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                      THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JULY 2004
                                        
   Nonfarm employment was little changed (+32,000) in July, and the unemployment
rate was essentially unchanged at 5.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Employment levels in most of the
major industry sectors were little changed over the month.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons, 8.2 million, and the unemployment
rate, 5.5 percent, were essentially unchanged in July.  The unemployment rate
has shown little movement since December 2003.  The jobless rates for the major
worker groups--adult men (4.9 percent), adult women (4.9 percent), teenagers
(17.6 percent), whites (4.8 percent), blacks (10.9 percent), and Hispanics or
Latinos (6.8 percent)--also were little changed over the month.  The unemploy-
ment rate for Asians was 4.3 percent in July, not seasonally adjusted.
(See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment rose by 629,000 to 139.7 million in July, and the employ-
ment population ratio--the proportion of the population age 16 and over with
jobs--increased to 62.5 percent.  The civilian labor force also increased over
the month, rising by 577,000 to 147.9 million, and the labor force participa-
tion rate rose to 66.2 percent.  (See table A-1.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force was
1.6 million in July, 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.  There were 504,000 discouraged workers in July, little changed from
a year earlier.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were
not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were
available for them.  The other 1.1 million marginally attached had not searched
for work for reasons such as school or family responsibilities.  (See table
A-13.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |        Monthly data      |
                         |_________________|__________________________| June-
        Category         |      2004       |           2004           | July
                         |_________________|__________________________|change
                         |   I    |   II   |   May  |  June  |  July  |
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 146,661| 146,998| 146,974| 147,279| 147,856|    577
  Employment.............| 138,388| 138,793| 138,772| 139,031| 139,660|    629
  Unemployment...........|   8,273|   8,205|   8,203|   8,248|   8,196|    -52
Not in labor force.......|  75,695|  75,975|  75,993|  75,916|  75,565|   -351
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     5.6|     5.6|     5.6|     5.6|     5.5|   -0.1
  Adult men..............|     5.1|     5.1|     5.2|     5.0|     4.9|    -.1
  Adult women............|     5.0|     4.9|     4.8|     5.0|     4.9|    -.1
  Teenagers..............|    16.6|    17.0|    17.2|    16.8|    17.6|     .8
  White..................|     5.0|     5.0|     5.0|     5.0|     4.8|    -.2
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|    10.1|     9.9|     9.9|    10.1|    10.9|     .8
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     7.4|     7.0|     7.0|     6.7|     6.8|     .1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 130,367|p131,119| 131,162|p131,240|p131,272|    p32
  Goods-producing 1/.....|  21,719| p21,871|  21,894| p21,896| p21,914|    p18
    Construction.........|   6,819|  p6,898|   6,909|  p6,912|  p6,916|     p4
    Manufacturing........|  14,326| p14,385|  14,396| p14,395| p14,405|    p10
  Service-providing 1/...| 108,648|p109,248| 109,268|p109,344|p109,358|    p14
    Retail trade 2/......|  14,974| p15,046|  15,048| p15,055| p15,036|   p-19
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  16,202| p16,415|  16,432| p16,451| p16,493|    p42
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  16,774| p16,872|  16,871| p16,891| p16,911|    p20
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,239| p12,325|  12,331| p12,341| p12,339|    p-2
    Government...........|  21,540| p21,548|  21,544| p21,529| p21,529|     p0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work 3/
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.8|   p33.7|    33.8|   p33.6|   p33.7|   p0.1
  Manufacturing..........|    41.0|   p40.9|    41.1|   p40.8|   p40.9|    p.1
    Overtime.............|     4.6|    p4.6|     4.6|    p4.6|    p4.6|    p.0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3/
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    99.3|   p99.8|   100.2|   p99.7|  p100.0|   p0.3
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings 3/
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $15.52| p$15.62|  $15.63| p$15.65| p$15.70| p$0.05
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  524.58| p526.50|  528.29| p525.84| p529.09|  p3.25
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______

   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated based on
unrounded data.
   3  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm employment was little changed (+32,000) in July at 131.3
million.  Since its recent trough in August 2003, payroll employment has risen
by 1.5 million.  Over the month, employment gains in health care and social
assistance and in professional and business services were partly offset by job
losses in financial activities.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Within the service-providing sector, employment in health care and social
assistance continued to grow, with an increase of 20,000 in July.  Over the
year, employment in this industry has risen by 292,000.  Over the month,
employment rose in ambulatory health care services, such as home health care
services and outpatient care centers, and in hospitals.  Child day care services
added 7,000 jobs in July, following a gain of 8,000 in June.
   
   Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services in
July.  This industry has added 622,000 jobs since its most recent low in March
2003.  Employment in temporary help services was little changed in July.
   
   Wholesale trade employment edged up in July, as its durable goods component
added 11,000 jobs.  Wholesale trade has gained 65,000 jobs since October 2003,
with most of the increase in durable goods distribution.
   
   Employment in financial activities fell by 23,000 in July.  The credit in-
termediation industry, which includes mortgage banking, shed 16,000 jobs over
the month.  Securities, commodity contracts, and investments lost 4,000 jobs
in July.  There was little change in employment elsewhere among the service-
providing industries.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing employment edged up (+10,000)
in July.  Since its most recent low in January of this year, manufacturing em-
ployment has risen by 91,000, almost entirely in its durable goods component.
In July, there were job gains in computer and electronic products, machinery,
furniture, and paper and paper products.  Employment growth in these and other
manufacturing industries was partly offset by a decline of 21,000 in transpor-
tation equipment manufacturing, reflecting larger-than-usual shutdowns of auto
parts and assembly plants for annual retooling.
   
   In July, construction employment was little changed for the second month in
a row.  The industry had added an average of 18,000 jobs per month from March
2003 through May 2004.  Mining employment continued to trend up in July; the
industry has added 29,000 jobs since its recent low point in April 2003.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour in July to 33.7 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek also increased by 0.1 hour to 40.9
hours.  Manufacturing overtime was unchanged at 4.6 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.3 percent in July to 100.0
(2002=100).  The manufacturing index rose by 0.4 percent to 95.2.
(See table B-5.)

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Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 5 cents in July to $15.70, seasonally adjusted.
Average weekly earnings increased by 0.6 percent over the month to $529.09.
Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 1.9 percent, and average
weekly earnings grew by 2.3 percent.  (See table B-3.)


                         ______________________________


   The Employment Situation for August 2004 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, September 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
information 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 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  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
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
                                  
                                  - 6 -
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-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
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
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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 ad-
just only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
350,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -250,000 to 450,000 (100,000 +/- 350,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 320,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .22 
percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 8 -
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.

 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
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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.

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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                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 221,252 223,196 223,422 221,252 222,550 222,757 222,967 223,196 223,422
    Civilian labor force............................ 147,822 148,478 149,217 146,652 146,650 146,741 146,974 147,279 147,856
          Participation rate........................    66.8    66.5    66.8    66.3    65.9    65.9    65.9    66.0    66.2
      Employed...................................... 138,503 139,861 140,700 137,604 138,298 138,576 138,772 139,031 139,660
          Employment-population ratio...............    62.6    62.7    63.0    62.2    62.1    62.2    62.2    62.3    62.5
      Unemployed....................................   9,319   8,616   8,518   9,048   8,352   8,164   8,203   8,248   8,196
          Unemployment rate.........................     6.3     5.8     5.7     6.2     5.7     5.6     5.6     5.6     5.5
    Not in labor force..............................  73,430  74,718  74,204  74,600  75,900  76,016  75,993  75,916  75,565
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,955   5,000   4,767   4,829   4,843   4,744   4,656   4,635   4,630
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,475 107,625 107,746 106,475 107,281 107,392 107,504 107,625 107,746
    Civilian labor force............................  79,290  79,762  80,344  78,277  78,542  78,501  78,600  78,918  79,193
          Participation rate........................    74.5    74.1    74.6    73.5    73.2    73.1    73.1    73.3    73.5
      Employed......................................  74,269  75,279  76,041  73,149  74,006  74,053  74,035  74,476  74,822
          Employment-population ratio...............    69.8    69.9    70.6    68.7    69.0    69.0    68.9    69.2    69.4
      Unemployed....................................   5,021   4,483   4,302   5,128   4,536   4,448   4,566   4,442   4,371
          Unemployment rate.........................     6.3     5.6     5.4     6.6     5.8     5.7     5.8     5.6     5.5
    Not in labor force..............................  27,184  27,863  27,402  28,197  28,739  28,891  28,904  28,707  28,552
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,304  99,396  99,512  98,304  99,065  99,170  99,279  99,396  99,512
    Civilian labor force............................  74,852  75,592  75,876  74,660  75,018  74,871  75,048  75,372  75,577
          Participation rate........................    76.1    76.1    76.2    75.9    75.7    75.5    75.6    75.8    75.9
      Employed......................................  70,733  71,971  72,362  70,269  71,128  71,118  71,162  71,570  71,847
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.0    72.4    72.7    71.5    71.8    71.7    71.7    72.0    72.2
      Unemployed....................................   4,119   3,620   3,514   4,391   3,890   3,753   3,886   3,802   3,730
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.5     4.8     4.6     5.9     5.2     5.0     5.2     5.0     4.9
    Not in labor force..............................  23,453  23,804  23,636  23,644  24,047  24,299  24,231  24,023  23,935
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 114,778 115,570 115,676 114,778 115,269 115,365 115,463 115,570 115,676
    Civilian labor force............................  68,532  68,716  68,874  68,374  68,108  68,240  68,374  68,361  68,663
          Participation rate........................    59.7    59.5    59.5    59.6    59.1    59.2    59.2    59.2    59.4
      Employed......................................  64,234  64,583  64,659  64,455  64,292  64,523  64,737  64,555  64,838
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.0    55.9    55.9    56.2    55.8    55.9    56.1    55.9    56.1
      Unemployed....................................   4,298   4,133   4,215   3,920   3,816   3,717   3,637   3,806   3,825
          Unemployment rate.........................     6.3     6.0     6.1     5.7     5.6     5.4     5.3     5.6     5.6
    Not in labor force..............................  46,246  46,855  46,802  46,403  47,161  47,126  47,089  47,209  47,013
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,839 107,586 107,687 106,839 107,299 107,389 107,483 107,586 107,687
    Civilian labor force............................  64,316  64,751  64,642  64,835  64,687  64,785  64,813  64,893  65,122
          Participation rate........................    60.2    60.2    60.0    60.7    60.3    60.3    60.3    60.3    60.5
      Employed......................................  60,731  61,373  61,224  61,479  61,373  61,571  61,721  61,629  61,918
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.8    57.0    56.9    57.5    57.2    57.3    57.4    57.3    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,584   3,378   3,418   3,356   3,314   3,215   3,092   3,264   3,204
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.6     5.2     5.3     5.2     5.1     5.0     4.8     5.0     4.9
    Not in labor force..............................  42,523  42,834  43,045  42,004  42,613  42,604  42,670  42,693  42,565
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  16,109  16,214  16,222  16,109  16,186  16,198  16,205  16,214  16,222
    Civilian labor force............................   8,655   8,135   8,699   7,157   6,945   7,085   7,113   7,014   7,157
          Participation rate........................    53.7    50.2    53.6    44.4    42.9    43.7    43.9    43.3    44.1
      Employed......................................   7,039   6,517   7,114   5,856   5,797   5,888   5,888   5,832   5,896
          Employment-population ratio...............    43.7    40.2    43.9    36.4    35.8    36.3    36.3    36.0    36.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,615   1,617   1,585   1,301   1,148   1,197   1,225   1,181   1,262
          Unemployment rate.........................    18.7    19.9    18.2    18.2    16.5    16.9    17.2    16.8    17.6
    Not in labor force..............................   7,454   8,079   7,523   8,952   9,240   9,113   9,092   9,200   9,065

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                               
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 181,341 182,531 182,676 181,341 182,121 182,252 182,384 182,531 182,676
    Civilian labor force............................ 121,519 122,088 122,413 120,645 120,542 120,675 120,984 121,180 121,428
        Participation rate..........................    67.0    66.9    67.0    66.5    66.2    66.2    66.3    66.4    66.5
      Employed...................................... 114,884 115,831 116,487 114,086 114,433 114,712 114,976 115,152 115,623
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.4    63.5    63.8    62.9    62.8    62.9    63.0    63.1    63.3
      Unemployed....................................   6,635   6,257   5,926   6,559   6,109   5,963   6,008   6,028   5,805
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.5     5.1     4.8     5.4     5.1     4.9     5.0     5.0     4.8
    Not in labor force..............................  59,822  60,443  60,263  60,696  61,579  61,577  61,400  61,351  61,248
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  62,676  63,166  63,389  62,523  62,672  62,660  62,758  62,960  63,163
        Participation rate..........................    76.5    76.5    76.7    76.4    76.1    76.0    76.1    76.3    76.4
      Employed......................................  59,617  60,459  60,913  59,183  59,736  59,831  59,817  60,107  60,466
        Employment-population ratio.................    72.8    73.2    73.7    72.3    72.6    72.6    72.5    72.8    73.2
      Unemployed....................................   3,059   2,707   2,476   3,340   2,936   2,829   2,941   2,853   2,697
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.9     4.3     3.9     5.3     4.7     4.5     4.7     4.5     4.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  51,693  52,159  51,833  52,161  52,016  52,035  52,245  52,369  52,302
        Participation rate..........................    59.5    59.7    59.3    60.0    59.6    59.6    59.8    59.9    59.8
      Employed......................................  49,232  49,766  49,456  49,875  49,710  49,839  50,116  50,061  50,085
        Employment-population ratio.................    56.6    57.0    56.6    57.4    57.0    57.1    57.4    57.3    57.3
      Unemployed....................................   2,461   2,393   2,377   2,286   2,306   2,196   2,130   2,308   2,217
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.8     4.6     4.6     4.4     4.4     4.2     4.1     4.4     4.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   7,150   6,763   7,191   5,961   5,854   5,981   5,981   5,851   5,963
        Participation rate..........................    57.0    53.7    57.1    47.6    46.5    47.5    47.5    46.5    47.3
      Employed......................................   6,035   5,606   6,118   5,028   4,987   5,042   5,043   4,984   5,073
        Employment-population ratio.................    48.1    44.5    48.6    40.1    39.6    40.0    40.0    39.6    40.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,115   1,157   1,074     933     867     939     938     867     891
        Unemployment rate...........................    15.6    17.1    14.9    15.7    14.8    15.7    15.7    14.8    14.9
                                                                                                                            
              BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                     
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,702  26,040  26,078  25,702  25,932  25,967  26,002  26,040  26,078
    Civilian labor force............................  16,792  16,699  17,011  16,563  16,595  16,485  16,442  16,506  16,755
        Participation rate..........................    65.3    64.1    65.2    64.4    64.0    63.5    63.2    63.4    64.3
      Employed......................................  14,784  14,917  14,964  14,727  14,909  14,878  14,818  14,833  14,926
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.5    57.3    57.4    57.3    57.5    57.3    57.0    57.0    57.2
      Unemployed....................................   2,008   1,782   2,047   1,836   1,686   1,607   1,624   1,673   1,829
        Unemployment rate...........................    12.0    10.7    12.0    11.1    10.2     9.7     9.9    10.1    10.9
    Not in labor force..............................   8,910   9,342   9,067   9,139   9,337   9,482   9,560   9,534   9,323
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,392   7,412   7,424   7,353   7,367   7,302   7,356   7,394   7,384
        Participation rate..........................    71.9    70.9    70.9    71.5    70.8    70.1    70.5    70.8    70.5
      Employed......................................   6,619   6,756   6,634   6,596   6,689   6,626   6,674   6,709   6,624
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.4    64.6    63.4    64.1    64.3    63.6    64.0    64.2    63.3
      Unemployed....................................     774     656     791     757     678     676     683     685     760
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.5     8.9    10.6    10.3     9.2     9.3     9.3     9.3    10.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,402   8,397   8,573   8,440   8,492   8,502   8,342   8,374   8,598
        Participation rate..........................    64.5    63.8    65.0    64.8    64.7    64.7    63.4    63.6    65.2
      Employed......................................   7,540   7,618   7,727   7,632   7,700   7,763   7,642   7,626   7,815
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.9    57.8    58.6    58.6    58.7    59.1    58.1    57.9    59.3
      Unemployed....................................     862     779     846     808     792     739     700     748     783
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.3     9.3     9.9     9.6     9.3     8.7     8.4     8.9     9.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     997     890   1,013     770     737     681     744     738     773
        Participation rate..........................    41.8    36.8    41.8    32.3    30.6    28.2    30.8    30.5    31.9
      Employed......................................     624     543     603     499     521     489     502     497     487
        Employment-population ratio.................    26.2    22.5    24.9    20.9    21.6    20.3    20.8    20.6    20.1
      Unemployed....................................     372     347     411     271     217     193     242     241     286
        Unemployment rate...........................    37.4    39.0    40.5    35.1    29.4    28.3    32.5    32.6    37.0
                                                                                                                            
                        ASIAN                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,291   9,556   9,559   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,184   6,260   6,275   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    66.6    65.5    65.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   5,800   5,947   6,008   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.4    62.2    62.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     384     313     267   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.2     5.0     4.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,107   3,297   3,284   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for
  all races.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  27,597  28,059  28,150  27,597  27,791  27,879  27,968  28,059  28,150
    Civilian labor force............................  18,838  19,384  19,552  18,770  19,010  19,064  19,313  19,304  19,450
        Participation rate..........................    68.3    69.1    69.5    68.0    68.4    68.4    69.1    68.8    69.1
      Employed......................................  17,300  18,117  18,203  17,247  17,596  17,693  17,958  18,019  18,118
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.7    64.6    64.7    62.5    63.3    63.5    64.2    64.2    64.4
      Unemployed....................................   1,537   1,267   1,349   1,523   1,414   1,371   1,355   1,285   1,332
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.2     6.5     6.9     8.1     7.4     7.2     7.0     6.7     6.8
    Not in labor force..............................   8,760   8,674   8,598   8,828   8,781   8,815   8,654   8,755   8,700
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  10,707  10,993  11,124   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    83.5    84.2    84.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   9,996  10,448  10,572   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    78.0    80.0    80.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     711     546     553   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.6     5.0     5.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,027   7,327   7,253   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    57.5    59.1    58.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,447   6,852   6,736   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    52.7    55.3    54.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     580     475     517   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.3     6.5     7.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,104   1,064   1,175   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    43.3    40.9    45.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     858     818     896   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    33.7    31.4    34.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     246     246     280   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    22.3    23.2    23.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2004, data
  reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                July     June     July     July     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July  
                                                2003     2004     2004     2003     2004     2004     2004     2004     2004  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   12,224   12,524   12,090   12,521   12,390   12,019   12,212   12,326   12,389
      Participation rate....................     44.3     45.6     44.8     45.4     45.1     44.2     44.5     44.9     45.9
    Employed................................   11,222   11,522   11,161   11,420   11,302   10,977   11,140   11,242   11,358
      Employment-population ratio...........     40.7     41.9     41.3     41.4     41.1     40.4     40.6     40.9     42.1
    Unemployed..............................    1,002    1,003      929    1,101    1,088    1,042    1,072    1,083    1,031
      Unemployment rate.....................      8.2      8.0      7.7      8.8      8.8      8.7      8.8      8.8      8.3
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   37,359   37,816   37,810   37,908   37,749   37,724   37,870   38,088   38,233
      Participation rate....................     63.2     62.9     63.0     64.1     63.2     62.8     63.0     63.3     63.7
    Employed................................   35,355   35,943   35,940   35,839   35,765   35,745   35,964   36,137   36,297
      Employment-population ratio...........     59.8     59.8     59.9     60.6     59.9     59.5     59.9     60.1     60.5
    Unemployed..............................    2,004    1,873    1,871    2,069    1,984    1,979    1,906    1,951    1,936
      Unemployment rate.....................      5.4      5.0      4.9      5.5      5.3      5.2      5.0      5.1      5.1
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   34,482   34,397   34,999   34,235   34,354   34,580   34,575   34,516   34,629
      Participation rate....................     72.6     72.4     72.4     72.1     72.8     73.0     73.1     72.6     71.6
    Employed................................   32,704   32,956   33,468   32,538   32,726   33,152   33,183   33,083   33,176
      Employment-population ratio...........     68.8     69.3     69.2     68.5     69.3     70.0     70.2     69.6     68.6
    Unemployed..............................    1,778    1,440    1,531    1,697    1,628    1,428    1,392    1,433    1,453
      Unemployment rate.....................      5.2      4.2      4.4      5.0      4.7      4.1      4.0      4.2      4.2
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   39,606   39,963   39,853   39,762   40,371   40,185   40,104   40,175   40,127
      Participation rate....................     77.5     77.4     77.2     77.8     77.9     77.6     77.5     77.8     77.8
    Employed................................   38,272   38,853   38,684   38,534   39,197   39,006   38,927   39,088   39,039
      Employment-population ratio...........     74.9     75.2     75.0     75.4     75.6     75.3     75.2     75.7     75.7
    Unemployed..............................    1,334    1,110    1,169    1,228    1,174    1,179    1,177    1,086    1,087
      Unemployment rate.....................      3.4      2.8      2.9      3.1      2.9      2.9      2.9      2.7      2.7

    1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
    2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



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  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                   
                  Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                              2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,407   2,441   2,454   2,217   2,161   2,245   2,298   2,289   2,271
    Wage and salary workers................   1,378   1,369   1,358   1,213   1,234   1,268   1,277   1,242   1,200
    Self-employed workers..................     982   1,037   1,063     947     896     934     976   1,018   1,016
    Unpaid family workers..................      47      35      33   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 136,096 137,421 138,246 135,240 136,122 136,384 136,488 136,675 137,274
    Wage and salary workers................ 126,496 127,856 128,458 125,778 126,811 127,094 126,999 127,248 127,655
      Government...........................  19,106  19,808  19,263  19,666  19,936  19,917  19,759  19,984  19,816
      Private industries................... 107,390 108,048 109,195 106,121 106,833 107,142 107,256 107,234 107,850
        Private households.................     912     803     818   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 106,478 107,245 108,377 105,255 106,035 106,377 106,514 106,457 107,098
    Self-employed workers..................   9,493   9,457   9,717   9,315   9,210   9,228   9,365   9,338   9,513
    Unpaid family workers..................     107     108      70   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,870   4,623   4,648   4,661   4,733   4,574   4,665   4,513   4,490
      Slack work or business conditions....   3,119   2,729   2,629   3,113   3,011   2,819   2,853   2,803   2,660
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,411   1,520   1,659   1,296   1,427   1,439   1,467   1,404   1,500
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  16,893  18,336  17,645  19,089  19,006  19,000  19,621  19,531  19,741
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,792   4,568   4,564   4,568   4,622   4,471   4,605   4,442   4,400
      Slack work or business conditions....   3,086   2,696   2,583   3,071   2,927   2,756   2,812   2,762   2,605
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,382   1,506   1,639   1,273   1,414   1,431   1,476   1,387   1,496
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  16,535  17,999  17,281  18,651  18,693  18,664  19,220  19,072  19,290

    1 Data not available.
    2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week
  for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons
  who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
  illness, and bad weather.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because
  of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 138,503 139,861 140,700 137,604 138,298 138,576 138,772 139,031 139,660
    16 to 19 years..................................   7,039   6,517   7,114   5,856   5,797   5,888   5,888   5,832   5,896
      16 to 17 years................................   2,931   2,334   2,735   2,292   2,191   2,256   2,152   2,080   2,144
      18 to 19 years................................   4,108   4,184   4,379   3,556   3,590   3,634   3,713   3,748   3,769
    20 years and over............................... 131,464 133,344 133,586 131,748 132,501 132,689 132,883 133,199 133,765
      20 to 24 years................................  13,911  14,070  14,333  13,404  13,602  13,767  13,669  13,676  13,783
      25 years and over............................. 117,553 119,274 119,253 118,294 118,832 118,886 119,198 119,554 119,925
        25 to 54 years..............................  96,729  97,448  97,381  97,177  96,871  97,124  97,343  97,550  97,749
          25 to 34 years............................  30,380  30,633  30,499  30,424  30,260  30,316  30,396  30,542  30,490
          35 to 44 years............................  34,541  34,556  34,472  34,755  34,425  34,421  34,611  34,653  34,678
          45 to 54 years............................  31,808  32,259  32,411  31,998  32,186  32,388  32,336  32,355  32,581
        55 years and over...........................  20,825  21,827  21,871  21,117  21,961  21,762  21,856  22,003  22,177
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  74,269  75,279  76,041  73,149  74,006  74,053  74,035  74,476  74,822
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,537   3,308   3,679   2,880   2,878   2,935   2,873   2,906   2,975
      16 to 17 years................................   1,467   1,116   1,330   1,091     999   1,044     967     956     991
      18 to 19 years................................   2,069   2,191   2,349   1,775   1,858   1,886   1,897   1,957   2,000
    20 years and over...............................  70,733  71,971  72,362  70,269  71,128  71,118  71,162  71,570  71,847
      20 to 24 years................................   7,302   7,499   7,693   6,992   7,202   7,235   7,165   7,244   7,340
      25 years and over.............................  63,431  64,472  64,668  63,280  63,879  63,839  63,969  64,306  64,477
        25 to 54 years..............................  52,229  52,756  52,897  52,008  52,107  52,283  52,377  52,543  52,637
          25 to 34 years............................  16,805  16,969  17,018  16,705  16,693  16,685  16,758  16,856  16,879
          35 to 44 years............................  18,779  18,830  18,802  18,732  18,632  18,656  18,728  18,787  18,761
          45 to 54 years............................  16,646  16,957  17,077  16,571  16,781  16,942  16,890  16,900  16,997
        55 years and over...........................  11,202  11,716  11,772  11,272  11,772  11,556  11,593  11,763  11,840
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  64,234  64,583  64,659  64,455  64,292  64,523  64,737  64,555  64,838
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,503   3,210   3,435   2,976   2,919   2,952   3,016   2,926   2,921
      16 to 17 years................................   1,464   1,217   1,405   1,201   1,192   1,212   1,185   1,124   1,153
      18 to 19 years................................   2,039   1,992   2,030   1,781   1,732   1,747   1,816   1,791   1,769
    20 years and over...............................  60,731  61,373  61,224  61,479  61,373  61,571  61,721  61,629  61,918
      20 to 24 years................................   6,609   6,571   6,640   6,412   6,400   6,532   6,504   6,432   6,442
      25 years and over.............................  54,123  54,802  54,584  55,014  54,953  55,047  55,229  55,248  55,449
        25 to 54 years..............................  44,499  44,692  44,485  45,169  44,764  44,841  44,966  45,007  45,112
          25 to 34 years............................  13,575  13,664  13,481  13,719  13,566  13,631  13,637  13,686  13,611
          35 to 44 years............................  15,762  15,726  15,670  16,023  15,793  15,765  15,883  15,866  15,918
          45 to 54 years............................  15,163  15,302  15,334  15,428  15,405  15,446  15,446  15,455  15,583
        55 years and over...........................   9,623  10,110  10,099   9,844  10,189  10,205  10,263  10,240  10,337
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  44,770  44,861  44,986  44,747  45,043  44,735  44,723  44,938  44,935
  Married women, spouse present.....................  33,889  33,970  33,841  34,648  34,256  34,339  34,522  34,461  34,599
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,498   8,799   8,700   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 115,288 115,727 116,349 113,185 113,951 114,094 113,894 114,269 114,297
  Part-time workers (3).............................  23,215  24,135  24,351  24,475  24,273  24,397  24,820  24,878  25,455

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the
  independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.



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  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates (1)            
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   9,048   8,248   8,196    6.2     5.7     5.6     5.6     5.6     5.5 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,301   1,181   1,262   18.2    16.5    16.9    17.2    16.8    17.6 
      16 to 17 years................................     583     539     544   20.3    19.4    20.2    21.6    20.6    20.2 
      18 to 19 years................................     718     627     724   16.8    14.5    14.7    14.7    14.3    16.1 
    20 years and over...............................   7,747   7,066   6,935    5.6     5.2     5.0     5.0     5.0     4.9 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,555   1,484   1,411   10.4     9.6     9.2     9.7     9.8     9.3 
      25 years and over.............................   6,177   5,575   5,540    5.0     4.6     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.4 
        25 to 54 years..............................   5,228   4,639   4,681    5.1     4.9     4.6     4.5     4.5     4.6 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,997   1,649   1,821    6.2     5.9     5.5     5.6     5.1     5.6 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,886   1,657   1,581    5.1     4.7     4.4     4.2     4.6     4.4 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,345   1,333   1,279    4.0     4.0     3.9     3.9     4.0     3.8 
        55 years and over...........................     936     904     848    4.2     3.8     3.8     3.9     3.9     3.7 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   5,128   4,442   4,371    6.6     5.8     5.7     5.8     5.6     5.5 
    16 to 19 years..................................     737     640     641   20.4    18.3    19.1    19.1    18.1    17.7 
      16 to 17 years................................     314     282     267   22.3    22.3    23.4    23.3    22.8    21.2 
      18 to 19 years................................     417     368     373   19.0    15.8    16.5    16.6    15.8    15.7 
    20 years and over...............................   4,391   3,802   3,730    5.9     5.2     5.0     5.2     5.0     4.9 
      20 to 24 years................................     918     844     789   11.6    10.1    10.0    10.3    10.4     9.7 
      25 years and over.............................   3,452   2,943   2,948    5.2     4.6     4.4     4.6     4.4     4.4 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,910   2,415   2,477    5.3     4.8     4.5     4.7     4.4     4.5 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,141     850     958    6.4     5.9     5.5     6.0     4.8     5.4 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,015     883     828    5.1     4.6     4.2     4.1     4.5     4.2 
          45 to 54 years............................     754     682     691    4.4     3.9     3.9     3.9     3.9     3.9 
        55 years and over...........................     541     528     471    4.6     3.8     3.9     4.1     4.3     3.8 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,920   3,806   3,825    5.7     5.6     5.4     5.3     5.6     5.6 
    16 to 19 years..................................     563     541     621   15.9    14.7    14.5    15.3    15.6    17.5 
      16 to 17 years................................     269     258     277   18.3    16.9    17.3    20.1    18.7    19.4 
      18 to 19 years................................     301     259     350   14.5    13.0    12.6    12.7    12.6    16.5 
    20 years and over...............................   3,356   3,264   3,204    5.2     5.1     5.0     4.8     5.0     4.9 
      20 to 24 years................................     637     640     622    9.0     8.9     8.3     9.0     9.0     8.8 
      25 years and over.............................   2,725   2,632   2,592    4.7     4.6     4.6     4.2     4.5     4.5 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,317   2,224   2,204    4.9     4.9     4.7     4.4     4.7     4.7 
          25 to 34 years............................     856     800     863    5.9     5.9     5.4     5.1     5.5     6.0 
          35 to 44 years............................     871     774     753    5.2     4.9     4.7     4.3     4.7     4.5 
          45 to 54 years............................     591     651     588    3.7     4.1     4.0     3.8     4.0     3.6 
        55 years and over (2).......................     422     404     398    4.2     3.5     3.3     3.3     3.8     3.8 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,827   1,468   1,489    3.9     3.2     3.1     3.1     3.2     3.2 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,391   1,328   1,256    3.9     3.7     3.7     3.3     3.7     3.5 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     843     781     863    9.0     8.4     7.5     7.4     8.2     9.0 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   7,624   6,794   6,803    6.3     5.8     5.6     5.7     5.6     5.6 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,423   1,450   1,398    5.5     5.4     5.3     5.2     5.5     5.2 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Not seasonally adjusted.
    3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or
  are on layoff from full-time jobs.
    4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week)
  or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
    NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of
  the various series.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



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  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   4,958   3,930   4,233   4,947   4,607   4,399   4,211   4,099   4,181
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,216     868   1,152   1,173   1,040     994     926   1,011   1,065
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,743   3,062   3,081   3,774   3,567   3,405   3,286   3,088   3,116
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,891   2,377   2,265   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     852     685     817   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     814     890     922     798     836     822     846     902     895
  Reentrants........................................   2,599   2,838   2,375   2,522   2,424   2,314   2,438   2,435   2,330
  New entrants......................................     948     959     988     661     627     645     713     636     680
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    53.2    45.6    49.7    55.4    54.2    53.8    51.3    50.8    51.7
     On temporary layoff............................    13.0    10.1    13.5    13.1    12.2    12.1    11.3    12.5    13.2
     Not on temporary layoff........................    40.2    35.5    36.2    42.3    42.0    41.6    40.0    38.3    38.5
   Job leavers......................................     8.7    10.3    10.8     8.9     9.8    10.1    10.3    11.2    11.1
   Reentrants.......................................    27.9    32.9    27.9    28.2    28.5    28.3    29.7    30.2    28.8
   New entrants.....................................    10.2    11.1    11.6     7.4     7.4     7.9     8.7     7.9     8.4
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     3.4     2.6     2.8     3.4     3.1     3.0     2.9     2.8     2.8
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.8     1.9     1.6     1.7     1.7     1.6     1.7     1.7     1.6
   New entrants.....................................      .6      .6      .7      .5      .4      .4      .5      .4      .5

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,984   3,400   3,087   2,739   2,589   2,792   2,707   2,688   2,805
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,899   2,207   2,684   2,698   2,414   2,369   2,376   2,405   2,476
  15 weeks and over.................................   3,436   3,009   2,747   3,559   3,320   2,969   3,077   3,065   2,878
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,480   1,232   1,100   1,598   1,332   1,170   1,288   1,306   1,211
     27 weeks and over..............................   1,956   1,777   1,647   1,961   1,988   1,800   1,789   1,759   1,667
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    18.4    18.8    17.5    19.3    20.1    19.7    20.0    19.9    18.6
  Median duration, in weeks.........................     9.2     8.2     8.0    10.1    10.3     9.5    10.0    10.8     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...............................    32.0    39.5    36.2    30.4    31.1    34.3    33.2    33.0    34.4
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    31.1    25.6    31.5    30.0    29.0    29.1    29.1    29.5    30.3
    15 weeks and over...............................    36.9    34.9    32.2    39.6    39.9    36.5    37.7    37.6    35.3
      15 to 26 weeks................................    15.9    14.3    12.9    17.8    16.0    14.4    15.8    16.0    14.8
      27 weeks and over.............................    21.0    20.6    19.3    21.8    23.9    22.1    21.9    21.6    20.4

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                     Unemployment    
                                                                           Employed             Unemployed              rates        
                                                                                                                                     
                             Occupation                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                       July       July        July       July       July       July   
                                                                       2003       2004        2003       2004       2003       2004   
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   138,503    140,700      9,319      8,518        6.3        5.7 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    47,237     47,763      1,800      1,509        3.7        3.1 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    20,050     20,081        682        548        3.3        2.7 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    27,188     27,682      1,118        961        3.9        3.4 
  Service occupations..............................................    23,225     23,730      1,633      1,542        6.6        6.1 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    35,517     35,946      2,159      2,020        5.7        5.3 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    15,946     16,264      1,038        987        6.1        5.7 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,571     19,682      1,122      1,032        5.4        5.0 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    14,562     15,121      1,093        961        7.0        6.0 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................     1,126      1,079        113        121        9.1       10.1 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     8,560      8,958        692        656        7.5        6.8 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     4,876      5,084        288        184        5.6        3.5 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    17,962     18,140      1,663      1,475        8.5        7.5 
    Production occupations.........................................     9,727      9,647        868        790        8.2        7.6 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,235      8,493        795        685        8.8        7.5 

    1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed
  total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                    Number of                                                       
                                                                    unemployed                             Unemployment             
                                                                     persons                                  rates                 
                       Industry                                   (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                             July                July                 July                July       
                                                             2003                2004                 2003                2004       
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         9,319               8,518                 6.3                 5.7      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         7,239               6,358                 6.3                 5.5      
    Mining..........................................            43                  28                 7.9                 5.4      
    Construction....................................           677                 610                 7.5                 6.4      
    Manufacturing...................................         1,193               1,019                 6.9                 6.0      
      Durable goods.................................           799                 655                 7.4                 6.2      
      Nondurable goods..............................           394                 364                 6.0                 5.7      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,387               1,163                 6.6                 5.5      
    Transportation and utilities....................           289                 231                 5.4                 4.3      
    Information.....................................           224                 174                 5.9                 5.2      
    Financial activities............................           284                 307                 3.1                 3.3      
    Professional and business services..............         1,021                 790                 8.2                 6.2      
    Education and health services...................           697                 725                 4.0                 4.0      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................         1,020                 965                 8.4                 7.8      
    Other services..................................           405                 346                 6.6                 5.6      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................           113                 140                 8.2                10.0      
  Government workers................................           749                 741                 3.8                 3.7      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           270                 291                 2.5                 2.6      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                               Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                      
                            Measure                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                                 2003    2004    2004    2003    2004    2004    2004    2004    2004 
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
     the civilian labor force.................................    2.3     2.0     1.8     2.4     2.3     2.0     2.1     2.1     1.9 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
     a percent of the civilian labor force....................    3.4     2.6     2.8     3.4     3.1     3.0     2.9     2.8     2.8 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
     force (official unemployment rate).......................    6.3     5.8     5.7     6.2     5.7     5.6     5.6     5.6     5.5 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
     of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.....    6.6     6.1     6.0     6.5     6.0     5.9     5.9     5.9     5.9 
                                                                                                                                      
  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..................................................    7.3     6.7     6.7     7.2     6.7     6.5     6.6     6.5     6.5 
                                                                                                                                      
  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.........................................   10.5     9.8     9.8    10.3     9.9     9.6     9.7     9.6     9.5 

    NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want
  and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
  attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
  reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further
  information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
  Review.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        July      July      July      July      July      July  
                                                                        2003      2004      2003      2004      2003      2004  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   73,430    74,204    27,184    27,402    46,246    46,802 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,955     4,767     2,258     1,978     2,697     2,789 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,566     1,557       828       832       738       725 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      470       504       281       327       189       177 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................    1,096     1,053       546       505       550       548 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    7,304     7,521     3,837     3,913     3,467     3,607 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.3       5.3       5.2       5.1       5.4       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,620     3,829     2,108     2,239     1,512     1,590 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,614     1,711       492       574     1,122     1,137 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      324       315       251       214        73       101 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,688     1,605       944       871       743       733 

    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 responsibilities,
  ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                July     May     June     July      July     Mar.     Apr.     May     June     July     from:
                                   2003     2004    2004p    2004p     2003     2004     2004     2004    2004p    2004p  June 2004-
                                                                                                                          July 2004p

          Total nonfarm......... 129,481  131,881  132,325  131,119  129,814  130,630  130,954  131,162  131,240  131,272       32

        Total private........... 109,043  109,920  110,803  110,694  108,253  109,077  109,382  109,618  109,711  109,743       32

    Goods-producing.............  22,045   21,944   22,228   22,263   21,744   21,778   21,822   21,894   21,896   21,914       18

Natural resources and mining....     580      587      597      603      571      581      585      589      589      593        4
   Logging......................    70.4     63.4     65.2     66.5     68.2     65.9     66.7     65.6     64.4     64.1      -.3
 Mining.........................   510.0    523.5    532.0    536.5    502.7    514.9    518.5    523.2    524.1    528.4      4.3
  Oil and gas extraction........   124.7    132.8    134.3    133.9    123.5    130.0    131.0    132.3    131.8    131.7      -.1
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   208.7    209.2    213.5    216.6    204.3    202.8    205.2    207.8    209.0    211.7      2.7
   Coal mining..................    71.6     72.6     74.1     75.1     71.6     70.6     71.8     72.9     73.9     75.1      1.2
  Support activities for mining.   176.6    181.5    184.2    186.0    174.9    182.1    182.3    183.1    183.3    185.0      1.7

Construction....................   7,016    6,965    7,143    7,233    6,721    6,853    6,872    6,909    6,912    6,916        4
  Construction of buildings..... 1,616.1  1,624.1  1,670.4  1,690.3  1,566.4  1,607.6  1,609.8  1,622.9  1,625.1  1,627.9      2.8
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   976.8    949.4    977.2    989.5    910.6    926.8    924.7    924.3    921.9    922.4       .5
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,423.0  4,391.2  4,495.8  4,553.2  4,244.1  4,318.9  4,337.3  4,362.2  4,365.0  4,365.2       .2

Manufacturing...................  14,449   14,392   14,488   14,427   14,452   14,344   14,365   14,396   14,395   14,405       10
   Production workers...........  10,112   10,121   10,202   10,147   10,136   10,058   10,085   10,123   10,124   10,142       18

 Durable goods..................   8,890    8,955    9,016    8,951    8,908    8,899    8,924    8,946    8,953    8,957        4
   Production workers...........   6,076    6,163    6,211    6,146    6,104    6,101    6,126    6,152    6,159    6,166        7

  Wood products.................   539.5    543.7    551.8    552.7    532.4    539.7    540.0    543.0    543.8    544.2       .4
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   499.9    504.6    513.3    512.4    490.8    493.2    497.8    501.4    502.3    503.3      1.0
  Primary metals................   468.4    463.3    467.0    464.1    472.1    462.0    462.5    464.0    465.7    466.8      1.1
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,464.7  1,493.5  1,505.2  1,502.0  1,468.4  1,478.5  1,486.7  1,494.5  1,496.6  1,500.0      3.4
  Machinery..................... 1,141.9  1,154.9  1,162.9  1,158.6  1,145.5  1,145.1  1,152.0  1,153.3  1,156.8  1,162.0      5.2
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,351.6  1,344.8  1,350.2  1,355.4  1,348.7  1,338.0  1,339.7  1,345.8  1,345.8  1,352.4      6.6
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   225.1    219.3    219.1    218.3    224.0    218.6    218.1    218.8    217.2    217.4       .2
   Communications equipment.....   155.9    155.7    157.0    158.7    155.8    155.0    155.1    155.9    157.1    158.8      1.7
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   458.6    455.9    459.8    460.9    457.9    452.1    453.4    455.8    458.0    460.0      2.0
   Electronic instruments.......   426.1    429.2    431.6    434.2    424.7    426.8    427.5    430.1    430.1    432.5      2.4
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   457.7    446.5    450.3    451.0    457.7    446.8    446.5    447.3    448.3    449.2       .9
  Transportation equipment...... 1,736.6  1,770.5  1,775.3  1,716.4  1,759.8  1,769.1  1,768.8  1,764.4  1,761.0  1,740.5    -20.5
  Furniture and related products   570.8    578.3    581.1    581.7    572.6    573.4    576.5    577.6    578.6    583.5      4.9
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   658.9    654.8    658.5    656.8    660.2    653.0    653.0    654.4    653.9    654.9      1.0

 Nondurable goods...............   5,559    5,437    5,472    5,476    5,544    5,445    5,441    5,450    5,442    5,448        6
   Production workers...........   4,036    3,958    3,991    4,001    4,032    3,957    3,959    3,971    3,965    3,976       11

  Food manufacturing............ 1,533.4  1,485.7  1,498.3  1,523.6  1,522.1  1,504.5  1,502.7  1,507.0  1,505.3  1,509.0      3.7
  Beverages and tobacco products   204.8    196.1    201.6    203.6    200.7    197.2    197.8    197.5    198.2    198.1      -.1
  Textile mills.................   255.3    237.6    238.1    235.4    256.9    237.1    235.8    236.1    235.1    236.3      1.2
  Textile product mills.........   179.8    184.3    183.2    180.8    178.7    179.7    180.1    181.4    179.4    178.6      -.8
  Apparel.......................   303.9    293.0    294.3    286.7    307.5    294.3    292.7    290.8    288.4    287.6      -.8
  Leather and allied products...    43.9     45.8     45.6     45.5     44.9     44.8     44.6     45.1     45.0     45.8       .8
  Paper and paper products......   517.2    505.6    509.0    511.4    516.3    508.8    507.0    508.1    506.3    509.2      2.9
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   683.0    666.1    671.1    667.1    681.1    664.4    663.6    665.9    667.1    665.1     -2.0
  Petroleum and coal products...   117.5    113.6    116.2    116.5    114.6    113.1    112.6    113.1    113.6    113.0      -.6
  Chemicals.....................   911.5    896.7    900.0    897.4    908.2    894.9    896.4    895.0    894.4    893.2     -1.2
  Plastics and rubber products..   808.9    812.2    814.7    808.3    813.1    806.3    807.5    810.2    809.6    812.3      2.7

    Service-providing........... 107,436  109,937  110,097  108,856  108,070  108,852  109,132  109,268  109,344  109,358       14

     Private service-providing..  86,998   87,976   88,575   88,431   86,509   87,299   87,560   87,724   87,815   87,829       14

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,179   25,407   25,564   25,478   25,225   25,415   25,448   25,477   25,502   25,491      -11

 Wholesale trade................ 5,626.0  5,644.0  5,667.1  5,675.5  5,596.8  5,623.5  5,632.5  5,636.7  5,638.5  5,646.6      8.1
  Durable goods................. 2,957.0  2,969.9  2,988.0  2,999.2  2,942.5  2,963.4  2,967.5  2,969.7  2,975.4  2,985.9     10.5
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,014.4  2,003.9  2,006.9  2,003.2  2,001.6  1,995.3  1,996.3  1,997.2  1,993.0  1,989.3     -3.7
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   654.6    670.2    672.2    673.1    652.7    664.8    668.7    669.8    670.1    671.4      1.3

 Retail trade...................14,850.4 14,966.7 15,059.6 15,013.1 14,896.5 15,013.0 15,037.1 15,047.6 15,054.7 15,035.6    -19.1
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,899.5  1,915.4  1,923.0  1,925.5  1,883.7  1,906.9  1,910.9  1,911.4  1,908.7  1,908.2      -.5
   Automobile dealers........... 1,261.3  1,262.2  1,266.1  1,267.0  1,256.9  1,263.9  1,264.7  1,263.6  1,262.5  1,260.9     -1.6
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   534.7    539.2    541.6    542.4    540.1    544.8    544.5    545.7    546.2    548.0      1.8
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   499.1    503.6    504.4    502.9    507.2    511.7    514.1    512.6    512.3    511.2     -1.1
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,223.1  1,304.3  1,300.2  1,279.1  1,188.3  1,243.5  1,247.3  1,248.7  1,244.9  1,243.5     -1.4
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,850.6  2,838.0  2,856.8  2,848.9  2,835.6  2,838.9  2,839.9  2,845.3  2,841.0  2,836.0     -5.0
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   941.1    952.9    960.4    952.9    941.4    958.2    957.9    957.1    957.2    955.2     -2.0
  Gasoline stations.............   889.1    874.1    880.0    881.2    877.9    873.0    872.4    871.6    870.3    867.7     -2.6
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,284.8  1,308.1  1,333.8  1,346.2  1,294.0  1,321.8  1,328.0  1,335.5  1,347.1  1,347.9       .8
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   626.6    620.5    618.7    614.2    644.1    636.5    635.8    636.1    635.6    634.3     -1.3
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,753.7  2,766.9  2,791.9  2,776.0  2,820.4  2,824.4  2,831.0  2,830.5  2,836.8  2,830.9     -5.9
   Department stores............ 1,557.9  1,561.3  1,573.5  1,567.6  1,613.7  1,604.9  1,607.3  1,610.9  1,614.7  1,613.2     -1.5
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   932.2    928.0    932.0    926.2    934.0    926.9    927.9    925.7    926.5    924.2     -2.3
  Nonstore retailers............   415.9    415.7    416.8    417.6    429.8    426.4    427.4    427.4    428.1    428.5       .4

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,119.8  4,214.6  4,251.0  4,202.0  4,153.6  4,197.0  4,196.5  4,209.9  4,226.0  4,225.6      -.4
  Air transportation............   516.8    513.9    516.3    518.1    513.8    512.9    513.3    514.7    514.9    514.6      -.3
  Rail transportation...........   216.7    216.5    218.3    219.1    216.1    216.0    216.3    216.4    217.3    217.7       .4
  Water transportation..........    55.2     51.7     54.0     55.0     53.1     49.2     50.6     51.1     52.0     52.2       .2
  Truck transportation.......... 1,338.3  1,348.7  1,376.2  1,377.2  1,324.3  1,346.4  1,352.2  1,353.9  1,358.6  1,358.6       .0
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   317.4    399.9    384.3    321.4    372.8    380.5    372.3    381.5    382.9    379.0     -3.9
  Pipeline transportation.......    40.4     38.2     38.6     39.2     40.1     38.1     38.1     38.3     38.3     38.4       .1
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    37.1     32.7     36.5     37.7     29.1     31.4     31.1     30.6     30.0     29.4      -.6
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   515.6    516.6    523.0    523.5    513.4    518.5    519.1    519.5    519.9    519.8      -.1
  Couriers and messengers.......   564.7    571.5    575.8    574.2    569.5    572.1    570.9    572.8    577.3    577.0      -.3
  Warehousing and storage.......   517.6    524.9    528.0    536.6    521.4    531.9    532.6    531.1    534.8    538.9      4.1

 Utilities......................   583.0    581.8    586.3    587.7    578.1    581.2    582.1    582.3    582.3    582.9       .6

Information.....................   3,203    3,180    3,193    3,189    3,188    3,169    3,173    3,177    3,175    3,170       -5
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   924.6    913.4    918.6    918.9    922.7    915.3    916.3    916.2    917.1    915.4     -1.7
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   388.2    396.0    397.9    396.9    376.6    381.2    385.7    390.8    387.6    385.4     -2.2
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   326.4    334.2    336.2    336.0    326.5    333.0    333.3    335.4    335.8    336.8      1.0
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    30.4     33.1     34.3     34.0     30.1     31.8     32.5     32.9     33.5     33.4      -.1
  Telecommunications............ 1,076.5  1,047.9  1,047.8  1,045.4  1,075.3  1,055.0  1,051.9  1,047.3  1,045.5  1,043.8     -1.7
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   409.1    405.9    407.7    407.9    409.5    403.7    404.0    405.1    406.1    405.9      -.2
  Other information services....    47.5     49.9     50.3     49.8     47.3     48.6     49.6     49.6     49.7     49.6      -.1

Financial activities............   8,068    8,038    8,117    8,098    7,995    8,003    8,015    8,029    8,036    8,013      -23
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,965.5  5,947.8  5,992.1  5,968.2  5,936.8  5,933.0  5,943.7  5,946.0  5,954.5  5,929.3    -25.2
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    22.8     21.7     21.9     21.7     22.7     22.3     22.3     21.8     21.8     21.4      -.4
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,817.3  2,802.3  2,825.9  2,809.9  2,802.6  2,793.8  2,802.1  2,800.8  2,804.2  2,788.4    -15.8
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,768.0  1,763.7  1,777.9  1,777.2  1,755.1  1,762.8  1,765.0  1,765.2  1,767.8  1,764.1     -3.7
    Commercial banking.......... 1,293.3  1,283.2  1,292.5  1,290.8  1,283.2  1,284.1  1,285.0  1,284.2  1,284.9  1,281.3     -3.6
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   765.9    781.2    791.8    789.6    760.4    780.8    781.0    782.8    786.1    781.7     -4.4
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,277.7  2,265.0  2,274.8  2,268.1  2,269.7  2,257.1  2,259.5  2,262.7  2,264.7  2,259.7     -5.0
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    81.8     77.6     77.7     78.9     81.4     79.0     78.8     77.9     77.7     78.1       .4
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,102.5  2,089.7  2,124.6  2,129.4  2,057.8  2,069.5  2,071.6  2,083.1  2,081.9  2,083.4      1.5
  Real estate................... 1,413.0  1,421.9  1,442.8  1,447.5  1,385.3  1,405.8  1,409.2  1,418.7  1,416.9  1,418.4      1.5
  Rental and leasing services...   660.6    638.7    652.2    653.2    643.9    634.1    633.2    635.4    636.1    636.5       .4
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    28.9     29.1     29.6     28.7     28.6     29.6     29.2     29.0     28.9     28.5      -.4

Professional and business
 services.......................  16,113   16,423   16,614   16,650   16,021   16,237   16,363   16,432   16,451   16,493       42
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,573.7  6,653.1  6,735.6  6,753.0  6,585.7  6,679.8  6,701.4  6,708.1  6,731.8  6,742.4     10.6
   Legal services............... 1,148.6  1,136.9  1,162.4  1,164.9  1,135.0  1,138.4  1,141.9  1,143.3  1,147.0  1,149.2      2.2
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   740.1    766.2    760.0    756.0    800.7    812.8    818.5    806.3    807.9    809.0      1.1
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,246.0  1,258.9  1,281.1  1,289.1  1,224.6  1,246.4  1,254.1  1,258.3  1,262.4  1,264.3      1.9
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,099.8  1,107.4  1,122.2  1,125.2  1,100.7  1,103.5  1,103.5  1,110.1  1,118.6  1,122.8      4.2
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   747.4    785.2    795.0    797.3    742.5    774.0    780.9    785.9    791.4    791.0      -.4
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,685.6  1,679.4  1,691.2  1,698.7  1,680.3  1,676.6  1,679.7  1,683.3  1,686.7  1,690.6      3.9
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 7,853.7  8,090.1  8,187.4  8,198.6  7,754.7  7,880.1  7,982.3  8,040.1  8,032.3  8,059.8     27.5
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,520.1  7,764.6  7,856.2  7,866.0  7,426.5  7,556.8  7,657.0  7,715.6  7,705.8  7,733.1     27.3
   Employment services(1)....... 3,385.1  3,570.6  3,602.6  3,619.7  3,369.6  3,492.3  3,553.7  3,591.5  3,566.3  3,593.3     27.0
    Temporary help services..... 2,282.6  2,441.2  2,468.5  2,474.0  2,248.8  2,380.3  2,423.8  2,451.7  2,441.2  2,446.1      4.9
   Business support services....   736.5    748.3    753.2    751.7    744.2    746.0    748.6    751.2    755.7    754.8      -.9
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,731.1  1,754.0  1,796.4  1,793.5  1,643.8  1,646.2  1,674.5  1,686.0  1,694.3  1,692.5     -1.8
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   333.6    325.5    331.2    332.6    328.2    323.3    325.3    324.5    326.5    326.7       .2

Education and health services...  16,257   16,958   16,716   16,609   16,568   16,813   16,854   16,871   16,891   16,911       20
 Educational services........... 2,381.5  2,792.4  2,518.1  2,420.6  2,676.4  2,736.0  2,740.8  2,731.1  2,727.5  2,727.3      -.2
 Health care and social
  assistance....................13,875.2 14,166.0 14,197.9 14,188.0 13,891.3 14,077.1 14,113.1 14,140.1 14,163.1 14,183.3     20.2
  Ambulatory health care
   services(1).................. 4,788.3  4,898.2  4,923.7  4,930.1  4,783.4  4,868.0  4,883.6  4,896.8  4,907.7  4,922.3     14.6
   Offices of physicians........ 2,008.0  2,046.2  2,055.3  2,056.9  2,004.6  2,043.5  2,046.1  2,049.6  2,052.4  2,054.1      1.7
   Outpatient care centers......   423.0    435.5    436.7    442.0    422.8    430.3    432.2    435.1    436.2    440.5      4.3
   Home health care services....   730.8    752.8    760.7    761.3    732.0    743.8    748.4    751.7    756.1    761.4      5.3
  Hospitals..................... 4,262.5  4,307.6  4,327.2  4,338.5  4,247.4  4,298.0  4,305.1  4,315.4  4,319.7  4,323.8      4.1
  Nursing and residential care
   facilities(1)................ 2,789.2  2,805.1  2,815.5  2,817.9  2,784.2  2,798.4  2,802.8  2,806.3  2,808.4  2,811.6      3.2
   Nursing care facilities...... 1,583.5  1,583.3  1,588.9  1,590.4  1,582.8  1,582.1  1,584.0  1,585.3  1,586.2  1,587.2      1.0
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,035.2  2,155.1  2,131.5  2,101.5  2,076.3  2,112.7  2,121.6  2,121.6  2,127.3  2,125.6     -1.7
   Child day care services......   711.0    798.4    776.3    746.1    761.1    773.7    777.6    777.1    784.7    791.9      7.2

Leisure and hospitality.........  12,726   12,546   12,893   12,934   12,118   12,271   12,303   12,331   12,341   12,339       -2
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 2,094.5  1,871.0  2,030.0  2,075.7  1,797.7  1,798.7  1,791.1  1,793.1  1,790.2  1,785.4     -4.8
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   395.8    374.9    380.4    379.1    366.2    364.6    361.4    358.8    359.1    354.1     -5.0
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   125.0    118.3    123.6    128.0    114.6    114.2    114.6    115.6    115.0    116.4      1.4
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,573.7  1,377.8  1,526.0  1,568.6  1,316.9  1,319.9  1,315.1  1,318.7  1,316.1  1,314.9     -1.2
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,631.2 10,675.1 10,862.6 10,858.6 10,319.9 10,472.0 10,511.8 10,537.9 10,550.4 10,553.6      3.2
  Accommodations................ 1,909.4  1,764.4  1,853.7  1,901.7  1,762.5  1,753.4  1,758.5  1,758.5  1,763.1  1,758.5     -4.6
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 8,721.8  8,910.7  9,008.9  8,956.9  8,557.4  8,718.6  8,753.3  8,779.4  8,787.3  8,795.1      7.8

Other services..................   5,452    5,424    5,478    5,473    5,394    5,391    5,404    5,407    5,419    5,412       -7
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,245.4  1,241.4  1,243.3  1,242.2  1,238.7  1,239.4  1,238.2  1,237.7  1,235.4  1,235.1      -.3
  Personal and laundry services. 1,263.4  1,278.4  1,284.8  1,271.9  1,258.8  1,255.9  1,260.5  1,265.5  1,269.1  1,265.1     -4.0
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,943.3  2,904.6  2,949.7  2,958.8  2,896.3  2,895.2  2,904.8  2,903.7  2,914.3  2,912.2     -2.1

Government......................  20,438   21,961   21,522   20,425   21,561   21,553   21,572   21,544   21,529   21,529        0
 Federal........................   2,775    2,711    2,726    2,735    2,758    2,710    2,727    2,712    2,715    2,710       -5
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,968.3  1,927.2  1,944.1  1,951.7  1,947.8  1,921.1  1,939.5  1,925.7  1,928.9  1,923.7     -5.2
  U.S. Postal Service...........   806.2    783.3    781.8    783.2    810.2    789.1    787.3    786.5    785.7    786.5       .8
 State government...............   4,727    5,061    4,817    4,729    4,990    5,023    5,019    5,004    4,998    4,998        0
  State government education.... 1,962.3  2,314.3  2,047.8  1,952.4  2,249.0  2,283.2  2,278.3  2,261.4  2,255.1  2,255.2       .1
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,764.4  2,747.0  2,769.1  2,776.7  2,740.8  2,739.7  2,740.6  2,742.8  2,743.2  2,742.4      -.8
 Local government...............  12,936   14,189   13,979   12,961   13,813   13,820   13,826   13,828   13,816   13,821        5
  Local government education.... 6,615.6  8,081.9  7,709.0  6,627.2  7,721.2  7,704.7  7,710.9  7,710.2  7,704.7  7,707.6      2.9
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,320.5  6,106.9  6,269.6  6,334.1  6,091.5  6,114.8  6,115.4  6,117.9  6,111.2  6,113.1      1.9


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.


ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       July   May    June   July    July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July     from:
                                                 2003   2004   2004p  2004p   2003   2004   2004   2004   2004p  2004p  June 2004-
                                                                                                                        July 2004p


        Total private.........................   33.7   34.0   33.7   33.8    33.6   33.8   33.7   33.8   33.6   33.7       0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   39.5   40.4   40.3   40.0    39.6   40.2   40.0   40.3   40.0   40.2        .2

Natural resources and mining..................   43.2   44.2   44.8   44.6    43.3   44.2   44.3   44.2   44.1   44.2        .1

Construction..................................   39.0   38.7   38.6   39.2    38.3   38.6   38.2   38.3   38.1   38.4        .3

Manufacturing.................................   39.6   41.1   41.0   40.3    40.1   40.9   40.7   41.1   40.8   40.9        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    3.9    4.6    4.6    4.4     4.1    4.6    4.5    4.6    4.6    4.6        .0

 Durable goods................................   39.9   41.6   41.5   40.7    40.5   41.4   41.2   41.6   41.2   41.4        .2
   Overtime hours.............................    3.8    4.8    4.8    4.4     4.1    4.8    4.7    4.8    4.7    4.7        .0

  Wood products...............................   40.7   41.8   41.1   40.9    40.7   41.0   41.0   41.4   40.5   40.9        .4
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.1   42.3   42.5   42.4    41.8   42.9   42.3   42.0   41.8   42.1        .3
  Primary metals..............................   41.1   43.5   43.7   42.2    41.7   43.2   43.1   43.4   43.4   43.3       -.1
  Fabricated metal products...................   39.9   41.3   41.2   40.8    40.5   41.1   41.0   41.3   41.0   41.3        .3
  Machinery...................................   39.8   42.4   42.2   41.5    40.4   41.7   41.6   42.3   42.0   42.3        .3
  Computer and electronic products............   39.9   40.6   40.6   40.6    40.5   40.7   40.5   40.8   40.5   41.2        .7
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   39.7   41.4   41.1   40.3    40.5   40.8   40.8   41.6   40.8   40.9        .1
  Transportation equipment....................   39.7   43.0   42.7   40.6    41.3   42.8   42.4   42.8   42.3   42.5        .2
  Furniture and related products..............   38.9   39.7   39.8   39.2    38.9   39.6   39.5   40.0   39.7   39.4       -.3
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   37.8   38.9   38.4   38.1    38.3   38.7   38.3   38.9   38.4   38.7        .3

 Nondurable goods.............................   39.1   40.2   40.2   39.7    39.4   40.1   40.0   40.3   40.1   40.0       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.0    4.3    4.4    4.4     4.0    4.3    4.3    4.4    4.4    4.4        .0

  Food manufacturing..........................   38.9   39.5   39.4   39.0    39.1   39.3   39.1   39.6   39.4   39.1       -.3
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   38.8   39.6   39.2   38.9    38.4   39.4   39.6   39.2   38.7   38.7        .0
  Textile mills...............................   36.8   40.3   40.4   40.1    37.7   40.2   39.5   40.3   40.3   40.7        .4
  Textile product mills.......................   39.6   38.6   39.4   38.4    39.8   38.8   38.3   38.8   38.9   38.8       -.1
  Apparel.....................................   34.3   36.3   36.3   35.6    34.6   36.3   35.9   36.1   35.9   35.9        .0
  Leather and allied products.................   39.0   38.4   38.3   37.0    39.7   39.4   39.1   38.4   38.2   37.9       -.3
  Paper and paper products....................   40.9   42.3   41.9   41.7    41.2   41.8   41.9   42.6   42.0   42.2        .2
  Printing and related support activities.....   37.6   38.3   38.2   38.3    38.0   38.4   38.4   38.6   38.5   38.7        .2
  Petroleum and coal products.................   44.2   44.7   45.3   46.2    44.0   43.7   43.9   45.0   44.9   44.8       -.1
  Chemicals...................................   41.7   42.8   42.7   42.3    42.0   43.0   43.0   42.9   42.5   42.8        .3
  Plastics and rubber products................   39.4   40.9   41.1   39.7    40.1   40.9   40.7   40.9   40.8   40.5       -.3

     Private service-providing................   32.4   32.6   32.3   32.5    32.2   32.4   32.3   32.4   32.3   32.4        .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.8   33.7   33.5   33.8    33.4   33.6   33.5   33.5   33.4   33.5        .1

 Wholesale trade..............................   37.7   38.2   37.6   37.8    37.8   38.0   38.0   37.8   37.6   37.9        .3

 Retail trade.................................   31.4   30.8   30.9   31.3    30.7   30.8   30.7   30.7   30.6   30.7        .1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   36.9   37.5   37.0   37.2    36.9   36.9   36.9   37.3   36.9   37.1        .2

 Utilities....................................   40.9   41.3   41.3   40.4    41.0   41.2   41.2   41.3   41.1   40.8       -.3

Information...................................   36.3   36.3   36.6   36.3    36.3   36.3   36.3   36.4   36.5   36.3       -.2

Financial activities..........................   35.3   36.2   35.2   35.3    35.5   35.5   35.6   35.8   35.4   35.5        .1

Professional and business services............   34.0   34.6   34.1   34.1    34.1   34.1   34.1   34.2   34.0   34.1        .1

Education and health services.................   32.3   32.6   32.3   32.5    32.3   32.4   32.4   32.5   32.3   32.5        .2

Leisure and hospitality.......................   26.1   25.9   25.9   26.3    25.4   25.7   25.7   25.7   25.7   25.6       -.1

Other services................................   31.4   31.3   31.0   31.2    31.3   31.2   31.1   31.2   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.
  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                         July      May      June      July       July      May      June      July
                                                   2003      2004     2004p     2004p      2003      2004     2004p     2004p

        Total private........................... $15.29    $15.63    $15.57    $15.59    $515.27   $531.42   $524.71   $526.94
         Seasonally adjusted....................  15.40     15.63     15.65     15.70     517.44    528.29    525.84    529.09

    Goods-producing.............................  16.85     17.10     17.14     17.19     665.58    690.84    690.74    687.60

Natural resources and mining....................  17.53     18.06     18.18     18.15     757.30    798.25    814.46    809.49

Construction....................................  19.00     19.15     19.13     19.24     741.00    741.11    738.42    754.21

Manufacturing...................................  15.68     16.05     16.09     16.05     620.93    659.66    659.69    646.82

 Durable goods..................................  16.32     16.71     16.76     16.63     651.17    695.14    695.54    676.84
  Wood products.................................  12.81     13.03     12.99     13.02     521.37    544.65    533.89    532.52
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  15.83     16.18     16.24     16.34     666.44    684.41    690.20    692.82
  Primary metals................................  18.26     18.48     18.51     18.61     750.49    803.88    808.89    785.34
  Fabricated metal products.....................  15.00     15.20     15.24     15.29     598.50    627.76    627.89    623.83
  Machinery.....................................  16.36     16.53     16.56     16.64     651.13    700.87    698.83    690.56
  Computer and electronic products..............  16.79     17.11     17.22     17.41     669.92    694.67    699.13    706.85
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  14.31     14.83     14.89     14.91     568.11    613.96    611.98    600.87
  Transportation equipment......................  20.76     21.29     21.38     20.80     824.17    915.47    912.93    844.48
  Furniture and related products................  12.97     13.04     13.11     13.16     504.53    517.69    521.78    515.87
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  13.26     13.76     13.83     14.01     501.23    535.26    531.07    533.78

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.71     14.98     15.03     15.13     575.16    602.20    604.21    600.66
  Food manufacturing............................  12.84     12.94     13.00     13.11     499.48    511.13    512.20    511.29
  Beverages and tobacco products................  17.86     19.55     19.35     19.48     692.97    774.18    758.52    757.77
  Textile mills.................................  11.97     12.08     12.13     12.00     440.50    486.82    490.05    481.20
  Textile product mills.........................  11.28     11.30     11.30     11.33     446.69    436.18    445.22    435.07
  Apparel.......................................   9.68      9.55      9.60      9.66     332.02    346.67    348.48    343.90
  Leather and allied products...................  11.52     11.49     11.59     11.66     449.28    441.22    443.90    431.42
  Paper and paper products......................  17.45     17.88     17.86     17.90     713.71    756.32    748.33    746.43
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.39     15.51     15.56     15.72     578.66    594.03    594.39    602.08
  Petroleum and coal products...................  23.14     24.41     24.24     24.31    1022.79   1091.13   1098.07   1123.12
  Chemicals.....................................  18.51     19.05     19.17     19.23     771.87    815.34    818.56    813.43
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.38     14.55     14.58     14.70     566.57    595.10    599.24    583.59

     Private service-providing..................  14.87     15.24     15.14     15.15     481.79    496.82    489.02    492.38

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.32     14.64     14.61     14.62     484.02    493.37    489.44    494.16

 Wholesale trade................................  17.33     17.67     17.58     17.66     653.34    674.99    661.01    667.55

 Retail trade...................................  11.89     12.08     12.08     12.06     373.35    372.06    373.27    377.48

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.35     16.72     16.79     16.88     603.32    627.00    621.23    627.94

 Utilities......................................  24.64     25.53     25.30     25.40    1007.78   1054.39   1044.89   1026.16

Information.....................................  21.01     21.41     21.17     21.25     762.66    777.18    774.82    771.38

Financial activities............................  17.29     17.62     17.37     17.43     610.34    637.84    611.42    615.28

Professional and business services..............  17.07     17.45     17.29     17.31     580.38    603.77    589.59    590.27

Education and health services...................  15.62     16.00     16.06     16.14     504.53    521.60    518.74    524.55

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.68      8.85      8.78      8.80     226.55    229.22    227.40    231.44

Other services..................................  13.72     13.90     13.81     13.77     430.81    435.07    428.11    429.62


  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                         July     Mar.     Apr.     May     June     July  change from:
                                                   2003     2004     2004     2004    2004p    2004p  June 2004-
                                                                                                      July 2004p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.40   $15.55   $15.59   $15.63   $15.65   $15.70      0.3
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.31     8.24     8.25     8.21     8.20     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  16.81    17.08    17.13    17.13    17.16    17.18       .1

Natural resources and mining....................  17.57    18.10    18.08    18.10    18.24    18.21      -.2

Construction....................................  18.97    19.17    19.20    19.20    19.20    19.22       .1

Manufacturing...................................  15.73    16.01    16.08    16.08    16.13    16.14       .1
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  14.96    15.16    15.24    15.23    15.27    15.28       .1

 Durable goods..................................  16.43    16.69    16.75    16.75    16.78    16.78       .0

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.65    14.93    15.00    15.02    15.08    15.10       .1

     Private service-providing..................  15.02    15.13    15.17    15.23    15.25    15.30       .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.39    14.50    14.57    14.61    14.64    14.69       .3

 Wholesale trade................................  17.40    17.54    17.60    17.63    17.68    17.72       .2

 Retail trade...................................  11.94    11.99    12.01    12.06    12.09    12.12       .2

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.36    16.53    16.71    16.75    16.80    16.86       .4

 Utilities......................................  24.80    25.38    25.67    25.46    25.42    25.53       .4

Information.....................................  21.18    21.25    21.29    21.42    21.30    21.38       .4

Financial activities............................  17.41    17.41    17.46    17.49    17.49    17.55       .3

Professional and business services..............  17.20    17.27    17.29    17.36    17.41    17.44       .2

Education and health services...................  15.64    15.96    15.99    16.06    16.12    16.17       .3

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.78     8.87     8.86     8.86     8.84     8.88       .5

Other services..................................  13.82    13.87    13.84    13.85    13.86    13.87       .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 -.1 percent from May 2004 to June 2004, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.


ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      July   May    June   July    July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July   change from:
                                                2003   2004   2004p  2004p   2003   2004   2004   2004   2004p  2004p   June 2004-
                                                                                                                        July 2004p

        Total private.........................   99.4  101.1  101.1  101.4    98.2   99.5   99.5  100.2   99.7  100.0       0.3

    Goods-producing...........................   96.1   97.9   99.2   98.7    94.8   96.4   96.2   97.4   96.7   97.4        .7

Natural resources and mining..................   98.0  102.4  105.2  106.2    96.4  100.8  102.2  102.9  102.2  103.1        .9

Construction..................................  105.1  102.7  105.6  109.1    97.9  100.7   99.8  100.6  100.2  101.3       1.1

Manufacturing.................................   91.9   95.5   96.0   93.9    93.3   94.4   94.2   95.5   94.8   95.2        .4

 Durable goods................................   91.1   96.3   96.8   94.0    92.9   94.9   94.8   96.2   95.3   95.9        .6
  Wood products...............................   98.7  102.5  102.7  102.5    97.2   99.7   99.7  101.5   99.7  100.8       1.1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   95.5   98.1  100.2   99.9    92.7   96.5   96.3   96.5   96.1   97.1       1.0
  Primary metals..............................   88.7   93.6   94.8   90.7    90.9   92.4   92.4   93.4   93.9   93.6       -.3
  Fabricated metal products...................   92.3   98.2   98.8   97.5    94.1   96.4   96.9   98.3   97.6   98.7       1.1
  Machinery...................................   90.2   98.2   98.7   96.3    92.2   95.3   95.8   97.9   97.7   99.4       1.7
  Computer and electronic products............   90.4   91.4   92.0   92.4    92.0   90.5   90.0   91.7   91.2   93.6       2.6
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   88.9   89.8   90.2   88.9    91.0   88.8   88.5   90.7   89.4   90.4       1.1
  Transportation equipment....................   87.8   98.5   97.8   88.9    93.2   97.4   96.8   97.5   96.0   95.2       -.8
  Furniture and related products..............   92.3   95.6   96.4   95.0    92.5   94.7   95.0   96.2   95.4   95.0       -.4
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   91.3   92.6   92.0   90.9    92.9   91.7   90.9   92.6   91.3   92.3       1.1

 Nondurable goods.............................   92.9   93.7   94.5   93.5    93.6   93.5   93.3   94.2   93.6   93.7        .1
  Food manufacturing..........................   98.5   96.8   97.4   98.6    98.2   97.6   97.1   98.7   98.1   97.7       -.4
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   90.1   88.7   92.5   93.2    87.4   87.9   89.1   89.3   90.1   90.2        .1
  Textile mills...............................   78.7   79.6   80.1   78.1    81.3   79.8   77.7   79.2   78.9   79.9       1.3
  Textile product mills.......................   92.6   95.2   96.0   92.6    93.0   92.5   92.3   94.3   92.9   92.6       -.3
  Apparel.....................................   76.2   78.0   78.1   74.7    78.6   78.1   76.7   76.5   74.7   75.0        .4
  Leather and allied products.................   89.3   92.2   91.2   87.6    93.7   91.5   90.3   90.2   89.0   90.0       1.1
  Paper and paper products....................   91.0   91.6   91.2   91.0    91.5   91.1   91.2   92.8   90.8   91.8       1.1
  Printing and related support activities.....   94.1   93.3   94.2   94.0    94.8   93.4   93.4   94.1   94.1   94.3        .2
  Petroleum and coal products.................  100.5  103.2  108.9  112.1    97.3   98.9   99.6  103.7  105.1  105.1        .0
  Chemicals...................................   97.8   99.8  100.0   98.8    98.4   99.5   99.6   99.6   98.6   99.4        .8
  Plastics and rubber products................   91.9   96.0   97.1   93.0    94.1   94.9   94.7   95.6   95.6   95.3       -.3

     Private service-providing................  100.2  101.9  101.8  102.3    98.9  100.3  100.4  101.0  100.8  101.1        .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   98.9   99.5   99.6  100.1    97.9   99.2   99.0   99.2   99.1   99.3        .2

 Wholesale trade..............................   98.0   99.5   98.3   99.2    97.6   98.2   98.4   98.3   97.8   98.8       1.0

 Retail trade.................................  100.1   98.8   99.9  100.9    98.2   99.3   99.0   99.1   99.0   99.1        .1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   97.2  101.8  101.3  100.4    98.1   99.6   99.7  101.1  100.6  101.0        .4

 Utilities....................................   98.2   98.4   98.9   96.9    97.5   98.2   98.3   98.5   97.7   97.0       -.7

Information...................................   97.9   99.7  101.0  100.6    97.5   98.0   98.7   99.9  100.1   99.8       -.3

Financial activities..........................  102.2  103.6  101.9  102.1   101.6  101.1  101.6  102.3  101.4  101.3       -.1

Professional and business services............   99.2  103.2  103.0  103.3    98.8  100.2  101.1  102.1  101.6  102.2        .6

Education and health services.................   99.3  104.0  101.6  101.6   101.2  102.4  102.7  103.2  102.6  103.4        .8

Leisure and hospitality.......................  107.2  104.6  107.7  109.8    98.9  101.3  101.6  101.8  101.9  101.5       -.4

Other services................................   98.6   97.4   97.7   98.2    97.1   96.5   96.4   96.8   96.4   96.4        .0


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.


ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      July   May    June   July    July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July   change from:
                                                2003   2004   2004p  2004p   2003   2004   2004   2004   2004p  2004p   June 2004-
                                                                                                                        July 2004p

        Total private.........................  101.7  105.7  105.3  105.7   101.2  103.5  103.8  104.7  104.4  105.1       0.7

    Goods-producing...........................   99.1  102.5  104.1  103.9    97.5  100.8  100.9  102.1  101.6  102.4        .8

Natural resources and mining..................   99.9  107.6  111.3  112.1    98.5  106.1  107.4  108.3  108.4  109.2        .7

Construction..................................  107.8  106.2  109.1  113.3   100.3  104.2  103.5  104.3  103.9  105.1       1.2

Manufacturing.................................   94.2  100.2  101.0   98.5    96.0   98.9   99.1  100.4  100.0  100.5        .5

 Durable goods................................   92.8  100.5  101.3   97.6    95.3   98.9   99.2  100.6   99.9  100.5        .6

 Nondurable goods.............................   96.6   99.2  100.4  100.0    96.9   98.6   98.9  100.0   99.8   99.9        .1

     Private service-providing................  102.4  106.7  105.8  106.5   102.1  104.3  104.6  105.6  105.6  106.3        .7

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  101.0  103.9  103.8  104.4   100.5  102.6  102.9  103.4  103.5  104.0        .5

 Wholesale trade..............................  100.0  103.5  101.8  103.2   100.0  101.5  102.0  102.1  101.8  103.2       1.4

 Retail trade.................................  102.0  102.3  103.4  104.3   100.5  102.0  101.9  102.5  102.6  103.0        .4

 Transportation and warehousing...............  100.9  108.0  107.9  107.5   101.8  104.4  105.6  107.4  107.2  108.0        .7

 Utilities....................................  101.0  104.9  104.4  102.8   100.9  104.1  105.4  104.7  103.7  103.3       -.4

Information...................................  101.8  105.6  105.8  105.8   102.2  103.1  104.0  105.9  105.6  105.6        .0

Financial activities..........................  109.3  112.8  109.5  110.0   109.4  108.8  109.6  110.6  109.6  109.9        .3

Professional and business services............  100.8  107.1  105.9  106.4   101.1  103.0  104.0  105.4  105.2  106.1        .9

Education and health services.................  101.9  109.4  107.3  107.8   104.0  107.5  108.0  109.0  108.7  109.9       1.1

Leisure and hospitality.......................  108.4  107.9  110.3  112.6   101.3  104.8  105.0  105.1  105.0  105.1        .1

Other services................................   98.6   98.7   98.3   98.5    97.7   97.5   97.2   97.7   97.4   97.5        .1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.


ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)


       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2000 ..............   61.9     62.9     63.3     59.5     46.9     61.7     63.1     52.5     51.1     53.4     56.8     53.8
     2001 ..............   52.2     47.8     50.4     34.4     41.4     39.2     37.1     38.8     38.3     32.4     36.7     34.9
     2002 ..............   40.1     35.1     41.0     41.5     41.7     47.8     44.1     44.1     42.8     39.0     38.7     34.5
     2003 ..............   41.2     35.1     38.1     41.4     42.8     40.1     40.5     39.7     49.3     46.0     51.1     49.1
     2004 ..............   52.3     56.1     68.7     67.6     63.8    p60.1    p49.5


Over 3-month span:
     2000 ..............   69.2     66.2     67.8     68.3     60.1     58.1     56.3     61.5     56.5     53.2     52.9     56.8
     2001 ..............   52.7     50.4     50.4     43.5     38.8     34.9     36.2     37.9     34.7     35.3     30.8     32.0
     2002 ..............   34.0     37.4     35.1     36.2     36.7     39.4     39.9     40.8     38.7     37.1     34.4     34.7
     2003 ..............   36.5     32.6     36.3     35.1     40.5     42.6     37.4     35.4     40.1     45.5     50.5     51.1
     2004 ..............   54.0     55.2     62.8     70.0     74.5    p69.1    p61.0


Over 6-month span:
     2000 ..............   67.3     69.1     72.5     72.5     67.4     67.8     66.7     60.8     59.0     55.0     59.7     54.0
     2001 ..............   51.8     50.0     51.8     47.3     43.5     41.5     38.1     35.4     32.2     33.1     31.5     31.1
     2002 ..............   29.5     30.0     31.1     31.1     31.7     37.1     37.2     39.0     34.7     36.5     35.3     33.3
     2003 ..............   33.6     31.1     31.7     31.7     33.5     37.8     36.2     36.5     40.5     39.4     42.6     41.7
     2004 ..............   48.9     54.1     59.5     64.7     67.8    p68.9    p68.7


Over 12-month span:
     2000 ..............   70.9     69.2     73.2     71.0     69.8     71.0     70.0     70.3     70.3     65.6     63.8     62.1
     2001 ..............   59.5     59.5     53.4     49.3     48.6     45.0     43.3     43.9     39.9     37.8     37.1     34.9
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.4     30.2     29.1     32.0     31.3     30.0     29.5     32.9     34.7
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     36.2     34.4     34.7     33.1     37.6     37.4     33.1     35.4
     2004 ..............   37.8     43.2     47.3     50.7     54.9    p60.1    p62.8

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2000 ..............   48.2     58.3     50.0     50.0     41.1     57.1     60.7     28.6     25.0     35.1     39.9     41.1
     2001 ..............   22.6     22.0     21.4     16.1     15.5     23.2     13.7     14.3     19.0     17.9     14.9     10.1
     2002 ..............   21.4     18.5     23.8     35.1     29.8     32.7     40.5     28.0     31.0     11.9     15.5     17.9
     2003 ..............   26.2     15.5     22.6     13.7     26.2     25.0     28.0     26.2     27.4     28.6     51.2     45.8
     2004 ..............   42.9     55.4     60.1     66.1     64.9    p51.2    p54.2


Over 3-month span:
     2000 ..............   53.6     53.6     56.0     54.8     44.0     44.0     51.2     47.6     32.7     25.0     23.2     38.7
     2001 ..............   35.7     21.4     16.1     14.3     13.1     13.7     11.9      8.9      8.3     13.1      8.9     10.1
     2002 ..............    9.5     10.1     11.3     17.9     17.3     19.0     28.0     22.0     23.8     15.5      6.5      4.8
     2003 ..............   13.7     13.1     16.7     10.1     13.1     14.9     16.1     16.1     16.1     24.4     27.4     41.7
     2004 ..............   48.8     51.8     59.5     66.1     71.4    p65.5    p60.1


Over 6-month span:
     2000 ..............   44.0     52.4     55.4     57.7     47.6     51.8     56.0     45.2     39.3     34.5     32.1     27.4
     2001 ..............   22.0     23.8     22.0     20.8     14.3     13.7     14.3     10.1     10.7      5.4      7.1      4.8
     2002 ..............    6.5      8.9      7.7      8.3      7.7     14.3     14.9     10.7     12.5     10.1      8.9      8.9
     2003 ..............   11.3      9.5      6.0      7.1      8.9     13.1      8.9     13.1     13.1     16.7     19.0     19.6
     2004 ..............   28.6     36.9     46.4     56.5     61.3    p61.9    p66.7


Over 12-month span:
     2000 ..............   41.7     39.3     47.0     50.0     46.4     52.4     51.8     49.4     46.4     40.5     35.1     33.3
     2001 ..............   29.8     32.1     20.8     19.0     13.1     12.5     10.7     11.9     11.9     10.1      8.3      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      6.5      7.1      3.6      4.8      6.0      4.8      7.1      4.8      8.3
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      5.4      8.3      9.5      9.5      9.5     10.7     11.9      9.5     11.3
     2004 ..............    9.5     19.0     16.7     26.2     29.8    p38.7    p50.0


  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.