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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  SEPTEMBER 1994
 
     Employment continued to rise in September and unemployment fell, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
 
     The unemployment rate declined over the month, from 6.1 to 5.9
percent.  The rate had been 6.7 percent in January (the first month based
on the revised questionnaire and survey procedures).
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment, as measured by the employer survey, rose
by 239,000 in September, while total employment, as measured by the survey
of households, increased sharply for the second consecutive month after
growing very slowly earlier in the year.  Both surveys show substantial
growth since January.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     Unemployment declined in September, with the number of unemployed
persons dropping by 308,000 to 7.7 million and the unemployment rate
decreasing by 0.2 percentage point to 5.9 percent.  Since January, the
unemployment rate has fallen by 0.8 percentage point, while the number of
unemployed persons has dropped by about 1 million.  (See table A-1.)
 
     Among the major labor force groups, adult men accounted for much of
the overall decline in unemployment; their unemployment rate was 5.1
percent in September, down 0.3 percentage point over the month.  The rates
for adult women (5.3 percent) and teenagers (17.0 percent) were both little
changed from August.  The unemployment rates for whites (5.1 percent) and
blacks (10.7 percent) were down marginally in September, while the rate for
Hispanics (10.2 percent) was unchanged.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)  The
 
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    |     Data from the household survey for 1994 are not directly   |
    |comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years because of the  |
    |implementation in January 1994 of a major redesign of the survey|
    |and the introduction of 1990 census-based population controls,  |
    |adjusted for the estimated undercount.  In addition, the 1994   |
    |data may be affected by the transition to the redesigned survey.|
    |For example, seasonal factors, of necessity, have been computed |
    |based on data collected in the survey prior to its revision,    |
    |and these factors may not fully capture the pattern of          |
    |seasonality in the current data.  Hence, over-the-month         |
    |comparisons of labor force estimates should be made with        |
    |caution.  For additional information on the redesign, see       |
    |"Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January   |
    |1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.    |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Aug.-
      Category        |      1994       |          1994            |Sept.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   II   |  III   |  July  |  Aug.  |  Sept. |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 130,589| 130,996| 130,457| 131,189| 131,343|    154
  Employment..........| 122,547| 123,082| 122,452| 123,166| 123,628|    462
  Unemployment........|   8,043|   7,914|   8,005|   8,023|   7,715|   -308
Not in labor force....|  65,933|  66,054|  66,403|  65,854|  65,905|     51
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     6.2|     6.0|     6.1|     6.1|     5.9|   -0.2
  Adult men...........|     5.4|     5.4|     5.6|     5.4|     5.1|    -.3
  Adult women.........|     5.4|     5.3|     5.3|     5.4|     5.3|    -.1
  Teenagers...........|    18.4|    17.4|    17.7|    17.5|    17.0|    -.5
  White...............|     5.4|     5.2|     5.4|     5.3|     5.1|    -.2
  Black...............|    11.5|    11.1|    11.2|    11.5|    10.7|    -.8
  Hispanic origin.....|    10.2|    10.2|    10.1|    10.2|    10.2|     .0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA  |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 112,995|p113,868| 113,624|p113,870|p114,109|   p239
  Goods-producing 1/..|  23,534| p23,620|  23,590| p23,627| p23,642|    p15
    Construction......|   4,909|  p4,948|   4,944|  p4,941|  p4,960|    p19
    Manufacturing.....|  18,020| p18,070|  18,045| p18,084| p18,081|    p-3
  Service-producing 1/|  89,461| p90,248|  90,034| p90,243| p90,467|   p224
    Retail trade......|  20,190| p20,415|  20,386| p20,410| p20,450|    p40
    Services..........|  31,620| p32,033|  31,918| p32,040| p32,141|   p101
    Government........|  19,004| p19,067|  19,023| p19,056| p19,121|    p65
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.7|   p34.6|    34.6|   p34.5|   p34.6|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    42.1|   p42.0|    42.0|   p42.0|   p42.0|    p.0
    Overtime..........|     4.7|    p4.6|     4.6|    p4.6|    p4.6|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.07| p$11.13|  $11.11| p$11.13| p$11.16| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  384.25| p384.85|  384.41| p383.99| p386.14|  p2.15
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Household data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for
1993 and earlier years.  For additional information, see "Revisions in the
Current Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the February 1994
issue of Employment and Earnings.
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number of persons unemployed because they had lost their previous jobs or
completed temporary ones declined by 243,000 in September and has dropped
by nearly 900,000 since January (table A-6).
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     The total number of employed persons increased by 462,000 in
September, seasonally adjusted.  Since January, the series has increased by
1.7 million.  The employment-to-population ratio--the proportion of the
working-age population with jobs--was 62.7 percent, an increase of half a
percentage point from January.  (See table A-1.)
 
     The number of persons working part time for economic reasons--those
who would have preferred full-time employment--was about unchanged in
September, at 4.3 million, while those working part time voluntarily
declined to 17.6 million.  (See table A-3.)  The number of multiple
jobholders--those holding two or more jobs--was 7.5 million (not seasonally
adjusted) in September, or 6.1 percent of total employment (table A-8).
 
     The civilian labor force was little changed in September at 131.3
million, following a large increase in August.  The labor force
participation rate--the proportion of the population either working or
looking for work--was unchanged in September at 66.6 percent.  Since
January, the labor force has risen by nearly 700,000.  (See table  A-1.)
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     The number of persons who want and are available for work and have
looked for jobs sometime in the past year, but are no longer actively
seeking employment, was 1.9 million (not seasonally adjusted) in September.
Of that number, those who were not looking because they think their
prospects for finding jobs are poor--discouraged workers--totaled 521,000.
(See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 239,000 in September to 114.1
million, after seasonal adjustment.  While much of the growth was again
concentrated in services, there also were increases in construction, trade,
transportation, and government.  (See table B-1.)
 
     Construction employment was up by 19,000 in September (seasonally
adjusted) after holding steady in August.  Employment in this industry has
risen by nearly a half million since mid-1992, with most of the growth
occurring among special trade contractors.
 
     Manufacturing employment held steady in September, following an
increase of 39,000 in August.  The number of factory jobs has risen by
147,000 since reaching a low point a year ago.  Within durable goods,
further employment gains occurred in the auto industry, electronic
equipment, and primary metals, which together added 14,000 jobs.  Within
nondurable goods, small but widespread job declines totaled 13,000.
 
     Within the service-producing sector, employment in the services
industry rose by 101,000 over the month, somewhat below the average monthly
growth over the past year.  Much of the September advance occurred in
business (54,000) and social services (24,000).  For the second month in a
row, the increase in the personnel supply component of business services
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(28,000) was less than its monthly average over the past year.  Job
declines continued in hotels and in amusements and recreation, offsetting
gains earlier in the year.
 
     Employment in retail trade increased modestly for the second straight
month, with a 40,000 gain in September; this followed robust growth in June
and July.  Much of those earlier gains had been in eating and drinking
places, which has shown a net loss since July.  Automotive dealers and
furniture stores continued to add jobs.  Wholesale trade employment
increased by 10,000 over the month, continuing a pattern of moderate gains.
 
     Widespread job gains in the transportation industry totaled 19,000 in
September.  The impact of higher interest rates continued to be felt in the
finance industry, with further job declines in mortgage banking.
Employment in depository institutions also continued to decline.
Employment in real estate was flat, following a large August increase.
 
     Government employment rose by 65,000 in September.  This increase
partly reflected strength in state education, as enrollment increases in
higher education spurred September hiring.  In the noneducation component
of local government, job growth was affected in part by the hiring of
temporary election workers in several states.  Federal government
employment was about unchanged.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour in September to 34.6 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek and overtime hours
remained at 42.0 and 4.6 hours, respectively.  (See table B-2.)
 
     As a result of increases in both employment and hours, the index of
aggregate weekly hours of private production or nonsupervisory workers on
nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.7 percent in September to 129.8 (1982=100),
after seasonal adjustment.  The index for manufacturing, however, was
unchanged over the month at 105.6.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers increased by 0.3 percent in September to $11.16, seasonally
adjusted.  Weekly earnings increased by 0.6 percent to $386.14.  Over the
year, hourly earnings increased by 2.6 percent and weekly earnings by 3.2
percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for October 1994 will be released on Friday,
November 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1993  | 19942/ |  1994  |  1993  | 19942/ |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 193,971| 197,043| 197,248| 193,971| 196,510| 196,693| 196,859| 197,043| 197,248
  Civilian labor force............................| 127,858| 132,361| 131,155| 128,108| 130,774| 130,248| 130,457| 131,189| 131,343
        Participation rate........................|    65.9|    67.2|    66.5|    66.0|    66.5|    66.2|    66.3|    66.6|    66.6
    Employed......................................| 119,730| 124,493| 123,775| 119,568| 122,872| 122,430| 122,452| 123,166| 123,628
        Employment-population ratio...............|    61.7|    63.2|    62.8|    61.6|    62.5|    62.2|    62.2|    62.5|    62.7
      Agriculture.................................|   3,249|   3,780|   3,575|   3,093|   3,435|   3,235|   3,278|   3,444|   3,409
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 116,481| 120,713| 120,201| 116,475| 119,437| 119,195| 119,173| 119,722| 120,219
    Unemployed....................................|   8,128|   7,868|   7,379|   8,540|   7,902|   7,817|   8,005|   8,023|   7,715
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.4|     5.9|     5.6|     6.7|     6.0|     6.0|     6.1|     6.1|     5.9
  Not in labor force..............................|  66,113|  64,682|  66,093|  65,863|  65,736|  66,445|  66,403|  65,854|  65,905
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  92,843|  94,469|  94,576|  92,843|  94,196|  94,294|  94,377|  94,469|  94,576
  Civilian labor force............................|  69,493|  71,748|  70,721|  69,580|  70,584|  70,328|  70,513|  70,833|  70,695
        Participation rate........................|    74.8|    75.9|    74.8|    74.9|    74.9|    74.6|    74.7|    75.0|    74.7
    Employed......................................|  65,159|  67,717|  66,997|  64,756|  66,301|  66,135|  66,036|  66,452|  66,572
        Employment-population ratio...............|    70.2|    71.7|    70.8|    69.7|    70.4|    70.1|    70.0|    70.3|    70.4
    Unemployed....................................|   4,334|   4,031|   3,724|   4,824|   4,283|   4,193|   4,478|   4,381|   4,123
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.2|     5.6|     5.3|     6.9|     6.1|     6.0|     6.3|     6.2|     5.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  86,075|  87,248|  87,321|  86,075|  87,000|  87,095|  87,123|  87,248|  87,321
  Civilian labor force............................|  66,100|  67,176|  66,996|  66,038|  66,692|  66,409|  66,596|  66,856|  66,839
        Participation rate........................|    76.8|    77.0|    76.7|    76.7|    76.7|    76.2|    76.4|    76.6|    76.5
    Employed......................................|  62,398|  63,841|  63,937|  61,901|  63,192|  62,916|  62,889|  63,216|  63,421
        Employment-population ratio...............|    72.5|    73.2|    73.2|    71.9|    72.6|    72.2|    72.2|    72.5|    72.6
      Agriculture.................................|   2,407|   2,534|   2,403|   2,264|   2,412|   2,307|   2,285|   2,395|   2,255
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  59,990|  61,307|  61,534|  59,637|  60,780|  60,609|  60,605|  60,820|  61,167
    Unemployed....................................|   3,702|   3,335|   3,059|   4,137|   3,500|   3,493|   3,706|   3,640|   3,418
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.6|     5.0|     4.6|     6.3|     5.2|     5.3|     5.6|     5.4|     5.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 101,128| 102,575| 102,672| 101,128| 102,314| 102,399| 102,482| 102,575| 102,672
  Civilian labor force............................|  58,365|  60,614|  60,434|  58,528|  60,190|  59,919|  59,943|  60,356|  60,647
        Participation rate........................|    57.7|    59.1|    58.9|    57.9|    58.8|    58.5|    58.5|    58.8|    59.1
    Employed......................................|  54,571|  56,776|  56,779|  54,812|  56,571|  56,295|  56,416|  56,714|  57,056
        Employment-population ratio...............|    54.0|    55.4|    55.3|    54.2|    55.3|    55.0|    55.0|    55.3|    55.6
    Unemployed....................................|   3,794|   3,838|   3,655|   3,716|   3,619|   3,625|   3,528|   3,642|   3,592
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.5|     6.3|     6.0|     6.3|     6.0|     6.0|     5.9|     6.0|     5.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,575|  95,544|  95,658|  94,575|  95,329|  95,407|  95,469|  95,544|  95,658
  Civilian labor force............................|  55,265|  56,586|  57,175|  55,251|  56,548|  56,214|  56,367|  56,774|  57,217
        Participation rate........................|    58.4|    59.2|    59.8|    58.4|    59.3|    58.9|    59.0|    59.4|    59.8
    Employed......................................|  51,989|  53,296|  54,039|  52,072|  53,521|  53,181|  53,394|  53,711|  54,161
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.0|    55.8|    56.5|    55.1|    56.1|    55.7|    55.9|    56.2|    56.6
      Agriculture.................................|     623|     879|     893|     596|     787|     726|     781|     817|     855
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  51,366|  52,418|  53,146|  51,476|  52,734|  52,455|  52,613|  52,894|  53,306
    Unemployed....................................|   3,276|   3,289|   3,136|   3,179|   3,027|   3,033|   2,972|   3,063|   3,056
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.9|     5.8|     5.5|     5.8|     5.4|     5.4|     5.3|     5.4|     5.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  13,321|  14,251|  14,269|  13,321|  14,181|  14,191|  14,267|  14,251|  14,269
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,493|   8,600|   6,984|   6,819|   7,534|   7,625|   7,495|   7,560|   7,286
        Participation rate........................|    48.7|    60.3|    48.9|    51.2|    53.1|    53.7|    52.5|    53.0|    51.1
    Employed......................................|   5,343|   7,355|   5,800|   5,595|   6,159|   6,333|   6,168|   6,239|   6,046
        Employment-population ratio...............|    40.1|    51.6|    40.6|    42.0|    43.4|    44.6|    43.2|    43.8|    42.4
      Agriculture.................................|     219|     368|     279|     233|     236|     203|     212|     231|     300
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,124|   6,988|   5,521|   5,362|   5,923|   6,130|   5,956|   6,008|   5,746
    Unemployed....................................|   1,150|   1,244|   1,184|   1,224|   1,375|   1,292|   1,327|   1,320|   1,240
        Unemployment rate.........................|    17.7|    14.5|    17.0|    17.9|    18.3|    16.9|    17.7|    17.5|    17.0
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1993  | 19942/ |  1994  |  1993  | 19942/ |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 164,190| 165,696| 165,832| 164,190| 165,351| 165,472| 165,576| 165,696| 165,832
  Civilian labor force............................| 109,247| 112,152| 111,191| 109,492| 110,797| 110,358| 110,768| 111,242| 111,417
      Participation rate..........................|    66.5|    67.7|    67.1|    66.7|    67.0|    66.7|    66.9|    67.1|    67.2
    Employed......................................| 103,164| 106,443| 105,775| 103,094| 105,038| 104,555| 104,831| 105,400| 105,756
      Employment-population ratio.................|    62.8|    64.2|    63.8|    62.8|    63.5|    63.2|    63.3|    63.6|    63.8
    Unemployed....................................|   6,082|   5,709|   5,416|   6,398|   5,760|   5,804|   5,936|   5,842|   5,661
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.6|     5.1|     4.9|     5.8|     5.2|     5.3|     5.4|     5.3|     5.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,121|  57,658|  57,507|  57,097|  57,113|  57,002|  57,254|  57,363|  57,445
      Participation rate..........................|    77.4|    77.5|    77.3|    77.3|    77.0|    76.8|    77.1|    77.1|    77.2
    Employed......................................|  54,306|  55,224|  55,248|  53,948|  54,466|  54,354|  54,466|  54,677|  54,919
      Employment-population ratio.................|    73.5|    74.3|    74.2|    73.1|    73.4|    73.2|    73.3|    73.5|    73.8
    Unemployed....................................|   2,815|   2,434|   2,259|   3,149|   2,647|   2,648|   2,788|   2,686|   2,526
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.9|     4.2|     3.9|     5.5|     4.6|     4.6|     4.9|     4.7|     4.4
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  46,522|  47,235|  47,787|  46,544|  47,222|  46,938|  47,183|  47,451|  47,851
      Participation rate..........................|    58.3|    59.0|    59.7|    58.4|    59.1|    58.7|    59.0|    59.3|    59.7
    Employed......................................|  44,105|  44,821|  45,491|  44,207|  45,110|  44,686|  44,949|  45,228|  45,628
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.3|    56.0|    56.8|    55.4|    56.5|    55.9|    56.2|    56.5|    57.0
    Unemployed....................................|   2,418|   2,414|   2,296|   2,337|   2,113|   2,252|   2,234|   2,223|   2,223
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.2|     5.1|     4.8|     5.0|     4.5|     4.8|     4.7|     4.7|     4.6
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   5,603|   7,259|   5,897|   5,851|   6,463|   6,418|   6,330|   6,427|   6,121
      Participation rate..........................|    52.8|    64.3|    52.2|    55.1|    57.5|    57.0|    56.1|    56.9|    54.2
    Employed......................................|   4,753|   6,398|   5,036|   4,939|   5,462|   5,515|   5,416|   5,495|   5,210
      Employment-population ratio.................|    44.8|    56.6|    44.6|    46.5|    48.6|    49.0|    48.0|    48.7|    46.1
    Unemployed....................................|     850|     862|     861|     912|   1,000|     904|     914|     933|     911
      Unemployment rate...........................|    15.2|    11.9|    14.6|    15.6|    15.5|    14.1|    14.4|    14.5|    14.9
        Men.......................................|    15.6|    12.1|    15.5|    16.8|    17.3|    14.7|    16.1|    15.1|    16.4
        Women.....................................|    14.7|    11.6|    13.6|    14.3|    13.5|    13.5|    12.6|    13.8|    13.1
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                      BLACK
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,408|  22,917|  22,955|  22,408|  22,824|  22,855|  22,883|  22,917|  22,955
  Civilian labor force............................|  13,954|  14,648|  14,472|  13,952|  14,497|  14,502|  14,351|  14,401|  14,461
      Participation rate..........................|    62.3|    63.9|    63.0|    62.3|    63.5|    63.5|    62.7|    62.8|    63.0
    Employed......................................|  12,268|  13,004|  12,982|  12,202|  12,825|  12,874|  12,739|  12,746|  12,912
      Employment-population ratio.................|    54.7|    56.7|    56.6|    54.5|    56.2|    56.3|    55.7|    55.6|    56.2
    Unemployed....................................|   1,686|   1,644|   1,490|   1,750|   1,672|   1,628|   1,612|   1,655|   1,549
      Unemployment rate...........................|    12.1|    11.2|    10.3|    12.5|    11.5|    11.2|    11.2|    11.5|    10.7
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,519|   6,610|   6,642|   6,507|   6,715|   6,581|   6,537|   6,544|   6,623
      Participation rate..........................|    72.0|    71.9|    72.1|    71.8|    73.4|    71.8|    71.4|    71.2|    71.9
    Employed......................................|   5,803|   5,954|   6,044|   5,717|   6,048|   5,944|   5,854|   5,860|   5,960
      Employment-population ratio.................|    64.1|    64.8|    65.6|    63.1|    66.1|    64.9|    64.0|    63.8|    64.7
    Unemployed....................................|     716|     657|     598|     790|     666|     637|     683|     684|     662
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.0|     9.9|     9.0|    12.1|     9.9|     9.7|    10.5|    10.5|    10.0
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,735|   7,043|   7,042|   6,686|   6,990|   7,038|   6,939|   7,015|   6,994
      Participation rate..........................|    59.9|    61.2|    61.1|    59.5|    60.9|    61.3|    60.4|    60.9|    60.7
    Employed......................................|   6,022|   6,354|   6,393|   6,001|   6,300|   6,379|   6,343|   6,354|   6,368
      Employment-population ratio.................|    53.6|    55.2|    55.4|    53.4|    54.9|    55.5|    55.2|    55.2|    55.2
    Unemployed....................................|     712|     689|     648|     685|     690|     659|     596|     661|     626
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.6|     9.8|     9.2|    10.2|     9.9|     9.4|     8.6|     9.4|     8.9
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|     700|     995|     788|     759|     792|     882|     876|     842|     844
      Participation rate..........................|    33.1|    45.0|    35.5|    35.9|    36.0|    40.0|    39.2|    38.1|    38.1
    Employed......................................|     443|     696|     545|     484|     476|     551|     542|     532|     584
      Employment-population ratio.................|    20.9|    31.5|    24.5|    22.9|    21.6|    25.0|    24.3|    24.1|    26.3
    Unemployed....................................|     257|     299|     244|     275|     316|     331|     333|     310|     261
      Unemployment rate...........................|    36.7|    30.0|    30.9|    36.2|    39.9|    37.6|    38.1|    36.8|    30.9
        Men.......................................|    41.2|    34.2|    30.3|    39.7|    42.8|    40.0|    43.0|    42.3|    29.1
        Women.....................................|    31.3|    25.1|    31.6|    32.3|    36.5|    34.9|    32.3|    30.4|    32.8
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  15,871|  18,193|  18,244|  15,871|  18,041|  18,092|  18,143|  18,193|  18,244
  Civilian labor force............................|  10,441|  12,056|  12,008|  10,433|  11,929|  11,850|  11,949|  11,958|  12,022
      Participation rate..........................|    65.8|    66.3|    65.8|    65.7|    66.1|    65.5|    65.9|    65.7|    65.9
    Employed......................................|   9,439|  10,895|  10,839|   9,394|  10,801|  10,634|  10,736|  10,734|  10,796
      Employment-population ratio.................|    59.5|    59.9|    59.4|    59.2|    59.9|    58.8|    59.2|    59.0|    59.2
    Unemployed....................................|   1,002|   1,162|   1,169|   1,039|   1,127|   1,217|   1,212|   1,224|   1,226
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.6|     9.6|     9.7|    10.0|     9.5|    10.3|    10.1|    10.2|    10.2
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|119,730 |124,493 |123,775 |119,568 |122,872 |122,430 |122,452 |123,166 |123,628
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,058 | 41,475 | 41,785 | 40,826 | 41,367 | 41,287 | 41,224 | 41,475 | 41,577
  Married women, spouse present...................| 30,461 | 31,031 | 31,871 | 30,509 | 31,324 | 31,054 | 31,379 | 31,567 | 31,967
  Women who maintain families.....................|  6,932 |  6,932 |  7,107 |  6,833 |  7,094 |  6,978 |  7,013 |  6,932 |  7,016
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 32,412 | 33,505 | 34,197 | 32,538 | 34,103 | 33,901 | 33,859 | 33,931 | 34,303
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 36,454 | 37,433 | 37,296 | 36,832 | 36,624 | 36,811 | 37,194 | 37,358 | 37,711
  Service occupations.............................| 16,395 | 17,013 | 16,535 | 16,547 | 16,958 | 17,006 | 16,899 | 16,794 | 16,685
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,679 | 13,886 | 13,626 | 13,487 | 13,584 | 13,305 | 13,330 | 13,468 | 13,438
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,223 | 18,437 | 18,239 | 16,968 | 17,947 | 17,934 | 17,762 | 17,964 | 18,019
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,566 |  4,220 |  3,881 |  3,319 |  3,609 |  3,419 |  3,487 |  3,660 |  3,647
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,786 |  1,943 |  1,824 |  1,667 |  1,757 |  1,629 |  1,637 |  1,737 |  1,702
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,383 |  1,779 |  1,694 |  1,319 |  1,654 |  1,582 |  1,606 |  1,667 |  1,616
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     80 |     58 |     57 |     90 |     40 |     46 |     50 |     47 |     64
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|107,248 |111,431 |111,072 |107,331 |110,243 |110,052 |110,082 |110,393 |111,159
      Government..................................| 18,520 | 17,715 | 18,362 | 18,507 | 18,473 | 18,322 | 18,256 | 18,188 | 18,325
      Private industries..........................| 88,729 | 93,717 | 92,710 | 88,824 | 91,770 | 91,729 | 91,825 | 92,205 | 92,834
        Private households........................|  1,150 |    966 |    890 |  1,123 |    997 |    964 |    934 |    843 |    871
        Other industries..........................| 87,579 | 92,750 | 91,820 | 87,701 | 90,773 | 90,765 | 90,891 | 91,362 | 91,963
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,991 |  9,146 |  8,998 |  8,949 |  9,138 |  8,946 |  8,970 |  9,055 |  8,971
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    242 |    135 |    130 |    250 |    121 |    154 |    138 |    141 |    134
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
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  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  6,037 |  4,417 |  4,017 |  6,394 |  4,878 |  4,785 |  4,425 |  4,284 |  4,260
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,885 |  2,288 |  2,187 |  3,167 |  2,571 |  2,535 |  2,430 |  2,393 |  2,403
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,846 |  1,729 |  1,588 |  2,937 |  2,026 |  1,981 |  1,664 |  1,569 |  1,643
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,501 | 14,937 | 17,969 | 15,182 | 17,346 | 17,339 | 18,059 | 18,171 | 17,599
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  5,801 |  4,207 |  3,831 |  6,173 |  4,688 |  4,590 |  4,224 |  4,092 |  4,075
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,717 |  2,155 |  2,070 |  3,006 |  2,449 |  2,430 |  2,315 |  2,271 |  2,290
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,782 |  1,680 |  1,538 |  2,879 |  1,993 |  1,935 |  1,627 |  1,539 |  1,592
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,035 | 14,311 | 17,251 | 14,757 | 16,721 | 16,842 | 17,443 | 17,559 | 16,946
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  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.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
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                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1993  | 19942/ |  1994  |  1993  | 19942/ |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  8,540 |  8,023 |   7,715|   6.7  |   6.0  |   6.0  |   6.1  |   6.1  |   5.9
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  4,137 |  3,640 |   3,418|   6.3  |   5.2  |   5.3  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.1
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  3,179 |  3,063 |   3,056|   5.8  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.3
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,224 |  1,320 |   1,240|  17.9  |  18.3  |  16.9  |  17.7  |  17.5  |  17.0
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,802 |  1,509 |   1,446|   4.2  |   3.7  |   3.5  |   3.7  |   3.5  |   3.4
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,456 |  1,398 |   1,352|   4.6  |   4.0  |   4.3  |   4.0  |   4.2  |   4.1
   Women who maintain families....................|    678 |    679 |     691|   9.0  |   8.9  |   8.7  |   7.8  |   8.9  |   9.0
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   Full-time workers..............................|  6,964 |  6,462 |   6,332|   6.6  |   6.0  |   6.1  |   6.2  |   6.1  |   5.9
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,557 |  1,566 |   1,389|   6.9  |   6.2  |   5.8  |   6.0  |   6.4  |   5.7
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                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    929 |    875 |     897|   2.8  |   2.3  |   3.0  |   2.6  |   2.5  |   2.5
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  2,051 |  1,951 |   1,861|   5.3  |   5.2  |   5.2  |   4.7  |   5.0  |   4.7
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|  1,107 |    896 |     866|   7.6  |   6.5  |   6.1  |   5.7  |   6.2  |   6.1
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,911 |  1,752 |   1,666|  10.1  |   8.8  |   8.4  |   9.6  |   8.9  |   8.5
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    276 |    345 |     321|   7.7  |   7.3  |   6.9  |   9.7  |   8.6  |   8.1
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  6,629 |  6,107 |   5,940|   6.9  |   6.2  |   6.2  |   6.4  |   6.2  |   6.0
     Goods-producing industries...................|  2,387 |  1,799 |   1,826|   8.8  |   6.9  |   6.8  |   6.9  |   6.5  |   6.6
       Mining.....................................|     55 |     35 |      38|   7.5  |   7.6  |   6.2  |   6.1  |   5.1  |   5.5
       Construction...............................|    860 |    658 |     668|  14.1  |  11.6  |  11.8  |  10.9  |  10.5  |  10.7
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,472 |  1,106 |   1,120|   7.2  |   5.5  |   5.3  |   5.8  |   5.4  |   5.4
         Durable goods............................|    858 |    667 |     657|   7.3  |   5.2  |   5.0  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.4
         Nondurable goods.........................|    614 |    439 |     463|   7.2  |   5.8  |   5.6  |   5.9  |   5.2  |   5.4
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,242 |  4,308 |   4,114|   6.2  |   6.0  |   6.0  |   6.2  |   6.1  |   5.8
       Transportation and public utilities........|    365 |    345 |     319|   5.3  |   4.6  |   4.7  |   5.3  |   4.9  |   4.5
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,820 |  1,905 |   1,746|   7.5  |   7.3  |   7.1  |   7.5  |   7.5  |   6.9
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    301 |    292 |     347|   4.0  |   3.5  |   4.1  |   3.7  |   3.8  |   4.5
       Services...................................|  1,756 |  1,765 |   1,702|   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.5
   Government workers.............................|    531 |    708 |     594|   2.8  |   3.3  |   3.9  |   3.4  |   3.7  |   3.1
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    193 |    218 |     208|  10.4  |   8.3  |   8.4  |  12.6  |  11.1  |  10.9
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   3/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal components are small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular
components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  3,121 |  2,531 |  2,727 |  3,052 |  2,631 |  2,850 |  2,871 |  2,618 |  2,668
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,243 |  2,798 |  2,098 |  2,457 |  2,437 |  2,483 |  2,361 |  2,632 |  2,306
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,764 |  2,539 |  2,554 |  3,047 |  2,801 |  2,683 |  2,855 |  2,793 |  2,841
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,115 |    966 |  1,075 |  1,297 |  1,093 |  1,151 |  1,269 |  1,219 |  1,249
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,649 |  1,573 |  1,480 |  1,750 |  1,708 |  1,532 |  1,586 |  1,575 |  1,593
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   17.9 |   18.8 |   18.6 |   18.4 |   19.6 |   18.3 |   19.2 |   19.2 |   19.2
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    8.0 |    8.9 |    9.0 |    8.9 |    9.2 |    8.9 |    9.3 |    9.0 |   10.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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               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..............................|   38.4 |   32.2 |   37.0 |   35.7 |   33.4 |   35.6 |   35.5 |   32.5 |   34.1
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   27.6 |   35.6 |   28.4 |   28.7 |   31.0 |   31.0 |   29.2 |   32.7 |   29.5
   15 weeks and over..............................|   34.0 |   32.3 |   34.6 |   35.6 |   35.6 |   33.5 |   35.3 |   34.7 |   36.4
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   13.7 |   12.3 |   14.6 |   15.2 |   13.9 |   14.4 |   15.7 |   15.2 |   16.0
     27 weeks and over............................|   20.3 |   20.0 |   20.1 |   20.5 |   21.7 |   19.1 |   19.6 |   19.6 |   20.4
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   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |                       |
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Sept. | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                           | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  4,206|  3,565|  3,206|  4,699|  3,531|  3,664|  3,904|  3,813|  3,570
  On temporary layoff......................................|    849|    891|    614|  1,112|    785|    911|  1,053|  1,022|    791
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  3,357|  2,674|  2,592|  3,587|  2,746|  2,753|  2,851|  2,791|  2,779
    Permanent job losers...................................|  (2)  |  1,973|  1,865|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|  (2)  |    701|    727|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
Job leavers................................................|    975|    799|    935|    926|    796|    782|    755|    751|    892
Reentrants.................................................|  2,167|  2,845|  2,692|  2,075|  2,838|  2,798|  2,781|  2,779|  2,579
New entrants...............................................|    780|    659|    546|    843|    609|    462|    587|    650|    611
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   51.7|   45.3|   43.4|   55.0|   45.4|   47.5|   48.6|   47.7|   46.7
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   10.4|   11.3|    8.3|   13.0|   10.1|   11.8|   13.1|   12.8|   10.3
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   41.3|   34.0|   35.1|   42.0|   35.3|   35.7|   35.5|   34.9|   36.3
 Job leavers...............................................|   12.0|   10.2|   12.7|   10.8|   10.2|   10.2|    9.4|    9.4|   11.7
 Reentrants................................................|   26.7|   36.2|   36.5|   24.3|   36.5|   36.3|   34.7|   34.8|   33.7
 New entrants..............................................|    9.6|    8.4|    7.4|    9.9|    7.8|    6.0|    7.3|    8.1|    8.0
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    3.3|    2.7|    2.4|    3.7|    2.7|    2.8|    3.0|    2.9|    2.7
 Job leavers...............................................|     .8|     .6|     .7|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .7
 Reentrants................................................|    1.7|    2.1|    2.1|    1.6|    2.2|    2.1|    2.1|    2.1|    2.0
 New entrants..............................................|     .6|     .5|     .4|     .7|     .5|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .5
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   2/  Not available.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  | Sept.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Sept.  |  May   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.
                                                  |  1993  | 19942/ |  1994  |  1993  | 19942/ |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  8,540 |  8,023 |  7,715 |   6.7  |   6.0  |   6.0  |   6.1  |   6.1  |   5.9
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,574 |  2,753 |  2,578 |  12.7  |  12.5  |  12.0  |  12.6  |  12.7  |  12.1
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,224 |  1,320 |  1,240 |  17.9  |  18.3  |  16.9  |  17.7  |  17.5  |  17.0
      16 to 17 years..............................|    519 |    648 |    586 |  19.1  |  20.5  |  20.1  |  20.6  |  20.0  |  18.7
      18 to 19 years..............................|    694 |    668 |    656 |  16.9  |  16.8  |  15.1  |  15.4  |  15.5  |  15.8
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,350 |  1,432 |  1,338 |  10.0  |   9.4  |   9.4  |   9.9  |  10.2  |   9.5
  25 years and over...............................|  5,978 |  5,269 |  5,153 |   5.5  |   4.7  |   4.8  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.7
    25 to 54 years................................|  5,273 |  4,582 |  4,553 |   5.7  |   4.8  |   4.9  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   4.8
    55 years and over.............................|    721 |    668 |    579 |   4.7  |   4.1  |   3.9  |   4.2  |   4.3  |   3.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,824 |  4,381 |  4,123 |   6.9  |   6.1  |   6.0  |   6.3  |   6.2  |   5.8
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,463 |  1,552 |  1,419 |  13.7  |  13.4  |  12.5  |  13.7  |  13.5  |  12.5
      16 to 19 years..............................|    687 |    741 |    705 |  19.4  |  20.1  |  17.9  |  19.7  |  18.6  |  18.3
        16 to 17 years............................|    286 |    344 |    323 |  20.3  |  23.0  |  22.1  |  20.9  |  21.0  |  19.3
        18 to 19 years............................|    389 |    392 |    381 |  18.2  |  18.5  |  15.7  |  18.5  |  16.9  |  17.4
      20 to 24 years..............................|    776 |    811 |    714 |  10.9  |   9.9  |   9.7  |  10.6  |  10.8  |   9.5
    25 years and over.............................|  3,360 |  2,833 |  2,727 |   5.7  |   4.6  |   4.7  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.6
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,911 |  2,440 |  2,364 |   5.8  |   4.7  |   4.8  |   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.7
      55 years and over...........................|    462 |    373 |    341 |   5.3  |   4.3  |   4.0  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,716 |  3,642 |  3,592 |   6.3  |   6.0  |   6.0  |   5.9  |   6.0  |   5.9
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,111 |  1,200 |  1,159 |  11.6  |  11.4  |  11.4  |  11.3  |  11.8  |  11.6
      16 to 19 years..............................|    537 |    579 |    535 |  16.4  |  16.3  |  16.0  |  15.5  |  16.2  |  15.6
        16 to 17 years............................|    233 |    304 |    263 |  17.8  |  17.8  |  18.1  |  20.3  |  19.0  |  18.0
        18 to 19 years............................|    305 |    276 |    275 |  15.5  |  15.0  |  14.4  |  12.0  |  13.8  |  14.0
      20 to 24 years..............................|    574 |    621 |    624 |   9.1  |   8.8  |   8.9  |   9.1  |   9.4  |   9.5
    25 years and over.............................|  2,618 |  2,436 |  2,427 |   5.3  |   4.9  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.9  |   4.8
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,362 |  2,142 |  2,188 |   5.6  |   5.1  |   5.1  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   5.0
      55 years and over...........................|    259 |    294 |    238 |   3.9  |   3.9  |   3.8  |   3.6  |   4.2  |   3.4
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                                                      |
                                                                                      |               September 1994
                                       Category                                       |
                                                                                       ____________________________________________
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |    Total     |     Men      |    Women
                                                                                      |              |              |
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                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total not in the labor force..........................................................|    66,093    |    23,855    |    42,238
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................................|     5,862    |     2,306    |     3,557
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................................|     1,858    |       870    |       988
   Reason not currently looking:                                                      |              |              |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................................|       521    |       314    |       207
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................................|     1,337    |       556    |       781
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................................|     7,525    |     4,138    |     3,387
    Percent of total employed.........................................................|       6.1    |       6.2    |       6.0
                                                                                      |              |              |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................................|     4,464    |     2,720    |     1,743
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................................|     1,654    |       519    |     1,134
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................................|       248    |       179    |        69
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................................|     1,116    |       697    |       419
                                                                                      |              |              |
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   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                          |                             |
                                          |                        1/   |                                     2/
                                            Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted
                                          |                             |
                                          _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       State and employment status
                                          |  Sept.  |  Apr.   |  Sept.  |  Sept.  |  Jan.   |  June   |  July   |  Aug.   |  Sept.
                                          |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1994   |  1994   |  1994
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,323    23,467    23,484    23,323    23,421    23,437    23,451    23,467    23,484
  Civilian labor force....................   15,261    15,547    15,465    15,219    15,513    15,200    15,334    15,390    15,463
    Employed..............................   13,867    14,206    14,204    13,809    14,225    13,931    13,950    14,023    14,172
    Unemployed............................    1,394     1,341     1,261     1,410     1,288     1,269     1,383     1,367     1,290
    Unemployment rate.....................      9.1       8.6       8.2       9.3       8.3       8.3       9.0       8.9       8.3
 
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,719    10,847    10,861    10,719    10,809    10,822    10,834    10,847    10,861
  Civilian labor force....................    6,603     6,801     6,834     6,599     6,779     6,744     6,709     6,718     6,843
    Employed..............................    6,151     6,353     6,365     6,164     6,313     6,328     6,296     6,344     6,386
    Unemployed............................      452       448       469       436       466       416       413       374       457
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.8       6.6       6.9       6.6       6.9       6.2       6.2       5.6       6.7
 
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,842     8,889     8,895     8,842     8,874     8,879     8,884     8,889     8,895
  Civilian labor force....................    5,956     6,020     5,947     5,964     6,059     6,036     5,976     5,986     5,952
    Employed..............................    5,507     5,700     5,648     5,480     5,709     5,745     5,601     5,646     5,612
    Unemployed............................      449       320       299       484       349       291       374       340       340
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.5       5.3       5.0       8.1       5.8       4.8       6.3       5.7       5.7
 
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,664     4,665     4,667     4,664     4,664     4,665     4,665     4,665     4,667
  Civilian labor force....................    3,166     3,212     3,165     3,185     3,155     3,158     3,219     3,172     3,181
    Employed..............................    2,943     3,031     2,995     2,963     2,972     2,969     3,028     2,984     3,014
    Unemployed............................      224       181       170       222       183       189       191       188       167
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.1       5.6       5.4       7.0       5.8       6.0       5.9       5.9       5.2
 
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,140     7,172     7,176     7,140     7,161     7,165     7,168     7,172     7,176
  Civilian labor force....................    4,707     4,825     4,797     4,717     4,769     4,736     4,745     4,744     4,810
    Employed..............................    4,398     4,545     4,544     4,396     4,499     4,480     4,462     4,447     4,545
    Unemployed............................      309       280       253       321       270       256       283       297       265
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.6       5.8       5.3       6.8       5.7       5.4       6.0       6.3       5.5
 
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,113     6,138     6,142     6,113     6,130     6,133     6,135     6,138     6,142
  Civilian labor force....................    3,965     4,118     4,085     3,988     3,928     4,008     4,061     4,099     4,098
    Employed..............................    3,674     3,871     3,825     3,683     3,656     3,724     3,799     3,852     3,824
    Unemployed............................      292       247       260       305       272       284       261       246       274
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.4       6.0       6.4       7.6       6.9       7.1       6.4       6.0       6.7
 
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   14,042    14,067    14,073    14,042    14,057    14,061    14,064    14,067    14,073
  Civilian labor force....................    8,476     8,690     8,498     8,557     8,525     8,601     8,730     8,633     8,591
    Employed..............................    7,871     8,111     7,992     7,928     7,970     8,000     8,110     8,035     8,058
    Unemployed............................      605       580       506       629       554       601       620       598       533
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.1       6.7       6.0       7.3       6.5       7.0       7.1       6.9       6.2
 
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,307     5,379     5,387     5,307     5,358     5,366     5,372     5,379     5,387
  Civilian labor force....................    3,528     3,647     3,640     3,524     3,589     3,560     3,567     3,613     3,638
    Employed..............................    3,397     3,468     3,476     3,372     3,443     3,429     3,401     3,424     3,452
    Unemployed............................      131       179       164       152       145       131       166       189       186
    Unemployment rate.....................      3.7       4.9       4.5       4.3       4.0       3.7       4.7       5.2       5.1
 
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,406     8,438     8,443     8,406     8,427     8,431     8,434     8,438     8,443
  Civilian labor force....................    5,450     5,538     5,514     5,460     5,598     5,546     5,472     5,437     5,520
    Employed..............................    5,099     5,270     5,244     5,072     5,235     5,240     5,153     5,143     5,217
    Unemployed............................      351       268       271       388       364       306       319       294       303
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.4       4.8       4.9       7.1       6.5       5.5       5.8       5.4       5.5
 
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,289     9,309     9,313     9,289     9,301     9,304     9,306     9,309     9,313
  Civilian labor force....................    5,904     5,955     5,799     5,915     5,918     5,970     5,912     5,867     5,797
    Employed..............................    5,531     5,587     5,443     5,507     5,553     5,615     5,528     5,499     5,408
    Unemployed............................      373       367       356       409       365       354       385       369       389
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.3       6.2       6.1       6.9       6.2       5.9       6.5       6.3       6.7
 
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,356    13,585    13,608    13,356    13,519    13,541    13,562    13,585    13,608
  Civilian labor force....................    9,236     9,437     9,321     9,254     9,372     9,415     9,500     9,416     9,334
    Employed..............................    8,639     8,856     8,763     8,630     8,745     8,781     8,854     8,791     8,751
    Unemployed............................      597       581       558       624       627       634       646       626       583
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.5       6.2       6.0       6.7       6.7       6.7       6.8       6.6       6.2
 
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   1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
 
   2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns.
   3/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
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              Total..............................|111,398|113,457|113,656|114,619|110,923|112,951|113,334|113,624|113,870|114,109
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           Total private.........................| 92,778| 95,456| 95,800| 95,769| 92,036| 93,937| 94,316| 94,601| 94,814| 94,988
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries....................| 23,642| 23,891| 24,112| 24,095| 23,206| 23,519| 23,576| 23,590| 23,627| 23,642
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    613|    611|    612|    608|    605|    603|    605|    601|    602|    601
       Metal mining..............................|   50.6|   51.6|   52.1|   51.3|     50|     50|     50|     51|     52|     51
       Coal mining...............................|   98.7|  115.0|  114.9|  113.4|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  359.5|  339.5|  339.8|  338.2|    357|    338|    339|    335|    335|    336
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|  104.2|  105.3|  105.4|  104.6|    100|    101|    101|    101|    101|    101
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  4,941|  5,252|  5,290|  5,251|  4,667|  4,907|  4,927|  4,944|  4,941|  4,960
       General building contractors..............|1,155.0|1,223.6|1,236.7|1,219.0|  1,107|  1,161|  1,165|  1,161|  1,167|  1,169
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  784.2|  792.6|  792.4|  796.0|    711|    723|    725|    733|    724|    721
       Special trade contractors.................|3,001.8|3,236.0|3,260.4|3,235.6|  2,849|  3,023|  3,037|  3,050|  3,050|  3,070
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 18,088| 18,028| 18,210| 18,236| 17,934| 18,009| 18,044| 18,045| 18,084| 18,081
         Production workers......................| 12,397| 12,397| 12,577| 12,609| 12,255| 12,392| 12,429| 12,431| 12,470| 12,469
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,174| 10,218| 10,300| 10,345| 10,123| 10,217| 10,253| 10,249| 10,283| 10,293
         Production workers......................|  6,837|  6,928|  7,007|  7,051|  6,792|  6,930|  6,966|  6,969|  7,001|  7,005
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Lumber and wood products..................|  717.4|  745.5|  748.6|  744.8|    705|    726|    730|    732|    732|    732
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  487.8|  490.8|  497.6|  499.2|    484|    495|    496|    500|    496|    495
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  527.7|  539.2|  543.7|  541.2|    516|    528|    529|    530|    531|    529
       Primary metal industries..................|  678.7|  681.9|  687.0|  692.6|    675|    679|    684|    686|    685|    688
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  237.8|  234.9|  233.0|  233.2|    237|    230|    234|    234|    231|    232
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,337.1|1,356.8|1,375.6|1,384.8|  1,328|  1,357|  1,365|  1,368|  1,374|  1,375
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,910.1|1,936.6|1,941.8|1,950.5|  1,913|  1,940|  1,947|  1,942|  1,952|  1,954
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,518.3|1,544.9|1,560.6|1,567.5|  1,516|  1,540|  1,550|  1,551|  1,561|  1,566
       Transportation equipment..................|1,734.8|1,698.2|1,713.0|1,731.6|  1,730|  1,718|  1,724|  1,712|  1,723|  1,728
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  837.8|  864.3|  880.4|  899.1|    832|    868|    876|    875|    888|    894
         Aircraft and parts......................|  528.5|  472.7|  469.8|  468.7|    528|    484|    480|    475|    472|    468
       Instruments and related products..........|  882.8|  849.3|  851.2|  849.1|    882|    858|    853|    849|    850|    848
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  379.7|  374.9|  380.7|  383.4|    374|    376|    375|    379|    379|    378
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,914|  7,810|  7,910|  7,891|  7,811|  7,792|  7,791|  7,796|  7,801|  7,788
         Production workers......................|  5,560|  5,469|  5,570|  5,558|  5,463|  5,462|  5,463|  5,462|  5,469|  5,464
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Food and kindred products.................|1,750.2|1,704.7|1,751.3|1,739.3|  1,671|  1,665|  1,666|  1,668|  1,666|  1,661
       Tobacco products..........................|   43.9|   35.4|   40.2|   40.7|     42|     40|     39|     38|     40|     38
       Textile mill products.....................|  677.7|  667.7|  674.9|  673.3|    672|    671|    671|    672|    672|    668
       Apparel and other textile products........|  983.5|  935.5|  960.8|  965.9|    977|    958|    957|    954|    958|    959
       Paper and allied products.................|  690.5|  688.1|  687.5|  683.6|    687|    684|    683|    684|    683|    680
       Printing and publishing...................|1,510.9|1,528.4|1,532.3|1,530.5|  1,515|  1,524|  1,528|  1,531|  1,535|  1,534
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,078.4|1,058.4|1,056.5|1,051.4|  1,076|  1,056|  1,054|  1,053|  1,049|  1,049
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  152.6|  150.8|  150.8|  148.8|    150|    148|    147|    147|    147|    147
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  908.2|  930.8|  939.6|  942.2|    905|    931|    932|    935|    937|    939
       Leather and leather products..............|  118.4|  110.6|  115.6|  115.1|    116|    115|    114|    114|    114|    113
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries..................| 87,756| 89,566| 89,544| 90,524| 87,717| 89,432| 89,758| 90,034| 90,243| 90,467
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  5,833|  5,853|  5,853|  5,932|  5,783|  5,843|  5,849|  5,857|  5,864|  5,881
       Transportation............................|  3,636|  3,666|  3,662|  3,755|  3,590|  3,664|  3,677|  3,687|  3,689|  3,708
         Railroad transportation.................|  251.7|  248.3|  246.7|  251.5|    249|    243|    246|    245|    244|    249
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  383.2|  329.7|  330.0|  411.8|    371|    383|    389|    391|    395|    399
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,718.4|1,787.9|1,792.9|1,801.6|  1,695|  1,753|  1,764|  1,768|  1,772|  1,777
         Water transportation....................|  168.9|  177.5|  170.2|  169.9|    165|    169|    166|    169|    164|    166
         Transportation by air...................|  739.3|  735.7|  734.6|  730.8|    736|    733|    729|    728|    727|    728
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   18.2|   17.8|   17.8|   17.2|     18|     18|     18|     17|     17|     17
         Transportation services.................|  356.2|  369.3|  370.0|  371.7|    356|    365|    365|    369|    370|    372
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,197|  2,187|  2,191|  2,177|  2,193|  2,179|  2,172|  2,170|  2,175|  2,173
         Communications..........................|1,254.6|1,258.9|1,265.3|1,261.0|  1,252|  1,254|  1,253|  1,254|  1,260|  1,258
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  942.0|  928.4|  925.9|  916.1|    941|    925|    919|    916|    915|    915
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  5,976|  6,095|  6,103|  6,097|  5,962|  6,037|  6,049|  6,053|  6,071|  6,081
       Durable goods.............................|  3,410|  3,482|  3,482|  3,473|  3,411|  3,449|  3,457|  3,461|  3,468|  3,473
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,566|  2,613|  2,621|  2,624|  2,551|  2,588|  2,592|  2,592|  2,603|  2,608
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................| 19,899| 20,529| 20,601| 20,550| 19,805| 20,153| 20,279| 20,386| 20,410| 20,450
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  795.8|  873.6|  867.7|  856.8|    790|    833|    838|    842|    846|    850
       General merchandise stores................|2,437.1|2,408.3|2,440.5|2,464.9|  2,455|  2,438|  2,443|  2,457|  2,478|  2,482
       Food stores...............................|3,214.7|3,266.0|3,265.8|3,246.0|  3,216|  3,240|  3,234|  3,247|  3,256|  3,246
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,055.9|2,176.8|2,190.0|2,188.7|  2,039|  2,139|  2,143|  2,145|  2,158|  2,171
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,136.2|1,140.1|1,145.6|1,130.7|  1,153|  1,144|  1,145|  1,149|  1,144|  1,148
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  830.2|  888.9|  897.2|  904.0|    839|    879|    885|    897|    906|    913
       Eating and drinking places................|6,999.6|7,300.3|7,311.7|7,260.3|  6,854|  6,993|  7,084|  7,129|  7,106|  7,111
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
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       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,429.9|2,474.7|2,482.8|2,498.4|  2,459|  2,487|  2,507|  2,520|  2,516|  2,529
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,747|  6,884|  6,875|  6,803|  6,735|  6,787|  6,798|  6,797|  6,802|  6,793
       Finance...................................|  3,227|  3,286|  3,277|  3,248|  3,230|  3,257|  3,263|  3,261|  3,260|  3,252
         Depository institutions.................|2,070.4|2,058.3|2,055.0|2,034.6|  2,072|  2,039|  2,041|  2,042|  2,041|  2,037
         Nondepository institutions..............|  455.8|  480.6|  476.0|  471.1|    457|    486|    484|    480|    476|    473
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  475.0|  512.0|  511.1|  507.9|    475|    501|    505|    506|    508|    507
         Holding and other investment offices....|  225.3|  234.7|  235.3|  234.6|    226|    231|    233|    233|    235|    235
       Insurance.................................|  2,182|  2,192|  2,184|  2,171|  2,187|  2,185|  2,184|  2,182|  2,179|  2,177
         Insurance carriers......................|1,520.3|1,524.2|1,516.8|1,507.2|  1,524|  1,522|  1,521|  1,517|  1,514|  1,512
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  661.8|  667.5|  667.0|  663.5|    663|    663|    663|    665|    665|    665
       Real estate...............................|  1,338|  1,406|  1,414|  1,384|  1,318|  1,345|  1,351|  1,354|  1,363|  1,364
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     Services2/..................................| 30,681| 32,204| 32,256| 32,292| 30,545| 31,598| 31,765| 31,918| 32,040| 32,141
       Agricultural services.....................|  551.5|  617.2|  611.3|  593.9|    522|    548|    551|    554|    560|    562
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|1,647.7|1,745.9|1,738.9|1,661.3|  1,596|  1,609|  1,626|  1,627|  1,619|  1,608
       Personal services.........................|1,105.9|1,095.1|1,097.2|1,110.5|  1,131|  1,129|  1,133|  1,134|  1,138|  1,135
       Business services.........................|5,955.6|6,520.9|6,618.2|6,680.0|  5,877|  6,341|  6,416|  6,488|  6,540|  6,594
         Personnel supply services...............|2,052.4|2,384.9|2,461.1|2,496.6|  1,984|  2,286|  2,334|  2,375|  2,387|  2,415
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  966.9|1,054.5|1,064.8|1,070.8|    962|  1,029|  1,041|  1,045|  1,058|  1,065
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|  366.9|  386.4|  387.2|  384.8|    364|    379|    380|    381|    383|    382
       Motion pictures...........................|  413.0|  488.2|  507.1|  495.0|    421|    472|    474|    482|    494|    504
       Amusement and recreation services.........|1,331.2|1,474.6|1,460.8|1,337.6|  1,255|  1,282|  1,287|  1,278|  1,266|  1,260
       Health services...........................|8,828.7|9,079.1|9,093.1|9,089.0|  8,830|  8,998|  9,025|  9,043|  9,075|  9,089
         Hospitals...............................|3,787.3|3,806.0|3,797.6|3,788.5|  3,791|  3,794|  3,787|  3,787|  3,790|  3,792
       Legal services............................|  927.9|  957.8|  950.4|  939.1|    934|    942|    938|    941|    942|    946
       Educational services......................|1,665.0|1,516.4|1,489.5|1,699.2|  1,697|  1,744|  1,741|  1,747|  1,742|  1,732
       Social services...........................|2,104.8|2,253.8|2,257.7|2,302.8|  2,117|  2,224|  2,242|  2,267|  2,290|  2,314
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|   78.7|   86.6|   85.8|   82.3|     77|     79|     79|     80|     80|     80
       Membership organizations..................|2,018.8|2,119.5|2,089.0|2,049.2|  2,035|  2,051|  2,055|  2,056|  2,056|  2,066
       Engineering and management services.......|2,543.9|2,633.3|2,629.9|2,621.5|  2,553|  2,597|  2,603|  2,620|  2,622|  2,629
       Services, nec.............................|   40.8|   40.9|   41.1|   41.0|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 18,620| 18,001| 17,856| 18,850| 18,887| 19,014| 19,018| 19,023| 19,056| 19,121
       Federal...................................|  2,901|  2,882|  2,875|  2,860|  2,902|  2,870|  2,859|  2,859|  2,858|  2,860
       State.....................................|  4,454|  4,330|  4,325|  4,535|  4,518|  4,533|  4,539|  4,568|  4,579|  4,599
         Education...............................|1,784.7|1,581.2|1,589.9|1,831.7|  1,856|  1,849|  1,850|  1,876|  1,884|  1,904
         Other State government..................|2,669.2|2,748.8|2,735.5|2,703.5|  2,662|  2,684|  2,689|  2,692|  2,695|  2,695
       Local.....................................| 11,265| 10,789| 10,656| 11,455| 11,467| 11,611| 11,620| 11,596| 11,619| 11,662
         Education...............................|6,186.9|5,364.1|5,305.1|6,308.7|  6,383|  6,445|  6,461|  6,478|  6,509|  6,511
         Other local government..................|5,077.6|5,424.9|5,350.6|5,146.2|  5,084|  5,166|  5,159|  5,118|  5,110|  5,151
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      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and                2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;               adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                   to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components and
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,             consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
   insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups             precision.
   account for approximately four-fifths of the total                    p = preliminary.
   employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
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         Total private...........................|  34.5 |  34.9 |  35.0 |  34.8 |  34.4 |  34.8 |  34.6 |  34.6 |  34.5 |  34.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Mining........................................|  44.5 |  44.9 |  45.1 |  45.4 |  44.2 |  44.5 |  44.8 |  45.4 |  44.7 |  45.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Construction..................................|  38.3 |  39.7 |  39.8 |  40.0 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Manufacturing.................................|  41.5 |  41.6 |  42.0 |  42.3 |  41.5 |  42.1 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  42.0
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.9 |   5.1 |   4.2 |   4.7 |   4.7 |   4.6 |   4.6 |   4.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Durable goods...............................|  42.1 |  42.2 |  42.7 |  43.0 |  42.3 |  42.9 |  42.8 |  42.6 |  42.8 |  42.8
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.5 |   4.7 |   5.1 |   5.3 |   4.3 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   4.9 |   5.0 |   4.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Lumber and wood products...................|  41.3 |  41.0 |  41.7 |  41.6 |  41.0 |  41.4 |  41.3 |  41.1 |  41.3 |  41.0
      Furniture and fixtures.....................|  40.2 |  40.2 |  40.7 |  41.2 |  40.0 |  40.3 |  40.8 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  40.7
      Stone, clay, and glass products............|  43.3 |  43.8 |  44.1 |  44.2 |  42.7 |  43.7 |  43.6 |  43.5 |  43.5 |  43.6
      Primary metal industries...................|  43.7 |  44.4 |  44.4 |  44.9 |  43.6 |  44.8 |  44.3 |  44.4 |  44.6 |  44.8
        Blast furnaces and basic steel products..|  44.3 |  45.3 |  45.0 |  45.4 |  44.1 |  45.1 |  44.4 |  44.8 |  44.9 |  45.0
      Fabricated metal products..................|  41.7 |  42.0 |  42.8 |  43.1 |  42.2 |  42.8 |  42.6 |  42.6 |  42.8 |  42.9
      Industrial machinery and equipment.........|  42.6 |  43.1 |  43.1 |  43.5 |  43.0 |  43.8 |  43.8 |  43.6 |  43.4 |  43.5
      Electronic and other electrical equipment..|  41.7 |  41.5 |  41.9 |  42.1 |  42.0 |  42.3 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  41.9
      Transportation equipment...................|  43.1 |  42.5 |  44.0 |  44.7 |  43.6 |  44.3 |  44.0 |  43.3 |  44.4 |  44.1
        Motor vehicles and equipment.............|  44.6 |  43.2 |  45.6 |  46.5 |  45.1 |  45.8 |  45.2 |  44.1 |  45.9 |  45.8
      Instruments and related products...........|  40.9 |  41.4 |  41.5 |  41.8 |  41.1 |  41.9 |  41.6 |  42.1 |  41.8 |  41.7
      Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  39.9 |  39.5 |  39.9 |  40.1 |  39.8 |  40.2 |  40.2 |  40.3 |  39.9 |  39.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Nondurable goods............................|  40.9 |  40.8 |  41.1 |  41.4 |  40.5 |  41.0 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  40.9 |  41.0
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.5 |   4.3 |   4.5 |   4.8 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.2 |   4.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Food and kindred products..................|  41.4 |  41.6 |  41.9 |  42.5 |  40.6 |  41.1 |  41.3 |  41.7 |  41.4 |  41.5
      Tobacco products...........................|  38.1 |  37.9 |  38.7 |  39.3 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Textile mill products......................|  41.9 |  41.2 |  41.9 |  42.0 |  41.5 |  41.8 |  41.9 |  41.6 |  41.5 |  41.4
      Apparel and other textile products.........|  36.9 |  37.4 |  37.8 |  37.8 |  37.0 |  37.8 |  37.8 |  37.6 |  37.6 |  37.6
      Paper and allied products..................|  44.1 |  43.9 |  43.9 |  44.3 |  43.8 |  44.0 |  44.0 |  44.3 |  44.1 |  43.8
      Printing and publishing....................|  38.7 |  38.3 |  38.7 |  39.1 |  38.3 |  38.8 |  38.8 |  38.6 |  38.5 |  38.7
      Chemicals and allied products..............|  43.4 |  43.1 |  42.9 |  43.0 |  42.9 |  43.4 |  43.3 |  43.5 |  43.2 |  43.0
      Petroleum and coal products................|  44.1 |  43.8 |  43.5 |  47.3 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|  41.6 |  41.6 |  42.0 |  42.1 |  41.7 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.1 |  42.2
      Leather and leather products...............|  38.4 |  37.9 |  38.3 |  38.8 |  38.7 |  38.4 |  38.3 |  37.9 |  38.3 |  38.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Transportation and public utilities...........|  39.8 |  40.3 |  40.4 |  40.3 |  39.7 |  40.0 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  39.8 |  40.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Wholesale trade...............................|  38.1 |  38.4 |  38.3 |  38.4 |  37.9 |  38.5 |  38.4 |  38.3 |  38.1 |  38.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Retail trade..................................|  28.8 |  29.7 |  29.7 |  29.0 |  28.6 |  29.0 |  29.0 |  29.0 |  28.9 |  28.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Finance, insurance, and real estate...........|  35.6 |  35.7 |  35.5 |  35.4 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Services......................................|  32.3 |  32.8 |  32.7 |  32.4 |  32.3 |  32.8 |  32.4 |  32.5 |  32.2 |  32.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;            adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
   finance,insurance, and real estate; and services.               precision.
   These groups account for approximately four-fifths                 p = preliminary.
   of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                         | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$10.91 |$11.04 |$11.04 |$11.20 |$376.40|$385.30|$386.40|$389.76
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 10.88 | 11.11 | 11.13 | 11.16 | 374.27| 384.41| 383.99| 386.14
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Mining........................................| 14.54 | 14.73 | 14.71 | 14.86 | 647.03| 661.38| 663.42| 674.64
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Construction..................................| 14.52 | 14.72 | 14.77 | 14.93 | 556.12| 584.38| 587.85| 597.20
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Manufacturing.................................| 11.85 | 12.04 | 12.00 | 12.13 | 491.78| 500.86| 504.00| 513.10
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Durable goods...............................| 12.44 | 12.62 | 12.62 | 12.76 | 523.72| 532.56| 538.87| 548.68
              Lumber and wood products...................|  9.73 |  9.86 |  9.87 |  9.94 | 401.85| 404.26| 411.58| 413.50
              Furniture and fixtures.....................|  9.40 |  9.55 |  9.56 |  9.70 | 377.88| 383.91| 389.09| 399.64
              Stone, clay, and glass products............| 12.03 | 12.16 | 12.18 | 12.31 | 520.90| 532.61| 537.14| 544.10
              Primary metal industries...................| 14.20 | 14.39 | 14.29 | 14.36 | 620.54| 638.92| 634.48| 644.76
                Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 16.57 | 16.94 | 16.88 | 16.93 | 734.05| 767.38| 759.60| 768.62
              Fabricated metal products..................| 11.81 | 11.86 | 11.88 | 12.03 | 492.48| 498.12| 508.46| 518.49
              Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 12.83 | 12.93 | 12.91 | 12.98 | 546.56| 557.28| 556.42| 564.63
              Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 11.32 | 11.57 | 11.55 | 11.60 | 472.04| 480.16| 483.95| 488.36
              Transportation equipment...................| 15.98 | 16.42 | 16.43 | 16.74 | 688.74| 697.85| 722.92| 748.28
                Motor vehicles and equipment.............| 16.34 | 16.88 | 16.86 | 17.29 | 728.76| 729.22| 768.82| 803.99
              Instruments and related products...........| 12.33 | 12.46 | 12.47 | 12.51 | 504.30| 515.84| 517.51| 522.92
              Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  9.42 |  9.60 |  9.59 |  9.66 | 375.86| 379.20| 382.64| 387.37
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Nondurable goods............................| 11.09 | 11.29 | 11.20 | 11.30 | 453.58| 460.63| 460.32| 467.82
              Food and kindred products..................| 10.51 | 10.70 | 10.60 | 10.61 | 435.11| 445.12| 444.14| 450.93
              Tobacco products...........................| 16.13 | 20.38 | 18.26 | 18.04 | 614.55| 772.40| 706.66| 708.97
              Textile mill products......................|  8.96 |  9.12 |  9.13 |  9.23 | 375.42| 375.74| 382.55| 387.66
              Apparel and other textile products.........|  7.15 |  7.31 |  7.35 |  7.42 | 263.84| 273.39| 277.83| 280.48
              Paper and allied products..................| 13.67 | 13.82 | 13.79 | 14.00 | 602.85| 606.70| 605.38| 620.20
              Printing and publishing....................| 12.09 | 12.12 | 12.12 | 12.29 | 467.88| 464.20| 469.04| 480.54
              Chemicals and allied products..............| 14.97 | 15.21 | 15.15 | 15.32 | 649.70| 655.55| 649.94| 658.76
              Petroleum and coal products................| 18.70 | 18.99 | 18.78 | 19.33 | 824.67| 831.76| 816.93| 914.31
              Rubber and misc. plastics products.........| 10.66 | 10.75 | 10.62 | 10.65 | 443.46| 447.20| 446.04| 448.37
              Leather and leather products...............|  7.69 |  7.96 |  7.93 |  7.87 | 295.30| 301.68| 303.72| 305.36
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Transportation and public utilities...........| 13.67 | 13.84 | 13.87 | 13.91 | 544.07| 557.75| 560.35| 560.57
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Wholesale trade...............................| 11.80 | 12.00 | 11.96 | 12.05 | 449.58| 460.80| 458.07| 462.72
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Retail trade..................................|  7.32 |  7.44 |  7.43 |  7.54 | 210.82| 220.97| 220.67| 218.66
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 11.41 | 11.72 | 11.73 | 11.83 | 406.20| 418.40| 416.42| 418.78
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Services......................................| 10.83 | 10.92 | 10.92 | 11.12 | 349.81| 358.18| 357.08| 360.29
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Sept. |  May  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. |   from:
                                                      | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ |Aug. 1994-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |Sept. 1994
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $10.88| $11.09| $11.08| $11.11| $11.13| $11.16|     0.3
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.40|   7.42|   7.39|   7.38|   7.36|  N.A. |    (3)
                   Mining.............................|  14.55|  14.83|  14.73|  14.80|  14.84|  14.87|      .2
                   Construction.......................|  14.41|  14.60|  14.67|  14.75|  14.73|  14.81|      .5
                   Manufacturing......................|  11.82|  12.00|  12.03|  12.05|  12.07|  12.11|      .3
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.25|  11.37|  11.40|  11.42|  11.43|  11.45|      .2
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.63|  13.80|  13.78|  13.84|  13.88|  13.87|     -.1
                   Wholesale trade....................|  11.79|  11.98|  11.99|  12.02|  12.01|  12.04|      .2
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.30|   7.47|   7.47|   7.48|   7.50|   7.52|      .3
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  11.44|  11.83|  11.74|  11.80|  11.80|  11.87|      .6
                   Services...........................|  10.82|  11.04|  11.03|  11.06|  11.08|  11.11|      .3
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    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 -.3 percent from July 1994
                 to August 1994, the latest month available.
                    4/  Derived by assuming that overtime
                 hours are paid at the rate of time and one-
                 half.
                    N.A.  = not available.
                    p/  = preliminary.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Sept.|July | Aug.  | Sept. |Sept.| May |June |July | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                       |1993 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/ |1993 |1994 |1994 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|126.0|131.6| 132.4 | 131.5 |124.4|129.1|128.8|129.3| 128.9 | 129.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods-producing industries....................|106.4|109.0| 111.2 | 112.0 |103.8|107.4|107.5|107.6| 107.8 | 108.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 55.2| 55.8|  56.4 |  56.6 | 54.2| 54.2| 55.1| 55.7|  55.2 |  55.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|134.2|148.6| 150.1 | 149.5 |125.2|134.8|134.0|135.2| 134.5 | 136.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|103.8|103.9| 106.5 | 107.6 |102.5|105.1|105.3|105.2| 105.6 | 105.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|100.4|101.9| 104.4 | 105.9 |100.2|103.8|104.0|103.7| 104.6 | 104.5
            Lumber and wood products...................|129.3|133.6| 136.8 | 135.5 |125.7|131.6|131.7|131.3| 132.1 | 131.2
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|121.9|122.2| 125.9 | 127.8 |120.7|124.2|126.0|125.7| 124.8 | 125.4
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|107.1|110.7| 112.2 | 112.3 |102.7|107.8|107.8|107.8| 107.8 | 107.8
            Primary metal industries...................| 85.7| 88.0|  89.0 |  90.9 | 85.1| 88.5| 88.3| 88.9|  89.3 |  90.3
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 72.2| 72.6|  71.7 |  72.4 | 71.5| 70.8| 70.5| 71.6|  71.3 |  71.5
            Fabricated metal products..................|102.8|105.4| 109.4 | 111.1 |102.9|107.6|107.9|108.0| 109.2 | 109.5
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 91.1| 95.4|  95.8 |  97.7 | 92.1| 96.9| 97.5| 97.2|  97.4 |  97.8
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|100.1|101.8| 104.4 | 105.4 |100.8|103.8|104.3|104.2| 105.3 | 104.8
            Transportation equipment...................|110.4|108.5| 113.6 | 116.7 |111.3|114.6|114.5|111.9| 115.8 | 114.8
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|138.0|138.8| 149.5 | 154.8 |138.6|147.9|147.7|143.7| 152.0 | 151.6
            Instruments and related products...........| 75.4| 73.4|  73.9 |  74.2 | 75.7| 75.4| 74.3| 75.1|  74.3 |  74.0
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|102.5| 98.9| 102.2 | 103.5 |100.4|101.0|101.4|102.8| 101.8 | 101.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|108.6|106.6| 109.3 | 110.0 |105.7|107.0|107.1|107.2| 106.9 | 107.0
            Food and kindred products..................|121.2|117.4| 123.1 | 124.0 |111.9|113.2|113.5|114.7| 114.0 | 114.0
            Tobacco products...........................| 63.1| 49.8|  59.7 |  62.5 | 57.1| 60.3| 58.7| 55.7|  58.9 |  57.1
            Textile mill products......................|100.5| 96.9|  99.7 |  99.9 | 98.6| 99.2| 99.4| 98.3|  98.3 |  97.5
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 89.3| 85.5|  89.0 |  89.6 | 88.8| 88.9| 88.8| 88.0|  88.4 |  88.5
            Paper and allied products..................|112.0|111.7| 111.7 | 112.0 |110.6|111.1|111.1|111.9| 111.4 | 110.2
            Printing and publishing....................|124.6|123.9| 125.5 | 126.2 |123.7|125.1|125.7|125.3| 125.3 | 125.5
            Chemicals and allied products..............|102.0|101.2| 100.9 | 101.0 |100.4|101.6|101.6|101.9| 100.4 | 100.9
            Petroleum and coal products................| 83.9| 82.2|  81.5 |  87.0 | 81.6| 78.7| 80.1| 80.5|  80.1 |  84.9
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|132.7|136.2| 138.9 | 140.2 |132.2|138.4|138.6|139.2| 138.8 | 139.9
            Leather and leather products...............| 55.9| 51.0|  54.2 |  54.1 | 55.3| 53.7| 53.5| 52.4|  53.5 |  52.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service-producing industries..................|134.7|141.8| 141.9 | 140.2 |133.7|138.8|138.4|139.0| 138.4 | 139.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|118.9|120.8| 120.9 | 122.2 |117.5|119.8|119.6|119.6| 119.3 | 120.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|112.6|116.0| 115.8 | 115.7 |111.7|114.8|114.9|114.6| 114.5 | 114.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|124.4|132.2| 132.6 | 129.0 |122.8|126.6|127.3|128.0| 127.7 | 127.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|120.5|123.9| 123.3 | 121.4 |120.8|123.6|121.8|122.4| 120.5 | 121.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|157.4|167.6| 167.7 | 166.0 |156.6|164.6|163.5|164.6| 163.8 | 165.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            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:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  58.8 |  57.3 |  50.8 |  47.9 |  49.7 |  51.8 |  43.8 |  46.2 |  42.7 |  41.6 |  41.3 |  41.3
           1991..............|  39.6 |  39.6 |  38.5 |  38.2 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  48.3 |  52.0 |  48.9 |  46.8 |  46.5 |  46.1
           1992..............|  42.1 |  46.1 |  48.3 |  57.7 |  53.1 |  50.4 |  52.8 |  46.5 |  53.4 |  56.9 |  52.5 |  57.3
           1993..............|  57.9 |  61.7 |  49.0 |  56.0 |  57.0 |  51.1 |  58.8 |  50.0 |  56.7 |  57.4 |  61.0 |  57.4
           1994..............|  56.6 |  58.3 |  62.9 |  62.5 |  56.3 |  63.2 |  59.3 |p/60.3 |p/56.5 |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  59.0 |  59.1 |  52.5 |  48.9 |  49.0 |  47.3 |  45.9 |  40.6 |  38.3 |  36.2 |  35.7 |  35.4
           1991..............|  34.3 |  32.0 |  31.6 |  38.2 |  39.3 |  44.2 |  49.4 |  50.7 |  50.8 |  44.9 |  43.7 |  40.9
           1992..............|  39.7 |  42.3 |  51.0 |  56.2 |  57.6 |  54.1 |  50.4 |  49.9 |  51.7 |  56.2 |  58.6 |  59.8
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  55.8 |  54.9 |  57.7 |  54.6 |  55.9 |  55.8 |  62.4 |  61.5 |  60.8
           1994..............|  62.1 |  64.5 |  65.2 |  65.0 |  65.4 |  64.6 |p/65.9 |p/62.5 |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  57.2 |  54.9 |  55.8 |  50.4 |  46.8 |  44.0 |  41.3 |  38.9 |  35.8 |  33.6 |  32.0 |  30.2
           1991..............|  30.2 |  32.4 |  31.2 |  33.7 |  39.2 |  44.7 |  46.5 |  45.6 |  47.8 |  44.5 |  41.4 |  39.9
           1992..............|  43.5 |  46.3 |  47.2 |  52.0 |  54.2 |  56.6 |  52.8 |  53.1 |  55.8 |  56.3 |  64.2 |  62.2
           1993..............|  61.4 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  59.8 |  54.4 |  54.5 |  57.9 |  58.8 |  59.7 |  60.8 |  62.8 |  63.6
           1994..............|  67.0 |  65.9 |  68.8 |  66.0 |p/67.6 |p/66.3 |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  55.5 |  52.7 |  51.7 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  42.6 |  39.3 |  36.1 |  35.8 |  33.0 |  33.0 |  30.6
           1991..............|  31.0 |  31.0 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  31.7 |  33.8 |  35.8 |  37.5 |  40.0 |  45.2 |  45.6 |  45.4
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  60.7
           1993..............|  60.0 |  61.1 |  60.7 |  62.2 |  63.2 |  62.1 |  62.4 |  60.8 |  63.5 |  62.8 |  63.1 |  63.5
           1994..............|  64.2 |p/65.6 |p/65.0 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  48.9 |  47.5 |  43.9 |  46.8 |  40.3 |  46.8 |  38.8 |  42.4 |  35.6 |  38.5 |  29.1 |  34.2
           1991..............|  32.7 |  35.6 |  31.3 |  37.4 |  45.7 |  43.5 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  47.8 |  41.4 |  39.6
           1992..............|  38.1 |  40.6 |  45.0 |  57.9 |  47.8 |  50.0 |  53.2 |  41.7 |  49.3 |  47.8 |  52.5 |  51.8
           1993..............|  52.5 |  57.6 |  47.8 |  41.7 |  46.0 |  40.3 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  46.8 |  50.0 |  55.4 |  51.1
           1994..............|  54.3 |  53.6 |  51.1 |  56.1 |  50.0 |  58.6 |  52.9 |p/57.2 |p/51.4 |       |       |
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      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  44.6 |  45.3 |  45.0 |  38.8 |  41.7 |  38.8 |  38.1 |  28.8 |  30.9 |  23.0 |  23.0 |  21.6
           1991..............|  24.5 |  21.9 |  20.5 |  32.7 |  36.3 |  39.6 |  47.1 |  46.0 |  48.2 |  39.9 |  36.7 |  33.5
           1992..............|  30.9 |  36.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  55.4 |  53.6 |  47.1 |  47.1 |  42.4 |  50.0 |  51.1 |  55.0
           1993..............|  60.1 |  58.3 |  51.4 |  40.6 |  37.1 |  43.5 |  40.3 |  41.0 |  43.2 |  52.9 |  54.7 |  56.1
           1994..............|  56.1 |  57.6 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  57.2 |  55.8 |p/59.7 |p/55.0 |       |       |       |
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      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  43.5 |  39.9 |  42.8 |  41.0 |  36.3 |  34.2 |  29.1 |  25.2 |  22.3 |  21.2 |  18.0 |  16.9
           1991..............|  15.8 |  20.9 |  21.2 |  26.3 |  34.9 |  39.2 |  42.1 |  40.3 |  40.3 |  37.1 |  32.4 |  32.7
           1992..............|  34.2 |  37.1 |  41.0 |  48.6 |  52.2 |  54.7 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  50.4 |  48.9 |  57.9 |  56.8
           1993..............|  54.0 |  51.8 |  48.6 |  47.1 |  37.1 |  34.2 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  47.8 |  50.4 |  54.3 |  55.8
           1994..............|  58.3 |  56.1 |  59.4 |  54.3 |p/57.6 |p/58.3 |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  37.8 |  35.3 |  33.5 |  33.1 |  28.1 |  26.3 |  23.7 |  20.5 |  19.4 |  16.5 |  16.2 |  15.8
           1991..............|  16.5 |  16.2 |  17.3 |  18.0 |  20.9 |  24.1 |  26.3 |  30.6 |  32.7 |  38.1 |  38.8 |  37.4
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  55.4 |  52.9 |  52.9
           1993..............|  50.0 |  52.5 |  48.6 |  49.3 |  50.7 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  50.7 |  51.4 |  51.4
           1994..............|  50.7 |p/54.7 |p/52.5 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
       and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month          with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
       span. Data are centered within the span.                        indicates an equal balance between industries with
         p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with