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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JUNE 2000


   Total nonfarm payroll employment was little changed in June, the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Private-
sector payroll employment rose by 206,000, following a decline of 165,000
(as revised) in May.  The June increase in private payrolls was largely
offset by a decline in federal government employment, as 190,000 temporary
workers hired for the decennial census completed their work.  The
unemployment rate was 4.0 percent in June, about the same as in May.
Average hourly earnings increased by 5 cents over the month and by 3.6
percent over the year.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons, 5.6 million, and the
unemployment rate, 4.0 percent, were little changed in June.  The jobless
rate has been in a 3.9- to 4.1-percent range since October 1999.
Unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (3.2 percent),
adult women (3.8 percent), teenagers (11.6 percent), whites (3.4 percent),
blacks (7.9 percent), and Hispanics (5.6 percent)--showed little or no
change over the month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment rose by 464,000 to 135.2 million, seasonally adjusted,
in June.  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of the population
age 16 and older with jobs--was 64.5 percent, compared with 64.3 percent in
May.  During the first 4 months of this year, the employment-population
ratio had ranged from 64.7 to 64.9 percent.  In June, the civilian labor
force was about unchanged at 140.8 million, seasonally adjusted.  (See
table A-1.)
   
   Approximately 7.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more
than one job in June.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.4 percent of
total employment, compared with 5.6 percent a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.1 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in June.  These people 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 had not actively
searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of
discouraged workers was 308,000 in June, up from 220,000 a year earlier.
Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not
currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were
available for them.  (See table A-10.)
   
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| May-
      Category        |      2000       |           2000           | June
                      |_________________|_________________ ________|change
                      |    I   |  II    |  Apr.  |  May   |  June  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 140,981| 140,827| 141,230| 140,489| 140,762|    273
  Employment..........| 135,247| 135,200| 135,706| 134,715| 135,179|    464
  Unemployment........|   5,733|   5,627|   5,524|   5,774|   5,583|   -191
Not in labor force....|  67,933|  68,550|  67,986|  68,882|  68,781|   -101
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.1|     4.0|     3.9|     4.1|     4.0|   -0.1
  Adult men...........|     3.3|     3.3|     3.2|     3.4|     3.2|    -.2
  Adult women.........|     3.6|     3.7|     3.5|     3.8|     3.8|     .0
  Teenagers...........|    13.4|    12.3|    12.7|    12.5|    11.6|    -.9
  White...............|     3.5|     3.4|     3.5|     3.5|     3.4|    -.1
  Black...............|     7.8|     7.7|     7.2|     8.0|     7.9|    -.1
  Hispanic origin.....|     5.9|     5.6|     5.4|     5.8|     5.6|    -.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 130,626|p131,537| 131,419|p131,590|p131,601|    p11
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,680| p25,704|  25,725| p25,687| p25,700|    p13
    Construction......|   6,665|  p6,679|   6,694|  p6,670|  p6,673|     p3
    Manufacturing.....|  18,481| p18,487|  18,492| p18,480| p18,488|     p8
  Service-producing 1/| 104,946|p105,833| 105,694|p105,903|p105,901|    p-2
    Retail trade......|  22,993| p23,136|  23,197| p23,081| p23,130|    p49
    Services..........|  39,949| p40,256|  40,195| p40,212| p40,360|   p148
    Government........|  20,431| p20,826|  20,667| p21,003| p20,808|  p-195
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|   p34.5|    34.6|   p34.4|   p34.5|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|   p41.7|    42.2|   p41.4|   p41.6|    p.2
    Overtime..........|     4.6|    p4.7|     4.9|    p4.5|    p4.6|    p.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   150.7|  p151.2|   151.7|  p150.8|  p151.2|   p0.4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.54| p$13.67|  $13.64| p$13.66| p$13.71| p$0.05
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  467.47| p471.61|  471.94| p469.90| p473.00|  p3.10
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.
   
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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 11,000 to 131.6 million in
June, seasonally adjusted.  Private-sector employment rose by 206,000,
following a decline in May.  So far this year, the number of private-sector
jobs has increased by an average of 177,000 per month, compared with
202,000 per month for all of 1999.  Government employment declined by
195,000 in June; this included the departure of 190,000 temporary census
workers from federal government payrolls.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Employment in the services industry rose by 148,000 in June, after an
unusually small gain (17,000) in May.  Business services added 54,000 jobs
in June, following a loss of 20,000 in May.  In hotels and in amusements
and recreation, job growth was above average in June; there had been little
growth in either industry in May.  Health services experienced an above-
average employment increase of 15,000, following 2 months of sluggish
growth.  Employment in engineering and management services continued on a
strong growth trend.
   
   Retail trade added 49,000 jobs over the month, with an increase of
35,000 in eating and drinking places.  During the first 6 months of the
year, retail employment growth averaged 32,000 a month, about in line with
the monthly average for all of 1999.  Employment in miscellaneous retail
establishments also rose over the month, while job losses continued in
department stores and in building materials and garden supplies stores.
   
   Employment in transportation and public utilities rose by 18,000 in
June, following a rare decline in May.  Jobs added in communications and
air transportation accounted for nearly all of the June growth.
   
   In wholesale trade, employment declined for the second consecutive
month.  For the first 6 months of 2000, average monthly employment gains in
the industry were less than half of the average monthly increase in 1999.
   
   Finance, insurance, and real estate continued to lose jobs in June.
After 4-1/2 years of steady growth, employment in these industries has
fallen by 20,000 thus far this year, including losses in commercial banks
(14,000), savings institutions (6,000), mortgage banks (25,000), and
insurance (18,000).  In contrast, security brokerages added 30,000 jobs
over the first half of the year, including a gain of 7,000 in June.  Real
estate employment declined by 10,000 in June, offsetting nearly all of the
increase during the first 5 months of the year.
   
   Federal government employment fell by 197,000 in June, as 190,000
temporary census jobs ended.  Small job declines continued elsewhere in the
federal government.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, employment in manufacturing was little
changed in June.  Since October 1999, net job gains in durable goods
manufacturing (38,000) have been largely offset by job losses in nondurable
goods (34,000).  In June, durable goods added 14,000 jobs, while nondurable
employment fell by 6,000.  Within durables, job gains continued in electronic
components and fabricated metals.  Industrial machinery and autos also added
jobs in June, but the recent trend in these industries is less clear.
Employment declines resumed in aircraft manufacturing.  Within nondurables,
job losses continued in apparel and in textiles.  Employment rose in food
products and in printing and publishing; both industries appear to have
returned to a slow growth trend.

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   Construction employment was essentially unchanged in June.  Job growth
in the industry averaged 20,000 a month in the first half of 2000, compared
with 25,000 a month in all of 1999.  Mining employment edged up in June.
Since August 1999, the oil and gas component of mining has added 19,000
jobs.  These gains have been partly offset by declines in coal mining.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour in June to 34.5 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.2 hour to
41.6 hours.  Manufacturing overtime edged up by 0.1 hour to 4.6 hours.
(See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.3 percent to 151.2
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index was up by
0.4 percent to 106.3.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 5 cents in June to $13.71, seasonally
adjusted.  Over the month, average weekly earnings rose by 0.7 percent to
$473.00.  Over the year, both average hourly earnings and average weekly
earnings grew by 3.6 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
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   The Employment Situation for July 2000 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, August 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2000,
the sample included about 300,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $16.00 per issue or
$40.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
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Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
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  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                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 207,632 209,371 209,543 207,632 208,907 209,053 209,216 209,371 209,543
    Civilian labor force............................ 140,666 140,395 142,132 139,332 141,165 140,867 141,230 140,489 140,762
          Participation rate........................    67.7    67.1    67.8    67.1    67.6    67.4    67.5    67.1    67.2
      Employed...................................... 134,395 134,961 136,192 133,398 135,362 135,159 135,706 134,715 135,179
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.7    64.5    65.0    64.2    64.8    64.7    64.9    64.3    64.5
        Agriculture.................................   3,691   3,490   3,682   3,330   3,408   3,359   3,355   3,298   3,321
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 130,704 131,471 132,510 130,068 131,954 131,801 132,351 131,417 131,858
      Unemployed....................................   6,271   5,435   5,940   5,934   5,804   5,708   5,524   5,774   5,583
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.5     3.9     4.2     4.3     4.1     4.1     3.9     4.1     4.0
    Not in labor force..............................  66,966  68,975  67,411  68,300  67,742  68,187  67,986  68,882  68,781
      Persons who currently want a job..............   5,204   4,989   4,641   4,770   4,374   4,594   4,352   4,412   4,254
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,668 100,566 100,654  99,668 100,330 100,405 100,487 100,566 100,654
    Civilian labor force............................  75,472  74,928  76,204  74,414  75,594  75,198  75,189  74,883  75,120
          Participation rate........................    75.7    74.5    75.7    74.7    75.3    74.9    74.8    74.5    74.6
      Employed......................................  72,312  72,199  73,213  71,330  72,473  72,313  72,307  71,948  72,217
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.6    71.8    72.7    71.6    72.2    72.0    72.0    71.5    71.7
      Unemployed....................................   3,159   2,729   2,991   3,084   3,121   2,885   2,882   2,934   2,903
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     3.6     3.9     4.1     4.1     3.8     3.8     3.9     3.9
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  91,487  92,408  92,546  91,487  92,092  92,145  92,303  92,408  92,546
    Civilian labor force............................  70,486  70,691  71,119  70,116  71,120  70,822  70,761  70,603  70,714
          Participation rate........................    77.0    76.5    76.8    76.6    77.2    76.9    76.7    76.4    76.4
      Employed......................................  68,144  68,491  68,952  67,645  68,691  68,480  68,481  68,230  68,430
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.5    74.1    74.5    73.9    74.6    74.3    74.2    73.8    73.9
        Agriculture.................................   2,432   2,346   2,460   2,246   2,309   2,232   2,213   2,217   2,269
        Nonagricultural industries..................  65,712  66,145  66,492  65,399  66,382  66,249  66,269  66,013  66,161
      Unemployed....................................   2,342   2,200   2,167   2,471   2,429   2,342   2,280   2,373   2,284
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.3     3.1     3.0     3.5     3.4     3.3     3.2     3.4     3.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,964 108,805 108,889 107,964 108,577 108,649 108,729 108,805 108,889
    Civilian labor force............................  65,195  65,468  65,928  64,918  65,572  65,668  66,041  65,606  65,642
          Participation rate........................    60.4    60.2    60.5    60.1    60.4    60.4    60.7    60.3    60.3
      Employed......................................  62,083  62,762  62,980  62,068  62,889  62,846  63,399  62,767  62,962
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.5    57.7    57.8    57.5    57.9    57.8    58.3    57.7    57.8
      Unemployed....................................   3,112   2,705   2,948   2,850   2,683   2,823   2,642   2,839   2,680
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.8     4.1     4.5     4.4     4.1     4.3     4.0     4.3     4.1
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,131 100,929 101,007 100,131 100,666 100,713 100,809 100,929 101,007
    Civilian labor force............................  60,748  61,530  61,361  60,988  61,575  61,671  61,920  61,614  61,596
          Participation rate........................    60.7    61.0    60.7    60.9    61.2    61.2    61.4    61.0    61.0
      Employed......................................  58,351  59,322  58,983  58,647  59,398  59,422  59,757  59,248  59,278
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.3    58.8    58.4    58.6    59.0    59.0    59.3    58.7    58.7
        Agriculture.................................     907     881     889     851     871     894     899     864     834
        Nonagricultural industries..................  57,445  58,442  58,093  57,796  58,526  58,528  58,858  58,383  58,444
      Unemployed....................................   2,397   2,208   2,379   2,341   2,178   2,249   2,163   2,367   2,318
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.9     3.6     3.9     3.8     3.5     3.6     3.5     3.8     3.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,014  16,034  15,991  16,014  16,149  16,196  16,104  16,034  15,991
    Civilian labor force............................   9,432   8,175   9,652   8,228   8,470   8,374   8,549   8,271   8,452
          Participation rate........................    58.9    51.0    60.4    51.4    52.4    51.7    53.1    51.6    52.9
      Employed......................................   7,900   7,147   8,258   7,106   7,273   7,257   7,467   7,237   7,471
          Employment-population ratio...............    49.3    44.6    51.6    44.4    45.0    44.8    46.4    45.1    46.7
        Agriculture.................................     353     263     333     233     228     233     243     217     218
        Nonagricultural industries..................   7,547   6,884   7,925   6,873   7,046   7,024   7,224   7,020   7,253
      Unemployed....................................   1,532   1,027   1,394   1,122   1,197   1,117   1,082   1,034     981
          Unemployment rate.........................    16.2    12.6    14.4    13.6    14.1    13.3    12.7    12.5    11.6

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 172,999 174,197 174,316 172,999 173,886 173,983 174,092 174,197 174,316
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,655 117,156 118,605 116,518 117,821 117,832 117,988 117,097 117,451
        Participation rate..........................    68.0    67.3    68.0    67.4    67.8    67.7    67.8    67.2    67.4
      Employed...................................... 113,011 113,309 114,369 112,115 113,634 113,630 113,915 112,988 113,484
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.3    65.0    65.6    64.8    65.3    65.3    65.4    64.9    65.1
      Unemployed....................................   4,644   3,847   4,236   4,403   4,187   4,202   4,073   4,108   3,967
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.9     3.3     3.6     3.8     3.6     3.6     3.5     3.5     3.4
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,025  60,045  60,395  59,721  60,387  60,282  60,048  59,882  60,074
        Participation rate..........................    77.6    77.0    77.3    77.2    77.6    77.4    77.0    76.7    76.9
      Employed......................................  58,246  58,475  58,818  57,835  58,631  58,541  58,386  58,184  58,409
        Employment-population ratio.................    75.3    74.9    75.3    74.7    75.3    75.1    74.9    74.6    74.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,779   1,571   1,577   1,886   1,756   1,742   1,662   1,698   1,666
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.0     2.6     2.6     3.2     2.9     2.9     2.8     2.8     2.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,661  50,188  50,060  49,850  50,335  50,448  50,726  50,237  50,246
        Participation rate..........................    59.9    60.1    59.9    60.1    60.4    60.5    60.8    60.2    60.2
      Employed......................................  47,926  48,665  48,373  48,167  48,792  48,820  49,150  48,567  48,616
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.8    58.3    57.9    58.1    58.6    58.6    58.9    58.2    58.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,735   1,523   1,687   1,683   1,544   1,628   1,576   1,670   1,630
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.5     3.0     3.4     3.4     3.1     3.2     3.1     3.3     3.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   7,969   6,924   8,150   6,947   7,099   7,102   7,214   6,978   7,130
        Participation rate..........................    62.7    54.5    64.2    54.7    55.8    55.8    56.7    54.9    56.1
      Employed......................................   6,839   6,170   7,178   6,113   6,211   6,270   6,379   6,237   6,458
        Employment-population ratio.................    53.8    48.6    56.5    48.1    48.8    49.3    50.2    49.1    50.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,129     753     972     834     888     832     835     740     672
        Unemployment rate...........................    14.2    10.9    11.9    12.0    12.5    11.7    11.6    10.6     9.4
          Men.......................................    13.8    10.6    13.1    12.0    14.4    11.3    13.0    10.7    11.2
          Women.....................................    14.6    11.2    10.6    12.0    10.4    12.1    10.0    10.5     7.4
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,833  25,161  25,191  24,833  25,076  25,105  25,135  25,161  25,191
    Civilian labor force............................  16,462  16,549  16,725  16,308  16,785  16,572  16,636  16,596  16,577
        Participation rate..........................    66.3    65.8    66.4    65.7    66.9    66.0    66.2    66.0    65.8
      Employed......................................  15,156  15,268  15,367  15,069  15,471  15,356  15,444  15,261  15,275
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.0    60.7    61.0    60.7    61.7    61.2    61.4    60.7    60.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,306   1,281   1,358   1,239   1,314   1,216   1,191   1,335   1,302
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.9     7.7     8.1     7.6     7.8     7.3     7.2     8.0     7.9
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,188   7,288   7,299   7,153   7,441   7,300   7,351   7,261   7,263
        Participation rate..........................    72.5    72.3    72.3    72.1    74.2    72.6    73.0    72.0    72.0
      Employed......................................   6,766   6,783   6,835   6,698   6,910   6,830   6,864   6,736   6,761
        Employment-population ratio.................    68.2    67.3    67.7    67.6    68.9    68.0    68.2    66.8    67.0
      Unemployed....................................     422     505     464     455     532     469     487     524     502
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.9     6.9     6.4     6.4     7.1     6.4     6.6     7.2     6.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,183   8,350   8,305   8,219   8,344   8,314   8,291   8,384   8,347
        Participation rate..........................    65.8    66.2    65.8    66.1    66.4    66.1    65.8    66.5    66.1
      Employed......................................   7,632   7,786   7,753   7,667   7,805   7,808   7,807   7,801   7,792
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.4    61.7    61.4    61.6    62.1    62.1    62.0    61.9    61.7
      Unemployed....................................     550     564     551     552     539     506     484     583     554
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.7     6.8     6.6     6.7     6.5     6.1     5.8     7.0     6.6
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,091     912   1,121     936     999     958     993     951     967
        Participation rate..........................    44.0    36.9    45.4    37.7    40.4    38.7    40.2    38.5    39.2
      Employed......................................     758     699     779     704     756     718     773     724     722
        Employment-population ratio.................    30.5    28.3    31.6    28.4    30.6    29.0    31.3    29.3    29.2
      Unemployed....................................     334     213     342     232     243     240     220     227     245
        Unemployment rate...........................    30.6    23.4    30.5    24.8    24.3    25.1    22.2    23.9    25.4
          Men.......................................    34.7    24.7    36.6    28.8    22.3    21.3    22.0    27.7    32.0
          Women.....................................    26.7    22.1    23.8    21.2    26.6    28.9    22.4    20.2    18.2

                   HISPANIC ORIGIN
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  21,618  22,292  22,355  21,618  22,108  22,166  22,231  22,292  22,355
    Civilian labor force............................  14,710  15,275  15,422  14,624  15,249  15,313  15,355  15,322  15,325
        Participation rate..........................    68.0    68.5    69.0    67.6    69.0    69.1    69.1    68.7    68.6
      Employed......................................  13,750  14,475  14,562  13,655  14,382  14,355  14,524  14,432  14,461
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.6    64.9    65.1    63.2    65.1    64.8    65.3    64.7    64.7
      Unemployed....................................     960     800     860     969     868     958     831     890     864
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.5     5.2     5.6     6.6     5.7     6.3     5.4     5.8     5.6

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January
  2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                June     May      June     June     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.     May      June  
                                                1999     2000     2000     1999     2000     2000     2000     2000     2000  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   28,515   28,096   28,227   28,515   27,376   27,523   28,069   28,096   28,227
    Civilian labor force....................   12,261   11,966   12,193   12,081   11,971   11,726   11,945   11,815   12,004
        Percent of population...............     43.0     42.6     43.2     42.4     43.7     42.6     42.6     42.1     42.5
      Employed..............................   11,496   11,225   11,475   11,265   11,257   10,918   11,218   10,984   11,239
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.3     40.0     40.7     39.5     41.1     39.7     40.0     39.1     39.8
      Unemployed............................      765      740      718      816      714      808      727      832      765
        Unemployment rate...................      6.2      6.2      5.9      6.8      6.0      6.9      6.1      7.0      6.4
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,963   57,746   57,581   57,963   57,471   58,033   58,015   57,746   57,581
    Civilian labor force....................   37,384   37,406   36,924   37,382   37,603   37,671   37,666   37,224   36,910
        Percent of population...............     64.5     64.8     64.1     64.5     65.4     64.9     64.9     64.5     64.1
      Employed..............................   36,033   36,218   35,731   35,962   36,294   36,401   36,401   35,895   35,659
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.2     62.7     62.1     62.0     63.2     62.7     62.7     62.2     61.9
      Unemployed............................    1,351    1,188    1,193    1,420    1,309    1,270    1,265    1,329    1,251
        Unemployment rate...................      3.6      3.2      3.2      3.8      3.5      3.4      3.4      3.6      3.4
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   42,780   44,153   44,250   42,780   44,486   44,225   43,896   44,153   44,250
    Civilian labor force....................   31,669   32,760   32,796   31,955   32,544   32,967   32,684   33,065   33,094
        Percent of population...............     74.0     74.2     74.1     74.7     73.2     74.5     74.5     74.9     74.8
      Employed..............................   30,913   31,970   31,907   31,140   31,595   32,090   31,843   32,228   32,132
        Employment-population ratio.........     72.3     72.4     72.1     72.8     71.0     72.6     72.5     73.0     72.6
      Unemployed............................      756      790      889      815      949      878      841      838      962
        Unemployment rate...................      2.4      2.4      2.7      2.6      2.9      2.7      2.6      2.5      2.9
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,464   45,029   45,092   44,464   45,247   44,838   44,864   45,029   45,092
    Civilian labor force....................   35,527   36,005   35,750   35,757   36,265   36,060   36,099   36,011   35,988
        Percent of population...............     79.9     80.0     79.3     80.4     80.1     80.4     80.5     80.0     79.8
      Employed..............................   34,777   35,469   35,154   35,059   35,678   35,481   35,545   35,433   35,437
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.2     78.8     78.0     78.8     78.9     79.1     79.2     78.7     78.6
      Unemployed............................      750      536      596      698      587      579      553      577      551
        Unemployment rate...................      2.1      1.5      1.7      2.0      1.6      1.6      1.5      1.6      1.5

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 134,395 134,961 136,192 133,398 135,362 135,159 135,706 134,715 135,179
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,205  43,043  43,270  43,279  43,535  43,297  43,272  43,216  43,357
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,396  33,820  33,452  33,758  33,882  33,780  33,877  33,786  33,824
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,023   8,343   8,272   8,028   8,220   8,082   8,307   8,301   8,280
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,602  40,833  40,956  40,802  40,806  40,595  40,665  40,858  41,148
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,767  39,458  39,270  38,777  39,703  39,510  39,680  39,537  39,270
    Service occupations.............................  18,290  18,199  18,379  18,007  18,344  18,711  18,885  18,181  18,090
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,422  14,941  15,141  14,175  14,681  14,520  14,501  14,867  14,888
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,383  17,885  18,633  18,177  18,279  18,334  18,453  18,020  18,430
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,931   3,645   3,812   3,477   3,630   3,562   3,477   3,410   3,368
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,207   2,142   2,358   1,923   2,025   2,043   2,054   2,006   2,059
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,443   1,310   1,271   1,341   1,344   1,292   1,272   1,252   1,175
      Unpaid family workers.........................      41      37      54      39      51      42      43      38      50
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 121,653 122,644 123,655 121,006 123,166 123,169 123,623 122,860 123,002
        Government..................................  18,862  19,130  18,645  19,007  19,394  19,598  19,280  19,169  18,777
        Private industries.......................... 102,791 103,514 105,010 101,999 103,772 103,571 104,343 103,691 104,225
          Private households........................   1,006     938     981     983   1,016     998   1,019     953     957
          Other industries.......................... 101,786 102,576 104,029 101,016 102,756 102,573 103,324 102,738 103,268
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,955   8,740   8,778   8,840   8,793   8,704   8,750   8,714   8,665
      Unpaid family workers.........................      96      87      78      88      74     107     103      82      71
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,641   3,140   3,369   3,377   3,139   3,124   3,124   3,248   3,117
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,082   1,846   1,853   2,048   1,807   1,820   1,844   1,962   1,811
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,158     986   1,128   1,045   1,023     953   1,016     978   1,022
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  17,266  18,851  16,880  18,716  19,031  18,770  18,474  18,409  18,308
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,462   3,003   3,207   3,209   2,985   3,003   3,021   3,096   2,967
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,940   1,743   1,757   1,902   1,705   1,766   1,782   1,840   1,713
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,141     965   1,095   1,031   1,005     922     989     962     994
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  16,629  18,281  16,288  18,106  18,406  18,184  17,943  17,853  17,743

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,934   5,774   5,583    4.3     4.1     4.1     3.9     4.1     4.0 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,471   2,373   2,284    3.5     3.4     3.3     3.2     3.4     3.2 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,341   2,367   2,318    3.8     3.5     3.6     3.5     3.8     3.8 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,122   1,034     981   13.6    14.1    13.3    12.7    12.5    11.6 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     992     825     829    2.2     2.1     2.0     1.8     1.9     1.9 
     Married women, spouse present..................     923   1,014     911    2.7     2.6     2.7     2.6     2.9     2.6 
     Women who maintain families....................     561     576     537    6.5     6.1     6.8     6.3     6.5     6.1 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,641   4,592   4,420    4.0     3.9     3.8     3.8     3.9     3.8 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,284   1,258   1,162    5.3     4.9     5.1     4.6     5.3     4.8 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     828     738     681    2.0     1.6     1.8     1.7     1.8     1.6 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,442   1,528   1,487    3.6     3.7     3.5     3.3     3.7     3.6 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     694     519     541    4.7     4.2     3.8     3.5     3.4     3.5 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,185   1,213   1,204    6.1     6.1     6.4     6.6     6.3     6.1 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     266     198     178    7.1     5.7     5.1     7.0     5.5     5.0 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,668   4,534   4,365    4.4     4.2     4.3     4.0     4.2     4.0 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,313   1,203   1,177    4.7     4.4     4.6     4.3     4.2     4.1 
         Mining.....................................      27      23      18    4.8     4.0     2.5     2.8     4.2     3.5 
         Construction...............................     530     431     470    7.3     7.5     6.9     5.2     5.8     5.9 
         Manufacturing..............................     756     749     688    3.7     3.3     3.9     4.0     3.7     3.4 
           Durable goods............................     439     455     442    3.5     3.0     3.0     3.9     3.6     3.5 
           Nondurable goods.........................     317     293     247    4.0     3.8     5.2     4.1     3.7     3.1 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,355   3,331   3,188    4.3     4.1     4.2     3.9     4.2     4.0 
         Transportation and public utilities........     225     250     214    2.9     3.2     3.1     2.9     3.2     2.7 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,434   1,403   1,421    5.3     5.3     5.4     4.9     5.1     5.2 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     193     201     189    2.4     2.9     2.4     2.6     2.4     2.3 
         Services...................................   1,503   1,477   1,363    4.2     3.7     4.0     3.7     4.1     3.8 
     Government workers.............................     444     393     486    2.3     2.2     1.7     1.7     2.0     2.5 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     198     166     162    9.3     6.5     5.6     8.4     7.6     7.3 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                        June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                        1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   3,136   2,516   3,194   2,540   2,603   2,824   2,455   2,531   2,595
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,552   1,563   1,541   1,775   1,864   1,719   1,868   1,953   1,759
   15 weeks and over................................   1,583   1,356   1,204   1,634   1,277   1,295   1,250   1,337   1,242
      15 to 26 weeks................................     802     731     593     806     673     657     670     677     593
      27 weeks and over.............................     782     625     611     828     604     637     580     660     649
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    13.1    12.8    11.3    14.3    12.5    12.8    12.4    12.6    12.4
   Median duration, in weeks........................     4.5     5.7     4.2     6.3     6.1     6.0     6.0     5.8     5.8
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    50.0    46.3    53.8    42.7    45.3    48.4    44.1    43.5    46.4
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    24.7    28.8    25.9    29.8    32.5    29.4    33.5    33.5    31.4
     15 weeks and over..............................    25.2    25.0    20.3    27.5    22.2    22.2    22.4    23.0    22.2
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    12.8    13.5    10.0    13.5    11.7    11.3    12.0    11.6    10.6
       27 weeks and over............................    12.5    11.5    10.3    13.9    10.5    10.9    10.4    11.3    11.6

     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,495   2,182   2,291   2,670   2,616   2,541   2,306   2,483   2,450
    On temporary layoff.............................     746     646     817     876     838     781     703     894     959
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,750   1,536   1,474   1,794   1,778   1,759   1,602   1,589   1,491
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,253   1,060   1,059   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     497     476     415   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     820     694     667     831     759     824     833     774     671
  Reentrants........................................   2,293   2,108   2,336   2,038   1,975   1,979   1,961   2,093   2,076
  New entrants......................................     663     451     646     359     387     434     408     500     343
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    39.8    40.2    38.6    45.3    45.6    44.0    41.9    42.4    44.2
     On temporary layoff............................    11.9    11.9    13.8    14.9    14.6    13.5    12.8    15.3    17.3
     Not on temporary layoff........................    27.9    28.3    24.8    30.4    31.0    30.5    29.1    27.2    26.9
   Job leavers......................................    13.1    12.8    11.2    14.1    13.2    14.3    15.1    13.2    12.1
   Reentrants.......................................    36.6    38.8    39.3    34.6    34.4    34.3    35.6    35.8    37.5
   New entrants.....................................    10.6     8.3    10.9     6.1     6.7     7.5     7.4     8.5     6.2
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.8     1.6     1.6     1.9     1.9     1.8     1.6     1.8     1.7
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .5      .5      .6      .5      .6      .6      .6      .5
   Reentrants.......................................     1.6     1.5     1.6     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.5     1.5
   New entrants.....................................      .5      .3      .5      .3      .3      .3      .3      .4      .2

    1 Not available.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 June   May    June   June   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   May    June 
                                                                 1999   2000   2000   1999   2000   2000   2000   2000   2000 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.1    1.0     .8    1.2     .9     .9     .9    1.0     .9
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.8    1.6    1.6    1.9    1.9    1.8    1.6    1.8    1.7
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.5    3.9    4.2    4.3    4.1    4.1    3.9    4.1    4.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.6    4.1    4.4   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.3    4.6    4.9   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    7.9    6.8    7.3   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,934   5,774   5,583    4.3     4.1     4.1     3.9     4.1     4.0 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,172   2,198   2,048    9.8    10.0     9.7     9.3     9.8     9.0 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,122   1,034     981   13.6    14.1    13.3    12.7    12.5    11.6 
        16 to 17 years..............................     534     521     439   16.3    15.9    15.3    14.6    16.0    13.1 
        18 to 19 years..............................     587     525     543   11.8    12.8    12.1    11.4    10.4    10.6 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,050   1,164   1,067    7.6     7.5     7.6     7.2     8.2     7.5 
    25 years and over...............................   3,753   3,556   3,515    3.2     3.0     3.0     2.9     3.0     3.0 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,231   3,132   3,118    3.3     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.1     3.1 
      55 years and over.............................     534     440     418    3.0     3.0     2.7     2.4     2.4     2.3 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,084   2,934   2,903    4.1     4.1     3.8     3.8     3.9     3.9 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,212   1,179   1,128   10.5    10.3     9.2     9.6    10.0     9.5 
        16 to 19 years..............................     613     562     619   14.3    15.5    12.4    13.6    13.1    14.1 
          16 to 17 years............................     291     286     274   16.8    17.3    15.1    15.8    16.9    15.6 
          18 to 19 years............................     330     283     354   12.7    13.9    10.5    12.4    10.8    13.3 
        20 to 24 years..............................     599     617     509    8.3     7.3     7.4     7.3     8.3     6.8 
      25 years and over.............................   1,865   1,744   1,772    3.0     2.9     2.8     2.7     2.8     2.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,597   1,506   1,549    3.0     2.9     2.8     2.7     2.8     2.9 
        55 years and over...........................     270     256     220    2.7     2.8     2.8     2.7     2.6     2.2 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,850   2,839   2,680    4.4     4.1     4.3     4.0     4.3     4.1 
      16 to 24 years................................     960   1,019     919    9.1     9.6    10.2     8.9     9.5     8.5 
        16 to 19 years..............................     509     472     362   13.0    12.6    14.4    11.6    11.8     8.9 
          16 to 17 years............................     243     235     165   15.7    14.3    15.4    13.3    15.0    10.4 
          18 to 19 years............................     257     241     190   10.9    11.6    13.7    10.4     9.9     7.8 
        20 to 24 years..............................     451     546     558    6.8     7.8     7.7     7.2     8.2     8.2 
      25 years and over.............................   1,888   1,811   1,742    3.5     3.0     3.2     3.0     3.3     3.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,634   1,625   1,568    3.5     3.0     3.3     3.2     3.5     3.4 
        55 years and over...........................     264     184     198    3.3     3.3     2.7     2.0     2.3     2.4 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        June      June      June      June      June      June  
                                                                        1999      2000      1999      2000      1999      2000  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   66,966    67,411    24,197    24,450    42,769    42,961 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    5,204     4,641     2,262     1,922     2,942     2,720 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,228     1,141       594       602       634       539 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      220       308       133       201        87       108 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................    1,008       833       461       401       547       432 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,492     7,296     4,071     3,869     3,421     3,426 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.6       5.4       5.6       5.3       5.5       5.4 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,992     4,080     2,361     2,433     1,631     1,647 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,463     1,568       484       504       979     1,064 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      248       338       170       202        78       136 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,728     1,269     1,019       713       709       555 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           June    Apr.    May    June     June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May    June 
                                           1999    2000   2000p   2000p    1999    2000    2000    2000   2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total1........................ 129,767 131,258 132,260 132,860 128,630 130,482 131,009 131,419 131,590 131,601
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 109,573 110,211 110,852 111,949 108,507 110,088 110,462 110,752 110,587 110,793
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,774  25,491  25,729  26,057  25,432  25,624  25,738  25,725  25,687  25,700
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     534     532     537     545     529     533     536     539     537     539
    Metal mining........................    45.8    44.0    44.4    45.4      45      45      45      45      44      45
    Coal mining.........................    85.5    79.8    79.4    79.8      85      81      80      80      79      79
    Oil and gas extraction..............   286.4   297.5   300.1   305.4     287     296     300     303     304     305
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   116.3   110.4   112.8   114.1     112     111     111     111     110     110
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,632   6,532   6,738   6,929   6,388   6,618   6,726   6,694   6,670   6,673
    General building contractors........ 1,493.3 1,461.8 1,493.1 1,542.2   1,447   1,491   1,508   1,497   1,496   1,494
    Heavy construction, except building.   926.1   872.4   926.3   948.7     866     885     905     899     891     884
    Special trade contractors........... 4,212.5 4,198.0 4,318.3 4,438.1   4,075   4,242   4,313   4,298   4,283   4,295
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,608  18,427  18,454  18,583  18,515  18,473  18,476  18,492  18,480  18,488
      Production workers................  12,779  12,646  12,667  12,753  12,711  12,697  12,683  12,689  12,683  12,681
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,148  11,091  11,110  11,188  11,083  11,088  11,094  11,104  11,107  11,121
      Production workers................   7,627   7,585   7,600   7,643   7,572   7,592   7,580   7,584   7,586   7,590
    Lumber and wood products............   835.7   819.6   824.6   834.2     827     832     830     830     828     826
    Furniture and fixtures..............   548.7   556.6   558.3   559.4     547     553     555     557     558     558
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   572.8   565.9   572.0   580.9     562     567     568     567     567     570
    Primary metal industries............   700.8   698.7   698.5   703.3     698     699     701     699     699     700
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   227.2   226.6   226.5   228.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,521.5 1,531.9 1,534.9 1,545.6   1,515   1,525   1,528   1,534   1,536   1,539
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,151.0 2,128.5 2,128.3 2,140.9   2,139   2,131   2,124   2,126   2,125   2,129
      Computer and office equipment.....   374.7   361.1   360.0   363.3     373     368     366     364     360     360
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,672.4 1,687.9 1,690.1 1,707.8   1,667   1,684   1,682   1,691   1,693   1,699
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   637.7   650.2   653.6   666.0     634     645     646     651     654     661
    Transportation equipment............ 1,889.7 1,862.5 1,863.9 1,870.6   1,878   1,855   1,865   1,859   1,861   1,860
      Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,026.2 1,026.9 1,027.8 1,036.2   1,018   1,029   1,028   1,026   1,024   1,028
      Aircraft and parts................   495.1   460.6   461.0   459.0     496     453     467     461     463     459
    Instruments and related products....   858.9   843.1   844.1   849.7     856     844     844     844     845     847
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   396.7   396.3   395.3   395.8     394     398     397     397     395     393
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,460   7,336   7,344   7,395   7,432   7,385   7,382   7,388   7,373   7,367
      Production workers................   5,152   5,061   5,067   5,110   5,139   5,105   5,103   5,105   5,097   5,091
    Food and kindred products........... 1,669.4 1,637.8 1,648.7 1,677.3   1,674   1,672   1,671   1,678   1,676   1,681
    Tobacco products....................    35.6    34.7    34.2    34.3      39      37      35      37      37      38
    Textile mill products...............   562.9   547.5   545.6   546.9     560     549     549     548     545     543
    Apparel and other textile products..   700.3   664.2   662.3   657.7     693     665     665     665     660     651
    Paper and allied products...........   672.4   659.0   659.8   664.6     668     663     662     662     661     660
    Printing and publishing............. 1,554.0 1,550.7 1,549.9 1,562.2   1,551   1,550   1,551   1,554   1,552   1,558
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,039.3 1,028.1 1,028.0 1,030.6   1,033   1,031   1,031   1,030   1,027   1,025
    Petroleum and coal products.........   135.9   130.7   132.7   133.6     133     132     132     132     132     131
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,010.9 1,008.7 1,007.8 1,012.1   1,003   1,010   1,010   1,007   1,008   1,006
    Leather and leather products........    79.3    75.0    75.3    75.3      78      76      76      75      75      74
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing1...................... 103,993 105,767 106,531 106,803 103,198 104,858 105,271 105,694 105,903 105,901
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,851   6,936   6,972   7,019   6,817   6,937   6,953   6,970   6,961   6,979
    Transportation......................   4,430   4,482   4,507   4,536   4,408   4,479   4,492   4,509   4,498   4,507
      Railroad transportation...........   233.5   220.9   220.2   220.4     232     225     222     221     219     217
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   484.4   513.0   516.1   496.1     485     494     494     498     498     496
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,819.8 1,812.7 1,825.5 1,852.5   1,803   1,828   1,833   1,839   1,832   1,834
      Water transportation..............   193.4   197.3   202.0   207.7     187     196     197     200     200     201
      Transportation by air............. 1,220.3 1,257.4 1,261.6 1,274.0   1,224   1,259   1,268   1,270   1,269   1,276
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.0    12.4    12.4    12.6      13      12      12      12      12      12
      Transportation services...........   465.2   467.8   468.9   472.2     464     465     466     469     468     471
    Communications and public utilities.   2,421   2,454   2,465   2,483   2,409   2,458   2,461   2,461   2,463   2,472
      Communications.................... 1,549.0 1,600.6 1,608.7 1,619.3   1,544   1,598   1,602   1,604   1,607   1,615
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   872.1   853.6   855.9   863.6     865     860     859     857     856     857
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,941   7,034   7,053   7,076   6,905   7,011   7,033   7,055   7,047   7,031
    Durable goods.......................   4,120   4,189   4,198   4,212   4,102   4,177   4,185   4,201   4,200   4,188
    Nondurable goods....................   2,821   2,845   2,855   2,864   2,803   2,834   2,848   2,854   2,847   2,843
  Retail trade..........................  23,032  22,940  23,124  23,367  22,810  22,978  23,027  23,197  23,081  23,130
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,034.6 1,047.4 1,067.0 1,066.1     985   1,020   1,034   1,032   1,022   1,013
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,715.1 2,698.0 2,682.1 2,695.1   2,777   2,762   2,756   2,791   2,762   2,757
      Department stores................. 2,385.8 2,359.9 2,341.0 2,349.8   2,439   2,417   2,409   2,443   2,406   2,401
    Food stores......................... 3,508.9 3,480.1 3,496.9 3,529.2   3,494   3,503   3,502   3,522   3,515   3,515
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,387.0 2,403.5 2,414.7 2,436.0   2,365   2,394   2,407   2,410   2,408   2,413
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,081.9 1,104.6 1,107.1 1,114.6   1,078   1,100   1,105   1,106   1,107   1,110
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,161.9 1,162.9 1,165.4 1,185.5   1,172   1,184   1,188   1,195   1,194   1,198
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,076.0 1,101.4 1,102.4 1,109.0   1,085   1,102   1,111   1,113   1,114   1,120
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,224.0 8,077.3 8,193.3 8,340.5   7,965   7,992   8,000   8,097   8,031   8,066
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,924.0 2,969.3 3,002.1 3,005.8   2,967   3,021   3,029   3,037   3,035   3,048
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,642   7,579   7,597   7,669   7,573   7,624   7,621   7,610   7,599   7,593
    Finance.............................   3,711   3,699   3,696   3,726   3,693   3,717   3,713   3,709   3,702   3,707
      Depository institutions........... 2,071.4 2,045.1 2,039.5 2,056.0   2,060   2,057   2,054   2,052   2,044   2,045
        Commercial banks................ 1,484.0 1,457.9 1,453.2 1,464.2   1,476   1,469   1,466   1,464   1,457   1,457
        Savings institutions............   253.2   242.7   242.1   243.4     251     245     243     243     243     242
      Nondepository institutions........   720.8   686.1   684.0   682.2     718     699     692     686     683     679
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   368.0   325.0   323.2   319.7     365     338     330     323     321     318
      Security and commodity brokers....   687.4   727.5   733.0   747.0     684     723     728     732     736     743
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   231.2   240.6   239.8   240.9     231     238     239     239     239     240
    Insurance...........................   2,381   2,359   2,360   2,370   2,373   2,373   2,373   2,365   2,361   2,360
      Insurance carriers................ 1,618.9 1,592.2 1,592.5 1,598.6   1,613   1,606   1,605   1,597   1,594   1,593
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   762.3   766.8   767.1   771.0     760     767     768     768     767     767
    Real estate.........................   1,550   1,521   1,541   1,573   1,507   1,534   1,535   1,536   1,536   1,526
                                                                                                                        
  Services3.............................  39,333  40,231  40,377  40,761  38,970  39,914  40,090  40,195  40,212  40,360
    Agricultural services...............   845.8   810.7   858.1   887.0     761     796     812     801     798     798
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,945.7 1,851.9 1,917.3 2,031.4   1,845   1,868   1,885   1,902   1,905   1,920
    Personal services................... 1,198.2 1,337.7 1,244.0 1,240.8   1,228   1,265   1,265   1,272   1,261   1,270
    Business services................... 9,280.3 9,638.3 9,683.9 9,810.0   9,242   9,615   9,681   9,735   9,715   9,769
      Services to buildings.............   991.9   998.8 1,003.1 1,015.0     982   1,000   1,004   1,001     998   1,002
      Personnel supply services......... 3,596.9 3,787.1 3,820.8 3,900.0   3,585   3,773   3,817   3,885   3,855   3,878
        Help supply services............ 3,226.9 3,381.7 3,412.4 3,484.5   3,216   3,382   3,418   3,485   3,440   3,450
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,833.5 1,923.6 1,927.8 1,942.6   1,831   1,906   1,915   1,927   1,930   1,938
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,192.7 1,194.0 1,193.3 1,201.2   1,185   1,195   1,192   1,195   1,192   1,191
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   378.9   382.2   383.8   386.8     375     384     384     383     382     384
    Motion pictures.....................   622.1   627.6   633.3   645.9     614     623     630     634     633     643
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,899.3 1,722.3 1,845.9 2,034.2   1,649   1,723   1,729   1,752   1,754   1,773
    Health services..................... 10007.2 10080.2 10091.5 10148.7   9,983  10,078  10,091  10,093  10,101  10,116
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,880.3 1,919.6 1,925.8 1,936.0   1,875   1,914   1,920   1,925   1,929   1,930
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,787.2 1,783.6 1,783.2 1,791.6   1,785   1,790   1,791   1,789   1,787   1,786
      Hospitals......................... 3,989.7 3,994.4 3,997.1 4,017.0   3,983   4,002   4,004   3,999   4,004   4,009
      Home health care services.........   636.4   640.2   641.2   643.2     635     639     639     641     639     640
    Legal services...................... 1,011.8   997.9   999.7 1,028.3     997   1,007   1,007   1,004   1,005   1,009
    Educational services................ 2,076.0 2,475.8 2,388.7 2,142.8   2,278   2,309   2,329   2,329   2,353   2,351
    Social services..................... 2,791.6 2,955.9 2,972.1 2,937.2   2,799   2,912   2,929   2,940   2,944   2,938
      Child day care services...........   679.3   772.8   782.5   741.6     693     740     749     753     757     757
      Residential care..................   776.8   810.6   814.3   825.3     772     807     810     812     815     819
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   104.8    99.9   104.0   109.3      98     100     101     102     100     102
    Membership organizations............ 2,465.3 2,427.6 2,436.3 2,479.5   2,427   2,439   2,440   2,439   2,438   2,441
    Engineering and management services. 3,269.0 3,383.8 3,379.8 3,432.7   3,246   3,354   3,369   3,368   3,385   3,410
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   964.6   981.5   991.6 1,020.0     951     984     985     987     994   1,007
      Management and public relations... 1,040.0 1,086.6 1,096.1 1,111.9   1,032   1,077   1,085   1,088   1,094   1,105
    Services, nec.......................    51.9    53.4    53.7    53.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government1...........................  20,194  21,047  21,408  20,911  20,123  20,394  20,547  20,667  21,003  20,808
    Federal1............................   2,682   2,881   3,240   3,067   2,662   2,700   2,816   2,885   3,235   3,038
      Federal, except Postal Service1... 1,815.1 2,023.2 2,382.5 2,207.5   1,788   1,835   1,951   2,022   2,371   2,175
    State...............................   4,529   4,874   4,793   4,577   4,673   4,728   4,733   4,744   4,737   4,726
      Education......................... 1,769.7 2,132.7 2,040.1 1,789.8   1,950   1,981   1,982   1,990   1,984   1,972
      Other State government............ 2,759.0 2,741.3 2,753.1 2,787.4   2,723   2,747   2,751   2,754   2,753   2,754
    Local...............................  12,983  13,292  13,375  13,267  12,788  12,966  12,998  13,038  13,031  13,044
      Education......................... 7,282.8 7,754.6 7,766.0 7,432.9   7,257   7,355   7,373   7,408   7,393   7,411
      Other local government............ 5,699.8 5,537.5 5,609.1 5,834.0   5,531   5,611   5,625   5,630   5,638   5,633

  1 Current employment levels in these series are affected by the hiring of temporary workers for Census 2000. 
Estimates of these workers are 32,000, 72,000, 189,000, 262,000, 618,000, and 428,000 in January, February, March,
April, May, and June 2000, respectively.  Preliminary estimates for these series may be subject to larger than normal
revisions. 
  2 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  3 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           June    Apr.    May    June     June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May    June 
                                           1999    2000   2000p   2000p    1999    2000    2000    2000   2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.6    34.6    34.3    34.6    34.5    34.6    34.5    34.6    34.4    34.5 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   41.3    41.1    41.0    41.1    41.1    41.3    41.2    41.5    40.9    40.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   44.2    44.9    44.5    45.0    43.9    44.7    44.7    45.3    44.2    44.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   39.8    39.2    39.6    39.6    39.3    39.7    39.8    39.6    39.2    38.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.8    41.7    41.4    41.6    41.8    41.8    41.7    42.2    41.4    41.6 
      Overtime hours....................    4.7     4.6     4.5     4.6     4.7     4.7     4.6     4.9     4.5     4.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   42.4    42.4    42.1    42.3    42.3    42.3    42.3    42.8    42.0    42.2 
      Overtime hours....................    4.8     4.8     4.7     4.9     4.8     4.9     4.8     5.1     4.7     4.8 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   41.6    41.1    40.9    41.1    41.2    41.0    40.9    41.2    40.7    40.8 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   40.3    39.9    39.8    39.9    40.4    40.3    40.2    40.6    40.3    39.9 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   44.0    43.2    43.5    43.4    43.5    43.5    43.4    43.6    43.0    42.8 
    Primary metal industries............   44.5    44.5    44.1    44.2    44.3    44.5    44.4    44.9    43.9    44.0 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   45.2    45.2    44.9    45.2    44.9    45.4    45.2    45.0    44.7    45.2 
    Fabricated metal products...........   42.4    42.4    42.2    42.4    42.2    42.4    42.5    43.0    42.2    42.3 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.1    42.5    42.2    42.4    42.1    42.3    42.3    42.9    42.1    42.4 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.5    41.6    41.2    41.6    41.5    41.6    41.8    42.2    41.4    41.5 
    Transportation equipment............   44.0    44.1    43.5    43.9    44.1    44.0    43.7    44.3    43.2    43.9 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   45.3    45.5    44.8    45.3    45.3    45.0    44.6    45.5    44.2    45.3 
    Instruments and related products....   41.5    41.3    41.0    41.1    41.5    41.2    41.2    41.6    41.2    41.2 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.9    39.4    39.2    39.6    39.9    39.5    39.4    39.8    39.3    39.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   41.0    40.8    40.5    40.7    41.0    41.0    40.9    41.3    40.6    40.6 
      Overtime hours....................    4.4     4.2     4.1     4.3     4.5     4.5     4.3     4.6     4.3     4.3 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   41.7    41.0    41.0    41.4    41.8    41.6    41.6    41.9    41.2    41.5 
    Tobacco products....................   40.1    39.7    39.8    39.7    39.3    40.6    40.0    40.8    39.6    39.0 
    Textile mill products...............   41.1    41.7    41.0    41.3    40.7    41.7    41.6    41.9    41.0    41.0 
    Apparel and other textile products..   38.1    37.7    37.1    37.5    37.6    37.7    37.8    38.0    37.0    37.1 
    Paper and allied products...........   43.5    43.1    42.6    42.6    43.6    43.5    43.2    43.6    42.8    42.6 
    Printing and publishing.............   37.9    38.2    37.7    37.7    38.3    38.3    38.2    38.5    38.0    38.1 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   43.0    42.6    42.5    42.6    43.0    42.7    42.6    42.9    42.7    42.6 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.0    44.4    43.1    43.9    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   42.0    41.7    41.4    41.5    41.8    41.6    41.5    42.1    41.3    41.3 
    Leather and leather products........   38.5    38.4    38.3    38.3    37.9    38.1    38.0    38.9    38.2    37.7 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.9    33.0    32.7    32.9    32.8    32.8    32.8    32.8    32.8    32.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   39.0    38.8    38.3    38.4    38.9    38.3    38.3    38.7    38.5    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.3    38.9    38.8    38.7    38.3    38.5    38.6    38.6    39.0    38.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   29.4    28.9    28.9    29.3    29.1    29.1    29.0    28.8    28.9    29.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.0    36.7    35.9    36.2    36.2    36.1    36.1    36.3    36.2    36.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.6    32.8    32.4    32.7    32.6    32.7    32.7    32.7    32.6    32.7 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           June      Apr.      May      June       June      Apr.       May      June  
                                           1999      2000     2000p     2000p      1999      2000      2000p     2000p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.15    $13.69    $13.64    $13.62    $454.99   $473.67   $467.85   $471.25 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.23     13.64     13.66     13.71     456.44    471.94    469.90    473.00 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   14.85     15.25     15.29     15.35     613.31    626.78    626.89    630.89 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   16.98     17.29     17.18     17.12     750.52    776.32    764.51    770.40 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   17.13     17.66     17.71     17.75     681.77    692.27    701.32    702.90 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   13.90     14.28     14.26     14.32     581.02    595.48    590.36    595.71 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.40     14.82     14.80     14.87     610.56    628.37    623.08    629.00 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.46     11.73     11.74     11.83     476.74    482.10    480.17    486.21 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.16     11.64     11.69     11.70     449.75    464.44    465.26    466.83 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.91     14.23     14.26     14.32     612.04    614.74    620.31    621.49 
    Primary metal industries............   15.90     16.51     16.39     16.54     707.55    734.70    722.80    731.07 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   18.99     19.72     19.44     19.61     858.35    891.34    872.86    886.37 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.49     13.75     13.75     13.82     571.98    583.00    580.25    585.97 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   14.99     15.42     15.44     15.46     631.08    655.35    651.57    655.50 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.42     13.70     13.66     13.68     556.93    569.92    562.79    569.09 
    Transportation equipment............   18.14     18.82     18.79     18.96     798.16    829.96    817.37    832.34 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.61     19.36     19.34     19.53     843.03    880.88    866.43    884.71 
    Instruments and related products....   14.13     14.40     14.44     14.43     586.40    594.72    592.04    593.07 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.26     11.58     11.58     11.59     449.27    456.25    453.94    458.96 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.14     13.45     13.43     13.48     538.74    548.76    543.92    548.64 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.15     12.36     12.36     12.40     506.66    506.76    506.76    513.36 
    Tobacco products....................   20.69     19.71     20.19     20.81     829.67    782.49    803.56    826.16 
    Textile mill products...............   10.76     10.94     10.90     10.92     442.24    456.20    446.90    451.00 
    Apparel and other textile products..    8.89      9.05      9.07      9.10     338.71    341.19    336.50    341.25 
    Paper and allied products...........   15.95     16.15     16.14     16.25     693.83    696.07    687.56    692.25 
    Printing and publishing.............   13.74     14.20     14.16     14.16     520.75    542.44    533.83    533.83 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.26     17.77     17.76     17.76     742.18    757.00    754.80    756.58 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.06     21.77     21.27     21.12     905.58    966.59    916.74    927.17 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.30     12.67     12.66     12.76     516.60    528.34    524.12    529.54 
    Leather and leather products........    9.65     10.13     10.06     10.11     371.53    388.99    385.30    387.21 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   12.60     13.20     13.12     13.07     414.54    435.60    429.02    430.00 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   15.59     16.15     16.11     16.18     608.01    626.62    617.01    621.31 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.45     15.14     15.01     14.99     553.44    588.95    582.39    580.11 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.02      9.42      9.39      9.38     265.19    272.24    271.37    274.83 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.51     15.12     15.03     14.94     522.36    554.90    539.58    540.83 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.21     13.83     13.76     13.70     430.65    453.62    445.82    447.99 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                    June     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     change  
            Industry                1999     2000     2000     2000     2000p    2000p    from:   
                                                                                        May 2000- 
                                                                                        June 2000 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.23   $13.54   $13.58   $13.64   $13.66   $13.71      0.4   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.88     7.87     7.84     7.87     7.88     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    14.85    15.20    15.25    15.30    15.28    15.33       .3   
    Mining......................    17.07    17.14    17.27    17.26    17.24    17.27       .2   
    Construction................    17.18    17.60    17.67    17.78    17.75    17.78       .2   
    Manufacturing...............    13.93    14.21    14.23    14.28    14.26    14.34       .6   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.19    13.45    13.47    13.49    13.52    13.59       .5   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    12.71    13.01    13.05    13.11    13.15    13.20       .4   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    15.67    16.00    16.04    16.12    16.20    16.29       .6   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.56    14.89    14.90    15.03    15.04    15.11       .5   
    Retail trade................     9.07     9.32     9.35     9.39     9.39     9.43       .4   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.62    14.87    14.95    14.98    15.02    15.06       .3   
    Services....................    13.35    13.66    13.69    13.74    13.79    13.84       .4   

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
deflate this series.
  3 Change was .1 percent from April 2000 to May 2000, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
    N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          June   Apr.     May     June    June   Feb.    Mar.    Apr.     May     June  
                                          1999   2000    2000p    2000p   1999   2000    2000    2000    2000p    2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  150.3  151.0   150.8    153.6   148.2  150.6   151.0   151.7   150.8    151.2 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  118.2  116.0   117.0    119.1   115.8  117.5   117.7   118.3   116.3    116.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   50.3   50.9    50.8     52.5    49.6   51.0    51.3    52.2    50.7     51.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  186.8  179.7   188.3    194.2   176.2  186.0   188.4   186.3   183.8    181.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  107.8  106.4   105.8    107.1   107.1  107.0   106.7   107.9   105.9    106.3 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  112.8  112.1   111.5    112.8   111.8  112.1   111.8   113.1   111.2    111.7 
    Lumber and wood products............  151.0  145.7   146.1    148.8   147.7  147.6   147.1   147.9   145.9    145.6 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  138.6  138.9   139.0    139.7   138.4  139.4   139.3   141.4   140.9    139.9 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  119.6  114.9   117.3    118.7   115.7  115.7   116.2   116.2   114.9    114.4 
    Primary metal industries............   92.1   92.5    91.4     92.3    91.3   92.3    92.4    93.3    91.2     91.4 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   71.4   71.7    71.3     72.3    70.5   72.1    71.8    71.5    71.0     71.4 
    Fabricated metal products...........  120.2  121.4   121.0    122.8   119.1  120.7   121.2   123.0   121.0    121.8 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  105.4  105.5   105.0    105.5   104.7  105.4   104.6   106.2   104.3    105.0 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  107.1  107.8   107.0    108.7   106.9  107.5   107.8   109.6   107.6    108.1 
    Transportation equipment............  128.0  126.8   125.1    126.6   127.0  127.0   125.7   126.7   123.6    125.5 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  171.4  172.3   169.9    172.7   169.7  170.9   168.6   171.7   166.4    171.2 
    Instruments and related products....   77.0   74.3    73.5     74.1    76.7   74.3    74.0    74.7    73.8     74.2 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  103.2  101.6   100.4    101.2   102.5  102.2   101.6   103.0   100.6    100.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................  100.9   98.6    98.0     99.3   100.6  100.0    99.7   100.7    98.8     98.9 
    Food and kindred products...........  116.6  112.5   113.4    116.8   117.6  117.0   116.9   118.4   116.4    117.5 
    Tobacco products....................   50.8   45.6    44.8     44.5    56.5   52.3    45.6    50.5    49.0     48.3 
    Textile mill products...............   81.0   80.2    78.6     79.3    79.8   80.2    80.2    80.6    78.5     78.2 
    Apparel and other textile products..   62.4   58.7    57.6     57.6    60.9   58.5    58.8    59.2    57.0     56.1 
    Paper and allied products...........  108.0  105.0   103.7    104.9   107.6  106.7   105.9   106.7   104.5    104.5 
    Printing and publishing.............  120.8  122.0   120.4    121.4   122.1  122.0   121.8   123.2   121.7    122.2 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  102.8  101.9   101.3    102.0   102.4  102.6   102.4   102.7   101.9    101.5 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   73.4   64.3    63.3     66.2    72.3   66.3    65.2    66.6    64.0     64.1 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  148.6  148.3   147.3    148.6   146.9  148.3   147.9   149.3   146.8    147.2 
    Leather and leather products........   35.1   32.5    32.6     32.6    33.8   32.8    32.7    32.9    32.3     31.9 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  164.7  166.7   166.0    169.0   162.7  165.5   165.9   166.6   166.3    166.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  135.5  136.6   135.8    137.5   134.5  134.7   135.5   137.3   136.4    136.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  130.4  133.5   133.8    133.9   129.8  132.1   132.8   133.0   134.4    133.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  146.9  143.5   144.6    148.3   143.7  144.9   144.6   144.9   144.6    145.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  139.6  140.2   137.7    140.4   138.7  138.8   138.7   139.3   138.6    139.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  203.3  209.6   207.8    211.7   201.1  206.7   207.7   208.6   207.8    209.2 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   50.4    64.5    60.3    54.8    62.6    61.5    57.3    61.0    57.9    62.6    59.3    60.0 
     1997..............   57.3    59.7    62.8    63.2    57.7    57.7    61.2    60.1    61.5    65.3    62.1    61.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.6    60.5    58.7    58.3    59.7    53.9    58.1    56.2    53.8    59.0    57.4 
     1999..............   54.1    58.8    53.9    59.6    52.8    57.9    58.8    53.8    57.3    60.7    60.8    59.0 
     2000..............   60.8    54.1    60.7    56.5   p45.9   p54.1                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   61.1    62.6    63.6    63.1    63.3    64.9    64.2    61.4    65.2    64.3    65.4    63.3 
     1997..............   62.6    64.0    66.3    66.7    63.2    62.1    61.5    66.2    67.4    69.4    69.0    69.1 
     1998..............   64.3    66.6    63.2    66.3    63.6    58.0    57.4    57.9    59.7    58.1    58.6    59.4 
     1999..............   58.3    57.3    58.4    54.4    57.3    58.8    58.1    60.7    59.6    63.5    64.3    63.1 
     2000..............   61.0    62.6    61.9   p57.0   p54.5                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   62.5    64.6    65.6    64.6    64.5    64.5    67.3    65.7    65.2    67.1    66.0    67.4 
     1997..............   66.3    67.0    66.6    66.3    65.6    67.1    66.3    68.5    69.0    70.4    69.7    70.4 
     1998..............   69.8    67.4    65.2    61.8    62.9    61.4    59.0    58.4    57.4    59.7    59.3    59.1 
     1999..............   60.0    58.0    57.6    58.6    54.4    59.7    60.4    62.1    64.0    62.8    65.2    64.6 
     2000..............   65.6   p60.8   p59.7                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    68.7    66.9 
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    70.1    69.4    70.4 
     1998..............   69.7    67.3    67.3    65.9    63.9    62.5    61.5    62.1    61.0    59.8    59.8    58.1 
     1999..............   60.3    58.3    57.6    59.4    59.6    60.5    61.9    61.0    62.6    62.9   p62.6   p62.6 
     2000..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   44.6    54.7    48.2    42.1    55.4    52.2    47.8    54.3    50.0    56.1    50.4    53.2 
     1997..............   49.6    52.5    56.1    54.0    51.4    54.3    50.7    53.6    56.5    61.9    60.4    55.4 
     1998..............   57.9    50.7    53.6    50.7    47.1    50.0    37.8    50.0    45.7    39.9    41.7    43.9 
     1999..............   45.0    41.0    42.8    46.4    40.3    46.4    54.7    38.1    46.4    51.8    51.4    50.4 
     2000..............   52.2    47.8    51.1    51.1   p45.7   p48.9                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   44.2    47.8    44.6    45.7    47.1    51.4    50.4    49.6    55.4    53.2    55.0    49.6 
     1997..............   50.7    53.2    55.8    56.1    53.2    52.5    52.5    55.8    59.7    66.5    64.7    64.0 
     1998..............   56.8    56.8    52.2    52.2    48.6    41.4    39.2    40.3    43.2    37.1    36.7    40.6 
     1999..............   36.7    37.1    37.1    34.5    37.8    43.5    39.9    45.0    42.1    50.4    51.1    50.7 
     2000..............   47.8    52.5    49.3   p48.9   p47.5                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   41.7    45.0    46.8    46.0    45.3    47.8    53.2    50.4    50.7    53.2    51.8    54.7 
     1997..............   53.2    53.2    52.5    52.9    51.8    53.2    54.7    61.2    61.2    64.4    64.7    63.7 
     1998..............   60.1    54.3    50.4    39.9    43.5    42.1    38.8    36.7    36.0    39.9    34.5    32.7 
     1999..............   35.6    33.5    33.5    37.1    32.7    38.8    41.0    45.7    48.2    43.2    48.6    51.1 
     2000..............   51.4   p46.8   p48.2                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.3    50.7 
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.8    56.8    57.2 
     1998..............   55.0    51.8    51.8    46.8    40.6    39.9    37.8    38.1    37.1    36.0    34.2    33.5 
     1999..............   37.4    32.4    31.7    35.3    36.0    37.1    38.8    39.6    42.4    42.4   p43.5   p46.0 
     2000..............                                                                                                

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.