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                      THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  APRIL 2005

   Employment rose in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.2
percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor re-
ported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 274,000 over the month.
Job growth was widespread, with gains in construction, mining, and several
service-providing industries.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.7 million, and the unemployment
rate, 5.2 percent, were unchanged in April.  The jobless rate was down from
5.5 percent a year earlier.  Over the month, the unemployment rates for adult
men (4.4 percent), adult women (4.6 percent), teenagers (17.7 percent), whites
(4.4 percent), and blacks (10.4 percent) showed little or no change.  After
declining in March, the unemployment rate for Hispanics or Latinos increased
to 6.4 percent, the same as in February.  The jobless rate for Asians was 3.9
percent, not seasonally adjusted.  (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   
   The number of long-term unemployed--those unemployed 27 weeks and over--
was about unchanged over the month.  This group accounted for 21.2 percent of
the unemployed.  (See table A-9.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment grew by 598,000 in April to 141.1 million, and the employ-
ment-population ratio--the proportion of the population age 16 and over with
jobs--edged up to 62.6 percent.  The civilian labor force increased by 605,000
in April to 148.8 million; the labor force participation rate, at 66.0 percent,
also was up over the month.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   There were 1.5 million persons who were marginally attached to the labor
force in April, about 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.  The number of discouraged workers, at 393,000
in April, declined over the year.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the mar-
ginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because
they believed no jobs were available for them.  The other 1.1 million mar-
ginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school at-
tendance 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       |
                         |_________________|__________________________| Mar.-
        Category         |  2004  |  2005  |           2005           | Apr.
                         |________|________|__________________________|change
                         |   IV   |   I    |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 148,136| 148,089| 148,132| 148,157| 148,762|    605
  Employment.............| 140,092| 140,296| 140,144| 140,501| 141,099|    598
  Unemployment...........|   8,044|   7,794|   7,988|   7,656|   7,663|      7
Not in labor force.......|  76,282|  76,949|  76,909|  77,079|  76,679|   -400
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     5.4|     5.3|     5.4|     5.2|     5.2|    0.0
  Adult men..............|     4.9|     4.7|     4.9|     4.6|     4.4|    -.2
  Adult women............|     4.7|     4.6|     4.7|     4.5|     4.6|     .1
  Teenagers..............|    17.1|    16.9|    17.5|    16.9|    17.7|     .8
  White..................|     4.6|     4.5|     4.6|     4.4|     4.4|     .0
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|    10.8|    10.6|    10.9|    10.3|    10.4|     .1
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     6.7|     6.1|     6.4|     5.7|     6.4|     .7
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 132,302|p132,822| 132,873|p133,019|p133,293|   p274
  Goods-producing(1).....|  22,000| p22,055|  22,066| p22,095| p22,140|    p45
    Construction.........|   7,063|  p7,128|   7,133|  p7,162|  p7,209|    p47
    Manufacturing........|  14,338| p14,314|  14,321| p14,314| p14,308|    p-6
  Service-providing(1)...| 110,302|p110,767| 110,807|p110,924|p111,153|   p229
    Retail trade(2)......|  15,072| p15,110|  15,125| p15,123| p15,148|    p24
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  16,633| p16,759|  16,775| p16,807| p16,843|    p36
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  17,110| p17,191|  17,186| p17,209| p17,244|    p35
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,569| p12,645|  12,650| p12,674| p12,732|    p58
    Government...........|  21,702| p21,725|  21,733| p21,732| p21,750|    p18
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.7|   p33.7|    33.7|   p33.7|   p33.9|   p0.2
  Manufacturing..........|    40.6|   p40.6|    40.6|   p40.4|   p40.5|    p.1
    Overtime.............|     4.5|    p4.5|     4.6|    p4.5|    p4.5|    p.0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|   101.2|  p101.7|   101.8|  p101.9|  p102.8|  p0.9
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $15.83| p$15.92|  $15.91| p$15.95| p$16.00| p$0.05
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  533.89| p536.51|  536.17| p537.52| p542.40|  p4.88
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______

   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
   3  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 274,000, seasonally adjusted,
to 133.3 million in April.  This followed gains of 300,000 in February and
146,000 in March (as revised).  In April, notable increases occurred in
several industries, including construction, mining, food services, and
health care.  (See table B-1.)

   Within the goods-producing sector, construction employment rose by 47,000
in April, with specialty trade contractors accounting for the bulk of the
growth (40,000).  Heavy and civil engineering construction also added 8,000
jobs over the month.  Since its most recent low in March 2003, construction
industry employment has grown by 551,000.
   
   In April, employment in mining increased by 8,000.  The industry has added
31,000 jobs over the past 6 months; support activities for oil and gas opera-
tions has accounted for most of this increase.
   
   Employment in manufacturing was little changed in April at 14.3 million,
with small and offsetting movements among several of its components.  Long-
term employment declines continued in furniture and related products and in
textile mills.
   
   In the service-providing sector, leisure and hospitality gained 58,000 
jobs in April, including 35,000 in food services and drinking places.  Em-
ployment edged up in arts, entertainment, and recreation (16,000).  Since
its most recent low in June 2002, employment in leisure and hospitality has
expanded by 823,000, with four-fifths of the gain occurring in food services.
   
   Health care employment continued to increase in April, rising by 25,000.
Over the past year, this industry has gained 240,000 jobs.  In April, job
growth was concentrated in offices of physicians (9,000) and hospitals
(10,000).
   
   The information industry added 12,000 jobs over the month.  Within infor-
mation, the motion picture and sound recording industries gained 9,000 jobs.
Employment in telecommunications grew by 7,000 in April; it had shown little
movement from November through March after trending down for nearly 4 years.
   
   Employment in professional and technical services continued to trend upward
in April, increasing by 18,000.  Since its recent low in August 2003, this
industry has gained 343,000 jobs.  Financial activities employment also con-
tinued its upward trend, with a gain of 17,000 in April.  Within transporta-
tion and warehousing, small employment gains in trucking, transit, and cou-
riers were partially offset by a decline of 5,000 jobs in air transportation.
Retail trade employment edged up over the month.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 hour to 33.9 hours in April, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.1 hour to 40.5 hours,
while manufacturing overtime was unchanged at 4.5 hours.  (See table B-2.)

                                  - 4 -

   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.9 percent in April to
102.8 (2002=100).  The manufacturing index was up by 0.2 percent over the
month to 93.7.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on pri-
vate nonfarm payrolls rose by 5 cents in April to $16.00, seasonally ad-
justed.  Average weekly earnings increased by 0.9 percent over the month
to $542.40.  Over the year, average hourly and weekly earnings grew by
2.7 and 3.3 percent, respectively.  (See table B-3.)

                         ______________________________
   
   
   The Employment Situation for May 2005 is scheduled to be released on Friday,
June 3, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).





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Explanatory Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the 12th,
which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
   Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
   
   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro-
fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
   The civilian labor force  is the sum of employed and  unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the  labor
force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent
of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
                                  
                                  - 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 ana-
lyze 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 en-
tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,
that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand-
ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
430,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 8 -
 
   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure
to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for
all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to
provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents,
and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
 
   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
   
   Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.5 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
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   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                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 222,757 225,236 225,441 222,757 224,640 224,837 225,041 225,236 225,441
    Civilian labor force............................ 146,260 147,745 148,274 146,788 148,203 147,979 148,132 148,157 148,762
          Participation rate........................    65.7    65.6    65.8    65.9    66.0    65.8    65.8    65.8    66.0
      Employed...................................... 138,423 139,759 140,939 138,645 140,156 140,241 140,144 140,501 141,099
          Employment-population ratio...............    62.1    62.0    62.5    62.2    62.4    62.4    62.3    62.4    62.6
      Unemployed....................................   7,837   7,986   7,335   8,143   8,047   7,737   7,988   7,656   7,663
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.4     5.4     4.9     5.5     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.2     5.2
    Not in labor force..............................  76,497  77,492  77,167  75,969  76,437  76,858  76,909  77,079  76,679
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,598   4,858   5,022   4,720   5,021   4,982   4,995   5,001   5,134
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,392 108,703 108,812 107,392 108,392 108,489 108,598 108,703 108,812
    Civilian labor force............................  78,147  79,242  79,448  78,555  79,412  79,146  79,373  79,598  79,839
          Participation rate........................    72.8    72.9    73.0    73.1    73.3    73.0    73.1    73.2    73.4
      Employed......................................  73,774  74,612  75,456  74,104  74,938  74,934  74,964  75,375  75,735
          Employment-population ratio...............    68.7    68.6    69.3    69.0    69.1    69.1    69.0    69.3    69.6
      Unemployed....................................   4,373   4,631   3,992   4,451   4,474   4,212   4,410   4,224   4,104
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.6     5.8     5.0     5.7     5.6     5.3     5.6     5.3     5.1
    Not in labor force..............................  29,244  29,460  29,363  28,836  28,981  29,342  29,224  29,104  28,973
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,170 100,419 100,520  99,170 100,126 100,219 100,321 100,419 100,520
    Civilian labor force............................  74,806  75,802  76,068  74,908  75,754  75,594  75,816  75,921  76,173
          Participation rate........................    75.4    75.5    75.7    75.5    75.7    75.4    75.6    75.6    75.8
      Employed......................................  71,060  71,893  72,770  71,158  72,020  72,029  72,131  72,429  72,817
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.7    71.6    72.4    71.8    71.9    71.9    71.9    72.1    72.4
      Unemployed....................................   3,746   3,909   3,297   3,751   3,733   3,565   3,685   3,492   3,356
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     5.2     4.3     5.0     4.9     4.7     4.9     4.6     4.4
    Not in labor force..............................  24,364  24,616  24,452  24,261  24,372  24,625  24,505  24,498  24,347
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 115,365 116,534 116,629 115,365 116,247 116,348 116,443 116,534 116,629
    Civilian labor force............................  68,112  68,503  68,826  68,233  68,791  68,832  68,759  68,559  68,923
          Participation rate........................    59.0    58.8    59.0    59.1    59.2    59.2    59.0    58.8    59.1
      Employed......................................  64,649  65,147  65,483  64,541  65,218  65,307  65,180  65,127  65,364
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.0    55.9    56.1    55.9    56.1    56.1    56.0    55.9    56.0
      Unemployed....................................   3,464   3,356   3,343   3,692   3,573   3,525   3,579   3,432   3,558
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.1     4.9     4.9     5.4     5.2     5.1     5.2     5.0     5.2
    Not in labor force..............................  47,253  48,031  47,803  47,133  47,456  47,516  47,684  47,975  47,706
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,389 108,486 108,573 107,389 108,221 108,316 108,403 108,486 108,573
    Civilian labor force............................  64,853  65,225  65,513  64,776  65,260  65,318  65,270  65,051  65,420
          Participation rate........................    60.4    60.1    60.3    60.3    60.3    60.3    60.2    60.0    60.3
      Employed......................................  61,841  62,295  62,644  61,591  62,208  62,295  62,202  62,099  62,384
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.6    57.4    57.7    57.4    57.5    57.5    57.4    57.2    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,012   2,930   2,869   3,185   3,051   3,023   3,068   2,952   3,036
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.6     4.5     4.4     4.9     4.7     4.6     4.7     4.5     4.6
    Not in labor force..............................  42,536  43,261  43,060  42,613  42,961  42,998  43,133  43,435  43,153
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  16,198  16,332  16,347  16,198  16,293  16,302  16,317  16,332  16,347
    Civilian labor force............................   6,600   6,718   6,693   7,104   7,189   7,066   7,046   7,185   7,168
          Participation rate........................    40.7    41.1    40.9    43.9    44.1    43.3    43.2    44.0    43.9
      Employed......................................   5,522   5,570   5,524   5,897   5,927   5,917   5,811   5,973   5,897
          Employment-population ratio...............    34.1    34.1    33.8    36.4    36.4    36.3    35.6    36.6    36.1
      Unemployed....................................   1,078   1,147   1,169   1,207   1,262   1,150   1,235   1,212   1,271
          Unemployment rate.........................    16.3    17.1    17.5    17.0    17.6    16.3    17.5    16.9    17.7
    Not in labor force..............................   9,597   9,614   9,654   9,094   9,104   9,235   9,271   9,147   9,179

    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 2005, 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                                                                               
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 182,252 183,888 184,015 182,252 183,483 183,640 183,767 183,888 184,015
    Civilian labor force............................ 120,317 121,193 121,578 120,713 121,509 121,553 121,621 121,484 121,961
        Participation rate..........................    66.0    65.9    66.1    66.2    66.2    66.2    66.2    66.1    66.3
      Employed...................................... 114,557 115,529 116,395 114,779 115,910 116,158 116,022 116,135 116,574
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.9    62.8    63.3    63.0    63.2    63.3    63.1    63.2    63.4
      Unemployed....................................   5,760   5,664   5,184   5,934   5,600   5,395   5,598   5,349   5,387
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.8     4.7     4.3     4.9     4.6     4.4     4.6     4.4     4.4
    Not in labor force..............................  61,935  62,695  62,437  61,539  61,973  62,088  62,146  62,403  62,054
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  62,620  63,355  63,488  62,688  63,199  63,259  63,390  63,497  63,562
        Participation rate..........................    76.0    76.1    76.2    76.1    76.1    76.1    76.2    76.3    76.3
      Employed......................................  59,787  60,460  61,119  59,868  60,570  60,712  60,776  60,965  61,162
        Employment-population ratio.................    72.6    72.6    73.3    72.7    72.9    73.0    73.0    73.2    73.4
      Unemployed....................................   2,833   2,894   2,369   2,819   2,629   2,547   2,614   2,532   2,399
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.5     4.6     3.7     4.5     4.2     4.0     4.1     4.0     3.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  52,097  52,287  52,528  52,044  52,385  52,414  52,311  52,055  52,463
        Participation rate..........................    59.7    59.4    59.7    59.6    59.7    59.7    59.5    59.2    59.6
      Employed......................................  50,020  50,333  50,546  49,865  50,344  50,392  50,246  50,096  50,386
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.3    57.2    57.4    57.1    57.3    57.4    57.2    56.9    57.2
      Unemployed....................................   2,077   1,954   1,981   2,178   2,040   2,022   2,066   1,959   2,077
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.0     3.7     3.8     4.2     3.9     3.9     3.9     3.8     4.0
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   5,600   5,551   5,563   5,981   5,926   5,879   5,919   5,932   5,936
        Participation rate..........................    44.5    43.9    43.9    47.5    46.9    46.5    46.8    46.9    46.9
      Employed......................................   4,749   4,736   4,729   5,045   4,995   5,054   5,001   5,074   5,026
        Employment-population ratio.................    37.7    37.4    37.4    40.1    39.5    40.0    39.5    40.1    39.7
      Unemployed....................................     851     815     834     936     931     825     918     858     910
        Unemployment rate...........................    15.2    14.7    15.0    15.7    15.7    14.0    15.5    14.5    15.3
                                                                                                                            
              BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                     
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,967  26,377  26,413  25,967  26,273  26,306  26,342  26,377  26,413
    Civilian labor force............................  16,374  16,673  16,783  16,505  16,713  16,721  16,708  16,741  16,940
        Participation rate..........................    63.1    63.2    63.5    63.6    63.6    63.6    63.4    63.5    64.1
      Employed......................................  14,856  14,917  15,150  14,893  14,907  14,946  14,890  15,025  15,184
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.2    56.6    57.4    57.4    56.7    56.8    56.5    57.0    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   1,518   1,756   1,633   1,612   1,806   1,775   1,818   1,716   1,756
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.3    10.5     9.7     9.8    10.8    10.6    10.9    10.3    10.4
    Not in labor force..............................   9,593   9,704   9,631   9,462   9,559   9,585   9,634   9,636   9,473
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,256   7,388   7,488   7,315   7,473   7,380   7,438   7,403   7,555
        Participation rate..........................    69.7    69.7    70.5    70.2    70.8    69.8    70.3    69.8    71.2
      Employed......................................   6,602   6,660   6,829   6,633   6,677   6,612   6,630   6,719   6,849
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.4    62.8    64.3    63.7    63.3    62.6    62.6    63.4    64.5
      Unemployed....................................     654     728     659     682     796     768     809     684     706
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.0     9.9     8.8     9.3    10.7    10.4    10.9     9.2     9.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,512   8,497   8,557   8,507   8,477   8,532   8,527   8,507   8,552
        Participation rate..........................    64.8    63.8    64.2    64.8    63.9    64.2    64.1    63.9    64.1
      Employed......................................   7,809   7,736   7,842   7,772   7,702   7,770   7,751   7,746   7,798
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.4    58.1    58.8    59.2    58.0    58.5    58.3    58.2    58.5
      Unemployed....................................     703     761     715     736     775     763     776     761     754
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.3     9.0     8.4     8.6     9.1     8.9     9.1     8.9     8.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     606     788     738     683     763     808     742     831     833
        Participation rate..........................    25.1    32.0    29.9    28.3    31.2    33.0    30.2    33.8    33.8
      Employed......................................     445     521     479     489     528     564     509     560     537
        Employment-population ratio.................    18.4    21.2    19.4    20.3    21.6    23.0    20.7    22.8    21.8
      Unemployed....................................     161     267     259     194     235     244     233     271     296
        Unemployment rate...........................    26.6    33.8    35.1    28.4    30.8    30.2    31.5    32.6    35.5
                                                                                                                            
                        ASIAN                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,444   9,732   9,763   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,230   6,423   6,411   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    66.0    66.0    65.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   5,956   6,175   6,160   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.1    63.4    63.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     274     248     251   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.4     3.9     3.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,214   3,309   3,352   (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 2005, 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                                                                                  
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  27,879  28,815  28,902  27,879  28,608  28,642  28,729  28,815  28,902
    Civilian labor force............................  19,080  19,531  19,670  19,081  19,544  19,379  19,458  19,541  19,665
        Participation rate..........................    68.4    67.8    68.1    68.4    68.3    67.7    67.7    67.8    68.0
      Employed......................................  17,798  18,331  18,485  17,724  18,252  18,198  18,211  18,425  18,413
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.8    63.6    64.0    63.6    63.8    63.5    63.4    63.9    63.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,283   1,200   1,186   1,358   1,292   1,181   1,248   1,117   1,252
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.7     6.1     6.0     7.1     6.6     6.1     6.4     5.7     6.4
    Not in labor force..............................   8,798   9,284   9,231   8,797   9,064   9,263   9,270   9,273   9,237
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  10,963  11,303  11,343   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    84.5    84.2    84.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................  10,304  10,706  10,794   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    79.5    79.7    80.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     658     597     548   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.0     5.3     4.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,242   7,264   7,341   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    58.8    57.1    57.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,780   6,842   6,888   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    55.0    53.8    54.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     462     422     454   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.4     5.8     6.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     876     964     986   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    33.8    36.2    37.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     714     783     802   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    27.5    29.4    30.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     162     181     183   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    18.5    18.8    18.6   (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 2005, 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                                                                                           
                                                Apr.     Mar.     Apr.     Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.  
                                                2004     2005     2005     2004     2004     2005     2005     2005     2005  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   12,258   12,481   12,658   12,025   12,814   12,575   12,581   12,501   12,474
      Participation rate....................     45.1     45.0     45.2     44.3     45.0     44.7     45.4     45.0     44.6
    Employed................................   11,271   11,377   11,668   10,983   11,746   11,637   11,595   11,528   11,429
      Employment-population ratio...........     41.5     41.0     41.7     40.4     41.3     41.4     41.9     41.5     40.8
    Unemployed..............................      987    1,104      991    1,042    1,068      938      986      973    1,045
      Unemployment rate.....................      8.1      8.8      7.8      8.7      8.3      7.5      7.8      7.8      8.4
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   37,627   38,339   38,360   37,721   37,695   37,729   38,077   38,173   38,265
      Participation rate....................     62.6     62.9     63.2     62.8     63.1     62.2     62.7     62.6     63.0
    Employed................................   35,651   36,345   36,681   35,754   35,846   35,943   36,223   36,378   36,586
      Employment-population ratio...........     59.3     59.6     60.4     59.5     60.0     59.2     59.7     59.7     60.3
    Unemployed..............................    1,976    1,994    1,679    1,967    1,849    1,786    1,854    1,795    1,679
      Unemployment rate.....................      5.3      5.2      4.4      5.2      4.9      4.7      4.9      4.7      4.4
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   34,446   34,879   34,783   34,519   34,483   34,524   34,842   34,863   34,860
      Participation rate....................     72.8     72.9     73.0     72.9     72.3     73.0     72.4     72.9     73.2
    Employed................................   33,051   33,459   33,459   33,100   32,995   33,117   33,387   33,484   33,489
      Employment-population ratio...........     69.8     70.0     70.3     69.9     69.2     70.0     69.4     70.0     70.3
    Unemployed..............................    1,394    1,421    1,324    1,419    1,487    1,407    1,455    1,380    1,371
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.0      4.1      3.8      4.1      4.3      4.1      4.2      4.0      3.9
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   40,359   40,537   41,004   40,144   41,026   40,907   40,534   40,395   40,788
      Participation rate....................     78.0     77.8     78.1     77.5     78.7     78.4     78.0     77.5     77.7
    Employed................................   39,265   39,589   40,061   38,982   40,009   39,925   39,563   39,411   39,784
      Employment-population ratio...........     75.8     76.0     76.3     75.3     76.7     76.5     76.2     75.7     75.8
    Unemployed..............................    1,094      948      944    1,162    1,018      982      972      985    1,004
      Unemployment rate.....................      2.7      2.3      2.3      2.9      2.5      2.4      2.4      2.4      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 2005, 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                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                              2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,220   2,025   2,223   2,261   2,179   2,120   2,145   2,187   2,252
    Wage and salary workers................   1,252   1,090   1,175   1,284   1,185   1,181   1,208   1,224   1,207
    Self-employed workers..................     944     914   1,025     951     963     904     903     948   1,023
    Unpaid family workers..................      24      21      23   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 136,203 137,734 138,716 136,427 137,973 138,112 138,005 138,293 138,869
    Wage and salary workers................ 126,989 128,138 128,821 127,081 128,459 128,501 128,184 128,400 128,834
      Government...........................  20,117  20,483  20,680  19,920  20,270  20,296  20,106  20,249  20,429
      Private industries................... 106,872 107,654 108,141 107,145 108,257 108,219 107,978 108,085 108,353
        Private households.................     727     762     777   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 106,145 106,893 107,365 106,377 107,492 107,414 107,162 107,286 107,534
    Self-employed workers..................   9,139   9,498   9,808   9,251   9,473   9,514   9,709   9,767   9,895
    Unpaid family workers..................      75      98      87   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,411   4,514   4,150   4,557   4,474   4,395   4,269   4,344   4,293
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,745   2,795   2,534   2,813   2,735   2,768   2,629   2,643   2,613
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,429   1,455   1,351   1,431   1,440   1,329   1,296   1,419   1,363
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,568  19,955  20,350  19,130  19,502  19,089  19,555  19,458  19,584
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,325   4,433   4,050   4,451   4,382   4,303   4,153   4,268   4,186
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,687   2,745   2,462   2,747   2,682   2,702   2,572   2,592   2,540
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,419   1,439   1,342   1,425   1,397   1,309   1,268   1,411   1,351
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,263  19,638  19,971  18,844  19,176  18,765  19,254  19,182  19,226

    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 2005, 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                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 138,423 139,759 140,939 138,645 140,156 140,241 140,144 140,501 141,099
    16 to 19 years..................................   5,522   5,570   5,524   5,897   5,927   5,917   5,811   5,973   5,897
      16 to 17 years................................   2,032   2,101   2,040   2,230   2,261   2,267   2,286   2,339   2,235
      18 to 19 years................................   3,490   3,469   3,485   3,660   3,691   3,634   3,533   3,651   3,654
    20 years and over............................... 132,901 134,188 135,414 132,748 134,229 134,325 134,333 134,528 135,201
      20 to 24 years................................  13,662  13,419  13,546  13,771  13,851  13,702  13,531  13,684  13,653
      25 years and over............................. 119,239 120,769 121,868 119,023 120,421 120,669 120,758 120,775 121,503
        25 to 54 years..............................  97,387  97,789  98,469  97,235  97,701  98,049  97,986  97,954  98,246
          25 to 34 years............................  30,376  30,228  30,570  30,351  30,504  30,683  30,581  30,400  30,519
          35 to 44 years............................  34,606  34,575  34,724  34,475  34,632  34,589  34,524  34,587  34,588
          45 to 54 years............................  32,406  32,986  33,176  32,408  32,566  32,776  32,881  32,968  33,139
        55 years and over...........................  21,851  22,980  23,399  21,788  22,719  22,620  22,772  22,821  23,257
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  73,774  74,612  75,456  74,104  74,938  74,934  74,964  75,375  75,735
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,714   2,718   2,686   2,947   2,917   2,905   2,833   2,946   2,918
      16 to 17 years................................     925     997   1,007   1,033   1,049   1,068   1,057   1,130   1,123
      18 to 19 years................................   1,789   1,721   1,679   1,901   1,862   1,825   1,779   1,828   1,794
    20 years and over...............................  71,060  71,893  72,770  71,158  72,020  72,029  72,131  72,429  72,817
      20 to 24 years................................   7,171   7,028   7,098   7,230   7,354   7,181   7,131   7,193   7,161
      25 years and over.............................  63,889  64,865  65,673  63,922  64,704  64,900  65,012  65,201  65,602
        25 to 54 years..............................  52,288  52,572  53,108  52,342  52,563  52,840  52,837  52,933  53,104
          25 to 34 years............................  16,693  16,580  16,875  16,719  16,818  16,902  16,905  16,795  16,887
          35 to 44 years............................  18,680  18,681  18,771  18,671  18,719  18,769  18,723  18,798  18,765
          45 to 54 years............................  16,915  17,310  17,462  16,951  17,026  17,169  17,208  17,340  17,451
        55 years and over...........................  11,601  12,293  12,564  11,581  12,141  12,061  12,175  12,267  12,498
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  64,649  65,147  65,483  64,541  65,218  65,307  65,180  65,127  65,364
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,808   2,852   2,839   2,950   3,010   3,012   2,978   3,028   2,980
      16 to 17 years................................   1,106   1,104   1,033   1,197   1,212   1,199   1,229   1,209   1,112
      18 to 19 years................................   1,701   1,748   1,805   1,759   1,830   1,809   1,754   1,823   1,860
    20 years and over...............................  61,841  62,295  62,644  61,591  62,208  62,295  62,202  62,099  62,384
      20 to 24 years................................   6,491   6,391   6,449   6,541   6,497   6,521   6,400   6,491   6,491
      25 years and over.............................  55,350  55,904  56,196  55,100  55,716  55,769  55,746  55,575  55,901
        25 to 54 years..............................  45,100  45,217  45,361  44,893  45,138  45,209  45,149  45,021  45,142
          25 to 34 years............................  13,682  13,647  13,695  13,632  13,686  13,782  13,676  13,604  13,632
          35 to 44 years............................  15,926  15,894  15,953  15,804  15,912  15,820  15,800  15,789  15,822
          45 to 54 years............................  15,492  15,676  15,714  15,457  15,540  15,608  15,673  15,628  15,688
        55 years and over...........................  10,250  10,687  10,834  10,208  10,578  10,560  10,597  10,554  10,759
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  44,637  45,199  45,406  44,759  45,315  45,171  45,351  45,382  45,482
  Married women, spouse present.....................  34,488  34,431  34,622  34,375  34,878  34,739  34,601  34,307  34,539
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,765   8,909   8,919   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 113,386 114,431 115,888 114,147 115,585 115,858 115,370 115,669 116,524
  Part-time workers (3).............................  25,037  25,328  25,050  24,480  24,728  24,220  24,626  24,727  24,553

    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 2005, 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                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,143   7,656   7,663    5.5     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.2     5.2 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,207   1,212   1,271   17.0    17.6    16.3    17.5    16.9    17.7 
      16 to 17 years................................     575     564     557   20.5    20.6    19.3    20.6    19.4    19.9 
      18 to 19 years................................     629     642     745   14.7    15.4    14.4    15.5    15.0    16.9 
    20 years and over...............................   6,936   6,444   6,392    5.0     4.8     4.7     4.8     4.6     4.5 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,397   1,357   1,335    9.2     8.9     9.5    10.0     9.0     8.9 
      25 years and over.............................   5,556   5,088   5,055    4.5     4.3     4.1     4.2     4.0     4.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   4,661   4,284   4,195    4.6     4.5     4.2     4.3     4.2     4.1 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,753   1,718   1,692    5.5     5.6     5.0     5.2     5.3     5.3 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,592   1,397   1,397    4.4     4.0     4.1     4.2     3.9     3.9 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,316   1,169   1,106    3.9     3.9     3.6     3.6     3.4     3.2 
        55 years and over...........................     850     831     849    3.8     3.5     3.5     3.6     3.5     3.5 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   4,451   4,224   4,104    5.7     5.6     5.3     5.6     5.3     5.1 
    16 to 19 years..................................     700     732     748   19.2    20.3    18.2    20.4    19.9    20.4 
      16 to 17 years................................     314     336     321   23.3    24.3    22.0    25.0    22.9    22.2 
      18 to 19 years................................     378     388     446   16.6    17.8    16.1    17.7    17.5    19.9 
    20 years and over...............................   3,751   3,492   3,356    5.0     4.9     4.7     4.9     4.6     4.4 
      20 to 24 years................................     806     770     754   10.0     9.0    10.2    11.3     9.7     9.5 
      25 years and over.............................   2,942   2,747   2,595    4.4     4.4     4.0     4.1     4.0     3.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,470   2,290   2,135    4.5     4.6     4.1     4.2     4.1     3.9 
          25 to 34 years............................     974     914     895    5.5     5.7     4.7     5.0     5.2     5.0 
          35 to 44 years............................     817     754     691    4.2     4.1     3.9     4.1     3.9     3.6 
          45 to 54 years............................     679     622     549    3.9     4.0     3.7     3.6     3.5     3.0 
        55 years and over...........................     472     458     460    3.9     3.5     3.9     3.7     3.6     3.5 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,692   3,432   3,558    5.4     5.2     5.1     5.2     5.0     5.2 
    16 to 19 years..................................     506     480     523   14.7    14.8    14.3    14.6    13.7    14.9 
      16 to 17 years................................     260     228     236   17.9    17.2    16.8    16.5    15.8    17.5 
      18 to 19 years................................     251     254     299   12.5    12.9    12.7    13.2    12.2    13.9 
    20 years and over...............................   3,185   2,952   3,036    4.9     4.7     4.6     4.7     4.5     4.6 
      20 to 24 years................................     591     587     581    8.3     8.9     8.7     8.6     8.3     8.2 
      25 years and over.............................   2,614   2,341   2,460    4.5     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.0     4.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,191   1,994   2,060    4.7     4.4     4.4     4.4     4.2     4.4 
          25 to 34 years............................     780     804     797    5.4     5.5     5.5     5.4     5.6     5.5 
          35 to 44 years............................     774     643     706    4.7     4.0     4.4     4.4     3.9     4.3 
          45 to 54 years............................     637     547     557    4.0     3.8     3.4     3.5     3.4     3.4 
        55 years and over (2).......................     349     356     359    3.3     3.2     3.3     3.5     3.2     3.2 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,448   1,390   1,247    3.1     3.1     3.1     3.0     3.0     2.7 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,310   1,064   1,169    3.7     3.4     3.2     3.2     3.0     3.3 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     710     772     748    7.5     7.1     8.2     8.0     8.0     7.7 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   6,762   6,224   6,315    5.6     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.1     5.1 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,370   1,406   1,371    5.3     5.4     5.3     5.4     5.4     5.3 

    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 2005, 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                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   4,253   4,067   3,559   4,322   4,108   4,048   3,980   3,784   3,675
    On temporary layoff.............................     943   1,181     781     993     965     966     965     961     838
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,311   2,885   2,779   3,329   3,144   3,082   3,015   2,823   2,837
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,560   2,113   2,020   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     750     772     758   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     796     872     864     835     898     819     965     855     897
  Reentrants........................................   2,199   2,427   2,232   2,310   2,361   2,324   2,405   2,364   2,356
  New entrants......................................     589     620     680     650     709     624     745     711     747
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    54.3    50.9    48.5    53.2    50.9    51.8    49.2    49.1    47.9
     On temporary layoff............................    12.0    14.8    10.6    12.2    11.9    12.4    11.9    12.5    10.9
     Not on temporary layoff........................    42.2    36.1    37.9    41.0    38.9    39.4    37.2    36.6    37.0
   Job leavers......................................    10.2    10.9    11.8    10.3    11.1    10.5    11.9    11.1    11.7
   Reentrants.......................................    28.1    30.4    30.4    28.5    29.2    29.7    29.7    30.6    30.7
   New entrants.....................................     7.5     7.8     9.3     8.0     8.8     8.0     9.2     9.2     9.7
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.9     2.8     2.4     2.9     2.8     2.7     2.7     2.6     2.5
   Job leavers......................................      .5      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .7      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.6     1.5     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .4      .5      .4      .5      .4      .5      .5      .5

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, 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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,439   2,274   2,365   2,772   2,865   2,599   2,755   2,531   2,666
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,159   2,553   2,050   2,370   2,264   2,343   2,317   2,319   2,268
  15 weeks and over.................................   3,239   3,160   2,920   2,956   2,961   2,824   2,888   2,817   2,698
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,363   1,443   1,242   1,165   1,325   1,201   1,255   1,165   1,083
     27 weeks and over..............................   1,876   1,717   1,677   1,791   1,636   1,623   1,633   1,652   1,615
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    21.0    20.4    21.1    19.7    19.3    19.3    19.1    19.5    19.6
  Median duration, in weeks.........................    11.0    10.7    10.4     9.4     9.5     9.4     9.3     9.3     8.9
                                                                                                                            
                 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...............................    31.1    28.5    32.2    34.2    35.4    33.5    34.6    33.0    34.9
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    27.5    32.0    27.9    29.3    28.0    30.2    29.1    30.3    29.7
    15 weeks and over...............................    41.3    39.6    39.8    36.5    36.6    36.4    36.3    36.7    35.4
      15 to 26 weeks................................    17.4    18.1    16.9    14.4    16.4    15.5    15.8    15.2    14.2
      27 weeks and over.............................    23.9    21.5    22.9    22.1    20.2    20.9    20.5    21.5    21.2

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, 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                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                        Apr.       Apr.       Apr.       Apr.        Apr.       Apr.   
                                                                        2004       2005       2004       2005        2004       2005   
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   138,423    140,939      7,837      7,335        5.4        4.9 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    48,667     49,132      1,300      1,101        2.6        2.2 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    20,100     20,288        557        454        2.7        2.2 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    28,567     28,844        743        647        2.5        2.2 
  Service occupations..............................................    22,482     22,609      1,518      1,524        6.3        6.3 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    35,141     35,962      1,848      1,813        5.0        4.8 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    15,809     16,723        800        885        4.8        5.0 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,332     19,238      1,048        928        5.1        4.6 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    14,145     15,099      1,172      1,006        7.6        6.2 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................       977        935        114         90       10.5        8.8 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     8,170      8,927        844        682        9.4        7.1 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     4,998      5,236        214        234        4.1        4.3 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    17,988     18,137      1,397      1,200        7.2        6.2 
    Production occupations.........................................     9,487      9,545        709        629        6.9        6.2 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,501      8,592        689        571        7.5        6.2 

    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 2005, 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)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                              Apr.                Apr.                Apr.                Apr.       
                                                              2004                2005                2004                2005       
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         7,837               7,335                 5.4                 4.9      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         6,466               5,821                 5.7                 5.1      
    Mining..........................................            34                  19                 6.4                 2.9      
    Construction....................................           849                 693                 9.5                 7.4      
    Manufacturing...................................         1,004                 793                 5.8                 4.8      
      Durable goods.................................           598                 450                 5.6                 4.3      
      Nondurable goods..............................           406                 343                 6.2                 5.6      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,248               1,131                 6.1                 5.4      
    Transportation and utilities....................           239                 257                 4.5                 4.7      
    Information.....................................           168                 178                 5.0                 5.9      
    Financial activities............................           312                 255                 3.4                 2.7      
    Professional and business services..............           752                 714                 6.0                 5.7      
    Education and health services...................           589                 591                 3.3                 3.3      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................           925                 882                 7.9                 7.7      
    Other services..................................           347                 306                 5.6                 4.9      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................           107                  84                 8.3                 6.9      
  Government workers................................           433                 478                 2.1                 2.3      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           242                 273                 2.3                 2.4      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, 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                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                                 2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
     the civilian labor force.................................    2.2     2.1     2.0     2.0     2.0     1.9     1.9     1.9     1.8 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
     a percent of the civilian labor force....................    2.9     2.8     2.4     2.9     2.8     2.7     2.7     2.6     2.5 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
     force (official unemployment rate).......................    5.4     5.4     4.9     5.5     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.2     5.2 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
     of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.....    5.7     5.7     5.2     5.9     5.7     5.6     5.7     5.5     5.4 
                                                                                                                                      
  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..................................................    6.3     6.4     5.9     6.5     6.4     6.4     6.4     6.2     6.1 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                         
     plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a                                                                         
     percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                          
     attached workers.........................................    9.3     9.4     8.7     9.6     9.3     9.3     9.3     9.1     9.0 

    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 2005, 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                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Apr.      Apr.      Apr.      Apr.      Apr.      Apr.  
                                                                        2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   76,497    77,167    29,244    29,363    47,253    47,803 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,598     5,022     2,131     2,235     2,466     2,787 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,526     1,511       782       784       743       728 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      492       393       313       270       179       122 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................    1,034     1,119       469       513       565       605 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    7,239     7,437     3,675     3,758     3,564     3,680 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.2       5.3       5.0       5.0       5.5       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,869     3,849     2,142     2,119     1,727     1,731 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,633     1,708       551       578     1,082     1,130 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      275       301       188       176        87       125 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,417     1,551       760       872       657       679 

    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 2005, 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                Apr.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.      Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.     from:
                                   2004     2005    2005p    2005p     2004     2004     2005     2005    2005p    2005p  Mar. 2005-
                                                                                                                          Apr. 2005p

          Total nonfarm......... 131,150  131,337  132,195  133,374  131,123  132,449  132,573  132,873  133,019  133,293      274

        Total private........... 109,143  109,295  110,056  111,223  109,516  110,749  110,863  111,140  111,287  111,543      256

    Goods-producing.............  21,623   21,473   21,656   21,950   21,825   22,022   22,004   22,066   22,095   22,140       45

Natural resources and mining....     578      596      604      614      589      602      607      612      619      623        4
   Logging......................    63.9     65.7     64.9     58.6     69.8     67.9     68.0     67.3     69.2     64.7     -4.5
 Mining.........................   513.8    530.5    539.0    554.9    519.2    534.4    538.7    545.0    550.1    558.2      8.1
  Oil and gas extraction........   122.0    121.8    122.3    123.7    122.5    124.1    123.4    122.5    123.5    124.0       .5
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   202.9    206.2    209.0    217.1    204.8    211.3    212.9    215.5    215.6    218.0      2.4
   Coal mining..................    69.4     75.4     75.5     76.1     70.4     73.9     75.4     76.1     76.1     76.7       .6
  Support activities for mining.   188.9    202.5    207.7    214.1    191.9    199.0    202.4    207.0    211.0    216.2      5.2

Construction....................   6,775    6,666    6,804    7,078    6,913    7,086    7,090    7,133    7,162    7,209       47
  Construction of buildings..... 1,575.0  1,622.7  1,638.5  1,659.4  1,608.7  1,678.9  1,682.4  1,689.2  1,694.3  1,693.4      -.9
   Residential building.........   859.8    894.3    906.5    917.5    875.9    927.4    929.1    931.4    936.1    934.2     -1.9
   Nonresidential building......   715.2    728.4    732.0    741.9    732.8    751.5    753.3    757.8    758.2    759.2      1.0
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   878.9    796.6    825.2    901.0    903.2    907.8    908.2    911.7    916.6    924.9      8.3
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,321.1  4,246.6  4,339.9  4,517.9  4,401.5  4,499.2  4,499.6  4,531.8  4,550.7  4,591.0     40.3
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,055.0  2,019.8  2,062.3  2,145.9  2,086.6  2,125.5  2,128.2  2,144.9  2,154.8  2,172.0     17.2
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,266.1  2,226.7  2,277.5  2,372.0  2,314.9  2,373.7  2,371.4  2,386.9  2,395.9  2,419.0     23.1

Manufacturing...................  14,270   14,211   14,248   14,258   14,323   14,334   14,307   14,321   14,314   14,308       -6
   Production workers...........  10,024    9,998   10,025   10,035   10,064   10,097   10,082   10,085   10,085   10,076       -9

 Durable goods..................   8,893    8,911    8,929    8,952    8,902    8,957    8,942    8,962    8,957    8,959        2
   Production workers...........   6,110    6,139    6,159    6,181    6,114    6,170    6,166    6,178    6,181    6,184        3

  Wood products.................   540.1    543.9    546.8    547.2    544.9    555.2    554.7    553.6    555.3    552.7     -2.6
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   499.2    483.1    488.8    503.4    501.6    506.5    504.5    504.0    502.5    505.8      3.3
  Primary metals................   463.8    465.6    466.4    466.9    464.8    465.2    465.5    466.9    467.1    467.7       .6
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,487.3  1,508.0  1,513.6  1,515.7  1,488.6  1,512.8  1,514.3  1,514.1  1,516.8  1,517.3       .5
  Machinery..................... 1,139.9  1,146.7  1,152.2  1,154.3  1,139.0  1,146.0  1,145.9  1,148.0  1,151.2  1,153.2      2.0
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,319.1  1,324.9  1,323.9  1,326.6  1,322.6  1,325.8  1,327.0  1,327.5  1,326.5  1,329.1      2.6
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   212.8    210.5    211.2    212.2    213.1    210.4    210.2    211.2    211.2    212.1       .9
   Communications equipment.....   148.2    155.0    153.1    153.5    148.5    153.7    155.1    154.5    153.7    153.8       .1
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   450.1    445.5    445.9    445.6    451.2    448.0    447.4    447.1    447.1    446.9      -.2
   Electronic instruments.......   427.6    435.8    435.6    436.2    429.1    435.7    436.4    436.4    436.4    437.6      1.2
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   445.7    443.7    444.1    446.3    445.8    445.8    445.1    445.3    445.3    446.1       .8
  Transportation equipment(1)... 1,765.5  1,777.6  1,777.6  1,780.4  1,765.1  1,771.9  1,760.1  1,781.8  1,776.1  1,778.7      2.6
   Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,117.2  1,107.8  1,104.9  1,100.5  1,115.0  1,104.0  1,092.9  1,108.7  1,101.5  1,098.6     -2.9
  Furniture and related products   575.9    565.8    565.9    561.5    574.1    571.7    570.3    567.5    565.6    559.9     -5.7
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   656.6    651.3    649.3    649.7    655.6    656.4    654.3    653.5    650.9    648.9     -2.0

 Nondurable goods...............   5,377    5,300    5,319    5,306    5,421    5,377    5,365    5,359    5,357    5,349       -8
   Production workers...........   3,914    3,859    3,866    3,854    3,950    3,927    3,916    3,907    3,904    3,892      -12

  Food manufacturing............ 1,467.6  1,465.3  1,470.0  1,456.6  1,500.5  1,498.8  1,494.3  1,493.2  1,494.1  1,490.1     -4.0
  Beverages and tobacco products   190.3    187.3    186.3    186.5    194.3    193.0    192.2    192.5    191.4    190.9      -.5
  Textile mills.................   241.1    228.1    229.1    228.1    239.7    233.2    231.5    230.1    228.7    227.0     -1.7
  Textile product mills.........   180.8    175.0    178.3    180.1    179.1    178.0    178.1    177.9    177.7    177.9       .2
  Apparel.......................   291.5    264.7    263.6    261.6    291.8    271.9    269.3    267.2    263.4    261.6     -1.8
  Leather and allied products...    43.2     42.8     43.5     43.9     42.6     43.1     43.1     43.2     43.2     43.2       .0
  Paper and paper products......   495.4    497.9    499.2    494.6    499.0    497.9    499.9    500.2    501.7    498.3     -3.4
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   661.1    653.3    655.3    655.7    665.7    660.8    659.6    659.2    659.1    659.5       .4
  Petroleum and coal products...   110.5    111.9    112.7    115.7    111.4    113.8    114.5    115.1    114.8    116.2      1.4
  Chemicals.....................   889.4    874.1    876.3    876.9    890.8    880.5    877.1    876.4    876.7    877.5       .8
  Plastics and rubber products..   805.9    799.5    804.5    806.1    805.9    806.2    804.9    804.1    806.5    806.4      -.1

    Service-providing........... 109,527  109,864  110,539  111,424  109,298  110,427  110,569  110,807  110,924  111,153      229

     Private service-providing..  87,520   87,822   88,400   89,273   87,691   88,727   88,859   89,074   89,192   89,403      211

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,265   25,337   25,426   25,573   25,481   25,620   25,652   25,714   25,735   25,774       39

 Wholesale trade................ 5,641.0  5,643.7  5,676.1  5,701.6  5,648.2  5,683.6  5,679.9  5,688.7  5,702.9  5,707.7      4.8
  Durable goods................. 2,937.8  2,951.5  2,963.8  2,971.1  2,941.3  2,964.5  2,965.6  2,968.7  2,974.4  2,974.6       .2
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,006.5  1,982.8  1,999.1  2,012.2  2,009.1  2,009.9  2,005.4  2,006.9  2,013.0  2,014.2      1.2
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   696.7    709.4    713.2    718.3    697.8    709.2    708.9    713.1    715.5    718.9      3.4

 Retail trade...................14,852.3 14,838.8 14,873.0 14,973.1 15,038.0 15,077.0 15,081.2 15,125.4 15,123.3 15,147.7     24.4
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,902.3  1,888.0  1,901.7  1,913.3  1,906.6  1,905.9  1,907.4  1,911.2  1,913.4  1,916.5      3.1
   Automobile dealers........... 1,257.6  1,241.6  1,248.8  1,252.2  1,260.3  1,249.1  1,247.9  1,248.8  1,251.2  1,254.2      3.0
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   551.8    557.9    557.3    558.8    558.1    563.7    562.1    562.6    562.3    565.2      2.9
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   512.8    513.9    516.9    513.1    514.9    516.5    516.1    515.1    516.5    514.8     -1.7
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,248.0  1,204.5  1,238.7  1,288.7  1,224.7  1,243.5  1,248.0  1,264.8  1,263.2  1,263.8       .6
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,796.7  2,801.2  2,793.8  2,797.0  2,830.8  2,819.8  2,826.0  2,826.6  2,826.5  2,828.8      2.3
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   934.2    946.2    941.9    947.8    941.6    946.6    944.8    949.7    947.9    954.1      6.2
  Gasoline stations.............   871.9    862.5    865.1    867.7    879.3    871.3    872.9    874.6    874.6    874.4      -.2
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,314.2  1,338.2  1,343.6  1,346.3  1,352.1  1,381.3  1,375.5  1,380.5  1,381.8  1,384.4      2.6
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   618.5    622.2    619.4    615.9    639.8    635.8    637.7    636.2    635.8    637.0      1.2
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,780.2  2,778.2  2,784.2  2,803.2  2,847.7  2,852.9  2,853.5  2,864.1  2,862.5  2,867.2      4.7
   Department stores............ 1,561.5  1,571.3  1,568.8  1,576.3  1,613.6  1,619.3  1,619.1  1,625.7  1,623.8  1,625.9      2.1
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   904.8    910.1    897.5    907.0    916.8    918.2    918.7    919.9    919.2    919.2       .0
  Nonstore retailers............   416.9    415.9    412.9    414.3    425.6    421.5    418.5    420.1    419.6    422.3      2.7

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,203.3  4,280.4  4,302.9  4,327.6  4,223.5  4,288.0  4,316.0  4,324.1  4,334.1  4,345.8     11.7
  Air transportation............   515.2    504.4    505.4    502.3    516.0    512.3    509.4    507.9    507.1    502.4     -4.7
  Rail transportation...........   223.8    221.7    221.9    223.6    223.5    224.0    224.4    223.9    223.7    223.5      -.2
  Water transportation..........    56.5     57.3     59.1     59.9     57.2     58.6     59.8     60.0     60.7     60.4      -.3
  Truck transportation.......... 1,328.4  1,345.8  1,356.1  1,376.5  1,343.8  1,366.5  1,372.6  1,378.0  1,382.9  1,390.6      7.7
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   391.7    402.3    404.0    406.6    377.4    391.0    391.7    391.0    388.5    392.7      4.2
  Pipeline transportation.......    38.4     39.1     39.2     39.5     38.6     38.7     39.3     39.4     39.5     39.7       .2
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    24.0     18.8     20.5     23.8     26.8     26.6     24.2     24.9     26.5     27.0       .5
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   528.4    549.4    551.1    549.6    532.0    547.0    549.3    551.5    554.2    553.7      -.5
  Couriers and messengers.......   548.3    573.1    576.3    577.7    556.2    556.4    577.5    577.6    580.0    583.8      3.8
  Warehousing and storage.......   548.6    568.5    569.3    568.1    552.0    566.9    567.8    569.9    571.0    572.0      1.0

 Utilities......................   567.9    573.8    574.1    570.3    571.0    571.3    574.7    576.0    575.0    573.1     -1.9

Information.....................   3,128    3,105    3,120    3,135    3,142    3,127    3,123    3,127    3,135    3,147       12
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   908.4    903.7    905.4    900.9    911.0    905.7    905.0    905.6    906.5    903.7     -2.8
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   376.4    367.7    376.6    389.9    386.7    384.8    380.3    380.9    388.2    397.6      9.4
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   323.5    329.0    330.5    328.3    324.4    329.7    331.3    330.4    330.7    329.9      -.8
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    30.0     34.1     34.8     34.9     30.0     34.0     34.8     34.6     34.8     34.9       .1
  Telecommunications............ 1,050.1  1,029.5  1,028.6  1,037.5  1,050.9  1,031.5  1,030.8  1,032.2  1,031.5  1,038.2      6.7
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   388.3    390.6    393.4    393.1    387.2    390.4    389.9    392.6    392.8    392.0      -.8
  Other information services....    51.5     50.4     50.6     50.2     51.3     50.7     51.0     50.9     50.7     50.3      -.4

Financial activities............   7,997    8,116    8,132    8,167    8,021    8,128    8,150    8,165    8,171    8,188       17
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,942.2  6,027.9  6,034.0  6,042.7  5,948.4  6,014.5  6,030.9  6,037.6  6,039.7  6,048.2      8.5
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    22.2     20.2     20.3     20.3     22.1     20.6     20.5     20.4     20.4     20.3      -.1
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,819.7  2,885.3  2,893.5  2,899.4  2,823.3  2,871.9  2,882.7  2,891.0  2,896.9  2,901.1      4.2
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,754.5  1,788.2  1,791.6  1,793.4  1,756.5  1,778.8  1,785.6  1,790.3  1,793.2  1,794.3      1.1
    Commercial banking.......... 1,282.9  1,303.6  1,305.8  1,306.8  1,284.4  1,296.8  1,301.6  1,305.5  1,307.5  1,307.1      -.4
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   756.3    783.9    784.5    787.0    759.2    779.7    782.5    784.8    786.9    790.4      3.5
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,258.2  2,252.9  2,250.3  2,251.9  2,258.2  2,258.1  2,259.6  2,256.7  2,251.0  2,252.7      1.7
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    85.8     85.6     85.4     84.1     85.6     84.2     85.6     84.7     84.5     83.7      -.8
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,054.3  2,087.8  2,098.0  2,124.3  2,072.2  2,113.6  2,119.0  2,127.2  2,131.2  2,140.0      8.8
  Real estate................... 1,396.1  1,420.0  1,426.7  1,440.3  1,406.2  1,437.8  1,439.7  1,443.8  1,446.2  1,450.1      3.9
  Rental and leasing services...   633.2    642.9    646.9    658.4    640.6    650.9    654.1    658.3    660.0    664.1      4.1
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    25.0     24.9     24.4     25.6     25.4     24.9     25.2     25.1     25.0     25.8       .8

Professional and business
 services.......................  16,298   16,451   16,601   16,836   16,305   16,674   16,694   16,775   16,807   16,843       36
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,780.4  6,976.6  6,986.4  7,001.7  6,712.2  6,869.9  6,882.1  6,902.7  6,913.7  6,931.5     17.8
   Legal services............... 1,151.6  1,152.0  1,152.9  1,154.8  1,158.6  1,164.4  1,160.8  1,161.2  1,161.9  1,162.9      1.0
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   907.4    996.6    984.0    967.0    811.6    840.8    858.1    858.1    861.6    865.1      3.5
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,241.9  1,267.4  1,276.2  1,289.2  1,249.4  1,289.5  1,286.9  1,292.0  1,295.2  1,298.1      2.9
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,126.9  1,171.4  1,174.8  1,173.8  1,127.7  1,174.3  1,171.8  1,174.2  1,176.0  1,177.1      1.1
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   768.4    784.5    789.4    794.8    772.9    789.9    789.3    793.7    796.0    799.4      3.4
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,709.4  1,713.0  1,718.5  1,728.3  1,717.6  1,725.6  1,730.7  1,731.3  1,732.4  1,735.6      3.2
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 7,808.2  7,761.0  7,896.5  8,105.9  7,875.5  8,078.0  8,081.6  8,140.9  8,160.6  8,176.1     15.5
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,484.2  7,441.0  7,578.1  7,784.9  7,550.2  7,751.4  7,755.2  7,813.8  7,835.8  7,853.1     17.3
   Employment services(1)....... 3,357.1  3,432.8  3,508.6  3,590.1  3,422.4  3,584.5  3,595.9  3,633.8  3,647.9  3,660.2     12.3
    Temporary help services..... 2,303.5  2,348.7  2,396.0  2,464.1  2,355.0  2,479.4  2,479.1  2,508.0  2,507.9  2,518.4     10.5
   Business support services....   755.0    755.4    756.4    755.0    755.5    757.0    752.8    755.7    754.5    755.3       .8
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,692.5  1,554.5  1,599.8  1,721.5  1,688.5  1,706.1  1,701.4  1,711.2  1,712.9  1,716.9      4.0
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   324.0    320.0    318.4    321.0    325.3    326.6    326.4    327.1    324.8    323.0     -1.8

Education and health services...  17,058   17,291   17,359   17,430   16,871   17,142   17,178   17,186   17,209   17,244       35
 Educational services........... 2,915.2  2,951.0  2,969.2  2,989.2  2,747.3  2,805.5  2,825.0  2,810.3  2,812.0  2,819.1      7.1
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,142.7 14,339.8 14,389.8 14,440.7 14,123.6 14,336.1 14,353.2 14,375.4 14,396.6 14,424.6     28.0
 Health care(3).................11,995.8 12,159.8 12,197.4 12,234.3 12,004.5 12,168.4 12,183.6 12,202.8 12,219.8 12,244.8     25.0
   Ambulatory health care
    services(1)................. 4,914.6  5,013.5  5,032.4  5,055.3  4,916.1  5,017.0  5,027.0  5,035.0  5,043.1  5,057.3     14.2
    Offices of physicians....... 2,038.7  2,086.6  2,089.7  2,098.7  2,042.0  2,084.3  2,085.3  2,090.9  2,092.5  2,101.5      9.0
    Outpatient care centers.....   444.2    450.4    452.5    453.4    443.5    450.3    451.5    451.1    452.1    453.0       .9
    Home health care services...   766.1    787.7    796.4    800.0    765.3    790.7    796.6    796.8    799.8    799.2      -.6
   Hospitals.................... 4,274.2  4,329.1  4,341.0  4,351.1  4,279.7  4,323.5  4,329.6  4,337.8  4,346.3  4,356.0      9.7
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities(1)............... 2,807.0  2,817.2  2,824.0  2,827.9  2,808.7  2,827.9  2,827.0  2,830.0  2,830.4  2,831.5      1.1
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,572.1  1,563.9  1,569.4  1,567.2  1,574.8  1,574.5  1,571.5  1,571.6  1,572.7  1,570.7     -2.0
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,146.9  2,180.0  2,192.4  2,206.4  2,119.1  2,167.7  2,169.6  2,172.6  2,176.8  2,179.8      3.0
   Child day care services......   778.4    792.5    798.2    803.7    760.3    780.4    780.5    782.5    784.6    785.9      1.3

Leisure and hospitality.........  12,351   12,110   12,322   12,658   12,443   12,589   12,611   12,650   12,674   12,732       58
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,794.3  1,611.0  1,654.1  1,791.4  1,833.4  1,811.0  1,805.4  1,808.4  1,811.3  1,827.1     15.8
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   370.1    333.1    341.3    369.3    365.1    357.9    355.6    357.0    358.1    362.7      4.6
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   115.6    103.3    108.6    114.6    117.0    114.8    114.5    113.6    115.5    116.1       .6
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,308.6  1,174.6  1,204.2  1,307.5  1,351.3  1,338.3  1,335.3  1,337.8  1,337.7  1,348.3     10.6
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,556.9 10,499.4 10,667.5 10,866.2 10,609.4 10,778.4 10,805.1 10,841.1 10,863.1 10,905.2     42.1
  Accommodations................ 1,750.0  1,750.2  1,769.7  1,795.2  1,791.6  1,824.6  1,825.9  1,830.3  1,831.2  1,838.0      6.8
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 8,806.9  8,749.2  8,897.8  9,071.0  8,817.8  8,953.8  8,979.2  9,010.8  9,031.9  9,067.2     35.3

Other services..................   5,423    5,412    5,440    5,474    5,428    5,447    5,451    5,457    5,461    5,475       14
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,232.4  1,227.1  1,234.2  1,242.3  1,229.5  1,229.9  1,229.4  1,233.7  1,234.4  1,237.7      3.3
  Personal and laundry services. 1,276.8  1,260.2  1,273.0  1,291.2  1,275.7  1,276.8  1,280.4  1,280.5  1,282.6  1,287.5      4.9
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,913.7  2,924.5  2,932.8  2,940.7  2,922.3  2,940.6  2,941.4  2,942.9  2,943.5  2,949.3      5.8

Government......................  22,007   22,042   22,139   22,151   21,607   21,700   21,710   21,733   21,732   21,750       18
 Federal........................   2,742    2,704    2,705    2,714    2,745    2,706    2,717    2,720    2,719    2,715       -4
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,958.9  1,926.3  1,927.7  1,937.3  1,957.2  1,939.5  1,937.2  1,939.8  1,939.0  1,935.4     -3.6
  U.S. Postal Service...........   783.1    777.3    776.9    776.2    787.3    766.4    780.2    780.1    780.0    779.5      -.5
 State government...............   5,119    5,135    5,172    5,177    4,975    5,020    5,025    5,027    5,029    5,034        5
  State government education.... 2,391.5  2,404.3  2,436.7  2,436.1  2,243.3  2,277.9  2,280.4  2,283.0  2,286.3  2,288.8      2.5
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,727.7  2,730.2  2,735.5  2,741.2  2,731.6  2,741.9  2,744.4  2,744.4  2,743.1  2,745.2      2.1
 Local government...............  14,146   14,203   14,262   14,260   13,887   13,974   13,968   13,986   13,984   14,001       17
  Local government education.... 8,079.5  8,136.9  8,177.9  8,149.6  7,750.7  7,810.8  7,808.8  7,820.7  7,814.8  7,823.2      8.4
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,066.9  6,065.8  6,084.5  6,110.5  6,136.4  6,163.1  6,159.2  6,165.1  6,169.2  6,177.5      8.3


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.     from:
                                                 2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2004   2005   2005   2005p  2005p  Mar. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2005p


        Total private.........................   33.5   33.5   33.5   33.6    33.7   33.7   33.7   33.7   33.7   33.9       0.2

    Goods-producing...........................   39.7   39.4   39.6   39.9    40.0   40.0   39.8   39.9   39.8   40.2        .4

Natural resources and mining..................   43.9   44.6   44.8   45.2    44.3   45.4   45.5   45.1   45.2   45.5        .3

Construction..................................   37.7   37.1   37.8   38.7    38.2   38.4   37.6   38.2   38.3   39.0        .7

Manufacturing.................................   40.6   40.4   40.4   40.3    40.8   40.5   40.7   40.6   40.4   40.5        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.4    4.4    4.3    4.3     4.5    4.5    4.5    4.6    4.5    4.5        .0

 Durable goods................................   41.1   40.9   40.8   40.7    41.3   41.1   41.1   41.0   40.8   40.9        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.5    4.5    4.4    4.4     4.7    4.6    4.6    4.7    4.5    4.6        .1

  Wood products...............................   40.8   39.2   39.2   39.3    40.9   40.3   40.6   39.9   39.6   39.5       -.1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.3   41.2   41.1   41.9    42.3   42.3   41.9   42.1   41.7   41.9        .2
  Primary metals..............................   43.2   43.0   43.0   42.5    43.2   42.8   43.1   43.0   42.9   42.6       -.3
  Fabricated metal products...................   40.8   40.7   40.6   40.6    41.0   40.9   40.9   40.8   40.7   40.8        .1
  Machinery...................................   41.6   42.1   42.1   41.9    41.9   42.0   42.0   42.0   42.0   42.2        .2
  Computer and electronic products............   40.2   39.5   39.5   39.2    40.6   39.8   40.0   39.6   39.4   39.6        .2
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.5   39.7   40.0   40.3    40.9   40.0   40.1   40.0   40.2   40.6        .4
  Transportation equipment....................   42.3   42.5   42.1   41.9    42.4   42.4   42.4   42.4   41.9   42.1        .2
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   42.5   42.4   41.9   41.6    42.5   42.6   42.3   42.3   41.7   41.7        .0
  Furniture and related products..............   39.5   39.2   39.4   39.2    39.5   39.5   39.5   39.4   39.5   39.3       -.2
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.3   38.7   39.1   38.7    38.4   38.3   38.5   38.6   38.9   38.9        .0

 Nondurable goods.............................   39.7   39.6   39.6   39.6    40.0   39.8   40.0   40.0   39.7   39.9        .2
   Overtime hours.............................    4.1    4.2    4.2    4.1     4.3    4.3    4.4    4.5    4.4    4.3       -.1

  Food manufacturing..........................   38.4   38.7   38.2   38.4    39.2   38.8   39.0   39.3   38.8   39.1        .3
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   39.8   39.6   40.0   40.9    39.8   39.6   40.5   40.2   40.3   40.5        .2
  Textile mills...............................   39.6   39.6   40.6   40.0    39.7   39.8   40.2   39.7   40.1   40.1        .0
  Textile product mills.......................   38.4   39.2   39.6   39.4    38.4   39.0   39.5   39.5   39.6   39.5       -.1
  Apparel.....................................   36.0   35.7   36.3   36.3    36.0   35.9   35.9   35.9   36.0   36.2        .2
  Leather and allied products.................   39.5   37.3   37.6   38.1    38.9   37.6   37.1   37.2   37.1   37.4        .3
  Paper and paper products....................   41.8   41.7   41.6   41.8    42.0   42.0   42.5   42.1   41.9   42.0        .1
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.2   38.3   38.4   38.1    38.4   38.5   38.6   38.5   38.3   38.4        .1
  Petroleum and coal products.................   43.4   44.5   44.6   45.5    44.5   44.6   44.5   44.7   45.1   46.4       1.3
  Chemicals...................................   42.8   42.3   42.2   42.2    43.0   42.6   42.8   42.3   42.2   42.4        .2
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.8   40.0   39.8   39.7    40.8   39.8   40.0   40.1   39.8   39.7       -.1

     Private service-providing................   32.1   32.2   32.2   32.3    32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.5        .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.3   33.2   33.2   33.3    33.6   33.6   33.6   33.6   33.5   33.6        .1

 Wholesale trade..............................   37.8   37.5   37.5   37.6    38.0   37.6   37.7   37.8   37.7   37.8        .1

 Retail trade.................................   30.4   30.3   30.3   30.5    30.8   30.8   30.7   30.8   30.7   30.8        .1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   36.6   36.7   36.8   36.9    37.1   37.4   37.5   37.3   37.2   37.4        .2

 Utilities....................................   41.0   40.5   40.1   41.0    41.2   40.7   41.0   40.5   40.3   41.1        .8

Information...................................   35.9   36.3   36.1   36.0    36.3   36.4   36.3   36.4   36.4   36.4        .0

Financial activities..........................   35.3   35.7   35.6   35.8    35.6   35.7   35.9   35.8   35.9   36.1        .2

Professional and business services............   34.1   33.9   33.9   34.1    34.2   34.2   34.1   34.0   34.0   34.2        .2

Education and health services.................   32.2   32.5   32.4   32.5    32.4   32.5   32.6   32.6   32.6   32.7        .1

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.4   25.5   25.4   25.5    25.7   25.7   25.6   25.7   25.7   25.7        .0

Other services................................   30.8   30.8   30.8   30.9    31.1   30.8   30.9   30.9   31.0   31.1        .1


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Apr.      Feb.     Mar.      Apr.       Apr.      Feb.     Mar.      Apr.
                                                   2004      2005     2005p     2005p      2004      2005     2005p     2005p

        Total private........................... $15.59    $15.96    $15.95    $16.00    $522.27   $534.66   $534.33   $537.60
         Seasonally adjusted....................  15.58     15.91     15.95     16.00     525.05    536.17    537.52    542.40

    Goods-producing.............................  17.08     17.34     17.36     17.46     678.08    683.20    687.46    696.65

Natural resources and mining....................  18.07     18.45     18.36     18.64     793.27    822.87    822.53    842.53

Construction....................................  19.15     19.20     19.25     19.33     721.96    712.32    727.65    748.07

Manufacturing...................................  16.06     16.43     16.40     16.43     652.04    663.77    662.56    662.13

 Durable goods..................................  16.71     17.20     17.15     17.18     686.78    703.48    699.72    699.23
  Wood products.................................  13.00     13.04     13.10     13.14     530.40    511.17    513.52    516.40
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.17     16.20     16.30     16.73     683.99    667.44    669.93    700.99
  Primary metals................................  18.51     18.78     18.73     18.74     799.63    807.54    805.39    796.45
  Fabricated metal products.....................  15.21     15.67     15.63     15.61     620.57    637.77    634.58    633.77
  Machinery.....................................  16.54     17.02     17.06     17.07     688.06    716.54    718.23    715.23
  Computer and electronic products..............  17.02     18.04     17.95     18.13     684.20    712.58    709.03    710.70
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  14.84     15.15     15.12     15.12     601.02    601.46    604.80    609.34
  Transportation equipment......................  21.31     21.97     21.83     21.73     901.41    933.73    919.04    910.49
  Furniture and related products................  13.10     13.34     13.37     13.48     517.45    522.93    526.78    528.42
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  13.71     14.04     14.02     13.97     525.09    543.35    548.18    540.64

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.00     15.17     15.18     15.19     595.50    600.73    601.13    601.52
  Food manufacturing............................  12.98     13.07     13.01     12.99     498.43    505.81    496.98    498.82
  Beverages and tobacco products................  19.57     18.65     18.93     19.34     778.89    738.54    757.20    791.01
  Textile mills.................................  12.22     12.25     12.24     12.28     483.91    485.10    496.94    491.20
  Textile product mills.........................  11.30     11.48     11.56     11.52     433.92    450.02    457.78    453.89
  Apparel.......................................   9.65     10.19     10.06     10.06     347.40    363.78    365.18    365.18
  Leather and allied products...................  11.64     11.42     11.48     11.45     459.78    425.97    431.65    436.25
  Paper and paper products......................  17.89     17.86     17.92     17.94     747.80    744.76    745.47    749.89
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.55     15.79     15.70     15.58     594.01    604.76    602.88    593.60
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.45     24.74     24.81     24.11    1061.13   1100.93   1106.53   1097.01
  Chemicals.....................................  18.96     19.32     19.47     19.58     811.49    817.24    821.63    826.28
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.58     14.65     14.69     14.75     594.86    586.00    584.66    585.58

     Private service-providing..................  15.19     15.60     15.59     15.62     487.60    502.32    502.00    504.53

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.57     14.86     14.87     14.92     485.18    493.35    493.68    496.84

 Wholesale trade................................  17.59     17.98     17.92     18.05     664.90    674.25    672.00    678.68

 Retail trade...................................  12.07     12.35     12.35     12.40     366.93    374.21    374.21    378.20

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.47     16.57     16.62     16.62     602.80    608.12    611.62    613.28

 Utilities......................................  25.72     25.98     26.36     26.39    1054.52   1052.19   1057.04   1081.99

Information.....................................  21.23     21.67     21.71     22.04     762.16    786.62    783.73    793.44

Financial activities............................  17.46     17.73     17.75     17.87     616.34    632.96    631.90    639.75

Professional and business services..............  17.30     17.91     17.84     17.87     589.93    607.15    604.78    609.37

Education and health services...................  16.04     16.46     16.50     16.51     516.49    534.95    534.60    536.58

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.85      9.09      9.07      9.10     224.79    231.80    230.38    232.05

Other services..................................  13.97     14.23     14.18     14.16     430.28    438.28    436.74    437.54


  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                         Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.  change from:
                                                   2004     2004     2005     2005    2005p    2005p  Mar. 2005-
                                                                                                      Apr. 2005p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.58   $15.85   $15.90   $15.91   $15.95   $16.00      0.3
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.24     8.23     8.24     8.22     8.19     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  17.12    17.36    17.35    17.43    17.44    17.50       .3

Natural resources and mining....................  18.01    18.37    18.43    18.40    18.27    18.53      1.4

Construction....................................  19.20    19.29    19.24    19.31    19.35    19.38       .2

Manufacturing...................................  16.07    16.34    16.37    16.42    16.42    16.45       .2
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  15.23    15.48    15.51    15.54    15.55    15.58       .2

 Durable goods..................................  16.74    17.06    17.10    17.18    17.16    17.21       .3

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.99    15.16    15.18    15.19    15.21    15.21       .0

     Private service-providing..................  15.17    15.45    15.51    15.51    15.56    15.60       .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.52    14.72    14.82    14.79    14.84    14.87       .2

 Wholesale trade................................  17.59    17.87    17.91    17.95    17.99    18.04       .3

 Retail trade...................................  12.01    12.21    12.32    12.29    12.31    12.34       .2

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.46    16.54    16.58    16.52    16.63    16.63       .0

 Utilities......................................  25.61    26.11    26.23    26.04    26.32    26.33       .0

Information.....................................  21.31    21.70    21.80    21.67    21.82    22.09      1.2

Financial activities............................  17.45    17.71    17.71    17.74    17.80    17.86       .3

Professional and business services..............  17.33    17.69    17.79    17.80    17.83    17.90       .4

Education and health services...................  16.03    16.37    16.40    16.45    16.51    16.51       .0

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.86     9.01     9.03     9.05     9.05     9.10       .6

Other services..................................  13.92    14.13    14.15    14.17    14.16    14.14      -.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 -.4 percent from Feb. 2005 to Mar. 2005, 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                      Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   change from:
                                                2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2004   2005   2005   2005p  2005p   Mar. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2005p

        Total private.........................   98.6   99.2  100.0  101.5    99.7  101.2  101.5  101.8  101.9  102.8       0.9

    Goods-producing...........................   94.5   93.1   94.5   96.9    96.4   97.5   96.9   97.6   97.4   98.7       1.3

Natural resources and mining..................   99.8  105.2  107.6  110.3   103.3  109.0  110.3  110.2  111.5  113.2       1.5

Construction..................................   96.6   93.2   97.2  104.5   100.7  104.0  101.6  104.4  105.0  107.9       2.8

Manufacturing.................................   93.4   92.7   93.0   92.8    94.2   93.9   94.2   94.0   93.5   93.7        .2

 Durable goods................................   94.4   94.3   94.4   94.5    94.9   95.3   95.2   95.2   94.8   95.0        .2
  Wood products...............................   99.1   96.4   96.5   97.4   100.3  101.1  101.7   99.9   99.2   98.9       -.3
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   96.3   90.6   91.6   96.0    97.0   98.3   97.1   97.3   95.9   96.6        .7
  Primary metals..............................   93.0   92.8   93.1   92.0    93.1   92.6   93.0   93.1   92.9   92.4       -.5
  Fabricated metal products...................   96.5   97.6   97.9   98.2    97.0   98.4   98.6   98.2   98.4   98.8        .4
  Machinery...................................   94.9   97.2   97.7   97.4    95.3   96.5   96.8   96.8   97.1   97.7        .6
  Computer and electronic products............   87.9   90.4   91.3   91.0    89.3   89.7   91.1   90.9   91.1   92.3       1.3
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   88.0   86.6   86.9   87.9    88.8   87.5   87.5   87.4   87.6   88.5       1.0
  Transportation equipment....................   96.3   97.0   96.1   95.8    96.4   96.4   95.8   96.8   95.5   96.0        .5
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   97.3   96.4   95.1   94.2    96.9   96.4   95.0   96.2   94.4   94.1       -.3
  Furniture and related products..............   94.9   91.3   91.8   90.5    94.6   93.6   93.2   92.3   92.1   90.5      -1.7
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   91.5   90.8   91.0   90.1    91.4   90.9   91.0   91.1   90.9   90.6       -.3

 Nondurable goods.............................   91.5   90.0   90.2   89.9    93.1   92.0   92.3   92.0   91.3   91.5        .2
  Food manufacturing..........................   92.8   93.9   92.9   92.5    97.3   96.7   96.8   97.4   96.3   96.8        .5
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   85.8   86.5   86.9   89.7    88.3   91.0   91.8   91.0   91.2   91.5        .3
  Textile mills...............................   79.9   74.0   76.0   74.3    79.6   76.2   76.3   74.8   74.9   74.1      -1.1
  Textile product mills.......................   92.8   91.4   94.4   95.4    91.9   92.1   93.7   93.7   94.0   93.9       -.1
  Apparel.....................................   77.1   68.5   69.3   68.3    76.9   70.9   69.9   69.5   68.6   67.9      -1.0
  Leather and allied products.................   88.8   82.2   84.6   86.0    86.2   85.0   83.4   83.2   83.0   83.1        .1
  Paper and paper products....................   88.7   88.6   88.5   88.0    89.9   89.2   90.7   89.9   89.8   89.3       -.6
  Printing and related support activities.....   92.4   91.4   91.4   91.3    93.6   93.5   93.5   92.8   91.9   92.6        .8
  Petroleum and coal products.................   96.2  102.0  102.7  106.2   100.3  104.7  104.9  106.2  106.6  110.1       3.3
  Chemicals...................................   99.2   96.5   96.0   96.0    99.4   97.8   97.9   96.6   96.1   96.3        .2
  Plastics and rubber products................   94.9   92.3   92.5   92.3    94.8   92.8   93.1   93.1   92.8   92.3       -.5

     Private service-providing................   99.6  100.8  101.5  102.9   100.9  102.5  102.8  103.0  103.2  103.8        .6

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   97.6   98.2   98.6   99.5    99.5  100.4  100.8  101.1  100.9  101.4        .5

 Wholesale trade..............................   98.1   98.6   99.3  100.0    98.7   99.4   99.8  100.3  100.3  100.6        .3

 Retail trade.................................   96.7   96.6   96.9   98.3    99.4   99.9   99.7  100.4  100.1  100.6        .5

 Transportation and warehousing...............   98.8  102.0  102.9  103.8   100.9  103.8  105.2  104.9  105.0  105.9        .9

 Utilities....................................   95.5   94.5   93.7   95.3    96.4   94.7   96.0   94.8   94.2   95.9       1.8

Information...................................   96.6  100.8  101.0  101.1    98.0  101.3  101.2  101.6  102.1  102.6        .5

Financial activities..........................  100.4  103.4  103.2  104.2   101.6  103.6  104.4  104.4  104.7  105.5        .8

Professional and business services............  100.6  101.6  102.7  104.9   101.1  103.9  103.9  104.1  104.5  105.4        .9

Education and health services.................  103.1  105.6  105.7  106.4   102.7  104.7  105.3  105.3  105.5  106.0        .5

Leisure and hospitality.......................  100.7   99.2  100.6  104.0   102.8  104.2  104.1  104.9  105.0  105.6        .6

Other services................................   95.5   96.2   96.7   97.6    96.7   96.6   97.1   97.3   97.8   98.3        .5


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   change from:
                                                2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2004   2005   2005   2005p  2005p   Mar. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2005p

        Total private.........................  102.9  106.0  106.7  108.6   104.0  107.4  107.9  108.3  108.8  110.1       1.2

    Goods-producing...........................   98.8   98.8  100.4  103.6   101.0  103.7  103.0  104.2  104.1  105.8       1.6

Natural resources and mining..................  104.9  112.9  114.9  119.5   108.3  116.5  118.2  118.0  118.4  121.9       3.0

Construction..................................   99.9   96.6  101.0  109.1   104.4  108.3  105.6  108.9  109.7  112.9       2.9

Manufacturing.................................   98.1   99.6   99.7   99.7    99.0  100.3  100.8  100.9  100.4  100.8        .4

 Durable goods................................   98.4  101.3  101.1  101.4    99.2  101.5  101.7  102.1  101.5  102.1        .6

 Nondurable goods.............................   97.0   96.5   96.7   96.5    98.6   98.6   99.0   98.8   98.1   98.3        .2

     Private service-providing................  103.9  108.0  108.7  110.4   105.1  108.8  109.5  109.8  110.3  111.3        .9

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  101.4  104.1  104.6  105.9   103.0  105.5  106.5  106.6  106.8  107.5        .7

 Wholesale trade..............................  101.6  104.4  104.8  106.3   102.3  104.7  105.2  106.1  106.3  106.9        .6

 Retail trade.................................  100.1  102.3  102.6  104.4   102.3  104.5  105.3  105.7  105.7  106.4        .7

 Transportation and warehousing...............  103.2  107.2  108.5  109.5   105.4  108.9  110.7  110.0  110.7  111.7        .9

 Utilities....................................  102.6  102.4  103.1  105.0   103.1  103.2  105.1  103.0  103.5  105.4       1.8

Information...................................  101.5  108.1  108.6  110.3   103.4  108.8  109.2  109.0  110.2  112.2       1.8

Financial activities..........................  108.4  113.3  113.2  115.1   109.7  113.5  114.3  114.5  115.2  116.5       1.1

Professional and business services............  103.6  108.3  109.0  111.5   104.3  109.4  110.0  110.3  110.8  112.3       1.4

Education and health services.................  108.7  114.3  114.7  115.5   108.3  112.6  113.5  113.9  114.5  115.1        .5

Leisure and hospitality.......................  103.9  105.1  106.4  110.3   106.2  109.4  109.6  110.6  110.8  112.0       1.1

Other services................................   97.2   99.7   99.9  100.7    98.0   99.5  100.1  100.5  100.9  101.3        .4


  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:
     2001 ..............   49.5     47.7     48.6     32.7     42.4     40.8     36.7     39.0     37.6     33.6     36.9     37.1
     2002 ..............   41.0     35.6     39.7     39.2     40.5     47.7     42.8     43.0     42.1     39.0     41.5     35.1
     2003 ..............   44.4     38.7     35.3     41.4     39.4     39.9     42.1     39.4     50.4     48.9     50.0     50.5
     2004 ..............   50.9     53.4     66.0     67.3     64.6     59.7     55.4     53.8     57.6     58.6     54.7     54.3
     2005 ..............   54.1     61.2    p55.8    p61.3


Over 3-month span:
     2001 ..............   53.2     49.8     49.8     42.3     38.1     34.2     37.8     37.6     34.7     35.4     30.8     32.0
     2002 ..............   35.3     37.9     36.5     34.2     34.4     39.4     40.6     44.1     37.8     37.1     35.8     36.7
     2003 ..............   38.3     35.4     33.3     33.5     36.5     41.7     37.8     37.4     43.2     46.4     48.6     50.2
     2004 ..............   52.5     53.8     56.7     69.4     75.4     71.2     63.5     56.8     57.4     59.9     59.7     56.3
     2005 ..............   58.5     60.3    p65.1    p64.9


Over 6-month span:
     2001 ..............   53.1     50.9     52.0     45.5     43.0     39.7     38.5     33.6     33.5     34.2     33.6     30.9
     2002 ..............   29.5     29.9     32.0     31.7     30.9     37.4     37.1     38.7     35.3     36.0     37.9     35.1
     2003 ..............   32.7     32.2     31.3     31.3     33.1     37.6     33.6     32.2     40.3     43.7     46.4     49.3
     2004 ..............   47.3     50.4     54.9     62.6     64.4     69.6     67.3     68.9     64.6     62.2     59.7     55.9
     2005 ..............   60.3     62.8    p63.1    p60.3


Over 12-month span:
     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     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.7     52.0     56.7     57.4     57.6     60.3     62.1     64.6     64.0
     2005 ..............   61.2     64.7    p63.7    p65.1

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2001 ..............   22.0     17.3     22.0     17.9     16.1     22.6     13.1     15.5     18.5     17.3     14.9     11.9
     2002 ..............   19.0     19.6     22.0     32.1     26.2     31.0     35.7     23.2     28.6     15.5     18.5     16.7
     2003 ..............   35.1     19.0     19.0     11.9     19.6     20.8     22.6     24.4     32.7     35.1     39.9     42.9
     2004 ..............   39.3     49.4     50.0     65.5     60.1     51.8     60.7     48.8     42.9     42.3     46.4     44.6
     2005 ..............   42.3     44.6    p41.1    p50.0


Over 3-month span:
     2001 ..............   32.7     20.8     16.7     14.3     14.3     11.9     11.9      9.5      7.7     12.5     11.3      9.5
     2002 ..............   10.7     11.9     11.3     17.9     14.9     20.2     25.6     23.8     20.2     13.7      8.9      9.5
     2003 ..............   16.1     14.3     12.5      8.9     10.7     10.7     14.3     15.5     18.5     27.4     31.5     35.1
     2004 ..............   42.3     43.5     42.9     58.3     69.0     69.6     62.5     53.6     52.4     44.6     45.2     35.7
     2005 ..............   45.2     42.9    p50.6    p47.6


Over 6-month span:
     2001 ..............   22.6     24.4     21.4     19.6     14.3     11.9     13.1     11.3     10.7      7.1      7.7      5.4
     2002 ..............    6.0      8.3      8.3      9.5      7.1     13.1     12.5     11.3     14.3      8.3      8.3      7.7
     2003 ..............   12.5     10.1      7.1      8.3     11.3     10.7      4.8     10.1     13.1     16.7     19.6     26.8
     2004 ..............   27.4     29.8     33.3     47.0     52.4     57.1     60.1     58.9     58.9     50.6     45.2     42.9
     2005 ..............   43.5     44.0    p43.5    p38.7


Over 12-month span:
     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      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     19.0     25.6     34.5     43.5     40.5     45.8     48.2     49.4     46.4
     2005 ..............   45.2     45.8    p46.4    p46.4


  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.