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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                    THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MAY 1994
 
     Unemployment fell in May and employment increased further, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The
nation's jobless rate was 6.0 percent, down from 6.4 percent in April.
 
     The number of nonfarm payroll jobs, as measured by the survey of
employers, was up by 191,000 in May.  About 70,000 of this modest increase
stemmed from a return of workers who had been on strike.  Monthly job
growth had averaged about 260,000 in the previous 4 months.
 
     Total employment, as measured by the household survey, showed an
increase of 534,000 in May.  This strong gain followed slower growth in the
prior 3 months and brings the average monthly increase since January to
225,000.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     Both the number unemployed and the unemployment rate fell in May.  At
7.9 million, about 500,000 fewer persons were jobless than in the
 
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    |     Data from the household survey for 1994 are not directly   |
    |comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years because of the  |
    |implementation in January 1994 of a major redesign of the survey|
    |and the introduction of 1990 census-based population controls,  |
    |adjusted for the estimated undercount.  In addition, the 1994   |
    |data may be affected by the transition to the redesigned survey.|
    |For example, seasonal factors, of necessity, have been computed |
    |based on data collected in the survey prior to its revision,    |
    |and these factors may not fully capture the pattern of          |
    |seasonality in the current data.  Hence, over-the-month         |
    |comparisons of unemployment and other labor force estimates     |
    |should be made with caution.  For additional information on     |
    |the redesign, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey   |
    |Effective January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of           |
    |Employment and Earnings.                                        |
    |     The establishment data shown in this news release have been|
    |adjusted to reflect annual benchmark revisions, updated bias    |
    |and seasonal adjustment factors, and reaggregation of seasonally|
    |adjusted historical data.  See the note on the revisions        |
    |beginning on page 5.  Also, employment data for an additional   |
    |25 industries are published in table B-1 beginning with this    |
    |release.                                                        |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Apr.-
      Category        |  1993  |  1994  |           1994           |May
                      |________|________|__________________________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May   |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 128,713| 130,674| 130,580| 130,747| 130,774|     27
  Employment..........| 120,311| 122,088| 122,037| 122,338| 122,872|    534
  Unemployment........|   8,402|   8,586|   8,543|   8,408|   7,902|   -506
Not in labor force....|  65,602|  65,411|  65,633|  65,616|  65,736|    120
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     6.5|     6.6|     6.5|     6.4|     6.0|   -0.4
  Adult men...........|     6.0|     5.9|     5.8|     5.6|     5.2|    -.4
  Adult women.........|     5.7|     5.9|     6.0|     5.6|     5.4|    -.2
  Teenagers...........|    18.3|    18.0|    17.8|    19.9|    18.3|   -1.6
  White...............|     5.8|     5.7|     5.7|     5.6|     5.2|    -.4
  Black...............|    12.0|    12.8|    12.5|    11.8|    11.5|    -.3
  Hispanic origin.....|    10.7|    10.2|    10.0|    10.8|     9.5|   -1.3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA 1/|                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 111,363| 111,976| 112,298|p112,656|p112,847|   p191
  Goods-producing 2/..|  23,275|  23,350|  23,395| p23,491| p23,499|     p8
    Construction......|   4,724|   4,765|   4,806|  p4,893|  p4,905|    p12
    Manufacturing.....|  17,942|  17,973|  17,980| p17,992| p17,990|    p-2
  Service-producing 2/|  88,088|  88,626|  88,903| p89,165| p89,348|   p183
    Retail trade......|  19,867|  19,972|  20,026| p20,128| p20,159|    p31
    Services..........|  30,801|  31,153|  31,326| p31,485| p31,565|    p80
    Government........|  18,893|  18,919|  18,941| p18,972| p18,969|    p-3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|    34.6|    34.6|   p34.7|   p34.9|   p0.2
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|    41.7|    42.1|   p42.2|   p42.1|   p-.1
    Overtime..........|     4.4|     4.6|     4.7|    p4.8|    p4.7|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $10.94|  $11.02|  $11.02| p$11.05| p$11.11| p$0.06
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  377.79|  381.04|  381.29| p383.44| p387.74|  p4.30
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Establishment data have been revised to reflect March 1993
       benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
    2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    3/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Household data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for
1993 and earlier years.  For additional information, see "Revisions in the
Current Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the February 1994
issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
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previous month.  The unemployment rate--6.0 percent--was 0.4 percentage
point lower than in April and down 0.7 point from January.  (See tables A
and A-1.)
 
     The jobless rate for adult men, which had been trending downward since
January, fell 0.4 percentage point in May to 5.2 percent.  The rate for
adult women, which had dropped markedly in April, edged down further to 5.4
percent.  The rate for teenagers, after rising in April, fell back to 18.3
percent, near the levels prevailing in the first quarter.  The rates for
whites (5.2 percent) and Hispanics (9.5 percent) declined over the month,
while that for blacks (11.5 percent) was about unchanged.  (See tables A-1
and A-2.)
 
     The average (mean) and median measures of unemployment duration in
May--19.6 and 9.2 weeks, respectively--showed little or no change, as the
number of persons in both the short-term (less than 5 weeks) and long-term
(15 weeks or more) duration categories fell.  The number of unemployed job
losers fell by about 260,000 in May, largely because of a decline among
those on temporary layoff.  (See tables A-5 and A-6.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     Total employment, which had shown only very modest growth since the
beginning of the year, rose by 534,000 in May to 122.9 million.  The
employment-population ratio--the proportion of the working-age population
with jobs--rose 0.2 percentage point to 62.5 percent.  During the January-
April period, the ratio had been either 62.2 or 62.3 percent.  (See table
A-1.)  A total of 7.3 million workers (not seasonally adjusted), or 6.0
percent of all employed persons, held two or more jobs in May (table A-8).
 
     The number of persons in the labor force in May--130.8 million--was
about the same as in the previous month.  The labor force participation
rate was 66.5 percent in May, also little changed.  (See table A-1.)
 
Discouraged Workers (Household Survey Data)
 
     The number of discouraged workers--persons who wanted jobs but had
given up searching because they did not think they could find work--totaled
436,000 (not seasonally adjusted) in May.  (See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 191,000 in May to a level of
112.8 million, seasonally adjusted.  (See table B-1.)  About 70,000 of this
increase resulted from workers returning to their jobs following a strike
in the trucking industry.  Since December, about 1.2 million jobs have been
added to nonfarm payrolls.
 
     Employment in construction rose by only 12,000 in May, following
unusually large gains in the previous 2 months and weather-related weakness
in the winter months.  Mining continued its pattern of small over-the-month
job declines.  Employment in this industry has been on a fairly steady
downtrend since June of 1990, with a loss of about 110,000 jobs over the
period.
 
     Manufacturing employment was about unchanged over the month.  Factory
job growth has totaled about 50,000 since last September.  May was
characterized by generally small changes among the individual manufacturing
industries.  In the durable goods industries, employment in fabricated
metals and machinery continued to increase, while instruments continued to
 
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lose jobs.  Among nondurable goods industries, printing and publishing and
rubber and miscellaneous plastics products maintained their pattern of
small employment growth.
 
     Employment in the services industry rose by 80,000 over the month,
with much of the gain concentrated in educational services, agricultural
services, and motion pictures.  Business services, which has paced recent
job growth, added few jobs in May, with particular weakness in personnel
supply.  After recording 2 consecutive months of strong growth, employment
in health services slowed.
 
     In transportation and public utilities, employment in trucking was up
in May even after taking strike returns into account.  Wholesale trade
employment edged up over the month, following stronger growth in the first
4 months of the year.
 
     After 2 months of large job gains, employment in retail trade
moderated in May, rising by 31,000.  Employment increases continued in
furniture stores, auto dealers, eating and drinking places, and building
materials and garden supplies.  Following a decline in April, employment in
food stores rose by 9,000 in May.
 
     Finance, insurance, and real estate registered its first job loss in
nearly 2 years, with employment falling by 15,000 over the month.
Government employment was fairly flat over the month; reductions in the
Federal government reflected a new round of buyouts.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls were 34.9 in May, up 0.2 hour after seasonal
adjustment.  Weekly and overtime hours in manufacturing each edged down by
0.1 hour to 42.1 and 4.7 hours, respectively.  Both the manufacturing
workweek and factory overtime remain at extremely high levels.  (See table
B-2.)
 
     The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.9 percent to 129.3 (1982=100)
in May, as both employment and the workweek rose.  The manufacturing index
edged down by 0.4 percent to 105.0.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers on nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.5 percent in May to $11.11 and
weekly earnings rose by 1.1 percent to $387.74, seasonally adjusted.  Over
the past year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.8 percent and average
weekly earnings by 3.4 percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for June 1994 will be released on Friday,
July 8, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
                Revisions in the Establishment Survey Data
 
     In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data have
been revised to reflect comprehensive universe counts of payroll jobs
(benchmarks).  These counts are derived principally from unemployment
insurance tax records for March 1993.  Based on the new benchmark, the
 
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seasonally adjusted March 1993 level for total nonfarm employment was
raised by 239,000.  Table B presents revised total nonfarm employment data
on a seasonally adjusted basis for the period January 1993 through February
1994.  These revised data incorporate the effect of applying the rate of
change measured by the sample to the new benchmark level, updated bias
adjustments, and new seasonal adjustment factors.  This process resulted in
an average upward adjustment of about 25,000 a month across the period
since April 1992.  By February 1994, the previously published total nonfarm
employment level was revised upward by 562,000.
 
     In addition, further industry employment detail now is being published
in table B-1 of this release covering all 2-digit SIC level industries
within the private sector and the education and non-education components of
state and local governments.  All seasonally adjusted major division and
higher level series, including total nonfarm employment, have been
reaggregated back to 1939, resulting in minor revisions to previously
published data.
 
     The June 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain an article
that discusses the effects of benchmark and post-benchmark revisions, as
well as the reaggregation of seasonally adjusted employment data.  This
issue will also present revised seasonal adjustment factors to be used
during May-October 1994 and revised estimates for all regularly published
tables containing national establishment survey data on employment, hours,
and earnings.  A complete history of all data for detailed industry
categories of employment, hours, and earnings from their respective dates
of inception will be issued in a forthcoming BLS bulletin.  The full
history for all establishment data series is available on magnetic tape
(call 202-606-5957).  These data are now also available from LABSTAT, the
Bureau's public database, on the INTERNET.  INTERNET users should use
Anonymous FTP to access BLS data: stats.bls.gov.  The revised payroll
employment data are in /pub/special.requests/ee directory.  A service with
more limited access is available by calling 202-606-7060.
 
     For further information on the revisions released today, call
202-606-6555.
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Table B. Revisions in total nonfarm employment,
seasonally adjusted, January 1993-February 1994
 
(In thousands)
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             |            |            |
             |     As     |            |
Year and date| previously |     As     |Difference
             | published  |   revised  |
_____________|____________|____________|__________
             |            |            |
1993:        |            |            |
  January....|  109,235   |   109,490  |    255
  February...|  109,539   |   109,856  |    317
  March......|  109,565   |   109,804  |    239
  April......|  109,820   |   110,096  |    276
  May........|  110,058   |   110,285  |    227
  June.......|  110,101   |   110,372  |    271
  July.......|  110,338   |   110,628  |    290
  August.....|  110,305   |   110,714  |    409
  September..|  110,502   |   110,923  |    421
  October....|  110,664   |   111,112  |    448
  November...|  110,880   |   111,366  |    486
  December...|  111,110   |   111,610  |    500
             |            |            |
1994:        |            |            |
  January....|  111,079   |   111,711  |    632
  February...|  111,357   |   111,919  |    562
_____________|____________|____________|__________
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 193,283| 196,363| 196,510| 193,283| 195,953| 196,090| 196,213| 196,363| 196,510
  Civilian labor force............................| 127,807| 129,682| 130,602| 128,075| 130,667| 130,776| 130,580| 130,747| 130,774
        Participation rate........................|    66.1|    66.0|    66.5|    66.3|    66.7|    66.7|    66.6|    66.6|    66.5
    Employed......................................| 119,201| 121,604| 122,946| 119,180| 121,971| 122,258| 122,037| 122,338| 122,872
        Employment-population ratio...............|    61.7|    61.9|    62.6|    61.7|    62.2|    62.3|    62.2|    62.3|    62.5
      Agriculture.................................|   3,235|   3,347|   3,611|   3,074|   3,331|   3,391|   3,426|   3,459|   3,435
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 115,966| 118,257| 119,335| 116,106| 118,639| 118,867| 118,611| 118,880| 119,437
    Unemployed....................................|   8,606|   8,078|   7,656|   8,895|   8,696|   8,518|   8,543|   8,408|   7,902
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.7|     6.2|     5.9|     6.9|     6.7|     6.5|     6.5|     6.4|     6.0
  Not in labor force..............................|  65,476|  66,681|  65,908|  65,208|  65,286|  65,314|  65,633|  65,616|  65,736
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  92,479|  94,119|  94,196|  92,479|  93,909|  93,982|  94,042|  94,119|  94,196
  Civilian labor force............................|  69,572|  70,026|  70,498|  69,703|  70,744|  70,644|  70,529|  70,621|  70,584
        Participation rate........................|    75.2|    74.4|    74.8|    75.4|    75.3|    75.2|    75.0|    75.0|    74.9
    Employed......................................|  64,714|  65,492|  66,340|  64,687|  65,963|  65,921|  65,940|  66,036|  66,301
        Employment-population ratio...............|    70.0|    69.6|    70.4|    69.9|    70.2|    70.1|    70.1|    70.2|    70.4
    Unemployed....................................|   4,858|   4,535|   4,158|   5,016|   4,781|   4,723|   4,589|   4,585|   4,283
        Unemployment rate.........................|     7.0|     6.5|     5.9|     7.2|     6.8|     6.7|     6.5|     6.5|     6.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  85,816|  86,946|  87,000|  85,816|  86,778|  86,820|  86,901|  86,946|  87,000
  Civilian labor force............................|  66,133|  66,458|  66,742|  66,134|  66,806|  66,764|  66,723|  66,701|  66,692
        Participation rate........................|    77.1|    76.4|    76.7|    77.1|    77.0|    76.9|    76.8|    76.7|    76.7
    Employed......................................|  62,008|  62,678|  63,368|  61,849|  62,842|  62,778|  62,857|  62,958|  63,192
        Employment-population ratio...............|    72.3|    72.1|    72.8|    72.1|    72.4|    72.3|    72.3|    72.4|    72.6
      Agriculture.................................|   2,353|   2,338|   2,527|   2,246|   2,352|   2,339|   2,358|   2,376|   2,412
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  59,655|  60,339|  60,841|  59,603|  60,490|  60,439|  60,499|  60,582|  60,780
    Unemployed....................................|   4,125|   3,780|   3,374|   4,285|   3,964|   3,986|   3,866|   3,743|   3,500
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.2|     5.7|     5.1|     6.5|     5.9|     6.0|     5.8|     5.6|     5.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 100,805| 102,244| 102,314| 100,805| 102,044| 102,107| 102,171| 102,244| 102,314
  Civilian labor force............................|  58,235|  59,656|  60,104|  58,372|  59,923|  60,132|  60,051|  60,125|  60,190
        Participation rate........................|    57.8|    58.3|    58.7|    57.9|    58.7|    58.9|    58.8|    58.8|    58.8
    Employed......................................|  54,487|  56,112|  56,606|  54,493|  56,007|  56,336|  56,097|  56,302|  56,571
        Employment-population ratio...............|    54.1|    54.9|    55.3|    54.1|    54.9|    55.2|    54.9|    55.1|    55.3
    Unemployed....................................|   3,748|   3,543|   3,498|   3,879|   3,916|   3,795|   3,954|   3,823|   3,619
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.4|     5.9|     5.8|     6.6|     6.5|     6.3|     6.6|     6.4|     6.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,264|  95,282|  95,329|  94,264|  95,109|  95,159|  95,225|  95,282|  95,329
  Civilian labor force............................|  54,991|  56,219|  56,569|  55,016|  56,368|  56,611|  56,487|  56,410|  56,548
        Participation rate........................|    58.3|    59.0|    59.3|    58.4|    59.3|    59.5|    59.3|    59.2|    59.3
    Employed......................................|  51,894|  53,281|  53,676|  51,777|  53,014|  53,403|  53,121|  53,265|  53,521
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.1|    55.9|    56.3|    54.9|    55.7|    56.1|    55.8|    55.9|    56.1
      Agriculture.................................|     636|     801|     836|     597|     744|     766|     773|     837|     787
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  51,258|  52,480|  52,839|  51,180|  52,270|  52,638|  52,348|  52,428|  52,734
    Unemployed....................................|   3,097|   2,938|   2,894|   3,239|   3,354|   3,208|   3,366|   3,145|   3,027
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.6|     5.2|     5.1|     5.9|     6.0|     5.7|     6.0|     5.6|     5.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  13,203|  14,135|  14,181|  13,203|  14,066|  14,111|  14,087|  14,135|  14,181
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,683|   7,005|   7,290|   6,925|   7,493|   7,401|   7,370|   7,636|   7,534
        Participation rate........................|    50.6|    49.6|    51.4|    52.5|    53.3|    52.4|    52.3|    54.0|    53.1
    Employed......................................|   5,299|   5,645|   5,902|   5,554|   6,115|   6,076|   6,059|   6,116|   6,159
        Employment-population ratio...............|    40.1|    39.9|    41.6|    42.1|    43.5|    43.1|    43.0|    43.3|    43.4
      Agriculture.................................|     247|     208|     247|     231|     236|     287|     295|     245|     236
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,052|   5,437|   5,655|   5,323|   5,879|   5,790|   5,764|   5,870|   5,923
    Unemployed....................................|   1,384|   1,360|   1,388|   1,371|   1,378|   1,325|   1,311|   1,520|   1,375
        Unemployment rate.........................|    20.7|    19.4|    19.0|    19.8|    18.4|    17.9|    17.8|    19.9|    18.3
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 163,748| 165,259| 165,351| 163,748| 165,014| 165,096| 165,168| 165,259| 165,351
  Civilian labor force............................| 109,157| 109,984| 110,769| 109,234| 110,802| 110,934| 110,633| 110,673| 110,797
      Participation rate..........................|    66.7|    66.6|    67.0|    66.7|    67.1|    67.2|    67.0|    67.0|    67.0
    Employed......................................| 102,750| 103,980| 105,183| 102,612| 104,355| 104,669| 104,314| 104,450| 105,038
      Employment-population ratio.................|    62.7|    62.9|    63.6|    62.7|    63.2|    63.4|    63.2|    63.2|    63.5
    Unemployed....................................|   6,407|   6,004|   5,587|   6,622|   6,447|   6,264|   6,319|   6,222|   5,760
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.9|     5.5|     5.0|     6.1|     5.8|     5.6|     5.7|     5.6|     5.2
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,159|  57,035|  57,209|  57,082|  57,457|  57,333|  57,258|  57,175|  57,113
      Participation rate..........................|    77.6|    76.9|    77.1|    77.5|    77.6|    77.4|    77.2|    77.1|    77.0
    Employed......................................|  54,049|  54,134|  54,683|  53,818|  54,438|  54,344|  54,283|  54,297|  54,466
      Employment-population ratio.................|    73.4|    73.0|    73.7|    73.1|    73.5|    73.3|    73.2|    73.2|    73.4
    Unemployed....................................|   3,110|   2,901|   2,525|   3,264|   3,019|   2,989|   2,975|   2,878|   2,647
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.4|     5.1|     4.4|     5.7|     5.3|     5.2|     5.2|     5.0|     4.6
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  46,312|  46,892|  47,273|  46,291|  47,025|  47,281|  47,085|  46,951|  47,222
      Participation rate..........................|    58.2|    58.7|    59.2|    58.2|    59.0|    59.3|    59.0|    58.8|    59.1
    Employed......................................|  44,031|  44,845|  45,245|  43,916|  44,631|  45,002|  44,724|  44,755|  45,110
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.3|    56.2|    56.6|    55.2|    56.0|    56.4|    56.0|    56.0|    56.5
    Unemployed....................................|   2,280|   2,047|   2,028|   2,375|   2,393|   2,279|   2,360|   2,196|   2,113
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.9|     4.4|     4.3|     5.1|     5.1|     4.8|     5.0|     4.7|     4.5
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   5,686|   6,057|   6,288|   5,861|   6,321|   6,319|   6,290|   6,546|   6,463
      Participation rate..........................|    53.9|    53.9|    55.9|    55.5|    56.5|    56.4|    56.1|    58.3|    57.5
    Employed......................................|   4,669|   5,001|   5,254|   4,878|   5,286|   5,323|   5,306|   5,398|   5,462
      Employment-population ratio.................|    44.2|    44.5|    46.7|    46.2|    47.3|    47.5|    47.3|    48.0|    48.6
    Unemployed....................................|   1,017|   1,056|   1,033|     983|   1,034|     996|     984|   1,148|   1,000
      Unemployment rate...........................|    17.9|    17.4|    16.4|    16.8|    16.4|    15.8|    15.6|    17.5|    15.5
        Men.......................................|    17.9|    18.9|    17.9|    17.2|    18.5|    16.7|    16.7|    19.0|    17.3
        Women.....................................|    17.9|    15.9|    14.9|    16.3|    14.0|    14.7|    14.6|    16.0|    13.5
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                      BLACK
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,280|  22,799|  22,824|  22,280|  22,723|  22,751|  22,774|  22,799|  22,824
  Civilian labor force............................|  13,874|  14,335|  14,420|  13,944|  14,368|  14,487|  14,573|  14,523|  14,497
      Participation rate..........................|    62.3|    62.9|    63.2|    62.6|    63.2|    63.7|    64.0|    63.7|    63.5
    Employed......................................|  12,067|  12,675|  12,743|  12,140|  12,482|  12,624|  12,749|  12,813|  12,825
      Employment-population ratio.................|    54.2|    55.6|    55.8|    54.5|    54.9|    55.5|    56.0|    56.2|    56.2
    Unemployed....................................|   1,807|   1,661|   1,677|   1,804|   1,887|   1,863|   1,824|   1,710|   1,672
      Unemployment rate...........................|    13.0|    11.6|    11.6|    12.9|    13.1|    12.9|    12.5|    11.8|    11.5
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,491|   6,617|   6,715|   6,486|   6,563|   6,697|   6,633|   6,622|   6,715
      Participation rate..........................|    72.0|    72.4|    73.4|    72.0|    72.1|    73.4|    72.7|    72.5|    73.4
    Employed......................................|   5,688|   5,920|   6,036|   5,695|   5,753|   5,884|   5,953|   5,962|   6,048
      Employment-population ratio.................|    63.1|    64.8|    66.0|    63.2|    63.2|    64.5|    65.2|    65.2|    66.1
    Unemployed....................................|     803|     697|     679|     791|     810|     813|     679|     660|     666
      Unemployment rate...........................|    12.4|    10.5|    10.1|    12.2|    12.3|    12.1|    10.2|    10.0|     9.9
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,605|   6,985|   6,951|   6,641|   6,917|   6,993|   7,117|   7,065|   6,990
      Participation rate..........................|    59.1|    60.9|    60.6|    59.4|    60.5|    61.1|    62.2|    61.6|    60.9
    Employed......................................|   5,922|   6,279|   6,269|   5,951|   6,121|   6,224|   6,253|   6,317|   6,300
      Employment-population ratio.................|    53.0|    54.8|    54.6|    53.2|    53.6|    54.4|    54.6|    55.1|    54.9
    Unemployed....................................|     683|     705|     682|     690|     796|     769|     865|     747|     690
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.3|    10.1|     9.8|    10.4|    11.5|    11.0|    12.1|    10.6|     9.9
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|     778|     733|     754|     817|     889|     796|     823|     837|     792
      Participation rate..........................|    37.2|    33.3|    34.2|    39.1|    40.5|    36.3|    37.5|    38.1|    36.0
    Employed......................................|     457|     475|     438|     494|     607|     515|     543|     534|     476
      Employment-population ratio.................|    21.9|    21.6|    19.9|    23.6|    27.7|    23.5|    24.7|    24.3|    21.6
    Unemployed....................................|     321|     258|     316|     323|     281|     281|     280|     303|     316
      Unemployment rate...........................|    41.3|    35.2|    41.9|    39.5|    31.7|    35.3|    34.0|    36.2|    39.9
        Men.......................................|    42.7|    41.9|    45.7|    40.2|    38.1|    40.1|    37.5|    40.8|    42.8
        Women.....................................|    39.5|    28.3|    37.3|    38.7|    25.5|    30.5|    30.2|    31.3|    36.5
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  15,681|  17,993|  18,041|  15,681|  17,849|  17,896|  17,942|  17,993|  18,041
  Civilian labor force............................|  10,259|  11,828|  11,937|  10,247|  11,746|  11,835|  11,871|  11,880|  11,929
      Participation rate..........................|    65.4|    65.7|    66.2|    65.3|    65.8|    66.1|    66.2|    66.0|    66.1
    Employed......................................|   9,285|  10,584|  10,866|   9,226|  10,495|  10,650|  10,680|  10,595|  10,801
      Employment-population ratio.................|    59.2|    58.8|    60.2|    58.8|    58.8|    59.5|    59.5|    58.9|    59.9
    Unemployed....................................|     974|   1,244|   1,071|   1,021|   1,251|   1,185|   1,190|   1,285|   1,127
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.5|    10.5|     9.0|    10.0|    10.6|    10.0|    10.0|    10.8|     9.5
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                  CHARACTERISTIC
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total employed, 16 years and over.................|119,201 |121,604 |122,946 |119,180 |121,971 |122,258 |122,037 |122,338 |122,872
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,229 | 41,339 | 41,574 | 41,057 | 41,483 | 41,328 | 41,331 | 41,380 | 41,367
  Married women, spouse present...................| 30,644 | 31,596 | 31,574 | 30,393 | 31,579 | 31,709 | 31,310 | 31,345 | 31,324
  Women who maintain families.....................|  6,806 |  7,104 |  7,101 |  6,804 |  6,796 |  7,133 |  7,369 |  7,191 |  7,094
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 32,056 | 33,692 | 34,105 | 32,056 | 33,008 | 33,122 | 33,152 | 33,415 | 34,103
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 36,932 | 36,906 | 36,807 | 36,764 | 37,411 | 37,191 | 37,060 | 36,796 | 36,624
  Service occupations.............................| 16,499 | 16,987 | 16,890 | 16,571 | 16,796 | 17,087 | 17,111 | 17,107 | 16,958
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,231 | 13,020 | 13,516 | 13,301 | 13,494 | 13,644 | 13,551 | 13,232 | 13,584
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 16,930 | 17,517 | 17,802 | 17,076 | 17,685 | 17,645 | 17,581 | 17,888 | 17,947
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,554 |  3,482 |  3,826 |  3,348 |  3,598 |  3,693 |  3,651 |  3,677 |  3,609
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,680 |  1,656 |  1,835 |  1,604 |  1,641 |  1,677 |  1,719 |  1,693 |  1,757
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,430 |  1,652 |  1,731 |  1,365 |  1,590 |  1,633 |  1,661 |  1,710 |  1,654
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    125 |     39 |     45 |    111 |     78 |     55 |     41 |     43 |     40
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|106,542 |109,181 |110,033 |106,751 |109,526 |109,547 |109,365 |109,749 |110,243
      Government..................................| 18,697 | 18,448 | 18,602 | 18,577 | 18,163 | 18,152 | 18,481 | 18,393 | 18,473
      Private industries..........................| 87,844 | 90,732 | 91,431 | 88,174 | 91,364 | 91,395 | 90,883 | 91,356 | 91,770
        Private households........................|  1,043 |    966 |    949 |  1,095 |    928 |  1,074 |  1,035 |  1,043 |    997
        Other industries..........................| 86,801 | 89,766 | 90,482 | 87,079 | 90,436 | 90,321 | 89,849 | 90,313 | 90,773
    Self-employed workers.........................|  9,218 |  8,937 |  9,174 |  9,180 |  8,990 |  9,312 |  9,146 |  8,982 |  9,138
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    207 |    139 |    127 |    197 |    142 |    143 |    117 |    131 |    121
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  6,165 |  4,538 |  4,649 |  6,490 |  5,167 |  4,643 |  4,992 |  4,757 |  4,878
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,959 |  2,276 |  2,393 |  3,185 |  2,561 |  2,301 |  2,538 |  2,363 |  2,571
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,849 |  1,983 |  1,937 |  2,986 |  2,171 |  2,028 |  2,138 |  2,101 |  2,026
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,620 | 18,318 | 17,953 | 15,083 | 17,744 | 17,674 | 17,519 | 17,072 | 17,346
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  5,923 |  4,397 |  4,473 |  6,219 |  4,842 |  4,384 |  4,762 |  4,613 |  4,688
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,837 |  2,192 |  2,310 |  3,012 |  2,439 |  2,169 |  2,411 |  2,241 |  2,449
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,735 |  1,966 |  1,889 |  2,888 |  2,075 |  1,944 |  2,089 |  2,078 |  1,993
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,138 | 17,682 | 17,273 | 14,657 | 17,056 | 17,081 | 16,893 | 16,463 | 16,721
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
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                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  8,895 |  8,408 |   7,902|   6.9  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.5  |   6.4  |   6.0
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  4,285 |  3,743 |   3,500|   6.5  |   5.9  |   6.0  |   5.8  |   5.6  |   5.2
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  3,239 |  3,145 |   3,027|   5.9  |   6.0  |   5.7  |   6.0  |   5.6  |   5.4
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,371 |  1,520 |   1,375|  19.8  |  18.4  |  17.9  |  17.8  |  19.9  |  18.3
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,951 |  1,701 |   1,584|   4.5  |   4.1  |   4.3  |   4.1  |   3.9  |   3.7
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,440 |  1,325 |   1,302|   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.4  |   4.1  |   4.0
   Women who maintain families....................|    737 |    721 |     693|   9.8  |   9.4  |   9.7  |   9.6  |   9.1  |   8.9
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   Full-time workers..............................|  7,275 |  6,833 |   6,319|   6.9  |   6.8  |   6.6  |   6.6  |   6.4  |   6.0
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,544 |  1,589 |   1,520|   6.9  |   6.2  |   5.9  |   6.3  |   6.5  |   6.2
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                             3/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    998 |    894 |     816|   3.0  |   2.9  |   2.9  |   2.7  |   2.6  |   2.3
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  2,074 |  2,028 |   2,029|   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.7  |   5.2  |   5.2
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|  1,164 |    920 |     944|   8.0  |   7.0  |   6.8  |   7.2  |   6.5  |   6.5
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,897 |  1,954 |   1,731|  10.0  |  10.0  |   9.5  |   8.8  |   9.8  |   8.8
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    278 |    328 |     284|   7.7  |   8.4  |   8.8  |  10.3  |   8.2  |   7.3
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  6,835 |  6,471 |   6,084|   7.2  |   7.0  |   6.8  |   6.8  |   6.6  |   6.2
     Goods-producing industries...................|  2,453 |  2,007 |   1,890|   9.0  |   7.8  |   7.6  |   7.7  |   7.3  |   6.9
       Mining.....................................|     73 |     47 |      55|  10.7  |   5.1  |   4.0  |   5.5  |   6.8  |   7.6
       Construction...............................|    904 |    746 |     697|  15.2  |  13.9  |  13.3  |  13.5  |  12.6  |  11.6
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,476 |  1,215 |   1,138|   7.2  |   6.1  |   6.1  |   6.1  |   5.8  |   5.5
         Durable goods............................|    838 |    668 |     630|   7.1  |   5.3  |   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.2
         Nondurable goods.........................|    638 |    547 |     507|   7.3  |   7.3  |   7.1  |   6.8  |   6.3  |   5.8
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,382 |  4,464 |   4,195|   6.5  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.4  |   6.3  |   6.0
       Transportation and public utilities........|    370 |    393 |     326|   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.2  |   4.7  |   5.6  |   4.6
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  2,004 |  1,948 |   1,832|   8.1  |   8.1  |   8.0  |   7.9  |   7.7  |   7.3
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    288 |    257 |     262|   4.0  |   3.7  |   3.6  |   2.9  |   3.4  |   3.5
       Services...................................|  1,720 |  1,865 |   1,775|   5.9  |   6.6  |   6.3  |   6.5  |   6.1  |   5.8
   Government workers.............................|    603 |    670 |     637|   3.1  |   3.8  |   3.2  |   3.9  |   3.5  |   3.3
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    194 |    202 |     159|  10.8  |  13.6  |  14.3  |  13.8  |  10.7  |   8.3
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   3/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal components are small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular
components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |                          |
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  3,269 |  2,539 |  2,660 |  3,242 |  3,349 |  2,574 |  2,758 |  2,863 |  2,631
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,132 |  2,193 |  2,049 |  2,526 |  2,336 |  2,727 |  2,549 |  2,434 |  2,437
 15 weeks and over................................|  3,205 |  3,346 |  2,947 |  3,046 |  3,027 |  3,103 |  3,110 |  2,951 |  2,801
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,422 |  1,452 |  1,228 |  1,270 |  1,314 |  1,359 |  1,264 |  1,168 |  1,093
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,783 |  1,894 |  1,718 |  1,776 |  1,713 |  1,744 |  1,847 |  1,782 |  1,708
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   18.3 |   20.5 |   20.1 |   17.8 |   18.3 |   18.7 |   19.2 |   19.1 |   19.6
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    8.3 |   11.1 |    9.2 |    8.3 |    8.5 |    9.0 |    9.1 |    9.2 |    9.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total unemployed.................................|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0
   Less than 5 weeks..............................|   38.0 |   31.4 |   34.7 |   36.8 |   38.4 |   30.6 |   32.8 |   34.7 |   33.4
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   24.8 |   27.1 |   26.8 |   28.7 |   26.8 |   32.5 |   30.3 |   29.5 |   31.0
   15 weeks and over..............................|   37.2 |   41.4 |   38.5 |   34.6 |   34.7 |   36.9 |   37.0 |   35.8 |   35.6
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   16.5 |   18.0 |   16.0 |   14.4 |   15.1 |   16.2 |   15.0 |   14.2 |   13.9
     27 weeks and over............................|   20.7 |   23.5 |   22.4 |   20.1 |   19.7 |   20.8 |   21.9 |   21.6 |   21.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |                       |
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |  May  | Apr.  |  May  |  May  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May
                                                           | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  4,465|  3,832|  3,319|  4,752|  4,442|  4,185|  4,037|  3,790|  3,531
  On temporary layoff......................................|    971|    904|    664|  1,144|  1,196|  1,109|    983|    947|    785
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  3,494|  2,928|  2,655|  3,608|  3,246|  3,075|  3,054|  2,843|  2,746
    Permanent job losers...................................|  (2)  |  2,279|  2,028|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|  (2)  |    649|    626|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
Job leavers................................................|    881|    790|    732|    960|    762|    888|    873|    825|    796
Reentrants.................................................|  2,322|  2,847|  2,949|  2,237|  2,831|  2,898|  3,054|  3,235|  2,838
New entrants...............................................|    937|    609|    656|    890|    651|    641|    643|    689|    609
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Total unemployed...........................................|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|   51.9|   47.4|   43.4|   53.8|   51.1|   48.6|   46.9|   44.4|   45.4
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   11.3|   11.2|    8.7|   12.9|   13.8|   12.9|   11.4|   11.1|   10.1
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   40.6|   36.2|   34.7|   40.8|   37.4|   35.7|   35.5|   33.3|   35.3
 Job leavers...............................................|   10.2|    9.8|    9.6|   10.9|    8.8|   10.3|   10.1|    9.7|   10.2
 Reentrants................................................|   27.0|   35.2|   38.5|   25.3|   32.6|   33.7|   35.5|   37.9|   36.5
 New entrants..............................................|   10.9|    7.5|    8.6|   10.1|    7.5|    7.4|    7.5|    8.1|    7.8
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    3.5|    3.0|    2.5|    3.7|    3.4|    3.2|    3.1|    2.9|    2.7
 Job leavers...............................................|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .7|     .6|     .7|     .7|     .6|     .6
 Reentrants................................................|    1.8|    2.2|    2.3|    1.7|    2.2|    2.2|    2.3|    2.5|    2.2
 New entrants..............................................|     .7|     .5|     .5|     .7|     .5|     .5|     .5|     .5|     .5
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   2/  Not available.
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  8,895 |  8,408 |  7,902 |   6.9  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.5  |   6.4  |   6.0
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,899 |  2,921 |  2,709 |  14.0  |  13.6  |  12.7  |  13.2  |  13.4  |  12.5
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,371 |  1,520 |  1,375 |  19.8  |  18.4  |  17.9  |  17.8  |  19.9  |  18.3
      16 to 17 years..............................|    591 |    765 |    648 |  21.2  |  21.2  |  21.8  |  19.9  |  24.1  |  20.5
      18 to 19 years..............................|    791 |    764 |    738 |  19.0  |  16.1  |  15.3  |  16.5  |  17.1  |  16.8
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,528 |  1,400 |  1,333 |  11.1  |  11.0  |  10.0  |  10.9  |   9.9  |   9.4
  25 years and over...............................|  5,977 |  5,469 |  5,182 |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.2  |   5.0  |   4.7
    25 to 54 years................................|  5,311 |  4,793 |  4,517 |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.1  |   4.8
    55 years and over.............................|    652 |    644 |    641 |   4.2  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.2  |   4.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  5,016 |  4,585 |  4,283 |   7.2  |   6.8  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.5  |   6.1
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,608 |  1,627 |  1,538 |  14.9  |  14.7  |  13.3  |  13.8  |  14.2  |  13.4
      16 to 19 years..............................|    731 |    843 |    783 |  20.5  |  20.7  |  19.0  |  19.0  |  21.5  |  20.1
        16 to 17 years............................|    331 |    421 |    377 |  22.9  |  23.9  |  21.9  |  22.2  |  25.3  |  23.0
        18 to 19 years............................|    411 |    427 |    418 |  19.3  |  18.1  |  17.1  |  17.1  |  18.8  |  18.5
      20 to 24 years..............................|    877 |    784 |    754 |  12.1  |  11.5  |  10.5  |  11.1  |  10.4  |   9.9
    25 years and over.............................|  3,390 |  2,954 |  2,729 |   5.8  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.1  |   5.0  |   4.6
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,972 |  2,557 |  2,350 |   5.9  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.2  |   5.0  |   4.7
      55 years and over...........................|    410 |    373 |    368 |   4.7  |   4.7  |   4.7  |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,879 |  3,823 |  3,619 |   6.6  |   6.5  |   6.3  |   6.6  |   6.4  |   6.0
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,291 |  1,294 |  1,171 |  13.1  |  12.3  |  12.0  |  12.6  |  12.6  |  11.4
      16 to 19 years..............................|    640 |    678 |    592 |  19.1  |  15.8  |  16.7  |  16.5  |  18.2  |  16.3
        16 to 17 years............................|    260 |    344 |    271 |  19.4  |  18.2  |  21.7  |  17.4  |  22.8  |  17.8
        18 to 19 years............................|    380 |    337 |    320 |  18.7  |  13.8  |  13.2  |  15.8  |  15.3  |  15.0
      20 to 24 years..............................|    651 |    617 |    579 |  10.0  |  10.4  |   9.5  |  10.6  |   9.4  |   8.8
    25 years and over.............................|  2,587 |  2,515 |  2,453 |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.1  |   5.4  |   5.1  |   4.9
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,339 |  2,236 |  2,167 |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.5  |   5.2  |   5.1
      55 years and over...........................|    242 |    272 |    274 |   3.6  |   4.5  |   3.8  |   4.6  |   3.9  |   3.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                                                      |
                                                                                      |                  May 1994
                                       Category                                       |
                                                                                       ____________________________________________
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |    Total     |     Men      |    Women
                                                                                      |              |              |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total not in the labor force..........................................................|    65,908    |    23,697    |    42,210
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................................|     7,297    |     2,982    |     4,315
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................................|     1,659    |       736    |       923
   Reason not currently looking:                                                      |              |              |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................................|       436    |       242    |       195
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................................|     1,222    |       494    |       728
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................................|     7,316    |     3,973    |     3,343
    Percent of total employed.........................................................|       6.0    |       6.0    |       5.9
                                                                                      |              |              |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................................|     4,117    |     2,512    |     1,605
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................................|     1,744    |       579    |     1,165
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................................|       223    |       174    |        49
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................................|     1,187    |       694    |       493
                                                                                      |              |              |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                          |                             |
                                          |                        1/   |                                     2/
                                            Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted
                                          |                             |
                                           _____________________________ __________________________________________________________
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       State and employment status
                                          |  May.   |  Apr.   |  May.   |  May.   |  Jan.   |  Feb.   |  Mar.   |  Apr.   |  May.
                                          |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1994   |  1994   |  1994
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,262    23,410    23,421    23,262    23,380    23,390    23,398    23,410    23,421
  Civilian labor force....................   15,237    15,402    15,446    15,299    15,626    15,597    15,547    15,559    15,513
    Employed..............................   13,905    13,998    14,195    13,936    14,041    14,190    14,205    14,066    14,225
    Unemployed............................    1,332     1,404     1,251     1,363     1,585     1,407     1,342     1,493     1,288
    Unemployment rate.....................      8.7       9.1       8.1       8.9      10.1       9.0       8.6       9.6       8.3
 
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,668    10,798    10,809    10,668    10,767    10,778    10,787    10,798    10,809
  Civilian labor force....................    6,694     6,690     6,814     6,666     6,798     6,692     6,762     6,759     6,779
    Employed..............................    6,232     6,233     6,355     6,195     6,286     6,309     6,266     6,257     6,313
    Unemployed............................      462       456       459       471       512       383       496       502       466
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.9       6.8       6.7       7.1       7.5       5.7       7.3       7.4       6.9
 
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,821     8,870     8,874     8,821     8,861     8,864     8,866     8,870     8,874
  Civilian labor force....................    6,009     5,997     6,052     6,022     5,999     6,017     6,030     6,076     6,059
    Employed..............................    5,532     5,661     5,707     5,537     5,600     5,634     5,667     5,740     5,709
    Unemployed............................      477       336       346       485       399       383       362       336       349
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.9       5.6       5.7       8.1       6.6       6.4       6.0       5.5       5.8
 
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,662     4,664     4,664     4,662     4,666     4,665     4,664     4,664     4,664
  Civilian labor force....................    3,148     3,097     3,149     3,152     3,172     3,130     3,142     3,127     3,155
    Employed..............................    2,942     2,916     2,977     2,935     2,944     2,930     2,957     2,937     2,972
    Unemployed............................      206       181       172       217       228       200       185       190       183
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.6       5.8       5.4       6.9       7.2       6.4       5.9       6.1       5.8
 
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,126     7,159     7,161     7,126     7,153     7,155     7,156     7,159     7,161
  Civilian labor force....................    4,689     4,734     4,745     4,715     4,803     4,796     4,753     4,818     4,769
    Employed..............................    4,379     4,463     4,496     4,384     4,441     4,416     4,445     4,541     4,499
    Unemployed............................      310       271       249       331       363       380       308       276       270
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.6       5.7       5.2       7.0       7.5       7.9       6.5       5.7       5.7
 
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,102     6,128     6,130     6,102     6,123     6,125     6,126     6,128     6,130
  Civilian labor force....................    4,016     3,942     3,917     4,030     4,066     4,030     4,023     3,967     3,928
    Employed..............................    3,712     3,667     3,639     3,731     3,788     3,735     3,704     3,681     3,656
    Unemployed............................      303       276       278       299       278       295       319       286       272
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.6       7.0       7.1       7.4       6.8       7.3       7.9       7.2       6.9
 
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   14,027    14,056    14,057    14,027    14,054    14,054    14,054    14,056    14,057
  Civilian labor force....................    8,678     8,593     8,529     8,677     8,622     8,578     8,686     8,652     8,525
    Employed..............................    8,022     7,938     7,980     8,019     8,008     7,906     7,987     7,947     7,970
    Unemployed............................      656       655       549       658       614       672       699       705       554
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.6       7.6       6.4       7.6       7.1       7.8       8.1       8.2       6.5
 
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,279     5,352     5,358     5,279     5,334     5,340     5,346     5,352     5,358
  Civilian labor force....................    3,560     3,545     3,574     3,573     3,559     3,587     3,572     3,587     3,589
    Employed..............................    3,380     3,410     3,431     3,391     3,418     3,402     3,417     3,449     3,443
    Unemployed............................      181       135       143       182       141       185       156       139       145
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.1       3.8       4.0       5.1       4.0       5.2       4.4       3.9       4.0
 
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,391     8,425     8,427     8,391     8,419     8,421     8,422     8,425     8,427
  Civilian labor force....................    5,452     5,496     5,594     5,455     5,513     5,609     5,595     5,548     5,598
    Employed..............................    5,123     5,152     5,247     5,111     5,178     5,315     5,266     5,197     5,235
    Unemployed............................      329       344       347       344       335       294       329       351       364
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.0       6.3       6.2       6.3       6.1       5.2       5.9       6.3       6.5
 
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,279     9,300     9,301     9,279     9,298     9,299     9,299     9,300     9,301
  Civilian labor force....................    5,872     5,797     5,897     5,893     5,800     5,740     5,914     5,881     5,918
    Employed..............................    5,445     5,411     5,520     5,475     5,451     5,448     5,511     5,490     5,553
    Unemployed............................      428       386       377       418       349       292       402       391       365
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.3       6.7       6.4       7.1       6.0       5.1       6.8       6.6       6.2
 
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,267    13,499    13,519    13,267    13,442    13,461    13,479    13,499    13,519
  Civilian labor force....................    9,021     9,339     9,332     9,058     9,315     9,307     9,317     9,354     9,372
    Employed..............................    8,444     8,756     8,742     8,449     8,760     8,661     8,623     8,761     8,745
    Unemployed............................      576       583       590       609       555       646       694       593       627
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.4       6.2       6.3       6.7       6.0       6.9       7.4       6.3       6.7
 
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
   1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
   2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns.
   3/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 |  May  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  |  May  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|110,804|111,394|112,449|113,403|110,285|111,711|111,919|112,298|112,656|112,847
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 91,633| 92,062| 93,115| 94,047| 91,497| 92,810| 93,003| 93,357| 93,684| 93,878
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries....................| 23,291| 22,870| 23,209| 23,516| 23,281| 23,328| 23,327| 23,395| 23,491| 23,499
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    614|    596|    600|    603|    616|    616|    612|    609|    606|    604
       Metal mining..............................|   50.5|   49.3|   49.8|   50.0|     51|     50|     50|     50|     50|     50
       Coal mining...............................|  116.6|  114.1|  114.1|  113.7|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  343.4|  337.5|  336.0|  335.2|    347|    349|    346|    344|    341|    339
       Nonmetalic minerals,except fuels..........|  103.5|   95.3|  100.1|  103.7|    101|    102|    101|    100|    100|    101
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  4,686|  4,413|  4,717|  4,958|  4,636|  4,744|  4,745|  4,806|  4,893|  4,905
       General building contractors..............|1,107.9|1,077.1|1,119.1|1,154.3|  1,112|  1,139|  1,134|  1,152|  1,165|  1,158
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  736.0|  618.6|  697.6|  758.4|    705|    713|    709|    710|    725|    726
       Special trade contractors.................|2,841.6|2,717.6|2,900.6|3,045.4|  2,819|  2,892|  2,902|  2,944|  3,003|  3,021
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 17,991| 17,861| 17,892| 17,955| 18,029| 17,968| 17,970| 17,980| 17,992| 17,990
         Production workers......................| 12,271| 12,265| 12,302| 12,358| 12,300| 12,320| 12,341| 12,358| 12,381| 12,379
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,182| 10,149| 10,179| 10,215| 10,176| 10,182| 10,182| 10,190| 10,206| 10,207
         Production workers......................|  6,819|  6,864|  6,899|  6,935|  6,808|  6,869|  6,881|  6,892|  6,916|  6,920
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Lumber and wood products..................|  695.2|  708.1|  713.7|  723.5|    697|    723|    723|    723|    725|    725
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  484.9|  490.9|  490.7|  493.1|    486|    492|    492|    493|    493|    495
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  519.4|  509.7|  523.5|  531.2|    516|    521|    521|    523|    527|    527
       Primary metal industries..................|  680.2|  677.6|  676.3|  677.7|    681|    679|    680|    680|    678|    678
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  239.2|  233.6|  229.7|  229.5|    240|    238|    236|    235|    231|    230
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,329.9|1,342.7|1,346.9|1,353.5|  1,332|  1,345|  1,345|  1,348|  1,352|  1,355
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,924.9|1,932.8|1,938.9|1,945.0|  1,920|  1,922|  1,925|  1,927|  1,937|  1,939
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,517.3|1,530.2|1,534.5|1,538.2|  1,520|  1,524|  1,528|  1,535|  1,539|  1,540
       Transportation equipment..................|1,758.0|1,721.6|1,722.1|1,723.4|  1,750|  1,730|  1,726|  1,723|  1,719|  1,717
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  830.0|  866.4|  872.0|  876.2|    820|    874|    868|    867|    869|    866
         Aircraft and parts......................|  548.7|  491.4|  485.9|  482.6|    551|    502|    496|    491|    486|    485
       Instruments and related products..........|  896.5|  863.0|  858.1|  854.5|    898|    871|    868|    864|    860|    856
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  375.3|  372.3|  374.4|  374.7|    376|    375|    374|    374|    376|    375
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,809|  7,712|  7,713|  7,740|  7,853|  7,786|  7,788|  7,790|  7,786|  7,783
         Production workers......................|  5,452|  5,401|  5,403|  5,423|  5,492|  5,451|  5,460|  5,466|  5,465|  5,459
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Food and kindred products.................|1,636.6|1,618.5|1,613.5|1,626.0|  1,676|  1,667|  1,672|  1,670|  1,667|  1,664
       Tobacco products..........................|   39.9|   39.5|   38.4|   37.3|     43|     41|     40|     41|     41|     40
       Textile mill products.....................|  678.1|  669.3|  671.0|  670.4|    678|    672|    673|    674|    673|    670
       Apparel and other textile products........|  996.9|  953.1|  953.9|  956.0|    994|    956|    954|    956|    955|    953
       Paper and allied products.................|  689.1|  679.9|  678.7|  679.4|    692|    686|    685|    684|    683|    682
       Printing and publishing...................|1,513.8|1,519.3|1,521.1|1,523.6|  1,514|  1,517|  1,518|  1,521|  1,521|  1,524
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,080.0|1,054.6|1,052.4|1,054.4|  1,082|  1,065|  1,062|  1,059|  1,057|  1,057
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  152.3|  144.0|  146.3|  149.4|    152|    148|    148|    147|    148|    149
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  904.3|  919.4|  923.7|  929.9|    904|    917|    920|    922|    926|    930
       Leather and leather products..............|  117.9|  114.4|  114.0|  114.0|    118|    117|    116|    116|    115|    114
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries..................| 87,513| 88,524| 89,240| 89,887| 87,004| 88,383| 88,592| 88,903| 89,165| 89,348
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  5,789|  5,758|  5,716|  5,842|  5,788|  5,793|  5,803|  5,816|  5,758|  5,842
       Transportation............................|  3,586|  3,591|  3,548|  3,668|  3,581|  3,611|  3,622|  3,638|  3,580|  3,664
         Railroad transportation.................|  252.4|  243.9|  245.3|  247.6|    250|    247|    248|    248|    246|    245
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  388.4|  394.7|  396.1|  398.6|    373|    377|    380|    382|    386|    383
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,664.3|1,677.8|1,627.9|1,738.4|  1,678|  1,705|  1,711|  1,721|  1,663|  1,752
         Water transportation....................|  168.9|  162.4|  163.5|  169.0|    167|    165|    166|    168|    165|    167
         Transportation by air...................|  736.6|  732.5|  733.1|  732.2|    738|    739|    739|    739|    738|    734
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   18.4|   17.5|   17.5|   17.7|     19|     18|     18|     18|     18|     18
         Transportation services.................|  356.6|  361.8|  364.4|  364.9|    356|    360|    360|    362|    364|    365
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,203|  2,167|  2,168|  2,174|  2,207|  2,182|  2,181|  2,178|  2,178|  2,178
         Communications..........................|1,258.7|1,243.5|1,246.4|1,252.7|  1,261|  1,249|  1,249|  1,248|  1,251|  1,255
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  943.9|  923.0|  921.4|  921.0|    946|    933|    932|    930|    927|    923
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  5,964|  5,973|  6,012|  6,044|  5,959|  5,990|  6,003|  6,013|  6,032|  6,038
       Durable goods.............................|  3,410|  3,420|  3,439|  3,452|  3,406|  3,424|  3,430|  3,434|  3,446|  3,449
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,554|  2,553|  2,573|  2,592|  2,553|  2,566|  2,573|  2,579|  2,586|  2,589
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................| 19,699| 19,591| 19,894| 20,195| 19,672| 19,924| 19,965| 20,026| 20,128| 20,159
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  801.5|  790.9|  832.0|  862.8|    774|    808|    812|    818|    829|    834
       General merchandise stores................|2,383.6|2,344.4|2,353.6|2,368.9|  2,461|  2,421|  2,433|  2,432|  2,444|  2,445
       Food stores...............................|3,189.1|3,189.9|3,192.4|3,221.0|  3,205|  3,215|  3,223|  3,232|  3,228|  3,237
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,008.1|2,091.4|2,117.1|2,139.1|  2,006|  2,084|  2,101|  2,117|  2,132|  2,137
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,125.1|1,120.9|1,122.2|1,122.2|  1,146|  1,146|  1,148|  1,154|  1,147|  1,143
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  813.2|  859.7|  868.0|  876.4|    820|    855|    862|    866|    876|    883
       Eating and drinking places................|6,940.9|6,761.6|6,961.7|7,140.0|  6,801|  6,928|  6,915|  6,928|  6,983|  6,993
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  _______________________________________________________________________________
 
   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 |  May  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  |  May  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,437.0|2,431.9|2,446.5|2,464.9|  2,459|  2,467|  2,471|  2,479|  2,489|  2,487
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,695|  6,739|  6,764|  6,777|  6,694|  6,771|  6,776|  6,781|  6,790|  6,775
       Finance...................................|  3,201|  3,249|  3,250|  3,246|  3,205|  3,252|  3,254|  3,256|  3,257|  3,251
         Depository institutions.................|2,078.7|2,037.6|2,034.3|2,031.9|  2,083|  2,057|  2,050|  2,044|  2,040|  2,036
         Nondepository institutions..............|  440.0|  487.5|  487.5|  484.1|    440|    477|    483|    486|    487|    485
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  460.5|  493.7|  497.4|  499.4|    461|    489|    492|    496|    499|    500
         Holding and other investment offices....|  221.4|  230.6|  230.5|  230.1|    221|    229|    229|    230|    231|    230
       Insurance.................................|  2,177|  2,186|  2,188|  2,185|  2,178|  2,187|  2,186|  2,185|  2,190|  2,185
         Insurance carriers......................|1,514.8|1,524.3|1,526.4|1,522.8|  1,515|  1,525|  1,525|  1,524|  1,528|  1,523
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  662.4|  661.4|  661.4|  661.8|    663|    662|    661|    661|    662|    662
       Real estate...............................|  1,317|  1,304|  1,326|  1,346|  1,311|  1,332|  1,336|  1,340|  1,343|  1,339
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services2/..................................| 30,195| 31,131| 31,520| 31,673| 30,103| 31,004| 31,129| 31,326| 31,485| 31,565
       Agricultural services.....................|  555.4|  472.4|  542.0|  596.3|    509|    539|    530|    528|    535|    547
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|1,595.4|1,543.4|1,564.6|1,603.2|  1,588|  1,602|  1,599|  1,608|  1,606|  1,595
       Personal services.........................|1,113.1|1,194.7|1,191.0|1,112.4|  1,133|  1,149|  1,143|  1,138|  1,138|  1,133
       Business services.........................|5,705.2|6,125.7|6,255.1|6,323.7|  5,706|  6,092|  6,161|  6,244|  6,318|  6,324
         Personnel supply services...............|1,872.4|2,138.4|2,228.2|2,277.4|  1,873|  2,130|  2,173|  2,230|  2,281|  2,277
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  936.1|1,011.9|1,022.5|1,031.9|    934|    992|  1,002|  1,017|  1,027|  1,029
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|  359.6|  371.2|  374.1|  377.7|    361|    373|    375|    375|    376|    379
       Motion pictures...........................|  406.0|  448.8|  458.0|  468.7|    409|    435|    443|    450|    462|    472
       Amusement and recreation services.........|1,292.9|1,179.4|1,262.1|1,326.7|  1,249|  1,251|  1,252|  1,271|  1,272|  1,279
       Health services...........................|8,723.4|8,941.2|8,967.3|8,991.7|  8,736|  8,909|  8,922|  8,959|  8,985|  9,001
         Hospitals...............................|3,780.4|3,786.9|3,785.8|3,784.8|  3,791|  3,788|  3,787|  3,791|  3,793|  3,796
       Legal services............................|  920.7|  934.0|  935.3|  934.8|    927|    937|    939|    940|    941|    940
       Educational services......................|1,707.5|1,836.0|1,840.5|1,784.4|  1,680|  1,710|  1,720|  1,730|  1,731|  1,756
       Social services...........................|2,078.5|2,198.3|2,218.0|2,233.7|  2,062|  2,162|  2,175|  2,190|  2,205|  2,216
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|   77.7|   72.9|   77.3|   82.3|     75|     77|     78|     78|     79|     79
       Membership organizations..................|2,026.3|2,034.0|2,036.3|2,046.3|  2,030|  2,042|  2,041|  2,044|  2,047|  2,050
       Engineering and management services.......|2,522.3|2,593.2|2,602.0|2,586.1|  2,529|  2,560|  2,575|  2,580|  2,589|  2,591
       Services, nec.............................|   41.0|   39.8|   39.9|   39.5|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 19,171| 19,332| 19,334| 19,356| 18,788| 18,901| 18,916| 18,941| 18,972| 18,969
       Federal...................................|  2,918|  2,878|  2,877|  2,876|  2,914|  2,893|  2,892|  2,884|  2,883|  2,873
       State.....................................|  4,541|  4,643|  4,648|  4,591|  4,477|  4,492|  4,511|  4,520|  4,528|  4,526
         Education...............................|1,887.9|1,984.6|1,979.1|1,908.0|  1,825|  1,824|  1,838|  1,846|  1,846|  1,843
         Other State government..................|2,652.6|2,658.3|2,668.9|2,682.6|  2,652|  2,668|  2,673|  2,674|  2,682|  2,683
       Local.....................................| 11,712| 11,811| 11,809| 11,889| 11,397| 11,516| 11,513| 11,537| 11,561| 11,570
         Education...............................|6,684.2|6,781.8|6,768.9|6,796.6|  6,331|  6,404|  6,392|  6,410|  6,434|  6,436
         Other local government..................|5,027.5|5,029.4|5,040.2|5,092.7|  5,066|  5,112|  5,121|  5,127|  5,127|  5,134
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/   These series are not published seasonally adjusted              2/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   since the seasonal component is small relative to the                   p = preliminary.
   trend-cycle and/or irregular components and consequently                NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 1993
   cannot be separated with sufficient precision.                       benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 |  May  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  |  May  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Total private...........................|  34.7 |  34.4 |  34.5 |  34.9 |  34.7 |  34.8 |  34.3 |  34.6 |  34.7 |  34.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Mining........................................|  44.3 |  44.0 |  44.5 |  45.0 |  44.5 |  44.2 |  44.1 |  44.4 |  45.0 |  45.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Construction..................................|  39.2 |  38.1 |  38.3 |  39.8 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Manufacturing.................................|  41.3 |  41.9 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  41.4 |  41.7 |  41.3 |  42.1 |  42.2 |  42.1
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.0 |   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.1 |   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.7 |   4.8 |   4.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Durable goods...............................|  42.0 |  42.8 |  42.9 |  42.9 |  42.0 |  42.7 |  42.2 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  42.9
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.2 |   4.8 |   4.9 |   4.9 |   4.2 |   4.8 |   4.9 |   5.0 |   5.2 |   4.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Lumber and wood products...................|  40.9 |  41.0 |  41.3 |  41.6 |  40.6 |  41.7 |  40.6 |  41.3 |  41.4 |  41.3
      Furniture and fixtures.....................|  39.4 |  40.3 |  40.0 |  39.8 |  39.8 |  40.2 |  39.0 |  40.6 |  40.2 |  40.2
      Stone, clay, and glass products............|  43.1 |  42.8 |  43.5 |  44.3 |  42.7 |  43.3 |  42.3 |  43.6 |  43.5 |  43.9
      Primary metal industries...................|  43.6 |  44.5 |  44.8 |  45.0 |  43.6 |  44.2 |  44.2 |  44.6 |  45.1 |  45.0
        Blast furnaces and basic steel products..|  44.0 |  44.3 |  44.9 |  45.2 |  44.2 |  43.9 |  44.3 |  44.7 |  45.3 |  45.4
      Fabricated metal products..................|  41.9 |  42.5 |  42.7 |  42.7 |  41.9 |  42.6 |  42.3 |  42.8 |  43.0 |  42.7
      Industrial machinery and equipment.........|  42.8 |  43.9 |  43.7 |  43.7 |  42.9 |  43.4 |  43.1 |  43.9 |  43.9 |  43.8
      Electronic and other electrical equipment..|  41.6 |  42.3 |  42.3 |  42.1 |  41.8 |  42.1 |  41.7 |  42.4 |  42.6 |  42.3
      Transportation equipment...................|  43.0 |  44.5 |  44.6 |  44.6 |  42.7 |  44.0 |  44.0 |  44.5 |  44.7 |  44.3
        Motor vehicles and equipment.............|  44.7 |  46.4 |  46.6 |  46.7 |  44.0 |  46.2 |  46.3 |  46.5 |  46.3 |  46.0
      Instruments and related products...........|  41.0 |  41.7 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.3 |  41.4 |  41.0 |  41.7 |  41.6 |  41.8
      Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  39.6 |  40.1 |  40.2 |  39.9 |  39.8 |  40.1 |  38.9 |  40.1 |  40.4 |  40.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Nondurable goods............................|  40.4 |  40.7 |  40.8 |  40.8 |  40.5 |  40.6 |  40.1 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  41.0
        Overtime hours...........................|   3.7 |   4.0 |   4.1 |   4.1 |   3.9 |   4.1 |   4.1 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Food and kindred products..................|  40.2 |  40.6 |  40.5 |  40.8 |  40.5 |  40.7 |  40.8 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  41.1
      Tobacco products...........................|  36.7 |  37.8 |  39.4 |  39.2 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Textile mill products......................|  41.6 |  41.7 |  41.9 |  41.7 |  41.6 |  41.5 |  40.4 |  42.2 |  42.0 |  41.7
      Apparel and other textile products.........|  37.2 |  37.4 |  37.5 |  37.8 |  37.3 |  36.9 |  35.8 |  37.6 |  38.0 |  37.9
      Paper and allied products..................|  43.5 |  43.6 |  43.8 |  43.7 |  43.7 |  43.7 |  43.2 |  44.1 |  44.0 |  43.9
      Printing and publishing....................|  37.8 |  38.5 |  38.6 |  38.3 |  38.2 |  38.3 |  38.0 |  38.4 |  38.8 |  38.7
      Chemicals and allied products..............|  43.1 |  43.3 |  43.2 |  43.1 |  43.3 |  43.2 |  42.8 |  43.3 |  43.3 |  43.3
      Petroleum and coal products................|  44.7 |  44.6 |  44.9 |  44.7 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|  41.8 |  42.4 |  42.4 |  42.3 |  41.7 |  41.9 |  41.6 |  42.6 |  42.4 |  42.2
      Leather and leather products...............|  38.6 |  38.2 |  38.7 |  38.8 |  38.6 |  38.6 |  37.7 |  38.6 |  39.1 |  38.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Transportation and public utilities...........|  39.7 |  39.5 |  39.9 |  40.2 |  39.7 |  40.1 |  39.7 |  39.8 |  40.2 |  40.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Wholesale trade...............................|  38.4 |  38.1 |  38.3 |  38.6 |  38.3 |  38.5 |  38.1 |  38.3 |  38.4 |  38.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Retail trade..................................|  28.9 |  28.5 |  28.7 |  28.9 |  29.0 |  29.0 |  28.6 |  28.9 |  29.0 |  29.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Finance, insurance, and real estate...........|  36.2 |  35.6 |  35.8 |  36.3 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Services......................................|  32.7 |  32.3 |  32.4 |  32.8 |  32.9 |  32.8 |  32.3 |  32.4 |  32.5 |  32.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and           adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;             to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                 and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                    precision.
   finance,insurance, and real estate; and services.                   p = preliminary.
   These groups account for approximately four-fifths                  NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 1993
   of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.              benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
      2/  These series are not published seasonally
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
 Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         |  May  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  |  May  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May
                                                         | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$10.82 |$11.04 |$11.07 |$11.11 |$375.45|$379.78|$381.92|$387.74
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 10.81 | 11.02 | 11.05 | 11.11 | 375.11| 381.29| 383.44| 387.74
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Mining........................................| 14.73 | 14.84 | 14.95 | 15.01 | 652.54| 652.96| 665.28| 675.45
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Construction..................................| 14.33 | 14.44 | 14.49 | 14.58 | 561.74| 550.16| 554.97| 580.28
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Manufacturing.................................| 11.71 | 11.99 | 12.01 | 12.02 | 483.62| 502.38| 504.42| 504.84
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Durable goods...............................| 12.30 | 12.59 | 12.61 | 12.62 | 516.60| 538.85| 540.97| 541.40
              Lumber and wood products...................|  9.56 |  9.69 |  9.74 |  9.79 | 391.00| 397.29| 402.26| 407.26
              Furniture and fixtures.....................|  9.17 |  9.39 |  9.46 |  9.47 | 361.30| 378.42| 378.40| 376.91
              Stone, clay, and glass products............| 11.81 | 11.93 | 12.01 | 12.11 | 509.01| 510.60| 522.44| 536.47
              Primary metal industries...................| 13.93 | 14.20 | 14.17 | 14.22 | 607.35| 631.90| 634.82| 639.90
                Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 16.25 | 16.63 | 16.57 | 16.67 | 715.00| 736.71| 743.99| 753.48
              Fabricated metal products..................| 11.69 | 11.89 | 11.90 | 11.87 | 489.81| 505.33| 508.13| 506.85
              Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 12.65 | 12.94 | 12.94 | 12.94 | 541.42| 568.07| 565.48| 565.48
              Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 11.18 | 11.46 | 11.46 | 11.51 | 465.09| 484.76| 484.76| 484.57
              Transportation equipment...................| 15.79 | 16.36 | 16.41 | 16.40 | 678.97| 728.02| 731.89| 731.44
                Motor vehicles and equipment.............| 16.11 | 16.80 | 16.91 | 16.86 | 720.12| 779.52| 788.01| 787.36
              Instruments and related products...........| 12.20 | 12.41 | 12.42 | 12.39 | 500.20| 517.50| 515.43| 514.19
              Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  9.33 |  9.55 |  9.60 |  9.62 | 369.47| 382.96| 385.92| 383.84
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Nondurable goods............................| 10.94 | 11.18 | 11.20 | 11.22 | 441.98| 455.03| 456.96| 457.78
              Food and kindred products..................| 10.48 | 10.62 | 10.64 | 10.65 | 421.30| 431.17| 430.92| 434.52
              Tobacco products...........................| 17.86 | 18.40 | 19.19 | 19.86 | 655.46| 695.52| 756.09| 778.51
              Textile mill products......................|  8.86 |  9.03 |  9.09 |  9.07 | 368.58| 376.55| 380.87| 378.22
              Apparel and other textile products.........|  7.05 |  7.25 |  7.27 |  7.27 | 262.26| 271.15| 272.63| 274.81
              Paper and allied products..................| 13.36 | 13.61 | 13.66 | 13.74 | 581.16| 593.40| 598.31| 600.44
              Printing and publishing....................| 11.82 | 12.10 | 12.06 | 12.04 | 446.80| 465.85| 465.52| 461.13
              Chemicals and allied products..............| 14.77 | 15.03 | 15.10 | 15.14 | 636.59| 650.80| 652.32| 652.53
              Petroleum and coal products................| 18.56 | 19.36 | 18.98 | 18.98 | 829.63| 863.46| 852.20| 848.41
              Rubber and misc. plastics products.........| 10.55 | 10.68 | 10.70 | 10.72 | 440.99| 452.83| 453.68| 453.46
              Leather and leather products...............|  7.59 |  7.97 |  7.96 |  7.98 | 292.97| 304.45| 308.05| 309.62
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Transportation and public utilities...........| 13.57 | 13.80 | 13.79 | 13.80 | 538.73| 545.10| 550.22| 554.76
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Wholesale trade...............................| 11.75 | 11.87 | 11.99 | 12.01 | 451.20| 452.25| 459.22| 463.59
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Retail trade..................................|  7.27 |  7.45 |  7.47 |  7.47 | 210.10| 212.33| 214.39| 215.88
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 11.36 | 11.75 | 11.81 | 11.90 | 411.23| 418.30| 422.80| 431.97
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Services......................................| 10.76 | 11.02 | 11.01 | 11.05 | 351.85| 355.95| 356.72| 362.44
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                        NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 1993
              p = preliminary.                                   benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               |  May  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  |   from:
                                                      | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ |Apr. 1994-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | May 1994
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $10.81| $11.02| $11.03| $11.02| $11.05| $11.11|     0.5
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.38|   7.43|   7.42|   7.39|   7.40|  N.A. |    (3)
                   Mining.............................|  14.73|  14.88|  14.81|  14.77|  14.86|  15.01|     1.0
                   Construction.......................|  14.35|  14.43|  14.54|  14.47|  14.52|  14.59|      .5
                   Manufacturing......................|  11.69|  11.95|  12.01|  12.00|  12.00|  12.01|      .1
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.15|  11.34|  11.40|  11.37|  11.33|  11.38|      .4
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.61|  13.80|  13.82|  13.79|  13.78|  13.84|      .4
                   Wholesale trade....................|  11.75|  11.92|  11.88|  11.88|  11.95|  12.01|      .5
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.27|   7.41|   7.42|   7.43|   7.45|   7.47|      .3
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  11.35|  11.73|  11.67|  11.69|  11.77|  11.89|     1.0
                   Services...........................|  10.77|  10.97|  10.96|  10.95|  10.99|  11.06|      .6
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    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 March 1994
                 to April 1994, the latest month available.
                    4/  Derived by assuming that overtime
                 hours are paid at the rate of time and one-
                 half.
                    N.A.  = not available.
                    p/  = preliminary.
                    NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect
                 March 1993 benchmarks and updated seasonal
                 adjustment factors.
 
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       | May |Mar. | Apr.  |  May  | May |Jan. |Feb. |Mar. | Apr.  |  May
                                                       |1993 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/ |1993 |1994 |1994 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|124.9|124.5| 126.6 | 129.4 |125.0|127.1|125.6|127.3| 128.2 | 129.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods-producing industries....................|104.1|102.8| 105.1 | 107.8 |103.9|105.3|103.9|106.7| 107.3 | 107.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 54.9| 52.7|  53.9 |  54.6 | 55.2| 54.6| 54.3| 54.5|  54.9 |  54.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|128.7|115.3| 125.8 | 138.7 |125.2|128.5|124.5|131.0| 132.7 | 134.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|102.2|103.6| 104.1 | 104.7 |102.6|103.7|102.8|104.9| 105.4 | 105.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|100.0|102.5| 103.2 | 103.9 | 99.8|102.3|101.4|103.3| 103.9 | 103.6
            Lumber and wood products...................|123.5|126.4| 128.6 | 131.5 |123.0|131.6|128.2|130.4| 131.3 | 130.8
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|118.8|123.1| 122.6 | 122.2 |120.1|122.9|119.2|124.8| 123.2 | 123.2
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|104.3|101.6| 106.5 | 110.3 |102.5|105.2|102.8|106.5| 107.6 | 108.3
            Primary metal industries...................| 85.7| 87.7|  88.0 |  88.8 | 85.6| 87.0| 87.3| 88.1|  88.9 |  88.9
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 72.2| 70.7|  70.2 |  70.7 | 72.6| 71.3| 71.6| 71.6|  71.2 |  71.3
            Fabricated metal products..................|101.9|105.4| 106.3 | 107.3 |102.1|105.6|105.1|106.7| 107.7 | 107.2
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 92.1| 96.7|  96.7 |  97.3 | 91.8| 94.4| 94.2| 96.1|  96.7 |  96.9
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 99.9|102.8| 103.3 | 103.1 |100.6|101.8|101.2|103.2| 104.3 | 103.6
            Transportation equipment...................|111.9|114.8| 115.6 | 115.7 |110.1|113.8|113.7|114.8| 115.4 | 114.0
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|138.2|149.2| 151.0 | 152.0 |133.9|149.4|149.4|150.3| 149.7 | 147.4
            Instruments and related products...........| 76.8| 75.8|  74.8 |  74.7 | 77.5| 75.2| 74.5| 75.6|  75.2 |  75.4
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|100.4|100.1| 100.8 | 100.5 |101.1|100.8| 97.4|100.8| 101.9 | 101.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|105.2|105.1| 105.3 | 105.8 |106.4|105.7|104.7|107.1| 107.4 | 106.9
            Food and kindred products..................|107.3|108.0| 107.4 | 108.9 |111.7|112.0|112.7|114.1| 113.7 | 113.1
            Tobacco products...........................| 53.1| 55.7|  56.1 |  54.5 | 60.6| 57.1| 54.2| 58.3|  62.0 |  61.0
            Textile mill products......................| 99.7| 98.5|  99.3 |  98.8 | 99.7| 98.6| 96.2|100.6|  99.8 |  98.8
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 91.4| 87.9|  88.0 |  88.9 | 91.2| 86.6| 84.0| 88.4|  89.3 |  88.8
            Paper and allied products..................|109.9|109.2| 109.5 | 109.6 |111.0|110.4|109.1|111.2| 110.9 | 110.4
            Printing and publishing....................|122.5|124.6| 124.8 | 123.5 |123.7|123.5|122.6|124.1| 125.4 | 124.7
            Chemicals and allied products..............|100.3|101.2| 101.1 | 101.9 |100.8|101.5|100.6|101.4| 101.6 | 102.3
            Petroleum and coal products................| 85.5| 78.5|  80.9 |  82.8 | 83.7| 81.8| 79.7| 80.4|  81.8 |  80.3
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|132.5|137.1| 137.9 | 138.7 |132.2|134.7|134.7|138.3| 138.3 | 138.4
            Leather and leather products...............| 56.1| 53.6|  54.1 |  53.9 | 56.3| 55.2| 53.9| 54.6|  55.3 |  53.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service-producing industries..................|134.2|134.3| 136.2 | 139.1 |134.5|136.9|135.3|136.6| 137.6 | 139.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|117.7|116.3| 116.3 | 120.4 |117.7|118.9|117.9|118.6| 118.3 | 120.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|113.3|112.3| 113.7 | 115.4 |112.8|114.0|113.1|113.9| 114.6 | 115.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|123.4|120.7| 123.2 | 126.6 |123.8|125.1|123.6|125.4| 126.3 | 126.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|121.4|120.7| 121.5 | 123.9 |121.7|124.3|121.7|121.5| 122.3 | 124.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|156.6|159.7| 162.2 | 164.8 |157.2|161.2|159.3|160.8| 162.5 | 165.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                        NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 1993
            p = preliminary.                                   benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
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             TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  58.8 |  57.3 |  50.8 |  47.9 |  49.7 |  51.8 |  43.8 |  46.2 |  42.7 |  41.6 |  41.3 |  41.3
           1991..............|  39.6 |  39.6 |  38.5 |  38.2 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  48.3 |  52.0 |  48.9 |  46.8 |  46.5 |  46.1
           1992..............|  42.1 |  46.1 |  48.3 |  57.7 |  53.1 |  50.4 |  52.8 |  46.5 |  53.4 |  56.9 |  52.5 |  57.3
           1993..............|  57.9 |  61.7 |  49.0 |  56.0 |  57.0 |  51.1 |  58.8 |  50.0 |  56.7 |  57.4 |  61.0 |  57.4
           1994..............|  56.6 |  58.3 |  62.9 |p/61.2 |p/50.6 |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  59.0 |  59.1 |  52.5 |  48.9 |  49.0 |  47.3 |  45.9 |  40.6 |  38.3 |  36.2 |  35.7 |  35.4
           1991..............|  34.3 |  32.0 |  31.6 |  38.2 |  39.3 |  44.2 |  49.4 |  50.7 |  50.8 |  44.9 |  43.7 |  40.9
           1992..............|  39.7 |  42.3 |  51.0 |  56.2 |  57.6 |  54.1 |  50.4 |  49.9 |  51.7 |  56.2 |  58.6 |  59.8
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  55.8 |  54.9 |  57.7 |  54.6 |  55.9 |  55.8 |  62.4 |  61.5 |  60.8
           1994..............|  62.1 |  64.5 |p/64.6 |p/62.1 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  57.2 |  54.9 |  55.8 |  50.4 |  46.8 |  44.0 |  41.3 |  38.9 |  35.8 |  33.6 |  32.0 |  30.2
           1991..............|  30.2 |  32.4 |  31.2 |  33.7 |  39.2 |  44.7 |  46.5 |  45.6 |  47.8 |  44.5 |  41.4 |  39.9
           1992..............|  43.5 |  46.3 |  47.2 |  52.0 |  54.2 |  56.6 |  52.8 |  53.1 |  55.8 |  56.3 |  64.2 |  62.2
           1993..............|  61.4 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  59.8 |  54.4 |  54.5 |  57.9 |  58.8 |  59.7 |  60.8 |  62.8 |  63.6
           1994..............|p/66.4 |p/64.5 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  55.5 |  52.7 |  51.7 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  42.6 |  39.3 |  36.1 |  35.8 |  33.0 |  33.0 |  30.6
           1991..............|  31.0 |  31.0 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  31.7 |  33.8 |  35.8 |  37.5 |  40.0 |  45.2 |  45.6 |  45.4
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  60.7
           1993..............|  60.0 |  61.1 |  60.7 |  62.2 |  63.2 |  62.1 |  62.4 |  60.8 |  63.5 |p/61.8 |p/62.9 |
           1994..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                             |
                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
                             |
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                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  48.9 |  47.5 |  43.9 |  46.8 |  40.3 |  46.8 |  38.8 |  42.4 |  35.6 |  38.5 |  29.1 |  34.2
           1991..............|  32.7 |  35.6 |  31.3 |  37.4 |  45.7 |  43.5 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  47.8 |  41.4 |  39.6
           1992..............|  38.1 |  40.6 |  45.0 |  57.9 |  47.8 |  50.0 |  53.2 |  41.7 |  49.3 |  47.8 |  52.5 |  51.8
           1993..............|  52.5 |  57.6 |  47.8 |  41.7 |  46.0 |  40.3 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  46.8 |  50.0 |  55.4 |  51.1
           1994..............|  54.3 |  53.6 |  51.1 |p/54.0 |p/48.9 |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  44.6 |  45.3 |  45.0 |  38.8 |  41.7 |  38.8 |  38.1 |  28.8 |  30.9 |  23.0 |  23.0 |  21.6
           1991..............|  24.5 |  21.9 |  20.5 |  32.7 |  36.3 |  39.6 |  47.1 |  46.0 |  48.2 |  39.9 |  36.7 |  33.5
           1992..............|  30.9 |  36.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  55.4 |  53.6 |  47.1 |  47.1 |  42.4 |  50.0 |  51.1 |  55.0
           1993..............|  60.1 |  58.3 |  51.4 |  40.6 |  37.1 |  43.5 |  40.3 |  41.0 |  43.2 |  52.9 |  54.7 |  56.1
           1994..............|  56.1 |  57.6 |p/54.0 |p/51.4 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  43.5 |  39.9 |  42.8 |  41.0 |  36.3 |  34.2 |  29.1 |  25.2 |  22.3 |  21.2 |  18.0 |  16.9
           1991..............|  15.8 |  20.9 |  21.2 |  26.3 |  34.9 |  39.2 |  42.1 |  40.3 |  40.3 |  37.1 |  32.4 |  32.7
           1992..............|  34.2 |  37.1 |  41.0 |  48.6 |  52.2 |  54.7 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  50.4 |  48.9 |  57.9 |  56.8
           1993..............|  54.0 |  51.8 |  48.6 |  47.1 |  37.1 |  34.2 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  47.8 |  50.4 |  54.3 |  55.8
           1994..............|p/57.2 |p/55.8 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  37.8 |  35.3 |  33.5 |  33.1 |  28.1 |  26.3 |  23.7 |  20.5 |  19.4 |  16.5 |  16.2 |  15.8
           1991..............|  16.5 |  16.2 |  17.3 |  18.0 |  20.9 |  24.1 |  26.3 |  30.6 |  32.7 |  38.1 |  38.8 |  37.4
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  55.4 |  52.9 |  52.9
           1993..............|  50.0 |  52.5 |  48.6 |  49.3 |  50.7 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  48.9 |  50.0 |p/49.3 |p/51.1 |
           1994..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,              with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
      and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month            indicates an equal balance between industries with
      span. Data are centered within the span.                          increasing and decreasing employment. Data have been
         p = preliminary.                                               revised to reflect March 1993 benchmarks and updated
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with              seasonal adjustment factors.
      employment increasing plus one-half of the industries