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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  SEPTEMBER 2000
                                     

   Total nonfarm employment rose by 252,000 in September, and the
unemployment rate declined to 3.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  After adjusting for the
net return of striking workers (75,000) and a further decline in the
number of temporary census jobs (27,000), nonfarm employment was up by
204,000.  Job gains were very strong in the services industry, but the
overall employment change was tempered by widespread job losses in
manufacturing.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons, 5.5 million, and the unemployment
rate, 3.9 percent, declined in September.  Over the past year, the rate has
ranged from 3.9 percent to 4.1 percent.  Over the month, the unemployment
rates decreased for adult women (3.5 percent) and blacks (7.0 percent).
Rates for the other major worker groups--adult men (3.2 percent), teenagers
(12.8 percent), whites (3.5 percent), and Hispanics (5.6 percent)--showed
little or no change.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment was little changed at 135.2 million, seasonally
adjusted, in September.  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of
the population age 16 and older with jobs--was 64.3 percent, unchanged from
August.  The civilian labor force, 140.6 million, and the labor force
participation rate, 66.9 percent, were both essentially unchanged in
September.  (See table A-1.)
   
   The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (those who
would have preferred full-time work) was 3.2 million in September.  The
number of these involuntary part-time workers has ranged from 3.1 to 3.3
million since July 1999.  (See table A-4.)

   About 7.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in September.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.5 percent of total
employment, compared with 5.7 percent a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in September, about the same number as a year
earlier.  These people wanted and were available to work and had looked for
a job sometime in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed,
however, because they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks
preceding the survey.  The number of discouraged workers was 250,000 in
September.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were
not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs
were available for them.  (See table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Aug.-
      Category        |      2000       |           2000           | Sept.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   II   |  III   |  July  |  Aug.  |  Sept. |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 140,827| 140,593| 140,399| 140,742| 140,639|   -103
  Employment..........| 135,200| 134,941| 134,749| 134,912| 135,161|    249
  Unemployment........|   5,627|   5,652|   5,650|   5,829|   5,477|   -352
Not in labor force....|  68,550|  69,348|  69,329|  69,193|  69,522|    329
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.0|     4.0|     4.0|     4.1|     3.9|   -0.2
  Adult men...........|     3.3|     3.2|     3.2|     3.2|     3.2|     .0
  Adult women.........|     3.7|     3.6|     3.7|     3.8|     3.5|    -.3
  Teenagers...........|    12.3|    13.5|    13.4|    14.4|    12.8|   -1.6
  White...............|     3.4|     3.5|     3.5|     3.6|     3.5|    -.1
  Black...............|     7.7|     7.6|     7.7|     8.0|     7.0|   -1.0
  Hispanic origin.....|     5.6|     5.6|     5.6|     5.7|     5.6|    -.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 131,552|p131,630| 131,607|p131,516|p131,768|   p252
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,703| p25,668|  25,756| p25,643| p25,606|   p-37
    Construction......|   6,676|  p6,683|   6,670|  p6,675|  p6,705|    p30
    Manufacturing.....|  18,488| p18,448|  18,548| p18,431| p18,365|   p-66
  Service-producing 1/| 105,849|p105,962| 105,851|p105,873|p106,162|   p289
    Retail trade......|  23,128| p23,191|  23,196| p23,188| p23,189|     p1
    Services..........|  40,272| p40,586|  40,403| p40,578| p40,778|   p200
    Government........|  20,827| p20,522|  20,606| p20,498| p20,462|   p-36
                      |________|________|________|________|________|________
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|   p34.4|    34.4|   p34.3|   p34.4|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|   p41.4|    41.7|   p41.3|   p41.2|   p-.1
    Overtime..........|     4.7|    p4.5|     4.6|    p4.5|    p4.4|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   151.2|  p151.3|   151.4|  p151.0|  p151.4|   p0.4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.67| p$13.79|  $13.75| p$13.80| p$13.83| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  471.50| p474.03|  473.00| p473.34| p475.75|  p2.41
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 252,000 to 131.8 million in
September.  Contributing to this increase was the net return of 75,000
striking workers to their jobs.  At the same time, the number also reflects
the conclusion of 27,000 temporary census jobs.  After adjusting for both
effects, payroll employment increased by 204,000 in September.  (The strike
adjustment primarily reflects the return of 87,000 communications workers
who were off company payrolls in August, which was partly offset by new
strikes involving 12,000 workers.)  So far this year, employment has
increased by an average of 192,000 per month compared to 229,000 per month
for all of 1999.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Employment in the services industry rose by 200,000 in September,
seasonally adjusted.  Month-to-month growth in services employment has
varied widely this year, although the average monthly change (119,000) is
close to the monthly average for all of 1999.  Employment in help supply
services increased by 69,000 in September, after showing little net growth
in the prior 3 months.  Over the month, job gains continued in health
services and in engineering and management services.  In September, as in
August, there were large employment increases in job training services
(within social services) and civic and social organizations (within
membership organizations) after seasonal adjustment; these increases
resulted from lighter-than-normal seasonal layoffs that followed weak
summer hiring.
   
   Construction employment rose by 30,000 in September, seasonally adjusted,
following 3 months of very small gains.  Seasonal declines in construction
usually begin in September.  This year those seasonal layoffs were smaller
than normal, perhaps reflecting the relatively light hiring over the summer.
Thus far this year, construction employment has increased by 17,000 per month
on average, compared with 25,000 per month for all of 1999.
                                 
   Employment in transportation and public utilities rose by 105,000 in
September, largely reflecting the return of 87,000 telephone communications
workers from a strike that kept them off payrolls during the August reference
period.  Apart from the strike effect, employment in the communications
industry increased by 7,000, and the transportation industry continued to
grow.
   
   Finance, insurance, and real estate employment rose by 16,000 in
September, following a similar gain in August.  In the first 7 months of
the year, however, the industry had averaged monthly job losses of 4,000.
In September, security brokerages added 6,000 jobs, continuing a strong
growth trend.  Employment also increased in mortgage brokerages and in real
estate.

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   Employment in manufacturing fell by 66,000 in September, following an
even larger decline of 117,000 in August, as revised.  Part of September's
decline resulted from 10,000 workers being off payrolls due to strikes in
transportation equipment and food and kindred products during the survey
reference period.  September's losses were widespread, with employment down
in both durable and nondurable goods manufacturing.  Employment fell in
industrial machinery and equipment (9,000), apparel (9,000), rubber and
miscellaneous plastics (8,000), and fabricated metal products (6,000).  The
only manufacturing industry to show consistent growth this year has been
electronic components, which added 4,000 jobs in September and has added
46,000 jobs since April 1999.
   
   Retail trade employment was essentially unchanged in September, as gains
in most component industries were offset by losses in eating and drinking
places and in building materials stores.  The number of jobs in eating and
drinking establishments declined for the second consecutive month, following
strong gains in June and July.  Wholesale trade showed little change in
September.
   
   Federal government employment fell in September, as 27,000 temporary
Census 2000 workers completed their assignments.  As of September, only
about 6,000 temporary census workers remained on the federal government
payroll, down from a peak of 618,000 in May.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls was up by 0.1 hour in September to 34.4 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek edged down by 0.1 hour to 41.2 hours,
following a drop of 0.4 hour in August.  In September, manufacturing
overtime declined by 0.1 hour for the second consecutive month to 4.4 hours.
(See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.3 percent to 151.4
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index fell by 0.7
percent to 104.6.  (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 3 cents in September to $13.83,
seasonally adjusted.  Over the month, average weekly earnings increased
by 0.5 percent to $475.75.  Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by
3.6 percent and average weekly earnings grew by 3.3 percent.  Twelve-month
growth rates in hourly earnings have been in the range of 3.5 to 3.8 percent
since February 1999.  (See table B-3.)

                      ------------------------------

   The Employment Situation for October 2000 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, November 3, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).

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Expansion of the Current Population Survey (Household Survey) Sample
   
   The Census Bureau is expanding the monthly sample for the Current
Population Survey (CPS) in response to a legislative mandate under the
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).  This expansion, which
will occur in 31 states and the District of Columbia, will increase the
total number of households eligible for the monthly survey from about
50,000 to about 60,000.  The additional households are being introduced
into the survey over a 3-month period beginning with September 2000.
   
   The SCHIP legislation requires that the Census Bureau improve state
estimates of the number of children who live in low-income families and
lack health insurance.  The expansion of the monthly CPS sample is one part
of the Census Bureau's plan for improving the SCHIP estimates.  Other parts
of the plan include an increase in the number of households that will be
asked the questions from the annual March supplement to the CPS, the source
of information on income and access to health insurance.
   
   The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) does not plan to use the expanded
sample for the official national labor force estimates until at least July
2001, after the data collected from the new households have been evaluated.
BLS will review estimates for November 2000 through April 2001 produced
from the expanded sample.  If persistent differences are observed between
the estimates derived from the current and expanded samples during this
period of review, the use of the expanded sample in the official estimates
may be further delayed.  The announcement of the final decision on whether
the expanded sample will be used in the official data for July 2001
(scheduled for release in August) will be made in early June.
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2000,
the sample included about 300,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

                                  - 7 -
 
 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $16.00 per issue or
$40.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
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Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 208,265 209,935 210,161 208,265 209,371 209,543 209,727 209,935 210,161
    Civilian labor force............................ 139,217 141,425 140,357 139,475 140,489 140,762 140,399 140,742 140,639
          Participation rate........................    66.8    67.4    66.8    67.0    67.1    67.2    66.9    67.0    66.9
      Employed...................................... 133,555 135,601 135,033 133,650 134,715 135,179 134,749 134,912 135,161
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.1    64.6    64.3    64.2    64.3    64.5    64.2    64.3    64.3
        Agriculture.................................   3,342   3,656   3,510   3,179   3,298   3,321   3,299   3,344   3,340
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 130,214 131,945 131,523 130,471 131,417 131,858 131,450 131,569 131,821
      Unemployed....................................   5,661   5,824   5,324   5,825   5,774   5,583   5,650   5,829   5,477
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     4.1     3.8     4.2     4.1     4.0     4.0     4.1     3.9
    Not in labor force..............................  69,048  68,510  69,804  68,790  68,882  68,781  69,329  69,193  69,522
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,196   4,441   4,184   4,352   4,412   4,254   4,478   4,213   4,349
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,976 100,847 100,963  99,976 100,566 100,654 100,745 100,847 100,963
    Civilian labor force............................  74,393  76,086  74,983  74,643  74,883  75,120  74,917  75,412  75,233
          Participation rate........................    74.4    75.4    74.3    74.7    74.5    74.6    74.4    74.8    74.5
      Employed......................................  71,603  73,299  72,317  71,630  71,948  72,217  72,063  72,407  72,352
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.6    72.7    71.6    71.6    71.5    71.7    71.5    71.8    71.7
      Unemployed....................................   2,790   2,787   2,666   3,013   2,934   2,903   2,854   3,005   2,881
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.8     3.7     3.6     4.0     3.9     3.9     3.8     4.0     3.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  91,793  92,754  92,863  91,793  92,408  92,546  92,642  92,754  92,863
    Civilian labor force............................  70,286  71,324  70,954  70,328  70,603  70,714  70,702  71,067  71,002
          Participation rate........................    76.6    76.9    76.4    76.6    76.4    76.4    76.3    76.6    76.5
      Employed......................................  68,078  69,176  68,823  67,943  68,230  68,430  68,440  68,757  68,699
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.2    74.6    74.1    74.0    73.8    73.9    73.9    74.1    74.0
        Agriculture.................................   2,296   2,441   2,474   2,189   2,217   2,269   2,296   2,288   2,350
        Nonagricultural industries..................  65,782  66,735  66,349  65,754  66,013  66,161  66,144  66,469  66,349
      Unemployed....................................   2,208   2,148   2,130   2,385   2,373   2,284   2,263   2,309   2,303
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.1     3.0     3.0     3.4     3.4     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,289 109,088 109,198 108,289 108,805 108,889 108,983 109,088 109,198
    Civilian labor force............................  64,823  65,339  65,374  64,832  65,606  65,642  65,482  65,330  65,406
          Participation rate........................    59.9    59.9    59.9    59.9    60.3    60.3    60.1    59.9    59.9
      Employed......................................  61,952  62,302  62,716  62,020  62,767  62,962  62,686  62,505  62,809
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.2    57.1    57.4    57.3    57.7    57.8    57.5    57.3    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   2,871   3,037   2,658   2,812   2,839   2,680   2,796   2,824   2,597
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.4     4.6     4.1     4.3     4.3     4.1     4.3     4.3     4.0
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,385 101,209 101,321 100,385 100,929 101,007 101,111 101,209 101,321
    Civilian labor force............................  61,053  60,909  61,552  60,860  61,614  61,596  61,508  61,260  61,386
          Participation rate........................    60.8    60.2    60.7    60.6    61.0    61.0    60.8    60.5    60.6
      Employed......................................  58,753  58,369  59,370  58,630  59,248  59,278  59,222  58,949  59,268
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.5    57.7    58.6    58.4    58.7    58.7    58.6    58.2    58.5
        Agriculture.................................     833     883     787     778     864     834     792     824     744
        Nonagricultural industries..................  57,920  57,486  58,583  57,852  58,383  58,444  58,430  58,125  58,524
      Unemployed....................................   2,299   2,539   2,182   2,230   2,367   2,318   2,286   2,311   2,118
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.8     4.2     3.5     3.7     3.8     3.8     3.7     3.8     3.5
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,086  15,972  15,977  16,086  16,034  15,991  15,974  15,972  15,977
    Civilian labor force............................   7,878   9,192   7,852   8,287   8,271   8,452   8,189   8,415   8,251
          Participation rate........................    49.0    57.6    49.1    51.5    51.6    52.9    51.3    52.7    51.6
      Employed......................................   6,724   8,055   6,840   7,077   7,237   7,471   7,087   7,206   7,195
          Employment-population ratio...............    41.8    50.4    42.8    44.0    45.1    46.7    44.4    45.1    45.0
        Agriculture.................................     212     331     249     212     217     218     211     232     247
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,512   7,724   6,591   6,865   7,020   7,253   6,876   6,974   6,948
      Unemployed....................................   1,154   1,137   1,012   1,210   1,034     981   1,101   1,209   1,056
          Unemployment rate.........................    14.7    12.4    12.9    14.6    12.5    11.6    13.4    14.4    12.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 173,432 174,587 174,745 173,432 174,197 174,316 174,443 174,587 174,745
    Civilian labor force............................ 116,243 118,018 117,237 116,495 117,097 117,451 117,258 117,551 117,535
        Participation rate..........................    67.0    67.6    67.1    67.2    67.2    67.4    67.2    67.3    67.3
      Employed...................................... 112,241 113,845 113,334 112,303 112,988 113,484 113,156 113,352 113,450
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.7    65.2    64.9    64.8    64.9    65.1    64.9    64.9    64.9
      Unemployed....................................   4,002   4,173   3,903   4,192   4,108   3,967   4,103   4,199   4,085
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.4     3.5     3.3     3.6     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.6     3.5
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  59,808  60,512  60,227  59,841  59,882  60,074  59,950  60,358  60,275
        Participation rate..........................    77.1    77.3    76.9    77.1    76.7    76.9    76.7    77.1    77.0
      Employed......................................  58,236  58,994  58,660  58,102  58,184  58,409  58,302  58,701  58,543
        Employment-population ratio.................    75.1    75.4    74.9    74.9    74.6    74.8    74.6    75.0    74.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,571   1,518   1,567   1,739   1,698   1,666   1,647   1,657   1,732
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.6     2.5     2.6     2.9     2.8     2.8     2.7     2.7     2.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,746  49,727  50,355  49,593  50,237  50,246  50,356  50,060  50,235
        Participation rate..........................    59.9    59.4    60.1    59.7    60.2    60.2    60.2    59.8    60.0
      Employed......................................  48,138  47,855  48,786  48,010  48,567  48,616  48,700  48,388  48,688
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.9    57.2    58.3    57.8    58.2    58.2    58.3    57.8    58.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,608   1,872   1,570   1,583   1,670   1,630   1,656   1,673   1,546
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.2     3.8     3.1     3.2     3.3     3.2     3.3     3.3     3.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,690   7,779   6,654   7,061   6,978   7,130   6,953   7,133   7,025
        Participation rate..........................    52.5    61.3    52.4    55.4    54.9    56.1    54.7    56.2    55.3
      Employed......................................   5,867   6,996   5,888   6,191   6,237   6,458   6,153   6,264   6,219
        Employment-population ratio.................    46.0    55.1    46.4    48.6    49.1    50.8    48.4    49.3    49.0
      Unemployed....................................     823     783     766     870     740     672     800     869     806
        Unemployment rate...........................    12.3    10.1    11.5    12.3    10.6     9.4    11.5    12.2    11.5
          Men.......................................    12.4    10.6    11.9    12.7    10.7    11.2    12.6    13.3    12.2
          Women.....................................    12.2     9.4    11.1    11.9    10.5     7.4    10.3    11.0    10.7
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,946  25,258  25,299  24,946  25,161  25,191  25,221  25,258  25,299
    Civilian labor force............................  16,494  16,630  16,426  16,474  16,596  16,577  16,456  16,512  16,403
        Participation rate..........................    66.1    65.8    64.9    66.0    66.0    65.8    65.2    65.4    64.8
      Employed......................................  15,113  15,269  15,244  15,114  15,261  15,275  15,190  15,190  15,246
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.6    60.5    60.3    60.6    60.7    60.6    60.2    60.1    60.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,381   1,361   1,182   1,360   1,335   1,302   1,266   1,322   1,156
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.4     8.2     7.2     8.3     8.0     7.9     7.7     8.0     7.0
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,216   7,337   7,285   7,205   7,261   7,263   7,292   7,337   7,274
        Participation rate..........................    72.4    72.4    71.8    72.3    72.0    72.0    72.1    72.4    71.7
      Employed......................................   6,711   6,824   6,826   6,696   6,736   6,761   6,803   6,797   6,813
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.3    67.4    67.3    67.2    66.8    67.0    67.3    67.1    67.1
      Unemployed....................................     506     513     458     509     524     502     489     540     461
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.0     7.0     6.3     7.1     7.2     6.9     6.7     7.4     6.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,361   8,215   8,239   8,316   8,384   8,347   8,217   8,230   8,197
        Participation rate..........................    66.9    64.9    64.9    66.5    66.5    66.1    65.0    65.0    64.6
      Employed......................................   7,774   7,656   7,740   7,759   7,801   7,792   7,691   7,710   7,724
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.2    60.4    61.0    62.1    61.9    61.7    60.8    60.9    60.9
      Unemployed....................................     587     559     499     557     583     554     525     520     472
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.0     6.8     6.1     6.7     7.0     6.6     6.4     6.3     5.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     917   1,078     902     953     951     967     947     945     932
        Participation rate..........................    36.9    43.8    36.6    38.4    38.5    39.2    38.4    38.4    37.8
      Employed......................................     628     788     677     659     724     722     696     682     709
        Employment-population ratio.................    25.3    32.0    27.5    26.5    29.3    29.2    28.2    27.7    28.8
      Unemployed....................................     289     289     225     294     227     245     252     262     223
        Unemployment rate...........................    31.5    26.8    24.9    30.8    23.9    25.4    26.6    27.8    23.9
          Men.......................................    28.7    31.8    25.8    30.3    27.7    32.0    25.0    33.7    26.7
          Women.....................................    34.2    22.4    24.1    31.4    20.2    18.2    27.9    22.5    21.5

                   HISPANIC ORIGIN
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  21,820  22,488  22,555  21,820  22,292  22,355  22,422  22,488  22,555
    Civilian labor force............................  14,768  15,357  15,525  14,766  15,322  15,325  15,188  15,248  15,536
        Participation rate..........................    67.7    68.3    68.8    67.7    68.7    68.6    67.7    67.8    68.9
      Employed......................................  13,818  14,458  14,666  13,795  14,432  14,461  14,339  14,371  14,666
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.3    64.3    65.0    63.2    64.7    64.7    64.0    63.9    65.0
      Unemployed....................................     950     899     859     971     890     864     849     876     871
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.4     5.9     5.5     6.6     5.8     5.6     5.6     5.7     5.6

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January
  2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                               Sept.    Aug.     Sept.    Sept.    May      June     July     Aug.     Sept. 
                                               1999     2000     2000     1999     2000     2000     2000     2000     2000  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   28,583   28,306   28,346   28,583   28,096   28,227   27,888   28,306   28,346
    Civilian labor force....................   12,275   12,456   12,578   12,151   11,815   12,004   12,328   12,441   12,417
        Percent of population...............     42.9     44.0     44.4     42.5     42.1     42.5     44.2     43.9     43.8
      Employed..............................   11,506   11,747   11,872   11,327   10,984   11,239   11,544   11,677   11,662
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.3     41.5     41.9     39.6     39.1     39.8     41.4     41.3     41.1
      Unemployed............................      769      709      706      824      832      765      784      764      755
        Unemployment rate...................      6.3      5.7      5.6      6.8      7.0      6.4      6.4      6.1      6.1
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,518   56,882   57,244   57,518   57,746   57,581   57,144   56,882   57,244
    Civilian labor force....................   37,286   36,395   36,712   37,188   37,224   36,910   37,018   36,589   36,682
        Percent of population...............     64.8     64.0     64.1     64.7     64.5     64.1     64.8     64.3     64.1
      Employed..............................   36,022   35,097   35,534   35,879   35,895   35,659   35,782   35,238   35,463
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.6     61.7     62.1     62.4     62.2     61.9     62.6     62.0     62.0
      Unemployed............................    1,264    1,298    1,178    1,309    1,329    1,251    1,236    1,350    1,219
        Unemployment rate...................      3.4      3.6      3.2      3.5      3.6      3.4      3.3      3.7      3.3
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   42,955   44,616   44,191   42,955   44,153   44,250   44,724   44,616   44,191
    Civilian labor force....................   31,930   32,980   32,683   32,140   33,065   33,094   32,952   33,175   32,934
        Percent of population...............     74.3     73.9     74.0     74.8     74.9     74.8     73.7     74.4     74.5
      Employed..............................   31,086   32,036   31,866   31,269   32,228   32,132   32,029   32,230   32,091
        Employment-population ratio.........     72.4     71.8     72.1     72.8     73.0     72.6     71.6     72.2     72.6
      Unemployed............................      844      944      817      871      838      962      923      946      843
        Unemployment rate...................      2.6      2.9      2.5      2.7      2.5      2.9      2.8      2.9      2.6
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,081   45,718   45,863   45,081   45,029   45,092   45,549   45,718   45,863
    Civilian labor force....................   35,948   35,827   36,227   35,722   36,011   35,988   35,877   35,903   36,017
        Percent of population...............     79.7     78.4     79.0     79.2     80.0     79.8     78.8     78.5     78.5
      Employed..............................   35,333   35,038   35,531   35,112   35,433   35,437   35,254   35,250   35,319
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.4     76.6     77.5     77.9     78.7     78.6     77.4     77.1     77.0
      Unemployed............................      615      788      696      610      577      551      623      653      697
        Unemployment rate...................      1.7      2.2      1.9      1.7      1.6      1.5      1.7      1.8      1.9

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 133,555 135,601 135,033 133,650 134,715 135,179 134,749 134,912 135,161
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,663  43,416  43,627  43,367  43,216  43,357  43,284  43,372  43,324
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,403  32,912  33,503  33,275  33,786  33,824  33,618  33,413  33,402
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,380   8,536   8,633   8,312   8,301   8,280   8,483   8,519   8,548
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,892  40,663  41,106  40,784  40,858  41,148  40,784  40,937  40,963
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,519  39,104  38,810  38,634  39,537  39,270  39,239  39,026  38,966
    Service occupations.............................  17,817  17,976  18,019  17,876  18,181  18,090  17,877  17,675  18,128
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,531  15,324  15,005  14,659  14,867  14,888  15,236  15,263  15,156
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,202  18,722  18,482  18,227  18,020  18,430  18,296  18,592  18,501
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,594   3,812   3,612   3,365   3,410   3,368   3,309   3,400   3,395
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,051   2,253   2,141   1,930   2,006   2,059   2,079   2,056   2,010
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,246   1,356   1,328   1,198   1,252   1,175   1,182   1,258   1,288
      Unpaid family workers.........................      44      46      42      40      38      50      40      37      39
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 121,255 123,181 122,545 121,583 122,860 123,002 122,681 122,773 122,992
        Government..................................  18,939  18,015  18,827  19,080  19,169  18,777  18,497  18,496  18,979
        Private industries.......................... 102,316 105,166 103,718 102,503 103,691 104,225 104,184 104,277 104,013
          Private households........................   1,006     753     784   1,035     953     957     807     716     812
          Other industries.......................... 101,310 104,413 102,934 101,468 102,738 103,268 103,377 103,561 103,201
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,864   8,658   8,878   8,791   8,714   8,665   8,609   8,590   8,799
      Unpaid family workers.........................      95     105      99     100      82      71      80     116     105
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   2,948   3,120   2,854   3,283   3,248   3,117   3,071   3,164   3,189
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,689   1,844   1,837   1,922   1,962   1,811   1,846   1,997   2,101
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,031     863     784   1,073     978   1,022     900     855     815
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,069  16,052  18,751  18,801  18,409  18,308  18,558  18,709  18,456
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   2,814   3,005   2,724   3,112   3,096   2,967   2,940   3,038   3,021
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,596   1,774   1,747   1,806   1,840   1,713   1,750   1,924   1,983
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,015     843     769   1,063     962     994     881     838     804
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,490  15,480  18,147  18,273  17,853  17,743  18,041  18,190  17,879

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,825   5,829   5,477    4.2     4.1     4.0     4.0     4.1     3.9 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,385   2,309   2,303    3.4     3.4     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.2 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,230   2,311   2,118    3.7     3.8     3.8     3.7     3.8     3.5 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,210   1,209   1,056   14.6    12.5    11.6    13.4    14.4    12.8 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     965     899     919    2.2     1.9     1.9     2.0     2.0     2.1 
     Married women, spouse present..................     897   1,002     946    2.6     2.9     2.6     2.8     2.9     2.8 
     Women who maintain families....................     567     546     477    6.4     6.5     6.1     5.6     6.0     5.3 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,568   4,631   4,386    4.0     3.9     3.8     3.7     4.0     3.8 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,228   1,194   1,081    5.0     5.3     4.8     5.3     5.0     4.6 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     752     803     739    1.8     1.8     1.6     1.9     1.9     1.8 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,407   1,634   1,380    3.5     3.7     3.6     3.6     4.0     3.4 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     598     489     540    3.9     3.4     3.5     3.5     3.1     3.4 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,242   1,270   1,207    6.4     6.3     6.1     6.3     6.4     6.1 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     190     233     192    5.3     5.5     5.0     5.7     6.4     5.4 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,626   4,503   4,316    4.3     4.2     4.0     4.1     4.1     4.0 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,356   1,260   1,264    4.8     4.2     4.1     4.3     4.4     4.5 
         Mining.....................................      40      22      29    6.7     4.2     3.5     5.1     4.6     5.8 
         Construction...............................     526     531     519    6.9     5.8     5.9     5.9     6.5     6.4 
         Manufacturing..............................     790     707     717    3.9     3.7     3.4     3.6     3.5     3.6 
           Durable goods............................     492     369     374    4.0     3.6     3.5     3.3     3.1     3.1 
           Nondurable goods.........................     298     338     343    3.9     3.7     3.1     4.0     4.3     4.4 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,270   3,242   3,052    4.1     4.2     4.0     4.1     4.1     3.8 
         Transportation and public utilities........     223     255     274    2.8     3.2     2.7     3.2     3.1     3.3 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,413   1,421   1,299    5.2     5.1     5.2     5.0     5.1     4.7 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     182     194     157    2.3     2.4     2.3     2.1     2.5     2.0 
         Services...................................   1,452   1,373   1,321    4.1     4.1     3.8     4.0     3.8     3.6 
     Government workers.............................     392     449     390    2.0     2.0     2.5     2.1     2.4     2.0 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     116     190     170    5.7     7.6     7.3     7.0     8.5     7.8 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,627   2,513   2,547   2,582   2,531   2,595   2,470   2,594   2,487
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,664   2,031   1,583   1,805   1,953   1,759   1,812   1,846   1,717
   15 weeks and over................................   1,370   1,280   1,194   1,412   1,337   1,242   1,331   1,384   1,226
      15 to 26 weeks................................     672     567     571     708     677     593     654     679     602
      27 weeks and over.............................     698     713     623     704     660     649     677     705     624
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    13.1    12.9    12.1    13.0    12.6    12.4    13.3    13.0    11.9
   Median duration, in weeks........................     6.0     6.5     5.2     5.9     5.8     5.8     6.0     6.2     5.2
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Total unemployed.................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
     Less than 5 weeks..............................    46.4    43.2    47.8    44.5    43.5    46.4    44.0    44.5    45.8
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    29.4    34.9    29.7    31.1    33.5    31.4    32.3    31.7    31.6
     15 weeks and over..............................    24.2    22.0    22.4    24.3    23.0    22.2    23.7    23.8    22.6
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    11.9     9.7    10.7    12.2    11.6    10.6    11.7    11.7    11.1
       27 weeks and over............................    12.3    12.2    11.7    12.1    11.3    11.6    12.1    12.1    11.5

     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,299   2,544   2,258   2,573   2,483   2,450   2,417   2,615   2,511
    On temporary layoff.............................     620     843     595     869     894     959     856     940     823
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,678   1,701   1,662   1,704   1,589   1,491   1,561   1,674   1,688
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,158   1,154   1,104   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     520     546     558   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     871     856     853     758     774     671     799     782     746
  Reentrants........................................   2,028   1,902   1,832   1,967   2,093   2,076   1,961   1,919   1,774
  New entrants......................................     464     522     382     504     500     343     402     514     411
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    40.6    43.7    42.4    44.3    42.4    44.2    43.3    44.8    46.2
     On temporary layoff............................    11.0    14.5    11.2    15.0    15.3    17.3    15.3    16.1    15.1
     Not on temporary layoff........................    29.6    29.2    31.2    29.4    27.2    26.9    28.0    28.7    31.0
   Job leavers......................................    15.4    14.7    16.0    13.1    13.2    12.1    14.3    13.4    13.7
   Reentrants.......................................    35.8    32.7    34.4    33.9    35.8    37.5    35.1    32.9    32.6
   New entrants.....................................     8.2     9.0     7.2     8.7     8.5     6.2     7.2     8.8     7.5
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.7     1.8     1.6     1.8     1.8     1.7     1.7     1.9     1.8
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6      .5      .6      .6      .5
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.3     1.3     1.4     1.5     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.3
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .4      .3      .4      .4      .2      .3      .4      .3

    1 Not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                Sept.  Aug.   Sept.  Sept.  May    June   July   Aug.   Sept.
                                                                1999   2000   2000   1999   2000   2000   2000   2000   2000 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.0     .9     .9    1.0    1.0     .9     .9    1.0     .9
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.7    1.8    1.6    1.8    1.8    1.7    1.7    1.9    1.8
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.1    4.1    3.8    4.2    4.1    4.0    4.0    4.1    3.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.3    4.3    4.0   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    4.9    4.9    4.6   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    7.0    7.0    6.6   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
    NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       1999    2000    2000    1999    2000    2000    2000    2000    2000 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,825   5,829   5,477    4.2     4.1     4.0     4.0     4.1     3.9 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,226   2,128   1,977   10.0     9.8     9.0     9.2     9.4     8.7 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,210   1,209   1,056   14.6    12.5    11.6    13.4    14.4    12.8 
        16 to 17 years..............................     531     566     519   16.1    16.0    13.1    16.5    17.1    15.7 
        18 to 19 years..............................     690     644     554   13.8    10.4    10.6    11.5    12.6    11.2 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,016     919     921    7.2     8.2     7.5     6.8     6.4     6.4 
    25 years and over...............................   3,618   3,700   3,518    3.1     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.1     3.0 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,147   3,219   3,009    3.2     3.1     3.1     3.2     3.2     3.0 
      55 years and over.............................     461     486     518    2.6     2.4     2.3     2.4     2.6     2.8 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,013   3,005   2,881    4.0     3.9     3.9     3.8     4.0     3.8 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,163   1,201   1,104    9.9    10.0     9.5     9.6    10.1     9.3 
        16 to 19 years..............................     628     695     578   14.6    13.1    14.1    14.0    16.0    13.6 
          16 to 17 years............................     283     283     295   16.6    16.9    15.6    17.4    16.9    17.4 
          18 to 19 years............................     341     415     279   13.2    10.8    13.3    11.9    15.5    11.0 
        20 to 24 years..............................     535     506     527    7.2     8.3     6.8     7.1     6.7     6.9 
      25 years and over.............................   1,859   1,802   1,778    3.0     2.8     2.8     2.8     2.8     2.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,575   1,541   1,518    3.0     2.8     2.9     2.8     2.9     2.8 
        55 years and over...........................     292     275     265    2.9     2.6     2.2     2.4     2.7     2.6 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,812   2,824   2,597    4.3     4.3     4.1     4.3     4.3     4.0 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,063     927     872   10.0     9.5     8.5     8.9     8.6     8.0 
        16 to 19 years..............................     582     514     479   14.7    11.8     8.9    12.8    12.6    11.9 
          16 to 17 years............................     248     283     225   15.6    15.0    10.4    15.5    17.3    13.9 
          18 to 19 years............................     349     229     275   14.5     9.9     7.8    11.0     9.4    11.3 
        20 to 24 years..............................     481     413     394    7.2     8.2     8.2     6.5     6.2     5.7 
      25 years and over.............................   1,759   1,899   1,740    3.2     3.3     3.2     3.3     3.5     3.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,572   1,678   1,491    3.4     3.5     3.4     3.5     3.6     3.2 
        55 years and over...........................     169     211     253    2.1     2.3     2.4     2.3     2.6     3.1 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.  
                                                                        1999      2000      1999      2000      1999      2000  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   69,048    69,804    25,582    25,980    43,466    43,824 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,196     4,184     1,797     1,863     2,398     2,321 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,172     1,158       578       594       594       564 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      289       250       158       168       131        81 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      883       908       420       425       463       483 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,584     7,471     3,899     3,930     3,685     3,541 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.7       5.5       5.4       5.4       5.9       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,171     4,072     2,430     2,338     1,742     1,734 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,667     1,566       482       527     1,186     1,039 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      279       336       193       239        86        96 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,420     1,447       766       805       654       642 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2000, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                              Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Sept.   July    Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                          1999    2000    2000p   2000p   1999    2000    2000    2000    2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total1........................ 129,614 131,525 131,349 132,086 129,265 131,590 131,647 131,607 131,516 131,768
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 109,589 112,008 112,050 111,823 109,042 110,578 110,845 111,001 111,018 111,306
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,810  26,083  26,113  25,964  25,460  25,684  25,700  25,756  25,643  25,606
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     535     547     546     545     527     539     539     538     537     536
    Metal mining........................    44.7    44.1    44.2    43.8      45      44      44      43      44      44
    Coal mining.........................    83.2    79.4    80.2    80.7      83      80      79      79      80      81
    Oil and gas extraction..............   291.4   308.7   308.1   308.8     287     305     306     306     304     303
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   115.9   114.5   113.2   111.8     112     110     110     110     109     108
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,704   7,036   7,050   6,976   6,439   6,666   6,668   6,670   6,675   6,705
    General building contractors........ 1,491.6 1,571.8 1,574.2 1,542.6   1,458   1,497   1,498   1,498   1,504   1,509
    Heavy construction, except building.   945.1   955.5   960.9   960.0     866     888     877     881     883     881
    Special trade contractors........... 4,266.9 4,508.9 4,514.6 4,473.6   4,115   4,281   4,293   4,291   4,288   4,315
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,571  18,500  18,517  18,443  18,494  18,479  18,493  18,548  18,431  18,365
      Production workers................  12,775  12,661  12,690  12,662  12,700  12,682  12,683  12,741  12,629  12,592
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,103  11,112  11,100  11,060  11,090  11,106  11,120  11,161  11,086  11,045
      Production workers................   7,592   7,566   7,564   7,557   7,580   7,584   7,593   7,629   7,568   7,543
    Lumber and wood products............   837.6   833.9   829.9   821.8     830     828     827     825     818     814
    Furniture and fixtures..............   550.9   554.1   557.4   556.3     551     558     558     564     557     557
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   571.0   579.1   576.3   572.3     563     566     568     571     566     564
    Primary metal industries............   697.5   693.1   693.7   692.9     697     699     699     698     695     692
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   226.8   226.7   226.6   225.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,518.2 1,527.3 1,535.8 1,531.8   1,518   1,535   1,540   1,539   1,538   1,532
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,127.5 2,132.0 2,123.5 2,118.1   2,133   2,125   2,130   2,137   2,132   2,123
      Computer and office equipment.....   369.7   363.1   363.6   361.4     370     360     360     361     363     361
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,671.3 1,713.8 1,717.6 1,713.8   1,670   1,693   1,697   1,719   1,719   1,712
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   635.3   672.4   675.5   678.4     636     654     661     670     675     679
    Transportation equipment............ 1,879.3 1,838.7 1,819.4 1,809.9   1,880   1,863   1,864   1,863   1,818   1,811
      Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,027.8 1,006.3   997.7   991.7   1,025   1,026   1,030   1,029     993     989
      Aircraft and parts................   482.2   458.3   455.0   456.5     483     463     460     460     456     457
    Instruments and related products....   851.3   849.3   850.0   846.1     852     845     844     849     848     846
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   398.7   390.9   396.2   396.6     396     394     393     396     395     394
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,468   7,388   7,417   7,383   7,404   7,373   7,373   7,387   7,345   7,320
      Production workers................   5,183   5,095   5,126   5,105   5,120   5,098   5,090   5,112   5,061   5,049
    Food and kindred products........... 1,727.7 1,703.8 1,728.6 1,718.0   1,673   1,675   1,679   1,680   1,669   1,664
    Tobacco products....................    39.1    33.7    34.1    36.8      38      37      37      37      34      36
    Textile mill products...............   553.6   540.5   541.2   540.1     552     545     542     544     541     539
    Apparel and other textile products..   684.1   643.5   646.8   641.5     678     660     652     656     644     635
    Paper and allied products...........   666.2   664.0   661.8   657.4     666     661     663     662     660     657
    Printing and publishing............. 1,548.4 1,562.3 1,559.9 1,556.7   1,551   1,552   1,558   1,561   1,560   1,560
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,031.3 1,029.7 1,027.1 1,026.2   1,031   1,028   1,028   1,026   1,023   1,026
    Petroleum and coal products.........   134.8   134.4   135.5   133.5     133     132     132     131     133     131
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,005.2 1,003.6 1,007.2   999.0   1,005   1,008   1,008   1,014   1,006     998
    Leather and leather products........    77.5    72.7    74.6    73.7      77      75      74      76      75      74
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing1...................... 103,804 105,442 105,236 106,122 103,805 105,906 105,947 105,851 105,873 106,162
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,908   6,992   6,924   7,088   6,866   6,962   6,985   7,010   6,941   7,046
    Transportation......................   4,478   4,506   4,521   4,601   4,436   4,501   4,510   4,536   4,548   4,558
      Railroad transportation...........   228.2   220.5   221.1   221.7     226     219     217     219     221     220
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   500.9   436.7   438.6   517.5     488     498     493     502     504     505
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,842.0 1,865.2 1,873.3 1,876.7   1,816   1,834   1,834   1,846   1,844   1,850
      Water transportation..............   194.2   211.7   213.4   207.6     189     200     202     199     204     202
      Transportation by air............. 1,233.3 1,282.6 1,284.4 1,286.2   1,238   1,269   1,279   1,282   1,288   1,291
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    12.6    12.7    12.6    12.4      13      12      12      13      12      12
      Transportation services...........   466.5   476.7   477.5   479.3     466     469     473     475     475     478
    Communications and public utilities.   2,430   2,486   2,403   2,487   2,430   2,461   2,475   2,474   2,393   2,488
      Communications.................... 1,565.4 1,622.3 1,542.2 1,632.2   1,565   1,606   1,619   1,618   1,538   1,632
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   864.5   863.7   861.2   855.2     865     855     856     856     855     856
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,967   7,089   7,089   7,070   6,962   7,048   7,049   7,050   7,062   7,065
    Durable goods.......................   4,140   4,223   4,217   4,193   4,143   4,199   4,195   4,205   4,201   4,196
    Nondurable goods....................   2,827   2,866   2,872   2,877   2,819   2,849   2,854   2,845   2,861   2,869
  Retail trade..........................  22,893  23,324  23,347  23,234  22,844  23,064  23,122  23,196  23,188  23,189
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies.........................   994.9 1,055.0 1,039.2 1,015.1     994   1,025   1,018   1,018   1,020   1,015
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,715.0 2,667.2 2,689.0 2,705.7   2,757   2,744   2,741   2,727   2,738   2,750
      Department stores................. 2,375.9 2,321.0 2,342.6 2,359.3   2,414   2,388   2,386   2,373   2,390   2,399
    Food stores......................... 3,484.8 3,542.6 3,536.9 3,514.9   3,495   3,516   3,515   3,519   3,522   3,525
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,384.4 2,439.1 2,442.8 2,431.6   2,372   2,408   2,412   2,411   2,417   2,420
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,090.3 1,117.4 1,119.2 1,121.6   1,087   1,107   1,110   1,111   1,114   1,118
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,169.0 1,197.5 1,209.2 1,190.9   1,183   1,195   1,197   1,206   1,203   1,205
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,082.6 1,108.6 1,111.3 1,110.9   1,092   1,113   1,118   1,119   1,121   1,120
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,088.1 8,303.3 8,292.3 8,208.3   7,956   8,028   8,071   8,132   8,098   8,077
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,974.5 3,010.4 3,026.1 3,056.5   2,995   3,035   3,050   3,064   3,069   3,077
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,590   7,688   7,685   7,623   7,589   7,600   7,588   7,586   7,606   7,622
    Finance.............................   3,692   3,736   3,735   3,717   3,702   3,703   3,705   3,708   3,716   3,727
      Depository institutions........... 2,056.6 2,051.7 2,048.5 2,030.1   2,063   2,044   2,042   2,036   2,037   2,036
        Commercial banks................ 1,472.0 1,461.3 1,459.8 1,444.3   1,476   1,456   1,454   1,449   1,451   1,449
        Savings institutions............   249.3   241.5   240.4   238.2     250     243     242     240     240     239
      Nondepository institutions........   708.0   685.4   684.1   684.7     711     684     682     683     683     688
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   351.3   321.6   320.3   321.8     353     322     321     321     319     324
      Security and commodity brokers....   697.3   755.9   759.5   758.9     697     736     741     748     752     758
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   229.6   242.9   242.6   243.6     231     239     240     241     244     245
    Insurance...........................   2,372   2,367   2,365   2,352   2,376   2,361   2,359   2,354   2,357   2,355
      Insurance carriers................ 1,607.2 1,594.6 1,592.7 1,581.8   1,610   1,594   1,593   1,585   1,587   1,584
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   765.1   772.2   772.4   769.9     766     767     766     769     770     771
    Real estate.........................   1,526   1,585   1,585   1,554   1,511   1,536   1,524   1,524   1,533   1,540
                                                                                                                        
  Services3.............................  39,421  40,832  40,892  40,844  39,321  40,220  40,401  40,403  40,578  40,778
    Agricultural services...............   811.8   879.6   870.4   842.7     770     790     788     794     799     799
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,915.6 2,084.0 2,074.1 1,983.3   1,863   1,904   1,922   1,925   1,923   1,927
    Personal services................... 1,207.4 1,227.3 1,239.0 1,247.0   1,243   1,262   1,271   1,273   1,285   1,284
    Business services................... 9,468.3 9,807.0 9,929.4 9,963.9   9,404   9,715   9,773   9,768   9,809   9,925
      Services to buildings............. 1,000.8 1,008.5 1,007.2 1,004.6     994     996     997   1,002     997     998
      Personnel supply services......... 3,738.4 3,866.8 3,968.2 4,009.5   3,678   3,855   3,873   3,851   3,873   3,907
        Help supply services............ 3,354.5 3,451.7 3,541.0 3,574.1   3,298   3,440   3,444   3,433   3,444   3,513
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 1,859.8 1,948.9 1,956.0 1,952.1   1,866   1,929   1,933   1,950   1,954   1,958
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,187.7 1,201.4 1,203.6 1,201.5   1,186   1,192   1,191   1,194   1,198   1,200
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   376.7   387.6   387.6   385.8     377     383     384     384     385     386
    Motion pictures.....................   611.4   645.4   649.4   625.8     619     632     635     634     635     634
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,760.1 2,122.8 2,093.0 1,887.7   1,672   1,755   1,789   1,795   1,808   1,793
    Health services..................... 10004.5 10167.0 10173.6 10172.1  10,015  10,104  10,116  10,143  10,157  10,183
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,885.5 1,936.3 1,941.1 1,942.5   1,888   1,928   1,928   1,930   1,933   1,945
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,787.2 1,792.4 1,797.2 1,795.1   1,785   1,788   1,786   1,787   1,792   1,793
      Hospitals......................... 3,984.8 4,030.4 4,026.8 4,030.4   3,989   4,005   4,008   4,018   4,020   4,034
      Home health care services.........   634.5   644.2   643.2   641.4     635     641     642     645     645     642
    Legal services......................   995.1 1,028.3 1,019.4 1,008.2   1,000   1,006   1,009   1,012   1,014   1,013
    Educational services................ 2,240.6 2,076.2 2,055.1 2,331.7   2,294   2,356   2,374   2,374   2,389   2,388
    Social services..................... 2,825.7 2,903.8 2,920.2 2,984.3   2,823   2,946   2,945   2,919   2,960   2,995
      Child day care services...........   709.8   698.4   711.3   774.7     701     758     760     768     776     765
      Residential care..................   782.0   831.9   832.5   830.0     785     816     820     826     828     833
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................    98.5   111.7   110.1   103.2      98     101     103     103     103     102
    Membership organizations............ 2,407.7 2,501.4 2,473.0 2,427.3   2,430   2,438   2,441   2,429   2,433   2,450
    Engineering and management services. 3,266.1 3,442.4 3,449.1 3,435.3   3,283   3,390   3,415   3,411   3,435   3,454
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services.......................   958.4 1,023.0 1,025.3 1,015.3     956     995   1,005   1,007   1,010   1,013
      Management and public relations... 1,047.7 1,117.1 1,122.6 1,124.6   1,044   1,096   1,110   1,107   1,116   1,121
    Services, nec.......................    51.6    54.2    52.7    52.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government1...........................  20,025  19,517  19,299  20,263  20,223  21,012  20,802  20,606  20,498  20,462
    Federal1............................   2,647   2,837   2,659   2,614   2,655   3,238   3,092   2,819   2,657   2,624
      Federal, except Postal Service1... 1,784.4 1,980.0 1,802.1 1,759.2   1,785   2,374   2,230   1,954   1,790   1,761
    State...............................   4,687   4,497   4,504   4,741   4,714   4,737   4,716   4,744   4,763   4,767
      Education......................... 1,941.7 1,700.3 1,706.4 1,961.4   1,978   1,983   1,967   1,994   2,000   1,997
      Other State government............ 2,745.4 2,796.8 2,797.4 2,779.5   2,736   2,754   2,749   2,750   2,763   2,770
    Local...............................  12,691  12,183  12,136  12,908  12,854  13,037  12,994  13,043  13,078  13,071
      Education......................... 7,149.5 6,220.0 6,229.6 7,241.1   7,299   7,395   7,361   7,394   7,400   7,390
      Other local government............ 5,541.8 5,963.0 5,906.0 5,666.4   5,555   5,642   5,633   5,649   5,678   5,681

  1 Current employment levels in these series are affected by the hiring of temporary workers for Census 2000. 
Estimates of these workers are 32,000, 72,000, 189,000, 262,000, 618,000, 480,000, 199,000, 33,000, and 6,000 in
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, and September 2000 respectively.  Preliminary estimates for
these series may be subject to larger than normal revisions. 
  2 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  3 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Sept.   July   Aug.    Sept.    Sept.   May     June    July   Aug.    Sept. 
                                           1999    2000   2000p   2000p    1999    2000    2000    2000   2000p   2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.3    34.9    34.7    34.4    34.5    34.4    34.5    34.4    34.3    34.4 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.9    40.9    41.1    41.3    41.2    40.9    40.9    41.1    40.8    40.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   44.3    45.3    45.0    45.4    44.3    44.1    44.7    45.3    44.6    44.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   38.6    40.3    40.2    40.0    39.3    39.2    38.7    39.3    39.2    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.7    41.1    41.4    41.7    41.8    41.4    41.6    41.7    41.3    41.2 
      Overtime hours....................    4.9     4.4     4.6     4.8     4.7     4.5     4.6     4.6     4.5     4.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   42.1    41.6    41.9    42.2    42.4    42.0    42.2    42.4    41.9    41.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.9     4.4     4.7     4.9     4.9     4.7     4.8     4.7     4.6     4.5 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.9    40.7    40.8    40.7    41.1    40.7    40.8    41.1    40.3    40.2 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   40.3    39.2    39.8    40.1    40.4    40.3    39.9    39.7    39.4    39.2 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   44.0    43.8    43.8    43.9    43.5    43.0    42.9    43.7    43.2    43.1 
    Primary metal industries............   44.3    43.5    43.4    43.8    44.5    43.8    43.9    44.3    43.6    43.6 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.9    44.9    44.1    44.0    45.0    44.7    45.0    45.2    44.2    44.1 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.9    41.7    42.0    42.4    42.3    42.3    42.4    42.6    42.0    41.9 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   41.7    41.9    41.9    42.1    42.4    42.2    42.5    42.6    42.1    41.8 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.3    41.1    41.1    41.5    41.6    41.3    41.4    41.9    41.1    41.1 
    Transportation equipment............   43.9    41.9    43.1    43.5    44.0    43.2    44.0    43.9    43.4    42.7 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   45.4    42.0    44.1    44.4    45.4    44.2    45.3    44.5    44.6    43.3 
    Instruments and related products....   41.1    41.0    41.0    41.3    41.5    41.2    41.3    41.6    41.1    41.3 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.7    38.9    39.6    39.9    39.9    39.3    39.4    39.7    39.5    39.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   41.0    40.4    40.6    41.0    41.0    40.6    40.7    40.7    40.6    40.5 
      Overtime hours....................    4.8     4.3     4.4     4.7     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.2 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   42.1    41.2    41.7    42.2    41.7    41.2    41.5    41.2    41.5    41.4 
    Tobacco products....................   39.9    39.5    40.2    41.5    40.2    39.6    39.4    40.5    39.9    40.6 
    Textile mill products...............   40.7    40.5    41.0    41.0    40.9    41.1    41.1    41.2    40.8    40.7 
    Apparel and other textile products..   36.8    36.8    37.0    36.9    37.4    37.1    37.0    37.3    36.9    36.7 
    Paper and allied products...........   43.7    42.2    42.1    42.7    43.4    42.8    42.8    42.4    42.4    42.4 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.6    37.8    38.0    38.4    38.3    38.0    38.2    38.1    37.9    37.9 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   43.3    42.9    42.9    43.1    43.2    42.7    42.9    43.4    43.0    42.9 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.2    45.0    44.1    44.7    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.6    40.7    41.0    41.4    41.8    41.3    41.4    41.4    41.2    41.1 
    Leather and leather products........   37.4    36.3    37.9    37.9    37.5    38.2    37.8    37.1    37.2    37.3 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.6    33.4    33.1    32.7    32.8    32.7    32.9    32.7    32.7    32.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.5    39.2    38.9    38.9    38.6    38.4    38.4    38.8    38.4    38.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.2    38.8    38.3    38.4    38.4    38.6    38.6    38.5    38.3    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.8    29.8    29.5    28.8    28.8    28.8    29.0    28.8    28.8    28.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.1    36.7    36.1    36.1    36.4    36.2    36.5    36.3    36.2    36.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.3    33.0    32.9    32.5    32.6    32.6    32.7    32.5    32.6    32.7 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                               
                                           Sept.     July      Aug.      Sept.      Sept.     July     Aug.      Sept.  
                                           1999      2000      2000p     2000p      1999      2000     2000p     2000p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.38    $13.68    $13.67    $13.88    $458.93   $477.43   $474.35   $477.47 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.35     13.75     13.80     13.83     460.58    473.00    473.34    475.75 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.08     15.48     15.50     15.62     616.77    633.13    637.05    645.11 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.13     17.13     16.94     17.19     758.86    775.99    762.30    780.43 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   17.46     17.95     18.05     18.19     673.96    723.39    725.61    727.60 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.11     14.37     14.38     14.51     588.39    590.61    595.33    605.07 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.62     14.86     14.94     15.06     615.50    618.18    625.99    635.53 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.56     11.87     11.83     11.90     472.80    483.11    482.66    484.33 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.33     11.80     11.82     11.89     456.60    462.56    470.44    476.79 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   14.10     14.42     14.41     14.54     620.40    631.60    631.16    638.31 
    Primary metal industries............   16.18     16.68     16.55     16.67     716.77    725.58    718.27    730.15 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   18.99     19.78     19.49     19.63     852.65    888.12    859.51    863.72 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.64     13.82     13.90     14.03     571.52    576.29    583.80    594.87 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.24     15.61     15.66     15.74     635.51    654.06    656.15    662.65 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.64     13.79     13.79     13.88     563.33    566.77    566.77    576.02 
    Transportation equipment............   18.50     18.66     19.04     19.25     812.15    781.85    820.62    837.38 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.96     19.07     19.61     19.78     860.78    800.94    864.80    878.23 
    Instruments and related products....   14.29     14.65     14.63     14.72     587.32    600.65    599.83    607.94 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.43     11.65     11.62     11.73     453.77    453.19    460.15    468.03 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.33     13.61     13.53     13.67     546.53    549.84    549.32    560.47 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.18     12.46     12.40     12.55     512.78    513.35    517.08    529.61 
    Tobacco products....................   18.90     21.08     20.92     19.15     754.11    832.66    840.98    794.73 
    Textile mill products...............   10.78     10.97     10.98     11.08     438.75    444.29    450.18    454.28 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.01      9.06      9.08      9.19     331.57    333.41    335.96    339.11 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.24     16.29     16.18     16.31     709.69    687.44    681.18    696.44 
    Printing and publishing.............   13.98     14.29     14.29     14.47     539.63    540.16    543.02    555.65 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.67     18.17     18.00     18.12     765.11    779.49    772.20    780.97 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.55     21.24     21.01     21.39     930.96    955.80    926.54    956.13 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.51     12.84     12.81     12.90     520.42    522.59    525.21    534.06 
    Leather and leather products........    9.95     10.08     10.15     10.26     372.13    365.90    384.69    388.85 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   12.82     13.12     13.10     13.33     417.93    438.21    433.61    435.89 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   15.80     16.19     16.22     16.28     608.30    634.65    630.96    633.29 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   14.68     15.25     15.16     15.35     560.78    591.70    580.63    589.44 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.19      9.38      9.41      9.57     264.67    279.52    277.60    275.62 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.64     15.01     14.99     15.11     528.50    550.87    541.14    545.47 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.45     13.74     13.70     13.96     434.44    453.42    450.73    453.70 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                   Sept.     May      June     July     Aug.     Sept.    change  
            Industry               1999      2000     2000     2000     2000p    2000p    from:   
                                                                                        Aug. 2000-
                                                                                        Sept. 2000
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.35   $13.66   $13.70   $13.75   $13.80   $13.83      0.2   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.86     7.87     7.85     7.86     7.90     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    14.96    15.29    15.34    15.40    15.46    15.47       .1   
    Mining......................    17.14    17.25    17.24    17.23    17.05    17.19       .8   
    Construction................    17.26    17.75    17.77    17.90    17.94    17.98       .2   
    Manufacturing...............    14.04    14.27    14.36    14.39    14.44    14.44       .0   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.29    13.53    13.60    13.64    13.69    13.74       .4   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    12.83    13.15    13.19    13.23    13.28    13.33       .4   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    15.79    16.22    16.28    16.17    16.26    16.27       .1   
    Wholesale trade.............    14.70    15.02    15.16    15.22    15.23    15.37       .9   
    Retail trade................     9.16     9.39     9.43     9.45     9.50     9.54       .4   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    14.71    15.01    15.05    15.03    15.12    15.18       .4   
    Services....................    13.46    13.79    13.82    13.89    13.94    13.97       .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. The data in this series have been revised from January 2000 through August
2000 due to corrections in the CPI-W. 
  3 Change was .5 percent from July 2000 to August 2000, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Sept.  July    Aug.     Sept.   Sept.   May     June   July    Aug.     Sept. 
                                          1999   2000    2000p    2000p   1999    2000    2000   2000    2000p    2000p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  148.6  155.0   154.2    152.6   148.6  150.5   151.3   151.4   151.0    151.4 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  117.3  118.5   119.3    119.1   116.0  116.3   116.3   117.4   115.7    114.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   51.2   52.7    52.2     52.5    50.2   50.7    51.4    51.9    50.6     50.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  183.3  201.0   201.1    197.6   177.5  183.6   181.4   184.1   183.3    181.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  107.3  104.9   105.9    106.4   107.1  106.0   106.4   107.2   105.3    104.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  111.5  109.7   110.5    111.1   112.1  111.2   111.8   113.0   110.5    109.6 
    Lumber and wood products............  148.5  147.1   146.7    144.7   147.8  146.1   145.8   146.7   142.6    141.3 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  139.1  135.4   138.4    139.3   139.4  140.9   139.5   140.1   137.2    136.2 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  118.7  119.3   118.8    118.5   115.4  114.6   114.1   117.3   114.9    114.1 
    Primary metal industries............   91.4   89.3    89.4     90.2    91.9   91.0    91.0    91.9    90.1     89.7 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   71.1   71.1    70.2     69.5    71.5   70.6    70.7    71.4    70.2     69.7 
    Fabricated metal products...........  118.4  118.7   120.3    121.3   119.6  121.2   121.9   123.3   120.7    119.9 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  102.7  104.1   103.8    104.4   104.9  104.5   105.7   106.5   105.3    103.9 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  106.9  107.4   107.9    109.3   107.5  107.1   107.8   110.4   108.3    108.0 
    Transportation equipment............  127.2  117.8   119.8    121.1   127.5  123.6   125.9   125.7   120.6    119.1 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  172.2  153.6   159.9    161.5   172.0  166.4   171.2   167.7   161.7    157.6 
    Instruments and related products....   75.2   73.8    74.1     74.2    76.1   74.0    74.3    75.2    74.3     74.3 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  103.6   97.5   100.7    101.6   102.9  100.2   100.1   100.9   100.4     99.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................  101.6   98.2    99.5    100.0   100.2   98.9    99.0    99.4    98.1     97.7 
    Food and kindred products...........  123.7  118.5   122.4    123.2   117.4  116.3   117.3   117.1   116.2    115.9 
    Tobacco products....................   55.5   43.2    44.4     52.3    53.7   49.0    48.8    50.2    43.5     50.3 
    Textile mill products...............   79.3   77.0    77.9     77.9    79.5   78.7    78.6    78.9    77.6     77.1 
    Apparel and other textile products..   58.7   55.2    55.8     55.1    59.1   57.2    56.1    57.3    55.5     54.3 
    Paper and allied products...........  107.7  103.7   103.2    104.1   106.9  104.8   105.2   103.8   103.6    103.4 
    Printing and publishing.............  122.6  121.6   122.3    123.1   121.8  121.7   122.4   122.7   122.0    122.0 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  103.4  101.9   101.3    102.2   103.3  102.1   102.0   103.2   101.6    101.8 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   73.5   66.5    64.8     65.2    71.3   64.0    62.9    64.6    63.0     62.2 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  147.0  143.4   145.5    145.9   147.7  146.8   147.6   148.5   146.1    144.8 
    Leather and leather products........   33.2   29.6    32.0     31.5    32.8   32.3    31.9    31.9    31.4     30.9 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  162.6  171.3   169.9    167.6   163.2  165.9   167.0   166.6   166.8    167.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  134.9  139.5   136.9    140.3   134.3  136.1   136.4   138.7   135.8    138.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  130.4  134.7   133.0    132.8   130.8  133.1   133.0   132.6   132.2    132.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  142.9  150.8   149.4    144.7   142.5  143.9   145.3   144.7   144.6    144.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  138.1  143.1   140.5    139.0   139.6  138.7   139.8   139.2   139.2    140.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  201.4  214.2   213.4    210.5   202.9  207.9   209.5   208.4   210.0    211.2 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   50.4    64.5    60.3    54.8    62.6    61.5    57.3    61.0    57.9    62.6    59.3    60.0 
     1997..............   57.3    59.7    62.8    63.2    57.7    57.7    61.2    60.1    61.5    65.3    62.1    61.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.6    60.5    58.7    58.3    59.7    53.9    58.1    56.2    53.8    59.0    57.4 
     1999..............   54.1    58.8    53.9    59.6    52.8    57.9    58.8    53.8    57.3    60.7    60.8    59.0 
     2000..............   60.8    54.1    60.7    56.5    45.9    56.2    58.7   p50.8   p52.4                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   61.1    62.6    63.6    63.1    63.3    64.9    64.2    61.4    65.2    64.3    65.4    63.3 
     1997..............   62.6    64.0    66.3    66.7    63.2    62.1    61.5    66.2    67.4    69.4    69.0    69.1 
     1998..............   64.3    66.6    63.2    66.3    63.6    58.0    57.4    57.9    59.7    58.1    58.6    59.4 
     1999..............   58.3    57.3    58.4    54.4    57.3    58.8    58.1    60.7    59.6    63.5    64.3    63.1 
     2000..............   61.0    62.6    61.9    57.4    56.7    58.3   p56.9   p54.8                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   62.5    64.6    65.6    64.6    64.5    64.5    67.3    65.7    65.2    67.1    66.0    67.4 
     1997..............   66.3    67.0    66.6    66.3    65.6    67.1    66.3    68.5    69.0    70.4    69.7    70.4 
     1998..............   69.8    67.4    65.2    61.8    62.9    61.4    59.0    58.4    57.4    59.7    59.3    59.1 
     1999..............   60.0    58.0    57.6    58.6    54.4    59.7    60.4    62.1    64.0    62.8    65.2    64.6 
     2000..............   65.6    60.8    61.0    61.9   p59.1   p54.8                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    68.7    66.9 
     1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    70.1    69.4    70.4 
     1998..............   69.7    67.3    67.3    65.9    63.9    62.5    61.5    62.1    61.0    59.8    59.8    58.1 
     1999..............   60.3    58.3    57.6    59.4    59.6    60.5    61.9    61.0    62.6    62.9    62.5    63.2 
     2000..............   64.9   p63.5   p60.1                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   44.6    54.7    48.2    42.1    55.4    52.2    47.8    54.3    50.0    56.1    50.4    53.2 
     1997..............   49.6    52.5    56.1    54.0    51.4    54.3    50.7    53.6    56.5    61.9    60.4    55.4 
     1998..............   57.9    50.7    53.6    50.7    47.1    50.0    37.8    50.0    45.7    39.9    41.7    43.9 
     1999..............   45.0    41.0    42.8    46.4    40.3    46.4    54.7    38.1    46.4    51.8    51.4    50.4 
     2000..............   52.2    47.8    51.1    51.1    45.7    51.1    57.6   p37.4   p37.4                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   44.2    47.8    44.6    45.7    47.1    51.4    50.4    49.6    55.4    53.2    55.0    49.6 
     1997..............   50.7    53.2    55.8    56.1    53.2    52.5    52.5    55.8    59.7    66.5    64.7    64.0 
     1998..............   56.8    56.8    52.2    52.2    48.6    41.4    39.2    40.3    43.2    37.1    36.7    40.6 
     1999..............   36.7    37.1    37.1    34.5    37.8    43.5    39.9    45.0    42.1    50.4    51.1    50.7 
     2000..............   47.8    52.5    49.3    48.9    49.6    53.6   p44.6   p34.2                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1996..............   41.7    45.0    46.8    46.0    45.3    47.8    53.2    50.4    50.7    53.2    51.8    54.7 
     1997..............   53.2    53.2    52.5    52.9    51.8    53.2    54.7    61.2    61.2    64.4    64.7    63.7 
     1998..............   60.1    54.3    50.4    39.9    43.5    42.1    38.8    36.7    36.0    39.9    34.5    32.7 
     1999..............   35.6    33.5    33.5    37.1    32.7    38.8    41.0    45.7    48.2    43.2    48.6    51.1 
     2000..............   51.4    47.5    50.4    53.6   p45.3   p34.9                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.3    50.7 
     1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.8    56.8    57.2 
     1998..............   55.0    51.8    51.8    46.8    40.6    39.9    37.8    38.1    37.1    36.0    34.2    33.5 
     1999..............   37.4    32.4    31.7    35.3    36.0    37.1    38.8    39.6    42.4    42.4    42.4    46.0 
     2000..............   47.8   p44.2   p36.3                                                                         

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.