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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 11 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:  FEBRUARY 1994
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment rose in February, and the nation's
unemployment rate was 6.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The jobless rate had been 6.7
percent in January, the first month that household survey data were
collected using a revised questionnaire and new collection procedures.
 
     The February increase in payroll employment--217,000--came on the
heels of flat, weather-impacted employment in January.  Unusually severe
winter weather affected the job situation in February as well and also
caused a particularly large drop in the workweek.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     The unemployment rate was 6.5 percent in February; it had been 6.7
percent in January.  The number of unemployed persons was 8.5 million in
February.  (See table A-1.)
 
     The number in the newly jobless category--those unemployed for less
than 5 weeks--showed a drop of nearly 800,000 in February to a level of 2.6
million, while the number unemployed from 5 to 14 weeks rose by nearly
400,000.  (See table A-5.)  These large changes stem, in part, from the
implementation of technical improvements associated with the revised
questionnaire and collection procedures.
 
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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|
     |introduction in January 1994 of a major redesign of the survey|
     |and 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.                                      |
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                                   - 2 -
 
Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Jan.-
      Category        |      1993       |  1993  |      1994       |Feb.
                      |_________________|________|_________________|change
                      |  III   |   IV   |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 128,181| 128,713| 128,898| 130,667| 130,776|    109
  Employment..........| 119,543| 120,311| 120,661| 121,971| 122,258|    287
  Unemployment........|   8,638|   8,402|   8,237|   8,696|   8,518|   -178
Not in labor force....|  65,618|  65,602|  65,574|  65,286|  65,314|     28
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     6.7|     6.5|     6.4|     6.7|     6.5|   -0.2
  Adult men...........|     6.4|     6.0|     5.8|     5.9|     6.0|     .1
  Adult women.........|     5.8|     5.7|     5.7|     6.0|     5.7|    -.3
  Teenagers...........|    18.2|    18.3|    17.8|    18.4|    17.9|    -.5
  White...............|     5.9|     5.8|     5.6|     5.8|     5.6|    -.2
  Black...............|    12.6|    12.0|    11.5|    13.1|    12.9|    -.2
  Hispanic origin.....|    10.2|    10.7|    10.5|    10.6|    10.0|    -.6
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA  |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 110,382| 110,885| 111,110|p111,108|p111,325|   p217
  Goods-producing 1/..|  22,912|  22,979|  23,008| p23,015| p23,005|   p-10
    Construction......|   4,593|   4,653|   4,665|  p4,645|  p4,623|   p-22
    Manufacturing.....|  17,725|  17,727|  17,738| p17,768| p17,780|    p12
  Service-producing 1/|  87,469|  87,906|  88,102| p88,093| p88,320|   p227
    Retail trade......|  19,807|  19,883|  19,949| p19,942| p20,000|    p58
    Services..........|  30,378|  30,631|  30,709| p30,688| p30,809|   p121
    Government........|  18,863|  18,920|  18,954| p18,937| p18,944|     p7
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|    34.5|    34.5|   p34.8|   p34.3|  p-0.5
  Manufacturing.......|    41.4|    41.7|    41.7|   p41.8|   p41.1|   p-.7
    Overtime..........|     4.1|     4.3|     4.4|    p4.4|    p4.6|    p.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $10.84|  $10.93|  $10.95| p$11.01| p$11.03| p$0.02
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  374.10|  377.20|  377.78| p383.15| p378.33| p-4.82
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Household data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for
1993 and earlier years.  For additional information, see "Revisions in the
Current Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the February 1994
issue of Employment and Earnings.
                                   - 3 -
 
     The number of persons on temporary layoff was little changed over the
month, while the number of other job losers fell by 170,000 to 3.1 million.
In contrast, the number of unemployed who had voluntarily left their last
job rose by 125,000 to nearly 900,000.  (See table A-6.)
 
     The count of persons employed part time for economic reasons--
sometimes referred to as the "partially unemployed"--totaled 4.6 million in
February.  (See table A-3.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     Total employment rose in February to a level of 122.3 million.  The
employment-population ratio--the proportion of the working-age population
with jobs--was 62.3 percent, about the same as in January.  The ratio for
adult women (56.1 percent) rose over the month, while those for adult men
(72.3 percent) and teenagers (43.1 percent) were about unchanged.  (See
table A-1.)
 
     A total of 7.0 million workers, (not seasonally adjusted), or 5.8
percent of all employed persons, held two or more jobs in February.  (The
new survey collects these data on a monthly basis.)  (See table A-8.)
 
     The labor force participation rate in February was 66.7 percent
(seasonally adjusted), the same as in January.  There were 130.8 million
people in the labor force in February.  (See table A-1.)
 
Discouraged Workers (Household Survey Data)
 
     The number of discouraged workers--people who wanted a job but had
given up the search for work because they believed their efforts would be
futile--was about 500,000 in February (not seasonally adjusted).  (See
table A-8.)  Under the less restrictive definition in use prior to 1994,
the number of discouraged workers had held steady at 1.1 million for over 2
years.
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Payroll employment rose by 217,000 in February; it had been flat in
the prior month (as revised).  Although the overall February job gain was
fairly strong, unusually severe weather continued to have an impact.
Employment in some industries that are particularly weather sensitive, such
as construction and eating and drinking places, declined even further as a
result of continued bad weather.  Other industries showed a full or partial
rebound from depressed January levels.  Nevertheless, overall job growth
during the first 2 months of 1994 was at about half the pace of the last 4
months of 1993.  (See table B-1.)
 
     Manufacturing employment was up slightly (12,000) in February.  The
industry has added 78,000 jobs over the last 5 months, after experiencing
large losses in the spring and summer of 1993.  The largest February
employment gains were recorded in industrial machinery, electronics, and
food processing.  Motor vehicles lost some of its January gain, and both
the aircraft and apparel industries continued their downward trends.
Construction employment, which is particularly sensitive to weather
conditions, decreased by 22,000 (seasonally adjusted) in February,
following a similar decline in January.  Mining employment was flat over
the month, as has been generally the case over the past year.
 
                                   - 4 -
 
     Employment in the services industry grew by 121,000, after sustaining
a loss of 21,000 in January.  Business services, amusements and recreation,
and health services contributed heavily to the February gain, while
agricultural services lost jobs (probably due to the bad weather) for the
first time in nearly a year.
 
     Retail trade employment rose by 58,000, rebounding from a small loss
in January.  Job gains in general merchandise and food stores, as well as
automobile dealerships and service stations, more than offset a loss in
eating and drinking establishments (-30,000) that very likely resulted from
bad weather.  Employment in wholesale trade increased by 14,000, continuing
its recent pattern of growth.  The finance industry also added 14,000 jobs
over the month; the job total has increased by about 130,000 in the past
year and a half.
 
     Employment in the transportation industry rose by 13,000 in February,
with trucking and warehousing contributing most of the industry's recent
expansion.  Total transportation employment is now approaching the peak
level reached in December 1990.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls fell sharply in February--0.5 hour--to 34.3 hours,
seasonally adjusted, reflecting the impact of the extreme weather on most
industries.  The weather's influence was particularly evident in
manufacturing, as temporary plant shutdowns led to an average workweek
decline of 0.7 hour to 41.1 hours.  On the other hand, factory overtime was
up 0.2 hour to 4.6 hours, primarily because of extensive overtime use in
motor vehicle plants.  (See table B-2.)
 
     Declines in the workweek caused the index of aggregate weekly hours of
private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls to drop
1.3 percent to 124.7 (1982=100) in February.  The manufacturing index
declined 1.4 percent to 101.1.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers on nonfarm payrolls were up by 0.2 percent in February, after
seasonal adjustment.  Average weekly earnings declined by 1.3 percent.
Before seasonal adjustment, average hourly earnings edged down 1 cent to
$11.05 and average weekly earnings fell $4.76 to $375.70.  Over the year,
average hourly earnings increased by 2.6 percent and average weekly
earnings by 2.3 percent.  The latter comparison was affected by the
February drop in the workweek.  (See table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for March 1994 will be released on Friday,
April 1, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 192,786| 195,953| 196,090| 192,786| 194,151| 194,321| 194,472| 195,953| 196,090
  Civilian labor force............................| 126,505| 129,393| 129,764| 127,400| 128,580| 128,662| 128,898| 130,667| 130,776
        Participation rate........................|    65.6|    66.0|    66.2|    66.1|    66.2|    66.2|    66.3|    66.7|    66.7
    Employed......................................| 116,735| 119,901| 120,503| 118,442| 119,941| 120,332| 120,661| 121,971| 122,258
        Employment-population ratio...............|    60.6|    61.2|    61.5|    61.4|    61.8|    61.9|    62.0|    62.2|    62.3
      Agriculture.................................|   2,681|   2,892|   2,915|   3,116|   3,021|   3,114|   3,096|   3,331|   3,391
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 114,054| 117,009| 117,584| 115,326| 116,920| 117,218| 117,565| 118,639| 118,867
    Unemployed....................................|   9,770|   9,492|   9,262|   8,958|   8,639|   8,330|   8,237|   8,696|   8,518
        Unemployment rate.........................|     7.7|     7.3|     7.1|     7.0|     6.7|     6.5|     6.4|     6.7|     6.5
  Not in labor force..............................|  66,281|  66,561|  66,325|  65,386|  65,571|  65,659|  65,574|  65,286|  65,314
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  92,208|  93,909|  93,982|  92,208|  92,941|  93,033|  93,116|  93,909|  93,982
  Civilian labor force............................|  68,837|  69,959|  69,998|  69,396|  69,820|  69,730|  69,813|  70,744|  70,644
        Participation rate........................|    74.7|    74.5|    74.5|    75.3|    75.1|    75.0|    75.0|    75.3|    75.2
    Employed......................................|  62,993|  64,434|  64,564|  64,329|  64,971|  65,144|  65,259|  65,963|  65,921
        Employment-population ratio...............|    68.3|    68.6|    68.7|    69.8|    69.9|    70.0|    70.1|    70.2|    70.1
    Unemployed....................................|   5,843|   5,526|   5,434|   5,067|   4,849|   4,586|   4,554|   4,781|   4,723
        Unemployment rate.........................|     8.5|     7.9|     7.8|     7.3|     6.9|     6.6|     6.5|     6.8|     6.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  85,554|  86,778|  86,820|  85,554|  86,156|  86,245|  86,373|  86,778|  86,820
  Civilian labor force............................|  65,608|  66,412|  66,483|  65,802|  66,306|  66,198|  66,321|  66,806|  66,764
        Participation rate........................|    76.7|    76.5|    76.6|    76.9|    77.0|    76.8|    76.8|    77.0|    76.9
    Employed......................................|  60,502|  61,678|  61,784|  61,477|  62,172|  62,315|  62,444|  62,842|  62,778
        Employment-population ratio...............|    70.7|    71.1|    71.2|    71.9|    72.2|    72.3|    72.3|    72.4|    72.3
      Agriculture.................................|   2,032|   2,096|   2,070|   2,295|   2,223|   2,334|   2,300|   2,352|   2,339
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  58,470|  59,583|  59,714|  59,182|  59,949|  59,981|  60,144|  60,490|  60,439
    Unemployed....................................|   5,106|   4,733|   4,699|   4,325|   4,134|   3,883|   3,877|   3,964|   3,986
        Unemployment rate.........................|     7.8|     7.1|     7.1|     6.6|     6.2|     5.9|     5.8|     5.9|     6.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 100,577| 102,044| 102,107| 100,577| 101,210| 101,288| 101,356| 102,044| 102,107
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,668|  59,433|  59,767|  58,004|  58,760|  58,932|  59,085|  59,923|  60,132
        Participation rate........................|    57.3|    58.2|    58.5|    57.7|    58.1|    58.2|    58.3|    58.7|    58.9
    Employed......................................|  53,741|  55,467|  55,939|  54,113|  54,970|  55,188|  55,402|  56,007|  56,336
        Employment-population ratio...............|    53.4|    54.4|    54.8|    53.8|    54.3|    54.5|    54.7|    54.9|    55.2
    Unemployed....................................|   3,927|   3,966|   3,828|   3,891|   3,790|   3,744|   3,683|   3,916|   3,795
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.8|     6.7|     6.4|     6.7|     6.4|     6.4|     6.2|     6.5|     6.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,088|  95,109|  95,159|  94,088|  94,656|  94,709|  94,764|  95,109|  95,159
  Civilian labor force............................|  54,670|  56,177|  56,480|  54,774|  55,462|  55,621|  55,783|  56,368|  56,611
        Participation rate........................|    58.1|    59.1|    59.4|    58.2|    58.6|    58.7|    58.9|    59.3|    59.5
    Employed......................................|  51,306|  52,715|  53,208|  51,479|  52,243|  52,423|  52,631|  53,014|  53,403
        Employment-population ratio...............|    54.5|    55.4|    55.9|    54.7|    55.2|    55.4|    55.5|    55.7|    56.1
      Agriculture.................................|     493|     654|     672|     564|     601|     597|     599|     744|     766
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  50,813|  52,061|  52,532|  50,915|  51,642|  51,826|  52,032|  52,270|  52,638
    Unemployed....................................|   3,364|   3,462|   3,272|   3,295|   3,219|   3,198|   3,152|   3,354|   3,208
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.2|     6.2|     5.8|     6.0|     5.8|     5.7|     5.7|     6.0|     5.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  13,143|  14,066|  14,111|  13,143|  13,339|  13,367|  13,335|  14,066|  14,111
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,227|   6,804|   6,802|   6,824|   6,812|   6,843|   6,794|   7,493|   7,401
        Participation rate........................|    47.4|    48.4|    48.2|    51.9|    51.1|    51.2|    50.9|    53.3|    52.4
    Employed......................................|   4,927|   5,507|   5,511|   5,486|   5,526|   5,594|   5,586|   6,115|   6,076
        Employment-population ratio...............|    37.5|    39.2|    39.1|    41.7|    41.4|    41.8|    41.9|    43.5|    43.1
      Agriculture.................................|     155|     142|     174|     257|     197|     183|     197|     236|     287
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   4,772|   5,365|   5,338|   5,229|   5,329|   5,411|   5,389|   5,879|   5,790
    Unemployed....................................|   1,300|   1,297|   1,291|   1,338|   1,286|   1,249|   1,208|   1,378|   1,325
        Unemployment rate.........................|    20.9|    19.1|    19.0|    19.6|    18.9|    18.3|    17.8|    18.4|    17.9
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 163,429| 165,014| 165,096| 163,429| 164,309| 164,421| 164,516| 165,014| 165,096
  Civilian labor force............................| 108,063| 109,750| 110,136| 108,746| 110,009| 109,804| 110,016| 110,802| 110,934
      Participation rate..........................|    66.1|    66.5|    66.7|    66.5|    67.0|    66.8|    66.9|    67.1|    67.2
    Employed......................................| 100,588| 102,628| 103,147| 102,076| 103,273| 103,662| 103,807| 104,355| 104,669
      Employment-population ratio.................|    61.5|    62.2|    62.5|    62.5|    62.9|    63.0|    63.1|    63.2|    63.4
    Unemployed....................................|   7,475|   7,122|   6,989|   6,670|   6,736|   6,142|   6,209|   6,447|   6,264
      Unemployment rate...........................|     6.9|     6.5|     6.3|     6.1|     6.1|     5.6|     5.6|     5.8|     5.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  56,754|  57,059|  57,043|  56,922|  57,390|  57,123|  57,280|  57,457|  57,333
      Participation rate..........................|    77.3|    77.0|    77.0|    77.5|    77.7|    77.2|    77.4|    77.6|    77.4
    Employed......................................|  52,737|  53,458|  53,420|  53,613|  54,144|  54,279|  54,283|  54,438|  54,344
      Employment-population ratio.................|    71.8|    72.2|    72.1|    73.0|    73.3|    73.4|    73.3|    73.5|    73.3
    Unemployed....................................|   4,017|   3,602|   3,623|   3,309|   3,246|   2,844|   2,997|   3,019|   2,989
      Unemployment rate...........................|     7.1|     6.3|     6.4|     5.8|     5.7|     5.0|     5.2|     5.3|     5.2
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  45,988|  46,928|  47,233|  46,037|  46,710|  46,768|  46,872|  47,025|  47,281
      Participation rate..........................|    57.9|    58.8|    59.2|    58.0|    58.5|    58.6|    58.7|    59.0|    59.3
    Employed......................................|  43,495|  44,408|  44,867|  43,639|  44,223|  44,392|  44,554|  44,631|  45,002
      Employment-population ratio.................|    54.8|    55.7|    56.2|    54.9|    55.4|    55.6|    55.8|    56.0|    56.4
    Unemployed....................................|   2,493|   2,520|   2,366|   2,398|   2,487|   2,376|   2,318|   2,393|   2,279
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.4|     5.4|     5.0|     5.2|     5.3|     5.1|     4.9|     5.1|     4.8
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   5,321|   5,763|   5,860|   5,787|   5,909|   5,913|   5,864|   6,321|   6,319
      Participation rate..........................|    50.5|    51.5|    52.3|    55.0|    55.6|    55.6|    55.1|    56.5|    56.4
    Employed......................................|   4,356|   4,762|   4,859|   4,824|   4,906|   4,991|   4,970|   5,286|   5,323
      Employment-population ratio.................|    41.4|    42.6|    43.4|    45.8|    46.2|    46.9|    46.7|    47.3|    47.5
    Unemployed....................................|     965|   1,000|   1,001|     963|   1,003|     922|     894|   1,034|     996
      Unemployment rate...........................|    18.1|    17.4|    17.1|    16.6|    17.0|    15.6|    15.2|    16.4|    15.8
        Men.......................................|    20.1|    20.2|    18.7|    17.8|    17.9|    17.7|    16.9|    18.5|    16.7
        Women.....................................|    16.1|    14.2|    15.3|    15.3|    16.0|    13.3|    13.4|    14.0|    14.7
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                      BLACK
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,184|  22,723|  22,751|  22,184|  22,442|  22,475|  22,504|  22,723|  22,751
  Civilian labor force............................|  13,779|  14,197|  14,246|  14,014|  13,945|  14,057|  14,011|  14,368|  14,487
      Participation rate..........................|    62.1|    62.5|    62.6|    63.2|    62.1|    62.5|    62.3|    63.2|    63.7
    Employed......................................|  11,909|  12,274|  12,372|  12,157|  12,292|  12,297|  12,397|  12,482|  12,624
      Employment-population ratio.................|    53.7|    54.0|    54.4|    54.8|    54.8|    54.7|    55.1|    54.9|    55.5
    Unemployed....................................|   1,870|   1,923|   1,874|   1,857|   1,653|   1,760|   1,614|   1,887|   1,863
      Unemployment rate...........................|    13.6|    13.5|    13.2|    13.3|    11.9|    12.5|    11.5|    13.1|    12.9
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,465|   6,501|   6,614|   6,544|   6,482|   6,529|   6,469|   6,563|   6,697
      Participation rate..........................|    72.1|    71.4|    72.5|    73.0|    71.5|    71.8|    70.9|    72.1|    73.4
    Employed......................................|   5,604|   5,621|   5,737|   5,747|   5,770|   5,725|   5,787|   5,753|   5,884
      Employment-population ratio.................|    62.5|    61.7|    62.9|    64.1|    63.6|    63.0|    63.5|    63.2|    64.5
    Unemployed....................................|     861|     880|     877|     797|     712|     804|     682|     810|     813
      Unemployment rate...........................|    13.3|    13.5|    13.3|    12.2|    11.0|    12.3|    10.5|    12.3|    12.1
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,601|   6,896|   6,916|   6,672|   6,731|   6,766|   6,801|   6,917|   6,993
      Participation rate..........................|    59.3|    60.4|    60.5|    59.9|    59.8|    60.1|    60.3|    60.5|    61.1
    Employed......................................|   5,871|   6,097|   6,168|   5,923|   6,059|   6,111|   6,143|   6,121|   6,224
      Employment-population ratio.................|    52.7|    53.4|    53.9|    53.2|    53.9|    54.2|    54.5|    53.6|    54.4
    Unemployed....................................|     730|     800|     747|     749|     672|     655|     658|     796|     769
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.1|    11.6|    10.8|    11.2|    10.0|     9.7|     9.7|    11.5|    11.0
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|     713|     800|     716|     798|     732|     762|     741|     889|     796
      Participation rate..........................|    34.2|    36.4|    32.6|    38.3|    34.5|    35.9|    35.2|    40.5|    36.3
    Employed......................................|     434|     556|     466|     487|     463|     461|     467|     607|     515
      Employment-population ratio.................|    20.8|    25.3|    21.2|    23.4|    21.8|    21.7|    22.2|    27.7|    23.5
    Unemployed....................................|     278|     243|     250|     311|     269|     301|     274|     281|     281
      Unemployment rate...........................|    39.1|    30.4|    34.9|    39.0|    36.7|    39.5|    37.0|    31.7|    35.3
        Men.......................................|    41.0|    38.8|    41.6|    39.5|    40.6|    39.2|    38.8|    38.1|    40.1
        Women.....................................|    36.9|    23.0|    28.7|    38.4|    32.8|    39.7|    35.2|    25.5|    30.5
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  15,540|  17,849|  17,896|  15,540|  15,917|  15,967|  16,014|  17,849|  17,896
  Civilian labor force............................|  10,173|  11,599|  11,713|  10,273|  10,586|  10,575|  10,625|  11,746|  11,835
      Participation rate..........................|    65.5|    65.0|    65.5|    66.1|    66.5|    66.2|    66.3|    65.8|    66.1
    Employed......................................|   8,908|  10,253|  10,416|   9,113|   9,384|   9,476|   9,513|  10,495|  10,650
      Employment-population ratio.................|    57.3|    57.4|    58.2|    58.6|    59.0|    59.3|    59.4|    58.8|    59.5
    Unemployed....................................|   1,266|   1,346|   1,297|   1,160|   1,202|   1,099|   1,112|   1,251|   1,185
      Unemployment rate...........................|    12.4|    11.6|    11.1|    11.3|    11.4|    10.4|    10.5|    10.6|    10.0
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   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. Also, see note, table A-1.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total employed, 16 years and over.................|116,735 |119,901 |120,503 |118,442 |119,941 |120,332 |120,661 |121,971 |122,258
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 40,371 | 40,944 | 40,874 | 40,837 | 40,816 | 40,842 | 40,951 | 41,483 | 41,328
  Married women, spouse present...................| 30,301 | 31,358 | 31,582 | 30,429 | 30,641 | 30,872 | 31,051 | 31,579 | 31,709
  Women who maintain families.....................|  6,628 |  6,769 |  7,098 |  6,654 |  6,784 |  6,704 |  6,693 |  6,796 |  7,133
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 31,978 | 33,125 | 33,252 | 31,851 | 32,635 | 32,739 | 32,764 | 33,008 | 33,122
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 36,583 | 37,037 | 37,079 | 36,699 | 36,965 | 36,974 | 37,243 | 37,411 | 37,191
  Service occupations.............................| 16,280 | 16,578 | 16,951 | 16,419 | 16,599 | 16,688 | 16,734 | 16,796 | 17,087
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 12,481 | 13,129 | 13,085 | 12,989 | 13,430 | 13,597 | 13,445 | 13,494 | 13,644
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 16,679 | 17,067 | 17,093 | 17,220 | 16,996 | 16,958 | 17,209 | 17,685 | 17,645
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  2,735 |  2,964 |  3,036 |  3,328 |  3,287 |  3,389 |  3,325 |  3,598 |  3,693
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,335 |  1,357 |  1,382 |  1,619 |  1,657 |  1,719 |  1,724 |  1,641 |  1,677
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,244 |  1,474 |  1,487 |  1,367 |  1,274 |  1,311 |  1,269 |  1,590 |  1,633
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    102 |     61 |     45 |    126 |     97 |     89 |     92 |     78 |     55
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|105,056 |108,098 |108,391 |106,158 |107,727 |107,975 |108,247 |109,526 |109,547
      Government..................................| 18,637 | 18,235 | 18,279 | 18,497 | 18,476 | 18,493 | 18,503 | 18,163 | 18,152
      Private industries..........................| 86,419 | 89,863 | 90,112 | 87,661 | 89,251 | 89,482 | 89,744 | 91,364 | 91,395
        Private households........................|    983 |    843 |    972 |  1,085 |  1,179 |  1,103 |  1,104 |    928 |  1,074
        Other industries..........................| 85,436 | 89,020 | 89,140 | 86,576 | 88,072 | 88,379 | 88,640 | 90,436 | 90,321
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,793 |  8,774 |  9,061 |  9,047 |  8,961 |  9,011 |  9,053 |  8,990 |  9,312
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    205 |    137 |    132 |    222 |    229 |    223 |    217 |    142 |    143
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
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  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  6,707 |  5,235 |  4,857 |  6,418 |  6,202 |  6,126 |  6,217 |  5,167 |  4,643
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  3,563 |  2,835 |  2,603 |  3,154 |  3,072 |  3,037 |  3,099 |  2,561 |  2,301
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,844 |  2,047 |  1,951 |  2,958 |  2,872 |  2,810 |  2,828 |  2,171 |  2,028
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,374 | 17,851 | 18,328 | 14,799 | 15,201 | 15,290 | 15,373 | 17,744 | 17,674
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  6,510 |  4,963 |  4,612 |  6,197 |  5,957 |  5,904 |  5,934 |  4,842 |  4,384
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  3,397 |  2,698 |  2,468 |  2,988 |  2,927 |  2,905 |  2,922 |  2,439 |  2,169
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,817 |  1,982 |  1,891 |  2,897 |  2,773 |  2,719 |  2,739 |  2,075 |  1,944
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 14,996 | 17,278 | 17,782 | 14,385 | 14,788 | 14,858 | 14,909 | 17,056 | 17,081
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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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                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  8,958 |  8,696 |   8,518|   7.0  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.4  |   6.7  |   6.5
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  4,325 |  3,964 |   3,986|   6.6  |   6.2  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.9  |   6.0
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  3,295 |  3,354 |   3,208|   6.0  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.7  |   6.0  |   5.7
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,338 |  1,378 |   1,325|  19.6  |  18.9  |  18.3  |  17.8  |  18.4  |  17.9
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,958 |  1,792 |   1,877|   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.0  |   3.9  |   4.1  |   4.3
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,413 |  1,457 |   1,424|   4.4  |   4.8  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.4  |   4.3
   Women who maintain families....................|    744 |    705 |     764|  10.1  |   9.3  |   9.0  |  10.2  |   9.4  |   9.7
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   Full-time workers..............................|  7,305 |  7,160 |   7,008|   7.0  |   6.6  |   6.3  |   6.4  |   6.8  |   6.6
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,620 |  1,581 |   1,488|   7.3  |   7.2  |   6.9  |   6.6  |   6.2  |   5.9
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                             3/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|  1,137 |    985 |     983|   3.4  |   2.8  |   2.9  |   2.8  |   2.9  |   2.9
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  2,060 |  2,126 |   2,137|   5.3  |   5.3  |   5.2  |   5.1  |   5.4  |   5.4
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|  1,109 |  1,022 |     998|   7.9  |   7.9  |   6.7  |   7.4  |   7.0  |   6.8
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,925 |  1,956 |   1,849|  10.1  |   9.8  |   9.2  |   9.1  |  10.0  |   9.5
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    319 |    331 |     357|   8.7  |   8.1  |   7.8  |   8.7  |   8.4  |   8.8
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  6,808 |  6,901 |   6,706|   7.2  |   6.9  |   6.7  |   6.6  |   7.0  |   6.8
     Goods-producing industries...................|  2,382 |  2,125 |   2,106|   8.8  |   8.4  |   8.0  |   7.9  |   7.8  |   7.6
       Mining.....................................|     48 |     35 |      26|   7.3  |   6.5  |   7.2  |   6.9  |   5.1  |   4.0
       Construction...............................|    843 |    813 |     787|  14.3  |  13.7  |  12.2  |  12.7  |  13.9  |  13.3
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,491 |  1,277 |   1,292|   7.3  |   6.9  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.1  |   6.1
         Durable goods............................|    833 |    650 |     684|   7.1  |   6.9  |   6.5  |   6.3  |   5.3  |   5.5
         Nondurable goods.........................|    658 |    628 |     608|   7.5  |   6.9  |   7.0  |   6.8  |   7.3  |   7.1
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,426 |  4,777 |   4,600|   6.6  |   6.3  |   6.2  |   6.2  |   6.7  |   6.5
       Transportation and public utilities........|    320 |    376 |     355|   4.8  |   5.5  |   5.2  |   5.1  |   5.5  |   5.2
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,925 |  2,103 |   2,032|   7.9  |   7.9  |   7.7  |   7.4  |   8.1  |   8.0
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    307 |    274 |     267|   4.3  |   3.7  |   3.7  |   3.7  |   3.7  |   3.6
       Services...................................|  1,874 |  2,023 |   1,946|   6.5  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   6.6  |   6.3
   Government workers.............................|    685 |    708 |     603|   3.6  |   3.1  |   3.0  |   3.1  |   3.8  |   3.2
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    241 |    259 |     280|  13.0  |  11.8  |  10.3  |  11.3  |  13.6  |  14.3
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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.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  3,138 |  3,731 |  2,499 |  3,232 |  3,156 |  2,946 |  3,063 |  3,349 |  2,574
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  3,156 |  2,509 |  3,368 |  2,549 |  2,491 |  2,401 |  2,247 |  2,336 |  2,727
 15 weeks and over................................|  3,476 |  3,251 |  3,395 |  3,174 |  3,030 |  2,971 |  2,864 |  3,027 |  3,103
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,468 |  1,463 |  1,539 |  1,284 |  1,284 |  1,216 |  1,150 |  1,314 |  1,359
    27 weeks and over.............................|  2,008 |  1,788 |  1,856 |  1,890 |  1,746 |  1,755 |  1,714 |  1,713 |  1,744
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   18.4 |   18.1 |   18.9 |   18.2 |   18.4 |   18.9 |   18.2 |   18.3 |   18.7
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    9.2 |    8.4 |    9.8 |    8.4 |    8.3 |    8.5 |    8.2 |    8.5 |    9.0
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               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total unemployed.................................|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0
   Less than 5 weeks..............................|   32.1 |   39.3 |   27.0 |   36.1 |   36.4 |   35.4 |   37.5 |   38.4 |   30.6
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   32.3 |   26.4 |   36.4 |   28.5 |   28.7 |   28.9 |   27.5 |   26.8 |   32.5
   15 weeks and over..............................|   35.6 |   34.3 |   36.7 |   35.4 |   34.9 |   35.7 |   35.0 |   34.7 |   36.9
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   15.0 |   15.4 |   16.6 |   14.3 |   14.8 |   14.6 |   14.1 |   15.1 |   16.2
     27 weeks and over............................|   20.5 |   18.8 |   20.0 |   21.1 |   20.1 |   21.1 |   21.0 |   19.7 |   20.8
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |                       |
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Feb.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                           | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  |19941/ | 1994
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  5,661|  5,215|  4,925|  4,799|  4,779|  4,444|  4,442|  4,442|  4,185
  On temporary layoff......................................|  1,479|  1,652|  1,517|  1,081|  1,216|    963|  1,060|  1,196|  1,109
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  4,182|  3,563|  3,408|  3,718|  3,563|  3,481|  3,382|  3,246|  3,075
    Permanent job losers...................................|  (2)  |  (2)  |  2,560|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|  (2)  |  (2)  |    848|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
Job leavers................................................|  1,022|    804|    890|  1,020|    957|    960|    932|    762|    888
Reentrants.................................................|  2,288|  2,942|  2,909|  2,281|  2,084|  2,084|  2,018|  2,831|  2,898
New entrants...............................................|    798|    532|    538|    899|    839|    833|    797|    651|    641
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                   PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Total unemployed...........................................|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|   57.9|   54.9|   53.2|   53.3|   55.2|   53.4|   54.2|   51.1|   48.6
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   15.1|   17.4|   16.4|   12.0|   14.0|   11.6|   12.9|   13.8|   12.9
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   42.8|   37.5|   36.8|   41.3|   41.1|   41.8|   41.3|   37.4|   35.7
 Job leavers...............................................|   10.5|    8.5|    9.6|   11.3|   11.1|   11.5|   11.4|    8.8|   10.3
 Reentrants................................................|   23.4|   31.0|   31.4|   25.3|   24.1|   25.0|   24.6|   32.6|   33.7
 New entrants..............................................|    8.2|    5.6|    5.8|   10.0|    9.7|   10.0|    9.7|    7.5|    7.4
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              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    4.5|    4.0|    3.8|    3.8|    3.7|    3.5|    3.4|    3.4|    3.2
 Job leavers...............................................|     .8|     .6|     .7|     .8|     .7|     .7|     .7|     .6|     .7
 Reentrants................................................|    1.8|    2.3|    2.2|    1.8|    1.6|    1.6|    1.6|    2.2|    2.2
 New entrants..............................................|     .6|     .4|     .4|     .7|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .5|     .5
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
   2/  Not available.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Feb.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Feb.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994
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Total, 16 years and over..........................|  8,958 |  8,696 |  8,518 |   7.0  |   6.7  |   6.5  |   6.4  |   6.7  |   6.5
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,855 |  2,922 |  2,753 |  13.9  |  12.9  |  12.7  |  12.3  |  13.6  |  12.7
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,338 |  1,378 |  1,325 |  19.6  |  18.9  |  18.3  |  17.8  |  18.4  |  17.9
      16 to 17 years..............................|    590 |    654 |    656 |  21.9  |  20.7  |  20.5  |  19.0  |  21.2  |  21.8
      18 to 19 years..............................|    747 |    700 |    668 |  18.1  |  17.7  |  16.8  |  17.1  |  16.1  |  15.3
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,517 |  1,544 |  1,428 |  11.1  |   9.9  |   9.9  |   9.5  |  11.0  |  10.0
  25 years and over...............................|  6,077 |  5,857 |  5,738 |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.3  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.3
    25 to 54 years................................|  5,408 |  5,107 |  5,075 |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.4
    55 years and over.............................|    673 |    723 |    670 |   4.3  |   4.5  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.6  |   4.3
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  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  5,067 |  4,781 |  4,723 |   7.3  |   6.9  |   6.6  |   6.5  |   6.8  |   6.7
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,580 |  1,670 |  1,530 |  14.6  |  13.8  |  13.6  |  13.2  |  14.7  |  13.3
      16 to 19 years..............................|    742 |    816 |    737 |  20.6  |  20.3  |  19.9  |  19.4  |  20.7  |  19.0
        16 to 17 years............................|    333 |    384 |    338 |  23.4  |  22.0  |  21.7  |  19.9  |  23.9  |  21.9
        18 to 19 years............................|    408 |    418 |    397 |  18.9  |  19.2  |  18.5  |  18.9  |  18.1  |  17.1
      20 to 24 years..............................|    838 |    854 |    793 |  11.6  |  10.6  |  10.4  |  10.1  |  11.5  |  10.5
    25 years and over.............................|  3,465 |  3,194 |  3,169 |   5.9  |   5.7  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.4
      25 to 54 years..............................|  3,074 |  2,787 |  2,782 |   6.2  |   5.9  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.5
      55 years and over...........................|    403 |    408 |    401 |   4.6  |   4.8  |   4.5  |   4.7  |   4.7  |   4.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,891 |  3,916 |  3,795 |   6.7  |   6.4  |   6.4  |   6.2  |   6.5  |   6.3
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,275 |  1,252 |  1,223 |  13.2  |  11.9  |  11.7  |  11.3  |  12.3  |  12.0
      16 to 19 years..............................|    596 |    562 |    588 |  18.5  |  17.3  |  16.5  |  16.1  |  15.8  |  16.7
        16 to 17 years............................|    257 |    271 |    318 |  20.3  |  19.4  |  19.2  |  18.1  |  18.2  |  21.7
        18 to 19 years............................|    339 |    283 |    272 |  17.3  |  16.0  |  14.9  |  15.1  |  13.8  |  13.2
      20 to 24 years..............................|    679 |    690 |    635 |  10.6  |   9.0  |   9.3  |   8.8  |  10.4  |   9.5
    25 years and over.............................|  2,612 |  2,664 |  2,568 |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.2  |   5.4  |   5.1
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,334 |  2,320 |  2,293 |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.3
      55 years and over...........................|    270 |    315 |    269 |   4.0  |   4.2  |   3.8  |   3.6  |   4.5  |   3.8
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                                                                      |
                                                                                      |               February 1994
                                       Category                                       |
                                                                                       ____________________________________________
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |    Total     |     Men      |    Women
                                                                                      |              |              |
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                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total not in the labor force..........................................................|    66,325    |    23,985    |    42,341
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................................|     6,410    |     2,540    |     3,870
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................................|     1,951    |       876    |     1,076
   Reason not currently looking:                                                      |              |              |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................................|       489    |       300    |       190
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................................|     1,462    |       576    |       886
                                                                                      |              |              |
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                                 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................................|     7,026    |     3,692    |     3,334
    Percent of total employed.........................................................|       5.8    |       5.7    |       6.0
                                                                                      |              |              |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................................|     4,019    |     2,317    |     1,702
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................................|     1,528    |       443    |     1,085
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................................|       248    |       195    |        53
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................................|     1,180    |       703    |       478
                                                                                      |              |              |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for 11 large states
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                          |                             |
                                          |                        1/   |                                     2/
                                            Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted
                                          |                             |
                                           _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________
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       State and employment status
                                          |  Feb.   |  Jan.   |  Feb.   |  Feb.   |  Oct.   |  Nov.   |  Dec.   |  Jan.   |  Feb.
                                          |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1993   |  1993   |  1993   |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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                California
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population......|  23,228 |  23,380 |  23,390 |  23,228 |  23,339 |  23,354 |  23,367 |  23,380 |  23,390
  Civilian labor force....................|  15,278 |  15,483 |  15,550 |  15,333 |  15,315 |  15,209 |  15,216 |  15,626 |  15,597
    Employed..............................|  13,703 |  13,855 |  14,026 |  13,868 |  13,837 |  13,861 |  13,884 |  14,041 |  14,190
    Unemployed............................|   1,576 |   1,628 |   1,525 |   1,465 |   1,478 |   1,348 |   1,332 |   1,585 |   1,407
    Unemployment rate.....................|    10.3 |    10.5 |     9.8 |     9.6 |     9.7 |     8.9 |     8.8 |    10.1 |     9.0
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                 Florida
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population......|  10,636 |  10,767 |  10,778 |  10,636 |  10,732 |  10,744 |  10,756 |  10,767 |  10,778
  Civilian labor force....................|   6,550 |   6,685 |   6,607 |   6,633 |   6,575 |   6,689 |   6,742 |   6,798 |   6,692
    Employed..............................|   6,091 |   6,163 |   6,226 |   6,174 |   6,120 |   6,245 |   6,277 |   6,286 |   6,309
    Unemployed............................|     459 |     522 |     381 |     460 |     455 |     445 |     464 |     512 |     383
    Unemployment rate.....................|     7.0 |     7.8 |     5.8 |     6.9 |     6.9 |     6.6 |     6.9 |     7.5 |     5.7
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                 Illinois
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population......|   8,810 |   8,861 |   8,864 |   8,810 |   8,847 |   8,852 |   8,857 |   8,861 |   8,864
  Civilian labor force....................|   5,895 |   5,954 |   5,975 |   5,936 |   5,964 |   5,999 |   6,033 |   5,999 |   6,017
    Employed..............................|   5,399 |   5,527 |   5,561 |   5,469 |   5,518 |   5,640 |   5,675 |   5,600 |   5,634
    Unemployed............................|     496 |     427 |     414 |     467 |     445 |     359 |     358 |     399 |     383
    Unemployment rate.....................|     8.4 |     7.2 |     6.9 |     7.9 |     7.5 |     6.0 |     5.9 |     6.6 |     6.4
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              Massachusetts
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population......|   4,663 |   4,666 |   4,665 |   4,663 |   4,665 |   4,665 |   4,666 |   4,666 |   4,665
  Civilian labor force....................|   3,150 |   3,136 |   3,123 |   3,158 |   3,191 |   3,175 |   3,162 |   3,172 |   3,130
    Employed..............................|   2,888 |   2,897 |   2,899 |   2,919 |   2,976 |   2,972 |   2,966 |   2,944 |   2,930
    Unemployed............................|     263 |     240 |     223 |     239 |     215 |     204 |     196 |     228 |     200
    Unemployment rate.....................|     8.3 |     7.6 |     7.1 |     7.6 |     6.7 |     6.4 |     6.2 |     7.2 |     6.4
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                 Michigan
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population......|   7,119 |   7,153 |   7,155 |   7,119 |   7,144 |   7,147 |   7,150 |   7,153 |   7,155
  Civilian labor force....................|   4,596 |   4,768 |   4,749 |   4,643 |   4,737 |   4,714 |   4,748 |   4,803 |   4,796
    Employed..............................|   4,251 |   4,380 |   4,347 |   4,321 |   4,410 |   4,383 |   4,399 |   4,441 |   4,416
    Unemployed............................|     345 |     388 |     402 |     321 |     327 |     331 |     349 |     363 |     380
    Unemployment rate.....................|     7.5 |     8.1 |     8.5 |     6.9 |     6.9 |     7.0 |     7.3 |     7.5 |     7.9
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                New Jersey
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population......|   6,096 |   6,123 |   6,125 |   6,096 |   6,116 |   6,119 |   6,121 |   6,123 |   6,125
  Civilian labor force....................|   3,942 |   4,033 |   3,992 |   3,977 |   3,992 |   4,043 |   4,019 |   4,066 |   4,030
    Employed..............................|   3,616 |   3,740 |   3,684 |   3,664 |   3,723 |   3,786 |   3,737 |   3,788 |   3,735
    Unemployed............................|     327 |     293 |     308 |     313 |     269 |     257 |     282 |     278 |     295
    Unemployment rate.....................|     8.3 |     7.3 |     7.7 |     7.9 |     6.7 |     6.3 |     7.0 |     6.8 |     7.3
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                 New York
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population......|  14,023 |  14,054 |  14,054 |  14,023 |  14,046 |  14,049 |  14,052 |  14,054 |  14,054
  Civilian labor force....................|   8,707 |   8,577 |   8,560 |   8,728 |   8,625 |   8,606 |   8,597 |   8,622 |   8,578
    Employed..............................|   7,963 |   7,875 |   7,836 |   8,035 |   7,954 |   7,955 |   7,943 |   8,008 |   7,906
    Unemployed............................|     744 |     702 |     725 |     693 |     671 |     651 |     654 |     614 |     672
    Unemployment rate.....................|     8.5 |     8.2 |     8.5 |     7.9 |     7.8 |     7.6 |     7.6 |     7.1 |     7.8
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              North Carolina
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population......|   5,260 |   5,334 |   5,340 |   5,260 |   5,314 |   5,321 |   5,328 |   5,334 |   5,340
  Civilian labor force....................|   3,529 |   3,497 |   3,548 |   3,567 |   3,548 |   3,554 |   3,565 |   3,559 |   3,587
    Employed..............................|   3,328 |   3,335 |   3,352 |   3,377 |   3,384 |   3,410 |   3,417 |   3,418 |   3,402
    Unemployed............................|     200 |     162 |     196 |     190 |     164 |     144 |     148 |     141 |     185
    Unemployment rate.....................|     5.7 |     4.6 |     5.5 |     5.3 |     4.6 |     4.1 |     4.1 |     4.0 |     5.2
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                   Ohio
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population......|   8,384 |   8,419 |   8,421 |   8,384 |   8,409 |   8,413 |   8,416 |   8,419 |   8,421
  Civilian labor force....................|   5,433 |   5,464 |   5,548 |   5,495 |   5,475 |   5,512 |   5,551 |   5,513 |   5,609
    Employed..............................|   5,009 |   5,065 |   5,199 |   5,124 |   5,118 |   5,153 |   5,203 |   5,178 |   5,315
    Unemployed............................|     424 |     399 |     349 |     371 |     357 |     359 |     348 |     335 |     294
    Unemployment rate.....................|     7.8 |     7.3 |     6.3 |     6.7 |     6.5 |     6.5 |     6.3 |     6.1 |     5.2
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               Pennsylvania
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Civilian noninstitutional population......|   9,275 |   9,298 |   9,299 |   9,275 |   9,292 |   9,295 |   9,297 |   9,298 |   9,299
  Civilian labor force....................|   5,875 |   5,762 |   5,727 |   5,887 |   5,889 |   5,899 |   5,890 |   5,800 |   5,740
    Employed..............................|   5,396 |   5,374 |   5,376 |   5,468 |   5,478 |   5,484 |   5,513 |   5,451 |   5,448
    Unemployed............................|     479 |     388 |     351 |     419 |     411 |     415 |     377 |     349 |     292
    Unemployment rate.....................|     8.2 |     6.7 |     6.1 |     7.1 |     7.0 |     7.0 |     6.4 |     6.0 |     5.1
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                  Texas
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population......|  13,208 |  13,442 |  13,461 |  13,208 |  13,378 |  13,400 |  13,421 |  13,442 |  13,461
  Civilian labor force....................|   8,935 |   9,255 |   9,241 |   9,000 |   9,339 |   9,359 |   9,301 |   9,315 |   9,307
    Employed..............................|   8,209 |   8,624 |   8,539 |   8,332 |   8,665 |   8,718 |   8,691 |   8,760 |   8,661
    Unemployed............................|     725 |     630 |     702 |     668 |     674 |     641 |     611 |     555 |     646
    Unemployment rate.....................|     8.1 |     6.8 |     7.6 |     7.4 |     7.2 |     6.8 |     6.6 |     6.0 |     6.9
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
   2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the
seasonally adjusted columns.
   3/ Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with those for 1993 and prior years.  For additional information, see "Revisions in
the Current Population Survey Effective January 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                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                 | 1993  | 1993  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|108,241|111,866|109,497|109,982|109,539|110,664|110,880|111,110|111,108|111,325
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 89,177| 92,600| 90,602| 90,743| 90,762| 91,761| 91,976| 92,156| 92,171| 92,381
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries....................| 22,442| 22,935| 22,461| 22,389| 23,069| 22,934| 22,994| 23,008| 23,015| 23,005
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining1/....................................|    587|    606|    592|    588|    600|    596|    595|    605|    602|    602
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  333.3|  347.6|  340.9|  337.6|    336|    351|    349|    344|    342|    342
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction1/..............................|  4,074|  4,581|  4,241|  4,175|  4,515|  4,629|  4,664|  4,665|  4,645|  4,623
       General building contractors..............|  985.9|1,074.9|1,020.4|  996.2|  1,058|  1,062|  1,078|  1,085|  1,082|  1,067
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 17,781| 17,748| 17,628| 17,626| 17,954| 17,709| 17,735| 17,738| 17,768| 17,780
         Production workers......................| 12,086| 12,143| 12,049| 12,063| 12,234| 12,091| 12,127| 12,139| 12,176| 12,195
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,070| 10,042|  9,994|  9,988| 10,163|  9,988| 10,013| 10,028| 10,059| 10,065
         Production workers......................|  6,715|  6,761|  6,725|  6,732|  6,790|  6,702|  6,725|  6,749|  6,783|  6,794
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Lumber and wood products..................|  669.4|  693.8|  687.4|  687.3|    690|    690|    694|    699|    704|    706
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  476.9|  486.7|  485.5|  482.2|    480|    480|    482|    485|    487|    484
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  495.4|  510.0|  497.6|  495.4|    515|    513|    513|    514|    517|    514
       Primary metal industries..................|  680.2|  675.4|  675.7|  676.9|    683|    672|    676|    675|    677|    680
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  240.3|  237.1|  237.1|  236.6|    242|    236|    238|    236|    238|    238
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,307.9|1,321.1|1,317.9|1,315.4|  1,320|  1,307|  1,313|  1,315|  1,326|  1,325
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,909.4|1,901.0|1,902.4|1,907.8|  1,907|  1,892|  1,897|  1,897|  1,900|  1,906
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,513.7|1,522.1|1,513.6|1,515.9|  1,520|  1,509|  1,515|  1,518|  1,514|  1,520
       Transportation equipment..................|1,763.0|1,709.8|1,701.4|1,697.0|  1,786|  1,697|  1,698|  1,703|  1,713|  1,714
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  816.1|  847.2|  847.7|  851.4|    833|    823|    827|    842|    876|    869
         Aircraft and parts......................|  570.2|  508.2|  501.2|  492.5|    570|    521|    514|    505|    499|    492
       Instruments and related products..........|  897.3|  862.1|  857.6|  854.6|    900|    868|    865|    861|    859|    856
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  356.9|  360.1|  354.7|  355.1|    362|    360|    360|    361|    362|    360
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,711|  7,706|  7,634|  7,638|  7,791|  7,721|  7,722|  7,710|  7,709|  7,715
         Production workers......................|  5,371|  5,382|  5,324|  5,331|  5,444|  5,389|  5,402|  5,390|  5,393|  5,401
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Food and kindred products.................|1,606.8|1,630.7|1,599.1|1,600.6|  1,659|  1,652|  1,649|  1,644|  1,643|  1,650
       Tobacco products..........................|   49.1|   48.9|   47.4|   45.0|     48|     45|     47|     46|     44|     44
       Textile mill products.....................|  666.0|  662.1|  660.0|  662.1|    670|    663|    662|    662|    663|    666
       Apparel and other textile products........|  989.2|  952.3|  938.1|  943.1|    993|    962|    959|    951|    949|    946
       Paper and allied products.................|  679.9|  675.7|  672.8|  672.2|    684|    676|    675|    676|    677|    677
       Printing and publishing...................|1,500.7|1,513.8|1,508.4|1,508.3|  1,502|  1,503|  1,505|  1,505|  1,508|  1,510
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,074.8|1,064.2|1,055.0|1,053.6|  1,078|  1,068|  1,066|  1,065|  1,060|  1,057
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  152.9|  150.8|  147.7|  147.2|    157|    154|    155|    153|    152|    151
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  875.9|  892.4|  892.2|  894.5|    883|    883|    889|    892|    898|    901
       Leather and leather products..............|  115.8|  115.2|  113.4|  111.8|    117|    115|    115|    116|    115|    113
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries..................| 85,799| 88,931| 87,036| 87,593| 86,470| 87,730| 87,886| 88,102| 88,093| 88,320
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  5,656|  5,748|  5,646|  5,651|  5,725|  5,693|  5,700|  5,697|  5,705|  5,717
       Transportation............................|  3,459|  3,574|  3,482|  3,488|  3,515|  3,505|  3,517|  3,521|  3,528|  3,541
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,580.7|1,676.7|1,606.1|1,608.6|  1,626|  1,631|  1,638|  1,629|  1,642|  1,653
         Transportation by air...................|  729.1|  737.2|  730.0|  729.0|    736|    729|    731|    739|    734|    736
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,197|  2,174|  2,164|  2,163|  2,210|  2,188|  2,183|  2,176|  2,177|  2,176
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  6,034|  6,140|  6,102|  6,107|  6,097|  6,122|  6,129|  6,133|  6,155|  6,169
       Durable goods.............................|  3,455|  3,516|  3,504|  3,506|  3,480|  3,499|  3,505|  3,512|  3,525|  3,531
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,579|  2,624|  2,598|  2,601|  2,617|  2,623|  2,624|  2,621|  2,630|  2,638
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade1/..............................| 19,139| 20,508| 19,623| 19,500| 19,629| 19,846| 19,853| 19,949| 19,942| 20,000
       General merchandise stores................|2,331.4|2,607.1|2,381.0|2,299.4|  2,402|  2,365|  2,361|  2,357|  2,339|  2,366
       Food stores...............................|3,162.6|3,279.4|3,204.2|3,199.1|  3,195|  3,228|  3,213|  3,218|  3,220|  3,235
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|1,980.0|2,062.1|2,053.1|2,060.3|  2,013|  2,053|  2,062|  2,075|  2,080|  2,092
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,113.2|1,250.1|1,140.3|1,097.6|  1,146|  1,135|  1,130|  1,147|  1,130|  1,129
       Eating and drinking places................|6,520.0|6,943.6|6,682.6|6,702.9|  6,765|  6,929|  6,950|  6,993|  6,983|  6,953
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,520|  6,643|  6,611|  6,624|  6,577|  6,632|  6,651|  6,660|  6,666|  6,681
       Finance...................................|  3,173|  3,259|  3,260|  3,274|  3,184|  3,242|  3,253|  3,262|  3,270|  3,284
         Depository institutions.................|2,101.6|2,125.8|2,123.5|2,123.7|  2,109|  2,122|  2,125|  2,126|  2,128|  2,130
       Insurance.................................|  2,108|  2,111|  2,104|  2,105|  2,108|  2,111|  2,114|  2,113|  2,106|  2,107
       Real estate...............................|  1,239|  1,273|  1,247|  1,245|  1,285|  1,279|  1,284|  1,285|  1,290|  1,290
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services1/..................................| 29,386| 30,626| 30,159| 30,472| 29,665| 30,534| 30,649| 30,709| 30,688| 30,809
       Agricultural services.....................|  421.3|  491.0|  451.1|  445.0|    501|    527|    535|    539|    539|    529
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|1,490.8|1,534.8|1,508.2|1,513.3|  1,566|  1,596|  1,586|  1,587|  1,594|  1,591
       Personal services.........................|1,136.2|1,105.5|1,137.5|1,153.1|  1,087|  1,116|  1,115|  1,110|  1,108|  1,111
       Business services.........................|5,424.8|6,011.8|5,827.6|5,876.1|  5,555|  5,902|  5,945|  5,976|  5,965|  6,027
         Personnel supply services...............|1,727.6|2,174.7|2,027.5|2,033.7|  1,835|  2,085|  2,108|  2,140|  2,146|  2,166
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  895.4|  956.6|  956.0|  967.6|    900|    942|    951|    962|    967|    974
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|  345.2|  360.7|  362.1|  364.5|    351|    358|    360|    361|    367|    370
       Motion pictures...........................|  417.3|  433.2|  424.7|  426.5|    422|    426|    422|    426|    426|    429
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                                                  _______________________________________________________________________________
 
   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                 | 1993  | 1993  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Amusement and recreation services.........|1,053.6|1,065.0|1,011.6|1,037.5|  1,146|  1,172|  1,174|  1,173|  1,129|  1,150
       Health services...........................|8,737.4|9,006.4|9,002.3|9,022.9|  8,754|  8,961|  8,985|  8,997|  9,020|  9,041
         Hospitals...............................|3,806.7|3,815.8|3,816.5|3,814.7|  3,810|  3,818|  3,818|  3,816|  3,817|  3,819
       Legal services............................|  919.9|  928.6|  927.1|  927.6|    926|    932|    933|    930|    932|    933
       Educational services......................|1,830.9|1,866.5|1,741.8|1,872.7|  1,730|  1,755|  1,770|  1,768|  1,763|  1,768
       Social services...........................|2,025.4|2,117.0|2,102.6|2,119.4|  2,022|  2,086|  2,099|  2,109|  2,111|  2,117
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|   67.8|   75.1|   70.5|   70.6|     74|     78|     78|     78|     77|     77
       Membership organizations..................|1,936.0|1,958.2|1,937.7|1,955.9|  1,952|  1,964|  1,969|  1,968|  1,971|  1,974
       Engineering and management services.......|2,499.5|2,532.0|2,514.5|2,535.4|  2,494|  2,536|  2,544|  2,542|  2,535|  2,533
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 19,064| 19,266| 18,895| 19,239| 18,777| 18,903| 18,904| 18,954| 18,937| 18,944
       Federal...................................|  2,928|  2,918|  2,877|  2,876|  2,944|  2,901|  2,896|  2,918|  2,897|  2,888
       State.....................................|  4,537|  4,579|  4,438|  4,586|  4,439|  4,488|  4,486|  4,498|  4,483|  4,487
       Local.....................................| 11,599| 11,769| 11,580| 11,777| 11,394| 11,514| 11,522| 11,538| 11,557| 11,569
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      p/  = preliminary.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                 | 1993  | 1993  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Total private...........................|  34.1 |  34.7 |  34.4 |  34.0 |  34.4 |  34.5 |  34.5 |  34.5 |  34.8 |  34.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Mining........................................|  43.5 |  44.6 |  43.9 |  43.6 |  43.6 |  45.1 |  44.2 |  43.9 |  44.0 |  43.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Construction..................................|  36.7 |  38.2 |  37.0 |  36.0 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Manufacturing.................................|  41.1 |  42.4 |  41.5 |  40.8 |  41.4 |  41.6 |  41.7 |  41.7 |  41.8 |  41.1
        Overtime hours...........................|   3.8 |   4.7 |   4.2 |   4.1 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.4 |   4.4 |   4.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Durable goods...............................|  41.7 |  43.4 |  42.4 |  41.8 |  42.1 |  42.4 |  42.5 |  42.6 |  42.7 |  42.1
        Overtime hours...........................|   3.9 |   5.2 |   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.3 |   4.5 |   4.7 |   4.7 |   4.8 |   5.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Lumber and wood products...................|  40.3 |  41.6 |  40.9 |  39.5 |  40.8 |  41.2 |  41.5 |  41.3 |  41.6 |  40.1
      Furniture and fixtures.....................|  39.6 |  41.4 |  39.9 |  38.2 |  40.3 |  40.5 |  40.7 |  40.2 |  40.2 |  38.9
      Stone, clay, and glass products............|  41.4 |  42.9 |  41.9 |  40.8 |  42.5 |  42.7 |  43.3 |  43.0 |  43.5 |  41.9
      Primary metal industries...................|  43.5 |  44.7 |  44.2 |  43.8 |  43.8 |  43.6 |  44.1 |  44.3 |  44.2 |  44.1
        Blast furnaces and basic steel products..|  43.9 |  44.6 |  43.8 |  43.6 |  44.4 |  43.7 |  44.0 |  44.2 |  43.8 |  44.0
      Fabricated metal products..................|  41.7 |  43.5 |  42.4 |  41.8 |  42.1 |  42.3 |  42.5 |  42.6 |  42.7 |  42.2
      Industrial machinery and equipment.........|  42.8 |  44.4 |  43.5 |  43.0 |  42.9 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  43.3 |  43.4 |  43.1
      Electronic and other electrical equipment..|  41.5 |  43.0 |  42.2 |  41.3 |  41.7 |  42.1 |  41.9 |  41.8 |  42.2 |  41.5
      Transportation equipment...................|  42.3 |  44.9 |  43.6 |  43.7 |  42.8 |  43.5 |  43.8 |  44.2 |  43.9 |  44.1
        Motor vehicles and equipment.............|  43.3 |  46.7 |  45.3 |  45.7 |  44.2 |  44.8 |  45.9 |  46.4 |  46.2 |  46.5
      Instruments and related products...........|  41.0 |  42.0 |  41.5 |  40.7 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  40.9 |  41.1 |  41.6 |  40.6
      Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  39.6 |  40.5 |  39.7 |  38.5 |  39.9 |  39.6 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  40.2 |  38.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Nondurable goods............................|  40.3 |  41.2 |  40.4 |  39.5 |  40.7 |  40.7 |  40.7 |  40.7 |  40.6 |  39.9
        Overtime hours...........................|   3.7 |   4.2 |   3.8 |   3.7 |   4.1 |   4.1 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   4.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Food and kindred products..................|  40.0 |  41.4 |  40.3 |  40.0 |  40.7 |  41.0 |  40.8 |  40.7 |  40.6 |  40.7
      Tobacco products...........................|  37.3 |  37.4 |  37.4 |  34.5 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Textile mill products......................|  41.2 |  42.2 |  41.2 |  39.5 |  41.8 |  41.3 |  41.9 |  41.9 |  41.5 |  40.1
      Apparel and other textile products.........|  37.3 |  37.6 |  36.8 |  35.1 |  37.5 |  36.9 |  37.3 |  37.2 |  37.0 |  35.2
      Paper and allied products..................|  43.3 |  44.5 |  43.7 |  42.7 |  43.8 |  43.8 |  43.7 |  43.7 |  43.7 |  43.1
      Printing and publishing....................|  37.9 |  38.9 |  37.9 |  37.6 |  38.1 |  38.5 |  38.4 |  38.3 |  38.2 |  37.9
      Chemicals and allied products..............|  42.8 |  44.0 |  43.3 |  42.6 |  42.9 |  43.4 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  43.3 |  42.8
      Petroleum and coal products................|  43.9 |  43.5 |  44.1 |  43.0 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|  41.9 |  42.6 |  41.9 |  41.2 |  42.1 |  41.8 |  42.1 |  42.1 |  41.8 |  41.4
      Leather and leather products...............|  39.0 |  39.0 |  38.4 |  37.4 |  39.4 |  38.7 |  38.6 |  38.5 |  38.6 |  37.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Transportation and public utilities...........|  39.1 |  39.9 |  40.2 |  40.3 |  39.4 |  39.9 |  39.7 |  39.8 |  40.7 |  40.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Wholesale trade...............................|  37.9 |  38.3 |  38.2 |  37.8 |  38.1 |  38.2 |  38.2 |  38.1 |  38.5 |  38.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Retail trade..................................|  28.2 |  29.3 |  28.2 |  28.2 |  28.7 |  28.9 |  28.8 |  28.9 |  29.0 |  28.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Finance, insurance, and real estate...........|  35.7 |  35.7 |  36.3 |  35.6 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Services......................................|  32.3 |  32.4 |  32.5 |  32.2 |  32.4 |  32.5 |  32.5 |  32.5 |  32.8 |  32.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and                2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;               adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                   to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components and
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,             consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
   insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups             precision.
   account for approximately four-fifths of the total                    p = preliminary.
   employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                         | 1993  | 1993  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1993  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$10.77 |$10.97 |$11.06 |$11.05 |$367.26|$380.66|$380.46|$375.70
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 10.74 | 10.95 | 11.01 | 11.03 | 369.46| 377.78| 383.15| 378.33
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Mining........................................| 14.60 | 14.66 | 15.02 | 14.93 | 635.10| 653.84| 659.38| 650.95
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Construction..................................| 14.11 | 14.44 | 14.38 | 14.42 | 517.84| 551.61| 532.06| 519.12
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Manufacturing.................................| 11.62 | 12.01 | 11.97 | 12.03 | 477.58| 509.22| 496.76| 490.82
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Durable goods...............................| 12.20 | 12.64 | 12.58 | 12.64 | 508.74| 548.58| 533.39| 528.35
              Lumber and wood products...................|  9.51 |  9.72 |  9.74 |  9.71 | 383.25| 404.35| 398.37| 383.55
              Furniture and fixtures.....................|  9.12 |  9.44 |  9.43 |  9.41 | 361.15| 390.82| 376.26| 359.46
              Stone, clay, and glass products............| 11.67 | 11.96 | 11.98 | 12.03 | 483.14| 513.08| 501.96| 490.82
              Primary metal industries...................| 13.82 | 14.27 | 14.20 | 14.27 | 601.17| 637.87| 627.64| 625.03
                Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 16.23 | 16.60 | 16.59 | 16.64 | 712.50| 740.36| 726.64| 725.50
              Fabricated metal products..................| 11.56 | 11.91 | 11.87 | 11.90 | 482.05| 518.09| 503.29| 497.42
              Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 12.61 | 13.00 | 12.92 | 12.95 | 539.71| 577.20| 562.02| 556.85
              Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 11.10 | 11.51 | 11.38 | 11.45 | 460.65| 494.93| 480.24| 472.89
              Transportation equipment...................| 15.54 | 16.47 | 16.31 | 16.42 | 657.34| 739.50| 711.12| 717.55
                Motor vehicles and equipment.............| 15.71 | 16.94 | 16.74 | 16.87 | 680.24| 791.10| 758.32| 770.96
              Instruments and related products...........| 12.11 | 12.48 | 12.47 | 12.46 | 496.51| 524.16| 517.51| 507.12
              Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  9.32 |  9.56 |  9.58 |  9.60 | 369.07| 387.18| 380.33| 369.60
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Nondurable goods............................| 10.87 | 11.18 | 11.17 | 11.21 | 438.06| 460.62| 451.27| 442.80
              Food and kindred products..................| 10.29 | 10.61 | 10.58 | 10.58 | 411.60| 439.25| 426.37| 423.20
              Tobacco products...........................| 16.48 | 16.81 | 17.10 | 18.47 | 614.70| 628.69| 639.54| 637.22
              Textile mill products......................|  8.81 |  9.02 |  9.04 |  9.04 | 362.97| 380.64| 372.45| 357.08
              Apparel and other textile products.........|  7.05 |  7.25 |  7.22 |  7.23 | 262.97| 272.60| 265.70| 253.77
              Paper and allied products..................| 13.18 | 13.61 | 13.57 | 13.62 | 570.69| 605.65| 593.01| 581.57
              Printing and publishing....................| 11.83 | 12.12 | 12.06 | 12.06 | 448.36| 471.47| 457.07| 453.46
              Chemicals and allied products..............| 14.77 | 15.06 | 15.01 | 15.07 | 632.16| 662.64| 649.93| 641.98
              Petroleum and coal products................| 18.42 | 18.74 | 18.81 | 18.95 | 808.64| 815.19| 829.52| 814.85
              Rubber and misc. plastics products.........| 10.54 | 10.69 | 10.72 | 10.79 | 441.63| 455.39| 449.17| 444.55
              Leather and leather products...............|  7.49 |  7.86 |  7.91 |  7.93 | 292.11| 306.54| 303.74| 296.58
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Transportation and public utilities...........| 13.60 | 13.75 | 13.79 | 13.80 | 531.76| 548.63| 554.36| 556.14
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Wholesale trade...............................| 11.61 | 11.84 | 11.93 | 11.91 | 440.02| 453.47| 455.73| 450.20
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Retail trade..................................|  7.26 |  7.36 |  7.45 |  7.44 | 204.73| 215.65| 210.09| 209.81
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 11.19 | 11.60 | 11.76 | 11.74 | 399.48| 414.12| 426.89| 417.94
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Services......................................| 10.83 | 11.01 | 11.09 | 11.07 | 349.81| 356.72| 360.43| 356.45
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Feb.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  |   from:
                                                      | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  | 1993  |1994p/ |1994p/ |Jan. 1994-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Feb. 1994
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $10.74| $10.92| $10.93| $10.95| $11.01| $11.03|     0.2
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.39|   7.39|   7.39|   7.39|   7.42|  N.A. |    (3)
                   Mining.............................|  14.55|  14.61|  14.49|  14.66|  14.89|  14.86|     -.2
                   Construction.......................|  14.22|  14.41|  14.44|  14.38|  14.38|  14.54|     1.1
                   Manufacturing......................|  11.64|  11.83|  11.88|  11.95|  11.96|  12.05|      .8
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.10|  11.26|  11.29|  11.34|  11.36|  11.44|      .7
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.58|  13.67|  13.68|  13.72|  13.78|  13.77|     -.1
                   Wholesale trade....................|  11.57|  11.84|  11.78|  11.78|  11.91|  11.86|     -.4
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.25|   7.35|   7.34|   7.37|   7.41|   7.43|      .3
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  11.09|  11.51|  11.53|  11.55|  11.71|  11.64|     -.6
                   Services...........................|  10.75|  10.89|  10.91|  10.91|  11.00|  10.98|     -.2
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
                    2/  The Consumer Price Index for Urban
                 Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
                 used to deflate this series.
                    3/  Change was .4 percent from December
                 1993 to January 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:  The CPI-W has been revised to
                 reflect the experience through December
                 1993.Constant-dollar earnings series have
                 been revised from January 1989 through
                 December 1993.
 
 
 
         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                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Feb. |Dec. | Jan.  | Feb.  |Feb. |Oct. |Nov. |Dec. | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                       |1993 |1993 |1994p/ |1994p/ |1993 |1993 |1993 |1993 |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|119.2|126.6| 122.2 | 121.2 |122.7|124.9|125.1|125.4| 126.3 | 124.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods-producing industries....................| 97.6|104.4|  99.3 |  97.1 |102.5|102.8|103.8|103.7| 103.7 | 101.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 51.0| 54.8|  52.1 |  51.1 | 52.7| 53.9| 52.7| 53.8|  53.3 |  53.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|101.4|122.4| 107.2 | 102.2 |119.2|124.5|127.9|126.9| 125.1 | 120.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|100.1|103.9| 100.9 |  99.2 |102.3|101.5|102.0|102.1| 102.5 | 101.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................| 97.7|102.3|  99.5 |  98.1 | 99.7| 99.1| 99.8|100.2| 101.1 |  99.8
            Lumber and wood products...................|117.1|125.7| 122.5 | 118.3 |122.7|124.0|125.5|125.8| 127.8 | 123.6
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|117.1|125.6| 120.3 | 114.5 |120.0|120.6|122.2|121.3| 121.6 | 117.4
            Stone, clay, and glass products............| 95.0|101.9|  96.7 |  93.7 |102.3|102.2|103.7|103.2| 105.5 | 100.6
            Primary metal industries...................| 85.2| 87.5|  86.6 |  86.1 | 86.3| 84.6| 86.3| 86.5|  86.8 |  87.1
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 71.8| 72.4|  71.1 |  70.2 | 73.3| 71.0| 71.9| 71.8|  71.2 |  71.5
            Fabricated metal products..................| 99.6|106.0| 102.8 | 101.4 |101.6|101.5|102.6|103.2| 104.3 | 103.2
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 90.8| 95.2|  93.6 |  93.3 | 90.9| 91.8| 92.1| 92.7|  93.2 |  93.2
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 99.3|104.2| 101.3 |  99.6 |100.2|100.8|100.6|101.1| 101.5 | 100.6
            Transportation equipment...................|109.3|113.8| 110.3 | 110.4 |112.1|108.8|110.1|111.2| 112.1 | 112.3
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|131.1|146.0| 141.9 | 143.9 |139.0|135.4|139.8|144.2| 150.5 | 150.1
            Instruments and related products...........| 77.2| 75.7|  74.2 |  72.6 | 77.3| 74.3| 73.6| 73.8|  74.5 |  72.6
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................| 95.3| 97.9|  93.6 |  91.4 | 97.6| 96.2| 96.5| 96.9|  97.2 |  93.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|103.3|106.0| 102.7 | 100.7 |105.8|104.7|105.0|104.7| 104.5 | 103.0
            Food and kindred products..................|105.0|110.9| 105.5 | 104.9 |111.2|111.4|111.0|110.3| 110.0 | 110.8
            Tobacco products...........................| 68.5| 69.4|  67.0 |  58.3 | 68.1| 63.2| 67.1| 62.0|  60.8 |  57.6
            Textile mill products......................| 97.0| 98.6|  96.2 |  92.4 | 99.2| 96.8| 97.8| 98.0|  97.4 |  94.5
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 90.7| 87.9|  84.6 |  81.5 | 91.6| 87.2| 88.1| 87.0|  86.2 |  82.0
            Paper and allied products..................|108.0|110.7| 108.1 | 105.6 |110.4|108.9|108.7|108.7| 108.9 | 107.6
            Printing and publishing....................|121.3|125.1| 121.3 | 120.1 |122.2|123.1|122.7|122.3| 122.2 | 121.3
            Chemicals and allied products..............| 98.2|103.1| 100.7 |  99.1 | 98.7|101.3|100.9|101.3| 101.4 |  99.9
            Petroleum and coal products................| 83.0| 79.7|  78.8 |  76.1 | 87.4| 86.3| 83.1| 82.2|  84.4 |  79.0
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|128.5|133.0| 131.0 | 129.4 |130.4|128.6|131.0|131.6| 131.8 | 131.4
            Leather and leather products...............| 55.7| 55.1|  53.3 |  51.3 | 56.9| 54.7| 54.6| 54.4|  54.6 |  52.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service-producing industries..................|128.9|136.6| 132.5 | 132.0 |131.8|134.7|134.7|135.1| 136.5 | 134.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|113.2|117.5| 116.0 | 116.5 |115.7|116.5|116.0|115.9| 118.8 | 118.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|112.7|116.2| 114.9 | 113.9 |114.8|115.6|115.8|115.6| 117.1 | 115.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|116.9|130.3| 119.5 | 118.6 |122.3|124.2|123.8|124.7| 125.1 | 124.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|116.2|119.2| 120.5 | 118.3 |117.2|119.7|119.3|119.3| 122.0 | 119.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|150.6|157.6| 155.3 | 155.4 |152.5|157.6|158.0|158.3| 159.6 | 157.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  39.2 |  39.9 |  40.2 |  36.7 |  50.0 |  43.7 |  47.6 |  52.9 |  48.0 |  46.9 |  46.1 |  45.2
           1992..............|  41.9 |  45.6 |  51.1 |  55.9 |  52.5 |  45.2 |  52.2 |  45.5 |  52.7 |  52.4 |  52.0 |  54.8
           1993..............|  58.1 |  59.7 |  51.0 |  53.8 |  56.9 |  46.5 |  57.9 |  44.4 |  57.2 |  53.9 |  61.0 |  56.0
           1994..............|p/55.2 |p/57.2 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  33.8 |  32.4 |  32.0 |  39.0 |  38.9 |  43.8 |  48.0 |  49.4 |  50.3 |  44.5 |  42.6 |  40.3
           1992..............|  40.7 |  44.5 |  51.8 |  56.0 |  52.9 |  50.4 |  44.8 |  47.8 |  47.3 |  52.0 |  54.2 |  57.2
           1993..............|  61.8 |  60.8 |  58.7 |  56.2 |  52.4 |  55.1 |  46.5 |  52.8 |  51.8 |  61.9 |  60.0 |p/60.4
           1994..............|p/61.4 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  30.2 |  33.0 |  31.9 |  33.7 |  39.3 |  43.7 |  46.2 |  45.2 |  46.9 |  43.8 |  41.6 |  41.2
           1992..............|  45.4 |  47.1 |  47.5 |  51.7 |  51.3 |  48.9 |  47.3 |  45.6 |  48.9 |  51.8 |  57.7 |  56.6
           1993..............|  59.7 |  58.3 |  58.3 |  57.7 |  49.7 |  51.1 |  52.9 |  55.9 |  58.7 |p/57.7 |p/62.5 |
           1994..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  31.0 |  31.0 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  31.7 |  33.8 |  35.8 |  37.5 |  40.0 |  44.9 |  45.5 |  46.3
           1992..............|  47.8 |  43.0 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  45.8 |  47.2 |  49.3 |  54.2 |  53.1 |  51.3 |  52.1 |  51.5
           1993..............|  52.5 |  52.4 |  53.4 |  56.6 |  58.8 |  59.7 |p/61.0 |p/59.1 |       |       |       |
           1994..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
                             |
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      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  33.8 |  34.2 |  33.5 |  36.3 |  46.4 |  42.1 |  45.3 |  51.8 |  41.7 |  47.1 |  41.4 |  40.3
           1992..............|  37.4 |  41.4 |  47.8 |  49.6 |  45.7 |  41.0 |  50.4 |  37.1 |  46.8 |  39.6 |  50.4 |  47.1
           1993..............|  53.2 |  54.7 |  47.5 |  36.3 |  50.7 |  38.5 |  50.7 |  37.1 |  48.2 |  49.3 |  55.8 |  51.8
           1994..............|p/52.5 |p/52.5 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  23.7 |  22.3 |  19.8 |  33.5 |  35.6 |  38.8 |  45.7 |  46.0 |  48.6 |  38.8 |  37.4 |  33.1
           1992..............|  33.5 |  38.5 |  43.5 |  45.0 |  41.7 |  44.6 |  35.6 |  37.1 |  29.9 |  39.9 |  42.8 |  51.4
           1993..............|  55.0 |  57.6 |  45.7 |  42.1 |  34.2 |  44.2 |  32.4 |  39.2 |  38.8 |  54.0 |  55.4 |p/55.8
           1994..............|p/55.8 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  14.7 |  20.9 |  21.6 |  25.5 |  34.5 |  38.8 |  42.4 |  40.3 |  41.0 |  38.1 |  34.5 |  34.2
           1992..............|  34.9 |  34.5 |  36.0 |  42.8 |  39.6 |  36.0 |  30.2 |  31.7 |  34.2 |  37.4 |  48.6 |  49.6
           1993..............|  50.7 |  46.0 |  45.0 |  43.9 |  32.7 |  29.9 |  38.5 |  41.0 |  47.8 |p/47.8 |p/56.5 |
           1994..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  16.5 |  16.2 |  17.3 |  18.0 |  20.9 |  24.1 |  26.3 |  30.6 |  32.7 |  37.8 |  36.7 |  36.7
           1992..............|  41.0 |  33.5 |  31.3 |  27.7 |  31.3 |  34.5 |  35.6 |  41.4 |  41.7 |  37.1 |  38.1 |  36.3
           1993..............|  36.3 |  37.4 |  36.0 |  41.4 |  42.8 |  45.7 |p/49.6 |p/48.2 |       |       |       |
           1994..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
      and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month           with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
      span. Data are centered within the span.                         indicates an equal balance between industries with
         p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with