Technical information:
   Household data:  (202) 691-6378   USDL 02-680
           http://www.bls.gov/cps/   (Replaces USDL 02-669,
                                     issued December 6, 2002.)
   Establishment data:    691-6555                                            
           http://www.bls.gov/ces/   For release:  Immediate          
Media contact:            691-5902   Monday, December 9, 2002.
                                     
                                     
                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  NOVEMBER 2002
   
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment was little changed in November, while the
unemployment rate rose to 6.0 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Job losses continued in
manufacturing, but the services industry added workers.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons edged up to 8.5 million in November.
The unemployment rate rose to 6.0 percent, a level most recently reached in 
April.  From May through October, the jobless rate remained within a range
of 5.6 to 5.9 percent.  In November, the unemployment rate for adult men
rose by half a percentage point to 5.7 percent; rates for blacks (11.0 
percent) and teenagers (16.8 percent) also were up over the month.  The
jobless rates for adult women (5.0 percent), whites (5.2 percent), and
Hispanics (7.8 percent) showed little or no change.  (See tables A-1 
and A-2.)


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 |                                                                         |
 |    Corrections to Establishment Survey Data Issued December 6, 2002     |
 |                                                                         |
 |    The November Employment Situation release issued on December 6, 2002 |
 | (USDL 02-669), is being replaced by this release in order to correct    |
 | errors in the establishment survey data.  All seasonally adjusted em-   |
 | ployment, hours, and earnings series for the month of September 2002    | 
 | have been recalculated using updated seasonal adjustment factors.  The  |  
 | original seasonal factors for September 2002 were used rather than up-  |
 | dated factors in the first issuance of the release.  This correction    |
 | does not affect levels for any month other than September 2002.  Thus,  |
 | all over-the-month employment changes for November were correct in the  |
 | original release, as were the net changes between August and October.   |            
 |                                                                         |
 |    This release also incorporates additional corrections for nonsuper-  |
 | visory worker estimates in the communications industry for October and  |
 | November 2002.  These corrections resulted in minor revisions in some   |
 | hours and earnings series for these 2 months.                           |
 |                                                                         |
 |    See footnotes on tables B-1 through B-6 for the affected series.     |
 | Further information is available on the Internet, via the CES homepage  |
 | at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555.                 |
 |                                                                         |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Oct.-
      Category        |       2002      |           2002           | Nov.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   II   |   III  |  Sept. |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 142,605| 142,761| 143,277| 143,123| 142,733|   -390
  Employment..........| 134,149| 134,568| 135,185| 134,914| 134,225|   -689
  Unemployment........|   8,456|   8,193|   8,092|   8,209|   8,508|    299
Not in labor force....|  71,059|  71,465|  71,152|  71,519|  72,087|    568
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.9|     5.7|     5.6|     5.7|     6.0|    0.3
  Adult men...........|     5.3|     5.2|     5.2|     5.2|     5.7|     .5
  Adult women.........|     5.2|     5.0|     4.9|     5.2|     5.0|    -.2
  Teenagers...........|    17.1|    16.9|    15.7|    14.6|    16.8|    2.2
  White...............|     5.2|     5.1|     5.1|     5.1|     5.2|     .1
  Black...............|    10.7|     9.7|     9.6|     9.8|    11.0|    1.2
  Hispanic origin.....|     7.4|     7.5|     7.4|     7.8|     7.8|     .0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 130,706|c130,844|c130,829|p130,915|p130,875|   p-40
  Goods-producing 1/..|  23,879| c23,787| c23,748| p23,694| p23,643|   p-51
    Construction......|   6,544|  c6,544|  c6,556|  p6,545|  p6,541|    p-4
    Manufacturing.....|  16,776| c16,691| c16,640| p16,596| p16,551|   p-45
  Service-producing 1/| 106,827|c107,057|c107,081|p107,221|p107,232|    p11
    Retail trade......|  23,327| c23,308| c23,291| p23,292| p23,253|   p-39
    Services..........|  41,090| c41,299| c41,336| p41,386| p41,436|    p50
    Government........|  21,201|  21,270|  21,293| p21,346| p21,354|     p8
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.2|    34.1|    34.2|   p34.2|   p34.2|   p0.0
  Manufacturing.......|    41.0|    40.8|    40.8|   p40.7|   p40.7|    p.0
    Overtime..........|     4.2|     4.1|     4.1|    p4.1|    p4.1|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|  c148.1|   147.9|  c148.3| cp148.1| cp148.1|  cp0.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......| c$14.70|  $14.81|  $14.85| p$14.89| p$14.93| p$0.04
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......| c503.12|  505.14|  507.87| p509.24| p510.61|  p1.37
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.
   c=corrected.
   
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Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment, as measured by the household survey, declined in
November to 134.2 million, and the employment-population ratio dropped by
0.4 percentage point to 62.5 percent.  Despite some large monthly swings,
total employment has shown no net change over the year.  (See table A-1.)
   
   The civilian labor force, at 142.7 million in November, declined by
390,000 over the month, and has fallen by 544,000 since September.  The
labor force participation rate decreased by 0.3 percentage point in
November to 66.4 percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in November.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.3 percent of the
total employed.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in November, about the same as a year earlier.
These individuals reported that they wanted and were available for work and
had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted 
as unemployed, however, because they had not actively searched for work in 
the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of discouraged workers was 
381,000 in November, also about unchanged from the same month a year earlier.  
Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not looking 
for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available.  
(See table A-10.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (-40,000) in November 
at 130.9 million.  This followed a decline of 84,000 in September and an in-
crease of 86,000 in October (as revised).  Payroll employment had increased 
by 233,000 from April to August, after falling by 1.8 million from March 2001 
to April 2002.  (See table B-1.)
   
   In November, manufacturing employment fell by 45,000.  Factory job
losses have averaged about 48,000 in the last 4 months, compared with
losses of 20,000 a month from April to July.  In November, factory job
losses were widespread throughout durable goods manufacturing.  Electronic
equipment employment declined by 11,000.  Over the last 2 years, employment
in the industry has fallen by 388,000, or 22 percent.  In November, transpor-
tation equipment lost 11,000 jobs, mainly in aircraft manufacturing.  Employ-
ment in fabricated metals fell by 10,000 over the month and has declined by 
nearly 10 percent since July 2000.
   
   Retail trade employment was down by 39,000 in November, after seasonal
adjustment.  This was due in part to less seasonal hiring than usual in
November.
   
   Employment continued to decline in the communications industry, which
has lost 156,000 jobs since April 2001.  Employment in electric, gas, and
sanitary services fell by 6,000 in November.  Transportation employment
held steady over the month, with small offsetting movements within the
component industries.
                                  
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   Construction employment was flat in November.  Job gains in general build-
ing contractors were offset by losses in heavy construction.  Construction 
industry employment has shown no net growth since spring of this year.
   
   Employment in the services industry rose by 50,000 in November.  Health
services added 27,000 jobs, with hospitals accounting for about half of
this increase.  Over the past 12 months, employment in the health services
industry has risen by 278,000.  In November, employment also rose in several 
other services industries, including engineering and management, agricultural 
services, and auto repair and parking services.  Employment in help supply 
services decreased by 23,000 in November; this followed declines that totaled 
65,000 in the prior 2 months.  The industry had added 167,000 jobs from Feb-
ruary to August.
   
   In finance, employment continued to increase in mortgage brokerages
(5,000) as refinancing activity maintained a healthy pace.  Employment 
in mortgage brokerages has grown by 106,000 since its low point in 
January 2001.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in November at 34.2 hours, seasonally adjusted.  
The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime also were unchanged at 40.7 
hours and 4.1 hours, respectively.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 
on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in November at 148.1 (1982=100), 
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index was down by 0.4 percent over 
the month to 91.0.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 4 cents in November to $14.93,
seasonally adjusted, following a similar increase (as revised) in October.
Average weekly earnings rose by 0.3 percent over the month to $510.61.
Over the year, average hourly earnings were up by 2.9 percent and average
weekly earnings rose by 3.2 percent.  (See table B-3.)

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   |             Corrections of Establishment Survey Data              |
   |                                                                   |
   |   This release incorporates corrections for nonsupervisory worker |
   | estimates in the communications industry for January 2000 and all |
   | subsequent months.  These corrections resulted in minor revisions |
   | in the hours and earnings series.  See footnotes on tables B-2    |
   | through B-5 for the affected series.  Further information is      |
   | available on the Internet, via the CES homepage at                |
   | http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555.              |                                      
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   |         New Seasonal Factors for Establishment Survey Data         |
   |                                                                    |
   |   Following usual practice, the 6-month updates to seasonal adjust-|
   | ment factors for the establishment survey data are introduced with |
   | this release.  These factors were used in the revisions to the Sep-|
   | tember and October data as well as in the November estimates, and  |
   | will be used through the April 2003 estimates.  These factors will |
   | be published in the December 2002 issue of Employment and Earnings |
   | and are available on the Internet (http://www.bls.gov/ces/), or by |
   | calling 202-691-6555.                                              |
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   The Employment Situation for December 2002 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, January 10, 2003, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).  Release dates for the
balance of 2003 are as follows:

     Feb. 7             May 2             Aug. 1             Nov. 7
     March 7            June 6            Sept. 5            Dec. 5
     April 4            July 3            Oct. 3
      
  
  Upcoming Changes to Household and National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series
                                     
                                     
Household Data Series

   Effective with the release of January 2003 data, several changes to the
Current Population Survey (CPS) will affect estimates contained in the 
Employment Situation news release:
     
   --Population controls that reflect the results of Census 2000 will be
     used in the monthly CPS estimation process.  In addition, CPS data series
     from January 2000 through December 2002 will be revised to reflect the
     introduction of the Census 2000-based population controls.

   --The questions on race and Hispanic origin in the CPS will be modified
     to comply with the new standards for federal statistical agencies.  A 
     major change under those standards is that respondents may select more 
     than one race when answering the survey.  Respondents will continue to 
     be asked a separate question to determine if they are Hispanic.  The 
     Employment Situation news release will present data for persons who 
     report they are white and no other race, black or African American and 
     no other race, and Asian and no other race.  Data will continue to be 
     presented for Hispanics separately.

   --The CPS will adopt the Census industry and occupation classification
     systems derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification 
     System and the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system.  These 
     new classification systems represent complete breaks in the time series 
     for occupation and industry data.  As a result, seasonally adjusted oc-
     cupation and industry estimates from the household survey will not be 
     presented until sufficient time series become available for seasonal ad-
     justment.
                                  
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   --The CPS program will begin using the X-12 ARIMA software for seasonal
     adjustment of time series data.  Because of the other revisions being
     introduced with the January data, the annual revision of 5 years of
     seasonally adjusted data that typically occurs with the release of data 
     for December will be delayed until the release of data for January.

   Questions about upcoming changes to the CPS data series can be directed
to the Division of Labor Force Statistics at 202-691-6378.

National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series
   
   NAICS conversion.  The nonfarm payroll series, produced from the Current
Employment Statistics (CES) program, will be converted from the 1987
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis to the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis with the June 6, 2003, release
of May 2003 estimates.  The NAICS conversion involves major definitional
changes to many of the currently published SIC-based series.  After the
conversion to NAICS, SIC-based series will no longer be produced or
published.  Historical time series will be reconstructed as part of the
NAICS conversion process.  All published series will have a NAICS-based
history extending back to at least January 1990.  For total nonfarm and
other high-level aggregates, NAICS history will begin in January 1939, the
current starting date for these series.  For more detailed series, the
starting date will vary depending on the scope of the definitional changes
between SIC and NAICS.  The NAICS-based reconstruction effort will cover
all CES published data types:  all employees, women workers, production
workers, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and derivative
series (for example, indexes of aggregate weekly hours).

   Completion of the CES sample redesign.  June 6, 2003, also will mark the
completion of the CES sample redesign phase-in.  The redesign converts the
CES from a quota-based sample to a probability-based sample.  In June 2003,
the services industries will be converted to the new sample design; all
other private sector industries have already been converted.  The final
stage of sample redesign phase-in may result in level shifts for average
weekly hours, average hourly earnings, production worker, and women worker
series.  New levels for these series are being recomputed from the NAICS-
based probability sample.
   
   Concurrent seasonal adjustment.  Also beginning in June 2003, the CES
program will convert to concurrent seasonal adjustment, which uses all
available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in
developing seasonal factors.  Currently, the CES program projects seasonal
factors twice a year. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjust-
ment, BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CES national estimates.
   
   Change to federal government series.  Beginning in June 2003, the CES
series for federal government employment will be revised slightly in scope
and definition due to a change in source data and estimation methods.  The
current national series is an end-of-month federal employee count produced
by the Office of Personnel Management, and it excludes some workers, mostly
employees who work in Department of Defense-owned establishments such as
military base commissaries.  The CES national series will include these
workers.  Also, federal government employment will be estimated from a
sample of federal establishments, will be benchmarked annually to counts
from unemployment insurance tax records, and will reflect employee counts
as of the pay period including the 12th of the month, consistent with other
CES industry series.  The historical time series for federal government
employment will be revised to reflect these changes.

   Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is available
through the BLS public database on the Internet, via the CES homepage at
http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555.
 
 
 

                                     
                                     
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2002,
the sample included over 300,000 establishments employing about 37 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
290,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -190,000 to 390,000 (100,000 +/- 290,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  At an unemployment rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-H of that
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  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 212,767 214,643 214,819 212,767 214,023 214,225 214,429 214,643 214,819
    Civilian labor force............................ 141,911 142,878 142,405 142,279 142,390 142,616 143,277 143,123 142,733
          Participation rate........................    66.7    66.6    66.3    66.9    66.5    66.6    66.8    66.7    66.4
      Employed...................................... 134,359 135,237 134,358 134,253 134,045 134,474 135,185 134,914 134,225
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.1    63.0    62.5    63.1    62.6    62.8    63.0    62.9    62.5
        Agriculture.................................   2,971   3,611   3,182   3,154   3,282   3,188   3,298   3,525   3,357
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 131,388 131,627 131,176 131,099 130,763 131,286 131,887 131,389 130,867
      Unemployed....................................   7,551   7,640   8,047   8,026   8,345   8,142   8,092   8,209   8,508
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.3     5.3     5.7     5.6     5.9     5.7     5.6     5.7     6.0
    Not in labor force..............................  70,856  71,765  72,414  70,488  71,633  71,609  71,152  71,519  72,087
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,320   4,133   4,348   4,698   4,895   4,503   4,674   4,444   4,716
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 102,322 103,259 103,347 102,322 102,945 103,046 103,148 103,259 103,347
    Civilian labor force............................  75,594  76,111  75,726  76,023  76,041  76,088  76,480  76,262  76,132
          Participation rate........................    73.9    73.7    73.3    74.3    73.9    73.8    74.1    73.9    73.7
      Employed......................................  71,456  72,065  71,261  71,570  71,509  71,552  72,004  71,854  71,348
          Employment-population ratio...............    69.8    69.8    69.0    69.9    69.5    69.4    69.8    69.6    69.0
      Unemployed....................................   4,138   4,045   4,465   4,453   4,532   4,536   4,476   4,408   4,784
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.5     5.3     5.9     5.9     6.0     6.0     5.9     5.8     6.3
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  94,077  95,020  95,158  94,077  94,694  94,756  94,906  95,020  95,158
    Civilian labor force............................  71,738  72,368  72,013  71,935  72,172  72,203  72,473  72,342  72,185
          Participation rate........................    76.3    76.2    75.7    76.5    76.2    76.2    76.4    76.1    75.9
      Employed......................................  68,292  68,875  68,216  68,204  68,405  68,447  68,711  68,545  68,099
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.6    72.5    71.7    72.5    72.2    72.2    72.4    72.1    71.6
        Agriculture.................................   2,013   2,497   2,258   2,082   2,256   2,221   2,226   2,432   2,337
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,279  66,378  65,958  66,122  66,149  66,226  66,485  66,114  65,761
      Unemployed....................................   3,446   3,493   3,796   3,731   3,767   3,757   3,762   3,796   4,087
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.8     4.8     5.3     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 110,445 111,383 111,472 110,445 111,078 111,179 111,281 111,383 111,472
    Civilian labor force............................  66,317  66,767  66,679  66,256  66,349  66,527  66,797  66,862  66,601
          Participation rate........................    60.0    59.9    59.8    60.0    59.7    59.8    60.0    60.0    59.7
      Employed......................................  62,904  63,172  63,097  62,683  62,536  62,922  63,181  63,061  62,877
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.0    56.7    56.6    56.8    56.3    56.6    56.8    56.6    56.4
      Unemployed....................................   3,414   3,595   3,582   3,573   3,813   3,605   3,616   3,801   3,724
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.1     5.4     5.4     5.4     5.7     5.4     5.4     5.7     5.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 102,438 103,416 103,499 102,438 103,127 103,256 103,335 103,416 103,499
    Civilian labor force............................  62,454  63,095  63,054  62,321  62,590  62,783  62,929  63,045  62,906
          Participation rate........................    61.0    61.0    60.9    60.8    60.7    60.8    60.9    61.0    60.8
      Employed......................................  59,576  60,014  60,049  59,288  59,364  59,710  59,835  59,764  59,765
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.2    58.0    58.0    57.9    57.6    57.8    57.9    57.8    57.7
        Agriculture.................................     770     880     762     852     814     772     845     865     832
        Nonagricultural industries..................  58,806  59,134  59,287  58,436  58,550  58,938  58,991  58,899  58,933
      Unemployed....................................   2,878   3,081   3,005   3,033   3,226   3,073   3,094   3,281   3,140
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.6     4.9     4.8     4.9     5.2     4.9     4.9     5.2     5.0
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,252  16,206  16,163  16,252  16,202  16,212  16,189  16,206  16,163
    Civilian labor force............................   7,719   7,414   7,338   8,023   7,629   7,630   7,874   7,737   7,642
          Participation rate........................    47.5    45.8    45.4    49.4    47.1    47.1    48.6    47.7    47.3
      Employed......................................   6,491   6,348   6,093   6,761   6,276   6,318   6,639   6,605   6,361
          Employment-population ratio...............    39.9    39.2    37.7    41.6    38.7    39.0    41.0    40.8    39.4
        Agriculture.................................     188     234     162     220     213     196     227     229     188
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,303   6,114   5,931   6,541   6,064   6,122   6,411   6,376   6,173
      Unemployed....................................   1,228   1,066   1,246   1,262   1,352   1,312   1,236   1,131   1,282
          Unemployment rate.........................    15.9    14.4    17.0    15.7    17.7    17.2    15.7    14.6    16.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
   
   
   

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 176,500 177,777 177,896 176,500 177,345 177,486 177,628 177,777 177,896
    Civilian labor force............................ 118,168 118,706 118,335 118,566 118,678 118,919 119,021 118,969 118,710
        Participation rate..........................    67.0    66.8    66.5    67.2    66.9    67.0    67.0    66.9    66.7
      Employed...................................... 112,649 113,120 112,585 112,652 112,446 112,844 113,010 112,882 112,562
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.8    63.6    63.3    63.8    63.4    63.6    63.6    63.5    63.3
      Unemployed....................................   5,519   5,586   5,749   5,914   6,233   6,075   6,011   6,087   6,149
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.7     4.7     4.9     5.0     5.3     5.1     5.1     5.1     5.2
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,686  61,042  60,864  60,900  61,068  61,240  61,212  61,101  61,056
        Participation rate..........................    76.6    76.5    76.2    76.9    76.7    76.9    76.7    76.5    76.4
      Employed......................................  58,080  58,452  58,060  58,044  58,164  58,332  58,331  58,219  58,002
        Employment-population ratio.................    73.4    73.2    72.7    73.3    73.1    73.2    73.1    72.9    72.6
      Unemployed....................................   2,606   2,591   2,804   2,856   2,904   2,908   2,881   2,882   3,054
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.3     4.2     4.6     4.7     4.8     4.7     4.7     4.7     5.0
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,974  51,413  51,245  50,850  51,125  51,297  51,212  51,370  51,116
        Participation rate..........................    60.3    60.4    60.2    60.2    60.2    60.4    60.2    60.4    60.0
      Employed......................................  48,956  49,249  49,219  48,712  48,856  49,076  48,994  49,053  48,974
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.0    57.9    57.8    57.7    57.6    57.8    57.6    57.6    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   2,018   2,165   2,026   2,138   2,268   2,221   2,218   2,318   2,142
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.0     4.2     4.0     4.2     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.5     4.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,508   6,251   6,226   6,816   6,485   6,382   6,597   6,499   6,538
        Participation rate..........................    50.7    48.6    48.4    53.1    50.5    49.7    51.3    50.6    50.9
      Employed......................................   5,613   5,419   5,307   5,896   5,425   5,437   5,685   5,610   5,586
        Employment-population ratio.................    43.7    42.2    41.3    45.9    42.2    42.3    44.2    43.7    43.5
      Unemployed....................................     894     831     920     920   1,060     945     911     888     953
        Unemployment rate...........................    13.7    13.3    14.8    13.5    16.4    14.8    13.8    13.7    14.6
          Men.......................................    16.2    13.4    16.1    15.8    19.1    17.5    15.3    14.4    15.8
          Women.....................................    11.3    13.2    13.4    11.1    13.6    12.1    12.3    13.0    13.3
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,720  26,081  26,116  25,720  25,961  26,000  26,039  26,081  26,116
    Civilian labor force............................  16,729  16,925  16,843  16,687  16,618  16,753  17,053  16,940  16,820
        Participation rate..........................    65.0    64.9    64.5    64.9    64.0    64.4    65.5    65.0    64.4
      Employed......................................  15,127  15,340  15,056  15,040  14,976  15,142  15,420  15,275  14,974
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.8    58.8    57.6    58.5    57.7    58.2    59.2    58.6    57.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,602   1,585   1,787   1,647   1,642   1,611   1,633   1,665   1,846
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.6     9.4    10.6     9.9     9.9     9.6     9.6     9.8    11.0
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,424   7,600   7,429   7,385   7,472   7,492   7,652   7,566   7,400
        Participation rate..........................    71.9    72.5    70.8    71.6    71.6    71.7    73.1    72.2    70.5
      Employed......................................   6,804   6,897   6,662   6,739   6,800   6,834   6,944   6,829   6,596
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.9    65.8    63.5    65.3    65.2    65.4    66.4    65.1    62.8
      Unemployed....................................     620     703     766     646     673     658     708     738     803
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.3     9.3    10.3     8.7     9.0     8.8     9.3     9.7    10.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,396   8,454   8,546   8,371   8,348   8,414   8,465   8,460   8,522
        Participation rate..........................    65.1    64.6    65.2    64.9    64.1    64.5    64.8    64.6    65.0
      Employed......................................   7,703   7,767   7,786   7,669   7,602   7,719   7,799   7,744   7,755
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.7    59.3    59.4    59.4    58.3    59.1    59.7    59.1    59.2
      Unemployed....................................     693     688     760     702     746     695     665     716     768
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.3     8.1     8.9     8.4     8.9     8.3     7.9     8.5     9.0
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     909     871     868     931     798     847     936     914     898
        Participation rate..........................    36.4    34.8    34.6    37.3    31.9    33.9    37.4    36.5    35.8
      Employed......................................     620     676     608     632     575     589     677     702     623
        Employment-population ratio.................    24.9    27.0    24.2    25.3    23.0    23.5    27.0    28.1    24.8
      Unemployed....................................     289     194     260     299     223     258     259     211     275
        Unemployment rate...........................    31.8    22.3    30.0    32.1    28.0    30.5    27.7    23.1    30.6
          Men.......................................    31.1    22.6    28.4    31.6    20.5    30.5    34.7    24.8    29.7
          Women.....................................    32.4    22.1    31.5    32.6    34.8    30.4    20.8    21.3    31.6
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  23,417  24,129  24,194  23,417  23,935  23,999  24,065  24,129  24,194
    Civilian labor force............................  15,830  16,274  16,265  15,932  16,304  16,240  16,294  16,216  16,347
        Participation rate..........................    67.6    67.4    67.2    68.0    68.1    67.7    67.7    67.2    67.6
      Employed......................................  14,698  15,042  15,031  14,751  15,066  15,014  15,095  14,952  15,076
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.8    62.3    62.1    63.0    62.9    62.6    62.7    62.0    62.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,132   1,232   1,234   1,181   1,238   1,225   1,198   1,264   1,271
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.1     7.6     7.6     7.4     7.6     7.5     7.4     7.8     7.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  
   
   
   






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                Nov.     Oct.     Nov.     Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.  
                                                2001     2002     2002     2001     2002     2002     2002     2002     2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   27,504   26,865   26,983   27,504   27,112   26,900   26,847   26,865   26,983
    Civilian labor force....................   11,997   11,781   11,854   12,035   11,770   11,752   11,808   11,813   11,908
        Percent of population...............     43.6     43.9     43.9     43.8     43.4     43.7     44.0     44.0     44.1
      Employed..............................   11,044   10,832   10,775   11,066   10,743   10,762   10,883   10,778   10,819
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.2     40.3     39.9     40.2     39.6     40.0     40.5     40.1     40.1
      Unemployed............................      954      948    1,079      969    1,028      991      925    1,034    1,090
        Unemployment rate...................      7.9      8.1      9.1      8.1      8.7      8.4      7.8      8.8      9.2
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,400   57,949   58,454   57,400   57,012   57,778   58,097   57,949   58,454
    Civilian labor force....................   36,836   37,255   37,360   36,719   37,149   37,203   37,533   37,380   37,220
        Percent of population...............     64.2     64.3     63.9     64.0     65.2     64.4     64.6     64.5     63.7
      Employed..............................   35,069   35,606   35,487   34,882   35,250   35,323   35,668   35,571   35,276
        Employment-population ratio.........     61.1     61.4     60.7     60.8     61.8     61.1     61.4     61.4     60.3
      Unemployed............................    1,767    1,649    1,872    1,837    1,898    1,880    1,865    1,810    1,944
        Unemployment rate...................      4.8      4.4      5.0      5.0      5.1      5.1      5.0      4.8      5.2
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,353   45,898   45,964   45,353   45,695   45,494   45,386   45,898   45,964
    Civilian labor force....................   33,529   33,774   33,602   33,420   33,162   33,184   33,599   33,510   33,454
        Percent of population...............     73.9     73.6     73.1     73.7     72.6     72.9     74.0     73.0     72.8
      Employed..............................   32,203   32,309   32,101   32,018   31,693   31,742   32,013   32,021   31,878
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.0     70.4     69.8     70.6     69.4     69.8     70.5     69.8     69.4
      Unemployed............................    1,326    1,465    1,501    1,402    1,469    1,443    1,586    1,489    1,576
        Unemployment rate...................      4.0      4.3      4.5      4.2      4.4      4.3      4.7      4.4      4.7
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   47,225   48,334   47,835   47,225   48,755   48,583   48,557   48,334   47,835
    Civilian labor force....................   37,290   38,026   37,582   37,324   37,850   37,996   37,997   37,896   37,665
        Percent of population...............     79.0     78.7     78.6     79.0     77.6     78.2     78.3     78.4     78.7
      Employed..............................   36,285   36,914   36,554   36,223   36,750   36,974   36,896   36,731   36,554
        Employment-population ratio.........     76.8     76.4     76.4     76.7     75.4     76.1     76.0     76.0     76.4
      Unemployed............................    1,005    1,111    1,028    1,101    1,100    1,021    1,101    1,165    1,111
        Unemployment rate...................      2.7      2.9      2.7      2.9      2.9      2.7      2.9      3.1      2.9

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
   
   
   

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  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 134,359 135,237 134,358 134,253 134,045 134,474 135,185 134,914 134,225
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,044  43,680  43,258  42,861  43,273  43,371  43,225  43,376  43,172
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,482  34,010  33,804  33,330  33,361  33,723  33,997  33,773  33,669
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,386   8,394   8,436   8,331   8,521   8,419   8,357   8,377   8,361
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  42,031  42,546  41,821  41,925  41,978  42,152  42,385  42,351  41,693
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,602  38,127  38,690  38,546  38,458  38,892  38,623  38,241  38,613
    Service occupations.............................  18,436  19,025  18,963  18,456  18,752  18,771  18,884  19,393  19,021
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,620  14,418  14,361  14,637  14,073  14,242  14,503  14,275  14,361
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  17,581  17,437  17,265  17,311  17,327  17,142  17,345  17,093  17,014
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,090   3,684   3,256   3,267   3,501   3,340   3,361   3,630   3,457
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,753   2,248   1,920   1,865   2,031   1,927   2,054   2,186   2,038
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,208   1,328   1,226   1,276   1,227   1,231   1,221   1,322   1,293
      Unpaid family workers.........................      11      35      36      12      27      24      25      34      42
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 122,859 122,840 122,201 122,507 122,196 122,885 123,327 122,653 121,856
        Government..................................  19,356  19,442  19,578  19,172  19,709  19,596  19,442  19,423  19,384
        Private industries.......................... 103,503 103,397 102,623 103,335 102,486 103,289 103,885 103,230 102,472
          Private households........................     772     885     914     790     855     887     934     902     931
          Other industries.......................... 102,730 102,513 101,708 102,545 101,631 102,402 102,951 102,328 101,541
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,450   8,694   8,874   8,507   8,268   8,368   8,439   8,582   8,910
      Unpaid family workers.........................      79      93     101      77      99      87      91      94      98
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   4,042   3,891   4,080   4,206   4,177   4,325   4,217   4,262   4,155
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,729   2,652   2,699   2,796   2,723   2,880   2,687   2,908   2,715
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,052   1,069   1,127   1,121   1,096   1,159   1,202   1,130   1,190
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,672  19,297  19,661  18,587  19,138  19,120  18,833  18,484  18,548
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,837   3,770   3,931   4,017   3,949   4,060   4,068   4,148   4,032
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,600   2,571   2,604   2,679   2,609   2,715   2,596   2,834   2,631
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,035   1,045   1,103   1,096   1,074   1,131   1,174   1,097   1,158
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,118  18,707  19,123  18,007  18,572  18,609  18,300  17,884  17,990

      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                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   8,026   8,209   8,508    5.6     5.9     5.7     5.6     5.7     6.0 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   3,731   3,796   4,087    5.2     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.7 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   3,033   3,281   3,140    4.9     5.2     4.9     4.9     5.2     5.0 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,262   1,131   1,282   15.7    17.7    17.2    15.7    14.6    16.8 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,465   1,546   1,603    3.3     3.5     3.4     3.6     3.4     3.6 
     Married women, spouse present..................   1,237   1,328   1,318    3.6     3.7     3.5     3.6     3.8     3.8 
     Women who maintain families....................     724     733     760    8.0     8.4     7.3     7.2     8.0     8.3 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   6,624   6,915   7,235    5.6     5.9     5.7     5.7     5.8     6.1 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,375   1,293   1,270    5.6     5.4     5.6     5.3     5.3     5.1 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........   1,207   1,311   1,342    2.8     3.1     3.1     3.1     3.0     3.1 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   2,053   2,158   2,136    5.1     5.3     5.2     5.3     5.3     5.2 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     895     965     984    5.8     6.4     6.2     5.8     6.3     6.4 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,729   1,591   1,651    9.1     8.6     8.3     8.5     8.5     8.8 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     237     268     278    6.8     8.8     9.3     8.2     6.9     7.4 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   6,586   6,818   6,858    6.0     6.2     6.0     6.0     6.2     6.3 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,994   2,032   2,049    7.1     7.4     7.2     7.4     7.4     7.5 
         Mining.....................................      29      29      45    5.3     3.8     6.0     8.0     5.2     7.6 
         Construction...............................     745     814     774    8.9    10.3     9.5     9.3     9.9     9.3 
         Manufacturing..............................   1,220   1,189   1,230    6.4     6.3     6.3     6.5     6.4     6.6 
           Durable goods............................     807     743     795    6.9     6.8     6.5     6.9     6.5     7.0 
           Nondurable goods.........................     413     446     435    5.5     5.6     5.9     5.9     6.2     6.1 
       Service-producing industries.................   4,592   4,786   4,809    5.6     5.9     5.6     5.5     5.8     5.9 
         Transportation and public utilities........     504     410     439    6.1     5.3     4.8     5.0     5.2     5.6 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,767   2,030   2,046    6.4     6.8     6.8     6.9     7.3     7.5 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     293     254     277    3.5     3.7     3.1     3.1     3.0     3.2 
         Services...................................   2,028   2,092   2,047    5.4     5.8     5.4     5.1     5.4     5.4 
     Government workers.............................     473     550     504    2.4     2.5     2.4     2.7     2.8     2.5 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     192     157     195    9.3     9.7     9.8     8.8     6.7     8.7 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,883   2,573   2,744   3,090   2,896   2,880   2,708   2,715   2,904
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,501   2,254   2,462   2,573   2,464   2,431   2,511   2,471   2,490
   15 weeks and over................................   2,168   2,813   2,841   2,317   2,883   2,783   2,900   2,980   3,022
      15 to 26 weeks................................   1,115   1,237   1,199   1,207   1,349   1,309   1,315   1,324   1,288
      27 weeks and over.............................   1,052   1,577   1,642   1,110   1,533   1,474   1,585   1,656   1,734
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    14.5    18.1    17.7    14.4    16.4    16.2    17.8    17.5    17.7
   Median duration, in weeks........................     7.5     9.6     9.1     7.6     8.6     8.4     9.5     9.6     9.3
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    38.2    33.7    34.1    38.7    35.1    35.6    33.4    33.2    34.5
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    33.1    29.5    30.6    32.2    29.9    30.0    30.9    30.3    29.6
     15 weeks and over..............................    28.7    36.8    35.3    29.0    35.0    34.4    35.7    36.5    35.9
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    14.8    16.2    14.9    15.1    16.4    16.2    16.2    16.2    15.3
       27 weeks and over............................    13.9    20.6    20.4    13.9    18.6    18.2    19.5    20.3    20.6






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   4,194   4,064   4,451   4,501   4,580   4,560   4,535   4,737   4,651
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,017     713     915   1,157   1,224   1,151     999   1,054   1,031
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,177   3,351   3,536   3,344   3,356   3,410   3,536   3,682   3,619
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,403   2,610   2,769   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     774     741     766   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     799     884     778     848     818     824     781     838     822
  Reentrants........................................   2,096   2,265   2,269   2,197   2,375   2,270   2,263   2,344   2,376
  New entrants......................................     462     427     549     497     571     619     526     469     588
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    55.5    53.2    55.3    56.0    54.9    55.1    56.0    56.5    55.1
     On temporary layoff............................    13.5     9.3    11.4    14.4    14.7    13.9    12.3    12.6    12.2
     Not on temporary layoff........................    42.1    43.9    43.9    41.6    40.2    41.2    43.6    43.9    42.9
   Job leavers......................................    10.6    11.6     9.7    10.5     9.8    10.0     9.6    10.0     9.7
   Reentrants.......................................    27.8    29.6    28.2    27.3    28.5    27.4    27.9    27.9    28.2
   New entrants.....................................     6.1     5.6     6.8     6.2     6.8     7.5     6.5     5.6     7.0
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     3.0     2.8     3.1     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.3     3.3
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .5      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.6     1.6     1.5     1.7     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.7
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .4      .3      .4      .4      .4      .3      .4

    1 Not available.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 Nov.   Oct.   Nov.   Nov.   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov. 
                                                                 2001   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002   2002   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.5    2.0    2.0    1.6    2.0    2.0    2.0    2.1    2.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    3.0    2.8    3.1    3.2    3.2    3.2    3.2    3.3    3.3
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    5.3    5.3    5.7    5.6    5.9    5.7    5.6    5.7    6.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    5.5    5.6    5.9   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    6.2    6.3    6.6   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    9.0    9.0    9.4   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
    NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,026   8,209   8,508    5.6     5.9     5.7     5.6     5.7     6.0 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,650   2,642   2,727   11.7    12.3    12.2    11.8    11.8    12.2 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,262   1,131   1,282   15.7    17.7    17.2    15.7    14.6    16.8 
        16 to 17 years..............................     531     461     552   17.5    20.9    19.7    19.3    16.1    19.4 
        18 to 19 years..............................     738     669     729   14.8    16.1    16.0    13.6    13.8    15.3 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,388   1,510   1,445    9.5     9.5     9.6     9.7    10.3     9.8 
    25 years and over...............................   5,307   5,554   5,754    4.4     4.6     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.8 
      25 to 54 years................................   4,648   4,792   5,014    4.6     4.8     4.6     4.6     4.8     5.0 
      55 years and over.............................     668     791     736    3.5     3.7     4.0     3.7     3.8     3.5 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   4,453   4,408   4,784    5.9     6.0     6.0     5.9     5.8     6.3 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,526   1,414   1,486   13.0    13.0    13.7    13.2    12.2    12.7 
        16 to 19 years..............................     722     612     697   17.7    19.8    20.1    17.8    15.6    17.7 
          16 to 17 years............................     316     248     309   20.4    23.9    24.5    21.5    17.5    21.1 
          18 to 19 years............................     411     360     389   16.2    17.4    17.8    15.9    14.5    15.7 
        20 to 24 years..............................     804     802     789   10.5     9.6    10.5    10.8    10.4    10.2 
      25 years and over.............................   2,877   2,988   3,271    4.5     4.7     4.6     4.5     4.6     5.1 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,453   2,580   2,825    4.6     4.8     4.7     4.7     4.8     5.3 
        55 years and over...........................     430     430     433    4.1     4.0     4.1     3.9     3.8     3.9 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   3,573   3,801   3,724    5.4     5.7     5.4     5.4     5.7     5.6 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,124   1,228   1,241   10.3    11.6    10.6    10.3    11.3    11.6 
        16 to 19 years..............................     540     520     584   13.7    15.6    14.2    13.5    13.6    15.8 
          16 to 17 years............................     215     213     243   14.5    17.9    15.1    17.2    14.7    17.6 
          18 to 19 years............................     327     309     339   13.3    14.8    14.1    11.1    13.2    14.8 
        20 to 24 years..............................     584     708     657    8.3     9.4     8.7     8.5    10.1     9.3 
      25 years and over.............................   2,430   2,566   2,483    4.4     4.6     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.4 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,195   2,212   2,189    4.7     4.8     4.6     4.6     4.8     4.7 
        55 years and over...........................     238     361     302    2.8     3.4     3.8     3.5     3.8     3.1 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.  
                                                                        2001      2002      2001      2002      2001      2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   70,856    72,414    26,728    27,621    44,127    44,793 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,320     4,348     1,996     1,915     2,324     2,433 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,315     1,390       685       696       630       694 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      322       381       180       234       141       147 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      993     1,009       504       462       488       547 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,080     7,183     3,593     3,475     3,487     3,708 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.3       5.3       5.0       4.9       5.5       5.9 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,870     3,830     2,188     2,098     1,682     1,732 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,514     1,597       491       478     1,022     1,120 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      241       248       136       167       105        82 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,414     1,477       746       723       668       754 

    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.
    
  

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Nov.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov. 
                                           2001    2002   2002p   2002p    2001    2002    2002   2002c   2002p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 132,089 131,207 131,808 131,908 131,087 130,790 130,913 130,829 130,915 130,875
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 110,575 110,105 110,163 110,094 109,987 109,562 109,624 109,536 109,569 109,521
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  24,481  24,079  23,964  23,774  24,353  23,812  23,801  23,748  23,694  23,643
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     570     559     560     554     566     551     555     552     553     551
    Metal mining........................    34.3    32.2    32.2    32.2      34      33      32      32      32      32
    Coal mining.........................    82.4    78.8    78.3    78.5      82      79      79      79      78      78
    Oil and gas extraction..............   340.7   332.6   335.2   332.1     340     329     333     330     332     332
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   112.5   115.4   114.4   111.2     110     110     111     111     111     109
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,730   6,800   6,756   6,645   6,629   6,519   6,556   6,556   6,545   6,541
    General building contractors........ 1,466.1 1,504.9 1,505.2 1,494.9   1,454   1,445   1,460   1,469   1,475   1,482
    Heavy construction, except building.   954.4   967.7   957.7   912.8     925     899     898     898     893     885
    Special trade contractors........... 4,309.6 4,327.8 4,293.1 4,237.3   4,250   4,175   4,198   4,189   4,177   4,174
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  17,181  16,720  16,648  16,575  17,158  16,742  16,690  16,640  16,596  16,551
      Production workers................  11,538  11,249  11,190  11,123  11,513  11,247  11,212  11,164  11,132  11,094
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  10,245   9,856   9,811   9,768  10,237   9,922   9,889   9,832   9,801   9,765
      Production workers................   6,820   6,565   6,534   6,502   6,809   6,609   6,591   6,539   6,520   6,492
    Lumber and wood products............   776.4   776.3   771.2   764.4     772     766     768     764     764     762
    Furniture and fixtures..............   492.5   488.1   485.1   482.9     495     495     495     488     488     486
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   564.3   567.2   564.2   561.4     561     554     557     558     557     557
    Primary metal industries............   625.8   588.7   584.4   582.5     625     589     589     586     582     581
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   203.2   188.2   187.9   187.5   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,443.0 1,417.3 1,413.0 1,401.1   1,438   1,428   1,418   1,412   1,409   1,399
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 1,902.4 1,794.4 1,791.0 1,789.4   1,909   1,826   1,810   1,801   1,798   1,796
      Computer and office equipment.....   323.5   294.7   294.5   295.1     325     301     296     296     295     296
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,518.8 1,390.9 1,379.3 1,367.6   1,520   1,426   1,408   1,392   1,380   1,369
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   604.0   546.8   541.2   536.1     605     563     555     550     544     537
    Transportation equipment............ 1,723.6 1,664.1 1,656.2 1,652.9   1,720   1,661   1,675   1,661   1,660   1,649
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   924.1   915.3   908.6   913.0     921     905     918     912     913     910
      Aircraft and parts................   454.8   401.9   398.4   393.1     452     409     407     400     396     390
    Instruments and related products....   822.3   796.7   791.9   789.0     825     803     799     798     793     792
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   375.7   372.5   374.3   376.7     372     374     370     372     370     374
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   6,936   6,864   6,837   6,807   6,921   6,820   6,801   6,808   6,795   6,786
      Production workers................   4,718   4,684   4,656   4,621   4,704   4,638   4,621   4,625   4,612   4,602
    Food and kindred products........... 1,697.7 1,740.2 1,725.6 1,699.0   1,690   1,687   1,683   1,694   1,693   1,689
    Tobacco products....................    35.4    37.9    37.9    38.2      34      35      38      37      37      37
    Textile mill products...............   451.0   429.4   426.7   424.7     451     429     427     426     426     424
    Apparel and other textile products..   539.7   519.5   513.1   512.4     537     525     524     516     511     510
    Paper and allied products...........   626.0   613.8   613.1   611.5     626     612     613     612     613     611
    Printing and publishing............. 1,457.2 1,402.0 1,404.2 1,406.9   1,453   1,406   1,401   1,403   1,401   1,401
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,015.1 1,007.5 1,006.0 1,007.3   1,015   1,008   1,006   1,010   1,006   1,007
    Petroleum and coal products.........   126.6   128.2   127.6   126.7     127     126     125     126     125     126
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   930.7   929.0   926.6   924.2     932     936     929     927     926     926
    Leather and leather products........    57.0    56.5    56.5    56.1      56      56      55      57      57      55
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 107,608 107,128 107,844 108,134 106,734 106,978 107,112 107,081 107,221 107,232
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,951   6,776   6,770   6,754   6,907   6,780   6,765   6,725   6,726   6,716
    Transportation......................   4,408   4,339   4,344   4,334   4,367   4,328   4,323   4,293   4,300   4,300
      Railroad transportation...........   231.8   226.3   225.7   225.0     232     227     228     226     225     224
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   494.8   476.9   484.3   481.4     480     471     466     469     471     467
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,843.0 1,842.5 1,846.7 1,841.7   1,831   1,834   1,827   1,816   1,827   1,830
      Water transportation..............   183.1   195.0   192.3   184.3     189     192     190     189     188     191
      Transportation by air............. 1,207.0 1,162.3 1,160.6 1,167.6   1,187   1,167   1,176   1,160   1,156   1,152
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    15.3    14.9    14.8    14.9      15      15      15      15      15      15
      Transportation services...........   433.1   420.7   419.5   419.2     433     422     421     418     418     421
    Communications and public utilities.   2,543   2,437   2,426   2,420   2,540   2,452   2,442   2,432   2,426   2,416
      Communications.................... 1,693.1 1,592.8 1,583.8 1,584.1   1,689   1,608   1,597   1,588   1,584   1,580
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   850.0   844.3   842.4   836.3     851     844     845     844     842     836
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,705   6,673   6,673   6,662   6,693   6,679   6,671   6,663   6,657   6,652
    Durable goods.......................   3,956   3,898   3,897   3,894   3,952   3,914   3,905   3,897   3,893   3,891
    Nondurable goods....................   2,749   2,775   2,776   2,768   2,741   2,765   2,766   2,766   2,764   2,761
  Retail trade..........................  23,841  23,323  23,332  23,630  23,449  23,339  23,295  23,291  23,292  23,253
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,040.0 1,068.0 1,069.2 1,071.0   1,049   1,067   1,066   1,067   1,071   1,081
    General merchandise stores.......... 3,111.1 2,813.9 2,869.9 3,051.4   2,877   2,885   2,850   2,856   2,851   2,831
      Department stores................. 2,750.2 2,479.1 2,523.9 2,683.3   2,540   2,544   2,513   2,515   2,505   2,488
    Food stores......................... 3,492.2 3,388.3 3,400.1 3,426.9   3,448   3,388   3,392   3,392   3,387   3,386
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,432.8 2,451.1 2,445.0 2,432.5   2,434   2,437   2,443   2,438   2,438   2,433
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,126.1 1,134.3 1,133.3 1,128.3   1,126   1,127   1,130   1,131   1,131   1,128
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,229.4 1,157.9 1,167.1 1,231.1   1,173   1,178   1,177   1,171   1,173   1,177
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,187.6 1,140.7 1,158.6 1,188.4   1,156   1,153   1,154   1,153   1,158   1,160
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,157.3 8,233.3 8,126.6 8,065.2   8,224   8,144   8,125   8,129   8,141   8,127
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,190.7 3,069.3 3,095.5 3,163.2   3,088   3,087   3,088   3,085   3,073   3,058
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,734   7,766   7,798   7,810   7,751   7,737   7,745   7,773   7,814   7,821
    Finance.............................   3,819   3,825   3,847   3,862   3,821   3,819   3,822   3,837   3,860   3,861
      Depository institutions........... 2,063.9 2,071.0 2,073.1 2,079.9   2,068   2,073   2,075   2,078   2,082   2,083
        Commercial banks................ 1,439.2 1,444.7 1,445.7 1,450.2   1,442   1,445   1,448   1,450   1,453   1,453
        Savings institutions............   259.5   262.1   261.0   260.8     260     263     263     264     264     261
      Nondepository institutions........   747.8   777.8   799.2   810.4     747     767     773     783     802     807
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   348.5   379.6   398.5   406.8     349     372     374     382     401     406
      Security and commodity brokers....   744.4   715.0   711.2   708.3     745     718     714     714     713     709
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   262.4   261.0   263.1   263.3     261     261     260     262     263     262
    Insurance...........................   2,374   2,363   2,370   2,374   2,377   2,365   2,366   2,366   2,372   2,376
      Insurance carriers................ 1,593.7 1,573.8 1,574.6 1,574.9   1,597   1,576   1,574   1,577   1,578   1,578
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   780.6   789.1   795.4   799.2     780     789     792     789     794     798
    Real estate.........................   1,541   1,578   1,581   1,574   1,553   1,553   1,557   1,570   1,582   1,584
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  40,863  41,488  41,626  41,464  40,834  41,215  41,347  41,336  41,386  41,436
    Agricultural services...............   859.6   917.6   904.1   880.6     860     862     863     874     873     880
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,733.1 1,833.9 1,787.6 1,715.3   1,810   1,795   1,788   1,782   1,791   1,790
    Personal services................... 1,233.4 1,250.0 1,253.2 1,257.0   1,266   1,282   1,285   1,287   1,289   1,287
    Business services................... 9,408.3 9,481.2 9,486.0 9,418.1   9,277   9,325   9,395   9,330   9,320   9,310
      Services to buildings............. 1,024.5 1,047.1 1,043.2 1,047.1   1,025   1,034   1,041   1,042   1,041   1,047
      Personnel supply services......... 3,240.1 3,342.3 3,322.4 3,254.0   3,126   3,196   3,257   3,188   3,174   3,156
        Help supply services............ 2,901.9 3,018.8 2,996.2 2,925.3   2,799   2,875   2,925   2,869   2,860   2,837
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,217.2 2,181.2 2,183.4 2,191.0   2,221   2,193   2,191   2,190   2,193   2,194
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,252.6 1,267.1 1,259.2 1,260.7   1,259   1,266   1,266   1,266   1,261   1,268
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   375.6   378.8   379.8   378.7     375     379     377     378     378     378
    Motion pictures.....................   568.0   585.7   575.5   579.1     577     584     588     595     591     588
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,518.5 1,706.3 1,594.9 1,483.6   1,685   1,649   1,662   1,638   1,640   1,635
    Health services..................... 10515.6 10719.2 10753.4 10793.8  10,502  10,687  10,711  10,729  10,753  10,780
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 2,025.8 2,077.5 2,082.9 2,089.2   2,025   2,067   2,075   2,079   2,085   2,088
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,869.7 1,896.4 1,900.8 1,909.1   1,866   1,888   1,893   1,896   1,900   1,906
      Hospitals......................... 4,156.6 4,244.1 4,256.7 4,272.1   4,153   4,233   4,244   4,247   4,255   4,269
      Home health care services.........   644.6   651.2   656.6   659.9     640     646     646     651     655     655
    Legal services...................... 1,049.4 1,064.8 1,074.2 1,080.9   1,049   1,065   1,065   1,072   1,077   1,080
    Educational services................ 2,641.6 2,503.8 2,727.3 2,769.4   2,458   2,529   2,538   2,550   2,566   2,581
    Social services..................... 3,138.9 3,177.7 3,211.9 3,226.4   3,121   3,181   3,203   3,199   3,204   3,211
      Child day care services...........   737.1   730.4   744.9   745.9     721     726     736     731     731     730
      Residential care..................   887.4   902.3   907.0   910.7     888     904     906     906     909     912
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   107.2   109.2   107.4   104.3     109     109     108     108     107     107
    Membership organizations............ 2,457.4 2,459.4 2,467.9 2,464.3   2,473   2,476   2,472   2,478   2,481   2,479
    Engineering and management services. 3,610.9 3,642.3 3,653.4 3,663.4   3,620   3,634   3,634   3,659   3,665   3,673
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,049.3 1,032.9 1,029.3 1,027.2   1,051   1,032   1,030   1,029   1,028   1,029
      Management and public relations... 1,185.5 1,221.9 1,224.5 1,232.6   1,182   1,214   1,211   1,224   1,224   1,229
    Services, nec.......................    49.1    47.0    46.0    44.4   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  21,514  21,102  21,645  21,814  21,100  21,228  21,289  21,293  21,346  21,354
    Federal.............................   2,608   2,623   2,637   2,644   2,616   2,607   2,611   2,621   2,645   2,648
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,763.9 1,815.3 1,830.5 1,835.5   1,776   1,790   1,792   1,810   1,836   1,846
    State...............................   5,069   4,945   5,086   5,103   4,925   4,950   4,948   4,958   4,958   4,959
      Education......................... 2,283.4 2,138.4 2,299.1 2,326.4   2,121   2,155   2,145   2,163   2,163   2,163
      Other State government............ 2,785.8 2,806.2 2,786.9 2,776.7   2,804   2,795   2,803   2,795   2,795   2,796
    Local...............................  13,837  13,534  13,922  14,067  13,559  13,671  13,730  13,714  13,743  13,747
      Education......................... 8,079.2 7,640.1 8,074.9 8,205.8   7,710   7,788   7,837   7,808   7,829   7,826
      Other local government............ 5,757.9 5,893.5 5,847.2 5,861.3   5,849   5,883   5,893   5,906   5,914   5,921

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  c = corrected.  For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. 
  p = preliminary.
   
   
   

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Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Nov.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov. 
                                           2001    2002   2002p   2002p    2001    2002    2002   2002c   2002p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private c..................   34.0    34.5    34.1    34.0    34.1    34.0    34.1    34.2    34.2    34.2 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.3    40.8    40.3    40.1    40.2    40.0    40.3    40.3    40.1    40.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   43.4    43.2    43.1    42.9    43.5    42.7    43.3    42.8    42.8    43.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   39.1    39.5    39.0    38.0    39.3    38.2    38.6    38.8    38.4    38.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   40.7    41.3    40.9    41.0    40.4    40.7    40.9    40.8    40.7    40.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.0     4.5     4.2     4.2     3.8     4.0     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   40.9    41.7    41.3    41.2    40.6    41.0    41.2    41.3    41.2    41.0 
      Overtime hours....................    3.8     4.5     4.2     4.2     3.7     3.9     4.1     4.1     4.2     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.9    41.7    41.3    40.7    40.7    41.2    41.0    41.1    41.0    40.6 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   39.0    40.8    39.7    39.6    38.8    40.1    40.3    40.2    39.7    39.6 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.8    44.6    43.9    43.2    43.6    43.2    43.3    43.4    43.4    43.0 
    Primary metal industries............   43.4    44.5    44.5    44.9    43.0    44.1    44.3    44.2    44.6    44.5 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.3    46.4    46.0    46.7    43.9    45.5    45.8    46.0    46.3    46.3 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.4    41.9    41.8    41.5    41.0    41.7    41.7    41.6    41.6    41.1 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   40.1    40.8    40.4    40.6    39.9    40.3    40.8    40.7    40.5    40.4 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   39.5    39.2    38.5    39.2    39.0    38.7    38.7    38.8    38.3    38.7 
    Transportation equipment............   41.9    43.1    42.7    42.4    41.6    41.7    42.2    42.6    42.5    42.1 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   42.9    45.0    44.5    44.1    42.5    42.9    43.8    44.3    44.4    43.9 
    Instruments and related products....   40.8    40.8    40.7    41.0    40.6    40.4    40.7    40.8    40.7    40.7 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   37.4    38.6    38.9    38.6    37.4    38.4    38.5    38.6    38.9    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.4    40.7    40.3    40.6    40.1    40.2    40.5    40.2    40.1    40.3 
      Overtime hours....................    4.2     4.5     4.2     4.3     3.9     4.2     4.2     4.0     4.0     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   41.6    41.8    41.4    41.9    41.0    41.0    41.3    40.8    40.8    41.3 
    Tobacco products....................   40.2    40.2    40.9    40.4    39.9    42.1    40.3    39.9    40.7    40.3 
    Textile mill products...............   39.5    41.5    40.8    41.1    39.3    41.6    41.8    41.2    41.0    41.0 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.0    36.7    36.4    37.1    36.9    36.8    36.8    36.9    36.6    37.0 
    Paper and allied products...........   41.8    42.1    41.5    41.9    41.3    41.2    41.7    41.4    41.3    41.4 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.4    38.0    37.7    37.9    37.8    37.3    37.7    37.5    37.5    37.3 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.1    42.7    41.9    42.2    41.9    42.1    42.6    42.4    41.9    42.1 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   42.0    43.1    42.2    42.1    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   40.8    41.1    40.9    40.8    40.7    41.0    41.2    40.8    40.9    40.7 
    Leather and leather products........   36.9    35.7    36.5    37.3    36.6    36.7    35.7    35.6    36.3    37.0 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing c.....................   32.5    33.0    32.7    32.7    32.6    32.6    32.7    32.8    32.8    32.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities c.   37.9    38.9    38.3    38.4    38.0    38.3    38.4    38.5    38.4    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.3    38.9    38.4    38.5    38.2    38.4    38.5    38.5    38.6    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.5    29.1    28.9    28.9    28.8    28.8    28.9    29.0    29.1    29.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   35.9    36.7    35.8    35.9    36.0    36.0    36.2    36.1    36.0    36.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.5    32.9    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.5    32.6    32.8    32.7    32.7 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  c = corrected.  For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. 
  p = preliminary.
   
   
   

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            Nov.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.  
                                            2001      2002     2002p     2002p      2001      2002     2002p     2002p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private c..................  $14.54    $14.92    $14.91    $14.96    $494.36   $514.74   $508.43   $508.64 
        Seasonally adjusted c...........   14.51     14.85     14.89     14.93     494.79    507.87    509.24    510.61 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   16.16     16.58     16.60     16.60     651.25    676.46    668.98    665.66 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.61     17.80     17.79     17.89     764.27    768.96    766.75    767.48 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   18.54     19.10     19.12     19.09     724.91    754.45    745.68    725.42 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   15.07     15.40     15.42     15.48     613.35    636.02    630.68    634.68 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   15.55     15.89     15.95     16.03     636.00    662.61    658.74    660.44 
    Lumber and wood products............   12.40     12.63     12.60     12.59     507.16    526.67    520.38    512.41 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   12.45     12.74     12.67     12.74     485.55    519.79    503.00    504.50 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   15.13     15.69     15.79     15.65     662.69    699.77    693.18    676.08 
    Primary metal industries............   17.24     17.54     17.61     17.69     748.22    780.53    783.65    794.28 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   20.66     20.96     21.02     21.23     915.24    972.54    966.92    991.44 
    Fabricated metal products...........   14.42     14.80     14.84     14.96     596.99    620.12    620.31    620.84 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   16.16     16.58     16.53     16.58     648.02    676.46    667.81    673.15 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   14.88     15.05     15.07     15.11     587.76    589.96    580.20    592.31 
    Transportation equipment............   19.54     20.04     20.31     20.54     818.73    863.72    867.24    870.90 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   19.96     20.71     21.11     21.45     856.28    931.95    939.40    945.95 
    Instruments and related products....   14.98     15.40     15.45     15.36     611.18    628.32    628.82    629.76 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   12.35     12.44     12.43     12.51     461.89    480.18    483.53    482.89 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   14.36     14.69     14.66     14.71     580.14    597.88    590.80    597.23 
    Food and kindred products...........   13.10     13.26     13.23     13.24     544.96    554.27    547.72    554.76 
    Tobacco products....................   21.46     20.61     20.29     20.40     862.69    828.52    829.86    824.16 
    Textile mill products...............   11.40     11.80     11.74     11.82     450.30    489.70    478.99    485.80 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.49      9.94      9.98      9.96     351.13    364.80    363.27    369.52 
    Paper and allied products...........   17.19     17.66     17.60     17.65     718.54    743.49    730.40    739.54 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.91     15.32     15.32     15.34     572.54    582.16    577.56    581.39 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.83     19.45     19.30     19.51     792.74    830.52    808.67    823.32 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   22.38     22.46     22.48     22.54     939.96    968.03    948.66    948.93 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   13.57     13.74     13.77     13.76     553.66    564.71    563.19    561.41 
    Leather and leather products........   10.20     10.04     10.08     10.24     376.38    358.43    367.92    381.95 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing c.....................   14.06     14.45     14.44     14.50     456.95    476.85    472.19    474.15 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities c.   17.01     17.40     17.38     17.46     644.68    676.86    665.65    670.46 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   15.96     16.36     16.25     16.35     611.27    636.40    624.00    629.48 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.91     10.15     10.13     10.13     282.44    295.37    292.76    292.76 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   15.97     16.57     16.52     16.70     573.32    608.12    591.42    599.53 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   14.99     15.36     15.39     15.49     487.18    505.34    501.71    504.97 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  c = corrected.  For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. 
     
   
   

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
                                                                                          Percent  
                                    Nov.     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.      change  
            Industry                2001     2002     2002    2002 c    2002p    2002p     from:   
                                                                                         Oct. 2002-
                                                                                         Nov. 2002 
                                                                                                   
Total private:                                                                                     
   Current dollars c.............   $14.51   $14.76   $14.83   $14.85   $14.89   $14.93      0.3   
   Constant (1982) dollars2 c....     8.09     8.13     8.14     8.14     8.14     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                   
  Goods-producing................    16.11    16.38    16.44    16.48    16.53    16.55       .1   
    Mining.......................    17.68    17.78    17.87    17.82    17.81    17.97       .9   
    Construction.................    18.47    18.87    18.90    18.98    18.98    19.03       .3   
    Manufacturing................    15.03    15.28    15.34    15.35    15.44    15.44       .0   
      Excluding overtime4........    14.36    14.57    14.59    14.62    14.70    14.72       .1   
                                                                                                   
  Service-producing c............    14.05    14.31    14.37    14.40    14.43    14.48       .3   
    Transportation and public                                                                      
       utilities c...............    16.99    17.27    17.28    17.36    17.38    17.45       .4   
    Wholesale trade..............    15.98    16.14    16.28    16.29    16.29    16.34       .3   
    Retail trade.................     9.90    10.05    10.09    10.10    10.11    10.12       .1   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                   
       estate....................    16.00    16.38    16.43    16.53    16.56    16.73      1.0   
    Services.....................    14.94    15.26    15.30    15.34    15.39    15.43       .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 .0 percent from September 2002 to October 2002, 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.
  c = corrected.  For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. 
  p = preliminary.
     
   

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Nov.   Sept.   Oct.     Nov.    Nov.   July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.     Nov.  
                                          2001   2002    2002p    2002p   2001   2002    2002    2002c   2002p    2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private c..................  148.7  150.3   148.8    148.4   148.1  147.4   147.9   148.3   148.1    148.1 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  108.1  107.8   106.0    104.3   106.9  104.1   104.8   104.4   103.7    103.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   55.1   54.2    53.4     52.5    54.7   52.5    53.7    52.7    52.4     52.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  185.1  188.8   184.7    176.6   182.6  173.8   176.4   177.2   175.2    174.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   94.7   93.7    92.3     91.9    93.8   92.3    92.5    91.9    91.4     91.0 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   97.4   95.5    94.1     93.5    96.6   94.5    94.8    94.2    93.6     92.8 
    Lumber and wood products............  134.9  138.8   136.2    132.7   133.6  134.8   134.2   134.1   133.5    131.8 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  118.4  122.8   118.7    118.1   118.6  123.2   123.5   121.0   119.5    119.2 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  116.7  119.6   116.9    113.9   115.2  112.3   114.1   113.9   113.9    112.6 
    Primary metal industries............   79.0   76.2    75.9     76.0    78.1   75.4    75.9    75.1    75.6     75.2 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   62.1   60.2    60.0     60.2    61.1   58.4    59.6    59.0    59.8     59.0 
    Fabricated metal products...........  109.7  109.6   109.1    107.3   108.4  109.9   108.9   108.2   108.3    105.9 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   85.0   81.5    80.4     80.6    85.1   81.9    82.3    81.7    81.0     80.8 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   88.3   78.7    76.8     77.5    87.1   80.4    79.1    78.2    76.4     76.4 
    Transportation equipment............  108.0  107.1   105.6    104.9   106.9  103.7   106.4   105.6   105.3    103.6 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  142.1  147.0   144.2    143.7   140.1  139.6   145.7   144.5   144.6    142.2 
    Instruments and related products....   70.2   67.4    66.7     67.2    70.1   67.9    67.3    67.7    67.0     67.0 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   88.6   91.3    92.4     91.9    87.3   90.4    89.9    90.8    90.8     90.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   91.1   91.2    89.7     89.7    90.0   89.1    89.4    88.9    88.4     88.5 
    Food and kindred products...........  117.7  121.9   119.2    118.6   115.2  114.9   115.8   114.9   114.5    116.1 
    Tobacco products....................   52.7   57.4    57.9     57.9    49.4   54.2    57.9    53.3    54.4     53.9 
    Textile mill products...............   61.9   61.3    59.9     59.9    61.6   61.4    61.3    60.1    59.8     59.6 
    Apparel and other textile products..   44.8   43.4    42.2     42.3    44.6   43.5    43.4    43.1    42.2     42.1 
    Paper and allied products...........   97.0   95.6    94.1     94.5    95.8   93.4    94.5    93.7    93.4     93.5 
    Printing and publishing.............  113.1  107.6   106.7    107.3   110.9  105.7   106.2   106.0   105.8    105.0 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   95.7   95.7    94.2     95.1    95.2   94.8    95.6    95.3    94.2     94.6 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   72.1   75.4    73.6     72.6    71.9   71.6    69.4    72.9    72.2     71.9 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  132.7  134.2   132.9    132.0   132.5  135.0   134.4   132.9   132.8    131.8 
    Leather and leather products........   24.1   24.1    24.7     25.1    23.6   23.7    21.9    24.1    24.5     24.4 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing c.....................  166.9  169.4   167.9    168.2   166.5  166.8   167.1   168.0   168.1    168.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities c.  134.1  133.9   131.6    131.6   133.4  131.5   131.5   131.4   130.9    130.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  125.4  127.5   125.9    126.0   124.7  125.9   126.2   126.1   126.3    125.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  147.5  147.3   146.1    148.1   146.2  145.7   146.0   146.6   147.1    147.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  139.1  143.3   140.8    141.5   140.2  139.9   141.0   141.4   141.9    142.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  210.5  215.6   214.5    213.6   210.6  211.8   212.7   214.2   213.9    213.9 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  c = corrected.  For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. 
  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, 347 industries1
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   62.4    57.5    59.1    60.2    57.5    56.8    54.6    59.1    57.2    53.0    57.9    56.8 
     1999..............   55.3    58.6    53.6    58.4    55.5    57.8    57.1    54.8    57.1    57.2    60.4    58.1 
     2000..............   55.9    57.5    57.9    51.2    50.1    55.8    57.8    51.4    52.4    52.4    53.2    52.7 
     2001..............   49.4    45.7    50.3    42.4    47.3    43.2    44.5    42.5    42.4    40.5    39.3    44.1 
     2002..............   47.3    41.4    49.7    47.8    50.9    49.4    48.6    48.8   c49.3   p49.9   p47.7         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   65.3    66.3    65.3    65.9    62.7    58.2    58.9    59.1    59.8    57.9    57.1    58.8 
     1999..............   59.2    57.6    59.5    55.2    60.2    57.2    59.4    59.2    59.7    58.9    61.2    60.7 
     2000..............   60.4    61.4    58.4    53.2    52.4    55.5    56.6    56.2    51.2    51.0    53.2    51.6 
     2001..............   45.5    46.1    40.8    43.4    37.8    43.2    39.3    38.0    35.3    33.7    36.3    38.9 
     2002..............   40.1    43.2    42.5    46.5    48.0    50.1    47.1   c45.1   p48.1   p45.5                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   70.2    67.4    64.7    61.5    64.1    62.1    59.1    58.8    57.5    60.2    59.2    58.4 
     1999..............   60.2    58.9    58.5    59.7    57.2    60.8    61.2    62.5    62.7    61.8    61.2    62.8 
     2000..............   61.1    59.4    58.1    57.9    54.2    52.4    52.9    54.2    52.4    48.7    45.7    46.5 
     2001..............   44.7    42.7    39.5    40.1    40.8    35.6    37.0    32.4    34.3    33.1    34.1    35.6 
     2002..............   37.0    41.6    43.4    44.4    46.5   c46.0   p46.8   p44.7                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1998..............   69.9    67.9    67.6    65.6    64.1    62.7    61.7    62.2    60.8    59.4    60.8    58.9 
     1999..............   61.2    60.1    58.2    61.0    60.7    61.5    62.2    61.1    63.8    62.2    59.7    60.5 
     2000..............   61.4    59.9    58.8    56.2    55.3    53.6    53.0    51.0    47.7    45.2    44.5    42.9 
     2001..............   41.5    41.5    38.9    37.5    37.3    36.2    34.1    33.6    34.4    33.9    33.3    34.0 
     2002..............   35.2    36.0    37.3   p38.5   p40.6                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   57.0    52.6    52.2    52.9    44.9    47.4    38.2    52.9    44.9    38.6    42.3    41.5 
     1999..............   47.4    41.2    42.6    46.0    46.3    43.4    50.0    42.6    46.0    45.6    51.5    49.3 
     2000..............   44.9    52.2    49.3    46.0    49.3    50.7    57.4    36.8    39.0    42.3    47.1    40.8 
     2001..............   34.9    26.8    38.2    29.0    28.3    30.5    34.9    25.7    31.6    31.3    25.0    30.9 
     2002..............   35.3    37.9    40.4    47.4    47.1    40.4    48.9    41.9   c40.1   p42.3   p41.5         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   59.2    57.0    54.8    51.8    48.2    38.2    41.9    43.0    43.0    38.2    32.7    40.4 
     1999..............   39.3    39.3    39.7    40.1    41.2    43.8    44.1    46.3    42.3    44.1    47.8    45.2 
     2000..............   48.2    48.9    48.9    44.5    46.7    52.2    46.0    38.6    29.0    34.2    39.0    36.0 
     2001..............   21.3    21.3    18.4    23.5    19.9    23.2    17.3    19.1    16.2    18.0    18.4    18.0 
     2002..............   24.6    30.1    37.1    38.6    40.1    41.2    38.6   c34.6   p34.6   p32.0                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   60.7    54.4    49.3    40.1    45.2    42.6    39.0    38.2    34.6    41.2    35.7    33.1 
     1999..............   36.4    36.0    37.5    40.4    37.5    42.3    43.0    44.5    48.2    43.0    44.5    47.4 
     2000..............   47.8    45.2    44.5    50.0    41.9    37.9    36.0    35.3    32.4    26.1    21.3    21.7 
     2001..............   20.2    16.9    14.0    16.2    16.5    13.2    14.7    11.8    14.0    13.2    17.6    16.5 
     2002..............   19.9    26.8    29.8    38.2    36.4   c34.2   p32.4   p28.3                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1998..............   54.8    52.2    51.8    46.7    40.4    40.1    38.2    37.5    36.4    34.6    35.7    34.2 
     1999..............   38.6    34.6    32.4    36.0    37.9    39.0    40.1    40.4    44.5    44.5    43.4    44.5 
     2000..............   49.3    44.1    39.3    36.8    35.3    34.2    33.8    28.7    22.1    19.1    17.6    14.0 
     2001..............   13.6    13.6    13.6    15.4    12.1    11.0    11.0    11.0    12.9    12.9    14.0    13.6 
     2002..............   18.0    18.0    20.2   p19.9   p24.3                                                         

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  c = corrected.  For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.