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                       THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MAY 2006


   Nonfarm employment edged up in May (+75,000), and the unemployment rate
was little changed at 4.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  Employment continued to trend up in some
service-providing industries and in mining, while retail trade and manufac-
turing lost jobs.  Average hourly earnings were up by 1 cent in May following
a gain of 10 cents in April.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons (7.0 million) and the unemployment
rate (4.6 percent) were essentially unchanged in May.  A year earlier, the
unemployment rate was 5.1 percent.
   
   In May, the jobless rates for the major worker groups--adult men (4.2 per-
cent), adult women (4.1 percent), teenagers (14.0 percent), whites (4.1 per-
cent), blacks (8.9 percent), and Hispanics (5.0 percent)--showed little or no
change over the month.  The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.0 percent, not
seasonally adjusted.  (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment (144.0 million) continued to trend up in May; over the
year it has increased by 2.4 million.  Both the employment-population ratio
(63.0 percent) and labor force participation rate (66.1 percent) held steady
over the month.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached
to the labor force in May, the same as a year earlier.  These individuals wanted
and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12
months.  They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for
work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  Among the marginally attached, there
were 323,000 discouraged workers in May, down from 392,000 a year earlier.
Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because
they believed no jobs were available for them.  The other 1.1 million marginally
attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or
family responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)


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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                         |_________________|__________________________| Apr.-
        Category         |  2005  |  2006  |          2006            | May
                         |________|________|__________________________|change
                         |   IV   |    I   |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May   |
 ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 150,126| 150,405| 150,652| 150,811| 150,991|    180
  Employment.............| 142,671| 143,324| 143,641| 143,688| 143,976|    288
  Unemployment...........|   7,455|   7,081|   7,011|   7,123|   7,015|   -108
Not in labor force.......|  77,070|  77,359|  77,323|  77,388|  77,437|     49
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     5.0|     4.7|     4.7|     4.7|     4.6|   -0.1
  Adult men..............|     4.3|     4.1|     4.1|     4.2|     4.2|     .0
  Adult women............|     4.5|     4.2|     4.1|     4.3|     4.1|    -.2
  Teenagers..............|    16.1|    15.5|    15.7|    14.6|    14.0|    -.6
  White..................|     4.3|     4.1|     4.0|     4.1|     4.1|     .0
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|     9.7|     9.2|     9.3|     9.4|     8.9|    -.5
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     6.0|     5.6|     5.4|     5.4|     5.0|    -.4
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 134,161| 134,722| 134,905|p135,031|p135,106|    p75
  Goods-producing(1).....|  22,242|  22,363|  22,381| p22,426| p22,416|   p-10
    Construction.........|   7,391|   7,483|   7,495|  p7,511|  p7,512|     p1
    Manufacturing........|  14,211|  14,226|  14,225| p14,244| p14,230|   p-14
  Service-providing(1)...| 111,920| 112,359| 112,524|p112,605|p112,690|    p85
    Retail trade(2)......|  15,284|  15,299|  15,307| p15,263| p15,236|   p-27
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  17,058|  17,161|  17,199| p17,216| p17,243|    p27
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  17,476|  17,584|  17,622| p17,658| p17,699|    p41
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,873|  12,954|  12,976| p12,991| p12,995|     p4
    Government...........|  21,870|  21,873|  21,899| p21,908| p21,916      p8
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.8|    33.8|    33.8|   p33.9|   p33.8|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing..........|    40.9|    41.0|    41.1|   p41.2|   p41.1|   p-.1
    Overtime.............|     4.6|     4.5|     4.5|    p4.6|    p4.6|    p.0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|   103.4|   104.2|   104.4|  p104.8|  p104.6|  p-0.2
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $16.30|  $16.46|  $16.51| p$16.61| p$16.62| p$0.01
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  551.05|  556.35|  558.04| p563.08| p561.76| p-1.32
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
   3  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p = preliminary.

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Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data)
   
   Beginning in October 2005, questions were added to the household survey
to identify persons who evacuated from their homes, even temporarily, due to
Hurricane Katrina.  Data collected through these questions do not account for
all evacuees; persons living outside the scope of the survey--such as those
living in hotels or shelters--are not included.  The questions were asked of
persons in the household survey sample throughout the country, since some
evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected areas.  An additional question
determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes and were living there
at the time of the survey.  The total number of evacuees estimated from the
household survey may change from month to month as people move in and out of
the scope of the survey.  In addition, because the estimates are obtained from
a sample survey, they may vary from month to month due to sampling error.
   
   Information gathered in May represented about 1.2 million persons age 16
and over who had evacuated from where they were living in August 2005 due to
Hurricane Katrina.  These evacuees either had moved back to their homes or
were living in other residential units covered in the survey.  Over half of
the evacuees were living in their August 2005 residences.  Of all evacuees
identified, 61.8 percent were in the labor force in May.  The unemployment
rate for persons identified as evacuees was 14.3 percent.  The rate was much
higher for evacuees who were not living in their former homes (24.9 percent)
than for those who were again living at their pre-Katrina residences (6.5 per-
cent).  (See table B.)
   

Table B.  Employment status in May 2006 of persons 16 years and over
who evacuated from their August 2005 residence, even temporarily, due
to Hurricane Katrina (1)

(Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)
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                                     |       |  Residence in May 2006
                                     |       |-------------------------
    Employment status in May 2006    | Total | Same as |   Different 
                                     |       |in August|    than in
                                     |       |  2005   |  August 2005
-------------------------------------|-------|---------|---------------
Civilian noninstitutional population.| 1,179 |   675   |      504
  Civilian labor force...............|   728 |   419   |      309
        Participation rate...........|  61.8 |  62.1   |     61.3
     Employed........................|   624 |   392   |      232
        Employment-population ratio..|  52.9 |  58.0   |     46.0
     Unemployed......................|   104 |    27   |       77
        Unemployment rate............|  14.3 |   6.5   |     24.9
  Not in labor force.................|   451 |   256   |      195
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   1  Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population
age 16 and over who resided in households that were eligible to be
selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS).  These data are not
representative of the total evacuee population because they do not in-
clude children or people residing in shelters, hotels, places of worship,
or other units outside the scope of the CPS.  The total number of evac-
uees estimated from the CPS may change from month to month as people
move in and out of the scope of the survey and because of sampling varia-
bility.
   NOTE:  These data use population controls that have been adjusted to
account for interstate moves by evacuees.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up in May (+75,000) to 135.1 million.
Over the month, job gains continued in education and health services, wholesale
trade, professional and business services, and mining.  Retail trade employment
was down in May.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Education and health services continued to add jobs in May, with a gain of
41,000.  Over the past 12 months, employment in the industry has increased by
408,000, with health care accounting for about two-thirds of the growth.  In
May, health care added 19,000 jobs, with about half of the gain in hospitals.
   
   Elsewhere in the service-providing sector, wholesale trade added 14,000 jobs
over the month; employment in this industry has risen by 108,000 over the past
year.  Employment in professional and business services continued to trend
upward in May (+27,000).  Within that industry, computer systems design added
11,000 jobs.  Temporary help employment has been flat since January.
   
   Retail trade employment fell by 27,000 in May, following a larger decline
in April.  However, employment in the industry was little changed over the year. 
Over the month, general merchandise stores and clothing stores each lost 9,000
jobs.  Employment in the information industry fell by 13,000, largely due to a
decline in motion picture and sound recording employment.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, mining employment rose by 4,000 in May.
Mining has added 113,000 jobs since its most recent low in April 2003, largely
reflecting gains in support activities for oil and gas.  In May, construction
employment was essentially unchanged in all its component industries.  Total
construction employment has not increased significantly since February.
   
   Manufacturing employment edged down in May (-14,000), following a small gain
in April.  Over the month, employment declined in motor vehicles and parts and
in computer and electronic products; both of these industries had added jobs in
April.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 hour to 33.8 hours in May, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek also fell by 0.1 hour to 41.1 hours,
while factory 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 decreased by 0.2 percent in May to 104.6 (2002=100).
The manufacturing index fell by 0.3 percent to 96.0.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged up by 1 cent in May to $16.62, seasonally adjusted.  This
followed an increase of 10 cents in April.  Average weekly earnings decreased by
0.2 percent in May to $561.76.  Over the year, average hourly earnings increased
by 3.7 percent and average weekly earnings increased by 4.0 percent.  (See table
B-3.)
   
                         ______________________________
   


   The Employment Situation for June is scheduled to be released on Friday,
July 7, 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 informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the 12th,
which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
   Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
   
   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro-
fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
   The civilian labor force  is the sum of employed and  unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the  labor
force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent
of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
                                  
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   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  Among these are:
 
   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.
The establishment survey does not.
 
   --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
   --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in-
dividuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes
in unemployment.
 
   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern
each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases
in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For
example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May,
making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen
or declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted
to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made
correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
                                  - 7 -
 
   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the en-
tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,
that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand-
ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
430,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 8 -
 
   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure
to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for
all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to
provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents,
and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
 
   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
   
   Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
   More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay-
able to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

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     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                    HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
              Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                            May       Apr.        May        May       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.        May   
                                                            2005      2006        2006       2005      2006       2006       2006       2006        2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                           TOTAL                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   225,670    228,199    228,428    225,670    227,553    227,763    227,975    228,199    228,428 
       Civilian labor force............................   148,878    150,209    150,696    149,201    150,114    150,449    150,652    150,811    150,991 
             Participation rate........................      66.0       65.8       66.0       66.1       66.0       66.1       66.1       66.1       66.1 
         Employed......................................   141,591    143,405    144,041    141,571    143,074    143,257    143,641    143,688    143,976 
             Employment-population ratio...............      62.7       62.8       63.1       62.7       62.9       62.9       63.0       63.0       63.0 
         Unemployed....................................     7,287      6,804      6,655      7,629      7,040      7,193      7,011      7,123      7,015 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.9        4.5        4.4        5.1        4.7        4.8        4.7        4.7        4.6 
       Not in labor force..............................    76,792     77,990     77,732     76,469     77,439     77,314     77,323     77,388     77,437 
         Persons who currently want a job..............     5,386      4,648      5,201      4,717      4,962      4,949      4,865      4,767      4,655 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 16 years and over                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   108,934    110,280    110,401    108,934    109,936    110,048    110,161    110,280    110,401 
       Civilian labor force............................    79,827     80,669     80,995     80,046     80,525     80,771     81,031     81,075     81,189 
             Participation rate........................      73.3       73.1       73.4       73.5       73.2       73.4       73.6       73.5       73.5 
         Employed......................................    75,997     76,929     77,322     75,998     76,857     76,888     77,273     77,237     77,313 
             Employment-population ratio...............      69.8       69.8       70.0       69.8       69.9       69.9       70.1       70.0       70.0 
         Unemployed....................................     3,830      3,740      3,672      4,047      3,668      3,883      3,758      3,838      3,876 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.8        4.6        4.5        5.1        4.6        4.8        4.6        4.7        4.8 
       Not in labor force..............................    29,107     29,611     29,407     28,888     29,411     29,278     29,129     29,205     29,212 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   100,634    101,857    101,963    100,634    101,560    101,657    101,754    101,857    101,963 
       Civilian labor force............................    76,391     77,275     77,446     76,445     76,928     77,115     77,335     77,415     77,477 
             Participation rate........................      75.9       75.9       76.0       76.0       75.7       75.9       76.0       76.0       76.0 
         Employed......................................    73,242     74,098     74,356     73,108     73,844     73,857     74,197     74,169     74,202 
             Employment-population ratio...............      72.8       72.7       72.9       72.6       72.7       72.7       72.9       72.8       72.8 
         Unemployed....................................     3,149      3,177      3,090      3,337      3,084      3,258      3,137      3,246      3,275 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.1        4.1        4.0        4.4        4.0        4.2        4.1        4.2        4.2 
       Not in labor force..............................    24,244     24,582     24,517     24,190     24,631     24,542     24,419     24,442     24,486 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 16 years and over                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   116,736    117,919    118,027    116,736    117,617    117,715    117,814    117,919    118,027 
       Civilian labor force............................    69,051     69,540     69,701     69,155     69,589     69,679     69,621     69,736     69,802 
             Participation rate........................      59.2       59.0       59.1       59.2       59.2       59.2       59.1       59.1       59.1 
         Employed......................................    65,594     66,476     66,719     65,573     66,217     66,369     66,368     66,451     66,663 
             Employment-population ratio...............      56.2       56.4       56.5       56.2       56.3       56.4       56.3       56.4       56.5 
         Unemployed....................................     3,457      3,064      2,983      3,582      3,372      3,309      3,252      3,285      3,139 
             Unemployment rate.........................       5.0        4.4        4.3        5.2        4.8        4.7        4.7        4.7        4.5 
       Not in labor force..............................    47,685     48,379     48,326     47,581     48,028     48,037     48,193     48,183     48,225 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   108,672    109,736    109,829    108,672    109,478    109,562    109,646    109,736    109,829 
       Civilian labor force............................    65,505     66,215     66,251     65,528     66,022     66,081     66,038     66,187     66,280 
             Participation rate........................      60.3       60.3       60.3       60.3       60.3       60.3       60.2       60.3       60.3 
         Employed......................................    62,642     63,547     63,695     62,515     63,163     63,262     63,305     63,362     63,555 
             Employment-population ratio...............      57.6       57.9       58.0       57.5       57.7       57.7       57.7       57.7       57.9 
         Unemployed....................................     2,863      2,668      2,556      3,013      2,859      2,819      2,733      2,825      2,725 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.4        4.0        3.9        4.6        4.3        4.3        4.1        4.3        4.1 
       Not in labor force..............................    43,167     43,521     43,578     43,144     43,456     43,481     43,608     43,550     43,549 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    16,364     16,606     16,637     16,364     16,515     16,545     16,575     16,606     16,637 
       Civilian labor force............................     6,983      6,720      6,999      7,228      7,164      7,253      7,279      7,210      7,234 
             Participation rate........................      42.7       40.5       42.1       44.2       43.4       43.8       43.9       43.4       43.5 
         Employed......................................     5,707      5,760      5,990      5,948      6,067      6,138      6,139      6,157      6,220 
             Employment-population ratio...............      34.9       34.7       36.0       36.4       36.7       37.1       37.0       37.1       37.4 
         Unemployed....................................     1,276        960      1,010      1,280      1,097      1,115      1,140      1,053      1,015 
             Unemployment rate.........................      18.3       14.3       14.4       17.7       15.3       15.4       15.7       14.6       14.0 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,381      9,886      9,637      9,136      9,352      9,292      9,296      9,396      9,402 

       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 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
           Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                                                          
                                                            May       Apr.        May        May       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.        May   
                                                            2005      2006        2006       2005      2006       2006       2006       2006        2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                           WHITE                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   184,167    185,849    186,002    184,167    185,436    185,570    185,704    185,849    186,002 
       Civilian labor force............................   122,028    122,944    123,283    122,213    123,168    123,022    123,103    123,357    123,449 
           Participation rate..........................      66.3       66.2       66.3       66.4       66.4       66.3       66.3       66.4       66.4 
         Employed......................................   116,916    118,141    118,509    116,845    118,071    117,926    118,193    118,357    118,429 
           Employment-population ratio.................      63.5       63.6       63.7       63.4       63.7       63.5       63.6       63.7       63.7 
         Unemployed....................................     5,112      4,803      4,774      5,368      5,097      5,096      4,910      5,001      5,020 
           Unemployment rate...........................       4.2        3.9        3.9        4.4        4.1        4.1        4.0        4.1        4.1 
       Not in labor force..............................    62,139     62,904     62,718     61,954     62,268     62,548     62,601     62,492     62,552 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................    63,740     64,347     64,469     63,736     64,250     64,181     64,382     64,421     64,463 
           Participation rate..........................      76.4       76.4       76.4       76.4       76.4       76.3       76.5       76.5       76.4 
         Employed......................................    61,475     62,074     62,246     61,325     61,924     61,836     62,128     62,109     62,107 
           Employment-population ratio.................      73.7       73.7       73.8       73.5       73.7       73.5       73.8       73.7       73.6 
         Unemployed....................................     2,265      2,273      2,223      2,412      2,326      2,345      2,254      2,312      2,356 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.6        3.5        3.4        3.8        3.6        3.7        3.5        3.6        3.7 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................    52,509     53,015     53,016     52,489     52,913     52,890     52,749     52,974     52,985 
           Participation rate..........................      59.6       59.7       59.7       59.6       59.7       59.6       59.5       59.7       59.6 
         Employed......................................    50,562     51,159     51,223     50,441     50,938     50,895     50,853     51,022     51,083 
           Employment-population ratio.................      57.4       57.6       57.7       57.3       57.5       57.4       57.3       57.5       57.5 
         Unemployed....................................     1,947      1,856      1,794      2,049      1,974      1,994      1,895      1,952      1,902 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.7        3.5        3.4        3.9        3.7        3.8        3.6        3.7        3.6 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................     5,778      5,582      5,798      5,987      6,005      5,951      5,973      5,962      6,001 
           Participation rate..........................      45.6       43.6       45.2       47.3       47.1       46.6       46.7       46.5       46.8 
         Employed......................................     4,879      4,909      5,040      5,080      5,209      5,195      5,212      5,226      5,239 
           Employment-population ratio.................      38.5       38.3       39.3       40.1       40.8       40.7       40.7       40.8       40.8 
         Unemployed....................................       899        674        757        907        797        756        761        736        762 
           Unemployment rate...........................      15.6       12.1       13.1       15.2       13.3       12.7       12.7       12.3       12.7 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                                                
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    26,450     26,905     26,943     26,450     26,788     26,826     26,865     26,905     26,943 
       Civilian labor force............................    16,977     17,155     17,247     17,060     16,982     17,273     17,334     17,326     17,312 
           Participation rate..........................      64.2       63.8       64.0       64.5       63.4       64.4       64.5       64.4       64.3 
         Employed......................................    15,338     15,638     15,796     15,347     15,476     15,660     15,726     15,698     15,767 
           Employment-population ratio.................      58.0       58.1       58.6       58.0       57.8       58.4       58.5       58.3       58.5 
         Unemployed....................................     1,639      1,517      1,452      1,713      1,506      1,614      1,608      1,628      1,545 
           Unemployment rate...........................       9.7        8.8        8.4       10.0        8.9        9.3        9.3        9.4        8.9 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,473      9,751      9,696      9,389      9,806      9,553      9,531      9,580      9,631 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................     7,586      7,690      7,732      7,625      7,520      7,682      7,703      7,760      7,757 
           Participation rate..........................      71.4       71.1       71.3       71.7       69.8       71.2       71.3       71.7       71.6 
         Employed......................................     6,935      7,032      7,072      6,930      6,959      7,030      7,062      7,067      7,057 
           Employment-population ratio.................      65.2       65.0       65.3       65.2       64.6       65.2       65.4       65.3       65.1 
         Unemployed....................................       651        658        661        694        561        652        641        694        700 
           Unemployment rate...........................       8.6        8.6        8.5        9.1        7.5        8.5        8.3        8.9        9.0 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................     8,571      8,670      8,676      8,590      8,681      8,668      8,725      8,677      8,693 
           Participation rate..........................      64.2       64.1       64.0       64.4       64.4       64.2       64.5       64.1       64.1 
         Employed......................................     7,883      8,036      8,091      7,874      7,981      7,990      8,058      8,004      8,063 
           Employment-population ratio.................      59.1       59.4       59.7       59.0       59.2       59.2       59.6       59.1       59.5 
         Unemployed....................................       688        635        585        716        700        678        667        673        630 
           Unemployment rate...........................       8.0        7.3        6.7        8.3        8.1        7.8        7.6        7.8        7.2 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................       820        794        839        846        781        924        905        889        862 
           Participation rate..........................      33.2       31.2       32.8       34.2       30.9       36.5       35.6       34.9       33.8 
         Employed......................................       520        570        633        542        536        640        606        627        647 
           Employment-population ratio.................      21.1       22.4       24.8       21.9       21.2       25.3       23.9       24.6       25.3 
         Unemployed....................................       300        224        206        304        245        284        299        262        216 
           Unemployment rate...........................      36.6       28.2       24.5       35.9       31.4       30.8       33.1       29.5       25.0 
                                                                                                                                                          
                           ASIAN                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstutional population................     9,770     10,095     10,148      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
       Civilian labor force............................     6,407      6,690      6,652      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      65.6       66.3       65.6      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................     6,158      6,447      6,454      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      63.0       63.9       63.6      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       249        243        198      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.9        3.6        3.0      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
       Not in labor force..............................     3,362      3,405      3,496      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   

       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
       2 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races.  Beginning in
     January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                    HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
              Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                             
                                                            May       Apr.        May        May       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.        May   
                                                            2005      2006        2006       2005      2006       2006       2006       2006        2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                                              
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    28,989     29,880     29,966     28,989     29,622     29,707     29,793     29,880     29,966 
       Civilian labor force............................    19,753     20,564     20,601     19,749     20,528     20,485     20,489     20,583     20,574 
           Participation rate..........................      68.1       68.8       68.7       68.1       69.3       69.0       68.8       68.9       68.7 
         Employed......................................    18,693     19,528     19,685     18,581     19,344     19,356     19,385     19,476     19,541 
           Employment-population ratio.................      64.5       65.4       65.7       64.1       65.3       65.2       65.1       65.2       65.2 
         Unemployed....................................     1,060      1,035        916      1,168      1,184      1,129      1,104      1,107      1,033 
           Unemployment rate...........................       5.4        5.0        4.4        5.9        5.8        5.5        5.4        5.4        5.0 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,236      9,316      9,364      9,240      9,094      9,222      9,304      9,297      9,392 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................    11,378     11,833     11,833      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      84.2       84.9       84.6      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................    10,948     11,371     11,448      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      81.0       81.6       81.9      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       430        462        385      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.8        3.9        3.3      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................     7,368      7,734      7,735      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      57.6       58.7       58.6      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................     6,938      7,284      7,347      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      54.2       55.3       55.6      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       430        450        389      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................       5.8        5.8        5.0      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................     1,007        996      1,033      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      37.7       36.0       37.2      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................       807        873        890      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      30.2       31.5       32.0      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       200        123        142      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................      19.9       12.4       13.8      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   

       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
       2 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population
     controls used in the household survey.



     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Educational attainment                                                                                                                 
                                                            May       Apr.        May        May       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.        May   
                                                            2005      2006        2006       2005      2006       2006       2006       2006        2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
              Less than a high school diploma                                                                                                             
     Civilian labor force..............................    13,077     12,959     13,231     12,823     12,628     12,739     12,682     12,829     12,937 
         Participation rate............................      46.3       46.3       46.8       45.4       46.0       47.0       46.3       45.8       45.8 
       Employed........................................    12,174     12,099     12,415     11,833     11,742     11,823     11,795     11,933     12,040 
         Employment-population ratio...................      43.1       43.2       43.9       41.9       42.7       43.6       43.0       42.6       42.6 
       Unemployed......................................       904        860        816        990        886        915        887        897        897 
         Unemployment rate.............................       6.9        6.6        6.2        7.7        7.0        7.2        7.0        7.0        6.9 
                                                                                                                                                          
           High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                                          
     Civilian labor force..............................    38,299     38,347     38,431     38,253     38,001     37,913     38,310     38,179     38,250 
         Participation rate............................      63.3       63.3       63.3       63.2       62.5       62.6       62.9       63.0       63.0 
       Employed........................................    36,718     36,674     36,903     36,522     36,324     36,240     36,716     36,515     36,576 
         Employment-population ratio...................      60.7       60.5       60.8       60.4       59.7       59.8       60.2       60.3       60.3 
       Unemployed......................................     1,582      1,673      1,528      1,731      1,678      1,673      1,594      1,664      1,674 
         Unemployment rate.............................       4.1        4.4        4.0        4.5        4.4        4.4        4.2        4.4        4.4 
                                                                                                                                                          
              Some college or associate degree                                                                                                            
     Civilian labor force..............................    34,439     35,284     34,716     34,744     35,535     35,745     35,508     35,354     35,115 
         Participation rate............................      72.6       72.4       72.0       73.2       72.5       71.6       72.3       72.6       72.9 
       Employed........................................    33,192     33,983     33,496     33,410     34,290     34,442     34,178     34,013     33,792 
         Employment-population ratio...................      70.0       69.8       69.5       70.4       69.9       69.0       69.6       69.8       70.1 
       Unemployed......................................     1,247      1,300      1,220      1,335      1,246      1,302      1,329      1,341      1,323 
         Unemployment rate.............................       3.6        3.7        3.5        3.8        3.5        3.6        3.7        3.8        3.8 
                                                                                                                                                          
              Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                                            
     Civilian labor force..............................    41,087     42,122     42,295     40,967     41,837     41,731     41,810     41,959     42,156 
         Participation rate............................      77.7       77.9       77.7       77.5       78.3       78.3       77.9       77.6       77.5 
       Employed........................................    40,152     41,243     41,457     39,978     40,955     40,808     40,876     41,032     41,273 
         Employment-population ratio...................      76.0       76.3       76.2       75.6       76.6       76.6       76.1       75.9       75.9 
       Unemployed......................................       935        879        838        988        882        923        935        927        883 
         Unemployment rate.............................       2.3        2.1        2.0        2.4        2.1        2.2        2.2        2.2        2.1 

       1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
       2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                    HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                          Category                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                            May       Apr.        May        May        Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.       May   
                                                            2005      2006        2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                      CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Agriculture and related industries................     2,258      2,219      2,233      2,216      2,198      2,224      2,194      2,232      2,184 
       Wage and salary workers.........................     1,238      1,277      1,307      1,229      1,266      1,281      1,255      1,307      1,286 
       Self-employed workers...........................       992        930        911        961        897        919        931        937        890 
       Unpaid family workers...........................        28         12         15      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Nonagricultural industries........................   139,333    141,186    141,808    139,322    140,862    141,000    141,464    141,425    141,786 
       Wage and salary workers.........................   129,633    131,547    132,044    129,564    131,185    131,189    131,638    131,728    131,965 
         Government....................................    20,919     20,406     20,395     20,772     19,952     19,966     20,200     20,149     20,196 
         Private industries............................   108,714    111,142    111,649    108,850    111,266    111,229    111,431    111,546    111,799 
           Private households..........................       722        819        800      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
           Other industries............................   107,992    110,322    110,848    108,059    110,440    110,394    110,625    110,699    110,933 
       Self-employed workers...........................     9,643      9,560      9,677      9,689      9,550      9,730      9,706      9,659      9,696 
       Unpaid family workers...........................        57         79         87      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
                                                                                                                                                          
               PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                          
     All industries:                                                                                                                                      
     Part time for economic reasons....................     4,171      3,787      3,968      4,375      4,133      4,204      3,989      3,978      4,137 
         Slack work or business conditions.............     2,582      2,352      2,587      2,740      2,649      2,655      2,494      2,474      2,703 
         Could only find part-time work................     1,319      1,156      1,115      1,352      1,226      1,238      1,191      1,179      1,152 
       Part time for noneconomic reasons...............    19,886     19,808     20,228     19,407     19,708     19,564     19,373     19,460     19,701 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                                          
     Part time for economic reasons....................     4,104      3,710      3,878      4,296      4,064      4,107      3,884      3,900      4,037 
         Slack work or business conditions.............     2,560      2,299      2,516      2,703      2,606      2,590      2,382      2,422      2,612 
         Could only find part-time work................     1,296      1,153      1,110      1,333      1,198      1,225      1,177      1,169      1,150 
       Part time for noneconomic reasons...............    19,596     19,438     19,872     19,057     19,368     19,199     19,044     19,112     19,292 

       1 Data not available.
       2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness,
     or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the
     reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
       NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal
     adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                       Characteristic                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                            May       Apr.        May        May       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.        May   
                                                            2005      2006        2006       2005      2006       2006       2006       2006        2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                        AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total, 16 years and over..........................   141,591    143,405    144,041    141,571    143,074    143,257    143,641    143,688    143,976 
       16 to 19 years..................................     5,707      5,760      5,990      5,948      6,067      6,138      6,139      6,157      6,220 
         16 to 17 years................................     2,086      2,210      2,335      2,257      2,280      2,348      2,321      2,384      2,502 
         18 to 19 years................................     3,621      3,550      3,654      3,685      3,788      3,791      3,848      3,756      3,731 
       20 years and over...............................   135,884    137,645    138,051    135,623    137,007    137,119    137,502    137,531    137,757 
         20 to 24 years................................    13,649     13,646     13,780     13,751     13,713     13,801     13,820     13,777     13,871 
         25 years and over.............................   122,235    123,999    124,271    121,826    123,302    123,261    123,575    123,661    123,799 
           25 to 54 years..............................    98,805     99,333     99,640     98,490     99,216     99,146     99,315     99,167     99,280 
             25 to 34 years............................    30,774     30,826     30,990     30,695     30,860     30,789     30,973     30,816     30,884 
             35 to 44 years............................    34,772     34,596     34,641     34,615     34,632     34,630     34,553     34,508     34,486 
             45 to 54 years............................    33,260     33,911     34,009     33,180     33,724     33,727     33,790     33,842     33,910 
           55 years and over...........................    23,429     24,666     24,631     23,335     24,086     24,114     24,260     24,494     24,519 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Men, 16 years and over............................    75,997     76,929     77,322     75,998     76,857     76,888     77,273     77,237     77,313 
       16 to 19 years..................................     2,755      2,831      2,966      2,890      3,013      3,031      3,076      3,068      3,111 
         16 to 17 years................................       974      1,036      1,137      1,065      1,064      1,078      1,132      1,131      1,226 
         18 to 19 years................................     1,781      1,795      1,829      1,822      1,943      1,968      1,965      1,936      1,887 
       20 years and over...............................    73,242     74,098     74,356     73,108     73,844     73,857     74,197     74,169     74,202 
         20 to 24 years................................     7,260      7,262      7,358      7,292      7,297      7,373      7,389      7,361      7,384 
         25 years and over.............................    65,982     66,836     66,998     65,763     66,534     66,460     66,753     66,758     66,757 
           25 to 54 years..............................    53,344     53,634     53,810     53,177     53,621     53,504     53,676     53,634     53,632 
             25 to 34 years............................    17,039     17,014     17,131     16,988     17,106     17,012     17,200     17,068     17,077 
             35 to 44 years............................    18,807     18,820     18,848     18,768     18,818     18,796     18,782     18,818     18,805 
             45 to 54 years............................    17,499     17,800     17,831     17,421     17,697     17,696     17,694     17,747     17,750 
           55 years and over...........................    12,638     13,202     13,187     12,586     12,913     12,956     13,077     13,125     13,125 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Women, 16 years and over..........................    65,594     66,476     66,719     65,573     66,217     66,369     66,368     66,451     66,663 
       16 to 19 years..................................     2,952      2,929      3,024      3,058      3,054      3,107      3,063      3,089      3,109 
         16 to 17 years................................     1,112      1,174      1,198      1,192      1,216      1,270      1,188      1,253      1,276 
         18 to 19 years................................     1,840      1,755      1,825      1,864      1,845      1,824      1,883      1,820      1,843 
       20 years and over...............................    62,642     63,547     63,695     62,515     63,163     63,262     63,305     63,362     63,555 
         20 to 24 years................................     6,390      6,384      6,421      6,459      6,415      6,428      6,431      6,416      6,487 
         25 years and over.............................    56,252     57,163     57,274     56,063     56,769     56,801     56,822     56,903     57,042 
           25 to 54 years..............................    45,461     45,699     45,830     45,313     45,596     45,643     45,639     45,533     45,648 
             25 to 34 years............................    13,735     13,812     13,859     13,707     13,754     13,777     13,773     13,748     13,807 
             35 to 44 years............................    15,966     15,776     15,793     15,847     15,814     15,834     15,770     15,690     15,681 
             45 to 54 years............................    15,761     16,111     16,178     15,759     16,027     16,031     16,096     16,095     16,160 
           55 years and over...........................    10,791     11,464     11,444     10,750     11,173     11,158     11,183     11,370     11,394 
                                                                                                                                                          
                       MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Married men, spouse present.......................    45,725     45,731     45,841     45,723     45,790     45,679     45,806     45,837     45,843 
     Married women, spouse present.....................    34,723     35,326     35,123     34,771     35,167     35,039     35,074     35,300     35,171 
     Women who maintain families.......................     8,965      8,747      9,249      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
                                                                                                                                                          
                 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Full-time workers (2).............................   116,830    118,559    118,925    116,845    118,166    118,402    119,053    119,251    118,959 
     Part-time workers (3).............................    24,761     24,846     25,115     24,665     24,931     24,794     24,559     24,469     24,955 
                                                                                                                                                          
                    MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total multiple jobholders.........................     7,348      7,360      7,641      7,457      7,603      7,408      7,521      7,489      7,718 
         Percent of total employed.....................       5.2        5.1        5.3        5.3        5.3        5.2        5.2        5.2        5.4 

       1 Data not available.
       2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
       3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
       NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal
     adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                    Number of                                                                             
                                                               unemployed persons                              Unemployment rates (1)                     
                                                                 (in thousands)                                                                           
                       Characteristic                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                            May       Apr.        May       May        Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.       May   
                                                            2005      2006        2006      2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                        AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total, 16 years and over..........................    7,629      7,123      7,015       5.1        4.7        4.8        4.7        4.7        4.6   
       16 to 19 years..................................    1,280      1,053      1,015      17.7       15.3       15.4       15.7       14.6       14.0   
         16 to 17 years................................      555        451        445      19.7       16.5       17.9       18.6       15.9       15.1   
         18 to 19 years................................      707        618        576      16.1       14.4       13.9       13.7       14.1       13.4   
       20 years and over...............................    6,350      6,071      6,000       4.5        4.2        4.2        4.1        4.2        4.2   
         20 to 24 years................................    1,319      1,228      1,225       8.8        8.2        8.5        7.6        8.2        8.1   
         25 years and over.............................    5,027      4,817      4,763       4.0        3.7        3.8        3.7        3.7        3.7   
           25 to 54 years..............................    4,264      4,061      4,030       4.1        3.8        4.0        3.9        3.9        3.9   
             25 to 34 years............................    1,654      1,601      1,591       5.1        4.6        5.2        4.8        4.9        4.9   
             35 to 44 years............................    1,405      1,351      1,276       3.9        3.7        3.6        3.8        3.8        3.6   
             45 to 54 years............................    1,205      1,109      1,163       3.5        3.2        3.3        3.2        3.2        3.3   
           55 years and over...........................      779        753        757       3.2        3.2        2.9        2.7        3.0        3.0   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Men, 16 years and over............................    4,047      3,838      3,876       5.1        4.6        4.8        4.6        4.7        4.8   
       16 to 19 years..................................      711        592        601      19.7       16.2       17.1       16.8       16.2       16.2   
         16 to 17 years................................      305        247        262      22.3       17.0       21.3       20.5       17.9       17.6   
         18 to 19 years................................      402        363        341      18.1       15.4       14.6       14.4       15.8       15.3   
       20 years and over...............................    3,337      3,246      3,275       4.4        4.0        4.2        4.1        4.2        4.2   
         20 to 24 years................................      735        705        739       9.2        8.9        9.1        8.3        8.7        9.1   
         25 years and over.............................    2,606      2,514      2,531       3.8        3.5        3.7        3.6        3.6        3.7   
           25 to 54 years..............................    2,219      2,091      2,121       4.0        3.5        3.9        3.8        3.8        3.8   
             25 to 34 years............................      863        833        846       4.8        4.2        5.2        4.5        4.7        4.7   
             35 to 44 years............................      737        678        630       3.8        3.2        3.2        3.6        3.5        3.2   
             45 to 54 years............................      619        579        645       3.4        3.2        3.4        3.4        3.2        3.5   
           55 years and over...........................      386        423        411       3.0        3.2        2.8        2.7        3.1        3.0   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Women, 16 years and over..........................    3,582      3,285      3,139       5.2        4.8        4.7        4.7        4.7        4.5   
       16 to 19 years..................................      569        460        414      15.7       14.4       13.6       14.5       13.0       11.7   
         16 to 17 years................................      250        205        183      17.3       16.1       14.7       16.7       14.0       12.5   
         18 to 19 years................................      305        255        236      14.1       13.2       13.1       13.0       12.3       11.3   
       20 years and over...............................    3,013      2,825      2,725       4.6        4.3        4.3        4.1        4.3        4.1   
         20 to 24 years................................      584        523        486       8.3        7.4        7.7        6.7        7.5        7.0   
         25 years and over.............................    2,421      2,303      2,232       4.1        4.0        3.9        3.8        3.9        3.8   
           25 to 54 years..............................    2,045      1,970      1,910       4.3        4.1        4.1        4.1        4.1        4.0   
             25 to 34 years............................      791        768        745       5.5        5.1        5.3        5.3        5.3        5.1   
             35 to 44 years............................      669        672        647       4.0        4.2        4.0        4.0        4.1        4.0   
             45 to 54 years............................      585        530        518       3.6        3.2        3.1        3.0        3.2        3.1   
           55 years and over (2).......................      357        302        310       3.2        3.3        3.1        2.5        2.6        2.6   
                                                                                                                                                          
                       MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Married men, spouse present.......................    1,260      1,200      1,191       2.7        2.4        2.4        2.4        2.6        2.5   
     Married women, spouse present.....................    1,144      1,037      1,072       3.2        3.0        2.9        2.7        2.9        3.0   
     Women who maintain families (2)...................      768        708        619       7.9        8.2        7.5        7.5        7.5        6.3   
                                                                                                                                                          
                 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Full-time workers (3).............................    6,175      5,834      5,644       5.0        4.7        4.7        4.6        4.7        4.5   
     Part-time workers (4).............................    1,469      1,326      1,344       5.6        4.8        5.2        5.1        5.1        5.1   

       1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
       2 Not seasonally adjusted.
       3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from
     full-time jobs.
       4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from
     part-time jobs.
       NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 
     Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                           Reason                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                            May        Apr.       May        May        Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.       May   
                                                            2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                                       
      jobs.............................................    3,265      3,426      3,152      3,664      3,336      3,361      3,412      3,531      3,524  
       On temporary layoff.............................      662        841        708        898        873        885        918        907        949  
       Not on temporary layoff.........................    2,603      2,585      2,444      2,766      2,462      2,477      2,494      2,624      2,575  
         Permanent job losers..........................    1,862      1,840      1,780       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
         Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      740        745        664       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
     Job leavers.......................................      863        817        810        952        839        849        817        846        878  
     Reentrants........................................    2,455      2,041      2,174      2,365      2,314      2,313      2,158      2,180      2,119  
     New entrants......................................      705        520        519        699        622        680        634        579        525  
                                                                                                                                                          
                    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............................................     44.8       50.4       47.4       47.7       46.9       46.7       48.6       49.5       50.0  
        On temporary layoff............................      9.1       12.4       10.6       11.7       12.3       12.3       13.1       12.7       13.5  
        Not on temporary layoff........................     35.7       38.0       36.7       36.0       34.6       34.4       35.5       36.8       36.5  
      Job leavers......................................     11.8       12.0       12.2       12.4       11.8       11.8       11.6       11.9       12.5  
      Reentrants.......................................     33.7       30.0       32.7       30.8       32.5       32.1       30.7       30.5       30.1  
      New entrants.....................................      9.7        7.6        7.8        9.1        8.7        9.4        9.0        8.1        7.4  
                                                                                                                                                          
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                             
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
      Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                                      
       jobs............................................      2.2        2.3        2.1        2.5        2.2        2.2        2.3        2.3        2.3  
      Job leavers......................................       .6         .5         .5         .6         .6         .6         .5         .6         .6  
      Reentrants.......................................      1.6        1.4        1.4        1.6        1.5        1.5        1.4        1.4        1.4  
      New entrants.....................................       .5         .3         .3         .5         .4         .5         .4         .4         .3  

       1 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                          Duration                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                            May        Apr.       May        May        Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.       May   
                                                            2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Less than 5 weeks.................................    2,743      2,339      2,526      2,694      2,556      2,595      2,676      2,635      2,516  
     5 to 14 weeks.....................................    1,838      1,900      1,804      2,270      2,263      2,074      2,011      2,115      2,242  
     15 weeks and over.................................    2,706      2,566      2,325      2,650      2,241      2,482      2,333      2,373      2,297  
        15 to 26 weeks.................................    1,190      1,169      1,008      1,122      1,090      1,126      1,044      1,046        968  
        27 weeks and over..............................    1,516      1,396      1,317      1,528      1,151      1,356      1,288      1,327      1,329  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................     19.1       18.0       17.5       18.6       16.8       17.6       16.9       16.8       17.1  
     Median duration, in weeks.........................      9.1        9.8        8.6        9.1        8.4        8.9        8.5        8.5        8.5  
                                                                                                                                                          
                    PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total unemployed..................................    100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0 
       Less than 5 weeks...............................     37.6       34.4       38.0       35.4       36.2       36.3       38.1       37.0       35.7  
       5 to 14 weeks...................................     25.2       27.9       27.1       29.8       32.1       29.0       28.6       29.7       31.8  
       15 weeks and over...............................     37.1       37.7       34.9       34.8       31.7       34.7       33.2       33.3       32.6  
         15 to 26 weeks................................     16.3       17.2       15.1       14.7       15.4       15.7       14.9       14.7       13.7  
         27 weeks and over.............................     20.8       20.5       19.8       20.1       16.3       19.0       18.4       18.6       18.8  

        NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                            Unemployment        
                                                                                  Employed                     Unemployed                      rates            
                                                                                                                                                                
                                Occupation                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                             May            May             May            May            May            May     
                                                                             2005           2006            2005           2006           2005           2006     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
          Total, 16 years and over (1)................................     141,591        144,041          7,287          6,655            4.9            4.4   
     Management, professional, and related occupations................      49,249         50,160          1,189          1,040            2.4            2.0   
       Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....      20,082         20,865            477            437            2.3            2.1   
       Professional and related occupations...........................      29,167         29,294            712            603            2.4            2.0   
     Service occupations..............................................      23,056         24,041          1,606          1,384            6.5            5.4   
     Sales and office occupations.....................................      35,875         36,002          1,857          1,650            4.9            4.4   
       Sales and related occupations..................................      16,612         16,950            886            760            5.1            4.3   
       Office and administrative support occupations..................      19,263         19,052            971            890            4.8            4.5   
     Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....      15,339         15,722            861            940            5.3            5.6   
       Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................         959          1,003             66             79            6.4            7.3   
       Construction and extraction occupations........................       9,161          9,385            612            645            6.3            6.4   
       Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............       5,218          5,334            183            216            3.4            3.9   
     Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......      18,071         18,117          1,059          1,086            5.5            5.7   
       Production occupations.........................................       9,545          9,341            578            466            5.7            4.8   
       Transportation and material moving occupations.................       8,527          8,775            481            620            5.3            6.6   

       1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                        Number of                                                             
                                                                                        unemployed                                 Unemployment               
                                                                                         persons                                      rates                   
                       Industry and class of worker                                   (in thousands)                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                 May                   May                   May                   May         
                                                                                 2005                  2006                  2005                  2006        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
            Total, 16 years and over (1)..............................          7,287                 6,655                   4.9                   4.4       
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers..................          5,765                 5,377                   5.0                   4.6       
       Mining.........................................................             16                    20                   2.4                   2.8       
       Construction...................................................            567                   647                   6.1                   6.6       
       Manufacturing..................................................            743                   680                   4.5                   4.1       
         Durable goods................................................            422                   372                   4.1                   3.5       
         Nondurable goods.............................................            322                   308                   5.2                   5.2       
       Wholesale and retail trade.....................................          1,145                 1,025                   5.4                   4.8       
       Transportation and utilities...................................            223                   226                   4.1                   4.0       
       Information....................................................            145                   158                   4.7                   4.8       
       Financial activities...........................................            288                   289                   3.1                   3.0       
       Professional and business services.............................            730                   695                   5.9                   5.3       
       Education and health services..................................            648                   543                   3.6                   2.9       
       Leisure and hospitality........................................            944                   830                   7.7                   7.0       
       Other services.................................................            314                   265                   5.0                   4.2       
     Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers..........             66                    79                   5.3                   6.0       
     Government workers...............................................            453                   429                   2.1                   2.1       
     Self employed and unpaid family workers..........................            299                   251                   2.7                   2.3       

       1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

     (Percent)
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                       Measure                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   May      Apr.     May      May      Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.     May  
                                                                                   2005     2006     2006     2005     2006     2006     2006     2006     2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
     U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                     
          labor force...........................................................    1.8      1.7      1.5      1.8      1.5      1.6      1.5      1.6      1.5  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of                                                                                    
          the civilian labor force..............................................    2.2      2.3      2.1      2.5      2.2      2.2      2.3      2.3      2.3  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official                                                                                    
          unemployment rate)....................................................    4.9      4.5      4.4      5.1      4.7      4.8      4.7      4.7      4.6  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                 
          labor force plus discouraged workers..................................    5.1      4.8      4.6      5.4      4.9      5.0      4.9      5.0      4.8  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     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...........................................    5.8      5.4      5.3      6.0      5.7      5.7      5.6      5.5      5.5  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     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......................    8.6      7.9      7.9      8.9      8.4      8.5      8.2      8.2      8.2  

        NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a
     job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason
     for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had
     to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995
     issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                              Total                          Men                          Women            
                                                                                                                                                           
                               Category                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                       May            May            May            May            May            May     
                                                                       2005           2006           2005           2006           2005           2006     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                           
     Total not in the labor force................................     76,792         77,732         29,107         29,407         47,685         48,326    
       Persons who currently want a job..........................      5,386          5,201          2,531          2,354          2,855          2,848    
        Searched for work and available to work now (1)..........      1,428          1,388            783            691            645            697    
             Reason not currently looking:                                                                                                                 
                 Discouragement over job prospects (2)...........        392            323            233            204            159            119    
                  Reasons other than discouragement (3)..........      1,036          1,066            550            487            486            578    
                                                                                                                                                           
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                           
     Total multiple jobholders (4)...............................      7,348          7,641          3,741          3,863          3,607          3,778    
         Percent of total employed...............................        5.2            5.3            4.9            5.0            5.5            5.7    
                                                                                                                                                           
         Primary job full time, secondary job part time..........      3,763          3,881          2,111          2,164          1,652          1,718    
         Primary and secondary jobs both part time...............      1,744          1,794            547            550          1,197          1,245    
         Primary and secondary jobs both full time...............        312            334            217            244             95             90    
         Hours vary on primary or secondary job..................      1,504          1,594            851            885            653            710    

       1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week.
       2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of
     discrimination.
       3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and
     transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
       4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.







ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                             Change
           Industry                May      Mar.    Apr.     May       May      Jan.     Feb.     Mar.    Apr.     May        from:
                                   2005     2006    2006p    2006p     2005     2006     2006     2006    2006p    2006p    Apr. 2006-
                                                                                                                            May 2006p

          Total nonfarm......... 133,924  134,116  135,041  135,810  133,210  134,530  134,730  134,905  135,031  135,106       75

        Total private........... 111,760  111,812  112,726  113,510  111,437  112,686  112,854  113,006  113,123  113,190       67

    Goods-producing.............  22,194   21,956   22,229   22,484   22,126   22,335   22,373   22,381   22,426   22,416      -10

Natural resources and mining....     620      646      661      675      620      648      653      661      671      674        3
   Logging......................    61.5     58.8     57.7     60.4     64.0     62.1     62.3     63.0     63.7     63.0      -.7
 Mining.........................   558.5    587.5    603.3    614.5    556.1    585.6    590.8    597.7    607.3    611.4      4.1
  Oil and gas extraction........   125.3    131.0    133.2    133.0    125.2    129.9    130.9    131.9    133.4    132.6      -.8
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   214.6    210.9    216.2    221.4    211.9    214.4    216.0    217.6    218.2    218.5       .3
   Coal mining..................    72.6     77.9     78.6     78.6     72.7     76.0     77.2     78.3     78.7     78.6      -.1
  Support activities for mining.   218.6    245.6    253.9    260.1    219.0    241.3    243.9    248.2    255.7    260.3      4.6

Construction....................   7,327    7,148    7,363    7,578    7,255    7,460    7,494    7,495    7,511    7,512        1
  Construction of buildings..... 1,684.7  1,695.8  1,730.8  1,757.6  1,686.7  1,742.5  1,745.1  1,749.2  1,759.0  1,757.5     -1.5
   Residential building.........   946.7    950.3    967.7    983.1    946.2    976.4    978.8    979.6    983.5    982.2     -1.3
   Nonresidential building......   738.0    745.5    763.1    774.5    740.5    766.1    766.3    769.6    775.5    775.3      -.2
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   973.8    904.3    957.2  1,015.0    947.1    987.0    992.4    990.5    989.7    990.2       .5
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,668.8  4,547.9  4,675.1  4,805.3  4,621.5  4,730.8  4,756.3  4,755.7  4,762.0  4,764.5      2.5
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,291.6  2,250.0  2,303.9  2,358.7  2,271.4  2,358.8  2,368.6  2,350.9  2,350.9  2,349.7     -1.2
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,377.2  2,297.9  2,371.2  2,446.6  2,350.1  2,372.0  2,387.7  2,404.8  2,411.1  2,414.8      3.7

Manufacturing...................  14,247   14,162   14,205   14,231   14,251   14,227   14,226   14,225   14,244   14,230      -14
   Production workers...........  10,052   10,121   10,165   10,184   10,059   10,155   10,164   10,170   10,189   10,182       -7

 Durable goods..................   8,972    8,967    9,013    9,020    8,964    8,977    8,981    8,992    9,017    9,008       -9
   Production workers...........   6,212    6,332    6,373    6,386    6,205    6,323    6,331    6,347    6,368    6,371        3

  Wood products.................   552.4    549.9    551.0    556.9    551.8    560.7    557.5    558.3    555.8    557.8      2.0
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   507.2    496.0    504.7    509.2    504.0    505.1    506.5    507.2    506.9    505.1     -1.8
  Primary metals................   468.8    472.8    472.9    473.7    469.1    472.9    470.9    473.1    473.0    474.0      1.0
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,518.3  1,530.7  1,536.7  1,537.9  1,519.1  1,527.7  1,531.8  1,534.1  1,538.3  1,538.1      -.2
  Machinery..................... 1,163.4  1,172.1  1,176.9  1,181.8  1,161.1  1,163.4  1,168.7  1,171.5  1,174.2  1,177.5      3.3
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,316.8  1,318.9  1,324.8  1,321.4  1,317.6  1,317.3  1,321.9  1,322.0  1,326.7  1,322.1     -4.6
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   206.5    202.5    202.0    201.4    205.8    201.7    201.8    202.7    202.4    200.7     -1.7
   Communications equipment.....   147.3    148.9    149.3    150.2    147.5    147.3    148.8    149.3    149.7    150.4       .7
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   450.1    451.8    457.0    455.4    450.5    451.2    453.1    453.1    457.1    455.2     -1.9
   Electronic instruments.......   435.2    443.5    444.6    443.3    436.0    443.1    445.0    444.3    445.6    444.5     -1.1
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   437.2    439.7    439.8    441.2    438.2    436.5    437.6    439.3    440.4    441.2       .8
  Transportation equipment(1)... 1,791.9  1,776.0  1,792.9  1,785.0  1,786.8  1,781.6  1,771.7  1,772.6  1,787.5  1,780.1     -7.4
   Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,114.9  1,091.1  1,104.2  1,096.0  1,109.5  1,095.8  1,082.8  1,086.8  1,099.9  1,090.2     -9.7
  Furniture and related products   565.0    557.0    559.0    558.3    563.7    557.4    557.5    557.6    558.7    557.0     -1.7
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   651.4    654.1    654.1    654.3    652.1    654.1    656.5    656.7    655.9    655.5      -.4

 Nondurable goods...............   5,275    5,195    5,192    5,211    5,287    5,250    5,245    5,233    5,227    5,222       -5
   Production workers...........   3,840    3,789    3,792    3,798    3,854    3,832    3,833    3,823    3,821    3,811      -10

  Food manufacturing............ 1,455.7  1,434.0  1,434.5  1,444.1  1,475.2  1,463.4  1,462.6  1,460.7  1,462.8  1,461.9      -.9
  Beverages and tobacco products   191.0    189.4    190.6    193.2    191.9    194.4    194.3    194.4    194.8    194.2      -.6
  Textile mills.................   221.4    203.8    202.0    201.1    220.2    208.6    206.3    203.7    201.7    200.3     -1.4
  Textile product mills.........   175.3    171.2    169.8    169.4    172.2    175.4    173.9    170.5    168.5    167.5     -1.0
  Apparel.......................   262.9    253.3    252.3    251.5    261.4    253.7    253.1    252.8    251.6    249.9     -1.7
  Leather and allied products...    39.4     37.4     37.6     38.0     39.0     38.9     38.4     37.5     37.7     37.7       .0
  Paper and paper products......   485.1    473.6    469.3    472.1    486.8    477.7    477.3    475.2    472.4    473.2       .8
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   649.6    642.3    641.6    642.8    649.1    643.4    644.1    644.1    643.2    642.1     -1.1
  Petroleum and coal products...   114.2    111.1    113.7    115.4    113.7    111.5    112.9    113.3    114.0    114.5       .5
  Chemicals.....................   878.8    887.2    887.8    889.4    877.9    886.4    885.8    887.0    887.0    887.8       .8
  Plastics and rubber products..   801.8    791.7    792.5    794.2    800.0    796.2    796.4    793.6    793.4    792.9      -.5

    Service-providing........... 111,730  112,160  112,812  113,326  111,084  112,195  112,357  112,524  112,605  112,690       85

     Private service-providing..  89,566   89,856   90,497   91,026   89,311   90,351   90,481   90,625   90,697   90,774       77

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,845   25,770   25,841   25,984   25,897   26,042   26,048   26,075   26,053   26,047       -6

 Wholesale trade................ 5,755.4  5,796.5  5,825.2  5,865.8  5,742.5  5,801.8  5,810.6  5,824.0  5,836.0  5,850.4     14.4
  Durable goods................. 2,988.8  3,029.7  3,040.7  3,055.1  2,986.7  3,028.5  3,032.2  3,039.7  3,045.7  3,052.4      6.7
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,031.0  2,019.0  2,030.9  2,049.9  2,022.7  2,025.6  2,030.4  2,032.9  2,034.7  2,040.1      5.4
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   735.6    747.8    753.6    760.8    733.1    747.7    748.0    751.4    755.6    757.9      2.3

 Retail trade...................15,175.9 15,067.0 15,077.8 15,147.4 15,249.4 15,300.4 15,289.4 15,306.6 15,263.1 15,236.0    -27.1
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,922.9  1,898.5  1,908.6  1,917.4  1,919.9  1,910.2  1,911.6  1,911.8  1,913.1  1,914.9      1.8
   Automobile dealers........... 1,263.2  1,239.8  1,243.8  1,248.2  1,264.1  1,248.0  1,247.6  1,244.6  1,247.2  1,249.4      2.2
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   573.3    585.6    590.3    590.7    579.1    589.6    590.7    591.3    596.2    596.1      -.1
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   518.0    531.6    524.0    517.6    527.8    534.2    536.5    535.1    532.7    529.9     -2.8
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,323.1  1,290.3  1,346.0  1,375.8  1,269.1  1,300.1  1,309.1  1,312.4  1,315.5  1,318.4      2.9
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,817.7  2,775.9  2,788.3  2,804.9  2,820.2  2,805.9  2,807.4  2,809.6  2,809.6  2,805.0     -4.6
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   952.9    955.2    948.7    954.1    955.7    959.4    955.9    960.3    956.6    957.8      1.2
  Gasoline stations.............   875.0    855.1    860.5    864.8    872.1    869.4    870.2    866.0    866.0    862.7     -3.3
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,370.8  1,382.8  1,376.5  1,371.3  1,401.1  1,434.3  1,432.2  1,423.1  1,416.7  1,408.0     -8.7
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   628.1    620.3    612.3    608.8    644.2    641.3    637.8    634.5    630.8    627.3     -3.5
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,869.3  2,866.4  2,820.3  2,824.1  2,924.4  2,919.1  2,907.0  2,929.4  2,894.1  2,885.3     -8.8
   Department stores............ 1,554.1  1,555.3  1,534.8  1,538.0  1,603.4  1,597.5  1,596.7  1,607.4  1,593.3  1,588.7     -4.6
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   906.6    883.0    885.5    901.4    904.2    901.5    900.7    902.5    901.6    899.2     -2.4
  Nonstore retailers............   418.2    422.3    416.8    416.5    431.6    435.4    430.3    430.6    430.2    431.4      1.2

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,357.7  4,348.8  4,378.0  4,409.3  4,348.4  4,380.0  4,387.4  4,384.4  4,393.5  4,399.2      5.7
  Air transportation............   508.1    485.0    487.0    486.9    506.8    489.0    489.1    487.6    488.7    485.0     -3.7
  Rail transportation...........   229.6    225.5    227.2    228.1    229.4    227.4    227.4    227.5    227.5    227.9       .4
  Water transportation..........    61.1     60.3     62.8     62.6     59.7     63.4     63.0     62.5     62.7     61.8      -.9
  Truck transportation.......... 1,388.9  1,382.9  1,400.3  1,410.8  1,392.2  1,406.0  1,407.5  1,409.2  1,416.0  1,414.5     -1.5
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   407.6    409.2    406.9    417.2    387.5    394.1    394.6    394.5    389.9    396.2      6.3
  Pipeline transportation.......    37.4     37.5     37.7     37.7     37.6     37.4     37.5     37.7     37.8     37.8       .0
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    30.2     24.9     28.1     33.5     29.7     30.3     31.5     32.4     32.8     33.2       .4
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   548.7    559.6    563.7    562.7    551.8    560.7    564.7    562.2    563.7    565.1      1.4
  Couriers and messengers.......   571.2    571.9    572.5    577.4    571.2    576.8    576.5    575.2    576.3    577.2       .9
  Warehousing and storage.......   574.9    592.0    591.8    592.4    582.5    594.9    595.6    595.6    598.1    600.5      2.4

 Utilities......................   556.0    557.4    559.6    561.6    556.2    559.3    560.4    559.5    560.5    561.4       .9

Information.....................   3,069    3,063    3,059    3,058    3,065    3,065    3,073    3,072    3,068    3,055      -13
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   897.8    902.0    902.4    899.7    901.5    901.5    903.9    903.5    904.9    903.5     -1.4
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   386.4    382.6    375.0    376.9    379.8    391.2    389.7    389.5    383.1    372.0    -11.1
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   323.5    324.1    326.4    326.4    325.2    323.4    325.3    325.5    327.3    327.6       .3
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    30.6     30.2     30.5     30.4     30.5     29.6     30.7     30.3     30.4     30.3      -.1
  Telecommunications............ 1,002.0    992.8    994.1    994.0  1,000.2    991.3    994.6    993.2    993.6    992.1     -1.5
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   378.9    382.2    381.1    380.6    377.8    377.4    378.7    380.7    379.0    379.3       .3
  Other information services....    50.0     49.2     49.5     50.1     49.9     50.4     49.6     49.4     49.6     49.9       .3

Financial activities............   8,094    8,247    8,289    8,316    8,101    8,244    8,268    8,282    8,310    8,322       12
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,978.0  6,118.8  6,133.9  6,141.1  5,983.8  6,081.8  6,103.8  6,120.1  6,137.3  6,146.1      8.8
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    20.7     21.2     21.3     21.3     20.8     21.2     21.2     21.3     21.4     21.4       .0
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,849.5  2,910.8  2,919.7  2,925.8  2,851.8  2,896.7  2,906.7  2,914.7  2,922.6  2,928.2      5.6
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,764.6  1,808.3  1,813.5  1,817.0  1,765.9  1,793.0  1,803.3  1,810.6  1,814.9  1,817.8      2.9
    Commercial banking.......... 1,292.1  1,317.1  1,320.0  1,321.8  1,292.8  1,303.3  1,311.4  1,318.3  1,320.3  1,321.8      1.5
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   777.4    799.5    801.2    799.3    780.7    792.9    795.9    798.8    801.6    802.7      1.1
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,245.0  2,298.5  2,303.0  2,305.3  2,245.1  2,283.5  2,292.2  2,297.1  2,303.1  2,304.6      1.5
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    85.4     88.8     88.7     89.4     85.4     87.5     87.8     88.2     88.6     89.2       .6
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,116.1  2,128.2  2,155.1  2,174.8  2,116.7  2,161.7  2,164.2  2,162.3  2,172.4  2,176.1      3.7
  Real estate................... 1,441.9  1,467.3  1,488.2  1,495.4  1,444.9  1,490.5  1,492.3  1,489.2  1,498.5  1,499.4       .9
  Rental and leasing services...   646.6    633.2    638.7    650.9    644.5    643.3    643.9    644.9    645.7    648.5      2.8
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    27.6     27.7     28.2     28.5     27.3     27.9     28.0     28.2     28.2     28.2       .0

Professional and business
 services.......................  16,784   16,995   17,176   17,234   16,794   17,127   17,156   17,199   17,216   17,243       27
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,913.3  7,240.8  7,257.3  7,149.7  6,977.0  7,133.8  7,147.1  7,170.3  7,195.4  7,215.1     19.7
   Legal services............... 1,160.8  1,155.1  1,155.4  1,152.9  1,166.2  1,161.8  1,161.0  1,162.5  1,163.0  1,159.1     -3.9
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   783.6    966.9    950.3    817.2    829.8    847.0    846.2    849.9    854.0    862.6      8.6
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,293.7  1,336.9  1,351.4  1,363.7  1,295.6  1,340.5  1,348.3  1,356.5  1,361.8  1,366.0      4.2
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,177.3  1,233.4  1,242.5  1,251.1  1,182.0  1,226.0  1,230.5  1,235.2  1,244.6  1,255.8     11.2
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   834.2    870.5    876.2    877.6    836.2    867.8    871.7    875.4    879.8    879.6      -.2
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,751.8  1,764.0  1,771.7  1,782.1  1,753.3  1,772.6  1,771.0  1,774.9  1,777.5  1,780.9      3.4
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 8,119.3  7,990.3  8,147.1  8,302.0  8,063.2  8,220.1  8,237.5  8,253.7  8,242.6  8,247.4      4.8
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,788.4  7,660.0  7,813.1  7,967.7  7,732.9  7,884.9  7,903.1  7,917.9  7,907.2  7,913.0      5.8
   Employment services(1)....... 3,514.5  3,505.3  3,544.9  3,605.3  3,534.9  3,638.3  3,636.8  3,644.0  3,633.4  3,629.2     -4.2
    Temporary help services..... 2,492.1  2,485.4  2,526.7  2,579.5  2,503.0  2,605.6  2,602.0  2,604.6  2,599.4  2,596.6     -2.8
   Business support services....   763.7    764.5    762.5    762.8    764.5    760.7    760.6    761.3    760.3    762.3      2.0
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,787.6  1,649.0  1,764.2  1,845.4  1,718.8  1,750.0  1,761.6  1,765.8  1,768.9  1,774.0      5.1
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   330.9    330.3    334.0    334.3    330.3    335.2    334.4    335.8    335.4    334.4     -1.0

Education and health services...  17,370   17,766   17,813   17,783   17,291   17,544   17,585   17,622   17,658   17,699       41
 Educational services........... 2,872.3  2,998.0  3,008.2  2,943.4  2,812.6  2,828.5  2,840.1  2,845.4  2,857.2  2,876.1     18.9
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,497.4 14,768.1 14,804.4 14,839.6 14,478.2 14,715.6 14,744.9 14,776.5 14,800.8 14,822.7     21.9
 Health care(3).................12,262.7 12,491.1 12,514.1 12,541.7 12,276.4 12,465.9 12,490.3 12,516.3 12,537.5 12,556.1     18.6
   Ambulatory health care
    services(1)................. 5,088.0  5,223.7  5,233.4  5,246.4  5,089.9  5,202.1  5,216.1  5,232.5  5,240.9  5,249.3      8.4
    Offices of physicians....... 2,090.8  2,150.9  2,154.7  2,161.9  2,095.2  2,143.3  2,148.2  2,154.8  2,160.8  2,165.7      4.9
    Outpatient care centers.....   470.1    489.4    488.3    490.7    469.5    485.9    486.9    488.6    488.6    490.3      1.7
    Home health care services...   810.4    834.0    835.6    839.9    809.6    829.1    831.9    835.8    836.0    839.0      3.0
   Hospitals.................... 4,325.2  4,395.0  4,398.7  4,409.2  4,333.8  4,387.3  4,393.0  4,402.5  4,408.7  4,417.4      8.7
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities(1)............... 2,849.5  2,872.4  2,882.0  2,886.1  2,852.7  2,876.5  2,881.2  2,881.3  2,887.9  2,889.4      1.5
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,574.8  1,577.4  1,581.1  1,585.6  1,577.5  1,583.5  1,583.4  1,582.6  1,585.7  1,588.0      2.3
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,234.7  2,277.0  2,290.3  2,297.9  2,201.8  2,249.7  2,254.6  2,260.2  2,263.3  2,266.6      3.3
   Child day care services......   800.6    809.0    814.8    817.8    780.4    795.1    795.8    795.6    798.6    798.2      -.4

Leisure and hospitality.........  13,002   12,632   12,921   13,218   12,778   12,932   12,955   12,976   12,991   12,995        4
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,963.4  1,742.2  1,862.6  1,984.5  1,884.3  1,903.5  1,906.5  1,903.1  1,909.6  1,906.8     -2.8
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   381.7    343.1    380.9    390.4    369.7    356.3    364.9    364.4    372.0    375.3      3.3
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   124.6    113.2    121.0    127.7    121.1    121.4    121.9    121.5    123.0    123.7       .7
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,457.1  1,285.9  1,360.7  1,466.4  1,393.5  1,425.8  1,419.7  1,417.2  1,414.6  1,407.8     -6.8
 Accommodations and food
  services......................11,038.7 10,889.3 11,058.7 11,233.6 10,893.4 11,028.0 11,048.9 11,072.8 11,081.8 11,088.5      6.7
  Accommodations................ 1,815.6  1,745.7  1,752.1  1,792.8  1,812.1  1,808.0  1,804.2  1,803.1  1,795.8  1,792.8     -3.0
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 9,223.1  9,143.6  9,306.6  9,440.8  9,081.3  9,220.0  9,244.7  9,269.7  9,286.0  9,295.7      9.7

Other services..................   5,402    5,383    5,398    5,433    5,385    5,397    5,396    5,399    5,401    5,413       12
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,241.5  1,246.7  1,254.4  1,261.7  1,237.1  1,240.7  1,242.8  1,245.8  1,250.2  1,255.8      5.6
  Personal and laundry services. 1,292.3  1,264.7  1,274.8  1,285.8  1,274.9  1,278.4  1,275.5  1,270.7  1,270.0  1,268.6     -1.4
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,868.2  2,871.5  2,869.2  2,885.5  2,873.3  2,877.7  2,877.6  2,882.4  2,881.1  2,888.7      7.6

Government......................  22,164   22,304   22,315   22,300   21,773   21,844   21,876   21,899   21,908   21,916        8
 Federal........................   2,727    2,692    2,697    2,704    2,725    2,705    2,707    2,706    2,704    2,702       -2
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,954.6  1,926.7  1,933.0  1,939.8  1,950.6  1,935.6  1,938.8  1,937.0  1,937.6  1,935.6     -2.0
  U.S. Postal Service...........   772.4    765.0    763.9    764.0    774.7    769.1    767.9    769.3    765.9    766.8       .9
 State government...............   5,063    5,168    5,173    5,070    5,017    5,007    5,024    5,024    5,025    5,026        1
  State government education.... 2,289.3  2,398.8  2,400.2  2,290.2  2,247.0  2,232.4  2,248.1  2,248.0  2,249.4  2,249.1      -.3
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,773.4  2,768.9  2,772.3  2,779.7  2,770.0  2,774.9  2,775.7  2,776.2  2,776.0  2,776.7       .7
 Local government...............  14,374   14,444   14,445   14,526   14,031   14,132   14,145   14,169   14,179   14,188        9
  Local government education.... 8,192.9  8,280.6  8,261.4  8,274.5  7,841.5  7,902.6  7,911.9  7,922.1  7,927.1  7,930.3      3.2
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,180.7  6,163.8  6,183.9  6,251.3  6,189.4  6,228.9  6,233.2  6,246.7  6,251.5  6,257.8      6.3


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       May    Mar.   Apr.   May     May    Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   May      from:
                                                 2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2006   2006   2006   2006p  2006p  Apr. 2006-
                                                                                                                        May 2006p


        Total private.........................   33.9   33.6   33.9   33.7    33.7   33.8   33.8   33.8   33.9   33.8      -0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   40.0   40.2   39.9   40.5    39.9   40.4   40.4   40.4   40.6   40.3       -.3

Natural resources and mining..................   45.9   44.7   45.5   45.3    45.7   46.1   45.2   45.2   45.5   45.1       -.4

Construction..................................   38.9   38.4   38.4   38.9    38.4   39.1   38.9   38.9   39.1   38.5       -.6

Manufacturing.................................   40.4   41.0   40.4   41.2    40.4   40.9   41.0   41.1   41.2   41.1       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.4    3.9    4.5     4.4    4.5    4.6    4.5    4.6    4.6        .0

 Durable goods................................   40.9   41.4   40.7   41.5    40.8   41.3   41.4   41.4   41.6   41.5       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.4    4.5    3.8    4.6     4.4    4.5    4.6    4.6    4.6    4.6        .0

  Wood products...............................   40.0   40.0   40.0   40.7    39.7   40.1   40.3   40.4   40.5   40.4       -.1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.2   42.4   42.8   43.6    41.9   43.1   42.9   43.0   43.3   43.3        .0
  Primary metals..............................   42.5   43.5   42.7   43.0    42.5   43.7   43.6   43.4   43.3   43.2       -.1
  Fabricated metal products...................   40.8   41.4   40.5   41.5    40.8   41.2   41.3   41.5   41.7   41.4       -.3
  Machinery...................................   42.0   42.2   41.6   42.5    41.9   41.8   42.1   42.1   42.6   42.4       -.2
  Computer and electronic products............   39.8   40.5   40.1   40.4    39.8   40.5   40.4   40.5   40.6   40.5       -.1
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.0   41.1   40.0   40.8    40.2   41.2   41.4   41.3   41.4   41.1       -.3
  Transportation equipment....................   41.9   42.9   41.6   43.3    41.8   42.6   42.7   42.8   43.0   43.1        .1
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   41.6   42.6   40.9   43.2    41.4   42.1   42.2   42.5   42.6   42.9        .3
  Furniture and related products..............   38.7   38.4   38.0   38.0    39.1   38.2   38.5   38.5   38.4   38.4        .0
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.7   38.8   38.0   38.4    38.6   38.5   38.6   38.5   38.6   38.4       -.2

 Nondurable goods.............................   39.6   40.3   39.9   40.5    39.7   40.3   40.4   40.4   40.5   40.5        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.2    4.2    3.9    4.5     4.3    4.4    4.5    4.4    4.5    4.6        .1

  Food manufacturing..........................   38.8   39.3   38.7   40.0    38.9   39.6   39.7   39.8   39.7   40.0        .3
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   39.1   40.1   40.0   41.1    38.9   39.9   39.9   40.2   40.1   40.6        .5
  Textile mills...............................   40.5   40.6   39.9   40.1    40.3   40.6   40.5   40.3   40.1   40.0       -.1
  Textile product mills.......................   38.5   39.7   39.4   40.4    38.8   40.1   40.4   39.6   40.2   40.6        .4
  Apparel.....................................   35.1   36.3   35.7   36.6    35.1   36.0   35.8   36.0   36.4   36.5        .1
  Leather and allied products.................   38.5   39.9   37.9   39.4    38.4   39.4   39.3   39.5   38.7   39.3        .6
  Paper and paper products....................   42.2   42.0   42.2   42.6    42.3   42.4   42.5   42.4   42.8   42.7       -.1
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.0   39.1   38.7   38.7    38.3   38.8   39.0   39.0   39.1   39.0       -.1
  Petroleum and coal products.................   45.7   44.5   45.5   44.6    45.8   45.0   44.6   45.0   45.0   44.8       -.2
  Chemicals...................................   42.2   42.8   42.8   42.3    42.3   42.6   42.8   42.7   42.7   42.4       -.3
  Plastics and rubber products................   39.7   40.8   40.0   40.9    39.7   40.5   40.5   40.8   40.8   40.8        .0

     Private service-providing................   32.6   32.1   32.6   32.2    32.4   32.4   32.4   32.3   32.4   32.3       -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.6   33.0   33.5   33.3    33.4   33.3   33.3   33.3   33.4   33.3       -.1

 Wholesale trade..............................   38.0   37.6   38.3   37.8    37.7   37.8   37.9   37.8   38.0   37.9       -.1

 Retail trade.................................   30.7   30.0   30.6   30.4    30.6   30.5   30.4   30.4   30.5   30.4       -.1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   37.3   36.3   36.7   36.6    37.1   36.6   36.7   36.7   36.7   36.6       -.1

 Utilities....................................   41.0   40.7   41.5   41.2    40.9   41.0   41.1   41.0   41.3   41.1       -.2

Information...................................   36.7   36.3   36.8   36.1    36.7   36.6   36.5   36.6   36.6   36.4       -.2

Financial activities..........................   36.4   35.3   36.3   35.2    36.0   36.0   35.7   35.6   35.7   35.5       -.2

Professional and business services............   34.5   34.3   34.8   34.4    34.2   34.6   34.5   34.4   34.7   34.5       -.2

Education and health services.................   32.7   32.3   32.6   32.4    32.6   32.5   32.5   32.5   32.5   32.6        .1

Leisure and hospitality.......................   26.0   25.3   25.7   25.4    25.8   25.7   25.6   25.6   25.6   25.5       -.1

Other services................................   31.0   30.7   31.0   30.7    30.9   30.9   30.9   30.9   31.0   30.9       -.1


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         May       Mar.     Apr.      May        May       Mar.     Apr.      May
                                                   2005      2006     2006p     2006p      2005      2006     2006p     2006p

        Total private........................... $16.03    $16.51    $16.68    $16.59    $543.42   $554.74   $565.45   $559.08
         Seasonally adjusted....................  16.03     16.51     16.61     16.62     540.21    558.04    563.08    561.76

    Goods-producing.............................  17.52     17.72     17.82     17.88     700.80    712.34    711.02    724.14

Natural resources and mining....................  18.56     19.61     19.81     19.76     851.90    876.57    901.36    895.13

Construction....................................  19.29     19.53     19.60     19.75     750.38    749.95    752.64    768.28

Manufacturing...................................  16.51     16.71     16.78     16.76     667.00    685.11    677.91    690.51

 Durable goods..................................  17.24     17.54     17.58     17.59     705.12    726.16    715.51    729.99
  Wood products.................................  13.22     13.17     13.28     13.36     528.80    526.80    531.20    543.75
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.59     16.61     16.74     16.58     700.10    704.26    716.47    722.89
  Primary metals................................  18.82     19.18     19.36     19.05     799.85    834.33    826.67    819.15
  Fabricated metal products.....................  15.67     16.09     16.07     16.08     639.34    666.13    650.84    667.32
  Machinery.....................................  16.91     16.99     16.96     17.10     710.22    716.98    705.54    726.75
  Computer and electronic products..............  18.41     18.61     18.76     18.72     732.72    753.71    752.28    756.29
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.05     15.42     15.38     15.40     602.00    633.76    615.20    628.32
  Transportation equipment......................  21.87     22.32     22.31     22.39     916.35    957.53    928.10    969.49
  Furniture and related products................  13.42     13.50     13.69     13.61     519.35    518.40    520.22    517.18
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  14.04     14.30     14.35     14.23     543.35    554.84    545.30    546.43

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.29     15.29     15.40     15.32     605.48    616.19    614.46    620.46
  Food manufacturing............................  13.03     13.02     13.10     13.12     505.56    511.69    506.97    524.80
  Beverages and tobacco products................  19.19     18.19     18.40     18.14     750.33    729.42    736.00    745.55
  Textile mills.................................  12.41     12.41     12.46     12.48     502.61    503.85    497.15    500.45
  Textile product mills.........................  11.54     11.74     11.91     11.92     444.29    466.08    469.25    481.57
  Apparel.......................................  10.15     10.61     10.65     10.54     356.27    385.14    380.21    385.76
  Leather and allied products...................  11.42     11.11     11.25     11.38     439.67    443.29    426.38    448.37
  Paper and paper products......................  18.03     17.78     17.99     17.83     760.87    746.76    759.18    759.56
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.54     15.77     15.72     15.86     590.52    616.61    608.36    613.78
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.58     24.81     24.73     24.30    1123.31   1104.05   1125.22   1083.78
  Chemicals.....................................  19.73     19.63     19.82     19.67     832.61    840.16    848.30    832.04
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.88     14.90     14.93     14.91     590.74    607.92    597.20    609.82

     Private service-providing..................  15.64     16.19     16.38     16.23     509.86    519.70    533.99    522.61

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.90     15.23     15.44     15.27     500.64    502.59    517.24    508.49

 Wholesale trade................................  18.03     18.60     18.87     18.68     685.14    699.36    722.72    706.10

 Retail trade...................................  12.40     12.50     12.70     12.53     380.68    375.00    388.62    380.91

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.58     16.96     17.11     17.01     618.43    615.65    627.94    622.57

 Utilities......................................  26.51     27.60     27.71     27.32    1086.91   1123.32   1149.97   1125.58

Information.....................................  21.88     22.89     23.18     23.09     803.00    830.91    853.02    833.55

Financial activities............................  17.93     18.46     18.76     18.59     652.65    651.64    680.99    654.37

Professional and business services..............  18.07     18.82     19.20     18.93     623.42    645.53    668.16    651.19

Education and health services...................  16.59     17.16     17.22     17.20     542.49    554.27    561.37    557.28

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.09      9.43      9.47      9.56     236.34    238.58    243.38    242.82

Other services..................................  14.35     14.49     14.59     14.55     444.85    444.84    452.29    446.69


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         May      Jan.     Feb.     Mar.    Apr.     May   change from:
                                                   2005     2006     2006     2006    2006p    2006p  Apr. 2006-
                                                                                                      May  2006p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $16.03   $16.40   $16.47   $16.51   $16.61   $16.62      0.1
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.20     8.17     8.20     8.19     8.18     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  17.55    17.79    17.80    17.82    17.87    17.91       .2

Natural resources and mining....................  18.58    19.33    19.40    19.52    19.68    19.76       .4

Construction....................................  19.37    19.63    19.66    19.65    19.67    19.81       .7

Manufacturing...................................  16.54    16.71    16.72    16.74    16.80    16.80       .0
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  15.69    15.84    15.83    15.87    15.91    15.91       .0

 Durable goods..................................  17.29    17.53    17.54    17.57    17.61    17.64       .2

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.31    15.33    15.33    15.33    15.40    15.36      -.3

     Private service-providing..................  15.63    16.03    16.11    16.16    16.27    16.28       .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.87    15.13    15.19    15.20    15.29    15.26      -.2

 Wholesale trade................................  18.01    18.53    18.61    18.66    18.69    18.73       .2

 Retail trade...................................  12.36    12.44    12.46    12.47    12.56    12.50      -.5

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.64    16.91    16.99    16.98    17.10    17.07      -.2

 Utilities......................................  26.47    27.48    27.54    27.53    27.50    27.31      -.7

Information.....................................  21.92    22.98    22.82    23.00    23.12    23.13       .0

Financial activities............................  17.81    18.33    18.45    18.49    18.64    18.63      -.1

Professional and business services..............  17.98    18.54    18.66    18.80    19.00    19.00       .0

Education and health services...................  16.64    17.04    17.13    17.16    17.21    17.25       .2

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.10     9.27     9.36     9.42     9.49     9.55       .6

Other services..................................  14.30    14.48    14.50    14.48    14.50    14.53       .2


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was -.1 percent from Mar. 2006 to Apr. 2006, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.







ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      May    Mar.   Apr.   May     May    Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   May    change from:
                                                2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2006   2006   2006   2006p  2006p   Apr. 2006-
                                                                                                                        May 2006p

        Total private.........................  103.1  102.5  104.4  104.6   102.2  104.0  104.2  104.4  104.8  104.6      -0.2

    Goods-producing...........................   98.6   98.6   99.4  102.3    98.0  101.1  101.3  101.5  102.3  101.5       -.8

Natural resources and mining..................  113.7  115.7  120.7  123.0   113.2  120.0  118.4  120.1  122.3  122.2       -.1

Construction..................................  109.3  104.7  108.5  113.8   106.7  112.2  112.1  112.4  113.3  111.5      -1.6

Manufacturing.................................   93.2   95.2   94.3   96.3    93.3   95.3   95.6   95.9   96.3   96.0       -.3

 Durable goods................................   95.5   98.5   97.5   99.6    95.1   98.1   98.5   98.7   99.5   99.3       -.2
  Wood products...............................   99.6   99.8   99.9  102.4    99.0  102.3  102.0  102.3  102.0  101.9       -.1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   97.7   96.6   99.5  102.1    96.3  100.0  100.0  100.5  101.1  100.6       -.5
  Primary metals..............................   92.3   96.3   94.2   95.5    92.3   96.4   95.8   96.0   95.5   95.9        .4
  Fabricated metal products...................   98.5  101.7   99.8  102.2    98.6  100.8  101.4  102.0  102.7  102.0       -.7
  Machinery...................................   98.7  100.7   99.9  102.7    98.3   98.9  100.0  100.3  101.9  101.9        .0
  Computer and electronic products............   92.7  103.2  103.2  104.0    92.6  101.8  102.3  103.3  104.6  104.2       -.4
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   85.0   89.3   87.0   89.6    86.0   89.1   89.5   89.9   90.5   90.6        .1
  Transportation equipment....................   97.3  100.7   98.9  102.4    96.5   99.8   99.7  100.1  101.4  101.2       -.2
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   95.5   96.0   93.4   97.6    94.4   95.3   94.3   95.3   96.6   96.3       -.3
  Furniture and related products..............   90.4   89.4   88.9   89.1    91.2   88.7   89.7   89.9   89.9   89.8       -.1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   90.1   91.1   88.9   90.3    90.2   90.5   91.2   90.9   90.8   90.6       -.2

 Nondurable goods.............................   89.6   89.9   89.1   90.6    90.1   90.9   91.2   91.0   91.1   90.9       -.2
  Food manufacturing..........................   93.6   93.1   92.0   95.6    95.5   96.4   96.7   96.6   96.6   97.2        .6
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   90.9   96.4   97.7  100.7    91.6   99.7  100.3  100.7  100.8  100.9        .1
  Textile mills...............................   73.2   67.6   65.9   66.1    72.4   68.7   68.0   67.1   66.1   65.6       -.8
  Textile product mills.......................   90.4   92.5   90.4   91.8    89.9   96.2   95.5   91.7   91.6   91.7        .1
  Apparel.....................................   66.0   65.9   64.4   65.9    65.5   65.3   64.5   65.0   65.3   65.1       -.3
  Leather and allied products.................   78.1   77.0   74.1   77.6    77.4   80.0   77.9   76.4   75.7   76.6       1.2
  Paper and paper products....................   87.5   85.6   85.2   86.2    88.0   86.8   87.2   86.8   87.0   86.6       -.5
  Printing and related support activities.....   90.4   92.7   92.3   92.5    91.1   91.6   92.6   92.9   93.4   93.0       -.4
  Petroleum and coal products.................  105.5   97.0  100.7  101.6   105.3   98.4   99.3  100.4  100.4  101.1        .7
  Chemicals...................................   96.6   99.8   99.6   97.7    96.7   98.8   99.2   99.2   98.9   97.7      -1.2
  Plastics and rubber products................   91.6   93.0   91.6   93.9    91.3   92.8   92.9   93.3   93.5   93.4       -.1

     Private service-providing................  104.3  103.3  105.8  105.2   103.4  104.9  105.1  105.0  105.4  105.2       -.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  101.7   99.8  101.6  101.5   101.4  101.9  101.9  102.1  102.3  101.8       -.5

 Wholesale trade..............................  102.3  102.4  105.1  104.5   101.3  103.1  103.7  103.6  104.5  104.5        .0

 Retail trade.................................  100.5   97.5   99.5   99.3   100.7  100.9  100.5  100.6  100.6   99.9       -.7

 Transportation and warehousing...............  106.1  103.2  105.1  105.4   105.1  104.7  105.1  105.1  105.3  105.0       -.3

 Utilities....................................   93.0   93.5   95.8   95.3    92.9   94.5   94.9   94.6   95.5   95.1       -.4

Information...................................   99.9  100.0  101.2   99.5    99.8  100.7  100.5  100.9  100.8  100.3       -.5

Financial activities..........................  105.2  104.5  108.4  105.8   104.2  106.4  105.9  106.1  107.0  106.7       -.3

Professional and business services............  105.9  107.2  110.0  109.2   105.1  109.1  109.0  109.0  110.0  109.7       -.3

Education and health services.................  106.8  107.8  109.1  108.3   106.0  107.0  107.3  107.6  107.8  108.4        .6

Leisure and hospitality.......................  108.9  103.1  107.3  108.8   106.2  107.4  107.1  107.4  107.6  107.2       -.4

Other services................................   96.8   95.5   96.8   96.5    96.2   96.2   96.3   96.5   96.8   96.7       -.1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.







ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      May    Mar.   Apr.   May     May    Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   May    change from:
                                                2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2006   2006   2006   2006p  2006p   Apr. 2006-
                                                                                                                        May 2006p

        Total private.........................  110.5  113.2  116.5  116.1   109.6  114.1  114.8  115.3  116.5  116.3      -0.2

    Goods-producing...........................  105.8  107.0  108.5  112.1   105.3  110.1  110.4  110.8  111.9  111.3       -.5

Natural resources and mining..................  122.7  131.9  139.0  141.4   122.3  134.9  133.6  136.3  140.0  140.5        .4

Construction..................................  113.9  110.4  114.9  121.3   111.7  118.9  119.0  119.3  120.3  119.3       -.8

Manufacturing.................................  100.6  104.1  103.4  105.5   100.9  104.2  104.6  105.0  105.9  105.5       -.4

 Durable goods................................  102.7  107.9  107.0  109.3   102.7  107.4  107.8  108.3  109.4  109.4        .0

 Nondurable goods.............................   96.8   97.2   97.0   98.1    97.5   98.5   98.8   98.5   99.2   98.7       -.5

     Private service-providing................  112.1  114.9  119.0  117.3   111.0  115.5  116.3  116.5  117.8  117.6       -.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  108.1  108.4  111.9  110.6   107.5  110.0  110.4  110.7  111.5  110.8       -.6

 Wholesale trade..............................  108.7  112.2  116.8  115.0   107.4  112.6  113.7  113.9  115.1  115.3        .2

 Retail trade.................................  106.8  104.5  108.3  106.6   106.7  107.6  107.3  107.5  108.3  107.1      -1.1

 Transportation and warehousing...............  111.6  111.0  114.1  113.7   110.9  112.3  113.3  113.2  114.2  113.7       -.4

 Utilities....................................  102.9  107.7  110.8  108.7   102.6  108.3  109.1  108.7  109.6  108.4      -1.1

Information...................................  108.2  113.3  116.2  113.8   108.3  114.5  113.6  114.9  115.4  114.8       -.5

Financial activities..........................  116.6  119.3  125.7  121.6   114.7  120.6  120.9  121.3  123.3  122.9       -.3

Professional and business services............  113.8  120.0  125.7  123.0   112.4  120.3  121.0  121.9  124.4  124.0       -.3

Education and health services.................  116.5  121.6  123.5  122.4   115.9  119.9  120.9  121.4  122.0  122.9        .7

Leisure and hospitality.......................  115.5  113.4  118.5  121.3   112.6  116.0  116.9  118.0  119.1  119.4        .3

Other services................................  101.2  100.9  102.9  102.3   100.2  101.4  101.7  101.8  102.3  102.4        .1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.







ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)


       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2002 ..............   40.8     36.5     38.3     38.7     40.1     46.0     43.7     43.3     41.7     41.9     41.5     36.0
     2003 ..............   44.1     37.9     34.9     38.3     42.8     38.8     37.6     39.7     50.7     49.8     52.0     51.3
     2004 ..............   51.6     49.5     62.4     65.5     62.4     57.7     52.7     52.0     57.0     54.3     55.0     54.1
     2005 ..............   50.7     57.7     56.7     54.7     54.5     56.7     59.2     54.1     51.4     53.4     61.7     58.6
     2006 ..............   61.0     59.9     58.5    p62.9    p57.9


Over 3-month span:
     2002 ..............   34.5     36.2     35.6     35.8     34.9     38.8     38.5     44.8     37.6     39.7     37.2     39.6
     2003 ..............   40.6     34.2     34.7     32.7     35.3     41.7     38.5     33.8     42.6     47.8     49.8     50.5
     2004 ..............   54.3     53.4     57.6     63.1     69.4     68.3     58.8     55.6     57.4     56.5     59.9     55.2
     2005 ..............   52.9     56.7     59.2     60.4     56.8     60.8     60.4     59.7     57.9     52.2     57.0     63.7
     2006 ..............   66.2     65.5     63.3    p62.4    p62.4


Over 6-month span:
     2002 ..............   30.2     30.6     31.5     30.9     32.0     36.3     35.8     37.6     34.5     36.0     36.7     35.3
     2003 ..............   34.4     31.8     31.8     34.0     32.7     36.2     33.3     32.4     40.5     45.3     46.4     47.7
     2004 ..............   49.8     52.3     54.7     60.8     63.3     63.8     63.1     63.5     59.0     61.3     55.9     55.6
     2005 ..............   55.4     57.7     57.4     58.8     55.2     58.6     60.8     59.5     60.6     57.7     58.5     60.6
     2006 ..............   61.2     61.5     63.1    p69.6    p64.6


Over 12-month span:
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.4     30.2     29.1     32.0     31.3     30.0     29.5     32.9     34.7
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.4     50.7     57.7     57.0     55.2     56.7     58.3     60.1     60.3
     2005 ..............   60.1     61.0     59.5     58.6     58.6     59.4     60.8     61.0     60.8     58.3     58.8     62.1
     2006 ..............   61.3     61.0     62.2    p62.1    p63.1

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2002 ..............   19.6     21.4     18.5     29.2     25.0     30.4     36.9     25.6     28.6     17.9     17.9     19.6
     2003 ..............   32.7     19.6     19.6     10.7     23.2     19.0     19.6     29.2     28.6     36.3     42.3     40.5
     2004 ..............   44.0     47.6     44.6     64.9     53.6     45.8     56.5     52.4     41.7     42.3     39.9     39.3
     2005 ..............   39.3     38.7     38.7     42.3     44.6     34.5     47.6     35.7     45.2     43.5     50.0     52.4
     2006 ..............   59.5     48.8     49.4    p56.5    p47.6


Over 3-month span:
     2002 ..............    9.5      9.5     11.3     17.9     14.9     17.9     22.6     25.6     22.6     17.3      9.5     11.9
     2003 ..............   18.5     11.3     12.5      8.3      7.7     11.3     14.9     15.5     16.7     27.4     32.1     35.7
     2004 ..............   43.5     42.3     43.5     53.6     57.7     58.9     53.6     48.8     48.2     40.5     38.1     31.0
     2005 ..............   35.7     39.9     42.9     39.9     37.5     41.1     39.3     35.7     39.9     36.3     36.9     50.0
     2006 ..............   56.0     51.8     48.8    p46.4    p44.0


Over 6-month span:
     2002 ..............    7.1      8.3      7.7      8.3      8.3     11.9     12.5     11.9     13.7      8.9      7.1      7.7
     2003 ..............   11.3     11.3      8.3      9.5     10.7      9.5      6.0      8.9     13.7     18.5     24.4     23.8
     2004 ..............   28.6     33.3     33.3     45.8     47.6     51.2     56.0     51.8     48.2     49.4     39.3     35.7
     2005 ..............   36.9     36.9     35.1     33.3     33.3     32.7     36.9     36.9     41.1     41.7     39.3     42.3
     2006 ..............   37.5     45.8     45.2    p52.4    p45.2


Over 12-month span:
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      6.5      7.1      3.6      4.8      6.0      4.8      7.1      4.8      8.3
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     20.2     23.2     35.7     36.9     38.1     36.3     44.0     44.6     44.6
     2005 ..............   44.6     44.6     41.7     40.5     39.9     33.3     32.7     31.0     32.1     39.3     35.7     40.5
     2006 ..............   41.1     39.9     39.9    p42.3    p42.3


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.