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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JULY 2000
   
   Total nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 108,000 in July, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
Private-sector payroll employment rose by 138,000, but this was more than
offset by a decline in federal government employment, as 290,000 temporary
workers hired for the decennial census completed their work.  The
unemployment rate, at 4.0 percent, was unchanged in July.  Average hourly
earnings rose by 6 cents over the month and by 3.7 percent over the year.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The unemployment rate held at 4.0 percent in July, and the number of
unemployed persons was essentially unchanged.  The jobless rate has been
in the 3.9- to 4.1-percent range since October 1999.  The unemployment
rate for teenagers rose in July to 13.4 percent, seasonally adjusted.
Unemployment rates for the other major worker groups--adult men
(3.2 percent), adult women (3.7 percent), whites (3.5 percent), blacks
(7.7 percent), and Hispanics (5.6 percent)--showed little or no change
over the month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the civilian labor force (140.4 million) and total employment
(134.7 million) declined in July.  The employment-population ratio--the
proportion of the population age 16 and older with jobs--fell to
64.2 percent, the same as a year earlier, but down from its peak of
64.9 percent in April.  (See table A-1.)
   
   Approximately 7.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more
than one job in July.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.5 percent
of total employment, compared with 5.7 percent a year earlier.
(See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in July.  These people wanted and were
available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months.
They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they had not actively
searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of
discouraged workers was 265,000 in July.  Discouraged workers, a subset of
the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically
because they believed no jobs were available for them.  (See table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| June-
      Category        |      2000       |           2000           | July
                      |_________________|_________________ ________|change
                      |    I   |  II    |  May   |  June  |  July  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 140,981| 140,827| 140,489| 140,762| 140,399|   -363
  Employment..........| 135,247| 135,200| 134,715| 135,179| 134,749|   -430
  Unemployment........|   5,733|   5,627|   5,774|   5,583|   5,650|     67
Not in labor force....|  67,933|  68,550|  68,882|  68,781|  69,329|    548
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.1|     4.0|     4.1|     4.0|     4.0|     .0
  Adult men...........|     3.3|     3.3|     3.4|     3.2|     3.2|     .0
  Adult women.........|     3.6|     3.7|     3.8|     3.8|     3.7|   -0.1
  Teenagers...........|    13.4|    12.3|    12.5|    11.6|    13.4|    1.8
  White...............|     3.5|     3.4|     3.5|     3.4|     3.5|     .1
  Black...............|     7.8|     7.7|     8.0|     7.9|     7.7|    -.2
  Hispanic origin.....|     5.9|     5.6|     5.8|     5.6|     5.6|     .0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 130,626|p131,543| 131,590|p131,620|p131,512|  p-108
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,680| p25,703|  25,684| p25,699| p25,752|    p53
    Construction......|   6,665|  p6,676|   6,666|  p6,668|  p6,674|     p6
    Manufacturing.....|  18,481| p18,488|  18,479| p18,492| p18,538|    p46
  Service-producing 1/| 104,946|p105,840| 105,906|p105,921|p105,760|  p-161
    Retail trade......|  22,993| p23,124|  23,064| p23,112| p23,161|    p49
    Services..........|  39,949| p40,267|  40,220| p40,385| p40,384|    p-1
    Government........|  20,431| p20,826|  21,012| p20,800| p20,554|  p-246
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|   p34.5|    34.4|   p34.5|   p34.4|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|   p41.7|    41.4|   p41.6|   p41.7|    p.1
    Overtime..........|     4.6|    p4.7|     4.5|    p4.6|    p4.6|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   150.7|  p151.1|   150.5|  p151.2|  p151.3|   p0.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.54| p$13.67|  $13.66| p$13.70| p$13.76| p$0.06
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  467.47| p471.50|  469.90| p472.65| p473.34|   p.69
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 108,000 to 131.5 million in
July, seasonally adjusted.  Private-sector employment increased by 138,000,
compared with monthly growth that had averaged 182,000 over the first 6
months of the year.  Over the month, the private-sector gain was more than
offset by a loss in federal government employment, as 290,000 temporary
jobs related to the decennial census ended.  As of July, temporary Census
employment was down to 190,000 from a peak of 618,000 in May.
(See table B-1.)
   
   Within the goods-producing industries, employment in manufacturing grew
by 46,000 in July, after showing little growth over the first 6 months of
2000.  Electronic components added 9,000 jobs over the month, continuing
its recent strength.  Instruments added 7,000 jobs, offsetting losses over
the first half of the year.  Other manufacturing industries, such as
industrial machinery, furniture, and rubber and plastics, also showed
employment increases over the month; these gains were largely attributable
to lighter-than-normal seasonal layoffs.
   
   Construction employment edged up in July.  Thus far this year, the
average monthly employment increase in this industry has been 17,000,
compared with 25,000 a month in 1999.  Mining employment was little
changed in July.
   
   Within the service-producing sector, retail trade employment increased
by 49,000 in July, as eating and drinking places experienced strong job
growth for the second consecutive month.  Employment in department stores
continued on a declining trend.  Thus far this year, retail trade has added
32,000 jobs a month on average, about in line with the average monthly gain
for 1999.
   
   Wholesale trade added 10,000 jobs, with gains concentrated in durable
goods.  Monthly growth in wholesale trade employment has averaged 8,000
over the first 7 months of 2000, compared with 13,000 a month for 1999.
   
   Transportation employment rose by 25,000 in July, with gains concentrated
in trucking and local transit.  The increase in trucking more than offset
declines in the industry over the prior 2 months.  Telephone communications
employment declined in July, following a large gain in the prior month.

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   Employment in finance, insurance, and real estate grew for the first
time since February, with nearly all of the increase concentrated in
finance.  Strong job growth continued in security brokerages in July.
Employment in mortgage brokerages continued on its downward trend, although
the losses have been smaller in recent months.
   
   Employment in services was essentially unchanged over the month, after
seasonal adjustment.  Thus far this year, services employment has increased
by 97,000 a month, on average, compared with 124,000 a month in 1999.  In
July, job gains occurred in health services, computer services, and
amusements and recreation.  Job losses occurred in the job training
component of social services and in membership organizations.  Employment
also declined in personnel supply services; job growth in this industry has
averaged 16,000 a month over the first 7 months of the year, roughly half
the monthly average for 1999.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in July to 34.4 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek was up by 0.1 hour to 41.7 hours.
Manufacturing overtime was unchanged at 4.6 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls was essentially unchanged at 151.3
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index increased by
0.6 percent to 107.0.  (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 6 cents in July to $13.76, seasonally
adjusted.  Over the month, average weekly earnings edged up by 0.1 percent
to $473.34.  Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 3.7 percent and
average weekly earnings grew by 3.4 percent.  (See table B-3.)
                                     
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   The Employment Situation for August 2000 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, September 1, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).

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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2000,
the sample included about 300,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $16.00 per issue or
$40.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
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Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-J of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 207,828 209,543 209,727 207,828 209,053 209,216 209,371 209,543 209,727
    Civilian labor force............................ 141,119 142,132 142,101 139,336 140,867 141,230 140,489 140,762 140,399
          Participation rate........................    67.9    67.8    67.8    67.0    67.4    67.5    67.1    67.2    66.9
      Employed...................................... 134,800 136,192 136,097 133,399 135,159 135,706 134,715 135,179 134,749
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.9    65.0    64.9    64.2    64.7    64.9    64.3    64.5    64.2
        Agriculture.................................   3,718   3,682   3,736   3,278   3,359   3,355   3,298   3,321   3,299
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 131,083 132,510 132,361 130,121 131,801 132,351 131,417 131,858 131,450
      Unemployed....................................   6,319   5,940   6,004   5,937   5,708   5,524   5,774   5,583   5,650
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.5     4.2     4.2     4.3     4.1     3.9     4.1     4.0     4.0
    Not in labor force..............................  66,709  67,411  67,626  68,492  68,187  67,986  68,882  68,781  69,329
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,490   4,641   4,402   4,575   4,594   4,352   4,412   4,254   4,478
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,761 100,654 100,745  99,761 100,405 100,487 100,566 100,654 100,745
    Civilian labor force............................  75,940  76,204  76,344  74,498  75,198  75,189  74,883  75,120  74,917
          Participation rate........................    76.1    75.7    75.8    74.7    74.9    74.8    74.5    74.6    74.4
      Employed......................................  72,803  73,213  73,408  71,437  72,313  72,307  71,948  72,217  72,063
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.0    72.7    72.9    71.6    72.0    72.0    71.5    71.7    71.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,137   2,991   2,936   3,061   2,885   2,882   2,934   2,903   2,854
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     3.9     3.8     4.1     3.8     3.8     3.9     3.9     3.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  91,561  92,546  92,642  91,561  92,145  92,303  92,408  92,546  92,642
    Civilian labor force............................  70,612  71,119  71,138  70,167  70,822  70,761  70,603  70,714  70,702
          Participation rate........................    77.1    76.8    76.8    76.6    76.9    76.7    76.4    76.4    76.3
      Employed......................................  68,212  68,952  68,927  67,703  68,480  68,481  68,230  68,430  68,440
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.5    74.5    74.4    73.9    74.3    74.2    73.8    73.9    73.9
        Agriculture.................................   2,468   2,460   2,519   2,256   2,232   2,213   2,217   2,269   2,296
        Nonagricultural industries..................  65,743  66,492  66,408  65,447  66,249  66,269  66,013  66,161  66,144
      Unemployed....................................   2,400   2,167   2,211   2,464   2,342   2,280   2,373   2,284   2,263
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.4     3.0     3.1     3.5     3.3     3.2     3.4     3.2     3.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,067 108,889 108,983 108,067 108,649 108,729 108,805 108,889 108,983
    Civilian labor force............................  65,179  65,928  65,757  64,838  65,668  66,041  65,606  65,642  65,482
          Participation rate........................    60.3    60.5    60.3    60.0    60.4    60.7    60.3    60.3    60.1
      Employed......................................  61,997  62,980  62,689  61,962  62,846  63,399  62,767  62,962  62,686
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.4    57.8    57.5    57.3    57.8    58.3    57.7    57.8    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,182   2,948   3,068   2,876   2,823   2,642   2,839   2,680   2,796
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.9     4.5     4.7     4.4     4.3     4.0     4.3     4.1     4.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,203 101,007 101,111 100,203 100,713 100,809 100,929 101,007 101,111
    Civilian labor force............................  60,409  61,361  61,015  60,852  61,671  61,920  61,614  61,596  61,508
          Participation rate........................    60.3    60.7    60.3    60.7    61.2    61.4    61.0    61.0    60.8
      Employed......................................  57,837  58,983  58,556  58,477  59,422  59,757  59,248  59,278  59,222
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.7    58.4    57.9    58.4    59.0    59.3    58.7    58.7    58.6
        Agriculture.................................     894     889     885     798     894     899     864     834     792
        Nonagricultural industries..................  56,943  58,093  57,670  57,679  58,528  58,858  58,383  58,444  58,430
      Unemployed....................................   2,573   2,379   2,459   2,375   2,249   2,163   2,367   2,318   2,286
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.3     3.9     4.0     3.9     3.6     3.5     3.8     3.8     3.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,065  15,991  15,974  16,065  16,196  16,104  16,034  15,991  15,974
    Civilian labor force............................  10,098   9,652   9,948   8,317   8,374   8,549   8,271   8,452   8,189
          Participation rate........................    62.9    60.4    62.3    51.8    51.7    53.1    51.6    52.9    51.3
      Employed......................................   8,752   8,258   8,614   7,219   7,257   7,467   7,237   7,471   7,087
          Employment-population ratio...............    54.5    51.6    53.9    44.9    44.8    46.4    45.1    46.7    44.4
        Agriculture.................................     355     333     332     224     233     243     217     218     211
        Nonagricultural industries..................   8,397   7,925   8,282   6,995   7,024   7,224   7,020   7,253   6,876
      Unemployed....................................   1,347   1,394   1,334   1,098   1,117   1,082   1,034     981   1,101
          Unemployment rate.........................    13.3    14.4    13.4    13.2    13.3    12.7    12.5    11.6    13.4

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 173,133 174,316 174,443 173,133 173,983 174,092 174,197 174,316 174,443
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,853 118,605 118,533 116,492 117,832 117,988 117,097 117,451 117,258
        Participation rate..........................    68.1    68.0    67.9    67.3    67.7    67.8    67.2    67.4    67.2
      Employed...................................... 113,425 114,369 114,294 112,193 113,630 113,915 112,988 113,484 113,156
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.5    65.6    65.5    64.8    65.3    65.4    64.9    65.1    64.9
      Unemployed....................................   4,429   4,236   4,240   4,299   4,202   4,073   4,108   3,967   4,103
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.8     3.6     3.6     3.7     3.6     3.5     3.5     3.4     3.5
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,178  60,395  60,325  59,799  60,282  60,048  59,882  60,074  59,950
        Participation rate..........................    77.7    77.3    77.2    77.2    77.4    77.0    76.7    76.9    76.7
      Employed......................................  58,442  58,818  58,769  57,955  58,541  58,386  58,184  58,409  58,302
        Employment-population ratio.................    75.5    75.3    75.2    74.8    75.1    74.9    74.6    74.8    74.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,736   1,577   1,557   1,844   1,742   1,662   1,698   1,666   1,647
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.9     2.6     2.6     3.1     2.9     2.8     2.8     2.8     2.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,203  50,060  49,830  49,652  50,448  50,726  50,237  50,246  50,356
        Participation rate..........................    59.3    59.9    59.6    59.8    60.5    60.8    60.2    60.2    60.2
      Employed......................................  47,447  48,373  48,067  48,000  48,820  49,150  48,567  48,616  48,700
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.2    57.9    57.5    57.9    58.6    58.9    58.2    58.2    58.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,756   1,687   1,763   1,652   1,628   1,576   1,670   1,630   1,656
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.6     3.4     3.5     3.3     3.2     3.1     3.3     3.2     3.3
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   8,472   8,150   8,378   7,041   7,102   7,214   6,978   7,130   6,953
        Participation rate..........................    66.5    64.2    66.0    55.3    55.8    56.7    54.9    56.1    54.7
      Employed......................................   7,536   7,178   7,458   6,238   6,270   6,379   6,237   6,458   6,153
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.2    56.5    58.7    49.0    49.3    50.2    49.1    50.8    48.4
      Unemployed....................................     937     972     920     803     832     835     740     672     800
        Unemployment rate...........................    11.1    11.9    11.0    11.4    11.7    11.6    10.6     9.4    11.5
          Men.......................................    11.2    13.1    11.7    11.7    11.3    13.0    10.7    11.2    12.6
          Women.....................................    10.9    10.6    10.2    11.1    12.1    10.0    10.5     7.4    10.3
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,867  25,191  25,221  24,867  25,105  25,135  25,161  25,191  25,221
    Civilian labor force............................  16,747  16,725  16,808  16,366  16,572  16,636  16,596  16,577  16,456
        Participation rate..........................    67.3    66.4    66.6    65.8    66.0    66.2    66.0    65.8    65.2
      Employed......................................  15,146  15,367  15,356  14,962  15,356  15,444  15,261  15,275  15,190
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.9    61.0    60.9    60.2    61.2    61.4    60.7    60.6    60.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,601   1,358   1,452   1,404   1,216   1,191   1,335   1,302   1,266
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.6     8.1     8.6     8.6     7.3     7.2     8.0     7.9     7.7
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,194   7,299   7,357   7,122   7,300   7,351   7,261   7,263   7,292
        Participation rate..........................    72.5    72.3    72.8    71.7    72.6    73.0    72.0    72.0    72.1
      Employed......................................   6,647   6,835   6,831   6,610   6,830   6,864   6,736   6,761   6,803
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.0    67.7    67.6    66.6    68.0    68.2    66.8    67.0    67.3
      Unemployed....................................     547     464     527     512     469     487     524     502     489
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.6     6.4     7.2     7.2     6.4     6.6     7.2     6.9     6.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,315   8,305   8,198   8,311   8,314   8,291   8,384   8,347   8,217
        Participation rate..........................    66.8    65.8    64.8    66.7    66.1    65.8    66.5    66.1    65.0
      Employed......................................   7,610   7,753   7,622   7,670   7,808   7,807   7,801   7,792   7,691
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.1    61.4    60.3    61.6    62.1    62.0    61.9    61.7    60.8
      Unemployed....................................     705     551     576     641     506     484     583     554     525
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.5     6.6     7.0     7.7     6.1     5.8     7.0     6.6     6.4
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,238   1,121   1,252     933     958     993     951     967     947
        Participation rate..........................    49.8    45.4    50.8    37.5    38.7    40.2    38.5    39.2    38.4
      Employed......................................     889     779     904     682     718     773     724     722     696
        Employment-population ratio.................    35.8    31.6    36.7    27.4    29.0    31.3    29.3    29.2    28.2
      Unemployed....................................     349     342     349     251     240     220     227     245     252
        Unemployment rate...........................    28.2    30.5    27.8    26.9    25.1    22.2    23.9    25.4    26.6
          Men.......................................    32.2    36.6    28.5    30.7    21.3    22.0    27.7    32.0    25.0
          Women.....................................    24.0    23.8    27.2    23.4    28.9    22.4    20.2    18.2    27.9

                   HISPANIC ORIGIN
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  21,684  22,355  22,422  21,684  22,166  22,231  22,292  22,355  22,422
    Civilian labor force............................  14,738  15,422  15,291  14,617  15,313  15,355  15,322  15,325  15,188
        Participation rate..........................    68.0    69.0    68.2    67.4    69.1    69.1    68.7    68.6    67.7
      Employed......................................  13,767  14,562  14,397  13,696  14,355  14,524  14,432  14,461  14,339
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.5    65.1    64.2    63.2    64.8    65.3    64.7    64.7    64.0
      Unemployed....................................     970     860     894     921     958     831     890     864     849
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.6     5.6     5.8     6.3     6.3     5.4     5.8     5.6     5.6

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January
  2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                               July     June     July     July     Mar.     Apr.     May      June     July  
                                               1999     2000     2000     1999     2000     2000     2000     2000     2000  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   28,015   28,227   27,888   28,015   27,523   28,069   28,096   28,227   27,888
    Civilian labor force....................   11,766   12,193   12,015   12,087   11,726   11,945   11,815   12,004   12,328
        Percent of population...............     42.0     43.2     43.1     43.1     42.6     42.6     42.1     42.5     44.2
      Employed..............................   10,997   11,475   11,279   11,265   10,918   11,218   10,984   11,239   11,544
        Employment-population ratio.........     39.3     40.7     40.4     40.2     39.7     40.0     39.1     39.8     41.4
      Unemployed............................      769      718      736      822      808      727      832      765      784
        Unemployment rate...................      6.5      5.9      6.1      6.8      6.9      6.1      7.0      6.4      6.4
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,162   57,581   57,144   57,162   58,033   58,015   57,746   57,581   57,144
    Civilian labor force....................   36,555   36,924   36,380   37,014   37,671   37,666   37,224   36,910   37,018
        Percent of population...............     63.9     64.1     63.7     64.8     64.9     64.9     64.5     64.1     64.8
      Employed..............................   35,237   35,731   35,138   35,700   36,401   36,401   35,895   35,659   35,782
        Employment-population ratio.........     61.6     62.1     61.5     62.5     62.7     62.7     62.2     61.9     62.6
      Unemployed............................    1,318    1,193    1,242    1,314    1,270    1,265    1,329    1,251    1,236
        Unemployment rate...................      3.6      3.2      3.4      3.6      3.4      3.4      3.6      3.4      3.3
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   43,610   44,250   44,724   43,610   44,225   43,896   44,153   44,250   44,724
    Civilian labor force....................   32,289   32,796   33,052   32,145   32,967   32,684   33,065   33,094   32,952
        Percent of population...............     74.0     74.1     73.9     73.7     74.5     74.5     74.9     74.8     73.7
      Employed..............................   31,284   31,907   32,093   31,169   32,090   31,843   32,228   32,132   32,029
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.7     72.1     71.8     71.5     72.6     72.5     73.0     72.6     71.6
      Unemployed............................    1,005      889      959      976      878      841      838      962      923
        Unemployment rate...................      3.1      2.7      2.9      3.0      2.7      2.6      2.5      2.9      2.8
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,042   45,092   45,549   45,042   44,838   44,864   45,029   45,092   45,549
    Civilian labor force....................   35,837   35,750   35,907   35,827   36,060   36,099   36,011   35,988   35,877
        Percent of population...............     79.6     79.3     78.8     79.5     80.4     80.5     80.0     79.8     78.8
      Employed..............................   35,105   35,154   35,219   35,167   35,481   35,545   35,433   35,437   35,254
        Employment-population ratio.........     77.9     78.0     77.3     78.1     79.1     79.2     78.7     78.6     77.4
      Unemployed............................      733      596      688      660      579      553      577      551      623
        Unemployment rate...................      2.0      1.7      1.9      1.8      1.6      1.5      1.6      1.5      1.7

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 134,800 136,192 136,097 133,399 135,159 135,706 134,715 135,179 134,749
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,310  43,270  43,241  43,350  43,297  43,272  43,216  43,357  43,284
    Married women, spouse present...................  32,869  33,452  33,047  33,387  33,780  33,877  33,786  33,824  33,618
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,156   8,272   8,372   8,272   8,082   8,307   8,301   8,280   8,483
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,536  40,956  40,517  40,823  40,595  40,665  40,858  41,148  40,784
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,959  39,270  39,474  38,673  39,510  39,680  39,537  39,270  39,239
    Service occupations.............................  18,450  18,379  18,288  17,990  18,711  18,885  18,181  18,090  17,877
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,578  15,141  15,419  14,431  14,520  14,501  14,867  14,888  15,236
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,287  18,633  18,558  18,019  18,334  18,453  18,020  18,430  18,296
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,991   3,812   3,842   3,421   3,562   3,477   3,410   3,368   3,309
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,201   2,358   2,360   1,939   2,043   2,054   2,006   2,059   2,079
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,460   1,271   1,326   1,292   1,292   1,272   1,252   1,175   1,182
      Unpaid family workers.........................      56      54      50      45      42      43      38      50      40
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 122,062 123,655 123,543 121,188 123,169 123,623 122,860 123,002 122,681
        Government..................................  18,591  18,645  18,072  19,032  19,598  19,280  19,169  18,777  18,497
        Private industries.......................... 103,471 105,010 105,471 102,156 103,571 104,343 103,691 104,225 104,184
          Private households........................   1,007     981     857     944     998   1,019     953     957     807
          Other industries.......................... 102,464 104,029 104,614 101,212 102,573 103,324 102,738 103,268 103,377
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,943   8,778   8,739   8,820   8,704   8,750   8,714   8,665   8,609
      Unpaid family workers.........................      78      78      79      77     107     103      82      71      80
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,537   3,369   3,283   3,316   3,124   3,124   3,248   3,117   3,071
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,031   1,853   1,905   1,974   1,820   1,844   1,962   1,811   1,846
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,185   1,128   1,018   1,050     953   1,016     978   1,022     900
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  16,617  16,880  16,238  18,983  18,770  18,474  18,409  18,308  18,558
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,368   3,207   3,146   3,142   3,003   3,021   3,096   2,967   2,940
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,905   1,757   1,802   1,850   1,766   1,782   1,840   1,713   1,750
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,159   1,095     990   1,034     922     989     962     994     881
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  16,049  16,288  15,696  18,466  18,184  17,943  17,853  17,743  18,041

      NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,937   5,583   5,650    4.3     4.1     3.9     4.1     4.0     4.0 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,464   2,284   2,263    3.5     3.3     3.2     3.4     3.2     3.2 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,375   2,318   2,286    3.9     3.6     3.5     3.8     3.8     3.7 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,098     981   1,101   13.2    13.3    12.7    12.5    11.6    13.4 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,001     829     878    2.3     2.0     1.8     1.9     1.9     2.0 
     Married women, spouse present..................     973     911     975    2.8     2.7     2.6     2.9     2.6     2.8 
     Women who maintain families....................     568     537     505    6.4     6.8     6.3     6.5     6.1     5.6 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,705   4,420   4,362    4.1     3.8     3.8     3.9     3.8     3.7 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,216   1,162   1,257    4.9     5.1     4.6     5.3     4.8     5.3 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     800     681     789    1.9     1.8     1.7     1.8     1.6     1.9 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,573   1,487   1,453    3.9     3.5     3.3     3.7     3.6     3.6 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     583     541     557    3.9     3.8     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.5 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,207   1,204   1,221    6.3     6.4     6.6     6.3     6.1     6.3 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     238     178     201    6.5     5.1     7.0     5.5     5.0     5.7 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,694   4,365   4,483    4.4     4.3     4.0     4.2     4.0     4.1 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,250   1,177   1,230    4.4     4.6     4.3     4.2     4.1     4.3 
         Mining.....................................      36      18      24    6.0     2.5     2.8     4.2     3.5     5.1 
         Construction...............................     510     470     485    6.9     6.9     5.2     5.8     5.9     5.9 
         Manufacturing..............................     704     688     721    3.5     3.9     4.0     3.7     3.4     3.6 
           Durable goods............................     460     442     406    3.7     3.0     3.9     3.6     3.5     3.3 
           Nondurable goods.........................     244     247     314    3.1     5.2     4.1     3.7     3.1     4.0 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,444   3,188   3,253    4.4     4.2     3.9     4.2     4.0     4.1 
         Transportation and public utilities........     269     214     263    3.4     3.1     2.9     3.2     2.7     3.2 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,408   1,421   1,364    5.2     5.4     4.9     5.1     5.2     5.0 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     192     189     170    2.4     2.4     2.6     2.4     2.3     2.1 
         Services...................................   1,575   1,363   1,456    4.4     4.0     3.7     4.1     3.8     4.0 
     Government workers.............................     427     486     405    2.2     1.7     1.7     2.0     2.5     2.1 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     192     162     156    9.0     5.6     8.4     7.6     7.3     7.0 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,910   3,194   2,734   2,640   2,824   2,455   2,531   2,595   2,470
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,934   1,541   1,970   1,778   1,719   1,868   1,953   1,759   1,812
   15 weeks and over................................   1,475   1,204   1,300   1,511   1,295   1,250   1,337   1,242   1,331
      15 to 26 weeks................................     714     593     590     779     657     670     677     593     654
      27 weeks and over.............................     761     611     711     732     637     580     660     649     677
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    13.1    11.3    12.9    13.5    12.8    12.4    12.6    12.4    13.3
   Median duration, in weeks........................     5.4     4.2     5.5     5.8     6.0     6.0     5.8     5.8     6.0
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    46.1    53.8    45.5    44.5    48.4    44.1    43.5    46.4    44.0
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    30.6    25.9    32.8    30.0    29.4    33.5    33.5    31.4    32.3
     15 weeks and over..............................    23.3    20.3    21.7    25.5    22.2    22.4    23.0    22.2    23.7
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    11.3    10.0     9.8    13.1    11.3    12.0    11.6    10.6    11.7
       27 weeks and over............................    12.0    10.3    11.8    12.3    10.9    10.4    11.3    11.6    12.1

     NOTE: Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,729   2,291   2,489   2,670   2,541   2,306   2,483   2,450   2,417
    On temporary layoff.............................     862     817     887     847     781     703     894     959     856
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,867   1,474   1,603   1,823   1,759   1,602   1,589   1,491   1,561
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,267   1,059   1,105   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     600     415     498   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     817     667     843     768     824     833     774     671     799
  Reentrants........................................   2,101   2,336   2,049   2,003   1,979   1,961   2,093   2,076   1,961
  New entrants......................................     672     646     623     459     434     408     500     343     402
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    43.2    38.6    41.5    45.3    44.0    41.9    42.4    44.2    43.3
     On temporary layoff............................    13.6    13.8    14.8    14.4    13.5    12.8    15.3    17.3    15.3
     Not on temporary layoff........................    29.5    24.8    26.7    30.9    30.5    29.1    27.2    26.9    28.0
   Job leavers......................................    12.9    11.2    14.0    13.0    14.3    15.1    13.2    12.1    14.3
   Reentrants.......................................    33.2    39.3    34.1    33.9    34.3    35.6    35.8    37.5    35.1
   New entrants.....................................    10.6    10.9    10.4     7.8     7.5     7.4     8.5     6.2     7.2
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.9     1.6     1.8     1.9     1.8     1.6     1.8     1.7     1.7
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .5      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.6     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.5     1.5     1.4
   New entrants.....................................      .5      .5      .4      .3      .3      .3      .4      .2      .3

    1 Not available.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                July   June   July   July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July 
                                                                1999   2000   2000   1999   2000   2000   2000   2000   2000 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.0     .8     .9    1.1     .9     .9    1.0     .9     .9
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.9    1.6    1.8    1.9    1.8    1.6    1.8    1.7    1.7
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.5    4.2    4.2    4.3    4.1    3.9    4.1    4.0    4.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.7    4.4    4.4   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.2    4.9    5.0   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    7.7    7.3    7.3   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.






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  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,937   5,583   5,650    4.3     4.1     3.9     4.1     4.0     4.0 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,160   2,048   2,066    9.7     9.7     9.3     9.8     9.0     9.2 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,098     981   1,101   13.2    13.3    12.7    12.5    11.6    13.4 
        16 to 17 years..............................     518     439     515   15.4    15.3    14.6    16.0    13.1    16.5 
        18 to 19 years..............................     578     543     577   11.7    12.1    11.4    10.4    10.6    11.5 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,062   1,067     965    7.6     7.6     7.2     8.2     7.5     6.8 
    25 years and over...............................   3,779   3,515   3,581    3.2     3.0     2.9     3.0     3.0     3.0 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,250   3,118   3,158    3.3     3.0     3.0     3.1     3.1     3.2 
      55 years and over.............................     521     418     430    2.9     2.7     2.4     2.4     2.3     2.4 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,061   2,903   2,854    4.1     3.8     3.8     3.9     3.9     3.8 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,187   1,128   1,117   10.2     9.2     9.6    10.0     9.5     9.6 
        16 to 19 years..............................     597     619     591   13.8    12.4    13.6    13.1    14.1    14.0 
          16 to 17 years............................     282     274     277   16.1    15.1    15.8    16.9    15.6    17.4 
          18 to 19 years............................     313     354     310   12.2    10.5    12.4    10.8    13.3    11.9 
        20 to 24 years..............................     590     509     526    8.1     7.4     7.3     8.3     6.8     7.1 
      25 years and over.............................   1,887   1,772   1,747    3.0     2.8     2.7     2.8     2.8     2.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,589   1,549   1,505    3.0     2.8     2.7     2.8     2.9     2.8 
        55 years and over...........................     298     220     243    3.0     2.8     2.7     2.6     2.2     2.4 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,876   2,680   2,796    4.4     4.3     4.0     4.3     4.1     4.3 
      16 to 24 years................................     973     919     949    9.1    10.2     8.9     9.5     8.5     8.9 
        16 to 19 years..............................     501     362     510   12.6    14.4    11.6    11.8     8.9    12.8 
          16 to 17 years............................     236     165     238   14.7    15.4    13.3    15.0    10.4    15.5 
          18 to 19 years............................     265     190     266   11.2    13.7    10.4     9.9     7.8    11.0 
        20 to 24 years..............................     472     558     439    7.1     7.7     7.2     8.2     8.2     6.5 
      25 years and over.............................   1,892   1,742   1,834    3.5     3.2     3.0     3.3     3.2     3.3 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,661   1,568   1,653    3.6     3.3     3.2     3.5     3.4     3.5 
        55 years and over...........................     223     198     187    2.8     2.7     2.0     2.3     2.4     2.3 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        July      July      July      July      July      July  
                                                                        1999      2000      1999      2000      1999      2000  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   66,709    67,626    23,821    24,400    42,888    43,226 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,490     4,402     1,715     1,922     2,774     2,480 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,133     1,170       493       617       640       553 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      290       265       159       176       131        89 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      843       906       334       441       509       465 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,636     7,553     4,155     4,024     3,481     3,529 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.7       5.5       5.7       5.5       5.6       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,101     4,043     2,439     2,337     1,662     1,706 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,735     1,593       604       592     1,131     1,001 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      300       416       206       258        95       158 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,459     1,441       890       802       569       639 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
     NOTE: Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           July    May    June    July     July    Mar.    Apr.    May    June    July 
                                           1999    2000   2000p   2000p    1999    2000    2000    2000   2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total1........................ 128,845 132,258 132,884 131,442 128,898 131,009 131,419 131,590 131,620 131,512
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 109,745 110,841 111,979 111,970 108,735 110,462 110,752 110,578 110,820 110,958
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,821  25,727  26,057  26,081  25,488  25,738  25,725  25,684  25,699  25,752
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     537     537     545     549     528     536     539     539     539     540
    Metal mining........................    45.4    44.4    44.7    44.7      45      45      45      44      44      44
    Coal mining.........................    84.7    79.5    79.5    79.6      85      80      80      80      79      79
    Oil and gas extraction..............   289.7   300.3   306.7   309.3     286     300     303     305     306     307
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   117.1   112.8   114.4   114.9     112     111     111     110     110     110
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,759   6,734   6,925   7,042   6,408   6,726   6,694   6,666   6,668   6,674
    General building contractors........ 1,522.6 1,494.5 1,544.8 1,566.5   1,451   1,508   1,497   1,497   1,496   1,492
    Heavy construction, except building.   937.4   923.1   941.7   956.8     867     905     899     888     877     882
    Special trade contractors........... 4,298.9 4,316.1 4,438.4 4,518.5   4,090   4,313   4,298   4,281   4,295   4,300
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,525  18,456  18,587  18,490  18,552  18,476  18,492  18,479  18,492  18,538
      Production workers................  12,693  12,666  12,752  12,650  12,753  12,683  12,689  12,682  12,681  12,730
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,088  11,110  11,185  11,105  11,125  11,094  11,104  11,106  11,117  11,154
      Production workers................   7,562   7,597   7,642   7,562   7,620   7,580   7,584   7,584   7,590   7,625
    Lumber and wood products............   841.0   825.2   834.4   830.3     829     830     830     828     826     821
    Furniture and fixtures..............   549.0   558.2   559.3   553.8     554     555     557     558     558     564
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   571.3   570.9   579.0   579.1     563     568     567     566     568     571
    Primary metal industries............   694.8   698.1   701.7   693.1     701     701     699     699     698     698
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   227.6   226.4   227.8   226.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,507.0 1,534.4 1,545.9 1,528.6   1,517   1,528   1,534   1,535   1,540   1,541
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,136.5 2,128.6 2,142.0 2,132.3   2,142   2,124   2,126   2,125   2,130   2,137
      Computer and office equipment.....   372.3   360.2   363.9   362.1     371     366     364     360     361     360
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,671.0 1,690.6 1,706.6 1,711.4   1,675   1,682   1,691   1,693   1,697   1,717
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   637.0   653.9   665.3   671.9     635     646     651     654     661     670
    Transportation equipment............ 1,864.6 1,866.4 1,873.5 1,834.8   1,890   1,865   1,859   1,863   1,863   1,859
      Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,005.8 1,029.5 1,037.9 1,005.4   1,029   1,028   1,026   1,026   1,030   1,028
      Aircraft and parts................   492.7   461.5   460.1   457.2     493     467     461     463     460     459
    Instruments and related products....   859.5   843.5   846.4   850.5     859     844     844     845     843     850
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   392.8   394.5   396.3   391.1     395     397     397     394     394     396
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,437   7,346   7,402   7,385   7,427   7,382   7,388   7,373   7,375   7,384
      Production workers................   5,131   5,069   5,110   5,088   5,133   5,103   5,105   5,098   5,091   5,105
    Food and kindred products........... 1,695.3 1,648.5 1,676.1 1,704.7   1,674   1,671   1,678   1,675   1,680   1,681
    Tobacco products....................    35.5    33.9    34.0    34.0      38      35      37      37      37      37
    Textile mill products...............   555.2   545.9   546.5   539.2     557     549     548     545     542     543
    Apparel and other textile products..   679.7   662.9   659.2   640.6     688     665     665     660     653     653
    Paper and allied products...........   669.8   659.7   666.7   663.3     668     662     662     661     662     661
    Printing and publishing............. 1,554.0 1,550.1 1,562.0 1,561.6   1,552   1,551   1,554   1,552   1,558   1,560
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,036.8 1,028.9 1,034.1 1,030.6   1,032   1,031   1,030   1,028   1,028   1,027
    Petroleum and coal products.........   137.1   133.0   134.3   134.8     134     132     132     132     132     132
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   999.7 1,007.9 1,013.3 1,003.0   1,008   1,010   1,007   1,008   1,008   1,014
    Leather and leather products........    73.4    75.3    75.7    72.7      76      76      75      75      75      76
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing1...................... 103,024 106,531 106,827 105,361 103,410 105,271 105,694 105,906 105,921 105,760
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,819   6,972   7,024   6,987   6,834   6,953   6,970   6,962   6,985   7,005
    Transportation......................   4,392   4,509   4,537   4,504   4,420   4,492   4,509   4,501   4,509   4,534
      Railroad transportation...........   231.1   220.2   220.0   220.0     229     222     221     219     217     218
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   422.5   515.6   494.5   437.8     486     494     498     498     495     503
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,831.3 1,826.8 1,850.5 1,861.4   1,808   1,833   1,839   1,834   1,832   1,842
      Water transportation..............   198.7   202.6   208.9   214.0     188     197     200     200     202     202
      Transportation by air............. 1,227.4 1,261.9 1,276.8 1,282.9   1,230   1,268   1,270   1,269   1,279   1,282
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.0    12.4    12.6    12.7      13      12      12      12      12      13
      Transportation services...........   467.7   469.2   473.5   475.2     466     466     469     469     472     474
    Communications and public utilities.   2,427   2,463   2,487   2,483   2,414   2,461   2,461   2,461   2,476   2,471
      Communications.................... 1,554.8 1,607.4 1,623.6 1,619.2   1,551   1,602   1,604   1,606   1,619   1,615
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   871.7   855.1   863.3   864.0     863     859     857     855     857     856
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,962   7,054   7,095   7,099   6,927   7,017   7,055   7,048   7,050   7,060
    Durable goods.......................   4,133   4,197   4,219   4,222   4,118   4,177   4,201   4,199   4,195   4,204
    Nondurable goods....................   2,829   2,857   2,876   2,877   2,809   2,840   2,854   2,849   2,855   2,856
  Retail trade..........................  22,968  23,106  23,351  23,288  22,833  23,027  23,197  23,064  23,112  23,161
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,025.8 1,069.5 1,070.1 1,054.1     989   1,034   1,032   1,025   1,017   1,017
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,715.4 2,664.5 2,681.6 2,658.5   2,774   2,756   2,791   2,744   2,743   2,718
      Department stores................. 2,381.3 2,323.4 2,336.7 2,313.6   2,433   2,409   2,443   2,388   2,388   2,365
    Food stores......................... 3,515.5 3,497.6 3,530.3 3,541.2   3,495   3,502   3,522   3,516   3,516   3,518
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,398.5 2,415.0 2,433.5 2,443.8   2,368   2,407   2,410   2,408   2,411   2,416
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,087.5 1,107.3 1,114.2 1,117.8   1,081   1,105   1,106   1,107   1,110   1,111
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,180.8 1,166.6 1,181.2 1,187.3   1,184   1,188   1,195   1,195   1,193   1,196
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,077.4 1,101.3 1,108.7 1,110.8   1,086   1,111   1,113   1,113   1,119   1,121
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,128.7 8,189.7 8,341.4 8,291.4   7,958   8,000   8,097   8,028   8,067   8,120
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,926.0 3,002.2 3,004.2 3,000.9   2,979   3,029   3,037   3,035   3,046   3,055
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,682   7,598   7,665   7,699   7,583   7,621   7,610   7,600   7,589   7,596
    Finance.............................   3,727   3,698   3,724   3,740   3,700   3,713   3,709   3,703   3,705   3,711
      Depository institutions........... 2,075.6 2,039.4 2,053.5 2,056.0   2,060   2,054   2,052   2,044   2,042   2,040
        Commercial banks................ 1,486.1 1,452.8 1,462.0 1,464.4   1,475   1,466   1,464   1,456   1,454   1,453
        Savings institutions............   253.6   242.2   243.4   242.0     251     243     243     243     242     240
      Nondepository institutions........   720.7   685.0   683.8   683.8     718     692     686     684     681     681
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   363.6   323.9   321.3   319.4     362     330     323     322     320     319
      Security and commodity brokers....   698.6   733.0   746.0   757.4     691     728     732     736     742     749
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   231.7   240.1   240.5   242.9     231     239     239     239     240     241
    Insurance...........................   2,387   2,359   2,369   2,372   2,374   2,373   2,365   2,361   2,359   2,359
      Insurance carriers................ 1,620.2 1,592.4 1,598.6 1,600.2   1,611   1,605   1,597   1,594   1,593   1,591
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   766.6   767.0   770.6   771.3     763     768     768     767     766     768
    Real estate.........................   1,568   1,541   1,572   1,587   1,509   1,535   1,536   1,536   1,525   1,526
                                                                                                                        
  Services3.............................  39,493  40,384  40,787  40,816  39,070  40,090  40,195  40,220  40,385  40,384
    Agricultural services...............   846.9   849.3   876.4   879.6     765     812     801     790     788     794
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 2,000.8 1,916.9 2,036.0 2,089.1   1,851   1,885   1,902   1,904   1,924   1,930
    Personal services................... 1,189.9 1,244.7 1,240.3 1,223.6   1,233   1,265   1,272   1,262   1,270   1,269
    Business services................... 9,339.2 9,683.6 9,818.9 9,818.7   9,303   9,681   9,735   9,715   9,778   9,780
      Services to buildings.............   996.4 1,000.9 1,009.0 1,006.9     988   1,004   1,001     996     996   1,000
      Personnel supply services......... 3,626.7 3,820.3 3,897.9 3,877.1   3,618   3,817   3,885   3,855   3,876   3,862
        Help supply services............ 3,252.0 3,412.4 3,482.8 3,460.0   3,244   3,418   3,485   3,440   3,448   3,441
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,848.5 1,926.4 1,939.0 1,947.7   1,846   1,915   1,927   1,929   1,934   1,949
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,192.8 1,192.9 1,200.3 1,199.9   1,185   1,192   1,195   1,192   1,190   1,192
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   379.3   384.3   386.6   386.4     375     384     383     383     384     383
    Motion pictures.....................   628.2   632.2   639.3   655.8     617     630     634     632     637     644
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,951.5 1,847.0 2,048.9 2,121.1   1,650   1,729   1,752   1,755   1,785   1,794
    Health services..................... 10023.6 10094.8 10151.7 10166.3   9,994  10,091  10,093  10,104  10,119  10,142
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,887.7 1,924.9 1,933.6 1,936.5   1,880   1,920   1,925   1,928   1,928   1,930
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,790.2 1,784.3 1,793.2 1,793.8   1,784   1,791   1,789   1,788   1,788   1,788
      Hospitals......................... 3,997.4 3,998.1 4,017.1 4,029.9   3,983   4,004   3,999   4,005   4,009   4,017
      Home health care services.........   634.3   643.1   644.3   644.7     635     639     641     641     642     645
    Legal services...................... 1,012.7 1,000.4 1,029.4 1,030.4     996   1,007   1,004   1,006   1,010   1,014
    Educational services................ 1,998.1 2,391.8 2,147.1 2,052.2   2,285   2,329   2,329   2,356   2,356   2,347
    Social services..................... 2,792.7 2,974.6 2,941.6 2,897.5   2,790   2,929   2,940   2,946   2,943   2,913
      Child day care services...........   639.1   783.1   744.8   694.4     697     749     753     758     760     763
      Residential care..................   782.0   815.3   825.8   831.5     776     810     812     816     819     825
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   106.4   104.5   110.1   112.0      98     101     102     101     103     103
    Membership organizations............ 2,491.3 2,436.2 2,479.0 2,500.5   2,419   2,440   2,439   2,438   2,440   2,428
    Engineering and management services. 3,295.4 3,384.9 3,435.1 3,436.6   3,265   3,369   3,368   3,390   3,412   3,405
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   971.5   992.7 1,018.3 1,024.7     956     985     987     995   1,005   1,009
      Management and public relations... 1,049.5 1,097.8 1,114.9 1,113.3   1,037   1,085   1,088   1,096   1,108   1,103
    Services, nec.......................    52.5    54.1    54.0    54.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government1...........................  19,100  21,417  20,905  19,472  20,163  20,547  20,667  21,012  20,800  20,554
    Federal1............................   2,668   3,243   3,121   2,825   2,656   2,816   2,885   3,238   3,091   2,806
      Federal, except Postal Service1... 1,803.6 2,385.2 2,262.6 1,969.4   1,782   1,951   2,022   2,374   2,229   1,943
    State...............................   4,454   4,793   4,555   4,482   4,691   4,733   4,744   4,737   4,702   4,726
      Education......................... 1,677.6 2,039.2 1,772.2 1,687.4   1,967   1,982   1,990   1,983   1,953   1,978
      Other State government............ 2,775.9 2,754.0 2,782.6 2,794.4   2,724   2,751   2,754   2,754   2,749   2,748
    Local...............................  11,978  13,381  13,229  12,165  12,816  12,998  13,038  13,037  13,007  13,022
      Education......................... 6,119.9 7,768.1 7,393.3 6,201.6   7,273   7,373   7,408   7,395   7,372   7,372
      Other local government............ 5,858.0 5,613.3 5,836.1 5,963.4   5,543   5,625   5,630   5,642   5,635   5,650

  1 Current employment levels in these series are affected by the hiring of temporary workers for Census 2000. 
Estimates of these workers are 32,000, 72,000, 189,000, 262,000, 618,000, 480,000, and 190,000 in January, February,
March, April, May, June, and July 2000, respectively.  Preliminary estimates for these series may be subject to larger
than normal revisions. 
  2 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  3 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           July    May    June    July     July    Mar.    Apr.    May    June    July 
                                           1999    2000   2000p   2000p    1999    2000    2000    2000   2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.7    34.3    34.6    34.9    34.5    34.5    34.6    34.4    34.5    34.4 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.9    41.0    41.1    40.9    41.1    41.2    41.5    40.9    40.8    41.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   44.7    44.4    44.9    45.0    44.5    44.7    45.3    44.1    44.5    45.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   39.9    39.6    39.6    40.4    39.0    39.8    39.6    39.2    38.7    39.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.2    41.4    41.7    41.0    41.8    41.7    42.2    41.4    41.6    41.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     4.5     4.6     4.4     4.6     4.6     4.9     4.5     4.6     4.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   41.6    42.1    42.3    41.5    42.4    42.3    42.8    42.0    42.2    42.3 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     4.7     4.9     4.4     4.8     4.8     5.1     4.7     4.8     4.7 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   41.2    40.9    41.1    40.7    41.1    40.9    41.2    40.7    40.8    41.1 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   40.2    39.8    39.9    39.3    40.5    40.2    40.6    40.3    39.9    39.8 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.8    43.5    43.4    43.7    43.5    43.4    43.6    43.0    42.8    43.6 
    Primary metal industries............   43.6    44.0    44.1    43.4    44.4    44.4    44.9    43.8    43.9    44.2 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.6    44.9    44.8    44.5    45.0    45.2    45.0    44.7    44.8    44.8 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.6    42.3    42.5    41.5    42.3    42.5    43.0    42.3    42.4    42.4 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   41.7    42.3    42.5    41.8    42.3    42.3    42.9    42.2    42.5    42.5 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   40.8    41.1    41.5    41.0    41.5    41.8    42.2    41.3    41.4    41.8 
    Transportation equipment............   42.2    43.5    44.0    41.8    44.2    43.7    44.3    43.2    44.0    43.8 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   42.8    44.8    45.3    42.0    45.5    44.6    45.5    44.2    45.3    44.5 
    Instruments and related products....   41.0    41.0    41.0    40.8    41.6    41.2    41.6    41.2    41.1    41.4 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.2    39.2    39.6    38.8    39.9    39.4    39.8    39.3    39.5    39.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.7    40.5    40.7    40.4    41.0    40.9    41.3    40.6    40.7    40.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.4     4.1     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.3     4.6     4.3     4.3     4.3 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   41.8    41.0    41.4    41.3    41.9    41.6    41.9    41.2    41.5    41.3 
    Tobacco products....................   40.3    39.8    40.1    39.8    40.1    40.0    40.8    39.6    39.4    40.9 
    Textile mill products...............   40.6    41.1    41.4    40.5    41.1    41.6    41.9    41.1    41.1    41.2 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.0    37.2    37.4    36.7    37.5    37.8    38.0    37.1    37.0    37.2 
    Paper and allied products...........   43.0    42.6    42.8    42.6    43.5    43.2    43.6    42.8    42.8    42.8 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.1    37.7    37.7    37.9    38.3    38.2    38.5    38.0    38.1    38.2 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.7    42.5    42.8    42.5    43.1    42.6    42.9    42.7    42.8    43.0 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.4    43.1    43.5    44.6    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.1    41.4    41.6    40.5    41.7    41.5    42.1    41.3    41.4    41.2 
    Leather and leather products........   37.5    38.3    38.5    36.5    37.9    38.0    38.9    38.2    37.9    37.3 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   33.2    32.6    32.9    33.4    32.9    32.8    32.8    32.7    32.9    32.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.9    38.2    38.5    39.2    38.8    38.3    38.7    38.4    38.4    38.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.2    38.4    38.5    38.9    38.4    38.6    38.6    38.6    38.6    38.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   29.9    28.8    29.3    29.8    29.1    29.0    28.8    28.8    29.0    28.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.3    35.9    36.2    36.9    36.5    36.1    36.3    36.2    36.5    36.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.8    32.4    32.7    33.0    32.6    32.7    32.7    32.6    32.7    32.5 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            July      May      June      July       July      May      June      July  
                                            1999      2000     2000p     2000p      1999      2000     2000p     2000p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.16    $13.64    $13.62    $13.69    $456.65   $467.85   $471.25   $477.78 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.27     13.66     13.70     13.76     457.82    469.90    472.65    473.34 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   14.93     15.29     15.35     15.49     610.64    626.89    630.89    633.54 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.17     17.19     17.08     17.22     767.50    763.24    766.89    774.90 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   17.27     17.71     17.74     17.99     689.07    701.32    702.50    726.80 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   13.91     14.27     14.33     14.35     573.09    590.78    597.56    588.35 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.38     14.80     14.88     14.85     598.21    623.08    629.42    616.28 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.53     11.74     11.82     11.89     475.04    480.17    485.80    483.92 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.25     11.69     11.72     11.76     452.25    465.26    467.63    462.17 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.97     14.28     14.34     14.38     611.89    621.18    622.36    628.41 
    Primary metal industries............   16.02     16.40     16.51     16.69     698.47    721.60    728.09    724.35 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   19.06     19.46     19.60     19.84     850.08    873.75    878.08    882.88 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.47     13.75     13.83     13.80     560.35    581.63    587.78    572.70 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.08     15.45     15.50     15.61     628.84    653.54    658.75    652.50 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.49     13.65     13.70     13.79     550.39    561.02    568.55    565.39 
    Transportation equipment............   17.88     18.79     18.99     18.62     754.54    817.37    835.56    778.32 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.16     19.35     19.61     19.04     777.25    866.88    888.33    799.68 
    Instruments and related products....   14.25     14.44     14.42     14.54     584.25    592.04    591.22    593.23 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.29     11.59     11.59     11.68     442.57    454.33    458.96    453.18 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.21     13.43     13.47     13.59     537.65    543.92    548.23    549.04 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.15     12.36     12.39     12.46     507.87    506.76    512.95    514.60 
    Tobacco products....................   21.09     20.40     20.87     21.07     849.93    811.92    836.89    838.59 
    Textile mill products...............   10.71     10.91     10.90     10.93     434.83    448.40    451.26    442.67 
    Apparel and other textile products..    8.83      9.05      9.07      9.01     326.71    336.66    339.22    330.67 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.02     16.12     16.19     16.35     688.86    686.71    692.93    696.51 
    Printing and publishing.............   13.81     14.15     14.14     14.27     526.16    533.46    533.08    540.83 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.39     17.80     17.88     18.04     742.55    756.50    765.26    766.70 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.28     21.34     21.12     21.35     923.55    919.75    918.72    952.21 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.41     12.65     12.72     12.87     510.05    523.71    529.15    521.24 
    Leather and leather products........    9.69     10.05     10.05     10.03     363.38    384.92    386.93    366.10 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   12.60     13.12     13.07     13.13     418.32    427.71    430.00    438.54 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   15.69     16.13     16.17     16.20     610.34    616.17    622.55    635.04 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.57     14.99     15.04     15.27     556.57    575.62    579.04    594.00 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.03      9.39      9.37      9.38     270.00    270.43    274.54    279.52 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.54     15.02     14.94     15.07     527.80    539.22    540.83    556.08 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.18     13.76     13.69     13.74     432.30    445.82    447.66    453.42 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                   July     Mar.     Apr.     May      June     July      change  
            Industry               1999     2000     2000     2000     2000p    2000p     from:   
                                                                                        June 2000-
                                                                                        July 2000 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.27   $13.58   $13.64   $13.66   $13.70   $13.76      0.4   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.88     7.84     7.87     7.88     7.86     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    14.89    15.25    15.30    15.29    15.34    15.41       .5   
    Mining......................    17.26    17.27    17.26    17.25    17.23    17.32       .5   
    Construction................    17.20    17.67    17.78    17.75    17.77    17.94      1.0   
    Manufacturing...............    13.98    14.23    14.28    14.27    14.35    14.37       .1   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.24    13.47    13.49    13.53    13.59    13.62       .2   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    12.76    13.05    13.11    13.15    13.19    13.24       .4   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    15.72    16.04    16.12    16.22    16.28    16.18      -.6   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.61    14.98    15.03    15.02    15.16    15.24       .5   
    Retail trade................     9.10     9.35     9.39     9.39     9.42     9.45       .3   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.68    14.95    14.98    15.01    15.06    15.09       .2   
    Services....................    13.39    13.69    13.74    13.79    13.83    13.89       .4   

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
deflate this series.
  3 Change was -0.3 percent from May 2000 to June 2000, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
    N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          July   May     June     July    July    Mar.    Apr.   May     June     July  
                                          1999   2000    2000p    2000p   1999    2000    2000   2000    2000p    2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  151.0  150.7   153.6    154.9   148.5  151.0   151.7   150.5   151.2    151.3 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  117.4  116.9   119.1    118.5   116.1  117.7   118.3   116.3   116.2    117.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   51.4   50.8    52.2     52.7    50.3   51.3    52.2    50.7    51.2     52.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  191.4  188.0   194.0    201.7   175.3  188.4   186.3   183.6   181.4    184.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  105.6  105.8   107.1    104.6   107.6  106.7   107.9   106.0   106.4    107.0 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  109.9  111.5   112.8    109.4   112.7  111.8   113.1   111.2   111.8    112.6 
    Lumber and wood products............  150.4  146.3   148.8    146.6   147.8  147.1   147.9   146.1   145.8    146.0 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  137.9  139.0   139.5    135.5   140.1  139.3   141.4   140.9   139.5    140.1 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  118.4  117.0   118.3    119.0   115.7  116.2   116.2   114.6   114.1    117.0 
    Primary metal industries............   89.5   91.3    91.9     89.2    92.2   92.4    93.3    91.0    91.0     91.6 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   70.8   71.1    71.5     70.6    71.1   71.8    71.5    70.6    70.8     70.8 
    Fabricated metal products...........  116.4  121.2   122.7    118.3   120.5  121.2   123.0   121.2   121.8    122.8 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  103.3  105.2   106.1    104.0   105.7  104.6   106.2   104.5   105.6    106.4 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  105.5  106.7   108.4    106.9   108.3  107.8   109.6   107.1   107.8    109.9 
    Transportation equipment............  120.1  125.2   126.9    117.3   128.1  125.7   126.7   123.6   125.8    125.2 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  157.1  170.0   172.6    153.8   172.2  168.6   171.7   166.4   171.2    167.7 
    Instruments and related products....   75.8   73.6    73.9     73.6    76.8   74.0    74.7    74.0    73.8     75.1 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  100.0  100.2   101.3     97.1   102.5  101.6   103.0   100.2   100.4    100.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   99.7   98.0    99.4     98.1   100.6   99.7   100.7    98.9    99.0     99.3 
    Food and kindred products...........  119.4  113.3   116.7    118.8   117.9  116.9   118.4   116.3   117.3    117.2 
    Tobacco products....................   50.1   44.0    44.3     43.3    55.6   45.6    50.5    49.0    48.8     50.7 
    Textile mill products...............   79.1   78.8    79.7     76.8    80.6   80.2    80.6    78.7    78.6     78.7 
    Apparel and other textile products..   58.4   57.8    57.7     54.7    60.2   58.8    59.2    57.2    56.3     56.8 
    Paper and allied products...........  106.2  103.9   105.9    104.7   107.1  105.9   106.7   104.8   105.2    105.0 
    Printing and publishing.............  121.3  120.5   121.3    121.7   122.0  121.8   123.2   121.7   122.1    122.8 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  101.6  101.6   102.2    100.8   102.7  102.4   102.7   102.1   101.8    101.9 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   75.2   63.6    64.5     67.2    72.1   65.2    66.6    64.0    62.7     64.8 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  143.6  147.0   148.9    143.0   147.3  147.9   149.3   146.8   147.6    148.0 
    Leather and leather products........   31.1   32.7    32.8     29.3    32.6   32.7    32.9    32.3    32.0     31.5 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  166.1  165.8   169.1    171.3   163.1  165.9   166.6   165.9   167.0    166.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  134.4  135.7   137.7    139.3   134.3  135.5   137.3   136.1   136.4    138.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  130.9  132.5   133.1    134.7   130.4  132.9   133.0   133.1   132.5    132.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  148.6  144.4   148.3    150.4   143.9  144.6   144.9   143.9   145.2    144.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  141.6  137.7   140.6    143.9   140.0  138.7   139.3   138.7   139.9    140.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  205.3  207.9   212.0    214.2   201.6  207.7   208.6   207.9   209.4    208.3 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   50.4    64.5    60.3    54.8    62.6    61.5    57.3    61.0    57.9    62.6    59.3    60.0 
     1997..............   57.3    59.7    62.8    63.2    57.7    57.7    61.2    60.1    61.5    65.3    62.1    61.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.6    60.5    58.7    58.3    59.7    53.9    58.1    56.2    53.8    59.0    57.4 
     1999..............   54.1    58.8    53.9    59.6    52.8    57.9    58.8    53.8    57.3    60.7    60.8    59.0 
     2000..............   60.8    54.1    60.7    56.5    45.9   p54.9   p58.4                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   61.1    62.6    63.6    63.1    63.3    64.9    64.2    61.4    65.2    64.3    65.4    63.3 
     1997..............   62.6    64.0    66.3    66.7    63.2    62.1    61.5    66.2    67.4    69.4    69.0    69.1 
     1998..............   64.3    66.6    63.2    66.3    63.6    58.0    57.4    57.9    59.7    58.1    58.6    59.4 
     1999..............   58.3    57.3    58.4    54.4    57.3    58.8    58.1    60.7    59.6    63.5    64.3    63.1 
     2000..............   61.0    62.6    61.9    57.4   p55.2   p57.0                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   62.5    64.6    65.6    64.6    64.5    64.5    67.3    65.7    65.2    67.1    66.0    67.4 
     1997..............   66.3    67.0    66.6    66.3    65.6    67.1    66.3    68.5    69.0    70.4    69.7    70.4 
     1998..............   69.8    67.4    65.2    61.8    62.9    61.4    59.0    58.4    57.4    59.7    59.3    59.1 
     1999..............   60.0    58.0    57.6    58.6    54.4    59.7    60.4    62.1    64.0    62.8    65.2    64.6 
     2000..............   65.6    60.8   p60.8   p61.5                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    68.7    66.9 
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    70.1    69.4    70.4 
     1998..............   69.7    67.3    67.3    65.9    63.9    62.5    61.5    62.1    61.0    59.8    59.8    58.1 
     1999..............   60.3    58.3    57.6    59.4    59.6    60.5    61.9    61.0    62.6    62.9    62.5   p63.2 
     2000..............  p64.7                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   44.6    54.7    48.2    42.1    55.4    52.2    47.8    54.3    50.0    56.1    50.4    53.2 
     1997..............   49.6    52.5    56.1    54.0    51.4    54.3    50.7    53.6    56.5    61.9    60.4    55.4 
     1998..............   57.9    50.7    53.6    50.7    47.1    50.0    37.8    50.0    45.7    39.9    41.7    43.9 
     1999..............   45.0    41.0    42.8    46.4    40.3    46.4    54.7    38.1    46.4    51.8    51.4    50.4 
     2000..............   52.2    47.8    51.1    51.1    45.7   p50.0   p53.6                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   44.2    47.8    44.6    45.7    47.1    51.4    50.4    49.6    55.4    53.2    55.0    49.6 
     1997..............   50.7    53.2    55.8    56.1    53.2    52.5    52.5    55.8    59.7    66.5    64.7    64.0 
     1998..............   56.8    56.8    52.2    52.2    48.6    41.4    39.2    40.3    43.2    37.1    36.7    40.6 
     1999..............   36.7    37.1    37.1    34.5    37.8    43.5    39.9    45.0    42.1    50.4    51.1    50.7 
     2000..............   47.8    52.5    49.3    48.9   p48.6   p51.4                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   41.7    45.0    46.8    46.0    45.3    47.8    53.2    50.4    50.7    53.2    51.8    54.7 
     1997..............   53.2    53.2    52.5    52.9    51.8    53.2    54.7    61.2    61.2    64.4    64.7    63.7 
     1998..............   60.1    54.3    50.4    39.9    43.5    42.1    38.8    36.7    36.0    39.9    34.5    32.7 
     1999..............   35.6    33.5    33.5    37.1    32.7    38.8    41.0    45.7    48.2    43.2    48.6    51.1 
     2000..............   51.4    47.5   p50.7   p51.8                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.3    50.7 
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.8    56.8    57.2 
     1998..............   55.0    51.8    51.8    46.8    40.6    39.9    37.8    38.1    37.1    36.0    34.2    33.5 
     1999..............   37.4    32.4    31.7    35.3    36.0    37.1    38.8    39.6    42.4    42.4    42.4   p46.4 
     2000..............  p47.8                                                                                         

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.