 months of the year, payroll employment grew by
an average of 196,000 per month.  In November, gains were widespread with
notable increases in construction, professional and technical services,
health care, and food services and drinking places.  (See table B-1.)
   
   In November, construction employment rose by 37,000, with a large increase
occurring in heavy and civil engineering construction (14,000).  November job
gains in construction partly reflect rebuilding and clean-up efforts following
Hurricane Katrina.  Employment in the industry has been on an upward trend for
more than 2-1/2 years.
   
   Professional and technical services employment increased by 22,000 in
November.  Within this sector, architectural and engineering services and
management and technical consulting services each added about 6,000 jobs.
Over the last 12 months, professional and technical services has added
210,000 jobs.
   
   Health care employment continued to grow in November, increasing by 20,000.
Ambulatory health care services, which includes doctors' offices and outpatient
clinics, added 15,000 jobs.  Health care has added 263,000 jobs since November
2004.
   
   Within leisure and hospitality, food services--which includes restaurants
and drinking places--added 39,000 jobs in November.  This followed declines in
the previous 2 months that totaled 69,000.  For the 12 months ending in August,
the industry had gained 283,000 jobs.
   
   Manufacturing employment edged up in November.  Job gains occurred in wood
products and in computer and electronic products, while machinery manufacturing
employment decreased.
   
   In November, employment in financial activities continued its upward trend,
as credit intermediation added 5,000 jobs.  Wholesale trade employment also
continued to trend up, with most of the over-the-month gain occurring in the
industry's durable goods component.  Retail trade employment was about un-
changed over the month.  Within the industry, employment in automobile
dealerships declined for the second consecutive month, falling by 6,000 in
November.  Building material and garden supply stores added 6,000 jobs over
the month.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.1 hour to 33.7 hours in November, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.2 hour to 40.8 hours,
following a 0.3-hour increase in October.  Factory overtime was down by
0.1 hour in November to 4.5 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 percent in November to 103.2
(2002=100).  The manufacturing index was down by 0.2 percent over the month
to 95.0.  (See table B-5.)
   
                                  - 5 -

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls rose by 3 cents in November to $16.32, seasonally adjusted.
This followed an increase of 10 cents (as revised) in October.  Average weekly
earnings decreased by 0.1 percent over the month to $549.98.  Over the year,
both average hourly and weekly earnings increased by 3.2 percent.  (See
table B-3.)

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   |    In accordance with usual practice, the release of December data  |
   | in January will incorporate annual revisions in seasonally adjusted |
   | unemployment and other labor force series from the household survey.|
   | Seasonally adjusted data for the most recent 5 years are subject    |
   | to revision.                                                        |
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   The Employment Situation for December 2005 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, January 6, 2006, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).  Release dates for the balance
of 2006 are as follows:


      Feb. 3              May 5              Aug. 4              Nov. 3
      March 10            June 2             Sept. 1             Dec. 8
      April 7             July 7             Oct. 6




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Explanatory Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the 12th,
which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
   Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
   
   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro-
fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
   The civilian labor force  is the sum of employed and  unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the  labor
force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent
of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
                                  
                                  - 7 -
 
   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  Among these are:
 
   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.
The establishment survey does not.
 
   --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
   --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in-
dividuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes
in unemployment.
 
   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern
each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases
in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For
example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May,
making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen
or declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted
to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made
correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
                                  - 8 -
 
   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the en-
tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,
that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand-
ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
430,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 9 -
 
   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure
to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for
all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to
provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents,
and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
 
   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
   
   Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.5 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
   More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay-
able to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
 
 
 
 
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 224,422 226,959 227,204 224,422 226,153 226,421 226,693 226,959 227,204
    Civilian labor force............................ 148,246 150,304 150,239 148,313 149,573 149,841 150,093 150,079 150,176
          Participation rate........................    66.1    66.2    66.1    66.1    66.1    66.2    66.2    66.1    66.1
      Employed...................................... 140,581 143,340 142,968 140,293 142,076 142,449 142,432 142,646 142,594
          Employment-population ratio...............    62.6    63.2    62.9    62.5    62.8    62.9    62.8    62.9    62.8
      Unemployed....................................   7,665   6,964   7,271   8,020   7,497   7,391   7,661   7,433   7,582
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.2     4.6     4.8     5.4     5.0     4.9     5.1     5.0     5.0
    Not in labor force..............................  76,176  76,655  76,964  76,109  76,580  76,581  76,600  76,880  77,028
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,755   4,796   4,466   5,087   5,015   4,823   4,937   4,997   4,844
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,276 109,616 109,745 108,276 109,190 109,332 109,475 109,616 109,745
    Civilian labor force............................  79,455  80,306  80,296  79,602  80,199  80,409  80,327  80,256  80,372
          Participation rate........................    73.4    73.3    73.2    73.5    73.4    73.5    73.4    73.2    73.2
      Employed......................................  75,232  76,808  76,481  75,188  76,272  76,449  76,236  76,395  76,391
          Employment-population ratio...............    69.5    70.1    69.7    69.4    69.9    69.9    69.6    69.7    69.6
      Unemployed....................................   4,224   3,498   3,816   4,414   3,927   3,960   4,092   3,862   3,981
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.3     4.4     4.8     5.5     4.9     4.9     5.1     4.8     5.0
    Not in labor force..............................  28,820  29,310  29,449  28,674  28,991  28,923  29,148  29,360  29,373
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,017 101,265 101,383 100,017 100,874 101,004 101,136 101,265 101,383
    Civilian labor force............................  75,857  76,978  76,756  75,866  76,624  76,831  76,790  76,806  76,722
          Participation rate........................    75.8    76.0    75.7    75.9    76.0    76.1    75.9    75.8    75.7
      Employed......................................  72,273  73,988  73,593  72,134  73,363  73,527  73,318  73,519  73,443
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.3    73.1    72.6    72.1    72.7    72.8    72.5    72.6    72.4
      Unemployed....................................   3,584   2,990   3,163   3,733   3,261   3,304   3,471   3,287   3,278
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.7     3.9     4.1     4.9     4.3     4.3     4.5     4.3     4.3
    Not in labor force..............................  24,160  24,287  24,626  24,151  24,250  24,173  24,346  24,459  24,661
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 116,146 117,343 117,459 116,146 116,963 117,089 117,218 117,343 117,459
    Civilian labor force............................  68,791  69,998  69,943  68,711  69,374  69,431  69,765  69,823  69,804
          Participation rate........................    59.2    59.7    59.5    59.2    59.3    59.3    59.5    59.5    59.4
      Employed......................................  65,349  66,532  66,488  65,104  65,804  66,000  66,196  66,251  66,203
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.3    56.7    56.6    56.1    56.3    56.4    56.5    56.5    56.4
      Unemployed....................................   3,441   3,466   3,455   3,606   3,570   3,431   3,569   3,571   3,601
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     5.0     4.9     5.2     5.1     4.9     5.1     5.1     5.2
    Not in labor force..............................  47,356  47,345  47,516  47,436  47,589  47,658  47,453  47,520  47,655
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,129 109,228 109,332 108,129 108,880 108,996 109,114 109,228 109,332
    Civilian labor force............................  65,446  66,480  66,510  65,244  65,768  65,761  66,130  66,191  66,231
          Participation rate........................    60.5    60.9    60.8    60.3    60.4    60.3    60.6    60.6    60.6
      Employed......................................  62,492  63,551  63,572  62,145  62,690  62,867  63,077  63,173  63,166
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.8    58.2    58.1    57.5    57.6    57.7    57.8    57.8    57.8
      Unemployed....................................   2,954   2,930   2,938   3,099   3,078   2,894   3,053   3,018   3,064
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.5     4.4     4.4     4.7     4.7     4.4     4.6     4.6     4.6
    Not in labor force..............................  42,683  42,748  42,822  42,885  43,113  43,235  42,983  43,037  43,101
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  16,275  16,465  16,489  16,275  16,399  16,421  16,443  16,465  16,489
    Civilian labor force............................   6,943   6,845   6,973   7,202   7,182   7,249   7,173   7,082   7,223
          Participation rate........................    42.7    41.6    42.3    44.2    43.8    44.1    43.6    43.0    43.8
      Employed......................................   5,816   5,801   5,803   6,014   6,024   6,055   6,036   5,954   5,984
          Employment-population ratio...............    35.7    35.2    35.2    36.9    36.7    36.9    36.7    36.2    36.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,127   1,045   1,170   1,188   1,158   1,193   1,136   1,128   1,239
          Unemployment rate.........................    16.2    15.3    16.8    16.5    16.1    16.5    15.8    15.9    17.2
    Not in labor force..............................   9,333   9,620   9,516   9,074   9,217   9,172   9,271   9,384   9,266

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                               
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 183,340 185,028 185,187 183,340 184,490 184,669 184,851 185,028 185,187
    Civilian labor force............................ 121,590 122,900 122,880 121,606 122,383 122,668 122,817 122,797 122,839
        Participation rate..........................    66.3    66.4    66.4    66.3    66.3    66.4    66.4    66.4    66.3
      Employed...................................... 116,247 117,898 117,921 115,966 117,149 117,471 117,317 117,356 117,580
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.4    63.7    63.7    63.3    63.5    63.6    63.5    63.4    63.5
      Unemployed....................................   5,342   5,002   4,959   5,640   5,234   5,197   5,500   5,441   5,259
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.4     4.1     4.0     4.6     4.3     4.2     4.5     4.4     4.3
    Not in labor force..............................  61,751  62,128  62,307  61,735  62,107  62,001  62,034  62,231  62,348
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  63,264  64,041  63,896  63,225  63,700  63,894  63,824  63,903  63,834
        Participation rate..........................    76.2    76.4    76.1    76.2    76.2    76.4    76.2    76.2    76.1
      Employed......................................  60,742  61,871  61,674  60,565  61,353  61,510  61,248  61,457  61,488
        Employment-population ratio.................    73.2    73.8    73.5    73.0    73.4    73.5    73.1    73.3    73.3
      Unemployed....................................   2,522   2,170   2,223   2,660   2,346   2,384   2,576   2,446   2,346
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.0     3.4     3.5     4.2     3.7     3.7     4.0     3.8     3.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  52,587  53,164  53,238  52,443  52,757  52,762  52,973  52,990  53,056
        Participation rate..........................    59.9    60.1    60.1    59.8    59.8    59.8    59.9    59.9    59.9
      Employed......................................  50,585  51,090  51,292  50,318  50,674  50,781  50,850  50,836  50,972
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.7    57.8    58.0    57.4    57.4    57.5    57.5    57.5    57.6
      Unemployed....................................   2,002   2,074   1,946   2,125   2,083   1,981   2,123   2,154   2,084
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.8     3.9     3.7     4.1     3.9     3.8     4.0     4.1     3.9
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   5,738   5,696   5,746   5,938   5,926   6,012   6,020   5,904   5,949
        Participation rate..........................    45.5    44.8    45.1    47.0    46.7    47.3    47.3    46.4    46.7
      Employed......................................   4,920   4,937   4,955   5,083   5,121   5,181   5,219   5,063   5,121
        Employment-population ratio.................    39.0    38.8    38.9    40.3    40.4    40.8    41.0    39.8    40.2
      Unemployed....................................     818     758     791     855     805     832     801     841     828
        Unemployment rate...........................    14.3    13.3    13.8    14.4    13.6    13.8    13.3    14.2    13.9
                                                                                                                            
              BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                     
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  26,239  26,663  26,705  26,239  26,526  26,572  26,618  26,663  26,705
    Civilian labor force............................  16,814  17,255  17,197  16,728  17,190  17,154  17,087  17,158  17,124
        Participation rate..........................    64.1    64.7    64.4    63.8    64.8    64.6    64.2    64.4    64.1
      Employed......................................  15,029  15,742  15,395  14,913  15,561  15,499  15,480  15,591  15,302
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.3    59.0    57.6    56.8    58.7    58.3    58.2    58.5    57.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,784   1,512   1,802   1,814   1,628   1,655   1,607   1,567   1,823
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.6     8.8    10.5    10.8     9.5     9.6     9.4     9.1    10.6
    Not in labor force..............................   9,425   9,408   9,509   9,512   9,336   9,417   9,531   9,505   9,581
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,544   7,732   7,634   7,485   7,765   7,739   7,680   7,673   7,551
        Participation rate..........................    71.6    72.1    71.1    71.0    72.8    72.4    71.8    71.6    70.3
      Employed......................................   6,757   7,107   6,910   6,697   7,116   7,077   7,017   7,022   6,846
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.1    66.3    64.3    63.5    66.7    66.2    65.6    65.5    63.7
      Unemployed....................................     788     625     724     788     650     662     664     650     705
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.4     8.1     9.5    10.5     8.4     8.6     8.6     8.5     9.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,471   8,779   8,735   8,438   8,609   8,604   8,674   8,728   8,732
        Participation rate..........................    63.9    65.3    64.9    63.6    64.3    64.2    64.6    64.9    64.9
      Employed......................................   7,719   8,123   7,960   7,675   7,900   7,902   7,970   8,060   7,941
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.2    60.4    59.2    57.9    59.0    59.0    59.4    60.0    59.0
      Unemployed....................................     752     655     775     763     709     702     704     668     791
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.9     7.5     8.9     9.0     8.2     8.2     8.1     7.6     9.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     799     744     827     804     816     810     732     757     841
        Participation rate..........................    32.7    29.7    32.9    33.0    32.9    32.6    29.4    30.3    33.5
      Employed......................................     554     512     524     542     545     521     493     508     515
        Employment-population ratio.................    22.7    20.5    20.9    22.2    22.0    20.9    19.8    20.3    20.5
      Unemployed....................................     244     232     303     263     270     290     239     249     326
        Unemployment rate...........................    30.6    31.1    36.6    32.7    33.1    35.8    32.6    32.9    38.8
                                                                                                                            
                        ASIAN                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,655   9,931  10,044   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,416   6,591   6,642   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    66.5    66.4    66.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,149   6,387   6,403   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.7    64.3    63.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     267     203     239   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.2     3.1     3.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,239   3,340   3,403   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for
  all races.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  28,520  29,456  29,552  28,520  29,168  29,264  29,361  29,456  29,552
    Civilian labor force............................  19,548  20,101  20,274  19,552  19,794  19,914  19,941  20,026  20,208
        Participation rate..........................    68.5    68.2    68.6    68.6    67.9    68.0    67.9    68.0    68.4
      Employed......................................  18,258  18,978  19,052  18,238  18,698  18,761  18,644  18,856  18,987
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.0    64.4    64.5    63.9    64.1    64.1    63.5    64.0    64.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,290   1,122   1,222   1,313   1,096   1,153   1,297   1,170   1,221
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.6     5.6     6.0     6.7     5.5     5.8     6.5     5.8     6.0
    Not in labor force..............................   8,972   9,355   9,278   8,968   9,374   9,350   9,420   9,431   9,344
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  11,271  11,597  11,626   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    84.8    84.4    84.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................  10,654  11,088  11,072   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    80.2    80.7    80.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     617     509     554   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.5     4.4     4.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,264   7,478   7,585   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    57.7    57.5    58.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,765   7,048   7,096   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    53.7    54.2    54.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     498     430     489   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.9     5.7     6.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,013   1,027   1,063   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    38.4    37.8    39.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     839     843     883   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    31.8    31.0    32.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     174     184     180   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    17.2    17.9    16.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2005, data
  reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                Nov.     Oct.     Nov.     Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.  
                                                2004     2005     2005     2004     2005     2005     2005     2005     2005  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   12,725   12,340   12,595   12,722   13,156   12,883   12,770   12,519   12,547
      Participation rate....................     45.3     44.8     45.7     45.3     47.5     46.1     45.3     45.4     45.5
    Employed................................   11,714   11,527   11,678   11,703   12,154   11,903   11,728   11,628   11,623
      Employment-population ratio...........     41.7     41.8     42.3     41.6     43.8     42.6     41.6     42.2     42.1
    Unemployed..............................    1,012      813      917    1,019    1,002      980    1,042      890      924
      Unemployment rate.....................      8.0      6.6      7.3      8.0      7.6      7.6      8.2      7.1      7.4
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   37,809   38,537   38,542   37,630   37,959   38,104   38,325   38,480   38,399
      Participation rate....................     63.4     64.0     63.6     63.1     63.6     63.4     63.9     63.9     63.4
    Employed................................   36,034   36,875   36,770   35,788   36,120   36,327   36,399   36,631   36,564
      Employment-population ratio...........     60.4     61.2     60.7     60.0     60.5     60.5     60.6     60.8     60.4
    Unemployed..............................    1,776    1,661    1,771    1,842    1,839    1,777    1,926    1,849    1,835
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.7      4.3      4.6      4.9      4.8      4.7      5.0      4.8      4.8
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   34,509   35,456   35,326   34,549   34,851   35,008   35,126   35,310   35,403
      Participation rate....................     72.3     72.6     72.1     72.4     71.2     72.0     72.3     72.3     72.3
    Employed................................   33,062   34,172   33,999   33,051   33,547   33,754   33,859   33,959   34,056
      Employment-population ratio...........     69.3     70.0     69.4     69.3     68.5     69.4     69.7     69.5     69.5
    Unemployed..............................    1,447    1,284    1,326    1,498    1,304    1,254    1,267    1,351    1,348
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.2      3.6      3.8      4.3      3.7      3.6      3.6      3.8      3.8
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   41,139   41,893   41,659   41,131   41,297   41,431   41,569   41,629   41,526
      Participation rate....................     78.5     78.2     78.2     78.5     77.8     78.1     78.1     77.7     77.9
    Employed................................   40,156   40,972   40,771   40,090   40,309   40,579   40,592   40,676   40,588
      Employment-population ratio...........     76.6     76.5     76.5     76.5     75.9     76.5     76.3     76.0     76.2
    Unemployed..............................      982      921      888    1,041      987      852      978      953      938
      Unemployment rate.....................      2.4      2.2      2.1      2.5      2.4      2.1      2.4      2.3      2.3

    1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
    2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                   
                  Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                              2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,147   2,239   2,117   2,212   2,334   2,178   2,142   2,122   2,156
    Wage and salary workers................   1,173   1,227   1,164   1,204   1,311   1,216   1,117   1,147   1,184
    Self-employed workers..................     947     973     923     952     987     926     981     937     929
    Unpaid family workers..................      27      38      30   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 138,434 141,101 140,851 138,068 139,668 140,345 140,461 140,629 140,413
    Wage and salary workers................ 128,699 131,469 131,366 128,431 130,056 131,021 130,994 131,180 130,983
      Government...........................  20,428  20,475  20,321  20,309  20,492  20,469  20,251  20,354  20,236
      Private industries................... 108,271 110,994 111,045 108,120 109,651 110,605 110,728 110,815 110,757
        Private households.................     779     813     750   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 107,493 110,182 110,295 107,360 108,834 109,705 109,887 109,995 110,009
    Self-employed workers..................   9,668   9,549   9,376   9,505   9,514   9,269   9,355   9,360   9,265
    Unpaid family workers..................      66      84     109   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,398   3,915   4,067   4,533   4,427   4,493   4,591   4,261   4,180
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,716   2,459   2,570   2,761   2,723   2,768   2,882   2,666   2,607
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,381   1,236   1,198   1,420   1,368   1,426   1,383   1,318   1,248
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  20,620  20,559  20,792  19,499  19,528  19,516  19,579  19,706  19,622
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,255   3,837   3,977   4,404   4,369   4,457   4,522   4,178   4,109
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,616   2,400   2,518   2,685   2,673   2,747   2,832   2,614   2,578
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,365   1,225   1,191   1,396   1,369   1,420   1,366   1,296   1,232
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  20,259  20,130  20,423  19,141  19,084  19,141  19,188  19,259  19,238

    1 Data not available.
    2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week
  for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons
  who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
  illness, and bad weather.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because
  of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 140,581 143,340 142,968 140,293 142,076 142,449 142,432 142,646 142,594
    16 to 19 years..................................   5,816   5,801   5,803   6,014   6,024   6,055   6,036   5,954   5,984
      16 to 17 years................................   2,188   2,231   2,231   2,240   2,241   2,292   2,285   2,286   2,277
      18 to 19 years................................   3,628   3,570   3,572   3,739   3,769   3,789   3,752   3,669   3,671
    20 years and over............................... 134,765 137,539 137,165 134,279 136,052 136,394 136,395 136,692 136,610
      20 to 24 years................................  13,799  13,993  13,947  13,818  13,904  13,775  13,842  13,949  13,944
      25 years and over............................. 120,966 123,546 123,218 120,455 122,120 122,682 122,545 122,695 122,712
        25 to 54 years..............................  98,279  99,400  99,214  97,885  98,530  98,958  98,817  98,822  98,844
          25 to 34 years............................  30,675  31,088  31,144  30,495  30,606  30,709  30,671  30,844  30,931
          35 to 44 years............................  34,840  34,754  34,614  34,739  34,707  34,701  34,822  34,608  34,508
          45 to 54 years............................  32,763  33,558  33,457  32,651  33,217  33,548  33,324  33,369  33,405
        55 years and over...........................  22,687  24,146  24,004  22,571  23,590  23,725  23,728  23,874  23,868
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  75,232  76,808  76,481  75,188  76,272  76,449  76,236  76,395  76,391
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,958   2,819   2,887   3,055   2,910   2,923   2,918   2,875   2,948
      16 to 17 years................................   1,089   1,025   1,056   1,117   1,014   1,064   1,048   1,037   1,056
      18 to 19 years................................   1,869   1,794   1,831   1,914   1,895   1,882   1,863   1,834   1,862
    20 years and over...............................  72,273  73,988  73,593  72,134  73,363  73,527  73,318  73,519  73,443
      20 to 24 years................................   7,249   7,323   7,305   7,295   7,414   7,303   7,246   7,305   7,326
      25 years and over.............................  65,024  66,665  66,288  64,823  65,920  66,282  66,043  66,207  66,146
        25 to 54 years..............................  52,830  53,741  53,527  52,695  53,198  53,530  53,329  53,438  53,433
          25 to 34 years............................  16,945  17,255  17,203  16,851  16,988  17,119  17,025  17,108  17,106
          35 to 44 years............................  18,839  18,901  18,783  18,799  18,825  18,784  18,816  18,809  18,748
          45 to 54 years............................  17,046  17,585  17,541  17,045  17,385  17,627  17,489  17,522  17,579
        55 years and over...........................  12,194  12,925  12,762  12,128  12,722  12,753  12,714  12,769  12,713
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  65,349  66,532  66,488  65,104  65,804  66,000  66,196  66,251  66,203
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,858   2,982   2,916   2,959   3,114   3,133   3,119   3,078   3,036
      16 to 17 years................................   1,099   1,206   1,175   1,123   1,227   1,227   1,236   1,249   1,221
      18 to 19 years................................   1,759   1,776   1,741   1,826   1,873   1,908   1,889   1,835   1,809
    20 years and over...............................  62,492  63,551  63,572  62,145  62,690  62,867  63,077  63,173  63,166
      20 to 24 years................................   6,550   6,670   6,642   6,523   6,491   6,472   6,596   6,644   6,618
      25 years and over.............................  55,942  56,881  56,930  55,633  56,200  56,400  56,502  56,488  56,566
        25 to 54 years..............................  45,449  45,659  45,688  45,190  45,333  45,428  45,488  45,384  45,411
          25 to 34 years............................  13,730  13,833  13,941  13,644  13,618  13,591  13,646  13,737  13,824
          35 to 44 years............................  16,001  15,853  15,831  15,940  15,882  15,917  16,006  15,800  15,761
          45 to 54 years............................  15,718  15,973  15,916  15,606  15,832  15,920  15,836  15,847  15,826
        55 years and over...........................  10,493  11,221  11,243  10,443  10,867  10,972  11,014  11,105  11,154
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  45,631  45,977  45,635  45,462  45,486  45,700  45,438  45,675  45,469
  Married women, spouse present.....................  35,319  35,385  35,331  34,961  34,965  34,997  34,946  34,858  34,864
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,710   8,875   9,033   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 115,000 118,025 117,459 115,415 117,332 117,637 117,375 117,737 117,815
  Part-time workers (3).............................  25,581  25,315  25,509  24,940  24,749  24,873  25,014  24,927  24,844

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the
  independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates (1)            
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,020   7,433   7,582    5.4     5.0     4.9     5.1     5.0     5.0 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,188   1,128   1,239   16.5    16.1    16.5    15.8    15.9    17.2 
      16 to 17 years................................     603     524     605   21.2    18.7    18.6    18.8    18.7    21.0 
      18 to 19 years................................     585     612     616   13.5    14.4    15.1    13.9    14.3    14.4 
    20 years and over...............................   6,832   6,305   6,343    4.8     4.5     4.3     4.6     4.4     4.4 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,398   1,300   1,272    9.2     8.3     8.9     8.7     8.5     8.4 
      25 years and over.............................   5,409   5,021   5,052    4.3     4.0     3.8     4.1     3.9     4.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   4,545   4,215   4,266    4.4     4.2     4.0     4.2     4.1     4.1 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,811   1,570   1,638    5.6     5.2     5.0     5.4     4.8     5.0 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,457   1,397   1,410    4.0     3.8     3.7     3.7     3.9     3.9 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,276   1,248   1,218    3.8     3.6     3.3     3.5     3.6     3.5 
        55 years and over...........................     869     799     773    3.7     3.5     3.2     3.6     3.2     3.1 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   4,414   3,862   3,981    5.5     4.9     4.9     5.1     4.8     5.0 
    16 to 19 years..................................     681     575     702   18.2    18.6    18.3    17.5    16.7    19.2 
      16 to 17 years................................     334     230     319   23.0    23.2    21.6    21.4    18.2    23.2 
      18 to 19 years................................     333     342     355   14.8    15.5    16.4    15.2    15.7    16.0 
    20 years and over...............................   3,733   3,287   3,278    4.9     4.3     4.3     4.5     4.3     4.3 
      20 to 24 years................................     791     763     737    9.8     8.7    10.1     9.9     9.5     9.1 
      25 years and over.............................   2,919   2,518   2,521    4.3     3.7     3.6     3.9     3.7     3.7 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,449   2,102   2,114    4.4     3.9     3.8     4.0     3.8     3.8 
          25 to 34 years............................     960     794     803    5.4     4.6     4.4     5.1     4.4     4.5 
          35 to 44 years............................     804     672     705    4.1     3.4     3.6     3.5     3.5     3.6 
          45 to 54 years............................     686     635     606    3.9     3.7     3.3     3.5     3.5     3.3 
        55 years and over...........................     470     416     407    3.7     3.2     3.1     3.3     3.2     3.1 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,606   3,571   3,601    5.2     5.1     4.9     5.1     5.1     5.2 
    16 to 19 years..................................     507     553     537   14.6    13.6    14.6    14.2    15.2    15.0 
      16 to 17 years................................     269     294     286   19.3    14.5    15.8    16.4    19.1    19.0 
      18 to 19 years................................     252     270     261   12.1    13.2    13.9    12.6    12.8    12.6 
    20 years and over...............................   3,099   3,018   3,064    4.7     4.7     4.4     4.6     4.6     4.6 
      20 to 24 years................................     607     537     536    8.5     7.7     7.5     7.4     7.5     7.5 
      25 years and over.............................   2,490   2,504   2,532    4.3     4.3     4.0     4.3     4.2     4.3 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,096   2,113   2,152    4.4     4.5     4.2     4.4     4.4     4.5 
          25 to 34 years............................     851     776     835    5.9     5.9     5.6     5.8     5.3     5.7 
          35 to 44 years............................     654     725     705    3.9     4.2     3.9     3.9     4.4     4.3 
          45 to 54 years............................     590     612     612    3.6     3.6     3.2     3.5     3.7     3.7 
        55 years and over (2).......................     390     357     357    3.6     4.1     3.8     3.9     3.1     3.1 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,432   1,226   1,204    3.1     2.6     2.9     2.8     2.6     2.6 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,236   1,185   1,207    3.4     3.4     3.2     3.4     3.3     3.3 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     722     701     700    7.7     8.8     7.2     7.6     7.3     7.2 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   6,570   6,042   6,040    5.4     4.9     4.9     5.1     4.9     4.9 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,432   1,405   1,490    5.4     5.5     5.1     5.3     5.3     5.7 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Not seasonally adjusted.
    3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or
  are on layoff from full-time jobs.
    4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week)
  or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
    NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of
  the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,898   3,162   3,329   4,066   3,633   3,490   3,724   3,523   3,454
    On temporary layoff.............................     797     637     744     941     959     880     982     947     893
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,101   2,525   2,585   3,124   2,674   2,610   2,742   2,576   2,561
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,296   1,824   1,894   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     806     701     691   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     847     916     889     880     826     839     876     893     907
  Reentrants........................................   2,265   2,292   2,423   2,388   2,394   2,451   2,422   2,356   2,523
  New entrants......................................     655     594     630     723     628     632     623     652     683
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    50.9    45.4    45.8    50.5    48.6    47.1    48.7    47.5    45.6
     On temporary layoff............................    10.4     9.1    10.2    11.7    12.8    11.9    12.8    12.8    11.8
     Not on temporary layoff........................    40.5    36.3    35.6    38.8    35.7    35.2    35.9    34.7    33.8
   Job leavers......................................    11.0    13.2    12.2    10.9    11.0    11.3    11.5    12.0    12.0
   Reentrants.......................................    29.5    32.9    33.3    29.6    32.0    33.1    31.7    31.7    33.3
   New entrants.....................................     8.6     8.5     8.7     9.0     8.4     8.5     8.1     8.8     9.0
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.6     2.1     2.2     2.7     2.4     2.3     2.5     2.3     2.3
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.5     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.7
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .4      .4      .5      .4      .4      .4      .4      .5

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,467   2,578   2,617   2,611   2,571   2,542   2,735   2,695   2,773
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,353   2,040   2,263   2,361   2,430   2,272   2,285   2,265   2,276
  15 weeks and over.................................   2,844   2,346   2,391   3,012   2,437   2,686   2,611   2,496   2,509
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,173     960   1,041   1,294   1,047   1,243   1,131   1,045   1,118
     27 weeks and over..............................   1,671   1,386   1,350   1,718   1,389   1,444   1,480   1,452   1,391
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    20.0    18.3    17.8    19.8    17.6    18.9    18.3    18.1    17.7
  Median duration, in weeks.........................     9.7     8.5     8.5     9.8     9.0     9.4     8.6     8.6     8.5
                                                                                                                            
                 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...............................    32.2    37.0    36.0    32.7    34.6    33.9    35.8    36.1    36.7
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    30.7    29.3    31.1    29.6    32.7    30.3    29.9    30.4    30.1
    15 weeks and over...............................    37.1    33.7    32.9    37.7    32.8    35.8    34.2    33.5    33.2
      15 to 26 weeks................................    15.3    13.8    14.3    16.2    14.1    16.6    14.8    14.0    14.8
      27 weeks and over.............................    21.8    19.9    18.6    21.5    18.7    19.2    19.4    19.5    18.4

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                     Unemployment    
                                                                           Employed             Unemployed              rates        
                                                                                                                                     
                             Occupation                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                       Nov.       Nov.        Nov.       Nov.        Nov.       Nov.   
                                                                       2004       2005        2004       2005        2004       2005   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   140,581    142,968      7,665      7,271        5.2        4.8 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    49,089     49,964      1,208      1,067        2.4        2.1 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    20,312     20,991        572        453        2.7        2.1 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    28,776     28,973        636        614        2.2        2.1 
  Service occupations..............................................    22,959     23,151      1,617      1,667        6.6        6.7 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    35,658     36,188      1,746      1,720        4.7        4.5 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    16,119     16,480        812        815        4.8        4.7 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,539     19,708        934        905        4.6        4.4 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    15,005     15,652      1,100        939        6.8        5.7 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................       976        952        152        124       13.5       11.5 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     8,895      9,501        726        613        7.5        6.1 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     5,134      5,199        222        203        4.1        3.7 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    17,871     18,013      1,287      1,202        6.7        6.3 
    Production occupations.........................................     9,279      9,392        672        683        6.8        6.8 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,592      8,621        614        519        6.7        5.7 

    1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed
  total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                    Number of                                                       
                                                                    unemployed                             Unemployment             
                                                                     persons                                  rates                 
                       Industry                                   (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                             Nov.                Nov.                 Nov.                Nov.       
                                                             2004                2005                 2004                2005       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         7,665               7,271                 5.2                 4.8      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         6,012               5,711                 5.3                 4.9      
    Mining..........................................            20                  18                 3.3                 2.9      
    Construction....................................           695                 564                 7.4                 5.7      
    Manufacturing...................................           905                 823                 5.4                 4.9      
      Durable goods.................................           557                 493                 5.2                 4.6      
      Nondurable goods..............................           348                 330                 5.7                 5.5      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,045               1,013                 5.0                 4.7      
    Transportation and utilities....................           217                 199                 4.0                 3.5      
    Information.....................................           187                 172                 5.6                 5.1      
    Financial activities............................           290                 268                 3.1                 2.8      
    Professional and business services..............           872                 711                 6.8                 5.5      
    Education and health services...................           570                 677                 3.2                 3.6      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................           916                 966                 7.9                 8.1      
    Other services..................................           294                 300                 4.8                 4.9      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................           131                 118                10.5                 9.6      
  Government workers................................           514                 494                 2.4                 2.4      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           353                 319                 3.2                 3.0      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                               Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                      
                            Measure                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                                 2004    2005    2005    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
      the civilian labor force................................    1.9     1.6     1.6     2.0     1.6     1.8     1.7     1.7     1.7 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.6     2.1     2.2     2.7     2.4     2.3     2.5     2.3     2.3 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    5.2     4.6     4.8     5.4     5.0     4.9     5.1     5.0     5.0 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    5.4     4.9     5.1     5.7     5.3     5.2     5.3     5.2     5.3 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                            
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                           
      civilian labor force plus all marginally attached                                                                                
      workers.................................................    6.1     5.5     5.7     6.4     6.0     5.9     6.0     5.8     5.9 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                         
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a                                                                         
      percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                          
      attached workers........................................    9.1     8.1     8.4     9.4     8.9     8.9     9.0     8.7     8.7 

    NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want
  and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
  attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
  reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further
  information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
  Review.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.  
                                                                        2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   76,176    76,964    28,820    29,449    47,356    47,516 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,755     4,466     2,140     1,963     2,615     2,503 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,517     1,415       804       724       714       691 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      392       404       237       217       155       186 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................    1,125     1,011       566       507       559       504 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    7,648     7,586     4,011     3,854     3,637     3,732 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.4       5.3       5.3       5.0       5.6       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,095     4,059     2,336     2,220     1,759     1,839 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,706     1,687       586       549     1,120     1,137 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      282       278       184       199        98        79 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,531     1,523       887       865       644       659 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibili-
  ties, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not
  determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Nov.     Sept.   Oct.     Nov.      Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.   Oct.     Nov.     from:
                                   2004     2005    2005p    2005p     2004     2005     2005     2005    2005p    2005p  Oct. 2005-
                                                                                                                          Nov. 2005p

          Total nonfarm......... 133,406  134,335  135,025  135,361  132,294  133,865  134,013  134,030  134,074  134,289      215

        Total private........... 111,239  112,641  112,852  113,042  110,588  112,048  112,164  112,174  112,223  112,417      194

    Goods-producing.............  22,147   22,435   22,472   22,418   21,996   22,134   22,159   22,164   22,218   22,268       50

Natural resources and mining....     604      647      649      646      599      629      632      636      640      642        2
   Logging......................    69.2     67.9     66.9     64.5     66.9     65.3     64.9     64.2     63.4     62.8      -.6
 Mining.........................   535.1    578.8    582.0    581.3    532.5    563.4    566.7    571.4    576.2    579.2      3.0
  Oil and gas extraction........   123.6    126.8    127.6    127.7    124.4    126.4    126.5    127.0    128.0    128.2       .2
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   212.9    224.9    225.9    223.9    210.7    219.9    220.3    220.2    222.1    222.2       .1
   Coal mining..................    73.9     79.0     79.2     79.5     73.7     77.8     77.6     78.5     79.0     79.2       .2
  Support activities for mining.   198.6    227.1    228.5    229.7    197.4    217.1    219.9    224.2    226.1    228.8      2.7

Construction....................   7,181    7,503    7,534    7,472    7,060    7,235    7,267    7,284    7,319    7,356       37
  Construction of buildings..... 1,686.9  1,735.4  1,744.7  1,736.7  1,668.3  1,699.2  1,705.4  1,704.5  1,712.2  1,718.7      6.5
   Residential building.........   927.6    963.6    963.4    963.6    918.4    946.8    947.3    949.1    950.6    955.7      5.1
   Nonresidential building......   759.3    771.8    781.3    773.1    749.9    752.4    758.1    755.4    761.6    763.0      1.4
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   935.1  1,006.2  1,006.3    988.9    906.4    938.2    939.0    947.0    947.9    961.5     13.6
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,559.3  4,761.4  4,782.7  4,746.6  4,484.8  4,597.8  4,622.5  4,632.3  4,658.8  4,675.7     16.9
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,159.7  2,284.9  2,304.0  2,282.4  2,121.5  2,189.9  2,206.0  2,219.9  2,241.1  2,247.0      5.9
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,401.9  2,476.4  2,478.6  2,464.0  2,363.3  2,407.9  2,416.5  2,412.4  2,417.7  2,428.7     11.0

Manufacturing...................  14,362   14,285   14,289   14,300   14,337   14,270   14,260   14,244   14,259   14,270       11
   Production workers...........  10,131   10,133   10,149   10,178   10,104   10,081   10,086   10,089   10,113   10,141       28

 Durable goods..................   8,967    8,938    8,961    8,982    8,954    8,940    8,945    8,934    8,957    8,966        9
   Production workers...........   6,179    6,223    6,258    6,292    6,166    6,197    6,215    6,216    6,249    6,273       24

  Wood products.................   554.3    554.7    551.0    554.1    553.3    549.5    549.7    549.8    547.8    552.3      4.5
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   512.4    509.2    507.1    507.7    507.9    499.4    499.8    499.5    499.8    502.1      2.3
  Primary metals................   465.0    467.2    467.3    468.0    465.8    465.4    465.3    467.0    468.1    468.6       .5
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,512.4  1,522.6  1,526.6  1,528.6  1,510.9  1,523.6  1,523.2  1,523.8  1,524.2  1,526.5      2.3
  Machinery..................... 1,147.1  1,155.6  1,165.0  1,161.0  1,147.4  1,160.5  1,159.5  1,160.3  1,168.0  1,161.1     -6.9
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,326.2  1,332.2  1,333.2  1,340.7  1,327.1  1,333.9  1,334.2  1,334.9  1,336.1  1,341.9      5.8
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   208.9    214.7    213.5    216.0    209.3    214.7    214.7    214.8    214.9    216.5      1.6
   Communications equipment.....   152.1    154.0    155.2    155.6    152.7    154.4    153.5    154.6    154.9    155.9      1.0
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   451.8    447.8    446.4    448.6    451.9    447.1    447.7    448.1    447.6    449.2      1.6
   Electronic instruments.......   435.3    440.2    442.1    444.4    435.6    440.4    441.1    441.6    443.1    444.5      1.4
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   446.7    436.5    435.5    438.4    447.4    439.4    439.1    437.8    437.7    438.6       .9
  Transportation equipment(1)... 1,774.4  1,748.1  1,763.6  1,769.0  1,767.2  1,752.5  1,760.3  1,746.9  1,764.1  1,764.0      -.1
   Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,108.4  1,088.3  1,080.3  1,082.3  1,104.1  1,066.7  1,076.0  1,087.0  1,079.8  1,078.3     -1.5
  Furniture and related products   571.4    558.2    557.3    556.6    572.2    558.5    559.1    558.8    557.8    556.4     -1.4
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   657.3    653.6    654.3    657.6    654.7    657.3    654.9    654.9    653.5    654.9      1.4

 Nondurable goods...............   5,395    5,347    5,328    5,318    5,383    5,330    5,315    5,310    5,302    5,304        2
   Production workers...........   3,952    3,910    3,891    3,886    3,938    3,884    3,871    3,873    3,864    3,868        4

  Food manufacturing............ 1,505.3  1,502.5  1,497.6  1,493.0  1,493.6  1,486.8  1,482.5  1,478.0  1,475.9  1,481.9      6.0
  Beverages and tobacco products   196.3    194.6    194.2    192.2    195.1    190.6    189.8    190.1    191.1    190.8      -.3
  Textile mills.................   234.5    220.6    218.0    216.0    235.0    223.0    221.1    219.4    217.8    216.1     -1.7
  Textile product mills.........   177.0    177.6    179.9    182.4    178.4    177.9    178.2    179.9    181.1    182.4      1.3
  Apparel.......................   273.1    256.7    250.5    248.8    273.4    258.6    255.0    253.2    249.8    248.6     -1.2
  Leather and allied products...    43.3     43.4     43.3     43.1     43.4     43.5     43.4     43.3     43.3     43.0      -.3
  Paper and paper products......   499.9    493.2    490.6    490.6    498.1    495.9    494.7    492.3    490.3    489.9      -.4
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   662.1    656.2    653.7    654.0    661.3    653.9    652.2    654.0    652.9    652.6      -.3
  Petroleum and coal products...   113.7    118.3    117.7    115.8    113.6    116.9    117.2    116.5    116.6    116.0      -.6
  Chemicals.....................   881.0    879.8    877.8    876.7    882.4    879.9    877.6    880.5    879.6    878.5     -1.1
  Plastics and rubber products..   809.1    804.4    804.5    805.3    808.6    803.2    802.9    802.9    803.2    804.1       .9

    Service-providing........... 111,259  111,900  112,553  112,943  110,298  111,731  111,854  111,866  111,856  112,021      165

     Private service-providing..  89,092   90,206   90,380   90,624   88,592   89,914   90,005   90,010   90,005   90,149      144

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  26,056   25,833   25,965   26,336   25,621   25,922   25,910   25,870   25,880   25,909       29

 Wholesale trade................ 5,689.1  5,742.3  5,748.5  5,760.4  5,680.0  5,729.8  5,733.9  5,738.2  5,740.4  5,752.4     12.0
  Durable goods................. 2,961.4  2,990.3  2,997.1  3,008.4  2,960.4  2,989.3  2,990.8  2,994.6  2,997.4  3,007.3      9.9
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,018.8  2,020.1  2,018.7  2,018.6  2,012.6  2,014.7  2,013.1  2,012.7  2,011.9  2,013.3      1.4
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   708.9    731.9    732.7    733.4    707.0    725.8    730.0    730.9    731.1    731.8       .7

 Retail trade...................15,472.0 15,106.3 15,223.4 15,579.4 15,081.4 15,249.2 15,230.7 15,183.1 15,185.8 15,194.3      8.5
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,903.4  1,935.0  1,925.2  1,912.2  1,901.2  1,923.5  1,923.9  1,923.2  1,916.9  1,911.0     -5.9
   Automobile dealers........... 1,248.6  1,263.5  1,253.9  1,243.5  1,247.6  1,257.3  1,255.7  1,256.8  1,249.5  1,243.2     -6.3
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   579.8    564.6    574.1    590.0    565.6    568.4    567.6    570.9    571.7    573.0      1.3
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   539.4    527.8    537.9    557.1    520.3    529.2    532.3    534.0    535.0    536.1      1.1
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,230.8  1,264.9  1,266.6  1,269.1  1,240.4  1,276.9  1,275.1  1,269.5  1,274.6  1,280.6      6.0
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,853.0  2,811.0  2,829.4  2,853.4  2,822.7  2,842.5  2,828.5  2,819.3  2,827.2  2,826.8      -.4
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   951.4    950.9    961.7    969.9    944.5    956.1    962.4    955.5    961.7    962.5       .8
  Gasoline stations.............   872.4    881.9    879.7    876.9    873.7    880.0    880.5    878.1    878.9    878.1      -.8
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,437.5  1,389.7  1,403.7  1,459.5  1,377.9  1,426.3  1,420.6  1,404.3  1,406.6  1,400.7     -5.9
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   673.9    626.5    634.6    670.9    639.0    637.2    636.7    626.5    631.7    635.8      4.1
  General merchandise stores(1). 3,046.4  2,810.5  2,855.0  3,038.1  2,854.9  2,867.1  2,862.0  2,857.3  2,841.0  2,849.8      8.8
   Department stores............ 1,768.7  1,594.9  1,626.1  1,767.3  1,619.1  1,637.1  1,635.1  1,629.9  1,612.4  1,619.5      7.1
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   935.1    918.0    921.0    929.6    917.4    922.2    920.0    918.8    915.8    914.3     -1.5
  Nonstore retailers............   448.9    425.5    434.5    452.7    423.8    419.8    421.1    425.7    424.7    425.6       .9

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,325.9  4,408.0  4,416.3  4,419.1  4,289.6  4,367.6  4,368.6  4,371.9  4,376.1  4,384.2      8.1
  Air transportation............   513.8    498.3    496.0    493.9    514.6    505.1    503.9    496.8    495.2    493.7     -1.5
  Rail transportation...........   225.4    224.3    223.8    223.6    224.6    223.9    223.1    223.2    223.1    222.9      -.2
  Water transportation..........    56.2     64.8     63.8     63.6     57.8     62.3     62.8     63.9     64.2     65.4      1.2
  Truck transportation.......... 1,367.2  1,415.3  1,418.1  1,417.6  1,358.9  1,395.5  1,392.4  1,397.0  1,402.8  1,409.5      6.7
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   403.9    401.4    407.6    411.7    389.4    389.8    391.1    392.6    393.1    395.7      2.6
  Pipeline transportation.......    38.9     39.6     39.2     39.2     39.0     39.2     39.5     39.5     39.2     39.2       .0
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    23.5     35.3     29.7     22.7     26.1     28.9     29.0     28.4     27.9     26.9     -1.0
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   544.1    561.2    557.9    554.8    544.6    556.0    554.3    557.8    555.9    554.9     -1.0
  Couriers and messengers.......   574.6    580.2    586.5    595.6    568.7    582.4    586.8    586.9    589.2    590.3      1.1
  Warehousing and storage.......   578.3    587.6    593.7    596.4    565.9    584.5    585.7    585.8    585.5    585.7       .2

 Utilities......................   568.6    576.1    576.9    576.9    570.2    575.1    577.1    576.7    578.0    578.5       .5

Information.....................   3,137    3,144    3,132    3,149    3,133    3,146    3,147    3,153    3,140    3,143        3
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   912.0    909.5    908.0    911.8    908.9    910.0    909.0    909.0    908.2    908.5       .3
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   391.5    398.1    386.7    398.1    390.6    392.2    396.0    403.3    393.1    395.1      2.0
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   330.4    330.4    332.7    333.0    329.4    332.8    333.0    330.8    332.3    332.0      -.3
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    33.6     35.9     35.5     35.9     33.6     35.1     35.6     35.8     35.7     35.8       .1
  Telecommunications............ 1,028.0  1,028.4  1,031.2  1,033.0  1,030.0  1,033.5  1,031.4  1,031.6  1,032.4  1,034.6      2.2
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   391.1    391.9    388.7    387.2    389.5    391.2    392.2    392.5    389.0    386.4     -2.6
  Other information services....    50.2     49.8     49.3     50.3     50.7     50.9     50.2     50.1     49.7     50.6       .9

Financial activities............   8,092    8,266    8,282    8,292    8,107    8,227    8,248    8,265    8,292    8,305       13
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,993.7  6,088.3  6,112.4  6,128.5  6,001.3  6,072.3  6,086.4  6,101.1  6,123.0  6,133.7     10.7
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    20.8     20.4     20.3     20.5     20.9     20.3     20.3     20.4     20.4     20.5       .1
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,854.0  2,932.4  2,943.5  2,951.0  2,859.2  2,922.5  2,931.2  2,940.0  2,951.0  2,956.0      5.0
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,768.0  1,809.1  1,811.1  1,819.4  1,773.3  1,804.2  1,809.9  1,814.8  1,820.3  1,825.0      4.7
    Commercial banking.......... 1,287.9  1,314.3  1,314.8  1,322.3  1,293.1  1,311.9  1,315.3  1,318.9  1,322.4  1,327.4      5.0
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   776.0    793.1    795.2    800.6    776.9    788.1    791.5    794.3    797.7    800.9      3.2
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,259.9  2,257.8  2,268.6  2,271.8  2,260.4  2,255.7  2,258.2  2,261.5  2,268.7  2,271.2      2.5
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    83.0     84.6     84.8     84.6     83.9     85.7     85.2     84.9     85.2     85.1      -.1
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,098.0  2,177.3  2,169.4  2,163.9  2,105.5  2,154.6  2,161.5  2,163.9  2,168.8  2,171.6      2.8
  Real estate................... 1,432.6  1,490.6  1,488.0  1,486.0  1,434.7  1,470.7  1,475.8  1,480.0  1,484.5  1,487.0      2.5
  Rental and leasing services...   640.6    660.2    654.3    650.7    646.0    658.1    659.6    657.5    657.5    657.5       .0
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    24.8     26.5     27.1     27.2     24.8     25.8     26.1     26.4     26.8     27.1       .3

Professional and business
 services.......................  16,732   17,183   17,237   17,184   16,611   16,964   16,983   17,037   17,043   17,072       29
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,811.1  6,933.8  6,983.9  7,009.9  6,834.4  6,974.3  6,986.2  7,008.0  7,022.0  7,044.0     22.0
   Legal services............... 1,166.3  1,151.1  1,154.4  1,152.9  1,163.1  1,163.8  1,162.5  1,154.6  1,153.6  1,152.2     -1.4
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   760.3    794.1    799.0    803.6    816.6    861.7    863.5    868.9    869.0    872.7      3.7
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,287.8  1,338.2  1,346.1  1,347.8  1,284.9  1,317.5  1,322.3  1,332.5  1,336.7  1,342.8      6.1
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,179.2  1,187.1  1,204.2  1,214.1  1,174.1  1,184.8  1,187.8  1,192.4  1,201.4  1,206.4      5.0
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   790.8    818.9    825.3    829.5    787.8    811.9    814.7    817.2    820.9    826.6      5.7
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,730.6  1,727.8  1,727.6  1,727.3  1,722.5  1,735.8  1,735.9  1,727.3  1,725.7  1,721.8     -3.9
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 8,190.5  8,521.2  8,525.0  8,446.6  8,054.3  8,254.1  8,261.0  8,301.6  8,295.2  8,306.0     10.8
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,864.5  8,194.2  8,204.3  8,132.3  7,728.2  7,927.4  7,935.6  7,979.3  7,975.9  7,990.3     14.4
   Employment services(1)....... 3,685.2  3,899.7  3,926.9  3,889.3  3,570.5  3,707.2  3,721.2  3,758.6  3,753.3  3,764.5     11.2
    Temporary help services..... 2,563.4  2,711.9  2,739.9  2,700.0  2,484.7  2,548.8  2,561.9  2,592.4  2,598.4  2,603.6      5.2
   Business support services....   763.3    745.7    750.1    753.4    754.6    751.7    751.0    750.5    745.7    746.4       .7
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,717.2  1,803.9  1,786.0  1,757.1  1,707.2  1,739.5  1,735.3  1,735.7  1,741.5  1,746.3      4.8
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   326.0    327.0    320.7    314.3    326.1    326.7    325.4    322.3    319.3    315.7     -3.6

Education and health services...  17,327   17,368   17,623   17,703   17,108   17,377   17,418   17,455   17,445   17,481       36
 Educational services........... 2,988.2  2,799.7  2,990.5  3,025.7  2,797.2  2,837.8  2,846.2  2,858.1  2,826.0  2,834.7      8.7
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,339.0 14,567.8 14,632.8 14,677.7 14,310.7 14,539.5 14,571.8 14,596.6 14,619.4 14,646.7     27.3
 Health care(3).................12,174.0 12,365.5 12,405.6 12,438.5 12,153.6 12,337.4 12,363.5 12,381.2 12,396.4 12,416.1     19.7
   Ambulatory health care
    services(1)................. 5,017.4  5,111.5  5,144.0  5,166.2  5,006.7  5,104.0  5,120.1  5,126.6  5,138.4  5,153.0     14.6
    Offices of physicians....... 2,083.7  2,128.0  2,144.6  2,154.7  2,077.7  2,124.2  2,133.4  2,135.7  2,142.5  2,148.4      5.9
    Outpatient care centers.....   449.9    464.4    465.7    468.4    449.8    461.2    462.5    465.4    466.4    467.7      1.3
    Home health care services...   792.5    806.7    815.6    816.7    789.2    807.3    808.9    809.9    812.5    812.9       .4
   Hospitals.................... 4,323.7  4,394.3  4,401.5  4,409.4  4,319.7  4,384.2  4,391.4  4,396.8  4,402.3  4,405.8      3.5
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities(1)............... 2,832.9  2,859.7  2,860.1  2,862.9  2,827.2  2,849.2  2,852.0  2,857.8  2,855.7  2,857.3      1.6
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,580.8  1,580.0  1,577.2  1,580.0  1,576.4  1,575.9  1,575.9  1,576.7  1,574.4  1,575.1       .7
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,165.0  2,202.3  2,227.2  2,239.2  2,157.1  2,202.1  2,208.3  2,215.4  2,223.0  2,230.6      7.6
   Child day care services......   786.6    792.8    811.5    814.8    775.3    792.7    791.6    795.3    801.2    803.3      2.1

Leisure and hospitality.........  12,319   12,962   12,703   12,516   12,571   12,801   12,830   12,762   12,748   12,777       29
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,681.9  1,917.3  1,792.1  1,675.7  1,826.4  1,834.8  1,840.2  1,830.3  1,828.7  1,823.1     -5.6
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   352.2    381.4    358.1    334.8    362.5    363.8    363.7    361.3    353.1    348.0     -5.1
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   114.0    120.6    117.9    113.6    116.9    117.6    117.1    118.7    116.9    116.5      -.4
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,215.7  1,415.3  1,316.1  1,227.3  1,347.0  1,353.4  1,359.4  1,350.3  1,358.7  1,358.6      -.1
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,637.4 11,045.0 10,910.7 10,840.0 10,744.1 10,965.8 10,989.3 10,931.4 10,919.1 10,953.8     34.7
  Accommodations................ 1,756.4  1,860.5  1,811.1  1,765.4  1,814.7  1,829.1  1,831.4  1,831.1  1,830.3  1,826.5     -3.8
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 8,881.0  9,184.5  9,099.6  9,074.6  8,929.4  9,136.7  9,157.9  9,100.3  9,088.8  9,127.3     38.5

Other services..................   5,429    5,450    5,438    5,444    5,441    5,477    5,469    5,468    5,457    5,462        5
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,224.4  1,234.9  1,232.3  1,229.6  1,227.1  1,244.3  1,239.4  1,236.1  1,234.4  1,234.8       .4
  Personal and laundry services. 1,271.6  1,275.4  1,272.6  1,275.4  1,271.6  1,280.1  1,281.2  1,279.3  1,277.8  1,278.4       .6
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,932.5  2,939.4  2,933.2  2,939.4  2,942.3  2,952.2  2,948.8  2,952.7  2,945.2  2,948.3      3.1

Government......................  22,167   21,694   22,173   22,319   21,706   21,817   21,849   21,856   21,851   21,872       21
 Federal........................   2,720    2,722    2,714    2,713    2,728    2,719    2,718    2,718    2,717    2,719        2
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,936.4  1,943.2  1,935.6  1,931.7  1,946.4  1,937.5  1,936.5  1,937.2  1,937.4  1,939.8      2.4
  U.S. Postal Service...........   783.8    778.7    778.7    781.2    781.4    781.1    781.1    780.8    779.9    779.5      -.4
 State government...............   5,167    5,032    5,164    5,197    5,015    5,034    5,033    5,039    5,034    5,041        7
  State government education.... 2,437.3  2,286.4  2,426.8  2,462.0  2,271.3  2,283.5  2,287.3  2,292.1  2,287.3  2,293.7      6.4
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,729.6  2,745.2  2,737.3  2,734.8  2,743.4  2,750.9  2,745.3  2,746.5  2,746.3  2,747.4      1.1
 Local government...............  14,280   13,940   14,295   14,409   13,963   14,064   14,098   14,099   14,100   14,112       12
  Local government education.... 8,152.6  7,742.6  8,132.3  8,243.7  7,806.3  7,873.9  7,899.7  7,887.9  7,890.8  7,893.8      3.0
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,127.5  6,197.4  6,162.6  6,164.8  6,156.7  6,190.1  6,198.7  6,210.9  6,209.0  6,218.2      9.2


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Nov.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.    Nov.   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.     from:
                                                 2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2005   2005   2005   2005p  2005p  Oct. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Nov. 2005p


        Total private.........................   33.6   33.9   34.1   33.7    33.7   33.7   33.7   33.8   33.8   33.7      -0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   40.0   40.6   40.6   40.6    39.9   39.9   39.9   40.0   40.3   40.4        .1

Natural resources and mining..................   45.3   46.4   46.7   45.7    45.0   45.9   46.0   45.7   46.0   45.5       -.5

Construction..................................   38.2   39.4   39.1   39.3    38.3   38.2   38.3   38.3   38.6   39.3        .7

Manufacturing.................................   40.8   41.1   41.2   41.1    40.5   40.5   40.5   40.7   41.0   40.8       -.2
   Overtime hours.............................    4.6    4.9    4.8    4.7     4.5    4.5    4.5    4.5    4.6    4.5       -.1

 Durable goods................................   41.2   41.6   41.7   41.7    40.9   41.0   41.1   41.1   41.5   41.4       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.7    4.9    4.9    4.8     4.6    4.6    4.7    4.6    4.7    4.7        .0

  Wood products...............................   40.1   40.1   40.9   41.1    40.0   39.6   39.5   39.8   40.6   40.8        .2
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.2   42.7   43.5   43.7    42.1   41.6   41.6   42.1   42.9   43.5        .6
  Primary metals..............................   43.0   43.5   43.5   43.5    42.9   43.1   43.1   43.3   43.5   43.3       -.2
  Fabricated metal products...................   41.1   41.1   41.8   41.4    40.9   40.8   40.8   40.7   41.5   41.1       -.4
  Machinery...................................   42.2   42.4   42.1   42.3    42.0   42.1   42.0   42.1   42.2   42.1       -.1
  Computer and electronic products............   40.0   40.4   40.6   40.9    39.6   40.1   39.7   40.0   40.3   40.3        .0
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.6   41.6   41.7   42.3    40.1   40.9   40.9   41.2   41.3   41.6        .3
  Transportation equipment....................   42.3   43.2   43.2   43.0    42.2   42.2   42.8   42.6   43.0   42.8       -.2
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   42.2   43.3   43.2   42.8    42.2   41.9   42.9   42.6   42.9   42.7       -.2
  Furniture and related products..............   39.4   39.9   38.8   38.8    39.2   39.3   39.1   39.4   39.1   38.8       -.3
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.4   38.9   39.1   38.6    38.2   38.2   38.8   38.7   39.0   38.5       -.5

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.1   40.3   40.3   40.2    39.8   39.7   39.7   39.9   40.1   39.8       -.3
   Overtime hours.............................    4.5    4.8    4.6    4.5     4.3    4.3    4.3    4.3    4.4    4.3       -.1

  Food manufacturing..........................   39.7   39.5   39.4   38.7    39.1   39.0   38.8   38.7   39.0   38.2       -.8
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   38.9   39.8   41.0   40.7    39.0   39.9   40.0   39.5   41.3   40.6       -.7
  Textile mills...............................   40.0   40.3   39.9   41.1    40.0   40.2   40.0   40.1   40.3   40.9        .6
  Textile product mills.......................   39.2   39.2   39.3   39.5    39.1   38.2   38.6   38.8   39.1   39.2        .1
  Apparel.....................................   36.0   35.8   35.9   36.2    35.7   35.3   35.7   35.7   35.8   35.9        .1
  Leather and allied products.................   38.3   38.5   38.6   38.6    38.2   39.3   38.5   38.4   38.3   38.5        .2
  Paper and paper products....................   42.5   43.3   43.2   43.5    42.1   42.2   42.5   42.9   43.0   43.0        .0
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.8   39.2   38.9   39.3    38.3   38.4   38.4   38.7   38.6   38.7        .1
  Petroleum and coal products.................   45.8   48.0   47.6   46.6    45.5   45.4   45.3   47.0   47.1   46.2       -.9
  Chemicals...................................   42.7   41.9   42.8   42.4    42.4   42.0   41.7   42.0   42.9   42.1       -.8
  Plastics and rubber products................   39.7   40.5   40.1   40.5    39.4   39.6   39.9   40.1   40.0   40.2        .2

     Private service-providing................   32.2   32.4   32.6   32.2    32.3   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.3       -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.3   33.5   33.5   33.0    33.5   33.3   33.3   33.3   33.3   33.2       -.1

 Wholesale trade..............................   37.7   37.8   38.2   37.9    37.7   37.6   37.5   37.7   37.8   37.8        .0

 Retail trade.................................   30.3   30.7   30.4   29.9    30.6   30.5   30.5   30.5   30.4   30.3       -.1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   37.6   36.9   37.1   37.0    37.5   37.0   36.9   36.6   36.7   36.8        .1

 Utilities....................................   40.8   41.7   41.6   41.6    40.4   41.2   41.1   41.3   41.3   41.3        .0

Information...................................   36.3   36.6   37.1   36.6    36.2   36.6   36.5   36.7   36.7   36.6       -.1

Financial activities..........................   35.5   35.7   36.5   35.6    35.6   36.1   36.0   36.0   36.0   35.8       -.2

Professional and business services............   34.2   34.3   34.5   33.9    34.2   34.3   34.2   34.3   34.2   33.9       -.3

Education and health services.................   32.4   32.6   32.8   32.5    32.4   32.7   32.5   32.7   32.6   32.6        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.3   25.5   25.9   25.4    25.6   25.7   25.7   25.8   25.7   25.7        .0

Other services................................   30.8   30.9   31.0   30.8    30.9   31.0   30.9   30.9   30.9   30.9        .0


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Nov.      Sept.    Oct.      Nov.       Nov.      Sept.    Oct.      Nov.
                                                   2004      2005     2005p     2005p      2004      2005     2005p     2005p

        Total private........................... $15.84    $16.22    $16.36    $16.35    $532.22   $549.86   $557.88   $551.00
         Seasonally adjusted....................  15.82     16.19     16.29     16.32     533.13    547.22    550.60    549.98

    Goods-producing.............................  17.37     17.77     17.82     17.80     694.80    721.46    723.49    722.68

Natural resources and mining....................  18.21     18.95     19.03     19.04     824.91    879.28    888.70    870.13

Construction....................................  19.35     19.69     19.75     19.67     739.17    775.79    772.23    773.03

Manufacturing...................................  16.32     16.65     16.70     16.73     665.86    684.32    688.04    687.60

 Durable goods..................................  17.04     17.45     17.53     17.58     702.05    725.92    731.00    733.09
  Wood products.................................  13.13     13.06     13.22     13.24     526.51    523.71    540.70    544.16
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.45     16.75     16.68     16.55     694.19    715.23    725.58    723.24
  Primary metals................................  18.66     19.08     19.06     19.19     802.38    829.98    829.11    834.77
  Fabricated metal products.....................  15.43     15.91     15.92     15.99     634.17    653.90    665.46    661.99
  Machinery.....................................  16.85     17.01     17.05     17.06     711.07    721.22    717.81    721.64
  Computer and electronic products..............  17.65     18.71     18.63     18.60     706.00    755.88    756.38    760.74
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.10     15.31     15.41     15.37     613.06    636.90    642.60    650.15
  Transportation equipment......................  21.91     22.32     22.62     22.80     926.79    964.22    977.18    980.40
  Furniture and related products................  13.29     13.56     13.46     13.47     523.63    541.04    522.25    522.64
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  13.96     14.09     14.09     13.99     536.06    548.10    550.92    540.01

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.16     15.34     15.32     15.29     607.92    618.20    617.40    614.66
  Food manufacturing............................  12.99     13.10     13.01     13.07     515.70    517.45    512.59    505.81
  Beverages and tobacco products................  18.80     18.60     18.58     19.04     731.32    740.28    761.78    774.93
  Textile mills.................................  12.09     12.39     12.34     12.55     483.60    499.32    492.37    515.81
  Textile product mills.........................  11.44     11.70     11.70     11.48     448.45    458.64    459.81    453.46
  Apparel.......................................  10.00     10.34     10.26     10.48     360.00    370.17    368.33    379.38
  Leather and allied products...................  11.62     11.70     11.62     11.48     445.05    450.45    448.53    443.13
  Paper and paper products......................  18.09     17.94     17.95     17.85     768.83    776.80    775.44    776.48
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.93     15.98     15.89     15.77     618.08    626.42    618.12    619.76
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.71     24.37     24.68     24.66    1131.72   1169.76   1174.77   1149.16
  Chemicals.....................................  19.44     19.83     19.86     19.81     830.09    830.88    850.01    839.94
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.58     14.86     14.79     14.69     578.83    601.83    593.08    594.95

     Private service-providing..................  15.43     15.79     15.96     15.95     496.85    511.60    520.30    513.59

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.67     15.03     15.10     15.04     488.51    503.51    505.85    496.32

 Wholesale trade................................  17.82     18.26     18.45     18.42     671.81    690.23    704.79    698.12

 Retail trade...................................  12.16     12.37     12.40     12.30     368.45    379.76    376.96    367.77

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.56     16.83     16.84     16.97     622.66    621.03    624.76    627.89

 Utilities......................................  26.01     27.20     27.30     27.13    1061.21   1134.24   1135.68   1128.61

Information.....................................  21.70     22.46     22.94     22.72     787.71    822.04    851.07    831.55

Financial activities............................  17.61     18.05     18.39     18.39     625.16    644.39    671.24    654.68

Professional and business services..............  17.62     17.98     18.33     18.25     602.60    616.71    632.39    618.68

Education and health services...................  16.33     16.83     16.86     16.91     529.09    548.66    553.01    549.58

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.06      9.22      9.25      9.30     229.22    235.11    239.58    236.22

Other services..................................  14.12     14.29     14.33     14.35     434.90    441.56    444.23    441.98


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.   Oct.     Nov.  change from:
                                                   2004     2005     2005     2005    2005p    2005p  Oct. 2005-
                                                                                                      Nov. 2005p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.82   $16.14   $16.17   $16.19   $16.29   $16.32      0.2
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.21     8.20     8.16     8.06     8.10     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  17.33    17.60    17.67    17.65    17.75    17.77       .1

Natural resources and mining....................  18.22    18.74    18.87    19.00    19.06    19.06       .0

Construction....................................  19.31    19.52    19.51    19.53    19.60    19.63       .2

Manufacturing...................................  16.29    16.55    16.65    16.59    16.71    16.71       .0
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  15.43    15.68    15.77    15.72    15.82    15.84       .1

 Durable goods..................................  16.99    17.34    17.46    17.39    17.52    17.54       .1

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.16    15.25    15.30    15.28    15.35    15.30      -.3

     Private service-providing..................  15.42    15.76    15.77    15.80    15.90    15.92       .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.70    15.04    15.02    14.99    15.07    15.08       .1

 Wholesale trade................................  17.80    18.25    18.24    18.29    18.37    18.41       .2

 Retail trade...................................  12.20    12.47    12.43    12.32    12.40    12.36      -.3

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.54    16.76    16.81    16.83    16.83    16.93       .6

 Utilities......................................  25.77    27.00    26.90    27.03    27.16    26.98      -.7

Information.....................................  21.58    22.18    22.26    22.36    22.77    22.60      -.7

Financial activities............................  17.65    17.99    17.97    18.09    18.26    18.40       .8

Professional and business services..............  17.66    18.05    18.09    18.08    18.26    18.27       .1

Education and health services...................  16.34    16.73    16.75    16.81    16.86    16.91       .3

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.02     9.13     9.16     9.21     9.21     9.25       .4

Other services..................................  14.12    14.25    14.28    14.29    14.32    14.34       .1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was 0.5 percent from Sept. 2005 to Oct. 2005, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Nov.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.    Nov.   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   change from:
                                                2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2005   2005   2005   2005p  2005p   Oct. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Nov. 2005p

        Total private.........................  101.5  104.0  104.9  103.9   101.1  102.8  102.9  103.2  103.3  103.2      -0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   98.3  101.8  102.0  101.9    97.1   98.1   98.3   98.7   99.8  100.4        .6

Natural resources and mining..................  109.5  120.8  122.6  119.2   107.6  115.9  116.8  116.6  118.3  117.8       -.4

Construction..................................  105.2  114.1  113.6  113.2   103.2  105.9  106.6  107.0  108.4  111.0       2.4

Manufacturing.................................   94.9   95.6   96.0   96.0    93.9   93.7   93.8   94.2   95.2   95.0       -.2

 Durable goods................................   95.7   97.3   98.1   98.6    94.8   95.5   96.0   96.0   97.4   97.6        .2
  Wood products...............................  100.4  101.2  102.6  103.3   100.0   98.3   98.1   99.3  101.2  102.2       1.0
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   99.6   99.7  100.9  101.1    98.2   95.1   95.3   96.0   97.7   99.3       1.6
  Primary metals..............................   93.1   94.1   94.4   94.6    93.0   93.1   93.0   93.7   94.5   94.3       -.2
  Fabricated metal products...................   98.9   99.7  101.5  101.0    98.4   99.0   99.0   98.8  100.6  100.2       -.4
  Machinery...................................   96.9   99.1   99.3   99.5    96.6   99.1   98.7   98.9   99.9   99.3       -.6
  Computer and electronic products............   89.8   99.1  100.7  103.1    88.9   96.1   96.1   98.3  100.1  101.7       1.6
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   89.3   89.7   90.0   91.8    88.1   88.4   88.3   88.8   89.2   89.9        .8
  Transportation equipment....................   96.2   97.6   99.1   99.6    95.6   95.0   97.3   96.1   98.6   98.6        .0
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   95.7   97.3   96.2   95.5    95.3   90.9   94.7   95.6   95.5   94.8       -.7
  Furniture and related products..............   93.6   92.2   89.4   89.7    93.1   91.0   90.5   91.1   90.3   89.6       -.8
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   91.9   90.8   91.9   91.1    90.9   89.7   91.1   90.5   91.3   90.1      -1.3

 Nondurable goods.............................   93.3   92.8   92.3   92.0    92.3   90.8   90.5   91.0   91.3   90.7       -.7
  Food manufacturing..........................   99.6   99.3   98.5   96.7    97.0   96.5   95.7   95.3   95.9   94.4      -1.6
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   91.6   98.7  102.8   99.2    90.5   94.8   95.5   94.1  100.8   97.5      -3.3
  Textile mills...............................   77.2   72.1   70.1   71.3    77.3   72.8   71.7   71.2   70.7   71.0        .4
  Textile product mills.......................   92.9   94.6   96.1   98.2    93.3   92.0   93.1   94.9   96.5   97.4        .9
  Apparel.....................................   71.6   65.8   63.5   64.8    70.8   65.8   64.7   64.5   63.2   63.9       1.1
  Leather and allied products.................   87.9   87.9   87.6   87.6    87.7   87.8   86.8   86.9   86.2   86.6        .5
  Paper and paper products....................   90.6   91.9   90.9   91.6    89.5   89.4   90.0   90.6   90.3   90.5        .2
  Printing and related support activities.....   94.6   93.9   93.2   94.1    93.3   91.9   91.7   92.5   92.2   92.4        .2
  Petroleum and coal products.................  108.8  112.5  110.6  104.2   107.8  105.5  104.7  107.5  107.7  103.3      -4.1
  Chemicals...................................   98.3   95.9   97.6   96.7    98.0   95.9   95.1   96.3   98.0   96.2      -1.8
  Plastics and rubber products................   93.1   93.7   92.9   93.8    92.4   91.1   91.8   92.5   92.4   93.0        .6

     Private service-providing................  102.3  104.5  105.4  104.4   102.0  104.2  104.2  104.3  104.3  104.1       -.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  101.6  101.4  102.1  102.1   100.2  101.2  101.2  100.9  101.0  100.7       -.3

 Wholesale trade..............................   99.7  102.0  103.2  102.4    99.5  100.9  100.8  101.5  101.9  102.0        .1

 Retail trade.................................  101.3   99.9   99.9  100.7    99.3  100.5  100.3   99.8   99.6   99.2       -.4

 Transportation and warehousing...............  105.5  106.1  107.0  106.6   104.2  105.1  105.0  104.2  104.7  105.0        .3

 Utilities....................................   94.4   98.7   98.5   98.5    93.8   97.0   97.3   97.9   98.0   98.1        .1

Information...................................  100.1  103.2  104.5  103.8   100.0  103.3  103.0  104.3  104.0  104.2        .2

Financial activities..........................  102.5  105.2  107.9  105.4   103.1  106.0  106.0  106.2  106.5  106.2       -.3

Professional and business services............  104.5  108.4  109.4  107.2   103.7  106.7  106.6  107.3  107.0  106.4       -.6

Education and health services.................  105.5  106.2  108.4  107.9   104.1  106.8  106.3  107.1  106.8  106.9        .1

Leisure and hospitality.......................  100.1  106.6  106.0  102.3   103.6  105.9  105.9  106.2  105.8  106.0        .2

Other services................................   96.2   97.1   97.1   96.6    96.7   98.1   97.5   97.5   97.2   97.3        .1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Nov.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.    Nov.   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   change from:
                                                2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2005   2005   2005   2005p  2005p   Oct. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Nov. 2005p

        Total private.........................  107.6  112.9  114.8  113.6   107.0  111.0  111.3  111.8  112.6  112.7       0.1

    Goods-producing...........................  104.6  110.8  111.4  111.0   103.1  105.7  106.4  106.7  108.5  109.3        .7

Natural resources and mining..................  116.0  133.2  135.7  132.0   114.0  126.3  128.2  128.8  131.1  130.5       -.5

Construction..................................  109.9  121.3  121.2  120.2   107.6  111.6  112.3  112.8  114.7  117.6       2.5

Manufacturing.................................  101.3  104.1  104.8  105.0   100.1  101.4  102.1  102.2  104.0  103.8       -.2

 Durable goods................................  101.8  106.0  107.3  108.2   100.5  103.3  104.6  104.2  106.6  106.8        .2

 Nondurable goods.............................  100.0  100.6  100.0   99.4    98.9   97.9   97.9   98.3   99.0   98.0      -1.0

     Private service-providing................  108.5  113.4  115.5  114.4   108.0  112.8  112.9  113.2  113.9  113.9        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  106.3  108.7  110.0  109.5   105.1  108.6  108.4  107.9  108.6  108.4       -.2

 Wholesale trade..............................  104.7  109.8  112.1  111.1   104.4  108.5  108.3  109.4  110.2  110.6        .4

 Retail trade.................................  105.6  105.9  106.1  106.2   103.9  107.4  106.8  105.3  105.8  105.1       -.7

 Transportation and warehousing...............  110.9  113.3  114.3  114.8   109.3  111.8  112.0  111.3  111.8  112.8        .9

 Utilities....................................  102.5  112.0  112.3  111.6   100.9  109.3  109.2  110.4  111.1  110.5       -.5

Information...................................  107.5  114.7  118.7  116.8   106.8  113.4  113.5  115.4  117.3  116.5       -.7

Financial activities..........................  111.6  117.5  122.6  119.8   112.5  117.9  117.7  118.7  120.3  120.8        .4

Professional and business services............  109.6  115.9  119.3  116.4   108.9  114.6  114.8  115.5  116.3  115.7       -.5

Education and health services.................  113.2  117.5  120.2  120.0   111.8  117.5  117.1  118.3  118.3  118.8        .4

Leisure and hospitality.......................  105.8  114.6  114.3  110.9   109.0  112.8  113.1  114.0  113.6  114.3        .6

Other services................................   99.0  101.1  101.4  101.0    99.5  101.9  101.4  101.5  101.5  101.7        .2


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)


       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2001 ..............   49.5     47.7     48.6     32.7     42.4     40.8     36.7     39.0     37.6     33.6     36.9     37.1
     2002 ..............   41.0     35.6     39.7     39.2     40.5     47.7     42.8     43.0     42.1     39.0     41.5     35.1
     2003 ..............   44.4     38.7     35.3     41.4     39.4     39.9     42.1     39.4     50.4     48.9     50.0     50.5
     2004 ..............   50.9     53.4     66.0     67.3     64.6     59.7     55.4     53.8     57.6     58.6     54.7     54.3
     2005 ..............   54.1     61.2     53.1     61.7     57.4     54.7     58.8     54.9     56.8    p51.6    p62.4


Over 3-month span:
     2001 ..............   53.2     49.8     49.8     42.3     38.1     34.2     37.8     37.6     34.7     35.4     30.8     32.0
     2002 ..............   35.3     37.9     36.5     34.2     34.4     39.4     40.6     44.1     37.8     37.1     35.8     36.7
     2003 ..............   38.3     35.4     33.3     33.5     36.5     41.7     37.8     37.4     43.2     46.4     48.6     50.2
     2004 ..............   52.5     53.8     56.7     69.4     75.4     71.2     63.5     56.8     57.4     59.9     59.7     56.3
     2005 ..............   58.5     60.3     63.7     62.4     59.4     64.2     61.3     60.4     56.7    p52.9    p57.2


Over 6-month span:
     2001 ..............   53.1     50.9     52.0     45.5     43.0     39.7     38.5     33.6     33.5     34.2     33.6     30.9
     2002 ..............   29.5     29.9     32.0     31.7     30.9     37.4     37.1     38.7     35.3     36.0     37.9     35.1
     2003 ..............   32.7     32.2     31.3     31.3     33.1     37.6     33.6     32.2     40.3     43.7     46.4     49.3
     2004 ..............   47.3     50.4     54.9     62.6     64.4     69.6     67.3     68.9     64.6     62.2     59.7     55.9
     2005 ..............   60.3     62.8     63.7     62.2     62.6     63.1     64.0     61.5     62.4    p57.9    p55.6


Over 12-month span:
     2001 ..............   59.5     59.5     53.4     49.3     48.6     45.0     43.3     43.9     39.9     37.8     37.1     34.9
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.4     30.2     29.1     32.0     31.3     30.0     29.5     32.9     34.7
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.7     52.0     56.7     57.4     57.6     60.3     62.1     64.6     64.0
     2005 ..............   61.2     64.7     64.2     65.8     63.8     60.4     63.8     67.3     62.2    p60.6    p59.0

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2001 ..............   22.0     17.3     22.0     17.9     16.1     22.6     13.1     15.5     18.5     17.3     14.9     11.9
     2002 ..............   19.0     19.6     22.0     32.1     26.2     31.0     35.7     23.2     28.6     15.5     18.5     16.7
     2003 ..............   35.1     19.0     19.0     11.9     19.6     20.8     22.6     24.4     32.7     35.1     39.9     42.9
     2004 ..............   39.3     49.4     50.0     65.5     60.1     51.8     60.7     48.8     42.9     42.3     46.4     44.6
     2005 ..............   42.3     44.6     41.1     47.6     44.0     33.9     50.0     39.9     48.8    p45.8    p51.8


Over 3-month span:
     2001 ..............   32.7     20.8     16.7     14.3     14.3     11.9     11.9      9.5      7.7     12.5     11.3      9.5
     2002 ..............   10.7     11.9     11.3     17.9     14.9     20.2     25.6     23.8     20.2     13.7      8.9      9.5
     2003 ..............   16.1     14.3     12.5      8.9     10.7     10.7     14.3     15.5     18.5     27.4     31.5     35.1
     2004 ..............   42.3     43.5     42.9     58.3     69.0     69.6     62.5     53.6     52.4     44.6     45.2     35.7
     2005 ..............   45.2     42.9     52.4     46.4     41.7     38.7     41.1     36.9     41.7    p39.3    p49.4


Over 6-month span:
     2001 ..............   22.6     24.4     21.4     19.6     14.3     11.9     13.1     11.3     10.7      7.1      7.7      5.4
     2002 ..............    6.0      8.3      8.3      9.5      7.1     13.1     12.5     11.3     14.3      8.3      8.3      7.7
     2003 ..............   12.5     10.1      7.1      8.3     11.3     10.7      4.8     10.1     13.1     16.7     19.6     26.8
     2004 ..............   27.4     29.8     33.3     47.0     52.4     57.1     60.1     58.9     58.9     50.6     45.2     42.9
     2005 ..............   43.5     44.0     42.3     39.3     38.7     36.9     36.9     34.5     41.1    p45.8    p36.9


Over 12-month span:
     2001 ..............   29.8     32.1     20.8     19.0     13.1     12.5     10.7     11.9     11.9     10.1      8.3      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      6.5      7.1      3.6      4.8      6.0      4.8      7.1      4.8      8.3
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     19.0     25.6     34.5     43.5     40.5     45.8     48.2     49.4     46.4
     2005 ..............   45.2     45.8     47.6     44.6     42.3     39.3     39.3     38.7     31.0    p40.5    p35.1


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.