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                    THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  NOVEMBER 2004
                                        
   Employment rose in November, and the unemployment rate, at 5.4 percent, was
essentially unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 112,000 over the
month, with job gains in several service-providing industries.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons, 8.0 million, and the unemployment
rate, 5.4 percent, were about unchanged in November.  The jobless rate has been
either 5.4 or 5.5 percent in each month since July.  This is slightly below the
rates that prevailed in the first half of 2004.
   
   In November, the unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men
(4.9 percent), adult women (4.8 percent), teenagers (16.6 percent), whites (4.7
percent), blacks (10.8 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (6.7 percent)--showed
little or no change over the month.  The unemployment rate for Asians was 4.2
percent in November, not seasonally adjusted.  (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment in November grew by 483,000 to 140.3 million, and the em-
ployment-population ratio--the proportion of the population age 16 and over
with jobs--edged up to 62.5 percent.  The civilian labor force rose by 439,000
in November to 148.3 million; the labor force participation rate was 66.1 per-
cent.  (See table A-1.)
   
   Over the year, the number of persons who held more than one job increased
by 346,000 to 7.6 million, not seasonally adjusted.  These multiple jobholders
represented 5.4 percent of total employment in November.  (See table A-13.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   There were 1.5 million persons who were marginally attached to the labor
force in November, essentially the same as a year earlier.  (Data are not
seasonally adjusted.)  These individuals 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 did not actively search for
work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  Among the marginally attached,
there were 392,000 discouraged workers in November, about the same as a year
earlier.  Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically
because they believed no jobs were available for them.  The other 1.1 million
marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school or
family responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |        Monthly data      |
                         |_________________|__________________________| Oct.-
        Category         |      2004       |           2004           | Nov.
                         |_________________|__________________________|change
                         |   II   |  III   |  Sept. |  Oct.  | Nov.   |
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 146,998| 147,681| 147,483| 147,850| 148,289|    439
  Employment.............| 138,793| 139,607| 139,480| 139,778| 140,261|    483
  Unemployment...........|   8,205|   8,074|   8,003|   8,072|   8,027|    -45
Not in labor force.......|  75,975|  75,999|  76,458|  76,342|  76,133|   -209
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     5.6|     5.5|     5.4|     5.5|     5.4|   -0.1
  Adult men..............|     5.1|     5.0|     5.0|     4.9|     4.9|     .0
  Adult women............|     4.9|     4.8|     4.7|     4.8|     4.8|     .0
  Teenagers..............|    17.0|    17.1|    16.6|    17.2|    16.6|    -.6
  White..................|     5.0|     4.7|     4.7|     4.7|     4.7|     .0
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|     9.9|    10.5|    10.3|    10.7|    10.8|     .1
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     7.0|     6.9|     7.1|     6.7|     6.7|     .0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 131,125| 131,515| 131,660|p131,963|p132,075|   p112
  Goods-producing 1/.....|  21,869|  21,934|  21,958| p22,020| p22,028|     p8
    Construction.........|   6,897|   6,937|   6,958|  p7,023|  p7,034|    p11
    Manufacturing........|  14,385|  14,406|  14,407| p14,405| p14,400|    p-5
  Service-providing 1/...| 109,256| 109,580| 109,702|p109,943|p110,047|   p104
    Retail trade 2/......|  15,047|  15,039|  15,031| p15,048| p15,032|   p-16
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  16,417|  16,519|  16,548| p16,648| p16,676|    p28
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  16,874|  16,949|  16,980| p17,036| p17,067|    p31
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,324|  12,346|  12,353| p12,364| p12,398|    p34
    Government...........|  21,548|  21,618|  21,652| p21,676| p21,684|     p8
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work 3/
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.7|    33.8|    33.8|   p33.8|   p33.7|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing..........|    40.9|    40.8|    40.8|   p40.6|   p40.5|   p-.1
    Overtime.............|     4.6|     4.6|     4.6|    p4.5|    p4.5|    p.0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3/
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    99.8|   100.6|   100.8|  p101.1|  p100.9|  p-0.2
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings 3/
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $15.63|  $15.75|  $15.78| p$15.82| p$15.83| p$0.01
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  526.62|  531.82|  533.36| p534.72| p533.47| p-1.25
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______

   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated based on
unrounded data.
   3  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 112,000 in November to
132.1 million, seasonally adjusted.  This followed a much larger increase
of 303,000 in October.  In November, employment rose in health care and
social assistance, leisure and hospitality, and other service-providing
industries.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Employment in health care and social assistance grew by 28,000 in November.
Over the year, this industry has added 316,000 jobs.  In November, employment
increased most notably in hospitals (8,000), nursing and residential care
facilities (7,000), and offices of physicians (6,000).
   
   Leisure and hospitality employment increased by 34,000 over the month
and has risen by 220,000 over the year.  Within leisure and hospitality,
employment in accommodations grew by 18,000 in November; about half of the
increase represented the return of workers who had been on strike.
   
   Professional and technical services added 16,000 jobs over the month.
Within this industry, employment rose in computer systems design and re-
lated services (10,000) and in architectural and engineering services
(8,000).  Within administrative and support services, employment in the
temporary help industry continued to trend upward.
   
   Within the financial activities sector, employment in credit inter-
mediation and related activities increased by 14,000 over the month.
Commercial banks accounted for 5,000 of the job gain, and growth contin-
ued in mortgage-related industries.
   
   Employment in wholesale trade continued to trend upward.  Since its
most recent low point in October 2003, the industry has gained 92,000
jobs.
   
   In the information sector, telecommunications gained 6,000 jobs in
November.  Since its peak in March 2001, however, the industry has lost
300,000 jobs.
   
   Manufacturing employment was about unchanged in November.  The indus-
try added 82,000 jobs from February through May, but factory employment
has shown little movement since.  In November, semiconductors and elec-
tronic components lost 3,000 jobs.
   
   Employment in construction edged up in November (11,000) following
an unusually large increase in October (65,000).  October's gain
partly reflected rebuilding and cleanup activity following the four
hurricanes that struck the U.S. in August and September.  Construction
employment has expanded by 373,000 since its most recent low point in
March 2003.

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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on pri-
vate nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 hour in November to 33.7 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek also declined by 0.1 hour,
to 40.5 hours.  Manufacturing overtime was unchanged over the month at 4.5
hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.2 percent in November to
100.9 (2002=100).  The manufacturing index declined by 0.3 percent over
the month to 94.2.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls were up by 1 cent in November to $15.83,
seasonally adjusted, following a 4-cent gain in October.  Average
weekly earnings decreased by 0.2 percent over the month to $533.47.
Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.4 percent, and
average weekly earnings grew by 2.1 percent.  (See table B-3.)


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   | adjusted unemployment and other labor force series from the     |
   | household survey.  Seasonally adjusted data for the most recent |
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   The Employment Situation for December 2004 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, January 7, 2005, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).  Release dates for the balance
of 2005 are as follows:
   
         Feb. 4          May 6          Aug. 5           Nov. 4
         March 4         June 3         Sept. 2          Dec. 2
         April 1         July 8         Oct. 7
   
   
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Explanatory Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the 12th,
which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
   Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
   
   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro-
fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
   The civilian labor force  is the sum of employed and  unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the  labor
force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent
of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
                                  
                                  - 6 -
 
   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  Among these are:
 
   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.
The establishment survey does not.
 
   --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
   --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in-
dividuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes
in unemployment.
 
   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern
each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
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   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
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
350,000.  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 -250,000 to 450,000 (100,000 +/- 350,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 320,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .22 
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.
 
                                  - 8 -
 
   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
   
   Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 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 $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard 
or Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
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  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 222,279 224,192 224,422 222,279 223,422 223,677 223,941 224,192 224,422
    Civilian labor force............................ 146,969 147,978 148,246 147,187 147,856 147,704 147,483 147,850 148,289
          Participation rate........................    66.1    66.0    66.1    66.2    66.2    66.0    65.9    65.9    66.1
      Employed...................................... 138,700 140,447 140,581 138,533 139,660 139,681 139,480 139,778 140,261
          Employment-population ratio...............    62.4    62.6    62.6    62.3    62.5    62.4    62.3    62.3    62.5
      Unemployed....................................   8,269   7,531   7,665   8,653   8,196   8,022   8,003   8,072   8,027
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.6     5.1     5.2     5.9     5.5     5.4     5.4     5.5     5.4
    Not in labor force..............................  75,310  76,214  76,176  75,093  75,565  75,973  76,458  76,342  76,133
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,201   5,065   4,755   4,572   4,630   4,844   4,850   5,345   5,118
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,003 108,153 108,276 107,003 107,746 107,881 108,020 108,153 108,276
    Civilian labor force............................  78,579  79,282  79,455  78,799  79,193  79,283  79,011  79,273  79,601
          Participation rate........................    73.4    73.3    73.4    73.6    73.5    73.5    73.1    73.3    73.5
      Employed......................................  73,896  75,254  75,232  73,915  74,822  74,860  74,601  74,837  75,187
          Employment-population ratio...............    69.1    69.6    69.5    69.1    69.4    69.4    69.1    69.2    69.4
      Unemployed....................................   4,683   4,028   4,224   4,883   4,371   4,423   4,410   4,436   4,415
          Unemployment rate.........................     6.0     5.1     5.3     6.2     5.5     5.6     5.6     5.6     5.5
    Not in labor force..............................  28,424  28,871  28,820  28,204  28,552  28,598  29,010  28,881  28,674
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,814  99,904 100,017  98,814  99,512  99,642  99,776  99,904 100,017
    Civilian labor force............................  75,125  75,744  75,857  75,188  75,577  75,639  75,443  75,622  75,886
          Participation rate........................    76.0    75.8    75.8    76.1    75.9    75.9    75.6    75.7    75.9
      Employed......................................  71,067  72,351  72,273  70,964  71,847  71,870  71,677  71,882  72,147
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.9    72.4    72.3    71.8    72.2    72.1    71.8    72.0    72.1
      Unemployed....................................   4,058   3,393   3,584   4,224   3,730   3,768   3,766   3,740   3,740
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.4     4.5     4.7     5.6     4.9     5.0     5.0     4.9     4.9
    Not in labor force..............................  23,689  24,160  24,160  23,626  23,935  24,003  24,332  24,282  24,131
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 115,276 116,039 116,146 115,276 115,676 115,796 115,921 116,039 116,146
    Civilian labor force............................  68,390  68,696  68,791  68,388  68,663  68,421  68,472  68,577  68,687
          Participation rate........................    59.3    59.2    59.2    59.3    59.4    59.1    59.1    59.1    59.1
      Employed......................................  64,804  65,193  65,349  64,618  64,838  64,822  64,879  64,941  65,075
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.2    56.2    56.3    56.1    56.1    56.0    56.0    56.0    56.0
      Unemployed....................................   3,586   3,503   3,441   3,770   3,825   3,599   3,593   3,636   3,612
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.2     5.1     5.0     5.5     5.6     5.3     5.2     5.3     5.3
    Not in labor force..............................  46,886  47,343  47,356  46,888  47,013  47,375  47,449  47,462  47,459
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,303 108,032 108,129 107,303 107,687 107,801 107,920 108,032 108,129
    Civilian labor force............................  64,997  65,327  65,446  64,917  65,122  64,903  64,989  65,103  65,247
          Participation rate........................    60.6    60.5    60.5    60.5    60.5    60.2    60.2    60.3    60.3
      Employed......................................  61,853  62,321  62,492  61,597  61,918  61,870  61,925  61,998  62,144
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.6    57.7    57.8    57.4    57.5    57.4    57.4    57.4    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,144   3,006   2,954   3,320   3,204   3,033   3,064   3,105   3,103
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.8     4.6     4.5     5.1     4.9     4.7     4.7     4.8     4.8
    Not in labor force..............................  42,306  42,705  42,683  42,387  42,565  42,898  42,931  42,928  42,882
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  16,162  16,257  16,275  16,162  16,222  16,234  16,246  16,257  16,275
    Civilian labor force............................   6,847   6,907   6,943   7,082   7,157   7,162   7,051   7,124   7,155
          Participation rate........................    42.4    42.5    42.7    43.8    44.1    44.1    43.4    43.8    44.0
      Employed......................................   5,780   5,775   5,816   5,972   5,896   5,941   5,877   5,898   5,971
          Employment-population ratio...............    35.8    35.5    35.7    37.0    36.3    36.6    36.2    36.3    36.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,066   1,132   1,127   1,109   1,262   1,220   1,173   1,226   1,184
          Unemployment rate.........................    15.6    16.4    16.2    15.7    17.6    17.0    16.6    17.2    16.6
    Not in labor force..............................   9,315   9,350   9,333   9,080   9,065   9,072   9,195   9,132   9,120

    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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                               
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 182,032 183,188 183,340 182,032 182,676 182,846 183,022 183,188 183,340
    Civilian labor force............................ 120,865 121,324 121,590 121,041 121,428 121,300 121,016 121,240 121,597
        Participation rate..........................    66.4    66.2    66.3    66.5    66.5    66.3    66.1    66.2    66.3
      Employed...................................... 114,935 116,151 116,247 114,783 115,623 115,547 115,323 115,572 115,939
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.1    63.4    63.4    63.1    63.3    63.2    63.0    63.1    63.2
      Unemployed....................................   5,930   5,173   5,342   6,258   5,805   5,753   5,693   5,668   5,658
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.9     4.3     4.4     5.2     4.8     4.7     4.7     4.7     4.7
    Not in labor force..............................  61,167  61,864  61,751  60,991  61,248  61,546  62,006  61,948  61,743
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  62,873  63,203  63,264  62,913  63,163  63,130  62,882  63,075  63,236
        Participation rate..........................    76.5    76.2    76.2    76.5    76.4    76.3    75.9    76.1    76.2
      Employed......................................  59,885  60,827  60,742  59,777  60,466  60,379  60,162  60,392  60,565
        Employment-population ratio.................    72.8    73.4    73.2    72.7    73.2    73.0    72.6    72.8    73.0
      Unemployed....................................   2,988   2,376   2,522   3,136   2,697   2,750   2,720   2,684   2,670
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.8     3.8     4.0     5.0     4.3     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  52,260  52,412  52,587  52,210  52,302  52,224  52,241  52,252  52,456
        Participation rate..........................    59.9    59.8    59.9    59.9    59.8    59.7    59.6    59.6    59.8
      Employed......................................  50,132  50,416  50,585  49,932  50,085  50,132  50,133  50,165  50,321
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.5    57.5    57.7    57.2    57.3    57.3    57.2    57.2    57.4
      Unemployed....................................   2,128   1,996   2,002   2,279   2,217   2,093   2,108   2,087   2,135
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.1     3.8     3.8     4.4     4.2     4.0     4.0     4.0     4.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   5,732   5,710   5,738   5,918   5,963   5,946   5,893   5,913   5,906
        Participation rate..........................    45.6    45.3    45.5    47.1    47.3    47.2    46.7    46.9    46.8
      Employed......................................   4,917   4,908   4,920   5,074   5,073   5,036   5,028   5,016   5,053
        Employment-population ratio.................    39.1    38.9    39.0    40.4    40.3    40.0    39.9    39.8    40.0
      Unemployed....................................     815     802     818     843     891     909     865     898     853
        Unemployment rate...........................    14.2    14.0    14.3    14.3    14.9    15.3    14.7    15.2    14.4
                                                                                                                            
              BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                     
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,860  26,204  26,239  25,860  26,078  26,120  26,163  26,204  26,239
    Civilian labor force............................  16,602  16,893  16,814  16,524  16,755  16,724  16,703  16,839  16,733
        Participation rate..........................    64.2    64.5    64.1    63.9    64.3    64.0    63.8    64.3    63.8
      Employed......................................  14,931  15,137  15,029  14,812  14,926  14,983  14,981  15,037  14,922
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.7    57.8    57.3    57.3    57.2    57.4    57.3    57.4    56.9
      Unemployed....................................   1,671   1,756   1,784   1,712   1,829   1,741   1,722   1,802   1,811
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.1    10.4    10.6    10.4    10.9    10.4    10.3    10.7    10.8
    Not in labor force..............................   9,259   9,312   9,425   9,336   9,323   9,396   9,460   9,365   9,506
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,455   7,531   7,544   7,414   7,384   7,432   7,466   7,502   7,490
        Participation rate..........................    72.0    71.6    71.6    71.6    70.5    70.9    71.1    71.3    71.1
      Employed......................................   6,723   6,797   6,757   6,668   6,624   6,660   6,709   6,739   6,704
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.9    64.6    64.1    64.4    63.3    63.5    63.9    64.0    63.6
      Unemployed....................................     731     734     788     746     760     772     757     763     786
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.8     9.7    10.4    10.1    10.3    10.4    10.1    10.2    10.5
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,450   8,552   8,471   8,401   8,598   8,488   8,513   8,524   8,439
        Participation rate..........................    64.5    64.6    63.9    64.1    65.2    64.3    64.4    64.4    63.6
      Employed......................................   7,701   7,796   7,719   7,639   7,815   7,752   7,757   7,765   7,676
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.8    58.9    58.2    58.3    59.3    58.7    58.7    58.6    57.9
      Unemployed....................................     749     756     752     762     783     737     756     759     763
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.9     8.8     8.9     9.1     9.1     8.7     8.9     8.9     9.0
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     697     809     799     710     773     804     723     814     804
        Participation rate..........................    29.1    33.2    32.7    29.6    31.9    33.1    29.7    33.4    33.0
      Employed......................................     507     543     554     505     487     572     514     533     542
        Employment-population ratio.................    21.1    22.3    22.7    21.0    20.1    23.5    21.2    21.9    22.2
      Unemployed....................................     190     266     244     205     286     232     209     281     262
        Unemployment rate...........................    27.2    32.9    30.6    28.9    37.0    28.9    28.9    34.5    32.6
                                                                                                                            
                        ASIAN                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,354   9,640   9,655   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,109   6,334   6,416   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    65.3    65.7    66.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   5,789   6,028   6,149   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.9    62.5    63.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     320     305     267   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.2     4.8     4.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,245   3,306   3,239   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for
  all races.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  28,016  28,431  28,520  28,016  28,150  28,243  28,338  28,431  28,520
    Civilian labor force............................  19,057  19,561  19,548  19,125  19,450  19,482  19,446  19,533  19,563
        Participation rate..........................    68.0    68.8    68.5    68.3    69.1    69.0    68.6    68.7    68.6
      Employed......................................  17,666  18,305  18,258  17,709  18,118  18,144  18,073  18,220  18,247
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.1    64.4    64.0    63.2    64.4    64.2    63.8    64.1    64.0
      Unemployed....................................   1,391   1,256   1,290   1,416   1,332   1,338   1,372   1,313   1,317
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.3     6.4     6.6     7.4     6.8     6.9     7.1     6.7     6.7
    Not in labor force..............................   8,959   8,870   8,972   8,891   8,700   8,761   8,892   8,898   8,957
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  10,920  11,149  11,271   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    83.8    84.2    84.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................  10,225  10,590  10,654   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    78.5    80.0    80.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     695     559     617   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.4     5.0     5.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,163   7,357   7,264   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    57.7    58.6    57.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,643   6,868   6,765   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    53.5    54.7    53.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     521     489     498   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.3     6.6     6.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     973   1,056   1,013   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    37.9    40.1    38.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     798     847     839   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    31.1    32.2    31.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     175     208     174   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    18.0    19.7    17.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2004, data
  reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                Nov.     Oct.     Nov.     Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.  
                                                2003     2004     2004     2003     2004     2004     2004     2004     2004  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   12,679   12,385   12,725   12,764   12,389   12,521   12,722   12,494   12,697
      Participation rate....................     45.3     44.6     45.3     45.6     45.9     45.5     45.3     45.0     45.2
    Employed................................   11,586   11,437   11,714   11,677   11,358   11,503   11,601   11,465   11,686
      Employment-population ratio...........     41.4     41.2     41.7     41.7     42.1     41.8     41.3     41.3     41.6
    Unemployed..............................    1,093      948    1,012    1,087    1,031    1,018    1,122    1,029    1,011
      Unemployment rate.....................      8.6      7.7      8.0      8.5      8.3      8.1      8.8      8.2      8.0
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   38,514   37,765   37,809   38,241   38,233   38,050   37,670   37,706   37,609
      Participation rate....................     64.0     63.6     63.4     63.6     63.7     63.3     63.1     63.5     63.0
    Employed................................   36,543   36,115   36,034   36,179   36,297   36,170   35,863   35,869   35,766
      Employment-population ratio...........     60.8     60.8     60.4     60.2     60.5     60.2     60.1     60.4     60.0
    Unemployed..............................    1,971    1,650    1,776    2,061    1,936    1,880    1,807    1,837    1,843
      Unemployment rate.....................      5.1      4.4      4.7      5.4      5.1      4.9      4.8      4.9      4.9
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   33,690   34,725   34,509   33,727   34,629   34,499   34,398   34,600   34,690
      Participation rate....................     72.3     72.2     72.3     72.4     71.6     72.1     72.1     71.9     72.7
    Employed................................   32,168   33,362   33,062   32,114   33,176   33,105   33,018   33,176   33,194
      Employment-population ratio...........     69.0     69.4     69.3     68.9     68.6     69.2     69.2     69.0     69.6
    Unemployed..............................    1,522    1,364    1,447    1,613    1,453    1,394    1,380    1,424    1,496
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.5      3.9      4.2      4.8      4.2      4.0      4.0      4.1      4.3
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   40,402   40,921   41,139   40,536   40,127   40,192   40,426   40,679   41,089
      Participation rate....................     78.5     78.1     78.5     78.7     77.8     77.7     77.7     77.6     78.4
    Employed................................   39,240   39,924   40,156   39,292   39,039   39,114   39,390   39,649   40,044
      Employment-population ratio...........     76.2     76.2     76.6     76.3     75.7     75.6     75.7     75.6     76.4
    Unemployed..............................    1,162      997      982    1,244    1,087    1,078    1,036    1,031    1,045
      Unemployment rate.....................      2.9      2.4      2.4      3.1      2.7      2.7      2.6      2.5      2.5

    1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
    2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                   
                  Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                              2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,299   2,280   2,147   2,418   2,271   2,318   2,224   2,155   2,224
    Wage and salary workers................   1,347   1,273   1,173   1,440   1,200   1,274   1,216   1,191   1,211
    Self-employed workers..................     937     973     947     953   1,016   1,020     971     922     947
    Unpaid family workers..................      15      34      27   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 136,401 138,167 138,434 136,172 137,274 137,307 137,411 137,760 138,123
    Wage and salary workers................ 126,654 128,227 128,699 126,466 127,655 127,595 127,790 127,988 128,463
      Government...........................  19,702  20,328  20,428  19,609  19,816  20,089  20,134  20,196  20,298
      Private industries................... 106,952 107,898 108,271 106,876 107,850 107,479 107,644 107,765 108,117
        Private households.................     775     728     779   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 106,177 107,171 107,493 106,129 107,098 106,643 106,862 107,041 107,364
    Self-employed workers..................   9,665   9,860   9,668   9,541   9,513   9,641   9,479   9,687   9,520
    Unpaid family workers..................      82      81      66   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,682   4,407   4,398   4,880   4,490   4,504   4,452   4,732   4,548
      Slack work or business conditions....   3,132   2,842   2,716   3,226   2,660   2,812   2,808   3,053   2,765
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,330   1,312   1,381   1,350   1,500   1,461   1,312   1,371   1,415
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  20,271  20,442  20,620  19,110  19,741  19,680  19,386  19,710  19,496
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,575   4,310   4,255   4,782   4,400   4,391   4,379   4,627   4,413
      Slack work or business conditions....   3,037   2,764   2,616   3,153   2,605   2,714   2,753   2,995   2,692
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,328   1,302   1,365   1,353   1,496   1,442   1,315   1,357   1,395
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,911  20,034  20,259  18,752  19,290  19,213  19,025  19,305  19,140

    1 Data not available.
    2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week
  for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons
  who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
  illness, and bad weather.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because
  of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 138,700 140,447 140,581 138,533 139,660 139,681 139,480 139,778 140,261
    16 to 19 years..................................   5,780   5,775   5,816   5,972   5,896   5,941   5,877   5,898   5,971
      16 to 17 years................................   2,294   2,160   2,188   2,361   2,144   2,100   2,127   2,172   2,219
      18 to 19 years................................   3,486   3,615   3,628   3,592   3,769   3,891   3,733   3,709   3,747
    20 years and over............................... 132,920 134,672 134,765 132,561 133,765 133,740 133,603 133,880 134,291
      20 to 24 years................................  13,382  13,834  13,799  13,371  13,783  13,776  13,636  13,837  13,823
      25 years and over............................. 119,538 120,838 120,966 119,106 119,925 119,979 120,008 120,059 120,476
        25 to 54 years..............................  97,740  98,260  98,279  97,422  97,749  97,626  97,675  97,720  97,934
          25 to 34 years............................  30,571  30,638  30,675  30,389  30,490  30,491  30,513  30,427  30,490
          35 to 44 years............................  34,970  34,738  34,840  34,909  34,678  34,525  34,533  34,579  34,744
          45 to 54 years............................  32,199  32,883  32,763  32,125  32,581  32,611  32,629  32,714  32,699
        55 years and over...........................  21,798  22,579  22,687  21,683  22,177  22,353  22,333  22,339  22,542
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  73,896  75,254  75,232  73,915  74,822  74,860  74,601  74,837  75,187
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,829   2,903   2,958   2,951   2,975   2,989   2,923   2,955   3,040
      16 to 17 years................................   1,111   1,063   1,089   1,189     991     997   1,020   1,064   1,111
      18 to 19 years................................   1,718   1,840   1,869   1,779   2,000   2,018   1,873   1,877   1,923
    20 years and over...............................  71,067  72,351  72,273  70,964  71,847  71,870  71,677  71,882  72,147
      20 to 24 years................................   7,040   7,309   7,249   7,050   7,340   7,287   7,153   7,301   7,287
      25 years and over.............................  64,027  65,042  65,024  63,876  64,477  64,578  64,484  64,577  64,855
        25 to 54 years..............................  52,392  52,886  52,830  52,293  52,637  52,576  52,554  52,582  52,729
          25 to 34 years............................  16,839  17,038  16,945  16,747  16,879  16,968  16,925  16,909  16,857
          35 to 44 years............................  18,861  18,733  18,839  18,844  18,761  18,624  18,626  18,631  18,805
          45 to 54 years............................  16,693  17,115  17,046  16,702  16,997  16,984  17,003  17,041  17,067
        55 years and over...........................  11,634  12,156  12,194  11,583  11,840  12,002  11,930  11,995  12,125
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  64,804  65,193  65,349  64,618  64,838  64,822  64,879  64,941  65,075
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,951   2,872   2,858   3,021   2,921   2,952   2,954   2,943   2,931
      16 to 17 years................................   1,183   1,097   1,099   1,172   1,153   1,103   1,107   1,108   1,108
      18 to 19 years................................   1,768   1,775   1,759   1,813   1,769   1,873   1,861   1,832   1,824
    20 years and over...............................  61,853  62,321  62,492  61,597  61,918  61,870  61,925  61,998  62,144
      20 to 24 years................................   6,342   6,525   6,550   6,321   6,442   6,489   6,483   6,536   6,537
      25 years and over.............................  55,511  55,796  55,942  55,230  55,449  55,401  55,524  55,482  55,621
        25 to 54 years..............................  45,347  45,373  45,449  45,130  45,112  45,050  45,121  45,139  45,204
          25 to 34 years............................  13,732  13,600  13,730  13,642  13,611  13,523  13,588  13,518  13,633
          35 to 44 years............................  16,109  16,006  16,001  16,065  15,918  15,901  15,907  15,947  15,939
          45 to 54 years............................  15,506  15,768  15,718  15,423  15,583  15,627  15,626  15,673  15,633
        55 years and over...........................  10,164  10,422  10,493  10,100  10,337  10,351  10,403  10,343  10,417
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  45,193  45,403  45,631  45,152  44,935  45,106  45,034  45,052  45,453
  Married women, spouse present.....................  35,233  35,273  35,319  35,076  34,599  34,448  34,601  34,798  34,984
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,595   8,664   8,710   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 113,522 115,166 115,000 114,024 114,297 114,737 114,835 114,876 115,347
  Part-time workers (3).............................  25,178  25,281  25,581  24,569  25,455  25,110  24,721  24,953  24,986

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the
  independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates (1)            
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,653   8,072   8,027    5.9     5.5     5.4     5.4     5.5     5.4 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,109   1,226   1,184   15.7    17.6    17.0    16.6    17.2    16.6 
      16 to 17 years................................     500     560     601   17.5    20.2    20.8    19.6    20.5    21.3 
      18 to 19 years................................     619     667     585   14.7    16.1    14.9    14.9    15.2    13.5 
    20 years and over...............................   7,544   6,846   6,843    5.4     4.9     4.8     4.9     4.9     4.8 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,555   1,510   1,403   10.4     9.3     9.0     9.5     9.8     9.2 
      25 years and over.............................   5,995   5,341   5,401    4.8     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.3     4.3 
        25 to 54 years..............................   5,141   4,442   4,516    5.0     4.6     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.4 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,993   1,746   1,804    6.2     5.6     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.6 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,796   1,478   1,460    4.9     4.4     4.4     4.5     4.1     4.0 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,352   1,218   1,252    4.0     3.8     3.6     3.6     3.6     3.7 
        55 years and over...........................     886     894     880    3.9     3.7     3.7     3.7     3.8     3.8 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   4,883   4,436   4,415    6.2     5.5     5.6     5.6     5.6     5.5 
    16 to 19 years..................................     660     695     675   18.3    17.7    18.0    18.1    19.0    18.2 
      16 to 17 years................................     267     295     331   18.3    21.2    21.9    20.6    21.7    23.0 
      18 to 19 years................................     393     402     332   18.1    15.7    16.0    16.8    17.7    14.7 
    20 years and over...............................   4,224   3,740   3,740    5.6     4.9     5.0     5.0     4.9     4.9 
      20 to 24 years................................     885     839     799   11.2     9.7     9.9    10.6    10.3     9.9 
      25 years and over.............................   3,349   2,900   2,905    5.0     4.4     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.3 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,860   2,387   2,428    5.2     4.5     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.4 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,119     918     949    6.3     5.4     5.2     5.2     5.1     5.3 
          35 to 44 years............................     974     787     806    4.9     4.2     4.3     4.4     4.1     4.1 
          45 to 54 years............................     767     682     674    4.4     3.9     3.9     3.7     3.8     3.8 
        55 years and over...........................     489     513     477    4.1     3.8     4.0     3.9     4.1     3.8 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,770   3,636   3,612    5.5     5.6     5.3     5.2     5.3     5.3 
    16 to 19 years..................................     450     531     509   13.0    17.5    16.1    15.2    15.3    14.8 
      16 to 17 years................................     233     265     270   16.6    19.4    19.7    18.6    19.3    19.6 
      18 to 19 years................................     226     265     253   11.1    16.5    13.6    12.9    12.6    12.2 
    20 years and over...............................   3,320   3,105   3,103    5.1     4.9     4.7     4.7     4.8     4.8 
      20 to 24 years................................     669     672     605    9.6     8.8     8.0     8.3     9.3     8.5 
      25 years and over.............................   2,646   2,441   2,497    4.6     4.5     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.3 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,281   2,056   2,088    4.8     4.7     4.4     4.4     4.4     4.4 
          25 to 34 years............................     874     829     855    6.0     6.0     5.5     5.3     5.8     5.9 
          35 to 44 years............................     823     691     654    4.9     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.2     3.9 
          45 to 54 years............................     584     536     578    3.7     3.6     3.4     3.5     3.3     3.6 
        55 years and over (2).......................     373     360     390    3.5     3.8     3.9     3.5     3.3     3.6 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,741   1,379   1,433    3.7     3.2     3.1     3.0     3.0     3.1 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,384   1,124   1,229    3.8     3.5     3.5     3.2     3.1     3.4 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     775     738     722    8.3     9.0     8.3     8.2     7.8     7.7 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   7,364   6,621   6,572    6.1     5.6     5.5     5.6     5.4     5.4 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,311   1,456   1,423    5.1     5.2     5.2     5.0     5.5     5.4 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Not seasonally adjusted.
    3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or
  are on layoff from full-time jobs.
    4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week)
  or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
    NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of
  the various series.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   4,505   3,653   3,898   4,719   4,181   3,936   3,984   4,064   4,058
    On temporary layoff.............................     903     637     797   1,055   1,065     982     917     944     936
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,601   3,016   3,101   3,664   3,116   2,955   3,068   3,120   3,122
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,773   2,206   2,296   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     828     810     806   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     885     853     847     931     895     884     827     824     876
  Reentrants........................................   2,324   2,353   2,265   2,440   2,330   2,447   2,424   2,419   2,393
  New entrants......................................     556     672     655     619     680     694     692     748     730
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    54.5    48.5    50.9    54.2    51.7    49.4    50.3    50.5    50.4
     On temporary layoff............................    10.9     8.5    10.4    12.1    13.2    12.3    11.6    11.7    11.6
     Not on temporary layoff........................    43.6    40.0    40.5    42.1    38.5    37.1    38.7    38.7    38.7
   Job leavers......................................    10.7    11.3    11.0    10.7    11.1    11.1    10.4    10.2    10.9
   Reentrants.......................................    28.1    31.2    29.5    28.0    28.8    30.7    30.6    30.0    29.7
   New entrants.....................................     6.7     8.9     8.6     7.1     8.4     8.7     8.7     9.3     9.1
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     3.1     2.5     2.6     3.2     2.8     2.7     2.7     2.7     2.7
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.6     1.6     1.5     1.7     1.6     1.7     1.6     1.6     1.6
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .5      .4      .4      .5      .5      .5      .5      .5

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,500   2,602   2,467   2,622   2,805   2,604   2,790   2,749   2,621
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,514   2,076   2,353   2,556   2,476   2,521   2,255   2,288   2,376
  15 weeks and over.................................   3,255   2,852   2,844   3,484   2,878   2,903   2,954   3,043   3,027
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,316   1,165   1,173   1,448   1,211   1,239   1,207   1,253   1,290
     27 weeks and over..............................   1,939   1,687   1,671   2,036   1,667   1,664   1,747   1,790   1,738
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    20.1    19.8    20.0    20.0    18.6    19.0    19.6    19.6    19.9
  Median duration, in weeks.........................    10.2     9.5     9.7    10.4     8.9     9.4     9.5     9.5     9.8
                                                                                                                            
                 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...............................    30.2    34.6    32.2    30.3    34.4    32.4    34.9    34.0    32.7
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    30.4    27.6    30.7    29.5    30.3    31.4    28.2    28.3    29.6
    15 weeks and over...............................    39.4    37.9    37.1    40.2    35.3    36.2    36.9    37.7    37.7
      15 to 26 weeks................................    15.9    15.5    15.3    16.7    14.8    15.4    15.1    15.5    16.1
      27 weeks and over.............................    23.5    22.4    21.8    23.5    20.4    20.7    21.8    22.2    21.7

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                     Unemployment    
                                                                           Employed             Unemployed              rates        
                                                                                                                                     
                             Occupation                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                       Nov.       Nov.        Nov.       Nov.        Nov.       Nov.   
                                                                       2003       2004        2003       2004        2003       2004   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   138,700    140,581      8,269      7,665        5.6        5.2 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    48,027     49,089      1,411      1,208        2.9        2.4 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    19,720     20,312        581        572        2.9        2.7 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    28,307     28,776        830        636        2.8        2.2 
  Service occupations..............................................    21,748     22,959      1,683      1,617        7.2        6.6 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    36,079     35,658      1,902      1,746        5.0        4.7 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    16,387     16,119        911        812        5.3        4.8 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,693     19,539        991        934        4.8        4.6 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    14,713     15,005      1,148      1,100        7.2        6.8 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................     1,064        976        144        152       11.9       13.5 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     8,425      8,895        661        726        7.3        7.5 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     5,224      5,134        344        222        6.2        4.1 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    18,133     17,871      1,514      1,287        7.7        6.7 
    Production occupations.........................................     9,715      9,279        769        672        7.3        6.8 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,418      8,592        745        614        8.1        6.7 

    1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed
  total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                    Number of                                                       
                                                                    unemployed                             Unemployment             
                                                                     persons                                  rates                 
                       Industry                                   (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                             Nov.                Nov.                 Nov.                Nov.       
                                                             2003                2004                 2003                2004       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         8,269               7,665                 5.6                 5.2      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         6,715               6,012                 5.9                 5.3      
    Mining..........................................            34                  20                 5.9                 3.3      
    Construction....................................           690                 695                 7.8                 7.4      
    Manufacturing...................................         1,034                 905                 5.9                 5.4      
      Durable goods.................................           691                 557                 6.2                 5.2      
      Nondurable goods..............................           343                 348                 5.3                 5.7      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,156               1,045                 5.4                 5.0      
    Transportation and utilities....................           275                 217                 5.1                 4.0      
    Information.....................................           257                 187                 7.6                 5.6      
    Financial activities............................           311                 290                 3.3                 3.1      
    Professional and business services..............           948                 872                 7.7                 6.8      
    Education and health services...................           662                 570                 3.8                 3.2      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................           990                 916                 9.0                 7.9      
    Other services..................................           357                 294                 5.8                 4.8      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................           148                 131                10.3                10.5      
  Government workers................................           542                 514                 2.7                 2.4      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           308                 353                 2.8                 3.2      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                               Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                      
                            Measure                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                                 2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
     the civilian labor force.................................    2.2     1.9     1.9     2.4     1.9     2.0     2.0     2.1     2.0 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
     a percent of the civilian labor force....................    3.1     2.5     2.6     3.2     2.8     2.7     2.7     2.7     2.7 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
     force (official unemployment rate).......................    5.6     5.1     5.2     5.9     5.5     5.4     5.4     5.5     5.4 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
     of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.....    5.9     5.4     5.4     6.2     5.9     5.8     5.7     5.7     5.7 
                                                                                                                                      
  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..................................................    6.6     6.1     6.1     6.8     6.5     6.4     6.4     6.5     6.4 
                                                                                                                                      
  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.........................................    9.7     9.1     9.1    10.1     9.5     9.5     9.4     9.7     9.4 

    NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want
  and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
  attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
  reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further
  information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
  Review.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.  
                                                                        2003      2004      2003      2004      2003      2004  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   75,310    76,176    28,424    28,820    46,886    47,356 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,201     4,755     1,907     2,140     2,294     2,615 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,473     1,517       704       804       769       714 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      457       392       285       237       173       155 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................    1,016     1,125       419       566       597       559 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    7,302     7,648     3,618     4,011     3,684     3,637 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.3       5.4       4.9       5.3       5.7       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,730     4,095     2,030     2,336     1,700     1,759 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,699     1,706       541       586     1,158     1,120 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      254       282       160       184        94        98 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,577     1,531       860       887       716       644 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibili-
  ties, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not
  determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.







ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Nov.     Sept.   Oct.     Nov.      Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.   Oct.     Nov.     from:
                                   2003     2004    2004p    2004p     2003     2004     2004     2004    2004p    2004p  Oct. 2004-
                                                                                                                          Nov. 2004p

          Total nonfarm......... 131,071  131,924  132,938  133,162  130,027  131,343  131,541  131,660  131,963  132,075      112

        Total private........... 109,109  110,455  110,937  110,996  108,483  109,771  109,912  110,008  110,287  110,391      104

    Goods-producing.............  21,830   22,243   22,256   22,163   21,686   21,906   21,939   21,958   22,020   22,028        8

Natural resources and mining....     579      604      601      599      571      592      591      593      592      594        2
   Logging......................    70.8     68.6     67.7     65.7     67.6     64.5     64.6     64.9     63.8     63.4      -.4
 Mining.........................   507.9    535.1    533.3    533.5    503.4    527.5    526.6    527.7    527.7    530.8      3.1
  Oil and gas extraction........   123.8    132.8    131.6    132.5    123.9    132.2    132.7    132.9    132.8    133.7       .9
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   205.0    213.8    213.0    212.8    202.4    211.2    209.2    209.4    209.4    210.8      1.4
   Coal mining..................    70.1     75.1     74.8     76.2     69.5     75.0     74.6     74.8     74.8     75.5       .7
  Support activities for mining.   179.1    188.5    188.7    188.2    177.1    184.1    184.7    185.4    185.5    186.3       .8

Construction....................   6,877    7,185    7,217    7,144    6,771    6,916    6,936    6,958    7,023    7,034       11
  Construction of buildings..... 1,599.1  1,682.9  1,697.6  1,690.1  1,583.9  1,629.7  1,635.5  1,648.8  1,662.7  1,671.5      8.8
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   942.7    986.3    989.5    962.1    918.8    920.2    921.9    922.5    929.3    934.4      5.1
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,335.0  4,515.6  4,529.9  4,491.4  4,268.6  4,365.6  4,378.9  4,386.8  4,431.4  4,427.7     -3.7

Manufacturing...................  14,374   14,454   14,438   14,420   14,344   14,398   14,412   14,407   14,405   14,400       -5
   Production workers...........  10,089   10,201   10,188   10,168   10,048   10,141   10,162   10,150   10,146   10,137       -9

 Durable goods..................   8,890    8,988    8,990    8,991    8,874    8,955    8,986    8,979    8,983    8,977       -6
   Production workers...........   6,107    6,198    6,198    6,193    6,089    6,167    6,195    6,184    6,185    6,174      -11

  Wood products.................   538.0    549.5    553.1    548.7    536.3    544.1    545.9    544.8    549.5    547.6     -1.9
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   494.5    513.1    510.0    506.6    489.7    502.6    501.6    503.2    502.6    502.3      -.3
  Primary metals................   464.0    465.0    463.1    463.2    464.1    467.0    465.4    464.1    463.8    463.2      -.6
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,470.4  1,504.9  1,510.5  1,510.9  1,468.1  1,501.3  1,504.7  1,505.8  1,507.9  1,508.0       .1
  Machinery..................... 1,142.0  1,157.9  1,157.3  1,163.4  1,142.5  1,160.4  1,163.3  1,161.7  1,162.4  1,164.3      1.9
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,334.8  1,349.0  1,348.2  1,345.0  1,334.4  1,351.9  1,353.0  1,350.7  1,348.2  1,344.4     -3.8
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   219.0    217.3    214.4    213.6    219.1    217.2    217.9    217.1    215.3    213.8     -1.5
   Communications equipment.....   153.9    157.9    158.7    158.6    154.4    158.2    158.5    158.1    157.8    158.5       .7
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   450.6    458.8    457.3    454.4    451.2    460.7    460.2    459.4    457.6    454.9     -2.7
   Electronic instruments.......   425.6    432.0    434.3    434.9    425.2    432.4    433.0    433.1    434.9    434.7      -.2
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   449.4    449.1    446.4    447.7    450.9    449.2    449.6    449.1    447.4    448.7      1.3
  Transportation equipment...... 1,771.9  1,774.8  1,775.5  1,775.9  1,766.5  1,745.9  1,774.4  1,771.7  1,773.7  1,770.4     -3.3
  Furniture and related products   569.2    573.2    572.6    573.2    568.9    576.7    574.6    573.8    573.8    574.2       .4
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   655.4    651.4    653.7    656.1    652.7    655.5    653.6    653.7    653.6    654.2       .6

 Nondurable goods...............   5,484    5,466    5,448    5,429    5,470    5,443    5,426    5,428    5,422    5,423        1
   Production workers...........   3,982    4,003    3,990    3,975    3,959    3,974    3,967    3,966    3,961    3,963        2

  Food manufacturing............ 1,523.5  1,531.0  1,527.7  1,513.7  1,508.3  1,508.0  1,499.6  1,502.5  1,504.0  1,505.9      1.9
  Beverages and tobacco products   197.6    203.1    199.1    198.5    198.3    198.4    197.2    198.5    197.1    199.0      1.9
  Textile mills.................   244.4    234.9    232.9    230.9    245.1    235.6    234.4    233.8    233.0    231.3     -1.7
  Textile product mills.........   174.3    177.8    179.1    178.6    175.2    179.3    179.4    179.6    180.2    179.9      -.3
  Apparel.......................   299.2    284.9    278.8    276.1    297.7    284.8    284.2    282.7    277.9    275.6     -2.3
  Leather and allied products...    43.9     45.1     45.0     46.0     44.1     45.3     44.8     45.4     45.7     46.1       .4
  Paper and paper products......   513.8    509.9    509.9    508.5    511.7    509.0    509.8    508.6    508.1    506.4     -1.7
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   674.2    662.1    661.1    660.7    673.1    663.8    662.2    660.3    660.0    659.4      -.6
  Petroleum and coal products...   112.5    116.0    115.6    115.0    112.0    113.6    114.1    114.3    114.5    114.5       .0
  Chemicals.....................   895.0    889.8    888.0    891.0    897.6    894.2    891.9    892.7    892.3    893.5      1.2
  Plastics and rubber products..   805.8    811.2    810.3    810.1    806.5    811.2    808.8    809.5    809.0    810.9      1.9

    Service-providing........... 109,241  109,681  110,682  110,999  108,341  109,437  109,602  109,702  109,943  110,047      104

     Private service-providing..  87,279   88,212   88,681   88,833   86,797   87,865   87,973   88,050   88,267   88,363       96

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,687   25,495   25,669   25,965   25,261   25,499   25,516   25,522   25,552   25,543       -9

 Wholesale trade................ 5,599.7  5,668.7  5,679.6  5,682.6  5,592.7  5,649.6  5,652.8  5,662.8  5,668.5  5,673.2      4.7
  Durable goods................. 2,945.4  2,989.7  2,997.9  2,998.7  2,943.9  2,986.0  2,989.6  2,992.3  2,996.3  2,996.6       .3
  Nondurable goods.............. 1,993.0  2,004.8  2,006.9  2,005.2  1,989.2  1,992.1  1,992.5  1,996.6  1,998.5  1,999.5      1.0
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   661.3    674.2    674.8    678.7    659.6    671.5    670.7    673.9    673.7    677.1      3.4

 Retail trade...................15,299.0 14,957.7 15,109.9 15,403.1 14,921.7 15,038.1 15,048.8 15,030.5 15,047.8 15,031.6    -16.2
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,896.6  1,914.1  1,912.1  1,911.0  1,892.9  1,908.1  1,904.9  1,904.8  1,904.3  1,908.3      4.0
   Automobile dealers........... 1,260.9  1,257.6  1,255.6  1,255.8  1,258.9  1,259.2  1,256.8  1,253.7  1,252.5  1,255.3      2.8
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   559.1    542.4    552.2    564.7    544.8    546.4    548.7    548.7    549.7    549.7       .0
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   527.6    503.5    520.2    537.1    512.8    510.7    511.6    512.6    518.9    519.4       .5
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,200.4  1,253.5  1,254.7  1,255.5  1,210.0  1,246.9  1,251.7  1,256.5  1,260.2  1,265.7      5.5
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,851.3  2,826.3  2,836.0  2,857.7  2,821.4  2,834.5  2,832.9  2,832.2  2,833.1  2,828.6     -4.5
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   959.3    953.8    955.6    961.2    951.6    956.7    956.4    956.4    955.2    954.0     -1.2
  Gasoline stations.............   874.9    875.2    870.1    867.4    875.2    869.9    870.3    871.8    870.1    867.8     -2.3
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,352.7  1,332.8  1,350.3  1,406.9  1,297.1  1,349.0  1,355.2  1,349.9  1,354.4  1,352.2     -2.2
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   673.2    637.9    644.7    661.3    641.3    635.5    638.4    635.0    634.0    629.2     -4.8
  General merchandise stores(1). 3,012.7  2,769.5  2,839.4  2,993.7  2,826.4  2,825.3  2,823.8  2,810.9  2,813.8  2,809.1     -4.7
   Department stores............ 1,754.9  1,568.0  1,622.2  1,743.5  1,612.6  1,609.9  1,607.9  1,599.4  1,602.2  1,599.6     -2.6
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   946.5    921.6    936.8    943.2    930.9    926.2    927.1    924.7    928.3    925.5     -2.8
  Nonstore retailers............   444.7    427.1    437.8    443.4    417.3    428.9    427.8    427.0    425.8    422.1     -3.7

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,209.8  4,285.9  4,297.7  4,298.9  4,168.0  4,228.3  4,232.5  4,246.0  4,254.0  4,256.8      2.8
  Air transportation............   512.6    512.3    511.5    510.8    511.5    512.4    511.8    510.0    511.0    509.7     -1.3
  Rail transportation...........   216.6    219.0    218.5    218.0    215.5    217.8    217.4    217.9    217.8    217.1      -.7
  Water transportation..........    49.6     51.7     51.2     47.8     50.9     51.7     50.3     50.1     50.6     49.4     -1.2
  Truck transportation.......... 1,347.0  1,389.1  1,383.3  1,374.5  1,335.7  1,361.9  1,363.7  1,368.1  1,364.8  1,364.3      -.5
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   398.5    391.6    397.8    399.0    385.7    374.2    374.5    380.2    383.1    383.9       .8
  Pipeline transportation.......    38.9     38.6     38.5     38.5     38.7     38.5     38.5     38.6     38.5     38.4      -.1
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    25.2     38.7     31.5     26.9     28.7     32.6     32.7     32.7     32.1     32.1       .0
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   513.2    527.4    532.1    534.2    512.4    523.7    525.1    525.9    529.6    533.1      3.5
  Couriers and messengers.......   574.1    575.8    579.8    590.9    564.7    579.2    580.4    581.1    580.8    581.8      1.0
  Warehousing and storage.......   534.1    541.7    553.5    558.3    524.2    536.3    538.1    541.4    545.7    547.0      1.3

 Utilities......................   578.3    582.4    581.7    579.9    578.9    582.6    582.0    582.4    582.0    581.0     -1.0

Information.....................   3,177    3,146    3,159    3,166    3,172    3,173    3,166    3,159    3,163    3,163        0
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   921.2    913.7    912.4    913.1    918.4    914.7    914.3    913.8    912.5    910.9     -1.6
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   382.9    379.2    390.2    390.3    382.7    391.0    388.7    389.4    394.6    389.7     -4.9
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   328.5    337.1    340.9    343.0    327.0    336.4    336.6    337.3    340.7    341.7      1.0
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    30.4     34.5     35.3     36.2     30.4     33.6     34.2     34.5     35.6     36.3       .7
  Telecommunications............ 1,061.7  1,029.0  1,026.0  1,029.8  1,062.2  1,042.3  1,037.5  1,030.0  1,025.5  1,031.0      5.5
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   404.0    402.6    405.0    405.3    402.6    404.9    404.3    404.0    404.9    404.6      -.3
  Other information services....    48.2     49.6     48.9     48.5     48.2     49.8     50.0     49.6     49.0     48.8      -.2

Financial activities............   7,972    8,083    8,083    8,093    7,985    8,044    8,053    8,078    8,095    8,107       12
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,919.8  5,969.2  5,978.9  5,996.2  5,922.7  5,951.9  5,962.4  5,976.2  5,991.5  6,001.6     10.1
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    22.5     21.7     21.3     21.1     22.5     21.8     21.8     21.7     21.4     21.2      -.2
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,787.8  2,811.0  2,817.8  2,836.2  2,790.3  2,804.1  2,807.3  2,818.3  2,826.6  2,840.4     13.8
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,754.0  1,767.1  1,768.4  1,778.1  1,758.1  1,766.9  1,768.3  1,772.7  1,776.8  1,782.4      5.6
    Commercial banking.......... 1,277.6  1,283.3  1,284.4  1,292.0  1,280.5  1,284.0  1,283.0  1,287.5  1,290.7  1,295.6      4.9
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   768.1    793.6    798.2    798.9    769.1    787.8    791.6    793.6    800.6    798.8     -1.8
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,261.8  2,265.3  2,264.6  2,263.6  2,261.2  2,260.2  2,263.9  2,265.1  2,265.8  2,264.6     -1.2
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    79.6     77.6     77.0     76.4     79.6     78.0     77.8     77.5     77.1     76.6      -.5
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,052.2  2,114.2  2,103.6  2,097.0  2,062.7  2,092.0  2,090.6  2,101.8  2,103.4  2,105.6      2.2
  Real estate................... 1,387.8  1,438.6  1,435.0  1,435.3  1,394.5  1,422.1  1,424.1  1,431.6  1,434.6  1,439.4      4.8
  Rental and leasing services...   634.9    647.1    640.4    633.7    639.0    641.4    638.0    641.9    640.6    638.0     -2.6
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    29.5     28.5     28.2     28.0     29.2     28.5     28.5     28.3     28.2     28.2       .0

Professional and business
 services.......................  16,232   16,677   16,854   16,792   16,114   16,490   16,518   16,548   16,648   16,676       28
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,618.1  6,713.0  6,783.6  6,800.8  6,647.9  6,739.9  6,762.0  6,783.3  6,815.0  6,831.0     16.0
   Legal services............... 1,145.5  1,145.4  1,149.6  1,149.7  1,142.9  1,148.2  1,146.2  1,148.4  1,148.0  1,147.1      -.9
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   753.8    748.1    762.8    765.8    810.6    811.9    815.3    815.7    822.3    824.6      2.3
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,234.6  1,277.1  1,291.2  1,294.8  1,233.9  1,264.4  1,269.3  1,275.1  1,285.0  1,293.3      8.3
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,107.1  1,132.0  1,144.3  1,156.7  1,105.7  1,120.5  1,129.7  1,136.5  1,144.2  1,154.1      9.9
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   764.3    796.3    801.4    796.8    760.6    792.2    794.3    793.9    796.4    794.1     -2.3
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,681.9  1,680.4  1,681.8  1,691.5  1,671.6  1,685.9  1,682.5  1,679.1  1,680.2  1,682.7      2.5
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 7,932.1  8,283.9  8,388.6  8,300.1  7,794.5  8,064.3  8,073.0  8,085.4  8,152.5  8,161.9      9.4
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,611.3  7,954.7  8,060.0  7,970.9  7,473.7  7,738.1  7,746.6  7,759.5  7,825.6  7,832.9      7.3
   Employment services(1)....... 3,538.8  3,760.8  3,863.0  3,815.5  3,427.6  3,606.8  3,607.8  3,633.6  3,687.9  3,697.6      9.7
    Temporary help services..... 2,394.6  2,603.6  2,681.6  2,640.5  2,319.4  2,460.2  2,474.7  2,501.4  2,552.2  2,561.1      8.9
   Business support services....   756.4    736.9    753.8    759.7    746.7    749.9    751.5    744.3    748.4    750.7      2.3
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,650.7  1,757.4  1,740.2  1,701.9  1,639.4  1,691.5  1,691.6  1,691.7  1,696.4  1,693.2     -3.2
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   320.8    329.2    328.6    329.2    320.8    326.2    326.4    325.9    326.9    329.0      2.1

Education and health services...  16,912   16,881   17,208   17,285   16,705   16,901   16,965   16,980   17,036   17,067       31
 Educational services........... 2,906.3  2,680.5  2,932.3  2,964.5  2,723.1  2,731.2  2,746.4  2,749.6  2,767.1  2,770.4      3.3
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,005.8 14,200.8 14,275.4 14,320.3 13,981.5 14,169.3 14,218.3 14,230.0 14,268.7 14,297.0     28.3
  Ambulatory health care
   services(1).................. 4,827.0  4,926.4  4,962.6  4,975.2  4,818.7  4,920.8  4,935.1  4,938.4  4,959.8  4,968.1      8.3
   Offices of physicians........ 2,026.3  2,062.3  2,075.8  2,086.7  2,023.3  2,057.5  2,062.1  2,068.1  2,076.0  2,082.4      6.4
   Outpatient care centers......   426.5    435.3    436.7    438.7    426.4    437.6    438.0    436.9    437.8    438.9      1.1
   Home health care services....   738.6    759.6    768.1    770.9    735.7    756.8    760.1    761.5    765.0    768.5      3.5
  Hospitals..................... 4,280.9  4,328.7  4,335.8  4,348.3  4,278.1  4,322.0  4,330.5  4,332.1  4,337.8  4,345.7      7.9
  Nursing and residential care
   facilities(1)................ 2,796.4  2,816.2  2,821.3  2,833.1  2,792.8  2,812.0  2,814.0  2,820.3  2,821.4  2,828.6      7.2
   Nursing care facilities...... 1,586.8  1,587.3  1,587.9  1,594.1  1,584.1  1,586.7  1,586.3  1,587.1  1,587.1  1,590.8      3.7
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,101.5  2,129.5  2,155.7  2,163.7  2,091.9  2,114.5  2,138.7  2,139.2  2,149.7  2,154.6      4.9
   Child day care services......   779.2    784.8    799.7    800.7    766.3    782.1    792.7    783.3    788.0    789.4      1.4

Leisure and hospitality.........  11,925   12,538   12,308   12,136   12,178   12,344   12,341   12,353   12,364   12,398       34
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,650.1  1,861.5  1,743.1  1,643.3  1,799.4  1,791.9  1,785.6  1,793.8  1,790.4  1,791.3       .9
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   356.0    372.9    359.7    346.1    371.7    357.1    356.0    360.3    358.7    358.2      -.5
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   111.1    116.2    116.5    113.7    113.3    116.6    116.7    116.2    116.3    116.4       .1
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,183.0  1,372.4  1,266.9  1,183.5  1,314.4  1,318.2  1,312.9  1,317.3  1,315.4  1,316.7      1.3
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,275.3 10,676.3 10,564.4 10,493.1 10,378.9 10,551.7 10,555.6 10,559.3 10,574.0 10,606.5     32.5
  Accommodations................ 1,694.1  1,801.0  1,754.4  1,731.7  1,751.7  1,764.4  1,767.9  1,771.4  1,769.9  1,788.1     18.2
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 8,581.2  8,875.3  8,810.0  8,761.4  8,627.2  8,787.3  8,787.7  8,787.9  8,804.1  8,818.4     14.3

Other services..................   5,374    5,392    5,400    5,396    5,382    5,414    5,414    5,410    5,409    5,409        0
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,231.9  1,235.3  1,236.3  1,231.6  1,234.4  1,236.3  1,235.2  1,235.2  1,236.0  1,234.5     -1.5
  Personal and laundry services. 1,256.5  1,254.3  1,252.9  1,255.1  1,254.1  1,262.1  1,259.9  1,255.7  1,253.8  1,255.0      1.2
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,885.2  2,902.8  2,910.3  2,909.1  2,893.9  2,915.9  2,919.1  2,918.8  2,919.2  2,919.0      -.2

Government......................  21,962   21,469   22,001   22,166   21,544   21,572   21,629   21,652   21,676   21,684        8
 Federal........................   2,712    2,718    2,706    2,702    2,723    2,710    2,712    2,713    2,708    2,711        3
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,914.6  1,936.0  1,923.3  1,916.3  1,924.9  1,922.5  1,926.3  1,927.6  1,923.6  1,927.2      3.6
  U.S. Postal Service...........   797.7    782.0    782.8    785.4    798.1    787.2    785.3    784.9    784.2    784.0      -.2
 State government...............   5,168    5,036    5,188    5,214    5,023    5,019    5,035    5,047    5,053    5,060        7
  State government education.... 2,442.2  2,288.6  2,445.7  2,473.8  2,282.5  2,271.1  2,285.2  2,299.7  2,302.9  2,307.0      4.1
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,726.2  2,747.0  2,742.6  2,740.3  2,740.0  2,747.8  2,749.4  2,747.5  2,750.5  2,753.3      2.8
 Local government...............  14,082   13,715   14,107   14,250   13,798   13,843   13,882   13,892   13,915   13,913       -2
  Local government education.... 8,025.8  7,600.2  8,014.2  8,133.3  7,684.5  7,725.7  7,758.4  7,760.4  7,779.8  7,786.2      6.4
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,056.4  6,114.9  6,092.6  6,116.4  6,113.1  6,116.8  6,123.2  6,131.6  6,134.7  6,126.9     -7.8


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.







ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Nov.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.    Nov.   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.     from:
                                                 2003   2004   2004p  2004p   2003   2004   2004   2004   2004p  2004p  Oct. 2004-
                                                                                                                        Nov. 2004p


        Total private.........................   34.0   33.6   33.8   33.7    33.8   33.8   33.7   33.8   33.8   33.7      -0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   40.3   39.7   40.2   40.1    40.1   40.1   40.1   40.1   39.9   39.9        .0

Natural resources and mining..................   44.2   44.2   45.3   45.2    43.9   44.1   44.4   44.6   44.8   44.8        .0

Construction..................................   38.3   37.6   38.8   38.2    38.5   38.4   38.1   38.4   38.3   38.4        .1

Manufacturing.................................   41.2   40.6   40.7   40.8    40.8   40.8   40.9   40.8   40.6   40.5       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.7    4.7    4.7    4.6     4.5    4.6    4.6    4.6    4.5    4.5        .0

 Durable goods................................   41.6   40.9   41.2   41.3    41.3   41.3   41.3   41.2   41.1   41.0       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.8    4.6    4.8    4.7     4.7    4.7    4.7    4.7    4.7    4.6       -.1

  Wood products...............................   41.5   39.7   40.4   40.2    41.2   40.7   40.9   40.3   40.2   40.1       -.1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.6   43.0   42.8   42.7    42.4   42.1   42.3   42.4   42.4   42.5        .1
  Primary metals..............................   42.9   42.8   42.8   43.2    42.7   43.3   43.3   43.1   43.0   43.0        .0
  Fabricated metal products...................   41.3   40.7   41.2   41.1    40.9   41.2   41.2   41.2   41.0   40.8       -.2
  Machinery...................................   41.4   41.5   42.0   42.4    41.1   42.0   42.1   42.3   42.2   42.2        .0
  Computer and electronic products............   41.3   40.1   40.2   40.2    40.7   40.9   40.5   40.3   40.1   39.7       -.4
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   41.4   40.0   40.7   40.7    40.8   40.8   41.0   40.5   40.4   40.2       -.2
  Transportation equipment....................   43.1   42.3   42.4   42.5    42.7   42.4   42.5   42.4   42.3   42.2       -.1
  Furniture and related products..............   40.0   38.8   38.9   39.4    39.9   39.4   39.5   39.3   39.1   39.2        .1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   39.2   37.9   38.4   38.5    38.9   38.5   38.5   38.3   38.3   38.2       -.1

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.6   40.1   39.9   40.1    40.1   40.1   40.2   40.1   39.8   39.7       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.5    4.8    4.5    4.5     4.3    4.4    4.4    4.4    4.3    4.3        .0

  Food manufacturing..........................   39.9   39.9   39.3   39.7    39.2   39.3   39.3   39.4   39.0   39.1        .1
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   40.3   39.8   38.3   37.8    39.9   39.2   39.5   39.1   38.4   37.8       -.6
  Textile mills...............................   40.2   39.9   39.6   39.7    40.0   40.5   40.5   40.1   39.8   39.6       -.2
  Textile product mills.......................   40.2   38.7   39.3   39.1    40.0   38.5   38.7   39.0   39.1   38.9       -.2
  Apparel.....................................   36.7   35.5   35.9   36.2    36.2   36.1   36.1   36.2   35.9   35.9        .0
  Leather and allied products.................   39.2   37.2   38.5   38.5    39.3   37.3   37.8   38.1   38.4   38.5        .1
  Paper and paper products....................   42.3   42.5   42.0   42.2    41.9   42.4   42.5   42.1   41.9   41.8       -.1
  Printing and related support activities.....   39.0   38.4   38.5   38.8    38.4   38.6   38.5   38.3   38.2   38.3        .1
  Petroleum and coal products.................   45.8   45.8   45.0   45.7    45.6   45.0   46.3   45.8   44.7   45.4        .7
  Chemicals...................................   43.1   42.7   42.5   42.8    42.7   42.8   42.8   42.8   42.7   42.5       -.2
  Plastics and rubber products................   41.1   40.0   40.2   39.9    40.7   40.5   40.5   40.2   40.1   39.6       -.5

     Private service-providing................   32.6   32.3   32.4   32.3    32.4   32.4   32.4   32.5   32.4   32.4        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.7   33.6   33.5   33.4    33.6   33.4   33.5   33.6   33.6   33.6        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   38.5   37.6   37.6   37.7    38.0   37.8   37.6   37.8   37.7   37.7        .0

 Retail trade.................................   30.7   30.9   30.7   30.5    30.9   30.6   30.7   30.8   30.8   30.8        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............   37.5   37.3   37.4   37.7    37.0   37.1   37.2   37.4   37.4   37.5        .1

 Utilities....................................   41.9   41.5   41.0   41.0    41.4   41.0   40.9   41.4   40.8   40.6       -.2

Information...................................   36.8   36.3   36.3   36.5    36.3   36.4   36.4   36.4   36.3   36.3        .0

Financial activities..........................   36.1   35.2   35.5   35.4    35.5   35.6   35.5   35.5   35.7   35.5       -.2

Professional and business services............   34.3   34.0   34.2   34.1    34.1   34.2   34.2   34.5   34.3   34.2       -.1

Education and health services.................   32.7   32.5   32.4   32.5    32.4   32.6   32.5   32.6   32.5   32.5        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.6   25.3   25.6   25.4    25.7   25.6   25.6   25.6   25.7   25.7        .0

Other services................................   31.4   30.9   31.0   31.0    31.2   31.1   31.1   31.1   31.0   30.9       -.1


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Nov.      Sept.    Oct.      Nov.       Nov.      Sept.    Oct.      Nov.
                                                   2003      2004     2004p     2004p      2003      2004     2004p     2004p

        Total private........................... $15.52    $15.80    $15.84    $15.86    $527.68   $530.88   $535.39   $534.48
         Seasonally adjusted....................  15.46     15.78     15.82     15.83     522.55    533.36    534.72    533.47

    Goods-producing.............................  16.98     17.41     17.39     17.37     684.29    691.18    699.08    696.54

Natural resources and mining....................  17.75     18.04     18.14     18.33     784.55    797.37    821.74    828.52

Construction....................................  19.08     19.42     19.46     19.35     730.76    730.19    755.05    739.17

Manufacturing...................................  15.92     16.36     16.27     16.32     655.90    664.22    662.19    665.86

 Durable goods..................................  16.64     17.08     16.99     17.04     692.22    698.57    699.99    703.75
  Wood products.................................  12.95     13.13     13.02     13.09     537.43    521.26    526.01    526.22
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  15.99     16.52     16.39     16.49     681.17    710.36    701.49    704.12
  Primary metals................................  18.32     18.89     18.74     18.63     785.93    808.49    802.07    804.82
  Fabricated metal products.....................  15.06     15.42     15.38     15.49     621.98    627.59    633.66    636.64
  Machinery.....................................  16.49     16.85     16.82     16.74     682.69    699.28    706.44    709.78
  Computer and electronic products..............  16.78     17.47     17.52     17.60     693.01    700.55    704.30    707.52
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  14.54     15.03     14.99     14.99     601.96    601.20    610.09    610.09
  Transportation equipment......................  21.48     21.96     21.83     21.88     925.79    928.91    925.59    929.90
  Furniture and related products................  13.08     13.39     13.26     13.32     523.20    519.53    515.81    524.81
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  13.53     13.96     13.91     13.92     530.38    529.08    534.14    535.92

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.80     15.24     15.12     15.17     600.88    611.12    603.29    608.32
  Food manufacturing............................  12.91     13.08     12.92     12.94     515.11    521.89    507.76    513.72
  Beverages and tobacco products................  18.64     19.20     19.20     19.08     751.19    764.16    735.36    721.22
  Textile mills.................................  12.08     12.26     12.17     12.15     485.62    489.17    481.93    482.36
  Textile product mills.........................  11.35     11.51     11.46     11.51     456.27    445.44    450.38    450.04
  Apparel.......................................   9.71      9.93      9.98     10.01     356.36    352.52    358.28    362.36
  Leather and allied products...................  11.87     11.56     11.57     11.59     465.30    430.03    445.45    446.22
  Paper and paper products......................  17.58     18.16     17.92     18.01     743.63    771.80    752.64    760.02
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.48     15.94     15.95     15.91     603.72    612.10    614.08    617.31
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.00     24.47     24.38     24.93    1099.20   1120.73   1097.10   1139.30
  Chemicals.....................................  18.77     19.49     19.47     19.56     808.99    832.22    827.48    837.17
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.27     14.75     14.55     14.59     586.50    590.00    584.91    582.14

     Private service-providing..................  15.13     15.37     15.41     15.45     493.24    496.45    499.28    499.04

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.44     14.78     14.78     14.74     486.63    496.61    495.13    492.32

 Wholesale trade................................  17.56     17.72     17.78     17.75     676.06    666.27    668.53    669.18

 Retail trade...................................  11.92     12.23     12.19     12.17     365.94    377.91    374.23    371.19

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.40     16.91     16.97     16.98     615.00    630.74    634.68    640.15

 Utilities......................................  25.50     25.87     26.00     25.72    1068.45   1073.61   1066.00   1054.52

Information.....................................  21.28     21.73     21.73     21.74     783.10    788.80    788.80    793.51

Financial activities............................  17.42     17.60     17.70     17.73     628.86    619.52    628.35    627.64

Professional and business services..............  17.41     17.43     17.49     17.59     597.16    592.62    598.16    599.82

Education and health services...................  15.79     16.25     16.25     16.26     516.33    528.13    526.50    528.45

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.83      8.94      9.01      9.05     226.05    226.18    230.66    229.87

Other services..................................  13.85     13.97     13.96     13.98     434.89    431.67    432.76    433.38


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.   Oct.     Nov.  change from:
                                                   2003     2004     2004     2004    2004p    2004p  Oct. 2004-
                                                                                                      Nov. 2004p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.46   $15.71   $15.76   $15.78   $15.82   $15.83      0.1
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.32     8.23     8.26     8.25     8.22     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  16.94    17.19    17.24    17.30    17.32    17.34       .1

Natural resources and mining....................  17.79    18.15    18.12    18.11    18.20    18.33       .7

Construction....................................  19.06    19.22    19.25    19.27    19.33    19.34       .1

Manufacturing...................................  15.89    16.16    16.23    16.29    16.27    16.29       .1
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  15.06    15.30    15.37    15.42    15.42    15.43       .1

 Durable goods..................................  16.58    16.81    16.90    16.98    16.97    16.98       .1

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.79    15.12    15.15    15.19    15.15    15.17       .1

     Private service-providing..................  15.06    15.31    15.36    15.38    15.42    15.43       .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.44    14.70    14.73    14.74    14.77    14.77       .0

 Wholesale trade................................  17.47    17.71    17.70    17.74    17.81    17.76      -.3

 Retail trade...................................  11.97    12.12    12.16    12.17    12.18    12.21       .2

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.35    16.89    16.99    16.91    16.96    16.95      -.1

 Utilities......................................  25.36    25.57    25.54    25.73    25.94    25.62     -1.2

Information.....................................  21.10    21.45    21.53    21.61    21.60    21.61       .0

Financial activities............................  17.30    17.55    17.58    17.61    17.71    17.75       .2

Professional and business services..............  17.29    17.44    17.56    17.52    17.59    17.63       .2

Education and health services...................  15.77    16.18    16.19    16.23    16.25    16.26       .1

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.82     8.87     8.91     8.95     8.99     9.02       .3

Other services..................................  13.81    13.90    13.92    13.95    13.97    13.98       .1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was -0.4 percent from Sept. 2004 to Oct. 2004, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.







ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Nov.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.    Nov.   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   change from:
                                                2003   2004   2004p  2004p   2003   2004   2004   2004   2004p  2004p   Oct. 2004-
                                                                                                                        Nov. 2004p

        Total private.........................  100.3  100.7  101.8  101.6    99.0  100.5  100.4  100.8  101.1  100.9      -0.2

    Goods-producing...........................   97.1   98.1   99.4   98.6    95.6   97.1   97.4   97.4   97.1   97.2        .1

Natural resources and mining..................   99.8  106.9  108.1  107.6    97.7  102.9  103.8  105.0  104.8  105.5        .7

Construction..................................  100.6  103.9  107.7  104.6    99.0  101.2  100.9  101.9  102.3  103.0        .7

Manufacturing.................................   95.4   95.1   95.2   95.2    94.1   95.0   95.4   95.0   94.5   94.2       -.3

 Durable goods................................   95.5   95.2   95.9   96.1    94.5   95.7   96.1   95.7   95.5   95.1       -.4
  Wood products...............................  100.7   98.7  101.1   99.5    99.7  100.2  101.0   99.3   99.8   99.0       -.8
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   95.6  102.1  100.6   99.7    93.6   97.1   97.4   98.2   97.9   98.2        .3
  Primary metals..............................   91.9   92.2   92.3   93.1    91.5   93.6   93.4   92.7   92.7   92.6       -.1
  Fabricated metal products...................   96.3   97.4   99.1   98.9    95.1   98.3   98.6   98.7   98.3   98.0       -.3
  Machinery...................................   94.8   96.4   97.5   98.7    94.2   98.3   98.6   98.6   98.4   98.1       -.3
  Computer and electronic products............   92.4   91.7   92.0   91.5    90.8   93.4   92.7   92.2   91.5   90.1      -1.5
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   91.4   88.3   88.9   89.4    90.3   90.0   90.2   89.1   88.5   88.2       -.3
  Transportation equipment....................   98.4   96.9   96.9   97.1    97.0   95.3   97.5   96.8   96.5   95.9       -.6
  Furniture and related products..............   94.9   92.6   92.6   94.0    94.5   94.5   94.7   94.0   93.4   93.6        .2
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   93.8   89.7   91.2   91.8    92.7   91.9   91.5   91.0   90.8   90.7       -.1

 Nondurable goods.............................   95.2   94.5   93.8   93.9    93.5   93.9   93.9   93.7   92.8   92.7       -.1
  Food manufacturing..........................  100.3  101.8  100.0  100.0    96.5   98.2   98.0   98.1   97.1   97.4        .3
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   87.4   96.5   90.9   90.0    88.1   91.5   91.6   91.8   89.7   90.7       1.1
  Textile mills...............................   82.7   77.4   76.0   75.3    82.3   79.4   78.8   77.5   76.4   75.1      -1.7
  Textile product mills.......................   92.3   91.5   93.3   93.5    92.6   91.9   92.1   93.4   93.9   93.7       -.2
  Apparel.....................................   80.6   74.5   73.0   72.8    78.9   75.0   75.2   75.1   72.4   71.9       -.7
  Leather and allied products.................   89.2   86.2   91.4   94.0    90.0   87.6   87.5   89.0   91.9   94.0       2.3
  Paper and paper products....................   93.3   92.7   91.5   91.4    91.9   92.3   92.5   91.3   90.7   90.1       -.7
  Printing and related support activities.....   95.8   93.2   93.8   94.5    94.2   93.9   93.6   92.8   92.8   93.2        .4
  Petroleum and coal products.................  101.5  111.7  108.7  110.2   100.1  106.3  109.9  109.4  106.7  109.0       2.2
  Chemicals...................................   99.5   99.1   98.7   99.7    98.9   99.8   99.8  100.0   99.8   99.5       -.3
  Plastics and rubber products................   95.4   94.0   94.5   93.7    94.7   95.1   94.8   94.3   94.1   93.2      -1.0

     Private service-providing................  101.0  101.5  102.4  102.4    99.8  101.3  101.5  101.9  101.9  102.0        .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  100.9   99.8  100.3  101.5    98.6   99.1   99.5   99.9  100.1  100.1        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   99.3   98.9   99.2   99.5    97.9   98.7   98.4   99.2   99.2   99.3        .1

 Retail trade.................................  101.2   99.3   99.8  101.5    99.0   98.9   99.3   99.6   99.7   99.6       -.1

 Transportation and warehousing...............  101.5  103.4  104.1  105.0    98.8  101.1  101.6  102.8  102.8  103.2        .4

 Utilities....................................   99.9   98.2   97.0   96.7    98.8   97.5   96.8   98.0   96.6   96.0       -.6

Information...................................   98.9  100.2  100.9  101.8    97.7  100.6  100.9  101.1  101.3  101.4        .1

Financial activities..........................  102.8  101.6  102.4  102.3   101.3  102.1  102.0  102.3  103.1  102.7       -.4

Professional and business services............  100.8  103.6  105.4  104.7    99.4  102.7  103.0  104.2  104.3  104.2       -.1

Education and health services.................  104.3  103.2  104.9  105.6   102.0  103.8  103.8  104.1  104.1  104.2        .1

Leisure and hospitality.......................   97.9  102.1  101.4   99.0   100.5  101.6  101.6  101.7  102.2  102.5        .3

Other services................................   96.7   96.0   96.4   96.4    96.3   96.7   97.0   96.9   96.6   96.4       -.2


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.







ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Nov.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.    Nov.   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   change from:
                                                2003   2004   2004p  2004p   2003   2004   2004   2004   2004p  2004p   Oct. 2004-
                                                                                                                        Nov. 2004p

        Total private.........................  104.1  106.4  107.9  107.8   102.4  105.6  105.8  106.4  107.0  106.8      -0.2

    Goods-producing...........................  100.9  104.6  105.9  104.8    99.2  102.2  102.8  103.2  103.0  103.2        .2

Natural resources and mining..................  103.1  112.1  114.0  114.7   101.1  108.6  109.4  110.6  110.9  112.4       1.4

Construction..................................  103.6  108.9  113.2  109.3   101.9  105.1  104.9  106.0  106.8  107.5        .7

Manufacturing.................................   99.3  101.7  101.3  101.6    97.8  100.4  101.2  101.3  100.6  100.4       -.2

 Durable goods................................   99.2  101.6  101.8  102.2    97.8  100.4  101.4  101.5  101.2  100.8       -.4

 Nondurable goods.............................   99.6  101.8  100.2  100.6    97.7  100.3  100.6  100.5   99.4   99.3       -.1

     Private service-providing................  105.0  107.2  108.4  108.6   103.2  106.5  107.1  107.7  108.0  108.2        .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  103.9  105.2  105.8  106.7   101.5  103.9  104.6  105.1  105.5  105.4       -.1

 Wholesale trade..............................  102.7  103.2  103.9  104.0   100.7  103.0  102.6  103.7  104.0  103.9       -.1

 Retail trade.................................  103.4  104.1  104.3  105.9   101.5  102.7  103.5  103.9  104.1  104.2        .1

 Transportation and warehousing...............  105.6  110.9  112.1  113.1   102.5  108.4  109.5  110.2  110.6  110.9        .3

 Utilities....................................  106.3  106.0  105.3  103.8   104.6  104.1  103.2  105.3  104.5  102.6      -1.8

Information...................................  104.2  107.7  108.5  109.5   102.1  106.8  107.5  108.1  108.3  108.4        .1

Financial activities..........................  110.7  110.5  112.0  112.1   108.3  110.8  110.9  111.4  112.9  112.8       -.1

Professional and business services............  104.4  107.4  109.7  109.6   102.2  106.5  107.6  108.6  109.2  109.3        .1

Education and health services.................  108.2  110.3  112.0  112.9   105.7  110.4  110.4  111.0  111.2  111.4        .2

Leisure and hospitality.......................  100.8  106.4  106.5  104.5   103.4  105.0  105.5  106.1  107.2  107.8        .6

Other services................................   97.6   97.7   98.1   98.2    96.9   97.9   98.4   98.5   98.3   98.1       -.2


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.







ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)


       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2000 ..............   61.9     62.9     63.3     59.5     46.9     61.7     63.1     52.5     51.1     53.4     56.8     53.8
     2001 ..............   52.2     47.8     50.4     34.4     41.4     39.2     37.1     38.8     38.3     32.4     36.7     34.9
     2002 ..............   40.1     35.1     41.0     41.5     41.7     47.8     44.1     44.1     42.8     39.0     38.7     34.5
     2003 ..............   41.2     35.1     38.1     41.4     42.8     40.1     40.5     39.7     49.3     46.0     51.1     49.1
     2004 ..............   52.3     56.1     68.7     67.6     63.8     60.6     55.2     56.3     56.8    p58.8    p51.8


Over 3-month span:
     2000 ..............   69.2     66.2     67.8     68.3     60.1     58.1     56.3     61.5     56.5     53.2     52.9     56.8
     2001 ..............   52.7     50.4     50.4     43.5     38.8     34.9     36.2     37.9     34.7     35.3     30.8     32.0
     2002 ..............   34.0     37.4     35.1     36.2     36.7     39.4     39.9     40.8     38.7     37.1     34.4     34.7
     2003 ..............   36.5     32.6     36.3     35.1     40.5     42.6     37.4     35.4     40.1     45.5     50.5     51.1
     2004 ..............   54.0     55.2     62.8     70.0     74.5     68.7     64.6     57.2     60.6    p59.7    p58.5


Over 6-month span:
     2000 ..............   67.3     69.1     72.5     72.5     67.4     67.8     66.7     60.8     59.0     55.0     59.7     54.0
     2001 ..............   51.8     50.0     51.8     47.3     43.5     41.5     38.1     35.4     32.2     33.1     31.5     31.1
     2002 ..............   29.5     30.0     31.1     31.1     31.7     37.1     37.2     39.0     34.7     36.5     35.3     33.3
     2003 ..............   33.6     31.1     31.7     31.7     33.5     37.8     36.2     36.5     40.5     39.4     42.6     41.7
     2004 ..............   48.9     54.1     59.5     64.7     67.8     71.2     68.3     71.6     67.1    p63.5    p60.6


Over 12-month span:
     2000 ..............   70.9     69.2     73.2     71.0     69.8     71.0     70.0     70.3     70.3     65.6     63.8     62.1
     2001 ..............   59.5     59.5     53.4     49.3     48.6     45.0     43.3     43.9     39.9     37.8     37.1     34.9
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.4     30.2     29.1     32.0     31.3     30.0     29.5     32.9     34.7
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     36.2     34.4     34.7     33.1     37.6     37.4     33.1     35.4
     2004 ..............   37.8     43.2     47.3     50.7     54.9     60.3     64.0     63.8     65.3    p66.4    p68.5

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2000 ..............   48.2     58.3     50.0     50.0     41.1     57.1     60.7     28.6     25.0     35.1     39.9     41.1
     2001 ..............   22.6     22.0     21.4     16.1     15.5     23.2     13.7     14.3     19.0     17.9     14.9     10.1
     2002 ..............   21.4     18.5     23.8     35.1     29.8     32.7     40.5     28.0     31.0     11.9     15.5     17.9
     2003 ..............   26.2     15.5     22.6     13.7     26.2     25.0     28.0     26.2     27.4     28.6     51.2     45.8
     2004 ..............   42.9     55.4     60.1     66.1     64.9     52.4     57.1     48.2     44.0    p44.6    p47.6


Over 3-month span:
     2000 ..............   53.6     53.6     56.0     54.8     44.0     44.0     51.2     47.6     32.7     25.0     23.2     38.7
     2001 ..............   35.7     21.4     16.1     14.3     13.1     13.7     11.9      8.9      8.3     13.1      8.9     10.1
     2002 ..............    9.5     10.1     11.3     17.9     17.3     19.0     28.0     22.0     23.8     15.5      6.5      4.8
     2003 ..............   13.7     13.1     16.7     10.1     13.1     14.9     16.1     16.1     16.1     24.4     27.4     41.7
     2004 ..............   48.8     51.8     59.5     66.1     71.4     65.5     65.5     51.8     53.0    p45.2    p47.6


Over 6-month span:
     2000 ..............   44.0     52.4     55.4     57.7     47.6     51.8     56.0     45.2     39.3     34.5     32.1     27.4
     2001 ..............   22.0     23.8     22.0     20.8     14.3     13.7     14.3     10.1     10.7      5.4      7.1      4.8
     2002 ..............    6.5      8.9      7.7      8.3      7.7     14.3     14.9     10.7     12.5     10.1      8.9      8.9
     2003 ..............   11.3      9.5      6.0      7.1      8.9     13.1      8.9     13.1     13.1     16.7     19.0     19.6
     2004 ..............   28.6     36.9     46.4     56.5     61.3     64.9     66.7     66.1     58.3    p54.8    p48.8


Over 12-month span:
     2000 ..............   41.7     39.3     47.0     50.0     46.4     52.4     51.8     49.4     46.4     40.5     35.1     33.3
     2001 ..............   29.8     32.1     20.8     19.0     13.1     12.5     10.7     11.9     11.9     10.1      8.3      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      6.5      7.1      3.6      4.8      6.0      4.8      7.1      4.8      8.3
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      5.4      8.3      9.5      9.5      9.5     10.7     11.9      9.5     11.3
     2004 ..............    9.5     19.0     16.7     26.2     29.8     40.5     50.0     50.6     52.4    p55.4    p57.1


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.